The last week of our summer is devoted to watching 24 about 8 hours a day. Really a little bit less than 8 hours because each episode is only 40 minutes. We have never watched 24 before. It's a great time waster, no commercials, it's exciting, and it contains characters with actual morals, kind of. Gotta go.

SAD

This weeks movie theme.

"The Story of My Life"

by Kendal & Audrey

See also "Josh's Ice Cream Spill".

Click here to view "The Story of My Life".

Fresh from the camera. We just made it this morning.

10 Made Up Phobias
That Should Be Legitimate
+1 Bonus Phobia

1. Fear of chipping the front 2 teeth. Now I also fear of pictures of chipped teeth.
2. Fear of forgetting to apply deodorant. Also that someone will notice the forgotten application of deodorant.
   
3. Fear of not finding a bathroom. Until the wearing of Depends, this fear is going to thrive.
   
4. Fear of losing the remote control. Now what am I supposed to do?
   
5. Fear of being late. Nothing makes me feel like a bigger jerk than being late, that, and when I insult people accidentally.
   
6. Fear of eating something with a hair in it. A picture of this would have been just as horrifying as the real thing! You're welcome.
   
7. Fear of not clean bathrooms. Mostly just touching things in the not clean bathrooms.
   
8. Fear of revealing too much wearing a bathing suit. Who wants that? Sick.
   
9. Fear of getting lice. Also includes, pictures of lice, thinking about lice, sharing brushes, touching heads, and watching people scratch their heads or other body parts, etc.
   
10. Fear of having a child lost. Thought I lost Preston at a work Christmas party when he was a little guy and had a debilitating panic attack.

The Bonus Phobia:
surfaced after our move to Washington.

It is the fear of having a tree fall on our house. This picture sums it up well.
This fear instigates a fear of strong wind. It never ends.

10 Most Irrational Phobias

According to me.

Part 3 of the phobia rant.

1. Nomatophobia- Fear of names. How do you identify anything? Me doesn't get it.
   
2. Ambulophobia- Fear of walking. That cat is LAZY! No, he is severely ambulophobic, don't be a jerk.


3. Anglophobia- Fear of England or English culture, etc. It's not appropriate to joke about any culture. Or perhaps I have culturejokaphobia.


4. Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers. Yeah - if I were that guy, I'd be afraid too. Dumb. I know. But it's an irrational fear. "Irrational" is a math word! Is that scary? Is there a phobia for fearing the irrational?
   


5. Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things. Asymmetry is annoying. Come on people!


6. Bibliophobia- Fear of books. How about the fear of having to read really boring books? I've got that. I've got that bad.


7. Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety. Smiling is my favorite. This kind of smiling not so much:


8. Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks. What about fear of unrecognizable slimy food? Not a culture joke- slimy food in general.


9. Melanophobia- Fear of the color black. That's irrational..except...for fear of black jellybeans, those are disgusting!


10. Agateophobia- fear of insanity. Does fearing insanity make one insane? Who cares.

I only got to the n's on the alphabetical list of phobias. BLOG POST DISCLOSURE: The facts mentioned here are not scientifically proven, verified, or necessarily true. For entertainment purposes only. Not useful for self diagnosis.

Top 11 Favorite Phobias

10 wasn't enough.

My personal favorites because they are interesting, fascinating or ridiculous.

1. Zemmiphobia- Fear of the great mole rat. Lame. First, they are kind of cute, second, how often do you encounter one? (Doraphobes prefer this little guy as a pet. See #9)


2. Scriptophobia- Fear of writing in public. I bet some people really have this fear. Mildly interesting.
   
3. Pogonophobia- Fear of beards. Yeah I think I am afraid of beards. I wouldn't want that for me.
   
4. Pedophobia- Fear of children. Why? I am like 3 times their size, I could totally dominate in a fight if I had to.


5. Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8. AAAAgh. Don't get it. How does this fear manifest itself? You don't look at an "8"or say the word "eight" without sweating? What about the sideways 8 "infinity" sign? Is that nervousmaking?


6. Mnemophobia- Fear of memories. Good luck curing yourself of this one and then remembering that you were cured of it already so you don't need to fear anymore. Follow me?
7. Lutraphobia- Fear of otters. This one is not rational. Look at this guy. All laid back chillin in his habitat.


8. Hobophobia- Fear of bums or beggars. My sweet littly guy friend Zach, who is 7, loves the word "hobo" and uses it frequently. He is no hobophobe.


9. Doraphobia- Fear of fur or skins of animals. "I love your dog, I just don't want to touch it." Get it away from me.
   


10. Barophobia- Fear of gravity. Pretty much unavoidable. How about getting over this one?
11. Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. If you are afraid of this then your life must be pretty great.

Phobias & Self Diagnosis Results

Most lightning strikes occur either at the beginning or end of a storm. A warning that something wicked this way comes, or something wicked this way is leaving.

Thank you internet for the diagnosis, I've got severe Astraphobia. Defined as "a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of thunder and lightning", each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress.

I know that sound travels slower than light. So by the time thunder roars, the damage by lightning is already done. Not all phobias make sense.

I also have the following:

Aerophobia - Fear of flying

Tonitrophobia - Fear of thunder (different website, different phobia name)

Mageirocophobia - Fear of cooking. Actually, I fear wasting time cooking something that is going to be gross anyway.

Verminophobia - Fear of germs. I am glad germs are not visible to the naked eye.

Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns. They are all murderers.

Ataxophobia - Fear of disorder or untidiness. If I really had this phobia I'd make my bed, but I don't.

Dystychiphobia - Fear of accidents. Who wouldn't have this phobia? I just don't want an accident right now. For me or my family. When push comes to shove, I just don't want that.

Yea!! I don't have the following:

Aichmophobia - Fear of needles or pointed objects. Look at the picture- he is so happy. That's me when I give blood. Free cookies. Wait-I am afraid of knives.

Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders. I change my mind. I do have this a little. I also fear killing spiders because of that "crunch" sound they make when I capture them and squish them.

Dentophobia - Fear of dentists. Always loved the dentist. Everyone should have straight, white teeth.

Ephebiphobia - Fear of teenagers. Teens are fantastic. They are bursting with creativity and love for life.

Glossophobia - Fear of speaking in public. Practice has healed that fear. Doesn't mean that I'm good at it though.

Hemophobia - Fear of blood. Eh. Blood is necessary for life. Seeing a lot of it coming out of some one might be bothersome though.

*I looked up some of these phobias at dictionary.com and they weren't there. So - the accuracy of this post may be flawed.

Today we spent the day here:

It was lovely. I actually swam across. It's a river and there is another side which is not shown in the picture. The boys played in the sand for hours. Hours. Hours. Hours. Hours.

Josh made a movie today called "Bordo". It is really BORING. The theme is boring, so it is appropriate. Okay, bye.

Now You Can Get All the
Buckleywood Studio's Movies
in one place.

It's fun and it's free.
Click on the link on the side column!
Titles include:
Barefoot Josh
I Believe I Can Fly
Preston's Star Wars Movie
The Great Fall
Josh's Great Fall
Dangerous Driver
&
Yoda's Lair

Enjoy.

Beware of Yoda's Lair

Star Wars is this weeks move theme. I don't really like putting on my robe and hitting my loved ones with plastic light sabers. And then filming it.

The boys in this family however do that very thing monthly. Sometimes weekly. Christian's friend from college visited a while ago and he and Christian went out into our cul-de-sac to light saber fight. Yeah, it's okay to feel sorry for me. I do.

Given my super girlyness and averseness to most things Star Wars related, this movie will probably disappoint. True story though. What a scammer I was. Here it goes:

In 1980 a group of young star wars fans were led to a remote spot that was rumored to be the location of Yoda's lair.

Day at the DMV

A comedian a long time ago said something like this: "This is what life is: you're born, you go to school, you wait in line at the DMV, go to college, wait in line at the DMV, get married, wait in line at the DMV, then die."
Today we spent so long at the DMV getting Audrey's drivers permit.
Now- I'm done talking about the DMV.

But this SWEET GIRL, who has been giving me this look everyday:

Says it's time to practice driving.

All I see is this face:

"Trust me Mom. You know I'm responsible."
I know. I know.
This is when I start to get grey hair.

Great to be 8!

Yesterday, Josh was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


2006: Nicholas


2002: Preston


2000: Audrey

We are proud of you and know that true happiness comes through obedience to the commandments and adhering to the counsel of our living prophet.