A Halloween Movie ALL Loan Officers/Servicers Should Avoid!

Last week, in the spirit of Halloween, Paul and I rented the movie "Drag Me to Hell". In case you don't know what this movie is about, let me enlighten you: a loan officer has to foreclose on an old lady who hasn't been paying her mortgage. The old lady in question is a gypsy with false teeth. The false teeth play a large role in the movie, maybe larger than Justin Long's. But I digress. Basically, the old hag puts a gypsy curse on the loan officer, which causes her to be tormented for 3 days by a demon called the "llamia" (no relation to the llama) before said demon does what the title of the film suggests. Sound cheesy? You have no idea.
Anyway, this movie kind of scared me, because I'm already worried that someday one of the people that we foreclose on is going to show up at my office with a shotgun. Hasn't happened yet, but the day after we watched this movie, I received some nasty emails from a particular borrower who told me that her "grandfather always warned her not to trust the white man" and that we are liars and "speak in the tongue of evil spirits". So...if in 3 days you don't hear from me, it might be because I have some type of damnable curse on my head...

Why are purses so big? 'Cause we have lots of stuff!

Paul harasses me to clean out my purse all the time. He says it's way too heavy. "How can a purse possibly be that heavy?", he says. Oh, men. Sometimes it's laughable how ignorant they really are. Sure, there are a few receipts and wrappers that may collect in there from time to time, but I defend every item that I have in that bag -- they are all completely necessary! For example, when I take the train to work, I have to have a book and my iPod. Also, there's usually a good chance it is carrying my breakfast/snacks and/or lunch to work. For the amusement of Paul, I have listed here all the items that are presently in my purse, and you tell me whether or not they are needed!!

1. Book (The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown)
2. CD's (2- Michael Buble and Alexandra Burke. So that I can put them on realplayer at work)
3. Wallet
4. Security ID badge
5. Cell phone
6. iPod
7. Small handbag containing women's unmentionables
8. Bobby pins
9. Miniature Poppy photo album
10. Umbrella (REALLY necessary today: it's snowing, people!)
11. Murray City election ballot
12. Sunglasses
13. 2 granola bars, 3 fruit snack packlets
14. 4 pens
15. 2 packs of gum
16. Pay stub
17. Re-wetting drops for contacts
18. Flash drive
19. Lotion - velvet tuberose from Bath & Body Works
20. Ibuprofen (or as Paul's mum calls it: "ibrufren")
21. Keys
22. 3 Lipsticks
23. Burt's Bees lip balm
24. Band-Aid's

See, that's hardly anything!

8 Months Old & Celebrating Vegas Style!

I sit up so well now!

Awww, baby elephant at the zoo

the gang at the zoo

enjoying the zoo with Nannie Sue

do you spot my new tooth?

daddy bought me this silly candy corn hat

getting ready for church

snuggling with daddy and George

at Sugarhouse park

the Bellagio fountains in Vegas

ready to go swimming! Shortly thereafter, we discovered the pool closed at 5

the view from our balcony at the Palms Place Hotel

this was hands-down the nicest place we've ever stayed!

more views from the balcony...

do you spot us? (hint: on the right toward the top; not that weirdo on the left)

the reason why Paul dragged us to Vegas in the first place. He was so excited.

once again, this hotel room = not too shabby

LOVE the garden area in the Bellagio

we stayed at the Venetian 1 night. Also not bad.

we took this picture at 6:30 am because Poppy didn't want to sleep in. Ran into some strippers exiting the hotel on our way to the continental breakfast. Classy.

Me auditioning for Blue Man Group. I didn't make it.

Still wondering why she's always wearing a bib??

Finally, Luke's blessing pictures, from a month ago!

It's hard to believe that Poppy is actually 8 months old already, because it still feels like I just had her yesterday! I have to admit though, this age is definitely fun. As you can probably tell from the pictures below, she laughs and smiles almost nonstop (well, that's an exaggeration, because she does have those fussy moments; we just don't take pictures of them!).
Anyway, we have been extremely lazy in updating the blog as of late. Hopefully the pictures below will show you exactly what we've been up to. There are a few pictures of Luke's blessing; we tried to get all of the grandkids on the couch together for a picture, but none of them wanted to sit there for very long. Paul's mum was just in town for 2 weeks, so there are a few pictures at the zoo with Nannie Sue as well as our trip to Vegas so that Paul could see Kylie Minogue in concert.
Poppy officially has 2 bottom teeth, and my fingers will tell you that they are sharp as razors. Still no crawling, but she loves to sit up, roll everywhere and play with all of her toys. Recently, she has discovered that her jumperoo is not just for looking at, but that she can actually bounce around in it - she's pretty cute jumping in it!
Anyway, enjoy the pictures, and in a couple of weeks, we'll post some halloween pictures, and see if you can guess what Poppy will be dressed up as!