100th Post!

Thanks for the questions, I thought they were great!

I am going to be answering them in the order they were recieved!

Here we go. Warning: This may be long.

Okay, what is your middle name? AND if you could eat lunch with three famous people, dead or alive, who would they be? That question tells a lot about a person I think (:

My Whole Name is: Shellee Sue Porter Mellor
Three Famous People? Amelia Earhart, I would want to know what happened and what motivated her. Julia Child, hello... food! And I know everyone says this... Emma Smith. She had so many trials and so many blessings...I would like to learn from her.

Is weinerschnitzel still your favorite hotdog? What would your favorite drink be?

Yes, Der Weinerschnitzel is my favoite hot dog. Not just any hot dog there, but the Kraut Dog. My mom got me hooked on them when I was little and I searched for years for a DW. Now I have one down the street!
My favorite drink is: No surprise here... Hot Chocolate. Mmmmm. I love winter, because with it comes Cocoa! There is nothing better in the world to me.

#1-Who is the weirdest person, celeb or not that you have had a crush on (prior to your marriage of course)...I know you gotta have one, everybody has one.....Tell us! #2-If you could eat one meal for every meal, for the rest of your life, what would it be?

My weirdest crush: Hmmm... Celeb wise would be Colin Firth, but what's the surprise in that. But Mamma Mia ruined that for me.
In the Real World: Jens Dunford, Mesa High, Class of '92. He didn't know I existed. I don't think I ever told anyone before now. Oh, he was part of the "popular-jock" crowd and always dated a cheerleader, but there was something "geeky" about him. He drove a small truck and I remember everyday getting to school and looking for it to be there. I would stand in a certain place everyday because he walked by but never said Hi.
One meal for the rest of my life? Let go for a type shall we? Seafood. Except Octopus, Squid, things with tentacles.

I've only known you since you got engaged to Curtis. So, what were you like in high school? A cool girl, band geek, student council, a bit nerdy? I'm guessing you were popular and highly involved, but I'd like to hear your story.

Ha ha. My high school story. I was NOT part of the popular crowd, but everyone knew who I was. I wasn't shy, but I wasn't overbearing either. High School was just school to me. I lettered in Golf, and Acapella Choir. I took Gourmet Foods, Anatomy and Physiology, and AP English. I liked my teachers, but there wasn't anyone that stood out. I didn't belong in any one group, I wasn't Trendy, Mod, Stoner, Jock, Band-geek, or any of the other groups. I was me, and I was okay with not being labeled. When I had a boyfriend (and there was more than a few), I hung with his group and they always accepted me. But, I hung out with everyone and was very sociable with everyone. Being alone never really bothered me either, I would find something else to do. I wasn't really nerdy, or cool. I just kind of floated through my classes and made friends with all of those around me. The cool kids probably thought I was nerdy, but then again, the nerds probably thought I was cool. .

What one thing do you regret more than anything?

I regret not listening/trusting my parents when I was a teenager. I told them enough, but I know they still don't know a lot of the trouble I got into and it was because I didn't listen to them. My parents still don't understand me, and I think that it all comes back to that.

What do you think is your greatest failure?
How do you feel the Atonement has been most influential in your life?

Wow, what a loaded question! My greatest failure....so far? I am after all only 34.
Only one thing? I don't know. I'm pretty easy going, and so if I fail at something, I usually try to find a way to learn from it or I figure that Heavenly Father gave it to me as a trial and helps me get through it.
I would have to say, my health. In this area, I fail constantly. I know that I should be better about working out and eating the right foods for me, but I just don't have it. So, in most areas, I feel good about myself, I am working towards different goals, and my health isn't one of them. I have a difficult time losing weight (due to 3 different disorders) and I use them as a reason to say "Why bother, it won't come off anyway". But I'm not dead yet, and I hope this will become a triumph soon.

The Atonement. What a wonderful blessing. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to be married in the Temple, have an eternal family, have such a good attitude about life and death and I know that I have a Heavenly shoulder to lean on. Here is my view on the Atonement. Life Happens. Free Agency is a gift. Christ gave us the ultimate gift of repentance through the Atonement. We have to be vigilant not abuse these gifts. We can do the best we can, but we are merely human and need the "Godly help" of the Atonement to help us get the rest of the way.
We aren't perfect but He is, and therein lies the help we need. We are given trials and temptations. We struggle through the trials and avoid temptations that lead us away from our Celestial Family. I know that trials come and sometimes we make the wrong decision. For these times, I know that there is away back. It helps me start each day with a song and with a hope that I can be just a little bit better.
With regards to those around me, the Atonement helps me see through other's trials and to remember that we are all trying to return to God. It helps me see some people in a different perspective; to be just a little more kinder, a little more forgiving, and a little more compassionate. There is not one person who has not needed the Atonement and it's just one more thing that brings us all together. I have seen the blessings of repentance in my own life and in the life of those around me. I see every person as a Child of God "with potential" to be so much more.

Karla, I ran out of funds for postage. Sorry.

2 things... (revision in red on 10-20-08)

1) The next post will be my 100th! Here's the deal: You ask questions about me...and I will answer them. Seriously, now is the time to ask me all those little questions that you want to know the answers to. (I really would like to read your questions so I decided to allow you to post comments/questions anonymously for this posting session. Please ask them and I will answer. Kind of a "if you build it, they will come" kind of thing...ask away.)
There are few people in this world who know the "real" Shellee; my hopes, my dreams, my fears... my strange point of view. You know who you are. To the rest of you, here's your chance to get a glimpse.
Shoot me your questions, no matter what they are. I will answer them and not avoid them like I usually do.
I will be posting answers on Oct. 25th. Thanks!

AND FOR NUMBER 2:

Holy sniff-o-rama!

I was at Lindsey's (my sis-in-law) house getting my hair cut a few weeks back and got hit by the best smell!!! She had the coolest "not-candle". These are something that I saw at the Women's Expo in April and haven't been able to find them since... until Lindsey told me about them and that she had them. It's called "Scentsy - Wickless Candles". But they aren't candles (they are electric, NO fire hazard!). They are scent bars that you use for the day and when you feel like you want a different scent, you pour the unused fragrance back into the container and get out whatever scent you want next. These things are awesome. I get so tired of my GC candles so quickly that they collect dust until I feel like smelling that scent again. Like I said before, you can change them all the time and they are so much more inexpensive than Gold Canyon. The bars are $5.oo a scent... and they last better than GC ! I LOVE THESE!
You can check them out here, but I warn you... if you are a Gold Canyon person, warn your GC consultant that you aren't going to be speaking to them for a while!

P.S. Lindsey likes these so much that she became a seller of these. I am thinking about doing the same. But if you want to get a hold of her, let me know. If you order online order through her, it's: Lindsey Porter, Mesa, Arizona.

Finally...

A dog costume I think is funny!

October Break

Holy Cow! We had the best few days. First of all, Curtis's Birthday was on Thursday and Alyssa's was on Friday. The kids were also out of school those days so we had a blast.
My friend, Sarah has a membership to the Science Center so we went on Thursday. They have remodeled the third floor into a digital age theme. There was a camera that showed your face on the screen with all different types of features. I took pictures of those and they turned out really funny. There was also a screen that you stood behind and you could put your arms up and it would dump (on the screen) balls down on top of you. You could catch them and dump them on others.
We saw the Narnia exhibit which was really cool and I think I annoyed Sarah with how much information I shared with her. I have read the whole Narnia compilation of books and love them. She bought the book with all the stories in it for her son Brayden to read. He was still in school, so we went without him.
We looked through the body area and saw a presentation about digestion. At the end of it, the presenter gave us all coupons for free pizzas to Peter Piper Pizza. So... we had that for lunch.
That night, Curt and I went out for dinner while Sarah watched our kids. It was his birthday, after all, and so we went to Joe's BBQ for his free meal.

The next morning, for Alyssa's Birthday, we went to the Phoenix Zoo. My little sis, Jen, and her 3 kids came with us. I had so much fun watching her kids get to know Sarah's. Her two oldest and Jen's two oldest are the same age and got along pretty well. Aaron was the big kid in charge of the boys. So... Cole, Aaron and Brayden played together and goofed around. Alyssa, Kiley and Brecken played with each other. I got to give Wyatt a ride on my shoulders. I love that kid... he chattered on about everything. I am amazed at his intelligence; he knows all kinds of stuff. What an awesome group of kids.

That night, we sat around and ate Bacon and Eggs for dinner and Alyssa opened her presents.

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Then, last night (Saturday night) we went out to dinner with Sarah and her husband Cam. We went to Chevy's and used their wonderfully cheap coupons for our dinners. It was so good. Since we had no kids with us, we headed on over to Best Buy so I could do some Christmas shopping. While we were there, Cam got us involved in RockBand which Mike Reynolds is obsessed with, and now I understand why. It was SO MUCH FUN!

Globe Trip

Oh, what a weekend. While ya'll were watching Conference, we were in Globe at Curt's 20th High School Reunion. We went to the Homecoming Game (which was an intensely awesome game at the end), ate wonderful BBQ and hung out with Curt's buds from Globe High, Class of '88.
Aaron and Alyssa quickly became friends with all of the kids their ages and ran around the whole night. The kid you see with Aaron is Zeke, he's Hector's kid.
We watched some of Conference on Sat., but went to take a tour of the high school and out to Chalo's with a big group of classmates. We became fairly good friends with some of them. Hayden especially loved Ellen Beydler and thought she was a nice substitute "auntie". We shared a lot of stories, one of which my guilible husband was influenced to almost start the chem-lab on fire. It's a great story, I'll share later.
Curt and I really appreciate the work that Kristen, Mela and the rest of the crew did to make this a fun time.

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I will post pics of the actual reunion/adult time later.
On Sunday, after conference, we had a "mini-party" for Curt and Alyssa' Birthdays. Grandpa Mellor pulled out his helium tank and filled up some ballons for the kids, including the oldest kids (yeah, Curt, me Kristin and Jeannette are the older kids). The big joke was that was repeated a few times and we still laugh about it was "Grandpa's going to share his gas with us!" Ewww-hahaha. Reminded me of Grandpa's Last Fart... Thanks Whit, that will forever be in my mind.
I love that the cake was only partially frosted. Why is it that I thought of Cakewrecks and how it's not as bad as it could have been? We had a great time and really enjoyed our time with Curt's fam.

Re-tag

Thanks Charmen for the tag, I have already done it! For anyone who wants to revisit the world of "Quirks of Shellee", go for it. I have to warn you, I'm weird. (But you already knew that, didn't you).

Cool photo

My sis-in-law sent this picture to me and I thought it was great. Tilt your head to the left and you'll see it. I wonder who did this?
Thanks Jeannette.