My Crazy Husband

I was just thinking about school almost being out for the summer and about what I was up to a year ago. I couldn't help remember that it was around a year ago that I found out that Logan Blake is crazy.

He took me to Zion's with his roommates and their dates to go hiking. (You all must remember that in my family we never did any "hiking" that involved more than a short stroll down a paved trail. )

We went to the Emerald Pools, which I totally can handle. I did it in 8th grade and came out just fine. What I didn't take into account was that I was dealing with a serious hiking fanatic.

He had told me that a girl had thrown up hiking with him once in the past, this concerned me a bit since my body's reaction to just about every feeling is to puke.

We started out just fine, but it didn't take long for me to realize that I was way in over my head with this guy. Picture me, if you will, literally being dragged behind Logan by the hand at an unnatural pace. We encountered a retired couple in the exact same mode. (I silently wondered to myself if that would me my future, I know now it is.)

We were just about there, and I had an overwhelming feeling of nausea. I tried to be a good sport. I really did, but Logan had to leave me behind so he could see the pools and then come back to retrieve me. The picture was after I had sat alone for a while and got a bit better. But if you look, you can see what had happened to me. I had been drug up a trail by a madman.

The Toilet Seat

I have always wondered what the big fuss was about when women complain about men leaving the toilet seat up, and then I fell in....

I never had men around the house much growing up and when I did it was Marshal (my nephew) who would neglect to lift the toilet seat all together and dribble all over it. Now that is a shock to plop onto. I never complained at all when Logan would rarely forget to put it down, because the way I saw it, he had to lift it up when he went, and it wouldn't kill me to put it down.

Needless to say since the incident my views have changed a great deal. There is nothing like the shock of falling in, it's even worse than sitting on a dribble. I am pleading with all men everywhere, please PLEASE remember us when you flush and put it back the way you found it.

Spring Crick Over nighter

As you probably all know Cash planned a back packing trip this last weekend. I was fortunate enough to get invited. The route was to hike to the back of Spring Crick climb out of the canyon and then come down the Kanarra Mountain trail. It was fun and there were many adventures and obstacles that we had to deal with that we didn't know about or expect. for instance all of the deep snow that was in the bottom of the canyon that would give way when you walked on it.

Ladders to climb, thick brush to fight and cold nights to endure. Some things might have been easier with a guide, but that wouldn't have made for a good story. One thing I did get to try out was something I learned from Bear Grylls. Bear was in Patagonia walking a cross a frozen glacier and it was really treacherous and slippery. He said if you didn't have spikes you could put your socks on you're shoes and that would give you some traction. That is what he did, he pulled of his Smart Wool socks and put them on his shoes and then he could walk. Well on the way down the Kanarra Mountain trail there was a lot of steep icy snow and i was slipping all over the place and I remembered that show so I put my dirty pair of Smart Wool socks over my shoes and I could walk a lot better.

I just thought all you non-believers out there would like to know that there is good stuff being taught on Man Vs. Wild. - Logan

Didn't Take it

Just to let ya'll know we decided not to take the house off Diagonal Street. We were looking at our budget and we think that right now in our life the cost of the house with out any of the utilities included would be just too much to take on. We want to find a place for less that has water, sewer and garbage included, and we're sure we can find that. So we will keep looking. We did get approved for the rent and the Property Management place said we could lease something else there with out having to re-apply.

We Applied

We went down to St. George friday after school to look once again for a place to live. We were only able to look at three that night before 5 o'clock. We looked on the internet that night and found some targets for the next day. There was a house I wanted to look at through Preferred Property Management and someLogan wanted to see from Jensen Property Management.

Jensen's opened first so we went to look at a really nice house on Indian Hills and we loved it. Really nice, big, clean, and most importantly, good neighborhood. We got back to the office, filled out the forms and the lady tells us, "I'm so sorry but someone bought it yesterday." "THEN WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL US?!?!"

So we go over to Preferred and basically sit there for an hour and no one ever showed up even though they were supposed to open. I was pretty much in love with this house (which is just off Diagonal by the way) from the pictures on the website and we had driven by friday to see it (after dark). I was so afraid that someone was going to snap this up before next weekend, and I am not letting another actual house get away from me, so I decided to drive down this morning before school and take a look. Logan is sick from his little excursion with Cash and Adam, so I made him come with me.

The yard is in much worse shape in the daylight, if you can even call it a yard. Regardless, we loved the house and all its potential, and we applied! Maybe this is why that incredible apartment slipped through our fingers, and the super-nice house.

The yard looks a lot worse now .

It includes:

• Room for our cars and the work truck.


• Nice non-renterish neighborhood.


• Oodles of charm.


• Washer and Dryer!!!!


• Room so we can have BBQ's with the family (pretty much Logan's dream).

Congratulations to Logan!

Logan has been named the recipient of the Integrated Engineering Academics Award for the 2007-2008 schoool-year by the faculty of the College of Computing, Integegrated Engineering and Technology. He will be recognized at the college's Recognition and Awards Banquet on April 17. Congrats Logan!!

P.S. Can you beat that Tanner?

Paranoia

Okay, Anisa got me all paranoid about people we don't know looking at our blogs, so I put a permission on ours. The funny thing about me writing this is that you wouldn't know it unless you already found out and had to sign in. Anyway I have been looking around and I would like to ask you all nicely to remove anywhere that it says our last name next to Logan and Sydney on your blog links. Also I think we should get rid of the email listings on the family blog and on Jessica's blog. I think we should do this because there is a little to much information (TMI) on the blogs, that I don't think others should be looking at. - Logan

Tuweep! Tuweep!

Last Saturday Sydney and I, well I came up with the idea, decided to go to the Grand Canyon. It has been a while since either of us had been to the Grand Canyon and I saw something on the Travel Channel that said it was the most visited natural wonder in the world with over 5 million visitors each year. We left with a packed lunch and drove all day it seemed to get down there and back. I picked to go to Tuweep because it is free and it is a lot closer than the North or South Rim. I like Tuweep because you can go right up to the edge and it is also cool just the shape of how deep it is to its width.

This is me drinking Bear Grylls style. - Logan

P.S. Okay, this picture needs an explanation. The toilets at Tuweep were the worst toilets I have ever smelled. They were WAY WORSE than the usual "hole in the ground" toilets. These were composting toilets. The idea is that you go, and add a scoop of wood chips in afterward. It said let the wood chips do their job while you do yours. I went in and immediately ran out gagging. The only way I could go through with this is by stuffing my nose full of toilet paper. Logan thought this was great. Just to give you guys an idea about the stink, it was like a human store. You know how pet stores smell like pet pee and wood chips? This smelled like human pee and wood chips. That is all. -Sydney

Spring Break!!!!

I am counting down the days ‘til spring break, I have been for so long now! I am completely lacking motivation to do anything school related and all I want to do is nap and talk to Logan.

My mom and I have been planning to spend a day or two in St. George over spring break since Logan announced that he would be leaving me over spring break again this year. His plans have since changed, but mine haven’t! I want to be somewhere warm and as far away from SUU as I can get. If I can just hold on for two more days I will have made it. Spring break! I have waited so long for you!

Roadtrip: Highway 89

We were in Provo at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon desperately looking for a Taco Bell. We finally found one and Logan decided to take me up past the MTC since I had never been there, and he wanted to reminisce. While there he had this grand idea of going home on Highway 89. I thought that it sounded like fun. At about this same time I remembered that I had brought the camera. This is us at the beginning of our adventure.

This is where we were.

We stopped to say hi to my mom since she practically lives on Hwy. 89. We visited for about a half hour and we hit the road again.

By the time we made it to Circleville, Logan was looking pretty tired.

By the time we made it to Bear Valley we were both tired. (I had a lot of Pepsi at Taco Bell.)

We finally made it home around nine, I think.

Home sweet home. Well... back in Cedar City.

The Xbox Elite

I am sure you have all heard about Logan's new love but I thought I would include a few pics so everyone could see how happy it made him to get it.

We went to Wal-mart to grab a couple items and Logan went to see if there was a Wii for Anisa. I got a text from Logan saying there was not a Wii but the coveted Xbox 360 Elite that he has been drooling over on the internet for some time. I immediately replied that he should get it (oh how these words haunt me now! Just kidding!) and he did.

It only took him about one day (that's approximately 9 hrs of playing time) to beat Halo 3.

Congrats to Logan on his new Xbox!

Husband Tag

What is his name: Logan. The only one I know who is over the age of 12.

How long have you been married? Six months, 11 days.


How long did you date? It was five months to the day of our first kiss that we got engaged and seven months to the day when we got married.

Who eats more sweets? I eat more sweets, but Logan likes them more than I do, he just has willpower and I don’t.

Who said I love you first? Interesting question. I’m not really sure. He asked me if I loved him and I said I thought that I did. We never really said it ‘til a few days later.

Who is taller? Logan, by about six inches. Just perfect.

Who is smarter? Logan is the most brilliant person I have ever met. He can do just about anything.


Who does the laundry? I do. Logan helps a lot and sometimes he does it while I’m at school.

Who pays the bills? Logan does. I would probably forget.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you’re in the bed I do, if you’re looking at it, Logan does.

Who mows the lawn? I just hope we have one someday.

Who cooks dinner? We both do. Logan is way better at cooking though.

Who drives? I prefer to make Logan drive because to me that is sort of like holding a door open for me or something. It’s chivalrous.

Who is more stubborn? Unfortunately, I think this is a toss up. This makes things very interesting when we disagree.

Who kissed who first? Logan likes to pretend I kissed him, but he kissed me.

Who asked who out first? Well, another interesting story. The whole hanging out thing kind of blurs the lines of dating. I asked him to come over and hang out first, but he asked me on an actual date first.

Who proposed? Logan did. On the St. George Boulevard.

Who has more siblings? We have the same amount, only in reverse. He only has one sister, I only have one brother.

The Cake Saga

It was Valentine’s Day and I was feeling that I needed to surprise Logan with something, since we had (by Logan’s idea) given each other our Valentines on the 12th. A few days before, we had been flipping through the cookbook just looking for things that we might make someday. We came across this cake and Logan thought that it looked great. So it was the morning of Valentine’s Day and this cake popped into my mind, and I decided that I would make it.

Now let me tell you a little about this cake. It is a very “fancy” cake. It has real strawberries in the batter and the frosting involves cream cheese and heavy whipping cream. This might not be a fancy cake to you, but I have never even considered making a cake this complex. So I did.

I am notoriously known for screwing up my surprises for Logan, but this one turned out perfect! I knew this because I had tasted the batter, which was yummy and the frosting was to die for. I was so incredibly proud of myself. It was not burned on the edges, and even more importantly, it was not gooey in the middle. So I wait anxiously for Logan to get home.

Logan got home and I was all excited about the cake (Oh when will I ever learn?!?!). He was like, “It’s a cake.” He was not impressed at all! I really don’t know why I still expect him to be happy, he never is happy when I surprise him. This, as usual, induced tears on my part at a later hour. But he did do better than last time by actually eating a piece of cake (there was a nasty little incident involving mint brownies a few months ago).

He acted alright about it. He tried to act like he liked it. Anyway, the purpose of this post is not to vilify Logan, because I actually decided to taste my masterpiece the next day, and it really isn’t that good, which makes me really mad because I spent so much time making it just right, and a few tears over him hating it, and the stupid cake was SO not worth it. I am hoping that by making this story public, I will be less likely to repeat it with another unwanted, and disappointing dessert.

Klint and Ellen Duet

As you all know, many moons ago Aunt Ellen ordered custom cabinets from Klint, at York’s Custom Cabinetry. She has yet to have them installed, because she feels that it will upset Roberta. Last Thanksgiving the kids all went to Las Vegas together and the popular song “Apologize” by Timbaland Feat. OneRepublic (You can find it on Libby's green playlist thing) came on the radio. Klint, the sweetheart that he is, started to sing along with the radio by saying, “It’s too late to call the guys.” I’ve written yet another song, this one depicting a conversation between Aunt Ellen and Klint concerning the cabinet situation. The parts spoken by Aunt Ellen are in red, and the parts spoken by Klint are in blue. Where they sing together it is in purple. Please enjoy, you may sing along if you like.


“Call the Guys”

[Verse 1]
I’m holdin’ off your help,
Cuz Grandma don’t like the sound.
And I know you’ve got your pay,
But you just can’t come around.
I told you that I want them,
And soon you can bring them down…
But wait…
I hope that I’m not sorry,
When you try and come around.
And say…

[Chorus]
It was too late to call the guys.
It’s too late…
You said it’s too late to call the guys
It’s too late
Yeah!

[Verse 2]
We’ll give another chance,
Take a break, come back just for you.
They’ll go in without missing a beat,
And they’re custom too.
You’ll love your finished kitchen
It will look brand new
And you say…
Sorry, but I think
That this year will be too soon
Then I’m afraid…

[Chorus]
It’ll be too late to call the guys
It’s too late…
I said it’s too late to call the guys
It’s too late
Whoa!

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
It’s too late to call the guys
It’s too late.
I said it’s too late to call the guys
It’s too late.

It’s too late to call the guys. YEAH!
I said it’s too late to call the guys. YEAH!
I’m holdin’ off your help
Cuz Grandma don’t like the sound

Give the "Libby" What She Wants!

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. Duh!

B. Each player answers the questions about themselves, obviously.

C. At the end of the post, the player then tags people and posts their names (how else would they know they’ve been tagged), then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog (of course how else would they know what the freak being tagged means).

10 Years Ago: I was a dirty dishwasher at Andelin’s Gable house (I hadn’t made cook status yet). My dad just got a new truck, high school sucked, and my brother wasn’t around to bother me. Life was good (JK Lucas).

5 Things on my To-Do List today: Find out how much Libby was going to spend on her round brush. Figure out what to eat. Mail a phone to the person who bought it from me on eBay. Walk back to the house. Figure out what to get Sydney’s sister for her Birthday.

Snacks I enjoy: Pop corn and jerky (minus the pieces left in my teeth), Some sweets in moderation,

Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Let’s see, use 100 Million to start my own company, save a 100 million for retirement, Give a 100 Million to Sydney so she’d get the stuff she wanted, and because she didn’t save any of her billion. Use another 100 million to develop some land. I would take another 100 million to burn in front of the rest of you poor saps just to show you how rich I am. And the last 500 million I would use to carve my face in the side of the red hill for all to see.

3 of my bad habits: I work too hard, I care too much, and sometimes I can be too invested in my job. These are my greatest weaknesses.

5 places I have lived: On a motor cycle at the Sand dunes in California, on a four wheeler in the beaver mountains, on a raft in the Green River, on a house boat in Lake Powel and in Mexico with three college girls. If you haven’t done those, then you haven’t lived.

5 jobs I have had: Dishwasher, Cook, Junior Woodchuck (Plumber), Box maker, Pill Grinder.

5 things people don't know about me: I can’t hawk and spit because it makes me gag. My dad does all my welding. I like the smell of a coal burning stove. I didn’t think the land lord clip with Will Ferrell was funny. I write all my posts in Word then copy them to blogger.

okay! I did it! Now I tag: Kimtastic