Friday Finds - A Link Round-up

I am an internet and blog junkie!   Here are 5 of my favorite links I've run across this week...

1. Everything I Learned About Life, I Learned From Korean TV Dramas... I don't know how many of you all have ever watched a Korean TV Drama.  Boy, are they DRAMATIC!!!  This blog post describes them perfectly!  Kind of a throw back to Everything I Learned About Life I Learned in Kindergarten.
   
2. Yubikiri Genman... The Pinky Promise I still pinkie swear!  This is great!  Now I know it's not just an American thing.  Although, it is a little different in Japan...
3. Golden Retriever Nurses Tiger Cubs  This was just too cute!  I've heard of mother animals taking care of other kind of babies, but never mother dogs and baby tigers!  And BTW, The Cheerful Scoop is great, only positive news!
   
4. Today I Burnt Down the House and Glued Body Parts Together  This story sounds a bit like my life some days.  I tried to make croutons yesterday, but of course, I forgot they were in the oven and they turned into charcoal.  Not a very good smell.  And doesn't it always seem like when one thing goes really wrong, so do a bunch of other things?  
5. Black Heels to Tractor Wheels  Holy cow, can this woman write!!!  I've never read so much detail in a how-I-met-my-husband story!  And the best part?  She's still writing it, there will be more to come.
   

Stuff we have done this Spring Summer... so far.

We had a GREAT weekend!  Derek and I went to Jackson, WY with our friend Yi and his parents.  Yi is getting married this month (CONGRATULATIONS YI!!!) so his parents came all the way from China for a month to be with him.  He called us about a week ago and asked about Yellowstone.  We offered to go with him and were lucky enough to be able to stay in Mom and Dad Cheney's wonderful condo!  THANKS MOM AND DAD!!! 

Yellowstone was so amazing.  The last time Derek and I went, we only went as far as Old Faithful.  The park is HUGE so we just picked the one thing to do that time.  This time, we went around the entire middle loop!  And it was great!  We saw so much great stuff!  Unfortunately, my camera ran out of memory (I haven't uploaded any pictures since we've been back in the states, April 08) and batteries not halfway through.  Yi got some great pictures though and was kind enough to take my orders of what to take pictures of! :)  He'll be sending me them soon!

Anyways, I decided that it was about time to upload and this slide-show is the result....  I think for it to work, you have to click on "full screen"  Not sure why.  I guess it's just a little quirky, like me.

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ARGH!

I'm in Jackson, WY right now.  (By the way, thanks Mom and Dad Cheney for re-reserving the condo for us.  Sorry we didn't take you guys up on the offer when we visited a couple weeks ago.  We're so fickle with our travel plans!)  And it's 5:56 right now.  Not my normal time to be awake.  And neither is 3:30, which is the time I woke up this morning...

We went to the Bar-J Ranch last night for their dinner and show.  It was WONDERFULLY FUNNY!  I enjoyed every minute of it!  The five singing cowboys they have worked so well together!  It didn't even sound scripted!  Derek was laughing so hard he cried!  But before dinner even started, I started to get a headache.  Not a little headache, a HUGE MIGRAINE!  And it just kept growing throughout the whole performance.  I couldn't believe it!

After the show I was so miserable.  My head hurt so badly, I went through cycles of near head explosions and pukings.  By the time we got to a store to get aspirin, no... make that Excedrin Migraine, all I could think about was not puking and not exploding. 

We got home, and after a LONG hot shower and two Excedrins, I was feeling better... fuzzy, but better, and I went to sleep.  BUT, I woke up at 3:30 with the beginnings of another super headache.  So I took another couple of Excedrins.  Excedrin has A TON of caffeine in it.  And so did the snack food I ate with it so I wouldn't get sick, a Kit-Kat bar.  So, I've been awake since 3:30...  It's going to be an interesting day tomorrow...  I see a nap in my future.

And don't worry, I'll post more of the highlights of our Jackson trip later. 

The Zuiikin Girls

This is just one of the many Zuikin Girls videos that CRACK ME UP!



And why would you need an ambulance for diarrhea? And don't most people even with mild cases stay home?

Check 'em out, you can't get anything funnier!

Blog Train

One of my blog friends has started a blog train! It's pretty cool. You post your name and blog site on the "train" and then leave a comment on the person's blog above you. The next person who posts on the train will go to your site and leave a comment. It's a great way to get new readers!

Don't worry! They aren't dead!

For those of you who don't know, we love the Ortons! They are so nice to us! For example, Derek went to scout camp this last week. I was a bit lonely, and Tanya noticed. She invited me over to her house for the evening last Tuesday and I ended up staying there until 2AM!!! Crazy aren't we?! Brent was the responsible one and went to bed about 12:45, but Tanya and I stayed up and watched The Music Man. The one with Matthew Broderick. The only one really worth watching in my opinion. :) Anyways, I digress, back to our craziness. We both had responsibilities the next day. I go to my parents at 9am. She has three young children who I'm sure wake up early, EARLY, and desperately need their mother's love and attention. AND their family was going to leave for Rexburg in the afternoon! That's a 5 hour drive!

So I tried calling them Wednesday to see if they made it to Rexburg alright. I was afraid that they might have fallen asleep at the wheel because of their lack of sleep. No answer. My call went directly to voicemail. I tried calling again on Thursday. Same thing, voicemail. And on Friday. And on Saturday. I started to worry. Maybe I really did indirectly cause their deaths! How awful that would be! They weren't there at church either. I was half expecting (In my over active worrying imagination) the bishop to stand up and announce an awful tragedy, that the Ortons had died in a car crash. But thankfully, that didn't happen. Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't panicky. Like I said, I was just over imagining and worrying. I get that from my mom...

I decided that I would call again on Sunday evening. Brent works for the city of Caldwell, and I figured he'd be back at work Monday morning. So I called, and Tanya answered! They weren't dead, just her phone. Yay! And even better, they stopped by our house on their way home. They must love us too!

Softies!

I found some great tutorials on LucyKate Crafts. She makes some REALLY CUTE softies. Before looking at this website, I had no idea what softies were! They're cute little critters made out of felt and fabric. I spent all evening last night making a toadstool and an owl while watching the X-Files, Season 1. And then this morning I made a Totoro knock off!

Pinkie the Owl (I know, real original right?)

Totoro himself!

Mr. Toadstool

Check out her site! Totally cute stuff!