Solid Potato Salad - The Ross Sisters (1944)

I LOVE this clip. Somehow we stumbled upon this video, by mistake, a while back (thank goodness). I don't know whether to laugh or throw up.... the ending is the best! Enjoy!

CHRIS E

I love Chris E. He is the most amazing (and attractive) man. His middle name is Earl (cool middle name, I know) so I call him Chris E (pronounced Chrisy). He is so smart and hilarious... it's incredible! He recently graduated with a degree in Economics and will soon be pursuing his MBA. I honestly could not be more proud to have him as my husband. I might point out that our names are also soul mates: Chris/Krista and Cook/Baker. Here is our story!

We were friends for ages before ever becoming more, and then one day it was like "HELLO!" After months of flirting, we began a secret romance (we didn't want to rock the boat amongst all of our friends for just a crush thingy). All of the sudden it wasn't just a crush thingy. Back in the summer of 2005 he took me on an impromptu outing to (dot dot dot) Wyoming Downs. We spent the entire day at the trashy horse track in the blazing hot sun placing $1 bets on horses. Though it was nothing like the scene in My Fair Lady (where she yells "move your blommin' A$$" in a extravagant black and white gown), it was one of the best days of my life. That day I knew I was wild about him! We had so much fun just hanging out together and I couldn't get him off of my mind.

Soon after that he moved to Logan and I was still living in Provo (which sits on top of Hell, I think). I missed him A LOT! When Craig passed away, he was the first person I called besides my mom. Chris dropped everything, grabbed only his toothbrush, and came straight down from Logan to be there for me. He took an entire week off of his life to help me get through the saddest week of mine. After that I needed to relocate to kind of get a fresh start. I was like "hmm, where shall I go???? I hear it's lovely in LOGAN!" Ha ha! Shortly after, Chris and I "went public" with our relationship, HOORAY! We dated for a couple years and then got hitched. Sometimes he drives me nuts. He leaves dirty socks here and there, and forgets about the chapstick in his pocket that later wreaks havoc on the laundry... but man I love him! Here are some photos for your viewing pleasure:Chris as a kiddo. His mom wanted a pic of him in his little league get-up, he insisted his bike (that sweet huffy in the background) be included.

I asked Jason and Chris E to smile for this Denver pic.... this is what I get..... thanks a lot guys.

Never had a thing for jocks....... this picture is definitely an exception! :)

Halloween: I was Michael Jackson they were boy scouts (get it)

This one makes me laugh. Chris E as a thug...



the "I'm cool cuz I bleach my hair" phase... I wish I could say my hair dyeing phase was as short as his.

Chris E: I love you.

ODE TO ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Okay. This is my favorite television show of all time. I am deeply disturbed that it was cancelled in 2006 after only three short seasons. This show was smart, hilarious, and unique. It somehow managed to be cynical AND optimistic ("I didn't take 'not optimistic it could be done' for an answer"). It had a star studded cast. My favorite character was/is Lucille Bluth (Jessica Walter)... just a glimpse of her face sends me into a laughing fit. Chris's favorite is Gob Bluth (Will Arnett.) I mean, what is not funny about a grown man who is desperate to get back into the Magicians Alliance? David Cross is hilarious as the blue man group wanna be, never-nudest, Mrs. Featherbottomy Tobias Funke. Oh heck every Character is wonderful. There is rumored to be an Arrested Development movie in the making.... please, please, please, pretty please, let it be so. Anyone who has watched this show and wasn't wild about it, I urge you to re-watch it! Every time I re-watch I fall more in love. Chris and I went camping last summer, and as lame as we are, we brought the laptop and stayed up late in our tent watching episodes. It is a little ridiculous that we brought the lap-top camping (defeats the purpose and blah blah blah) but we had a good time!!! We both get a kick out of it. Here are some pics that make me happy!

Oh, and about my last post MUSICALS!!! I have a terribly embarrassing confession. I have never seen State Fair, or Guys And Dolls! I know. THE SHOCKING HORROR! I have tried to get my hands on both of these repeatedly, it just hasn't worked out YET! I will see them, and I will love them. Also, I should have put Anchors Away in the Honorable mentions.

MUSICALS!

Right now I am watching The King and I. I have a love (perhaps an obsession) with musicals. When I was a kid I borrowed movies from my grandparents and many of those movies came out 40 years before I was born. Well, I didn't know that and enjoyed them every bit as much (and often more) then the new movies and cartoons for young kids. Here are the TOP MUSICALS (for me) OF ALL TIME! 

#11 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

Gene Kelley.... delicious.   I love him.  This movie is beautiful, and romantic, it's in Paris for heck sakes.  Some people don't enjoy the dream sequence's. Idiots.

#10 SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS

This one is a goodie.  I used to think how fun it would be if my sisters and I married all brothers.  That would be really freaky, now that I think about it. The women in this movie have always been so beautiful to me.

#9 CHICAGO

I was painting the bathroom a few months ago, and I had this movie playing in the background.  It played 3 full times and I had no problem with that.  The songs in it are so freakin' good.  It is a dark and delightful musical.  All of Queen Latifa's scenes and the closing number make me happy.

#8 MULAN ROUGE

OK.  This movie is a treasure.  I love it a lot more then #8 when Jason and I are driving around belting out the love ballads at the top of our lungs in perfect harmony!  I have love for all things Baz Luhrman (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet, WATCH THEM).  Though the songs are not originals, they were made original.... well done.

#7 SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

Gene Kelley, I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!  When he has that door step scene with Debbie Reynolds while it's pouring rain and then charmingly dances with his umbrella.... well it is just the most romantic thing! I love Leana Lamont "What am I, Dumb or somthin?"      

#6 SOUTH PACIFIC

"Some Enchanted Evening" brings tears to my eyes.  His voice is amazing!  This movie is heart wrenching and lovely.  There are a few odd technicolor experiments, but I am so over it.

#5 THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE

I loved it as a kid and it still delights me.  I had the privillage of seeing the broadway debut in New York with my mom. WOW, it was good.  Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore star, and far too few people have seen this.  Our family named our cats Millie and Miss Dorothy in honor of this wonderful film. We are nerds.

#4 MARY POPPINS

Had a tape of this movie as a kid and watched it until it went fuzzy.  This is a great movie, everyone knows why.  I love how Mary is kind of stuck up.  I love when Michael is running for his life so he doesn't have to put his money in the bank. I love when they fly kites in the end.  I love when they clean the nursery. I love when she pours cough syrup out in different colors.  "strawberry cordial, delish."

#3 MY FAIR LADY

Audrey Hepburn, what a fox.  I get a kick out of my sister Kara quoting a scene or two from this movie.  The little dear.  This movie has such elaborate scenes and costumes, wow.  On The Street Where You Live, sigh.

#2 HIGH SOCIETY

Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, HORRAY!!!!  This movie is beautiful.  The "True Love" song oozes romance.  Louis Armstrong is also in this one and I adore him completely!   SEE THIS ONE.  

I got a little carried away with the list so I guess there are going to be three number one's.  It's my list...

#1 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS

 Judy Garland is my favorite star that ever was!  The "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" scene makes me weap.  Chris E watches this film with me every Christmas, at my request, and it is my favorite part of christmas.  Bar none.

#1 WEST SIDE STORY

The best overall score, for sure.  I think this is my mom's favorite, and the woman has impecible taste.  All the hits (Maria, America, Somewhere, and Tonight) are great, but there are also all these like mini-songs in it that I love.  Chris and Jason were in a USU stage production of West Side Story.... it was awful (sorry guys).  It was really the worst.   But nothing can stop me from loving this movie full heartedly.  Watch it with a box of tissues.

#1 THE WIZARD OF OZ

This one gets a #1 because my #1 favorite song of ALL TIME is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".  I made myself a CD of 14 different versions of this song and I would be happy to listen to it, on repeat, for the rest of my life.  Judy Garland's version, of course, being the best. This movie is IT. 

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

The King and I

The Sound of Music

GiGi

Rent

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Carousel

NINE (this one might move up on the list after I get the chance to re-watch it, I'm a re-watcher)

Flower Drum Song

Brigadoon (sigh)

Hello Dolly

....The list goes on....

rain, rain, don't go away

It just rained!!!! I LOVE rain! Here in Logan rain is a precious commodity, it's usually a blizzard or blazing hot. I love the way rain makes the world smell and actually look GREEN. I am particularly thrilled because J-son and I planted our "garden" (a three by three patch near our door ) last week, and it hasn't died yet! woot woot! This rain is totally going to keep our garden from dieing even longer! :) Is it odd that I love dreary weather? It makes me want to cuddle up on the couch and watch a really depressing movie!

lasik AGAIN!!!!

I am bugged. Before I get into it, let me talk a bit about my job. I work for an Ophthalmologist and get to do a variety of jobs. I am an optician, so I fit patients for glasses, fix glasses, adjust glasses, sell glasses, merchandise glasses, sunglasses, bifocals, reading glasses, piano glasses, glasses, glasses, glasses, glasses, glasses, glasses, glasses......... I also train people how to wear contacts and take care of them. I do all of the glasses and contact lens ordering for our office. I am the receptionist for the office. I do all the medical billing for the office. I am a make shift office manager, I also assist the doc with lasik procedures. It can get busy, and, in June, we are adding a ophthalmologist/retinal specialist to the office. That'll add a whole new dimension to my work. There is a point to the story I promise.



My dear husband, Chris-E, started wearing glasses a few years back, when I got into the biz. He has pretty poor vision but just didn't know it. NOTE TO READER: GET YEARLY EXAMS! START AT A YOUNG AGE! Now that I work for an office that offers lasik, I have really wanted Chris-E to get it. Not that he doesn't look ultra hot in glasses (he does), but I just wanted for him to see well. Plus, we were getting a steal of a deal! So he had lasik last month, everything appeared to have gone perfectly, just like EVERY OTHER PATIENT WE'VE SEEN. BUT NO! His vision is now very blurry, only NOW, his glasses won't even help. What went wrong? I can tell you, I am in charge of operating the lasik machine, while the doc "points and shoots" and comes up with what calculations to use for the RX. So, I don't have the power to jack up someones vision (as long as I do my part of entering in all the right data and calibrating the machine properly... WHICH I PROVED I DID) Everything went smoothly so apparently the Doc didn't get the correct refraction/prescription. Now poor Chris-e has to have lasik AGAIN!

:( It was majorly disappointing for us when we were expecting great vision and got worse vision instead. It was embarrassing for me, because I encouraged Chris-e to have done after witnessing so many people have great results. I don't blame Dr. Hammond because the whole thing was a major fluke, and I know he feels badly and will fix it. It was just kind of a bummer. Chris scheduled (several months ago) the G-MAT, and he got his lasik done a week prior (leaving plenty of time to recover, we thought). Only, he couldn't see to read... or to study... or to freaking DRIVE!!!! ERK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRIPES!!!!!!! FOOOO-Y!!!! SWEARWORD!!!!!!! This only added extra stress and anxiety... we rush ordered some glasses in his new rx and he took the test and did marvelously (of course). It was just a really frustrating situation! Today he came in to my work (again) to have a pre-op appointment (again). He has to request time off of work next week (again) and go through the recovery process (again). I am just praying that we are not cursed and that things will go as smoothly as they have always gone for everyone else. SORRY THAT WAS SO LONG WINDED!

FIRST BLOG EVER!!!

HELLO BLOG WORLD! This is my first post ever! Sometime soon I will post some pictures and what not. I already don't know what to say. It's weird. I feel like posting "My name is Krista, I live in Logan Utah...." but the thing is, anyone who reads this would already know that much! I guess what I want to say is this: I feel like many people in my life don't know me very well. It seems like people knew me as a kid, or in high school, but very few people STILL know me. I feel like I am struggling to LET people know me, so maybe writing it down would help me out.

Here is a little piece about me called: I love being an adult!



I feel like when you are a kid you just float about. You do as you are told, you go about your kid business, and you don't really have an opinion. I think I stayed in that phase longer then many people do. I really didn't feel interested in a lot of things. I didn't have an opinion about much at all. The point is, I have really enjoyed being an adult! Is that a really strange thing to say? Do other people feel that way??? I think about it nearly every day. It feels so good to clean the kitchen because I WANT it clean. It feels wonderful to decide what to buy at the store, or give myself rides places! Obviously I have responsibilities too, but it FEELS like I do whatever I want when I want. I love cooking for FUN, and picking what to cook! I love having Jason live with Chris and me. People think it is weird, and I GET TO DO IT ANYWAY. I love having a job and doing it well. I love my life! I love having a sleepover with Chris every single night! I love staying up late, or sleeping in late, or going to a movie of my choice, wearing what I want, saying out loud what I think, dying my hair, grabbing a coffee, voting, a MILLION THINGS!!!!! I feel my parents raised me really well, and there is close to nothing I would change about my up-bringing. I have just really enjoyed this part of my life where I get to raise myself for a bit.

(let me just say, I don't understand punctuation very well. I over use exclamation points, I write a lot of run-on sentences, I've got terrible spelling and I don't understand when to use semi-colons even though my sister Lisa (and many teachers) have tried to teach me. SORRY :)