Flashback to snow

Has anyone else ever watched 9 episodes of Cake Boss in one day?

I sure wouldn't do that... uh...even if William and I got netflix...and there were no commercials. That would just be silly to watch that much t.v. in one day. Ahem.

Now here's the flash back.

We live in Utah. Greatest snow on earth right? Except this year there is only 38 inches of snow on at Snowbird right now (the normal snowfall for this month is 124 inches)! Weird right? So if you like to dodge logs while skiing give me a hooray.... Oh, that's right, no one likes to do that.

So today's flashback is flashing us to a better year. When a few of the greatest people I know had season passes to Snowbird...and there was actually enough snow. We went skiing about every Saturday. We listened to Red Jump Suit Apparatus, we ate Ramen, and we even grilled steak in the parking lot. There's no way to really describe how much fun we had up there. Or how many of our silly worries melted away while we were racing down Big "Enema" but these pictures help.

There are few things greater than skiing all day with your very best friends. I'm so glad I grew up in Utah.

Aren't you?

The Awkward and The Awesome

The Awkward:

-A second grader telling me that he would look hot with skinny jeans and chains (what am I supposed to say back to that?).

-Taking an order from a man on the phone at work and asking him "what color he will be coming in" when I meant to say, "What time he will be coming in." The best part is that he answered my first question. Without ANY hesitation he told me he would be coming in a "a grey-ish Honda." So I just let it slide.

-The snot bubble I got while talking to my Boss....yes, that really happened.

-Running into someone with the hubs who remembers you but you don't remember them. So rather than introducing them, you silently force the hubs to walk as far away as possible.

-Using the phrase "Go do what you do" at the end of a conversation.

-Finding out that you've been rockin' the rat tail for the entire day (aka the chunk of hair that didn't make it into your pony tail).

-Seeing Mothers at the mall sporting ridiculous amounts of cleavage...while shopping with their children.

-Not being told "this is a serious picture"

-Being asked if I'm a leader or a young women at activities (but lets be honest, I'm usually the one throwing things at people, so maybe they have a point).

-Being hi-five stood up by a 3rd grader.

-Dropping your phone (the bad drops, in which the back piece falls off and the battery flies 20 feet away) whilst being surrounded by a group of people.

The Awesome:

-Finishing the 500 at the alumni swim meet.

-Not having to put away the Christmas tree (here's the secret: we never put it up).

-Putting books on hold at the library. Seriously! All you do is click a mouse and then the little library maids 1) find the book (Dewy and I don't really get along), 2) put your name in it, 3) and then tell you when it's ready to come pick up. I always feel important when I pick up books that were on hold just for me.

-Finding Zee Sneetch planking.

-Eating cereal late at night.

-Finishing grad school applications.

-The happy birthday boy with his happy cake.

-Finding 2 pairs of jeans! At one store!! and only spending $50 on both!!!

-Our new TV!!

-Finishing puzzles. At 3:00AM.

-This movie. Though, the fact that I almost pee myself from excitement every time I see this trailer may be a little awkward.

Bumper my car

If I had my way, all vehicles would be made into bumper cars.
And the world would be a better place.
Think about it:
1- Learning to drive would be far more enjoyable.
2- We could teach children to drive at a much younger age.
3- There would be far less crash traffic (curse you rubber neckers).
4- There would be less road rage.
5- And Will and I would not currently be forced to find a new car in 2 days.

If all of our cars had a large bouncy structure surrounding the outside of our cars then we would not be in this wonderfully car-less predicament.

I t-boned someone the other day (it was their fault), and Jane Fonda the Honda was totaled.
It was a sad day.

I'm brilliant, I know.
Just one more reason I should rule the world.

p.s. If we're making renovations to our cars anyway, I would also like to make my horn sound like a fart.

It's the little things

It's all about the little things...

like 5 crowns,

stupid movie quotes,

the big brown couch,

Foosball,

bedtime story,

and pheonix chicken.

No Bones About It

The girls and I went to Garnder Village to see the witchee-poos...we didn't buy anything, but we got lots of ideas for projects! The following are the results of our inspiring excursion.

Skully

Materials: Plastic Skull (from dollar tree), Spray paint, Glitter paint

There were skulls like this at Gardner Village for $10.

Skully here, only cost $3... and he's sparkly.

Yarn Spider Web

Materials: Old yarn

I could have gotten this web (in an awfully bright green color) at Gardner Village for $15... I made it for free instead with some old yarn (in a color that isn't hazardous for epileptic individuals.).

Sweater Pillow

Materials: DI sweater. Pillow Form.

I find my self rather appalled at the price of throw pillows. Take for example this orange guy... $48 bucks. But I love me some throw pillows, so I bought it. When I got home and realized that I'd just spent $50 bucks on a sack of stuffing, I vowed to at least try to make my own pillows before I break down like that again. So, Mr. Sweater Pillow up there, cost me $12. Not bad huh? Especially when I've seen sweater pillows in stores for $39-$59. I'd be down with saving $27 any day, even if the edges on my pillow are a bit messy.

...uh...

Materials: Little sisters

This project was probably the easiest of all!

When we were all done, and proud of our creative, money saving, brilliance, we celebrated with sunglasses and ate our Halloween cake.

The moral of the story, you may ask, is that I was sad to put away my Halloween decorations this year.

Double Fricative

I was looking through some old pictures today and I asked myself, "Self, what good are these pictures doing just sitting on the computer?" To which I replied, "Well I don't know." Then both self and I decided to document them. That's what a blog is for after all, right? And so begin the Flashback Fridays (or Flashback whatever day I happen to write a flashback post) but we'll just call it Friday because it's catchy... get it? 'F' and 'F' ...k good.

This was spring of 2007, and we are going to Spring Fling. How cute are we?! This was probably one of my favorite high school dances for two reasons.

1) Because all of the girls have water polo tan lines from the weekend tournament we had just played.

2) Because this is the night that Steph's dress--a wonderful find from DI if i do say so myself--split open down the back more than 3 times. We had so many safety pins holding the back together, that it's amazing she could even move. It was also pretty amazing when she asked Winston Baby (boy in blue) to zip her dress back up for her after a split. And the problem with this was that Steph showed him her bare back, all the way down to her unders... She thought she was asking me, because I'm wearing blue too... but.... she was wrong. They were both pretty embarrassed, but it's ok because I still laugh about it today.

Back here in the present day, Steph just had a baby. She handled pregnancy like a champ and when I asked her how the delivery went, she said, "It was fun!"

Uh....

....Fun???

So, she's either crazy, or she's awesome. Probably the second. And you'd all agree with me if you could see her little boy. Ridiculous amounts of cuteness my friends. Ridiculous.

Anyway, I wanted to take a moment to highlight my Steph and our times together because she's cool. And we used to go by Stephica. And I allowed that because I liked the name... Not because I love her with all my heart. So don't get the wrong idea (and don't get the wrong idea about my gimp hand in this picture either... we're not even going to go there).

Pinterested?

Have you heard of pintrest? It's brilliant, and I'm a bit obsessed. If you like to spend little money, make things pretty, get lots of great ideas, and bask in other people's creative brilliance...then you'll love it too.
I'm mostly attached to all of the fabulously simple tips and ideas that I should have come up with myself but didn't. Here's some more of my favorites.

Saver your fingers, use a comb to hold the nail! & Use a tension rod to hold cleaners under the sink.
Line the pan with tin foil...duh & Use a rubber band to scrape off the extra paint.
Use a soda tab to hang up your pictures & Boycott cluttered counters!

Use clips and ribbon to hold towels in the kitchen & ketchup bottles for high tech pancakes.

Label the cords under the table with bread bag tags & binder clips to keep the cords from falling under the table

I've already tried most of these out and I've been so happy with the results. Not to mention, my husband thinks I'm brilliant for coming up with these great ideas all by myself. ;)