Super funny!

My little sis Syd just showed this to me and it is pretty good. If you are a sports fan or even if you're not, I think you will enjoy.

Summer Fun

Besides having my head stuck in a book all last week, I did manage to do some other things. My cute niece Olivia slept over and she graciously decorated my bike (with flowers.)


Last night, Sarah, Dave, Owen & Eli came over. Owen got all decked out with one of Babe's laser guns and a ninja sword.


I had to fish out a little visitor in the pool before we could get in.



Here's the wuss who wouldn't go near the snake.

Junkie

It doesn't take much to make me a total addict. Thanks to Em for creating a monster. (No pun intended, ha, ha.) I am now totally obsessed with those blasted vampire books. I read Twilight and New Moon in 2 days. And have since re-read most of both of them. Peter thinks I am a total nerd. I have scouted out the whole website and am anxiously awaiting book #3. Here's who the author would want to play Edward in the movie. NOW do you want to read it??

Tagged

I don't usually do these kind of things, but my cute friend Em tagged me and, in case you haven't read previous posts, I am extremely bored. So, here it is:

4 JOBS I'VE HAD:
1. Subway sandwich artist
2. Telemarketer
3. Personal Assistant
4. Elementary Teacher

4 MOVIES I CAN ALWAYS WATCH:
1. Blue Crush
2. Much Ado About Nothing
3. Notebook
4. Lord of the Rings

4 PLACES I'VE LIVED:
1. New Mexico
2. Arizona
3. Utah
4. Oregon

TV SHOWS I ENJOY:
1. The Office
2. Arrested Development
3. Heroes
4. Friday Night Lights

FAVORITE FOODS:
1. Rice Pudding
2. Fro-Yo
3. Flatbread from Trio
4. Marshmallow Brownies

WEBSITES I VISIT (ALMOST DAILY):
1. Blogs
2. Pop Sugar
3. Wikipedia
4. Google

PLACES I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1. Europe
2. the beach
3. visiting a National Park
4. out to dinner

4 BLOGGER BUDDIES TO TAG:
1. Brianne
2. Heidi
3. Mandy
4. Em King

Tomorrow Night

Indigo Girls are playing tomorrow night at Red Butte and Brandi Carlile is opening for them. I'm super excited. Should be fun...I'm going with my friend Heidi so hopefully everyone will think that we're together and won't try to hit on us.

Home Life

So...it's been 2 weeks now and being home all day definitely has it's advantages. My house is clean and organized, I've reconnected with all of my long lost neighbors, Romey and I are BFF, and I've caught up on most of the last 20 episodes of Oprah that I had saved. There are also some drawbacks, one being that I am totally bored!

Yesterday was a pretty fun day. Syd slept over and we went to lunch at the best pizza place ever. Then, we decided to cruise State street to see if anything exciting was going on at 2:00 on a Friday afternoon. We ended up stopping at some stores I've always wanted to go to, but never have. The first was Decades clothing, which is a pretty big vintage clothing store with some really cool stuff. Old prom dresses, shoes, jewelry, hats, coats, you name it. I felt like we were playing dress up. I ended up walking out with a polyester jumper. (I never thought those words would come out of my mouth).


After that we went next door to Wasatch Furniture, which is all used furniture, some antiques, some junk, etc. I saw these chairs and couldn't resist.


Which now brings me to the main disadvantage of being home all day. I feel like there's not much to do that doesn't involve spending money. I mean, I walk my dog, I do yard work, I clean, and then anything that's fun costs money. I'm not a crazed shopaholic by any means, but I like to look around, go out to lunch, etc. Does anyone have any good ideas of how to pass the time without spending lots of money? Quick, before Peter kills me.

Let the games begin...

Although you would never guess it from looking at the pouring rain outside, my summer has officially begun. That's right...2 1/2 months of no work. So, what I am I going to do with all of this time? I have some ideas, some of which will most definitely happen and others which I may not get to. These include (but are not limited to):
1. The obvious boring stuff: cleaning, organizing, yard work
2. Going on hikes with Romey


3. Taking night bike rides with Peter here
4. Learning how to sew
5. Painting the upstairs
6. Running a 5K
7. Starting a book club (anyone interested?)
8. Getting all of my random recipes organized into one place
9. Going to Florida for Nick and Taren's wedding extravaganza


10. Re-watching all 4 seasons of my all time favorite show: Felicity
11. Going to some good concerts
12. Weekend trips up to Star Valley

Sin City

For my mom's 50th Birthday, we decided to surprise her with a girls trip to Vegas. It ended up working perfectly and we had a great time.

This fake blue man honestly looked so real we almost asked him if we could get our picture with him. I think it's the eyes.


And of course this is the main reason we went to Vegas. Can you guess whose legs those are? (p.s. Syd is now well aware that her dress is transparent)


I know this is the epitome of cheesy, but I couldn't resist. This is her last year AND this was practically a once in a lifetime opportunity. Is it that horrible that I wanted a memento to remember it by?


The Bellagio fountain show is always a fave.



Happy 50th Mom!


As a side note, this poster was in the front window of Dolce & Gabbana or some posh store like that. I'm sorry, but it's not exactly clear to me what this is selling. Whatever it is...I definitely want it...NOT....ew!