questions #3

Brought to you by Jerilee...

I would like to know how you and Paul met?

It was the summer of 1998. I had made a lot of bad decisions. I had stopped going to church, dropped out of high school, and I stopped talking to most of my closest friends. I can't remember why my Mom decided to move from the stompin' ground that I had always known, but she did. We moved to a pretty ghetto area of Salt Lake. I still didn't want to go to church, but I told my Mom I would go with her so she didn't have to do it alone.

In all of my life I never remember inviting the missionaries over for dinner, probably because my Mom was single...and that is not allowed. I don't know what got into her, but she invited them one Sunday at church.

At the time I was still trying to get rid of an exboyfriend that was hanging on for dear life. He was pathetic, really. The missionaries show up for dinner, and it was my exboyfriend, my Mom, my cArazy brother Kyle, and me...with Elder Sell and Elder Tate.

This is where our story began! Elder Sell hated being in Utah, and I loved to make people happy. We soon began writing notes, hanging out for dinner appointments, I went to church to see him, and I was in love. Our notes turned from random questions about each other to love notes. I still adore reading through them, Paul has always known what to say to make me feel amazing.

Elder Sell finally decided that Utah was not for him and went back to sunny California in November. I had really low self esteem, and thought that I would never see him again...maybe he was just lonely, and was using me for attention. We talked on the phone a lot, and his first trip to Utah in January of 1999...Paul would ask me to be his wife. We would realize that we couldn't handle the long distance relationship stuff, and were married in the San Diego, Calfornia Temple in April of 1999.Everyone together say "AAAaaah!" =)

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questions #2

This questions is brought to you by Kristina P.

What is the one thing you hate about blogging?

Blogging really is something that I enjoy, but after Kristina asked this question I could come up with a bunch of things I hate. I narrowed my answer down to one thing, but it was harder than I thought.

#1 thing I hate about blogging...people who hide behind anonymous comments.

It is funny to me that the only way people dare say some of the stuff they do is if no one knows that it is them. Weird really.

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question #1

Brought to you by Meagen...

Is it okay for me to do a blog post like this on my blog? I love this idea.

Of course it is Meagen. I love when people like the ideas that I come up with while I am sitting in the confines of my green cubicle walls.

Next....

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TMI.

I have this habit of over sharing. It embarrasses Paul, and people at work most of the time just laugh at me. I sometimes wonder why I don't have a problem telling my boss that I accidentally peed my pants while I threw up the other day, or that I...see I am over sharing again. =)
So, I got to thinking, what do people wonder about me? Do I share enough that I am not in the least bit mysterious? Have you ever had a question about me that hasn't been answered?
Now is your chance...what do you really want to know about me? I will answer everything, no joke. I will answer every question that is in this comment section in a post. Depending on what you ask, I guess some might not require a whole post. We shall see.

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spam

I have never had any problems with spam in my comment sections. I have always allowed "anonymous" comments to be made, and I really hate the word verification...so I choose not to bug others with it on my blog.
It changed for me this week. I have had a bunch of spam...very annoying. What is weird to me is that they choose a post from July to put the spam in. Different advertisements, but all the same post.
Does the word verification bug you, like it bugs me? Should I just turn off "anonymous" comments? Or should I just deal with it, because honestly it takes me like three seconds to delete them permanently?

a note from Vin

To my Daddy and Mommy:

Thank you for finally deciding on a middle name for me. I was feeling left out, because my big sister has one. I think that I'll like my middle name, and I think I even like his music!

I want you to know that I am very different from my sister. Mommy, you can now give up on having me kick for Daddy. I don't like to perform for anyone...I know Van does, but I don't. I like to do everything on my own time, and I am kinda liking it being our thing.

I am sorry that I have made Mommy so sick, and making her grumpy for you Daddy. What can I say? I am a picky eater just like she is, and I like to show her my dislike in food. I will now stop making her sick, and only beg for an occassional bean and cheese burrito with green sauce...from Del Taco, of course. I will also wake Mommy up every night to let her know that I am there in exchange for the sickness. =)

I can't wait to make my appearance. I have waited for it to be my turn for a long time, and even though you are nervous for a boy...I'll try to be on my best behavior!

I love you,

Your Baby Boy, Vin

Wordless Wednesday: I am feelin' this SASSY!