Salt Lake City Weekend

I am so grateful to have such amazing friends in my life.  A big thanks to Mindy for placing host and for spending several hours at the hospital while I worried about my grandfather.  She really is a great friend. 

First stop of my visit was to Ikea where once again I wanted to spend all my money but managed to contain my excitement for the most part.  I did find my next craft project though.  I am totally going to make this light fixture.  What do you think?  It's basically just paper snowflakes.  Good times!!

Friday night we spent some time in Provo having dinner with our great friend Erin and visiting the BYU Art Museum.  My how campus has changed!!!  Just being back made me feel really old.  I saw a girl in the bathroom that I would have sworn was 14 at the most.  She totally was a student who worked at the museum.  My life has changed SOOOO much since my time in Provo.  Friday Mindy and I also indulged in fourth meal.  At 1am we hit the In-N-Out drive thru for burgers and shakes.  Yummy!!!

Saturday morning we headed up Emigration Canyon and hit Ruth's Diner for brunch.  I had some delicious pecan cinammon roll french toast with lemon cream cheese spread and Mindy had the famous baked mac-n-cheese.  YUMMY!!  It was super cold but the wait for indoor seating was long so we ate on the patio.  Needless to say we ate in a hurry!!

It totally snowed the day before...we might be crazy!!

Soooo good!!!

The vegetables really were unnecessary!!

Creepy Ruth watching us eat our food.  Ruth is dead so I am hoping this is just a cut-out...

After our yummy meal we headed to Tooele to visit our great friend Laura, her husband Jason and their darling son Ryan.  We had such a great time visiting with them.  I have fantastic friends and I am so thankful that they put up with me!!  :)

Jason and Laura

I brought a blue dinosaur for Ryan.  He loved it, me....not so much.

Puzzle time is serious business.

 

or...not so much

It has been a few years since we were in college

Sunday I had the opportunity to visit Mindy's ward and her Young Women's.  Good times!!  Those girls were adorable.  After church we recreated the delicious mac-n-cheese of the day before and started the BBC version of Pride & Prejudice before receiving the phone call that my grandfather was in the hospital.  Mindy kindly drove me up to SLC where I got to spend a few hours visiting with Grandpa and the doctors. 

Monday morning it was up and at 'em super early.  I had a 9am flight and got back to Boise just in time to see the snow.  Ugh!!  All in all it was a great weekend and just what the doctor ordered.  It always amazes me how much the body and soul is replenished by time away.


Happy Birthday Greggie!!

Happy Birthday Greg!!  I hope you have a fantastic day!! 

Little Big Town - "Little White Church"

Little Big Town - "Little White Church":


There is absolutely no secret/hidden meaning behind me posting this song.  I am just really digging it today.  Makes me want to dance.

Progress Report

Okay team, I have actually started to make some progress on my goals.  I can't yet mark any completely off but I am getting there.  Today I started working on goals 32 & 33, making an address book and calendar for my entire extended family.  This is going to be rough.  I will admit right now I had to call my mother today for NAMES of several of my cousins.  Aaagh!!  I need to be a better daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin and niece.  So, if you are related to me feel free to send me your family information including names, birthdates, address, phone numbers, email addresses basically the works.

In other news, I spent some time this last weekend with friends and family and will be posting about that short trip in the coming days.

Bowling

Sophia and I spent the day at the bowling alley.  We both used the bumpers and I stilled only scored a 73.  Sad!!  We had a great time though!

Ready to Roll

Score!!

She is pretty much the coolest bowler!

Bowling is hard work

Sitting in the car is hard work



Goals!

Man, it is going to be hard accomplish all these goals!  I need to get busy!!!  :)  I got a book about budgeting from the library yesterday and am in the process of writing that up.  Good times!  Tomorrow's plan is to start working on my family calendar and address book.  Go me!!

101 Goals to be Accomplished in 1001 Days

101 Goals to Accomplish in 1001 Days

Starting Date: March 1, 2011

Ending Date: I haven’t done the math yet

1. Return to Scotland

2. Fall in Love

3. Be in a steady, romantic relationship

4. Write a book

5. Visit 5 MLB parks

6. Lose 75lbs

7. Read 500 books

8. Go to Hawaii

9. Take surfing lessons

10. Take a cake decorating class

11. Develop a close group of true friends

12. Be 100% debt free

13. Have $3000 in savings

14. Find a way to reduce stress

15. Find somewhere to volunteer

16. Be more open with my feelings

17. Read the Book of Mormon

18. Read the Doctrine and Covenants

19. Read the New Testament

20. Landscape the front and back yards

21. Host a party where my family isn’t my only guests

22. Form and sustain a book club

23. Give Wuthering Heights another chance

24. Read War and Peace

25. Write at least 1 letter a month to Grandpa and Marge

26. Write in my journal at least once a week

27. Write my personal history

28. Write Dad’s personal history

29. Write Mom’s personal history

30. Compile grandparent’s and parent’s histories for my siblings

31. Learn to change a car tire

32. Create a family calendar with all cousins birthday’s

33. Create a family address book

34. Learn to crochet dishcloths

35. Complete P90X

36. Practice Yoga and Meditation

37. Try 101 new recipes

38. Make a quilt

39. Go a full month with no Facebook

40. Pay cash for a new car

41. Join a club

42. Attend a grown up, dress up New Year’s Eve Party

43. Reduce Clutter

44. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle-be more earth friendly

45. Work out at least 30 minutes, 3 times a week

46. Live in the moment-enjoy life more

47. Have a Valentine

48. No sugar for a month

49. Become CPR certified

50. Learn a language besides English

51. Give at least 1 sincere compliment every day

52. Learn to stand up for myself

53. Learn to be a better listener

54. Be able to locate all 50 states and know each capitol

55. Paint my bedroom

56. Learn how to flirt

57. Learn how to tie a neck tie

58. Refinish my “coffee table”

59. Learn calligraphy

60. Learn how to French braid-completed 3/14/11

61. Learn how to make a paper airplane

62. Brush up on my basketball skills

63. Attend the taping of a TV show

64. Send a message in a bottle

65. Learn to Say NO!

66. Spend the night in a haunted house

67. Take a cross country road trip

68. Learn to play the guitar

69. Learn to snorkel

70. Watch Jimmer play in the NBA-in person of course

71. Ride on a major zip line

72. Create my family tree

73. Go firewalking

74. Take some sort of dance class

75. Go to Glacier National Park

76. Take a cruise

77. Visit Gettysburg

78. Visit New England

79. Go to Hearst Castle

80. Visit the states that I haven’t

81. Learn to play poker

82. Watch the American Film Institute’s Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time

83. Develop greater self esteem

84. Live on a budget

85. Attended a film at the Sundance Film Festival

86. Attend a midnight screening of a major blockbuster on opening day

87. Watch the sun rise and set

88. Tell some I love them

89. Surprise someone

90. Sleep in a hammock

91. Go for a midnight walk on the beach

92. Spend an entire day in bed

93. Read for 24 straight hours

94. Kiss in the rain

95. Learn to not overanalyze everything a man says

96. Climb an active volcano

97. Spend the night in a historic hotel

98. Go snow sledding

99. Refrain from using the word AWESOME

100. Watch TV for 24 uninterrupted hours

101. Think positively!





Okay, here is the deal, these goals are going to keep me super busy and let’s face it I need to be busy. I am hoping that by achieving these goals I will build the life I want to be living. I will definitely keep you undated on my progress. As I accomplish the goal they will be highlighted on the list and the date accomplished will be added. I will also keep you updated in my current blog posts. Any and all encouragement and suggestions for completing my goals will be most appreciated!