I Should Be Packing...

We are going camping tomorrow until Sunday. To quote my facebook:
"Camping alllllll weekend! Hello Torrey Pines, dirt, kiddies, worries over food, a soon-to-be frustrated sister-in-law, lots of pictures, and some good times. Goodbye my normal world of glowing rectangles. Except the handful we will bring with us..."

Sleeepy...
I just took out the garbage. It's strange to have it full of garbage instead of weeds. The recycling is also full. I said I just took out, but actually Johnny and I fought over it. We compromised with me taking out one and him taking out the other. We didn't fight over the work, but the service. If that makes sense.

Johnny has been super good to me...always, but especially lately. Today he came home from work and insisted that I needed a relaxing evening. Baby, I may have had the supposed two-year-old terror that is Carson (who was practically an angel) for two days, but really I've just been watching Heroes all day. Okay, so I did that while finally getting down the insurmountable mound of dishes, doing the laundry, and dancing around Carsy, but still. I'm a lazy bum, or I feel like it. I don't need no relaxation. But the thought was nice.

Regardless of his desire, we both ended up..where? Staring at our glowing rectangles. I may have made a necessary and wonderful choice to marry a techie, but it means the computer is an addiction that both of us crave, even when we've had too much. :)
He just wanted to finish a couple things from work, and since he was on it I had to get on it. :) So my excuse is lame. John's isn't, actually. He never does work from home, except the one time he was supposed to. I don't blame him this time. He took the holiday on Monday and he's taking a vacation day tomorrow so that we can go camping. So he's only had three days of work and his project is due soon and they're nowhere near done.
I'm glad hubs loves his job. Everyone needs to, but so few do.

Haha, so while he was doing that I went searching for something to do. I've never been good at web surfing. I usually just go to my 4 regular sites about a million times, waiting for something interesting to happen. Facebook is really not that entertaining, but I'm addicted, regardless. My calendar is not going to suddenly get packed with super amazing things to do no matter how long I stare at it. I wait around for a juicy good letter in my inbox, but when they come I'm too lazy to read them. Netflix will always have something to entertain me, which is horrible because then I become a zombie.

So that leaves Blogger. There's usually a new post from someone every day, but that takes about 2 minutes to read and I'm done. I could catch up on all the posts I've been meaning to finish...but that sounds like work.
This.is.my.life.

Anyhow, today I was mindlessly clicking and found myself on my favorite blogger's site. I don't know her, but she's hilarious. I purposely do not follow people I don't know because then I really could be sucked away forever reading about things that have nothing to do with me. But she followed me first, and then I got sucked in.
Anyhow (again), I was wondering how she started her blog, so I went to the beginning...and kept going. And 2 1/2 hours went by before John was finally done with what he wanted to do so I stopped.
I am now nostalgic. And a little disoriented. She's still in High School and I realized that she was 15 when she started the blog, which started me thinking of when I was 15 which was six years ago. (How did I get so old so fast?) And I started thinking of things I was saying and doing back then. Holly and I were best friends, boy crazy, bored out of our minds, counting down the days to our birthdays, writing notes constantly...
those were the days.
Seriously, High School is SO fun. You get to see friends every day, you're always doing stuff, summer doesn't feel like a waste of time when you don't do anything, you don't have to worry about anything but yourself. All except that annoying thing that is school.
Now I'm all grown up and married. We own a house. I have housework to do and I'm not getting paid for it or fighting/avoiding my mom about it. There's no such thing as summer break, which means when I'm a lazy bum my life is a lazy bum. We live "out in the boonies" so I can't go do stuff with friends. Even if I lived closer to friends, all our schedules don't mesh so spontaneity is a thing of the past.
What I would give to be spontaneous.

Blahhhhhh...I need sleep. I don't want to.

Puppy is with Grandma for the weekend. It is seriously weird not having my shadow. I'm sure she misses me more. Silly dog.

I put up stuff on the walls today. It made my house a home, even with the half painted walls. I'm happy :)
My laundry room is now crowded and I know John hates that so I was worried. But he likes it, and said that's what laundry/mud rooms are for. To be filled with all the junk you need that isn't for show. So yay :) I now have my big cork board, our big white board, a clock (it's green to match the someday-to-be green walls), a mail basket, a calendar, and my note roll/corkboard/key hook thingie, not to mention three doors, one of which is covered in magnets, all in the 6x6ft mudroom side of the laundry room. I'm in love. I need my crowded spaces in this spacious home. There's too much emptiness here.

I have the Harry Potter theme song stuck in my head.

We're still not packed.

Funny how that happens. Me not packing gets us still not packed. Unless John's been working on it...that's nice.

I have the best Johnny in the world!!
Even if he didn't do any packing.

100th Post 100 Facts

A while back I decided that if I ever got to 100 posts I would put 100 facts about me. Not too long ago I did 15 facts about me and that was HARD. But that was mostly because I wanted them meaningful. So hopefully this will be faster?

1 - My name is Brin Michelle Nelson Coulter
2 - I was born on June 15, 1990 at 7:45pm
3 - My birth day was a rainy Friday evening.
4 - I love the rain.
5 - I LOVE lilacs.
6 - My favorite animal is a tiger.
7 - My favorite color is purple, though I have fought for years not to have a favorite color.
9 - I am the youngest of ten children.
10 - I have 4 sisters.
11 - I have 5 brothers.
12 - I've been an aunt since I was 6 years old.
13 - I have 13 nieces
14 - I have 17 nephews
15 - With John's 3 nieces and 8 nephews, I am an aunt of 41...going on 42.
16 - My nieces and nephews are my favorite people.
17 - Being an aunt is my second favorite thing to be.
18 - Being a wife is my favorite thing to be.
19 - My husband is John Bryan Coulter.
20 - We were married on March 12, 2010.
21 - I think Johnny is the best thing that has ever happened to me.
22 - I've wanted to be a mother more than anything in my life.
23 - I've always thought about how I can be a better future mother.
24 - I fear not living up to my own mothering expectations.
25 - I fear having a disabled child, because I don't think I could take care of them.
27 - I want 4 children.
28 - Pizza is my favorite food.
29 - I'm a very picky eater.
30 - If freely allowed to pick my own meals, I often forget that I'm picky.
31 - I don't like beef.
32 - I don't like chocolate.
33 - I hate coconut.
34 - I love to bake.
35 - I love to entertain
36 - I love being with people.
37 - I love planning and preparing for an elaborate party.
38 - I desperately need a party planning partner.
39 - I've never broken any bones, to my knowledge.
40 - I've ridden in an ambulance 4 times, every time the patient.
41 - My favorite game is Bang!
42 - My favorite card game is Idiot.
43 - I used to be boy crazy.
44 - I still am boy crazy, I'm just happily married.
45 - I've only kissed 6 guys in my life.
46 - I can be a bit of a brat when in charge.
47 - I don't hate anyone.
48 - I love to read.
49 - I love grammar.
50 - I love my demented, over-attached puppy.
51 - I love my taste buds' happiness more than I love a flat tummy.
52 - Holly thinks I'm very compassionate.
53 - Gabby says I have a daughter. (A non-biological, non-adopted, non-reality daughter. That's her)
54 - Melissa believes I am always smiling.
55- My name rhymes with grin.
56 - My mother thinks I "light up a room when [ I ] walk in and make everyone feel loved."
57 - Michael says I have hair.
58 - I do have hair.
59 - I have NEVER died my hair.
60 - I love my natural hair color
61 - My hair grows fast enough that I believe it to be practically a sin for me not to donate it every so often
62 - I hate my hair long.
63 - (Also from my mother:) " [ I am ] married.
64 - "[ I am ] number 10 of 10 children.
65 - "[ I ] graduated from Granger High School and was a class officer."
66 - I loved high school.
67 - I was definitely ready to move on to college.
68 - Natalia says I "throw the most amazing parties ever. That's fact. :)"
69 - That is a fact, even though everyone is always too busy to come to my parties these days.
70 - Parris says my name is Brin.
71 - Jan thinks I'm adorable and that I have a sister named Marcela.
72 - I do have a sister named Marcela.
73 - Joy says I am "21 years old, have brown hair, and [ I am ] tall, cute, and sweet."
74 - I have the most amazing friends in the world.
75 - I have freaking awesome family.
76 - I love them all.
77 - I'm lazy.
78 - I procrastinate.
79 - I love details.
80 - I love organizing.
81 - I love housework.
82 - I didn't lie about loving housework.
83 - I have a gorgeous, beautiful, wonderful, quality, steal-of-a-price home.
84 - I need to paint its' awful walls.
85 - I have it ingrained in me that men know everything about computers. I'm glad I married John.
86 - I grew up with a distaste for dogs.
87 - We have a dog now, and I absolutely adore her.
88 - My dog Silk is ridiculously attached to me and follows me around like a shadow.
89 - I'm not kidding or exaggerating in the slightest on that last one.
90 - I have never had any hope of knowing how many books I've read in my life; it's probably in the tens of thousands.
91 - I never thought I would marry a man who could count the number of books he has read in his life. On his hands.
92 - I did marry that man.
93 - While I was growing up we had several thousand novels in the house, and several hundred encyclopedias, scriptures, dictionaries, cookbooks, etc.
94 - My skin is perfect for tanning.
95 - I'm not good at swimming, but I enjoy the water.
96 - I'm not very afraid of dying, just the pain of death.
97 - I think clouds and water are the only perfectly beautiful things in this world.
98 - I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (Mormon)
99 - I believe that it is the only true church ordained of Christ in these days.
100 - I love my life.

Brin's Books

I like stealing things. My friend blogged a post about the first book she read this summer. I think she's going to put more, but maybe not. I don't know what her plans are. But either way, it gave me an idea.

Lately, and also throughout the years, I've wished I had a list of what books I've read, and how many times each. Unfortunately the library does not keep a record of what you've checked out once it's been returned and fines paid for. I've read way too many books to know by memory, plus my memory is less than stellar.

But why not start now?
Also, I've been very happy lately and being happy makes me extra talkative, and I like my blog because I can talk to it and it doesn't matter if people have to listen to me ramble.

And I just decided I will make a new blog just for my books.

Brin's Books

Enjoy! Or ignore, whichever you prefer.

30 Day Challenge Take Two!

Okay, so I just did the Blogger 30 Day Challenge Thing. Now I'm doing the 30 day Facebook Photo Challenge. I feel like I should wait and space them out but, meh. I wanna keep going :) Every day was really a challenge this last time though, so I think I'm going to modify it. Whoever said it had to be 30 consecutive days? Every week is a LONG time, especially since this expands into 60 days. Twice a week? Is that fair? That's still a long time. I think I'll do it. Ready?

Change: Three times a week. Twice was just too slow. :)

Facebook Photo 30 Day Challenge

Day 1 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

Day 2 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for the longest.

Day 3 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

Day 4 - A picture of your night.

Day 5 - A picture of your favorite memory.

Day 6 - A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day.

Day 7 - A picture of your most treasured item.

Day 8 - A picture that makes you laugh.

Day 9 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.

Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most messed up things with.

Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.

Day 12 - A picture of something you love.

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.

Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.

Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.

Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.

Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.

Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.

Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.

Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.

Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.

Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.

Day 25 - A picture of your day.

Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.

Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.

Day 28 - A picture of something you’re afraid of.

Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.

Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.

Wordle!

I made a Wordle!

Day 20 - Blog Name

All caught up!

Thursday, April 7
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.

This one is easy, I've already done that! :)

Why a Bowl and Why Nutshells?


My Life in a Bowl of Nutshells?

Simple, really. I talk a lot. I talk a lot of nonsense. My talking a lot of nonsense produces a record of my life. Often that record goes unrecorded, unfortunately, which is why this blog is here: to be added to the long list of helps in the recording-Brin's-nonsense-life business.

"In a nutshell" means it's condensed -- a summary, if you will. I'm afraid I'm not very good at summaries, but everything I say is a summary of my life, and since I have so many things to say I have many nutshells of my life.

So: a bowl of nutshells. A rather big bowl, in my head, and perhaps this blog might get to that point.

30 Day Challenge

So I'll start this off by saying that yes, I stole this. But that's okay because the best ideas are copies...or something like that. Anyway, I've had at least two friends on facebook do this 30 day photo challenge thing, and then I ran across another friend doing it for her blog. So I had to do it. Oh, except I compared the two and they aren't the same list. So I'll do both...at the same time! Hmmm...maybe not? They're actually quite different. So maybe I'll do them one at a time. That is a lot of blogging. But that's what makes this fun, eh? :) So, I will start off with:

courtesy

Blogger 30 Day Challenge
Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself from high school.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of your favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the last 30 days

Decembacation

Our adventures in California for Christmas:
JBLove: Cow and Tiger: Decembacation

John and Brin in Love Online!

So I had been posting here updates on our life together, but I shall stop now. This is my blog for my thoughts. Yes, I'm selfish. :)
John created a blog for us when we got engaged so that we could post pictures and other junk about the wedding. Never got around to it. I finally got him to make me in charge of it, so now I'm getting all of our mutual life onto that blog :) So, for our lovely life, go to:

John and Brin in Love

Tada!

Silly Blogger, Why Don't You Listen to Me?

So, if anyone happens to actually be looking at my blog, I must apologize. It's a mess, and rather unreadable. I don't get why everyone else has captured how to make their blogs look cool, yet with all my playing around I just can't get it how I want :( You'd think with all the computer geeks in my life I'd have caught on magically like everyone else. In many ways I believe I have, but Blogger Design has gone past my reach, sadly. Hopefully sometime soon it can be pretty...


Also, I have decided to create a new form of blogging. New to me, anyway.
I shall post short blogs!
That way, I can say whatever I want whenever I want and I don't have to be sad that I never write because I don't have the time/motivation to :) I always have tidbits of nonsense floating through my brain, so why not post it?
That's what this is for, anyhow. Hence, the name :)