May Music

So I'm going to try to do a post at the end of each month of music I love at the moment. I'm doing this for 3 reasons: 1) so I can remember what I need to download 2) so I can share my favorites with others 3) so Tad can roll his eyes to see what he gets to listen to for the following month. Also these songs might not be new songs they are just ones I like this month.

The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
The Ting Tings - Great DJ
Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Switches - Drama Queen
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Metro Station - Shake It
Weezer - Pork and Beans
Interpol - Evil
Flogging Molly - Requiem for a Dying Song (Erin you'll like this, they're from Ireland, they're kind of like Celtic punk rock music)) (Dad you might like this song because it has an accordion but it's no Lawrence Welk)
Bravery - Believe
Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
Alicia Keys - No One
William Shatner - Common People
Timbaland - The Way I Are
Yael Naim - New Soul
Madonna/Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes to Save the World
Jesse McCartney - Leavin' (I know super lame that I like this song)

Tad will laugh at this and be shocked. I actually like Nirvana now. I think now that I'm listening to XM and not X96 where they play the same 2 Nirvana songs over and over, XM plays some songs I've never heard so I like those ones. I guess I need to find out what the song titles are.

Movin' On

A couple weeks ago I had the privilege of taking photos of Addy and Aidan. These two are my favorite people to take pictures of and I'm so sad that soon they'll be moving to Florida. Addy is also very good at helping out with Logan. I also found out that our fun neighbors are moving to North Carolina so anyone else out there reading this no more moving far away.

This photo is so Aidan right now, he can't give you anything but a cheesy smile right now or a scowl.

I can't quit doing my UE exercises even if it's just me doing them. I liked the examples he gave on page 32 on aperture. So anyone can do this even if they don't have the book. Pull out your manual if you don't know how to change your aperture. Take a photo of the same item to see how the different aperture settings affect the background. Here is what you are going to set it at f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22 (a total of 7 photos). Link to your photos and I'll try to get mine taken this weekend.

Hallelujah He's Gone!

Well I had it all planned out to take FrontRunner then jump on Trax and take it to 1300 South to drop off Logan with Teisha. Then take Trax back to City Center to go to work. It worked out fine until Trax got to The Gateway. We were told that due to someone being in town we needed to get off the train and walk or go back to to Salt Lake Central station. I got off the train. Luckily 2 co-workers were also on this train and they carried my purse and Logan's diaper bag. I was still stuck with 30 lbs. of Logan (19 lbs of Logan and probably 10 lbs. of car seat). I walked from The Gateway to our office which is on the corner of Main and South Temple. Not a bad walk unless you are lugging 30 lbs of awkwardness.

Now the fun begins with Logan in the office. He needs to eat but there are too many distractions. So food all over my pants and all over him. Then he decides to poop. Yea for a little wiggle worm that he is, this is a very difficult task. Got poop on his undershirt so had to change that. Finally the coast is clear so I can have Teisha drive down to my office to pick up Logan. Man am I tired and I still have a full day of work left.

Bugged

Still here. Had a good weekend. Tad not so much. He caught a stomach virus that we thought was food poisoning but it lasted over 24 hours. He's feeling better now.

I'll try to post tomorrow if I make it into work. Some idiot (that's putting it nicely) is coming into town tomorrow. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get to work since said idiot is visiting some church officials and that will close our parking garage.

Now That's Cool

Sorry haven't posted this week. There is only 2 things that have kept me busy (err, distracted) this week.

1) Logan is crawling and he is into EVERYTHING! It was so nice when he was not mobile and would sit and just play without pulling on cords, turning on the xbox, bumping into everything, hang off of the dishwasher door and eating anything dropped on the floor.

2) They have built a crane right outside of my office window and it's been very distracting. I'll have to load a picture next week. You probably won't find it cool but I've loved watching it just hoping none of the construction guys fall over 12 stories.

Tad's birthday was good. We went to Firehouse on Friday and then watched the lame Jazz game. Saturday he went kayaking with Tim and I had packed them breakfast and lunch full of his favorite junk foods. Saturday night a BBQ at my parents and he got his gifts. Monday we were supposed to do a FFF (Fuller Family Function) but no one checked their emails so we'll postpone it. Instead Tad got to watch his Gossip Girl (he'll kill me for writing that).


Since nothing exciting has happened I thought I'd share some cool things I've found.

On 2peas they have a 12 week course on creating an album for baby's first year. It includes free downloads, instruction, tips and you can go at your own pace.

I've been checking Pioneer Woman's Photography section because they have been having more and more tip on how to improve your photography. Also one of my all time favorite photographers, Jessica Claire, has started to post over there. Today's post is on ISO's and it great for those just learning or a refresher.

Below are some thing I totally love right now.

Anything with polka dots.
1. Walk the sky.., 2. Merry, 3. new*shoes, 4. flower cupcakes 2462, 5. Untitled, 6. Polka dots.., 7. Untitled, 8. welcome to holland, 9. Legend


Love this band especially this song. They play them a lot on XM Radio (that and Miley Cyrus, I swear she has her own channel).

I love this wall color and totally think that one day I'm going to paint my scrap room this color and maybe even do the same desk color. Photo taken by not quite vintage.

Totally loving Flickr right now. There is so much inspiration on there and the most amazing photographers. Here is a link to my favorites on there.

I'm totally lovin' Google Reader. Just load all the blogs you check and it lets you know when they are updated without having to go there everyday. Love it.

I love anything that is a damask print.

Finally like Grey's Anatomy again. Too bad it's over till the Fall/Winter. Was I the only one that thought quite a few of the new couples last night were very weird/awkward (Alex being the weirdest). The only couple I thought was really sweet was the chief and I finally like McDreamy again.

Totally loving all the flowers around the Temple. They're throwing them away this week and I've been trying everything to figure out a way to steal a garbage bag of their flowers. I even tried to recruit my dad into grabbing a bag and running it to my car.

Any craft projects that uses buttons. This one was done by Elsie.

Let me know what you guys are lovin' right now.

And that's all she wrote. I'll try to be a better blogger next week. Have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Tad!

Today is The Tad's birthday. He made me start referring to him that way about a year ago. Below are some things I love about Tad.

• He is an awesome softball player and he has good sportsmanship.
• He loves eating orange sherbet floats.
• He is such a great dad. He has changed more diapers than I have.


• He is super patient. Hello he's still married to me and when Logan is being a pill he has a lot more patience than me.
• He loves to play with all his nieces and nephews. I knew he'd be a great dad by how good he was with them.
• He is a great skier.


• When I was pregnant I was super cranky and demanding. He helped out so much and there is no way I could have gotten through it without him.
• He's a peacemaker.
• He cooks quite a bit. It's nothing fancy but it helps me a lot when I hate cooking.


• Tad is a Guitar Hero/Rock Band Super Star.
• He never grumbles when I want to take his picture.
• Tad is super mellow and doesn't get upset about hardly anything.
• He's a Ute fan.


• He watches tv with me even when that requires watching super cheesy sitcoms and chick flicks. He doesn't even complain too much. There are even a couple cheesy sitcoms he likes.
• When I was pregnant with Logan he would call me at work when he would see a cute baby or if he saw some commercial with babies that moved him. I thought it was so sweet because he really was so excited to be a dad.
• He loves teaching kids how to ski. He is so patient with them and not just because he gets to do this with them every Saturday.

• When I started skiing I really didn't want to and Tad would get all my ski clothes and equipment out for me. He still does that for me.
• I love that we share the same beliefs most of the time. I'm talking more about our political beliefs and just life in general.
• Tad is very polite. He is a big advocate of please and thank you.
• He loves the outdoors - anything from kayaking, mountain biking, skiing, hiking or rock climbing.
• He does our laundry.
• Once we were trying to save money so Tad went on the Ramon diet. He ate Ramon all the time, it wasn't my idea he just wanted to because he loves it and he actually lost 10 lbs doing it (don't ask my how because I would have thought he would retain water because of all the sodium).
• He helps me out in the yard even though he has horrible allergies.

• He knows everything there is to know about Star Wars.
• Tad is so funny. He is usually pretty shy but when he gets to know you he will have some real zingers.
• Tad can watch a movie once and 3 years later he'll quote some line from it. He is totally full of useless pop culture references but sometimes they come in handy.
  

• I don't think there is anything that scares the guy. (I actually think this trait is in the Fuller DNA)
• Take the most easy going person you know and multiply that by 10. Then you will have Tad.
• In the almost 8 years I've been married to Tad he has shown me to like a lot of things I thought I would never like ie. McDonald's, skiing, AFI, Coke and American Gladiator.

• He gets along great with my friends and now I think they probably like Tad more than me.
• He has never criticized anything I have ever done from my weight, appearance, being a wife, parenting and the list could go on and on.
• If I hear a scary noise in the house he'll always investigate it for me.

Happy Birthday Tad! I hope today is a good one and your Jazz win tonight. I was nice and didn't mention how old you are but if you look carefully it won't be hard for others to figure it out.

I {heart} Rose Park

I love going to my brother's house. He lives in Rose Park (RP) which is always entertaining going there. I had to drop off Logan at their house for the day so just getting to drive through the hood it brightened my day. Below is a compiling of things that I love about Rose park.

• Abandoned shopping carts scattered all around RP that are no where near grocery stores. I always wonder what was the purpose of taking the cart? Who took it? Does Smith's/Albertson's have a cart roundup once a month to get all their lost carts?
• The bright colored houses and businesses. Nothing says home like a bright pink and purple painted house.
• Garbage piles. I don't know how their garbage pick ups work but there are always huge piles of garbage by the curb. I'm always amazed by how much garbage these houses have. Also is it bad that I always scout out the piles to see if there is something really cool? Don't worry I've never found anything cool in them.
• There was an old man crossing the street at North Temple and 900 West and he was wearing a Davy Crocket hat. At first I thought okay not so weird if he actually skinned the raccoon himself and made the hat but no it was faux raccoon skin. He also had a medium sized knife hooked to his belt or I might have taken a picture.
• Taco carts. I love taco carts and the food they serve. If you haven't tried a taco cart I dare you to. Yum!
• Carts in general. There are people selling stuff in carts all through out the neighborhoods. Debbie says that a corn cart comes through their neighborhood quite regularly. I keep telling Debbie she needs to make a mani/pedi cart and get some extra money.
• The assortment of businesses in the area. They have way cooler strip malls than anywhere else. Where else can you get some smokes, raw meat, tacos and baby clothes?
• Home of Hector's Baby Clothes. Logan actually has some things from there. My favorite hat of his is from Hector's.

The one sad thing about RP is I couldn't find one photo on Flickr that was taken in RP.