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Ya know what made me happy today??

Instead of working from 3:00pm until 11:00pm {which I've been doing for about 8 months}, I now go to work at 5:00am and get home at 2:00pm. Will and I actually get to spend time together! Plus... I get paid to bake pretty food. Thank you Kneaders Bakery and Cafe!

I also work at a preschool for 3 hours on Monday mornings with a self contained language class...I can't even begin to describe the cuteness.

My yard is 100% dandelion free.  

Will used to get up early every morning, drive to Provo and then not get home until late in the evening. However, since he is now an official graduate, he got a job at a bank that is 10 minutes away from our house. Holy saving money on gas batman!

Two of my young women completed their personal progress. Happy dance!

My windows have been open all day long for an entire week.

Mangoes are on sale.

And, we're going to see the Avengers movie tomorrow night.

Life is good

Scentsational

Will has taken to calling my nose the "Super- Smeller" (ever seen Psych?). I never thought I had a good sense of smell, but since I've been with Will, I've noticed how many things I smell that he doesn't...so maybe it's true.

Even though he makes fun of the Super-Smeller, I am super super happy that I have it!
Wouldn't not smelling suck?

I met a guy the other day who has no sense of smell. So after choking on my word vomit, that wanted to inform him of how bad his life must stink suck, I offered him my condolences and moved on. But once I got out of there, I voiced my true thoughts: I'd be lost without my olfactory system! I use my nose to tell me when my car is broken, when I need to do laundry, when my cookies are done, when my kitchen needs to be cleaned, and so much more. 

So, today I'm going to go smell things. And enjoy it.

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.