8.13.2011

Dear _______, Wish You Were Here...

Last Friday my sister Melinda texted me and asked what my weekend plans were. We decided she should bring my other sister Rebecca and come play in St George. They came down Friday night and we hung out, played Saturday at the farmer's market and then at Zion National Park til sunset, and went to church and then hiking at Red Cliffs on Sunday before they left.  It was a super fun weekend, I had a blast. I'm really glad they came down.

We got pinwheels for riding around in Logan's car and held them up all day as we went. :) His car is pretty awesome for the canyon...which is also why we look like hippies. It's lots easier for hair management if you just give in and rock the bandana :)
 Aaand I have a ton of pictures from the weekend. :) Ready Set Go.
The 3 Patriarchs in Zion

Ha ha. Typical. 

Checkerboard Mesa in Zion

Checkerboard Mesa 







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red cliffs


reenactment of the sign. melinda makes an awesome rock

ah. It was a great 3 days. Who's up next? :)

7.28.2011

"we are the normal..."

This keeps making me laugh:


My parents are a hoot.

7.27.2011

'"i just wanna be okay, be okay today..."

I just looked down at my paper towel and it has "There's a whole lot to be thankful for" printed across it with butterflies and flowers. Has Bounty always been this inspirational or is this a message somehow directed at me? I am thankful for lots of stuff. Like this delicious squeeze-it I'm squeeeeezing the fun out of right now. (You're not allowed to drink one unless you say that. It's the rules.)

You know how sometimes little kids fall, and then they look around before they decide on a reaction, to see how you're reacting? And then they choose to either shake it off or cry?  I always thought that was kind of funny, and then I was thinking about it today, and I totally still do that.

The other day I had a guy come in to work and just be completely rude to me. He got all heated when I told him he owed some money and demanded my manager and refused to pay and basically just belittled me to the point where one of the personal trainers heard it going on and came to my side to help. By that point the guy left and the trainer just told me he'd heard how crazy the guy was being and asked if I was okay. I had been fine up to that point but as soon as he was there I teared up. Don't worry, I was cool and casual and played it like normal so he was none-the-wiser. phew. close call.
 Does this happen to anyone else or am I just taking that 'be like unto a little child' thing way too literally? oh well.

On the bright side, I always have Marcel to cheer me up when I need it.




I decided to dye my hair red. Bring out my inner Ariel and all that.
I tried it once and it didn't even tint my hair. So I decided it needed lightened before I tried again. That resulted in that sort of 90's bleached hair guys used to have...you know the look?

so afterwards I put the red on it and it went crazy translucent red that didn't even really look like hair anymore...unless you're the singer of paramore. or kurt cobain.



i'm only including a half picture of my hair then because I don't wanna scare anyone too much.

 So that was that and once again, I held up alright until Logan came around the corner and then I might've cried a little. Something about 'what have I done to my hair?!' and 'just bring me the razor, it's time to shave it all off.' and such. dramatic? you didn't see my hair in person.



anyway, we put brown dye on top of it and fixed it and now it is fabulous and I get comments on it all the time . Moreso than any other hair color I can remember. Probably because it's not pink or blue or something most older people disapprove of. One old lady even leaned in over the counter the other day and told me "red heads have more fun." ha ha.



but its way more natural looking and I feel much more like Ariel now. :)

7.25.2011

"now who'd've thought, that after all, something as simple as rock 'n' roll would save us all?..."

I know this isn't for everyone, but this has made me happy this week.

7.22.2011

"willy nilly silly ole bear...."

ha ha ha. so, Disney posted this today and it made me laugh. I hope it brightens up your day too :)


“Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard.” - Winnie the Pooh

7.21.2011

"another second time around.."

Remember a few months ago when I lived where it was cold outside and I was crocheting things all the time? Which reminds me...how adorable is this little Jonah frog?


it aint easy bein' green
He found this hat I made one day and kept putting it on and wearing it around.

Seriously...he's so cute.












So way back then, I started on a new project that was way more complicated than my usual hats and before I finished it I moved and it kinda got thrown in the closet until I remembered it was there last night and finished it today.

My biggest project to date. I'm proud of it, doesn't it just make you wanna cuddle a little baby girl? If anyone has one I can borrow and dress up and cuddle that would be fantastic.

that's not creepy, is it?
don't judge me.



My favorite part is the poofy sleeves and all the ruffles on the bottom.