I've been tagged...

Thanks Jessica, for tagging me... This will probably be pretty boring to read, but here ya go:

Quick 5 and List of 8

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?

Going to school, good ol' Mtn. Ridge. I would have just started 8th grade, one of my favorite years. Of course, I enjoyed every year of school. That was the year I really started to love science... Mr. Whittaker's class was awesome.

2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today?

1. I definitely need to shower. 2. There's a whole lot of laundry waiting for me, too. 3. Give Kaden some one-on-one time. He does so much better if he gets some personal attention from me, no brother allowed. 4. Cook--lunch and dinner. 5. Give the kids a bath tonight before bed. Sorry, I'm scrambling for things here; we're just enjoying another day at home.

3. Snacks I enjoy:

Now we're talking. I love food. Especially snacks! Chocolate, cookies, ice cream, swedish fish, cinnamon bears (or Santa's or even Devils at Halloween time), chocolate covered cinnamon bears, I could keep going but I think you get the picture. Of course, I enjoy healthy things every once in awhile too. Nothing hits the spot like a nice juicy apple (adding caramel doesn't hurt though).

4. Places I've lived:

Utah and Idaho

5. Five things I'd do if I were a billionaire:

1. Pay off all our debt. 2. Buy a reasonably sized house (I'm not big on having to clean a lot...) 3. Help out our families with their debt and housing situations... 4. Go on lots of missions! 5. Make sure my children are taken care of.

A List of 8:

8 TV shows I love to watch:

Well, considering we don't have any t.v., this is a little bit harder. 1. Smallville 2. The Office 3. Brad and I just started watching Heroes (we borrowed the first season from his brother.) 4. CSI is interesting, sometimes, when it's not too dark. 5. KSL news 6. The Today Show (at least I used to like it, I haven't seen it for a long time). 7. Brad got me interested in JAG. I can't think of another show...

8 favorite places I love to eat:

1. Olive Garden 2. Winger's 3. IHOP 4. Texas Steakhouse (their rolls are so delicious!) 5. Panda Express 6. Arby's 7. Wendy's 8. Papa John's (I know, I'm really stretching here.)

8 things that happened yesterday:

1. I went grocery shopping. 2. Aaron had yet another blow-out with his diaper. 3. Kaden absolutely refused to take a nap. 4. I watched Sydney, my niece. 5. I got to work on my Transcription stuff for awhile. 6. I had to clean my house so someone could walk through (My brother's trying to sell the house). 7. I made taco salad for dinner. 8. I put Kaden to bed at 7:30 because he didn't take a nap, and I couldn't handle him anymore! Just another day at the Jensen's, thrilling isn't it?

8 things I look forward to:

1. Thanksgiving 2. Moving into a place of our own (that's in the distant future...) 3. Christmas 4. Kaden turning 3 and Aaron turning 1, crazy how time flies! 5. Brad finishing his x-ray tech program so he can have a job doing something he loves! 6. Finishing my Medical Transcription program so that I can get a job, and we can have some "extra" income. Not really extra because Brad can't work all that much and we're living off of student loans right now. 7. Family scripture study and family prayer tonight. Kaden is so cute, and picks up on things so fast. Each night brings a new adventure. 8. Springtime.

8 things on my wish list:

1. Buying a house. 2. No more money challenges. 3. That I could truly relax and just enjoy my children. 4. That I wouldn't have to spend so much time cleaning this huge house. 5. That I could be done with the Medical Transcription program. 6. Longer days so I could get more done. 7. Creativity so that my kids' scrapbooks would be super cute... Of course, I'd settle for just having their scrapbooks updated. 8. I wouldn't have to worry or stress anymore. Then again, the trials make us appreciate the good times even more...

8 people I tag:

I don't think there are even 8 people that read this blog... 1. Shelley 2. Kassi 3. Katie 4. Jonie 5. Staci 6. Miranda 7. Amanda 8. Kayley

There you go. Hopefully it wasn't too painful.

Adjusting

Be prepared for a bit of a shock. Just a warning. Before that though, here are some pictures I found that I thought I would share. Aaron was supposed to be taking a nap. I was working at the computer; I turned around to look at him and that is what I saw.
He loves his jumper, but apparently he was pretty tired.
This is him trying to crawl. He's been getting up on his knees for a month now. Now he'll get up and rock back and forth, then lunge forward. He gets around pretty well that way. I don't dare leave him alone a room anymore because he gets around so much. And here comes the shocker. Sorry, I couldn't get the picture turned. This is before:
And this is after:
I got over six inches cut off. My hair almost looks black in front now, though I'm not sure why. Even my own mother had to ask if I dyed my hair. I really didn't get any color added, I just got it cut. It's a bit of an adjustment, but so far I think I like it.

Finally...

So I started to write this post and it started to sound like a journal entry. I'm trying again, and hopefully it won't have that same feel. I just wanted to let everyone know that I applied for graduation on Friday. I'm just getting my associate's degree right now. But at least I won't have to take generals again if I ever decide to go back and get my bachelor's. Our family is doing quite well. Aaron is super close to crawling. I'm not so sure I'm ready to have to completely mobile children, but I guess there's no turning back now, huh. No, seriously I'm excited for all that lies ahead. I'm just not sure my sanity can keep up. Brad still loves the x-ray tech program, which is great news! He's just eating it up, it's so great to see him so excited to learn. Kaden is growing and testing my patience everyday. He is so much fun, I just don't know where he gets all that energy from. I wish I could keep up with him. Tomorrow we're going to be doing some Halloween crafts because our house is in desperate need of some decorations. I stole the ideas from Jessica's blog, hope you don't mind. They're super cute though. Anyway, if they turn out, I'll post some pictures.