Repeated Redundancy... not redundant.

So today I blog about REDUNDANCY

Alexis, Lindsay and I were playing pool at the institute during a break before class.

I randomly thought of the phrase "strong as an ox." (I don't know why but I randomly think of things like this...)

I said, "Have you ever heard the phrase strong as an ox?"

Lindsay and Alexis both replied, "yes, of course."

I then said, "We'll not all oxen are strong, say your ox is sick then you would be strong as a sick ox."

Lindsay then explains to me that "You could say strong as a healthy ox but then you would just be redundant because the strong implies that the ox is healthy."

Greg, "It is still a weird phrase..."

Then we started talking about other redundant phrases. There is something about redundant phrases that make me burst out with laughter, almost every time I hear one.

Side note: My beautiful wife is the queen of redundant phrases and the best part is that she doesn't realize it half the time. It makes me so happy because it is so funny! I wish I would have written them down when she said them. Most of the time I will just burst out laughing when she is talking and she will be like "What's so funny?" Then she will usually guess a bunch of things like, "did I make a face" or something like that. If she pursues the source of the laughter long enough I will tell her (which is about half the time). One time, before we were married she told me the cat jumped on the cord and made it bounce up. I know this is a silly example but I caught it when she told me because she paused slightly when she said bounce up. I was laughing because where else is the cord supposed to bounce? I know that is a silly example but I cannot think of any... but perhaps I will record them from now on.

Anyways back to our story. I told Lindsay that there were some redundant phrases that I did not like.

1st one: (notice the redundancy in 1st... one?) free agency.

Agency- Agency is the ability and privilege God gives us to choose and to act for ourselves...

source lds.org

Free- enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery...

source dictionary.com

Okay... sorry had to change back to black after copy and paste... So Agency is the ability and privilege God gives us to choose... free means enjoying personal rights or liberty... so by saying free agency does that mean that our agency comes without cost or consequence? Obviously not because everyone knows we might be free to make our choices (or have agency) but we are not free to choose the consequences that will pursue. Perhaps wisdom has something to do with us seeing those items together and how they interact?

Lindsay then said she hates, or thinks the phrase "BFF for life" is funny. BFF stands for "Best Friends Forever." So best friends forever for life...

Here are some other ones I have thought of...

-We need to all meet together. Honestly what does all meet mean, we will not be together?

-Free gift with a purchase. This one has lots of problems, kind of like buy one get one free. Are you really getting one free if you have to buy one? Doesn't gift imply that it is free? and how is it really free if you have to purchase it?

-We are surrounded on all sides. How else do you get surrounded?

-frozen ice. Yes that is my favorite kind of ice too.

-awkward predicament.... some just explain themselves... or perhaps they all do.

-I'm writing an autobiography of my life. Hmm, I guess that is why you added the prefix auto- in there.

-Can you please RSVP in advance. Isn't that the idea?

-Null and void. Just repetitive but I like this one, makes it sound more... official if it is null and void!

-The past experience. Glad we are not talking about a future experience... or it would not really be an experience now would it?

-poisonous venom. I like this one too, once again it makes it seem more hardcore.

Anyways there are probably a lot more. Please feel free to post ones you have noticed in the comments!!!

Week 22

Chugar Likes to watch T.V.

Okay, so My last post didn't keep any of the spaces I had put in between the different things Greg would say, so hopefully you all can understand it. Here are belly pics for last week along with other random pics and also a funny video of what happens when we feed one of the horses!

Sleep Talking

Before I got pregnant I would only sleep a couple hours a night, so I got to hear all of the crazy things Greg would say while he was sleeping. The funny thing is, when we were first married I thought he was awake when he would talk to me because he seemed so wide awake. Also, when he talks in his sleep he will ask questions and wait for my response. It didn't take too many times of him talking in his sleep before I realized he wasn't really awake, and I used to write the things he would say down in a book I kept by our bed. I was going through our things and found that book and was reading through it and thought I should post some :) I wish I would have written down more. . .

Greg: Where did Zack go?

Me: I pointed to the floor and said Over there (trying not to laugh)

Greg : patting the bed says, We need to make room for him, where is he? We need room or else where will he sleep?

Me: He is over there, he will be here soon just go back to bed.

Greg gets out of bed and walks to where I pointed and gets on his hands and knees patting the ground saying, NO he is not! Where did he go??

Greg: They all died.

Me: What?

Greg: Well you see, you put it all together, and cha ching! (slaps hands)...oh I am talking about things in my head, but thank you for hiding me when they came in.

Greg: What did you do with all of those pictures??

Me: Laughing

Greg: What are you laughing at? Did you draw on my face?

Greg: What's that all over her nose? . . .Al? Alex?

Me: What?

Greg: What's that all over her...oh well it's Roxy's problem hahaha

I was sitting up in bed for some reason and Greg was laying next to me on his back. He grabs me and pulls me to him, so I am laying across his chest, and says..

Hurry, hurry.. you have to get it.

Me: I have to get what?

Greg: You have to aim it! (at this point he is grabbing my knee trying to bend it in a way it wont bend)

Greg: You have to make it straight! Why won't it go straight?

Me: It's my knee, it only bends one way hahaha

Greg: Oh here I'll do it. You have to aim and then Chh Chh Beeww

He then started making all these noises and aiming my leg towards the wall as if he was shooting something.

We Are Having A Baby Girl!!

We had our ultrasound yesterday and we found out we are having a girl. We are super excited! The ultrasound was awesome! She kept sucking on her fingers and it was really cute. The ultrasound tech had a difficult time seeing what gender our baby is because her legs were crossed and she also has the umbilical cord in between her legs. The ultrasound tech gave my tummy a couple nudges and our baby moved her legs so we could see what she is. It was such an awesome experience! I was also measuring at 20 weeks so my new due date is June 23!

Week 19

Greg snapped a shot of me waking up from a nap with Chugar on me. She likes to lay on my chest for some weird reason haha. She's a cutie!

Well...here are belly pictures for week 19. We find out what we are having tomorrow! YAY