http://www.63days.com 63 Days Of My Life, In All Their Glory Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:15:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Oh how the holidays drain you. To fill you in on a few things: We're moving to the So Cal area. We're really excited about it, I'm a sunshine girl, Mike's from there, the kids are beyond excited to be by the beach and my brother and his family and ... http://www.63days.com/im-alive-are-you-alive-ok-good-cuz-i-was-worried-about-you-all/ So today is the day that I depart for lands unknown, far into the hills of the Wasatch, to partake of family goodness. To start, I may have to fill you in on the "Christensen" side of my family. My mom is a Christensen and she has 2 sisters and 1 ... http://www.63days.com/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-of-you/ I heard it before I saw it. It kind of sounded like something was being dragged through the sand next to my head. I blinked a few times, the early morning light peering over the red cliffs just outside my little sleeping spot. When I focused my ... http://www.63days.com/58-stupid-snake/ Wow, it feels great to be back!!! Last time I made a "real" entry, I was very very pregnant and very very tired, newly married and taking care of 4 kids and a new house. Now, I'm new mommy'ing again and everything seems to be at a point ... http://www.63days.com/wow-it-feels-great-to-be-back/ Since Sept. 11, scores of well wishers have packed the small Staten Island home of Gerard Barbara, assistant chief of the New York Fire Department. Mr. Barbara's wife and two children recognize many of the faces, but not all of them. In an odd twist, they end up consoling some ... http://www.63days.com/september-11th-memorial/ Go see this. I've seen this many times before, but its stunning. Amazing. It will make your afternoon... The Sultan's Elephant is truly incredible. http://www.63days.com/thought-id-share/ 2:00 am, little noises that sound like sniffling but its only been 3 hours since the last feeding. Frustrated a bit but not enough to erase the smile from my face as I sit up slowly. By the time I'm fully upright, the sniffling is a cry. "Don't get up, I ... http://www.63days.com/112/ Check this out... Photos of my family http://www.63days.com/what-im-doing/ Harper Elias Michael Easley (with big brother Jonah - 9 years old) July 17th, 4:00 AM 6 lbs. 12 oz, 18 inches http://www.63days.com/welcome-baby-boy/ K, I wake up this morning after sleeping, oh...none. Phone is ringing, I dash (so totally not a dash, more like a slow roll/waddle/whimperwalk) to the phone that is 5 feet from my bed. I don't make it before the answering machine gets it. Got that? I didn't even get ... http://www.63days.com/why-does-my-brother-get-a-baby-today/ Here's what's going on in my house: * My 7 year old wrote all over a white turtle neck with big green and purple letters that say "FLASH" and "i'll be back" and "run, sucka". He also wears it with jeans and a pair of tighty whitey ... http://www.63days.com/update-july-4/ K, I'm so sorry guys. Blah, blah blah I know, you've heard it all before. I have 5 weeks til my baby comes, and I've been in the hospital and just got out. Kidneys shut down, I think its called Pylo something. Anyway, I am out ... http://www.63days.com/man-babies/ My favorite family residing in California welcomed their second child, Bennett, April 24th.  Go see this beautiful baby... http://www.63days.com/congrats/ One thing about the nighttime in that area of the world is that there are literally an annoying amount of stars.  You get used to it sometimes but there are other times where its just so bright, you swear the moon is crashing down on earth or that its about ... http://www.63days.com/56/ My sister emailed me yesterday a picture of her 3 boys, aged 8, 5 and 3. They sat, smiling faces and baskets full of Easter candy and toys, in front of the fireplace in the family room in their GORGEOUS new home in Lehi, Ut.  Nothing seemed out of the ... http://www.63days.com/baby-fever/ Helloooooooo from Las Vegas. Times are changing, much like the seasons. My family and I are all moved into the new house (I'm a liar) and all of the boxes are unpacked (my nose is hitting the monitor as we speak) and we're all just sitting pretty enjoying ... http://www.63days.com/hi-there-is-it-spring-where-you-are/ If you're wondering whats going on with my life, let me fill you in! We moved. Finally. Got into the new house, put everything away or in the garage when an enormously disgusting strain of the FLU hit our family. All of us. Me, the 4 kids ... http://www.63days.com/i-know-youre-all-sick-of-the-personal-info-but/ Helllooooooo! Anybody out there? Just thought I'd pop in and let you know whats up. After some intense looking around, searching and studying, we found a new place to live here in Vegas. So we're moving, my 4 kids/husband/and I. Its a beautiful home and I'm ... http://www.63days.com/ugh-2/ Hey, has everyone seen the hubbub about James Frey's book "A Million Little Pieces"? Let me give you a quick synopsis if you haven't already seen all of the press he's been getting on damn near every single news network over the last few weeks. James Frey was an incredibly ... http://www.63days.com/question-for-ya/ Or does this season just KILL you? I'm trying to balance work and kids and husband and morning sickness and dad and hospital and writing. I lack in the last one, I'm so sorry. I'm working on it, and tomorrow is my day off. Lets see ... http://www.63days.com/is-it-just-me/ Sorry I haven't posted, I will tonight. My dad is in open heart surgery today and...my husband and I just found out we're expecting a baby! It's been a crazy last 2 weeks.. Stay tuned. See ya'll tonight! ~ Alli http://www.63days.com/hey-all/ *Notice: some of the names that have been used here were too close to the real ones. I've been asked to change some details about them as well as the names, as they have apparently led to some issues in some of their personal lives. I apologize for ... http://www.63days.com/55-what-was-her-name/ Have you ever smelled rain in the desert? Its like nothing you've ever inhaled, the wet, cool fragrance tickling the back of your throat as it fills your lungs with moist musk. Perfume from trees like junipers and yuccas wafts into every breeze scenting the air. I ... http://www.63days.com/54-crack-in-the-rock/ Hole-In-The-Rock road went on for miles. The Kaiparowitz mountains were to the west of us, the cliffs appearing black and steep while to the east of us, the desert went on for miles until it dropped down into Lake Powell. Slick rock and desert were in between. Cody ... http://www.63days.com/53-dance-hall-rock/ We woke up on the morning of April 21st to a beautiful sunrise. We gathered our things, and I thought nothing of it. We stuffed a spoonful of dry oats into our mouths and started out for the daily route. In a few hours it began to get hot ... http://www.63days.com/52-2/ "So, you're Alli the car stealer?" Cody asked me, inquisitively yet not quite judgementally. I took no offense and answered with a nod to the affirmative. "Wow yeah, I heard all about you. My dad was called into his office when you were missing. You've got balls" she ... http://www.63days.com/teepee-factory/ Handcarts are heavy. The weight adds up when you’re dragging 1500 lbs. on two rickety wheels up and down horribly rocky and steep dirt roads. Six of us on each cart, two at a time would take turns pulling up in front or pushing in back and ... http://www.63days.com/back/ I was contacted by Kathy Moya from FICA, Fight Institutional Child Abuse. She informed me of an important woman doing an important thing for the safety of children. Her name is Allison Pinto. She has composed an Open Letter to Congress regarding Institutional Child Abuse. If ... http://www.63days.com/petition/ Handcarts. Handcarts are wooden boxes, I'd say they're about 6' x 6' in the actual "cart" with about a 2' depth. The wheels are about 4' high and they're wood with wooden spokes that have a bent and hammered on strip of metal that wraps around the ... http://www.63days.com/78/ The dusty rays of the morning sun filtered down through the little shack we were sleeping in. A rusty bed frame, springs orange from oxidation and age, was propped against the wall facing the door. A tiny window let light in through the boards that were nailed up ... http://www.63days.com/77/ They're airing my little bit on Fox News' "Dayside" today. 1 oclock eastern, 10 oclock pacific. If you're new here to 63days, go to the bottom of this page and click "previous entries" and start from #1 or click here thanks! Alli http://www.63days.com/fox-news-daybreak/ April was upon us and the tiniest little yellow flowers covered every square inch of what would soon be dry desert brush. Purple and blue blooms dotted the golden fields around us as we hiked up out of the canyon and toward what we were told were called the ... http://www.63days.com/47/ Waking to the sound of water is probably one of the most wonderful things a person can wake to. Tiny pips and drops that sound like bubbles popping pique your imagination, making you wonder if the sound is being made by tiny fish, jumping in the golden morning light ... http://www.63days.com/46-cows-are-weird/ The night crept coolly up the sandy beach that we had made camp on. After the falls, we hiked down the river a ways until we reached a soft and open spot. We all picked our areas out to lay our pack in and started to prepare our ... http://www.63days.com/45-mmmmmm/ Ok, I've been gone. I have much more to write, but as it is right now, my husband and I are getting divorced. In the mean time, he thinks that when its final, he will get half of my earnings from this, although there is no book. ... http://www.63days.com/hey-you-guys/ Brat Camp is coming on ABC. I'm sickened. http://www.63days.com/ugh/ We could hear the water before we could see it. We'd all become so accustomed to the sound of the river that it was barely audible, but as we trodded forward, we could hear falling water and it sounded almost too good to be true. The red canyon ... http://www.63days.com/44-part-1-of-the-slot-canyons/ The Burr Trail can be incredibly beautiful. As the sun rose this morning, I looked around me. I could hear the sharp whir of the cicadas humming in the tree that sat central on our little sandy river island. Sunrays poured over the top of the steep ... http://www.63days.com/67/ I woke up to the sound of running water. The river was still next to us, its icy water rolling over rocks and logs as it headed toward Lake Powell. Birds chirped in the single cottonwood tree that stood guard in our little sandy island, and it was ... http://www.63days.com/42-frozen-morning/ I'm back. It's a long story. More to come. http://www.63days.com/57/ Don’t forget to vote. You know you’re appreciated. Love you guys, Alli http://www.63days.com/really-quick-like/ The next few days were relatively uneventful as fas as Challenger excitement goes. We walked, we slept, we ate rice and oats. We cried silent tears as we hiked endless miles in the desert. I noticed that the boys who came in acting all rambunctious were now ... http://www.63days.com/41-i-cant-feel-my-legs/ The day after the deer feast, I woke up to silence. Not a crackle of fire, not the snap of feet moving over fallen leaves and brush, not a sound out of a human mouth was to be heard. I sat up and looked around and everything was ... http://www.63days.com/40-dear-mom-and-dad/ Six months prior to Challenger "Get up Alli. You're going to be late for seminary!" My dad was pulling the blanket off of me by the foot of the bed. I grabbed the blanket and rolled with it onto my side, groaning and complaining about how early it was. ... http://www.63days.com/39-cold-wooden-floors/ "We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered." - Tom Stoppard Today, yesterday....what a mess. I'm recovering, I hope everyone else ... http://www.63days.com/one-thought/ Don't forget to vote. You know you're appreciated. I should take you all out for slurpees. Yes, I most definately should... Love you guys, Alli http://www.63days.com/vote/ Four kids sat on a log in the dark, away from the rest of us. Their eyes little black glittering holes that held sadness and hunger in their gaze. I didn't want the deer. I didn't want to eat in front of them. "Hahaha, look at those kids. ... http://www.63days.com/38-coal-jump/ I'm in the middle of renovation, as you can see, and while I'm doing that, if you want archives, go to the bottom and work up, and start with #1. I'm sorry. We're hurrying as fast as we can! In the mean time, go to the forums and post, ... http://www.63days.com/pardon-me-2/ I'm taking a moment away from the story to say one thing...I hope you don't mind.I was nominated for the Blogette Awards! I'm so honored and excited to even be there, so if you wouldn't mind, would you just take a second and please vote for me here. Encourage everyone ... http://www.63days.com/new-entry-and-new-contest/ I woke up with the flavor of peach wine coolers on my tongue. It took me a minute to realize that I was still in this hell, not at home with Jana. It was all a dream.The other students were beginning to wake, their arms stretching above their dirty heads. ... http://www.63days.com/37-burning-mind/