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Day 4 - Habit that you wish you didn’t have.

I really enjoy watching movies! Scary, sad, happy, chick flick, zombie, war, feel-good... You get the idea.

My problem is when I am watching the movie, I really get into them! I forget that I am not actually involved in the story and the characters can't hear me.

I remember watching a movie with Dru and Erin and it was with the super scary bear scene. I literally jumped up and screamed at one point because I was scared of the bear too! I saw "Marley & Me" in theatres and thankfully it came out when it was cold outside and I was wearing a thick sweatshirt that almost covered up my heaving sobs - I mean I was very loudly sobbing - it was awful!

I feel that I have gotten pretty good at covering up my "problem" by creatively shifting in my seat or getting blankets. One time I went into the kitchen and starting making a dessert...

It's getting better and I don't think that people really notice how much I get into the film unless it is the crazy sobbing! Still need to work on that one!

So, there you have it! I am confessing my darkest secrets!! Ha ha!

Friends make the world go round! :)

Day 3 - Picture of you and your friends.

I love my friends!

This is a picture of three of my closest friends ever… Katelyn, Calley and Amy! I have known them since middle school and they have amazingly stuck around!

Girls, here's to the years of sleepovers, cow tipping, spoonfuls of frosting, roadtrips to SLC, weddings, babies, graduations, boyfriends, living all over, cars with spilled milk, speeding tickets, weeding acre gardens, laughing until we almost pee our pants, being each others shoulders to cry on but most of all - knowing that no matter how much time passes between phone calls or emails or cards, it is as if we never stopped!!!

My Blog Name

Day 2 - Meaning behind your blog name...

Did you know that the word "ism" means a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice.

When I was thinking of something creative for my blog's name I hit a brick wall. Then I saw the little word "ism" on the end of another word and the light turned on.

Therefore - Taci-isms - was born.

Taci-isms - Taci's distinctive doctrine, theories, systems and practices. All my own thoughts and feelings and if you don't like it... Too Bad!

Truth vs Fact

Truth is the truth to us only. We may be telling all of our side of the story, but there will always be the other side. It is the truth only to us – that is why I like to work with facts.

Facts are the story – not taking any side(s).

These are some examples of my truths:

When I fall down and skin my knee it will hurt and can hurt for a while, a kiss doesn’t always make it better.

Hurting a friend and asking forgiveness doesn’t always mean that friend will come back.

How I will always regret being the girl that ignored her sister in the hallways at school because I thought I was too cool to even acknowledge her presence.

Being completely embarrassed when I lost the bottoms of my swimsuit trying to wakeboard and my crush saw the entire thing.

These are some example of my facts:

My family will always be there for me.

God will always be there for me.

I exist.

I like to work with facts… Especially because in the end – they are the only things that make the truths bearable.

Bits of Me...

Found this little month of blogging tidbits that I am going to try and follow…

Day 1 – Picture of yourself and 15 interesting facts:

1 – I love rock climbing, mostly because the shoes are so cute, but I love being able to climb and push myself.
2 – I can listen to the same CD or watch the same movie over and over for weeks.
3 – I really like hosting parties and entertaining people.
4 – I am OCD when it comes to the shower curtain, it HAS to be closed at all times!
5 – I hate running with a passion, but I force myself to run because I know it is good for me.
6 – When I am having a bad day I will watch war movies, they make me feel better.
7 – I am a big chicken when it comes to live fish.
8 – When I was young I thought Crisco was a food group – Yummy!!
9 – I once put a live chicken head in my mouth because I was double-dog-dared.
10 – I hate being late.
11 – I had six (6) broken bones before I was in 2nd Grade – 3 arm and 3 leg.
12 – I have moved 17 times since I graduated from high school – I HATE moving!!!
13 – I absolutely love to use my 10-key calculator… I look forward to running big numbers!
14 – I love taking pictures, but always forget my camera!
15 – I love to dance in the dark all by myself!

Shook My Booty!!!!

Well, I experienced a real live earthquake today with a magnitude of 5.9! I was at lunch in downtown Silver Spring with a couple of co-workers when all of the sudden the table, drinks, windows, everything started shaking. We were sitting outside underneath a huge concrete staircase that leads to the second floor of the building (kinda set-up like Salt Lake’s Gateway), one lady got up and ran out from underneath. It took me quite a while to believe that it was actually an earthquake and not a HUGE truck that was going to drive by at any moment.

I was a little shaken up, as were my co-workers! I kept expecting after shocks, but so far haven’t felt anything. It was crazy and a tad scary! Good thing I don’t live in California!

DC Restaurant Week

I can’t think of a more exciting week! I had a ton of fun trying a few different restaurants and getting to see a little bit of the finer side of DC.

Started the week of right with a night at the Melting Pot, which is a fondue place. I LOVED the dessert! It was called the Flaming Turtle – I think they could have just lit plain chocolate on fire and I would have loved it just the same! I actually drove downtown for this and was super nervous (I had to parallel park) but it turned out nicely! Guess it was a good thing our reservation was for 9:30 and not any earlier because I don’t know if I could have handle more traffic! Needless to say, I wasn’t the driver the next day!

Friday, I went to Shawarma Spot, which is a little place that served up some yummy hummus and a chicken pita sandwich, which I can’t remember what it was called. We topped lunch off with a little bit of pistachio baklava. It was sooo good! What was wonderful about this spot for lunch were the adorable little stores that are surrounding the place. There was an old bookstore, a palm reading place, an African store, other restaurants – it was just quaint and adorable! Definitely going back to check out the other stores!

Saturday was a FULL day of food!

Started off at noon at McCormick & Schmidt’s and had a wonderful appetizer of duck pizza and calamari. The duck was fantastic! Main course was a perfectly cooked Salmon with potatoes and veggies, but it had this berry sauce that was delicious! Dessert was a wonderful crème brule and upside down apple pie with cinnamon ice cream. I loved that my friend was willing to share everything so we both had a chance to try things out. I was sad because my phone pretty much died and I didn’t get any awesome pictures of the food, so I am including pictures that my friend took.

After lunch we had a few hours to kill before dinner (thank heavens!!) and so we went to the portrait gallery and then walked over to the White House. It was such a beautiful day and I loved just being able to relax and enjoy the weather. I loved to see all the various people sitting in the park and walking around with their kids, it was such a perfect way to spend part of the day!

Dinner approached at the perfect time! I was VERY excited to go to this restaurant called Bobby Van’s Steakhouse. I am a steak girl all-the-way!!! For starters we had this delicious tomato gazpacho (which I am pretty sure I can make), and then came the filet mignon. I died!!!! It melted in my mouth, it was cooked to perfection and was just the right size. My friend ordered the NY Strip because bigger is better (as our waiter pointed out.. he he he...) and let me try a couple of bites. It was FANTASTIC! I had been craving a steak like this for a very long time!!! I was in HEAVEN!!!! We finished dinner with a delicious chocolate cake drizzled with chocolate syrup. Perfect!

I can’t think of a better way to spend the week then trying out all the different restaurants that are here in DC – the variety is never ending!!!
And I have to give a shout out to my friend that endured hours and hours of talking with only me! That is a hard job for some… I tend to go on and on (long-winded shoulda been my middle name). But the company is what made this week the best I have had in a long time – so thank you!!