So I know you are all saying, "Emily, aren't you in psycho summer school and shouldn't be reading millions of books?" Yes, I know. But don't start this one unless you have time to finish it. It was pretty dang good (except for the ending - wrapped it up with a bow a little too much). But it was James Patterson style - short chapters, draws you in, etc. Warning: would get a PG-13 rating.

Don't hate.

Okay, people, I know I am going to get a lot of flack from saying this (especially from the Mel Jones couzies). But Julia and I both read These Is My Words this week (aka I was 3/4 of the way through and Julia stole it from me). And we give the book a thumbs medium to thumbs down. Now just to back up our opinions, some things you should know about Julia and I:

1. We inherited our book reading obsession from the Sandra.
2. We will read truly anything. Back of the toothpaste box, comics, pure shiz.
3. We are not book snobs. Books we have read that we may be ashamed of reading: The Tale of Emily Windsnap, many Babysitters Club books, mormon soap opera books, the list goes on.

Therefore, we feel that our 2.25 star rating of These Is My Words is appropriate. Reasons it was not the best:
1. WAY too many coincidental run-ins. Didn't this book happen in the humongous AZ territories??? And they didn't have cars, therefore they must have magically ran into some of the same people (Jack Elliott) all the time somehow.
2. Emily read the last page which gave away the ending. Then she didn't want to read it anymore.
3. Both Julia and I agree after Sarah and Jack get married, boredsville.

However, will we read at least one of the sequels? Most likely yes.

I know, I know. My Breaking Dawn countdown is really, really amazing. I will share I supposed. My amazing friend Sarah sent it to me. Loves it.

p.s. One sentence cd review: Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs. If I wanted to listen to something instrumental, I'd listen to Yanni.

-Emily

Bored.

Since all my entertainment is at Girls Camp, I will discuss the daddy/daughter date Reidster and I had yesterday at the 10 am movies. To copy Erica, I will give a one sentence movie review:

Stupid stupid stupid movie but Shia LaBeouf is underage hot. (Underage meaning too young for me.)

The End.

Happy Birthday Bubs!

So today our little Julia has become a 16 year old. Yes, I remember 16 years ago today that she was born and we were so excited. We would post some ancient photos of Julia, but she lost her/our camera, so all her fault. This is very old woman of me, but it is so weird to think that Julia, who I shared a room and bed with for several years is getting all grown up. Tear. Whenever she complains about sharing a room with Annie, I remind her who I shared a room with. And then she shuts up. I give you 16 amazing/random things about Julia:

1. She has the most nicknames in our house. Bubs, Bubzies, Jude, Hebrewlia, Julia Gulia, Yaya, Judapest, the list goes on.
2. She has always had crazy curly hair. Yes, when her hair is all sleeky straight, you would never think that. But catch her on a rainy/humid day and you will see her true self.
3. If Julia could be anything, she would be a cat. When she was little, she would suck on their ears. And even now, when our cats were having babies, she was being the cat midwife. Seriously. 4. When she was a baby, she looked like the "not the mama" baby dinosaur.
5. She is always super nice to Annie and others. She never starts fights or is the contention causer at our house.
6. She will always go with you wherever you are going. Going to west Phoenix and need someone to go so you can go in the carpool lane? Julia's your girl.
7. She is OBSESSED with babies. After taking her to see Juno(aren't I the best mom ever?), though, she decided to keep 3 feet away from all boys. No being up the spout for bubs.
8. She is slowly becoming my clone. I told her that she had 3 choices of colleges to go to - BYU, BYU Hawaii, or BYU Idaho. That's it. I wanted to go to Native for her birthday dinner and didn't say anything. Where did she pick? Native. My mind control is working. Hopefully someday we will be as cool as these people and will only have to say single words and the other person will understand.
9. Julia HATES scrapbooking. When I tell people at my work that I have 4 sisters, they are always so confused. Because they have never seen her. But if you are in a rut, she can totally fix it all around for you. Amazing.
10. So most people don't think that Julia looks like us. That is because our next door cousin Jenny is truly her long lost twin. Precious! 11. She is the "hidden skills" sister. She doesn't act hardcore about anything, but then randomly she does an english project and it's amazing. Or randomly does your hair for you and it turns out professional.
12. She is currently on phone # 235,849. She breaks phones faster than even Delia. But she has really strong thumb muscles from the 3,000 texts she does monthly.
13. If you have the game Animal Crossing, she might be your new best friend. But don't tell anyone, it is her secret shame.
14. She is the best accesorizer or outfit putter-togetherer person ever. Or as I call it "Pick my decorations for me."
15. She is WAY more out of the comfort zone than us in high school. Definitely ranks higher on the cool factor. What did she do for her birthday? Had a huge party in our backyard with her friends. And had loud music (sorry neighbors). And you had to dress up 80's. And then she cleaned it all up.
16. When she goes shopping, she loves to touch everything in the store. And then she has to look at it all again and give a final decision.

Happy birthday Bubs! We heart you!!!

Thoughts from Laura and Emily:

Songs that get stuck in Emily's head on a regular daily basis:
-"Ornitharinkus Annatinus" from Mr. Rogers in the 80's
-"Ed Sullivan" from Bye, Bye Birdie
-"Jingle Bells"
-"Grim Grinning Ghosts" from a Disney sing-a-long of the Haunted Mansion
That's only from the last few days.

Other observations made while picking Laura's car up from getting repaired:
A squirrel at Michael Wolvine's house (who Annie used to be obsessed with). For the rest of you, the yellow house on Pueblo. Pueblo=a forest where woodland creatures live?
The cousin of the dog from Sandlot. This was at the place where Laura picked up her car. Scared.

Last observation - if you ever need your car fixed, you should go to Accurate Automotive because they will give you a certificate for a free oil change just for taxi-ing your sister there. So nice! We love them. Just don't approach the police dog or take pictures of it for an extended period of time because he turned camera shy.

Five, five, five, five, five . . .

Five, five, five, five, five . . .

1 - Five places that I go to over and over: Mesa Public Library, MCC, Scrapbooks Etc., Cafe Rio, the plasma center?
2 - Five people who e-mail me (regularly) : Sarah, Emily, University 7th ward, facebook, Travelzoo top 20
3 - Five favorite places to eat: Cafe Rio, Paradise Bakery, Cold Stone Creamery, Macaroni Grill, Outback
4 - Five places I would rather be right now: in Hawaii sleeping on Emily's blowup mattress, in Hawaii, in SLC sleeping in the Sykes's basement, in my bed watching tivo, and on a fabulous vacation, Forks, Washington.
5 - Five TV shows I watch all the time: well there is WAY more than five. Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Hills, SVU, Office, Scrubs, ANTM, Real World, Samantha Who, Bones, Dirty Jobs.

Here's what you are supposed to do…and please don't spoil the fun…tag 5 people to post this on their blog...
Emily Kikuchi, Tina, Amanda, Angie D, Erica G.

If Julia was from the 'hood... sick.

p.s. If anyone watched Gossip Girl on Monday, we need to discuss it's AMAZINGNESS. Seriously some of the best tv I've seen since Denny died on Grey's Anatomy.

I feel bulky..

So Julia still has not found her camera, so we were reduced to using cell phone pictures. Our dad has acquired several new hobbies these days, and we thought we would share. Hobby #1? Finding a wife asap. Seriously, if that man could come and talk to the boys in my singles ward, I would be going on dates every minute. He=dating machine. Hobby #2? Buying things in bulk. I give you the evidence..
I am sure you are thinking "What the heck are they going to do with all that milk?" Well, if the world ends, all of our street just needs to bring a spoon:

No worries, there are two rows in here that you can't see. And there is a bunch on the floor that I couldn't tetris into the pantry.

What was that? You didn't think you could buy a GALLON of olive oil? Well I bet you didn't think you could get these either:
(Sorry I couldn't get this one to stay right side up).



Reidster, when will we EVER need a huge can of tuna?

Only Jones people would get why you needed a 50 lb. bag of popcorn.

And how do you get the ranch out of the very bottom? With a straw? Stick your hand in and it gets all greasy ranchy??

Something Reidster did not buy though that we have bulk of? Kittens. 2 of them R.I.P'd thanks to stupid Genevieve, but we still have 8 left! Any takers??? We=the Costco of cats.

These are Jane's 5 babies: Hannah Montana, Hitler, Miley Cyrus, Whiny, and Delia.

The three Tarzan has left: Garbage, Sprinkles, and Rocky. RIP to Snowball and Skinny.

Dear MCC -

Why must you turn the air conditioning down to near freezing in the library? You know that 3/4 of the students are hopped up on Monsters/some form of caffeine which usually just makes you colder. This is inappropriate. This is a ploy for people to fail their finals and have to give you more money to retake the classes. Naughty naughty.

Love, Emily

p.s. Once I memorize the microbiology book and regurgitate it onto a scantron, blog updating will happen. And when Julia finds her/our lost camera.