I'm gonna write myself a note

Today I am annoyed at people asking for notes for work. I understand this is a perfectly acceptable thing to do at a doctor's office and there are many days where I don't mind doing it. Today, however, it annoyed me. I am going to write myself (and my nurse because she requested it) a note. It will say this:

Name: Heather Sedwick Date: 12/16/09

Please excuse patient from work today, she is sick of writing excusal notes. She will be out until bad attitude resolves.


MESSY SIGNATURE THAT IS COMPLETELY ILLEGIBLE

Mary MOOOOOoaaaaaaa....she's vegetarian Mary Mo Mary Mo*

*She's not really a vegetarian, that's just how the song goes.

Happy Birthday to my mom today. Sometimes we call her Mary Mo and I think she is the best. Here are some reasons: (I know I can't even begin to list them all but this is what came to my head at the moment)

She is VERY creative and makes every single holiday a blast. I could always count on my mom decorating big for every holiday. On April Fool's Day she loved to come up with things to make the holiday exciting. Like one year when she put assorted kitchen/non kitchen items in a bag and we had to use whatever was in the bag as our plate and utensils for a spagetti dinner. Or one year she put a can of something (it might have been dog food) in my lunch bag for school and then I had to solve a puzzle to find out where to meet her to get my real lunch. She dyes everything from our milk, eggs and pancackes to the toliet water green on St. Patties day.

She is the most compassionate person and always worries about how others feel Even though I tend to be stubborn my mom can always see when I need a hug. She says, "come sit down on the couch with me and let me play with your hair." Then I put my head in her lap, she plays with my hair and lets me cry.

Even though she acts like a prude and says she doesn't like vulgar conversations at the dinner table, she is always the one who brings it up. I think she is hilarious.

She has these "vibes" that are really a super intense version of mother's intuition. Even though I hated it, I think she saved me from a lot of bad situations in junior high and high school.

She once told me, when I was a bratty teenager that, "Heather, one day we will be friends." I told her maybe in the next life, but it didn't take that long and now my mom is a best friend to me. I love my mom!!

Treated like Royalty

We went to the Greenbriar with Nancy(MIL), Dickie (Doodoo) and Mammie (Martha) for Thanksgiving. It is such an amazing place to stay. They make sure that every detail is perfect and beautiful. You are treated like royalty the whole time. My favorite story to illustrate this is that Dickie bought a pair of pants from one of the shops in the lobby and they tailored them and had them sitting in his room by that evening. Pressed and ready to wear. The food was incredible. I wish I could have taken a little bit of every single dish home so I could continue enjoying it. MMM...my mouth waters just thinking about it. We went to lots of cooking demos and a culinary class, so let me know if you want me to make you a pumpkin bisque that is incredible...I learned how. I Here are the highlight pictures...

Thank goodness for timers on cameras so we can all be in a picture.

Us with the executive sous chef at the culinary class, this guy helped train Michael Voltaggio (you won't know who that is unless you watch Top Chef...which we do) Still can't get over how good the food was. Ride that reindeer

All the night lights in the hotel say, "It's sleepy time down south." Welcome to Richard's life, always seeing me fall asleep.

Richard and Doo Doo
Taking advantage of the characiture artist that was the there for the kids...we're kids right??

The scavenger hunt (again...I think this may have been for the kids, but we loved it)

Mammie "reading" her book...I totally understand this.

The purpose of this picture is to show that my shoes match his shirt.

Should I grow a mustache too??

As most of you readers know I think mustache=pedophile

So why, you ask, should I grow a mustache? It is because I went to New Moon this weekend and I must confess that I thought the guy playing Jacob was very, very hot. I told Rich this when I got home from the movie and then the next morning he was listening to the radio and he heard that the guy was a 17 year old. I feel like a perv.

My half-marathon top 10 list

This is my half-marathon top 10 reasons why I love the Richmond McD's half-marathon:

10. discussing disgraceful fashion trends of the 90s with complete strangers at mile 5

9. hearing BYU alum/mormons get excited and cheer on my friend that was sporting a BYU T

8.Seeing the guy in the top hat, tuxedo top, bow tie and running shorts

7. running past Virginia Union University where they were blasting the song Humpty Hump

6. seeing the one white guy by VUU dancing in a strange hula to the Humpty Hump

5. hearing Darci compliment some guys calves and telling him that he shouldn't hide them under tube socks

4. hearing the guy that was rockin this flute with speakers of bass in the background (I have always wanted to run to flute music)

3. running past the most vibrantly colored yellow tree (so bright it hurt my eyes)

2. getting a runner's high at the end (I LOVED IT!!!)

1. Spending time with good friends both in training and on the day of the run. I have loved having early morning run time to talk to friends and when my old roommate Mary called to say she was coming to do the half I couldn't pass it up. Thanks ladies--and Scott!

Songs that make you say, "YES"

When I was 4th or 5th grade I became obsessed with Ace of Base. I LOVED Ace of Base, in fact it was my first CD ever. But before it became a CD that I owned I had to resort to the radio and since none of the radio stations in Elko, Nevada played that kind of hip music I would have to wait until we would go to Utah to visit family. I would spend hours listening to the radio and calling the station to request I Saw the Sign. Each time an Ace of Base song would come on the radio I would get really excited and say, "yessssssssssssss" and I probably did that fist pull/pump thing (if you don't know what I am talking about let me know and I will try to be more descriptive). Anyway, so I got in the car today and heard the song Fireflies by Owl City and I said, "yessssssssssss." Then I laughed because I realized I haven't changed all that much over the last 15 years. I did it then and now and many times in between. I don't think I am the only one out there that does this. Owl City is my new Ace of Base. Anybody else have a new song that makes you say yesssssssssss.

Strong Words

Today my fortune cookie said, "God will give you anything you want." Intense, huh?

Rich asked if I promptly prayed for a million dollars. I didn't...but maybe I should.

Since I am going to be getting ANYTHING I want I am going to start making a list:

1. A housekeeper (this goes beyond wants...this is a need)
2. Under armor running pants
3. A new camera
4. More free time
5. calorie free ice cream
6. Richard not to grow a mustache (see Shafer's blog)
7. Skinny jeans that flatter my body shape (I mean as long as I am wanting the impossible)
8. Big screen tv
9.???What else am I forgetting to want?