Depression is a sick feeling.

So last weekend rocked!! Sort of... First the roses then Twilight!!! I'm not one to watch a midnight premier so we went to that Friday night's movie (still sold out might I add!). I loved it. I know I haven't said much about it or given my review but that's because...

a. I didn't want to spoil it for anyone and I want to give everyone their fair share of expectations. Some people didn't like it and some did, but I think "to each his own." Everyone should see it with a clear view of what's in store for them without any preconceived notions. If you didn't like it, keep it to yourself. If you did! Awesome!! I totally fell in love all over again except for the five minutes that I almost walked out of the theater, not because I didn't like the movie (It hadn't even started yet). I started to panic as soon as we sat in our seats because this was it. I didn't want it end. I felt the same way I did when I finished Breaking Dawn. I was so incredibly sad that I almost left. Almost. Like I'd really walk out on Twilight! HA!

b. I'm just so busy. I start a post and can't seem to finish it. (Just like every other project I seem to start. :D)

c. The game... The Big Game... I really don't want to talk about it.

All about the bubbly!

So yesterday was a criizzazzyy day! Work seems like it's just chugging along for the both of us. Patrick had the day off to take a test so was home most of the afternoon. 3 major things happened:

Numero uno: I got my Jim Brickman "Christmas Themes" book in the mail. I had been waiting for it for a week or so and was so incredibly excited to get home and break it in. For those of you who don't know, Jim Brickman is an AMAZING pianist!! He plays a lot of music and I'm sure you've heard his stuff especially around this time of the year with Christmas and all coming up. Every year around this time I try and reward myself with new Christmas sheet music for the piano. This year I went all out and bought a whole book. I figured it'll give me more to play during the rest of the year. I love it!! Ah!

Numero dos: (That means Number 2 :D) When I got home last night I had a huge suprise waiting for me. Roses and dinner!! Even though Patrick had a bad day and hasn't been feeling well lately, he went out and bought me roses and made me dinner. What an amazing person he is! I love him so much! It's nights like these where being married totally beats being single! Some of my work friends are single and have asked me before why I got married so young, or I didn't date enough or I missed out on a lot of good times, but then I think of all the times like last night and I'm glad I'm not single!

Numero tres: This didn't really happen last night but I had to throw this in there. I got our Twilight tickets! I know. Its da bomb!! :)

P.Track with his awesome apron on!

Candlit and Flowers: My Favorite!

Set up and all!

Sparkling Cider!! I could drink that stuff like it was Dr. Pepper! HA!

Premature I know! So BITE ME!!

I had to! I just had to! I'm sure you can tell what my "OCD of the Week" is (Even though it's early this week instead of late). I've been giggling like an infatuated teenage girl all week! Enough said!

Update:

So I'm posting this spoof video for my husband. He thinks this whole Twilight thing is el stupido and I rather laugh it off then get offended. :)

T-T-T-Tater

So OCD of the week is a little late.. My bad! Well, when I told Patrick this was my topic for "OCD of the Week" he questioned whether or not tater tot cravings can be considered an OCD. Well, all I have to say about that is, whateva! My OCD can be on whatever I want it to be, right? It's all about controlling your OCD.... :) kinda. Anywho, I think I've gone through 2 full bags of tater tots in the last week/week and a half. I know I know. Tater tots every other day probably isn't the best thing to be having for dinner, but seriously, Yumm!! I love them like a fat kid loves chocolate! (I've always wanted to say that!) They are so good and so easy! I can even give you the recipe:

1 bag of tater tots

some salt

ketchup

a bit of cheese (every once in a while)
(sometimes mayo for some fry sauce baby)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees (the bag says 450 but I burned them once on that. Too Hot. Don't want to waste perfectly good taters by burning them!) Dump some (maybe a lot) of taters on a cooking sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes. (If your in a cheesey mood, when the tots are nice and done, pull cookie sheet out and immediately sprinkle cheese on your taters for an extra cheesy umph.) Salt 'em up, and dip away!!

Man, now I'm hungry for some tater tots!

Give me a PO! Give me a LYGAMISTS!!

What's that spell?!! POLYGAMISTS!!

EErrriiiitttttt...... REWIND!

So I'm gonna try and hit all the high points of the last few weeks. Since the last post that had anything to do with Patrick or I was when he graduated, I'll start from there.

Conference Weekend - It was full of awesomeness. Now, there were some downers attached to this weekend. One being I had to take the GMAT. It sucked!! Not the greatest test in the world but what can you do? We had the great in-laws in town and I had an awesome time catching up with them and hanging with VICTORIA!! Our mall trip during the priesthood session was a sight to see! Let's just say we ended up with a bunch of shirts, a Sonic run, a crave for taters, and big garbaged mess!!! Long story short, the tots with cheese was a brilliant idea!!

More about Patrick - He had a busy month in October. First he graduated, then he took his written test for his license and passed, THEN it was his birthday. Crazy!! We had a full on birthday weekend which has become tradition during birthday season. We had multiple dinners all over the Salt Lake Valley! To start it off on Friday, we hit up the Red Robin's (Patrick's favorite spot for a salad!), then Victoria and her mom came up from P-ville on Saturday and we invaded Applebee's! On Sunday, we went over to Garrick and Emily's (Garrick is Patrick's bro) and had dinner there with his mom. It was so cute looking at old pictures of the boys. Monday (the day!), Patrick made an awesome dinner and we had my familia over along with his best buddy Colby! What a night!! He got a nice array of gifts throughout his weekend: some cologne, a chisel set, a wok, and money, money, money. :P What a happy boy!

All Hallows Eve - Halloween was fun this year. Patrick dressed as his usual Doctor, and I spruced it up a bit with my Ugly Betty Costume. My work was swarming with new people. John McCain and Sarah Palin graced us with their presence, Mr. Incredible stopped by, the communist party stuck around for a bit (try dressing up as a whole political party and see what you come up with!). Later that night we did Sloppy Joe's at my mom's house!! Tradition. Of course. I changed into the best costume of the night. Ellie! That's right! I dressed up as my little sister. I could have won something in that get-up! I even had the laugh down.. You know.. The "throw-your-head-back and laugh really loud and hard" laugh. :)

Ugly Betty

Ellie Franco (right!)

Mr. Incredible

Sarah and John!

Watching my OCD

I haven't posted this week and I have a whole bunch of stuff to post about, but for now... My OCD of the the Week. Football. It's fall and when this time of the year comes around it totally gets me in the football mood. I grew up watching up football and love love love watching. I'm one of those that when football is on, I'm a-watchin! It doesn't matter what teams are playing, I just love watching it. We do, however, have our favorites. Patrick's favorite NFL team is....

Seattle Seahawks

My favorite NFL team is...

Minnesota Vikings

But we both love...

OCD

So, I've had this conversation with my mom before... "I think I might have a slight case of OCD. Seriously." At any given point in my life, I have been slightly OCD about something or another. In high school, it was my school work. Seriously I obsessed over it. I always had everything done and for the most part it was always right. Maybe that's why I was pretty much a loser when I was in high school. Since being married the OCD's tendencies have changed. I know this is probably extremely hard for most of you to believe, but it's true. One of the funniest moments Patrick and I have had is when he noticed one night, while we were still living in our apartment, that, before I went to bed I went around and made sure all the light switches were all down. I'd work it just right so that all the lights were off and all the switches were down. It really bugs. I know what your thinking. Head case. Crazy person. "Coocoo's nest, coocoo's nest!" :) (That one's for you Josie!) I'm getting better. I'm not totally anxious about things that I used to be. Like the radio in the car. When I had my little Honda Civic, the volume on the radio was measured in numbers. I always left the volume at like 20, but Patrick turned it down one time to talk, which was totally fine by me untill he left it at like 9. Uh uh, not cool. I had to turn it down one more notch till it was on 8 (an even number). Phew! I know. I know. Say what you will but I'm working on it. I don't even care any more. Maybe that's because the G6 doesn't have numerical volume control, but what can you do!

I bring this up because every Friday, I'm gonna post about my OCD of the Week. Starting with this one. This week my OCD was actually a certain blog. I found it a week or two ago and read the whole thing from the very first post till now and was sucked in. I seriously would check it for a new post every single chance I got. I'm realizing now that being obsessed over someone elses sad love life is silly. Now, I know some of you read it too and know now that it's totally fictional. When I found that out, I wasn't mad. I was even more anxious that she'd stop writing. She didn't even finish the story. It's like watching a very intense, action-packed movie and the power going out like 10 minutes before the movie ends. You don't ever find out what happens and it tears you up inside! Thankfully, she's gonna keep going and finish. I'm so happy because it's such a heartfelt story. For a person with some anxiety issues, cutting the story off where she did could cause me some problems. Read it and you'll totally understand. Hopefully I can break the habit of checking it like 25 times a day. :)