I think if I were rich, I would shop mainly at Kate Spade and Banana Republic and use only Paul Mitchell products in my hair, Kitchen Aide products in my kitchen, and also buy a house similar to the amazing ones you see on HGTV. And I wouldn't care if it was international, bc I would be so rich I could visit home or have my family visit me any time, anywhere. And life would be great.
Except then I would be spoiled and probably get a fat head, and not realize how lucky I was, so I wouldn't be half as happy or grateful for things as I am now, being dirt poor with my sweet husband in stinking Rexburg.
Thank goodness I'm poor then, right?
RIGHT!
[These are the shoes I would buy first..you know if I wasn't so 'blessed' and all...haha]
I just saw a commercial for dog food, and am slightly indignant. If I cannot afford to buy filet mignon, a dog most certainly should not be able to. And that is all there is to it.
This weekend, we talked my sister Mariah into coming to Idaho for a last minute visit and it was so much fun! She got here Friday afternoon, and after giving her the tour of our place, we immediately went out on the town to get her some food [aka 5 buck pizza our beloved cocoa bean] and to look for a dress for a dance she's going to next weekend. Lester then dropped us off at the school-they were having a 'swap and shop' event, and so I finally took the plunge and got rid of all those clothes that I love but never wear, and got some new stuff! In fact I gave so much stuff, that Mariah was able to get some clothes to! It was like free! And I love free stuff!
Then we came home, made some dinner, played some phase 10 and watches some TV till that night, when we went to something Mariah and I had never seen the likes of in our lives. We went to watch the much acclaimed 'pond skimming' event. It was to insane to explain but in essence, its a bunch of fools dressed up, skiing, sledding, snowboarding, or whatever down a steep icy slope and trying to skim across a pool of ice cold water using that momentum without falling or sinking in. I'm posting a video of it so you can see..but after that, we came home and ate some cookies and hung till bed time. Saturday, we woke up and played for a bit, till the three of us all went to the Paul Mitchell school and got our hair cut and styled. It was a lot of fun-they are required to give you a head massage while there washing your hair in the lather lounge, or its free. Lester was nervous, this being his first haircut without a razor, but overall it went great-just the pampering we needed!
Then we went to G's dairy which my friend Lindee has been raving about and BOY was she right! Their homemade ice cream had some ridikulus combos but they were all delish. Then we came home, made some delicious pizza for dinner and hit up the I-center and did some fun working out and played BB and stuff. We finished up the night eating junk food and watching Diary of A Mad Black Women-one of my favorite movies. The next day after sleeping in super late, we went to church. We have finally got a new primary room, with our own cabinet and everything and the girls and I were all loving life! Primary is so fun! When we got home, Alexis and Cami came for a visit and after some good laughs and fun, Mariah left. Then we hit up a friends for dinner and games, then came home to visit with our home teachers, clean and are now going to bed.
It was so fun to see Mariah and spend time with her-hopefully we will be able to do it again soon. With a sister, you can laugh unabashed about stupid, embarrassing things to your hearts desire and you won't be alone. Overall, It was a great, busy, fun filled weekend and were sad it had to end!
PS: Lame sauce, we didn't take hardly any pictures from this weekend, but rest assured it was lots of fun and if there were pictures they would be phenomenal since we all have new cuts and styles haha! So here's some old ones of us, and the aformentioned video.
I think a few weeks ago, I blogged about Valentine's Day and how we weren't doing anything. Well. A few hours after I did that, Lester surprised me and said 'Anything you want to do, anywhere you want to go, anything you want to eat we are doing it!' And as lame as this sounds, all I wanted to do was spend some actual time with him, rather then him with his homework. He was sweet, and said OK if you want, but really we can go out on the town and see a movie-but instead we just got to be us in our home together-it was wonderful. So we rented a movie, I made some delicious Chicken Caccitorie and we ate by candlelight and just talked and laughed. We danced and talked the rest of the night away, and there are no words to say how perfect it was!! To top it off, we finished the night watching a movie and drinking the pina colada's Lester made!
The next day a squirrel was waiting outside our door, just waiting for some crumbs since our friends Steph and Tyler were out somewhere, and they are usually the ones to feed him. So we fed our new buddy, and he was off.
Lastly, my old roomie and friend Brittany was in town, so some of my other old roomies invited Lester and I over for dinner; again, there was a lot of delicious food and laughing and it was such a fun little break from the humdrum that school can sometimes be.
So this is what has been going on with us this last little bit-in case anyone was wondering!
Life Lessons: NEVER leave a spoon in the ice cream when you put it away. Today, I learned this one the hard way; knowing that I would be back again for another spoonful later, I thought I would avoid dirtying another spoon and just leave this one in there. That is until I needed another spoonful later. I opened it, thought again how smart I was, and put the frozen spoon in my mouth.
And it stuck.
And so, I freaked out, forgetting that part in a Christmas Story that used to give me nightmares, and ripped it off hard and fast without thinking. And of course, the spoon took a layer of my tongue with it. Ouuuuch Charlie.
Once upon a time there was a chick named Julia. She was outgoing, crazy and for the most part, she was pretty motivated and had a lots of good times. She already had her handsome Prince Charming though, so this is not what that story is about. This story is about the tragedy that befell her mid-semester in an enchanted winter wonderland where happiness rarely reigned free.
One day, as Julia was off on her usual errand of trying to conquer the snow and ice before it conquered her, she lost. And although she grasped desperately at the air, trying to clutch something to anchor her, she hit the treacherous ground. Hard. The ground, happy at having already taken her dignity from her, also took something that Julia relied on daily-her motivation.
From this day forward, Julia has been without motivation to do anything productive-be it homework, classes, cooking, cleaning, even going out. Although she hoped this was a temporary thing at first, she hoped in vain. For to this day she still sits on her couch avoiding any site of productivity, taking solace in dark chocolate velvet ice cream and shows like The Nanny, which feature people who accomplish things in life rather then staying fshmeckled forever, as she seems destined to do.
I am hoping that this is only the MIDDLE of the story as opposed to the end. Because while Julia and her Prince do live pretty happily still, it is nothing compared to how happily they COULD live if Julia got her motivation back. So here's hoping.
THE [temporary] END
[that is until we can get to the happily ever after..]
And no, its not a kid HAHA! Lester and I have been looking for a used car for quite a while now. We spent all of last semester, without one, and though we have survived, it has been pretty difficult-whether we needed to go grocery shopping or run to the doctor for an emergency, we had to either walk, which was often impossible in the snow, ice and distance, or because of how much stuff we had to carry [well, my macho husband probably could've done it but not me haha!]. OR we would just hope that one of our awesome friends would run us over there. I just felt bad like I was putting them out [even though they were all so great about it!], and it was inconvenient for us to always have to depend on others for these basic things. So after ALOT of research, penny pinching, test drives and other stuff we finally found one!
It is not fancy, or cutting edge-but it is practical and reliable which is just right for our first car. It only has 48,000 miles on it, a bed in the back which we will need for our eventual move to Oklahoma and road trips to Utah and home, towing capacity, snow tired and summer tires, and a new CD player and speakers, all at a really good price! The only thing that we have found it is lacking is extra room for passengers or kids-but we still got some time before that happens haha!
Over all, it is just what we wanted and more importantly needed. So welcome to our family you sweet little ride you! We are looking forward to many good times with you!
