Mom's Overture by Anita Renfroe

Jizelle showed me this video from YouTube.com. I think it's really funny and I'd like to share it too!




Get up now! Get up now! Get up out of bed!
Wash your face, brush your teeth, comb your sleepyhead.
Here's your clothes and your shoes, hear the words I said,
"Get up now! Get up and make your bed!"
Are you hot? Are you cold?Are you wearing that?
Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat.
Don't forget! You gotta feed the cat.
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it's the most important meal of all.
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall.
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today.
Don't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play.
Don't shovel. Chew slowly. But hurry, the bus is here.
Be careful! Come back here!
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don't play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don't forget to share.
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare.
Get along! Don't make me come down there.
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away.
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone!
Get off the phone!
Don't sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table.
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod's my iPod if you don't listen up.
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you're coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam.
You'll appreciate my wisdom someday when you're older and you're grown.
Can't wait till you have a couple little children of your own.
You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly.
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me.
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate.
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate.
Use your fork, do not burp or I'll set you straight.
Eat the food I put upon your plate.
Get an A, get the door, don't get smart with me.
Get a grip, get in here, I'll count to three.
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD.
Get a dose of,"I don't care who started it!
You're grounded until you're 36."
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven's sake.
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I've said it once, I've said at least a thousand times before.
That you're too old to act this way.
It must be your father's DNA.
Look at me when I am talking.
Stand up straighter when you walk.
A place for everything and everything must be in place.
Stop crying or I'll give you something real to cry about.
Oh! Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on.
Get in bed, get a hug, say a prayer with mom.
Don't forget, I love you.
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom's work never ends.
You don't need the reason why.
Because, because, because, because.
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so.
I'm the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!
Ta da!

Zack Wilson: Another Rising Star from Utah County

During our Fil-Am meeting yesterday, there was an excitement among officers about a Filipina being in Dance War. That we should vote for her, etc. etc. The girl is Mariel or Jessica Sarangay.

When I got home I searched and found another Dance War celebrity from Utah: Zack Wilson. No offense Mariel, but I think I'm voting for Zack ... for many reasons ... and because I'm biased :D

1. He lives in Saratoga Springs. I'm in American Fork. (Utah County)
2. He's a Mormon. I'm a Mormon.
3. He is a BYU Student. I'm a BYU alumni.
4. He is a member of BYU Young Ambassador. I was a BYU International Folk dancer.
5. He is a pre-med student. I graduated in Psychology.
6. He can sing and most of all dance! I can sing and also teach/choreograph dance.
7. He went to Center Stage Performing Arts Company. My daughter and I are still with Center Stage Performing Arts Company.
8. He is friends (& was engaged) with Julianne Hough and I'm pretty sure, Ashly del Grosso. I am friends with both.

Anyways, here is an article from Deseret News regarding Zack, etc.:

Utahn's star rising as he sings, dances on hot reality show
He's making waves as he sings, dances on ABC program
By Tad WalchDeseret Morning News
Published: January 22, 2008

OREM — Last summer, Saratoga Springs resident Zack Wilson was touring China with the Young Ambassadors performing group from Brigham Young University.
Now the hunky 25-year-old is the steamiest item on ABC message boards as a top contestant on the network's reality show "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann," a spin-off of the smash hit "Dancing With the Stars."

Why is Wilson so hot? For one, he's been engaged not once but twice to Julianne Hough, who has won "Dancing With the Stars" not once but twice, first with Olympic gold-medal speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno and then again with Indianapolis 500 champion driver Helio Castroneves.
Some fans eat up Wilson's tie to Hough, which threads right back to the Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, where Wilson and Hough both trained and where Wilson and Hough's brother, Derek, were buddies.

Others complained the link gives Wilson an unfair advantage with Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, the judges on "Dancing With the Stars" who picked the "Dance War" contestants and are the team captains on the new show.

Wilson clearly is a favorite of both judges for his combination of singing and dancing skills. The show could have been titled "Song-and-Dance War" because it requires the performers to do both, a combination of "American Idol" and "Dancing With the Stars."

Wilson called the show his final chance to make it in show biz before moving on to dental school.
"This is kinda like my last shot," Wilson said before his audition in Los Angeles, part of the show's first episode. "I just heard about this audition and wanted to give it one last shot."
A few bars into "Feelin' Good," Wilson forgot the words, but the judges didn't care.

"He's got a different feeling, like a gentleman," said Tonioli, who later called Wilson "so strong, a real leading man" who could be the show's version of Justin Timberlake.

Inaba praised Wilson's "All-American appeal" and said his acrobatic dancing is done so effortlessly that "he's like a ballerina on his feet, he's so light."

Wilson's friends and family back home in Utah Valley are watching with pride.

Young Ambassadors director Randy Booth started working with Wilson when he was 3 and sang "The Little Drummer Boy" in "The Gift of Christmas" at the Promised Valley Playhouse. He had a very different role on the BYU group's tour last year.

"He was the heartthrob for all the girls in China," Booth said. "Zack's a great dancer, a really solid singer and a fun personality. He's a born leader, very charismatic, lots of fun. People are drawn to him, whether in an audience or in person, and they want to be like him."

Wilson attended Young Ambassadors workshops in junior high and high school and began working at Center Stage when he was 14, studio co-owner Alex Murillo said. "Right away we knew he was special, so we gave him more responsibility in singing and dancing, and he handled it."

Wilson served a two-year mission in Ghana and Sierra Leone for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that Booth said turned him outward toward others. Tonioli singled him out as a leader when he made Wilson the first pick for his team on "Dance War."

The show pits Tonioli's team of six against Inaba's. An audience vote based on Monday night's live performances will determine which team "won," and next week the losing team captain will have to eliminate one team member.

Tonioli is convinced that with Wilson leading his team, he has "a slick, lean, song-and-dance machine."

ABC has to be happy with the show, launched in the midst of the writers strike. The show drew 11 million viewers when it debuted Jan. 7 and 10.5 million more for the second episode on Jan. 14.

During those first two episodes, Murillo was struck by Wilson's change from long, curly hair to a short cut, a five o'clock shadow and sleeveless shirts that show off his biceps. "That's a new makeover," Murillo said, laughing. "He's just having fun. When you're having fun, you will succeed in the arts. If anyone deserves to be on stage, it's Zack Wilson. He's worked so hard and has so much talent. The world is about to find out."

Whether Wilson wins the competition, the spotlight should boost the careers of several of the contestants, Murillo said. "That show will lead them to a recording contract, an acting career or Broadway. They're showcasing both their singing and dancing skills at the same time and their stage presence. Zack's getting a chance other kids don't have."

Details about the contestants on ABC's 'Dance War'

• What it's about: The format of "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" is simple. Each of the two judges from "Dancing With the Stars" started with six singer-dancers on their team. The two teams compete against each other. The losing team after each performance round must eliminate one team member.

• Utah ties: Two performers on "Dance War" are from Utah. In addition to Zack Wilson, cast member Mariel is listed as being from Chicago, but she has lived and performed under the name Jessica Sarangay in Salt Lake City, an ABC spokeswoman said.

E-mail: twalch@desnews.com

Go, ICE, Go!

It's another ho-hum day at work. Oh sure, it's Chinese New Year and Rosi's birthday--two reasons to celebrate a little during our lunch break. But an event worth talking about was the plethora of ICE agents in our complex. Sure, we knew for awhile that the Detention facility for Homeland Security is somewhere nearby our workplace, but we never thought that they're actually next door to us!

Two big vans bearing the name "Homeland Security" pulled up our parking lot this morning; every parking stalls were full and 100s of officers were swarming the warehouse complex. "What's going on next door?," someone asked. I thought and said, "Maybe they made a raid this morning and those vans are full of illegal aliens." Little did I know that I spoke the truth. I was too busy to check CNN.com or KSL.com ... so when I got home I searched the news and I was like "Oh, wow! I was right! They did make a raid!" I wish I took a picture of the action ... but I didn't. :(

Anyways, here's the news taken from harktheherald.com:

Thursday, 07 February 2008
Fifty illegal immigrants arrested at Lindon plant
Grace Leong - DAILY HERALD

Universal Industrial Sales' HR director faces criminal charges More than 50 illegal immigrants working at a manufacturing plant in Lindon were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier this morning.

Universal Industrial Sales Inc., a Lindon-based maker of guardrails, bridge rails and sign structures, was charged with 10 criminal counts of harboring illegal immigrants "for commercial advantage" between January 2003 and December 2006, according to an indictment unsealed today in Salt Lake City.

The law enforcement action, conducted by more than 100 ICE agents at 8 a.m. today, affected more than half of Universal's 100-plus work force.

A second indictment, also unsealed today, charges Alejandro "Alex" Urrutia-Garcia, 39, a human resource director at Universal, with two counts of encouraging or inducing illegal aliens to stay in the United States unlawfully.

A naturalized U.S. citizen, Urruita-Garcia of Provo was arrested this morning during the raid. He faces a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison for each count. Urrutia-Garcia is scheduled for an initial appearance in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Nuffer in Salt Lake City.

The company faces a potential maximum penalty of $500,000 in fines or twice the amount of any pecuniary gain stemming from the offense, whichever is greater, for each count. The company is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Court on Feb. 26.

"The investigation and prosecution of employers who violate our nation's immigration laws by hiring illegal workers is an important component of a comprehensive immigration strategy which involves apprehending and prosecuting those illegally in the country and those who facilitate the continued unlawful presence of such individuals," U.S. Attorney Brett L. Tolman said.
"Today's action should send a clear message to employers in Utah. We expect employers to comply with immigration laws in hiring employees. Failure to comply with these laws hampers our ability to address illegal immigration issues," he said.

"While our country's immigration laws must be recognized and vigorously enforced, we understand that the individuals taken into custody today may have families who have been in the United States for lengthy periods of time. Strictly enforcing immigration laws and having compassion for the families of those involved are not mutually exclusive. We have encouraged ICE to consider and address humanitarian issues as they interview these workers and are confident they are taking steps to do so," Tolman said.

Details on the nationalities of those arrested today weren't immediately available.
Workers taken into custody today on administrative immigration violations are being interviewed, photographed, fingerprinted, and processed by immigration officials. The workers are being interviewed by ICE agents and health professionals with ICE's Division of Immigration Health Services to determine if they have any medical, sole-caregiver, or other humanitarian-related issues, which could qualify them for a conditional humanitarian release.

"After they go through the administrative processing, they will be placed in Utah County and Weber County Jails until they are removed from the U.S. or appear before an immigration judge in Salt Lake to plead their case," said ICE spokesman Greg Palmore.

Family members of workers arrested in the operation today can call a toll-free hotline number to get information about the detention status and removal process. The toll-free hotline number is 1-866-341-3858.

Josh McLerran

Okay, I'm not here to promote Josh McLerran. I just want to blog my "brag" ... if you know what I mean. Josh McLerran is one of the actors in Daddy Day Camp. He served a 2-year Mormon mission in the Philippines. He mentioned in IMDB that he is fluent in several Filipino dialects, I knew instantly that he went to Visayas islands where I'm from.

And so I searched for his name in http://www.ldsmissions.net/ and found his email address. I emailed him telling him about my daughter being in the Daddy Day Camp, etc. etc. And this was his reply:

"Ay! Nami gid! Oo, sa Bacolod gid ang mission ko! Wala ko nakaagi sa imo nga Sampaguita Gardens sa Provo, pero tag-iya ka man sang Sampaguita Gardens sa Aklan, di bala? Kay nakaagi ko didto, kag nami siya kaayo! Nami gid nga nakaupod ang imo bata sa akon sa Daddy Day Camp. Extra siya? Bata sang Pinay ang lalaki ni "Lance Warner" sa film. Nami kaayo. Grabe ang kagamay sang kalibutan naton. Sige, halong kamo, kag regards gid sa imo bata!

Josh"

How cool is that! Basically he answered that he indeed went on a mission in Bacolod. He never been to Sampaguita Garden (our restaurant in Provo), but he was wondering if we owned the one in Aklan also. He also said that it was great to have my daughter in Daddy Day Camp and asked if she was an extra? And then he said that the actor that played "Lance Warner" in the movie is part Filipino. Then he said that it's cool that the world is indeed really small.

So there, that's my brag. :D