A little pick me up..

So I've been kinda down lately. Well more than kinda down, more like really really down. Like so much so I couldn't even pretend I was okay. But anyway. I dont know about you guys but for some reason turning to a friend, if even through text, to kinda let out your burden helps. Ha, even when they don't respond for awhile. Ya know, and be a girl a little bit and cry (even for just a few minutes).

There was just something about not pretending i was okay and then actually acting like i was human. I have this problem of just brushing things off. Well not really, but on the outside i try and do that. And like most, it builds and builds and you just need a break through.

I've really been trying to figure out what was wrong, who was to blame, what brought this mood i had been in. You know just trying to figure out how to fix it.So today when I was coming home from running errands to the post office and such, windows down, rockin to City Knights (drew's band) there was this song of their that kinda got me thinking.

The words go kinda like this: "This is your time, this is your life. So let it shine. This is your chance, so make the most of it. You only get one."

It true though, you choose how you feel. No one can make you feel one way or another. it's our choice how to react to experiences in life. so I was done mope'n around. so i came home and cleaned! well started too (still need to clean the bathroom) but the rest of the house looks pretty good. but i just wanna leave with a quote from Roy Lessin

Just think, you're here not by chance, but by god's choosing. his hand formed you and made you the persom you are. he compares you to no one else- you are one of a kind. you lack nothing that his grace can't give you. he has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfill his special purpose for this generation.

drew's google experience

Q: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search.
A: Drew needs all the help he can get!

Q: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search.
A: Drew looks exactly like Woddy Harrelson from White Men Can't Jump

Q: Type in "[your name] says" in Google search.
A: Drew says, "its not like i pulled the trigger"

Q: Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search.
A: Drew wants a body massage

Q:Type in "[your name] does" in Google search.
A: drew does photo-op in order to get better roles in the industry

Q: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search.
A: drew hates internet affairs

Q: Type in "[your name] asks" in Google search.
A: Drew asks people on the street about public places they have masturbated

Q: Type in "[your name] likes " in Google search.
A: Drew likes men

Q: Type in "[your name] eats " in Google search.
A: Drew eats waffles

Q: Type in "[your name] wears " in Google search.
A: Drew wears fangs for halloween on the price is right

Q: Type in "[your name] was arrested for" in Google Search.
A: Drew was arrested in Fulton County on Oct. 2 on two counts of selling cocaine

Q: Type in "[your name] loves" in Google Search.
A: Drew loves bon jovi

google meme

GOOGLE MEME! Answer the following questions.

Q: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search.
A: Nikki needs a bath

Q: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search.
A: Nikki looks like the girl from the exorcist (what the heck?!)

Q: Type in "[your name] says" in Google search.
A: Nikki says "Everybody is kinky...we're just admitting we're sick."

Q: Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search.
A: Nikki wants to stay

Q:Type in "[your name] does" in Google search.
A: Nikki does have a stalker

Q: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search.
A: Nikki hates mushrooms (true story)

Q: Type in "[your name] asks" in Google search.
A: Nikki asks for an ace-whipping...and will be getting it (who makes this stuff up)

Q: Type in "[your name] likes " in Google search.
A: Nikki likes the cars that go BOOM

Q: Type in "[your name] eats " in Google search.
A: Nikki eats her puppy...i mean a burrito (weird)

Q: Type in "[your name] wears " in Google search.
A: Nikki wears a custom gown designed by our brilliant couturier Yuliya Zeltser. (never heard of 'em)

Q: Type in "[your name] was arrested for" in Google Search.
A: Nikki was arrested for assault after airport smackdown.

Q: Type in "[your name] loves" in Google Search.
A: Nikki loves to grind (i swear thats what it said!)

Baby Riley & Parker

One of Drew's friend gave us an interestingly fun site to play on. It's makemebabies.com Ha! You upload a picture of you and your partner (or option of friend or celeb) and they give you the outcome. Its pretty sweet actually. I played with it for over an hour I swear! Mostly because our first couple babies that came out were beat! And I know I'ma have cute kids, well atleast cuter than they turned out on there. So after trying with a couple different photos, this is how they came out.Baby Riley

Baby Parker

We also tried to match Paige and Clint (Drew's lil bro who's on a mish). They had some pretty alright looking kids. But It was the same thing as us, the first not so great. so we just had to try the perfect pictures to get this one..Drew and I named their kid Pinte. Ha! we didn't know what they would actually name a boy so we combined their names. Plus, they are basically latin anyway.

-Nikki

LG Dare

I finally upgraded my phone. And I mean upgraded! I went from a piece of something flip phone to... an LG dare. its a touch screen baby! it kinda stresses me out right now because I havent figured it all out yet. but here's a pic, if this will work..

I blame Okmulgee

So I have a theory for the OU football team. they have been cursed. how.. by the Rasmussen's moving. They have not won a bowl game since we left Oklahoma. Heres a recap:

Lets take it back to the year we left.. their last win. Dec 29, 2005-- Paige and I had not moved yet, officially anyway. We were still staying with the Hardgraves in Henryetta.

Jan 1, 2007- We lost to Boise
Jan 2, 2008- We lost to West Virginia
Jan 8, 2009- We lost to Florida!

do you see... it's all on us. If it wasnt for the issues that went down in Okmulgee, my family would still probably be there.. and OU would have won all of those games (probably)

All I have to say is... DIRTY DIRTY OKMULGEE!!!

P.S. on behalf of the David Rasmussen family, I'm truly sorry we have brought such heartache to the Oklahoma Sooners

-Nikki

Last resort: use your teeth

So a couple weeks ago in nursery (drew and i are the nursery leaders) these two little girls got into it over a play stroller. What is it about kids to make them get crazy over protective of something they played with 20 minutes ago! Anyway, this little girl, Adi, started playing with a purple stroller. Well Grace, who is much younger and smaller, decided that wasn't gunna happen. so she run over, throwing a fit, and was trying to get the stroller back. Side note, not even 5 feet infront of them, there is yet another play stroller. only difference was this one was pink. so i get up to pull them apart and give little Grace the pink stroller. Before i could even make it.. Grace stinkin bit Adi. We're talking like killer dog, bit down and wouldn't let go bite. so then of course, Adi starts screaming. then Grace starts screaming because she got put in time out and didnt get either stroller.

Who does this! Maybe Grace has just been reading the 4th book of twilight and thought it was the only way to protect what was 'hers'. What if thats how we handled things now a days.. you stole my seat.. here comes the teeth!

ha! why did I even tell this story. All I'm sayin, nursery is one interesting calling. And I'm so glad Grace has gone back to her home ward.

-Nikki

Cooking 101

I decided something today..I will make my husband a real meal atleast once a week. Doesn't really seem like a stretch, but ya gotta start somewhere. We still eat like we're college kids and on our own.. you know what I mean, something you throw in the oven to reheat, cereal, a sandwhich, just whatever is in the fridge and easy. Thats how we eat most of the time, well, thats how I eat most of the time.

It mostly happens that way because Drew and I have different schedules a lot of the time. Mostly, I'm home way before him and don't want to wait for 5 more hours until he gets home so I just do something fast, and he never really makes a 'real meal'.

anyway, the point is, atleast one real meal a week for me and my husband. And also, I'll post the recipe I used for dinner. So here is recipe one of many more to come.

This comes from Southern Living's Ultimate Quick & Easy cookbook.
Chicken Breasts Dijon

Prep: 10 minutes * Cook: 16 Minutes
1/3 cup fine, dry breadcrumbs
1 tsp Parmesan cheese
1 tsp dried Italian seasonings
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/4 salt
1/4 tsp ground pepper
4(4-ounce) skinned & boned chicken breast halves
2 TBSP Dijon mustard
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp margarine

*Combine first 6 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well. Brush both sides of each chicken breast half with mustard; dredge in breadcrumb mixture
*Heat olive oil and margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat until margarine melts. Add chicken breasts, and saute 6 to 8 minutes on each side or until chicken is done. Yield: 4 servings

-Nikki