Random Stuff

Okay, so i'm addicted to HGTV, and while i sit at home on my computer all day sending out resumes and doing my undercover expose of online dating...i have a little time to watch. :) so...forgive the ridiculous crudeness of the photo, but i took both of these shots directly of the TV screen. okay, look at this first wall. are you kidding me?! how adorable is that? they just stenciled letters in gold all over a white wall. it would be great for a library or writing space. my little brain is a'turning... okay, this wall i just thought was fantastic and bright. would really stimulate the imagination. tho i have yet to figure out how they did it. Kathryn, you could probably figure it out. Next: may i present "the best deal ever". i found these at Kohl's when they were having a 70% off sale, and i had a $5.00 of coupon, so....these sassy wedges were $7.00. you heard me. GLORIOUS!

this is what they're saying about my job applications

I know he can GET the job...

interview went so good!

What's more summer than The Sandlot?

Everytime I watch this movie I completely think this must be what dad's little group of buddies was like back in the day. Hilarious! (There's a swear word that rhymes with SIT at the 4:20 mark; so you'll want to mute it if your little boys are around.) sorry---it's in the scene, but i had to put this on. :)

I Swear

Oh gosh, this scene just makes my day. It's from the movie "Just Friends". Fortunately, we know, that's Ryan Reynolds in a fat suit...which he sheds to his glorious svelt physique for the rest of the movie. (Pic of him below at the Wolverine Premiere.) Enjoy!


Ryan signing autographs. Yummy...

Two recommendations

If you want to read an amazing book, something that will open your eyes to parts of history/geography you weren't aware of; make you grateful for your life and liberties, read this book: Stolen Lives. In 1972 a teenage girl named Malika (the author), her mother and her 5 younger siblings, were sent into exile for TWENTY YEARS because of their father's failed attempt to overtake the king (this all takes place in Morroco). It's an outrage of course, but no one can stop the political machine, and Malika and her family are basically forgotten about. So this is the story of their stolen youth, the unbelievable conditions they lived in, their resourcefulness in learning to survive, the planning and failing of their escape attempts, and mostly, how every single one of them survived because of their strong bond to each other and to the prospect of hope.

And two!!! "You wanna taste something come DIrectly from heaven?" Mama introduced me to these Peppercorn Ranch Sunchips. GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!!!! Think, What About Bob, when he's eating the chicken. :) hahaha

Happy Tuesday!

Check out my new playlist y'all

Ode to the 90's. I was out in the pool with my friend yesterday and we suddenly got onto a "do you remember..." kick, all about the 90's for about an hour. it was fanTASTIC! so take a little walk down memory lane, into the decade of no defineable style of it's own...

CAN'T WAIT!!!

okay, i'm going to see the midnight showing tomorrow night. man oh man, i hope it does the book justice!!! i'll give you all my review after the show. woo hoo!

Saying hi to the horses in G&G's pasture

Wanna go for a ride?

Walking down memory lane--or into the farm house anyway

Angie's going to kill me for putting this on here

Grandma's surprise birthday lunch

Dutch oven cook-out

Andy torturing his son

Visiting Steph's house

Idaho visit details

WARNING: THIS IS LONG

Okay! so...i'm gonna timeline down me and mom's trip. So on our way up to G&G's we stopped at Barry's and got to see and his kids for a while. Then we continued up to Idaho. Saturday morning gramps pulled out his war memorabilia, which i never even knew he had!!! we got about 30 minutes (or more) of him recalling memories and information that i'd never heard. really priceless stuff. then we decided to go up to the farm. Y-A-Y!!! i called Angie (those of you who don't know...she's my BFF and she just moved up to ISU for grad school) and she came with us. we stopped to look at a 4th of July flag display in I.F. and then at a small historical village, where there were plenty of photo ops.

At the farm i think i teared up a few times, just because it was so nostalgic. so many wonderful memories at the farm. and it was just gorgeous. better than i remembered. we got to roast some weenies outside until we got rained out. i looked at all the bedrooms -which look so small now-, and of course, me and Angie laughed...A LOT. it's what we do. then we went and surprised G&G Stoddard and got to visit for a while.

We didn't end up getting home till late, and then it was beddy-bye time. Sunday we went to church in the morning, then me and mom zoomed up to I.F. to see Cherie. A treat was that Andy and his little family were there too! so cute! and sooo nice to see them all. then me and mom convinced Cherie to ditch church and go see Steph with us. (before that tho, i got to stop in and see a Senior couple i served my mission with. The Hinckleys. no...not THOSE Hinckleys...) then we got to go see steph and her A-D-O-R-E-A-B-L-E kids!!! steph, you're the cutest little bedraggled mom ever.

can i tell you that i'm in love with Kennidee (spelled right?) and steph, i want copies of our old Karaoke tapes!!! embarrassing and glorious, those are. okay, so by the time we left, it was about 6 pm. we got home and Julie Peterson and Tyra, a cousin i don't know if i've ever even met (isn't that sad?) were sitting out on the swing. So...Tyra is my new best friend, and she's going to read my book, since she's an 11 year old girl, and my book is about an 11 year old girl, and i can really hear from my target audience. Let's see, at our celebratory cook out that night for Grandma's B-Day, we got to see: Julie and Tyra, Dan and Elaine Hillam, Amy and Lori Dance and their hubbies, Linda Dance of course (who's got a beautiful new home), Reggie, and i think that's it. isn't that enough?!! Julie Peterson, you are hilarious. power of the boisterous Libras unite!

and then...geez, then what? Monday we got and wished sweet grandma a very merry 75th birthday and then me and mom and Linda took her to a lunch where we surprised her with about 6 friends! so much fun! then, we three went shopping in I.F., where we ditched Linda at Fred Meyer unintentionally. haha! and then...that evening i packed up and said goodbye to G&G Hillam and their wonderful house and went down to Pocatello to spend the night with Angie, and convince her that she wasn't going to perish in little Poci (she moved there from San Francisco and convinced that the lack of culture and less than pristine neighborhoods will be the death of her). We got to go see Suzie Stoddard and her hubbie, which was a real treat! i haven't seen Suzie in FOREVER!

anyway, so my last night was at Angie's, and then the next morning mom was able to go see an old friend for a bit, and then she came and picked me up. WHEW! i think that's it. holy tar! i know, you've probably all fallen asleep or stopped reading a long time ago. anyway! the trip was fantastic. love all of you that we were able to see, and hope that next time we can see the rest of you!!!

More Idaho Pics!! videos coming soon!

Now...this first picture will shock and amaze you. i shan't explain the complex opticalengineering technique behind it. just soak in the glory of it...I call this picture: "Splat".

Here's mama in front of some of grandma's amazing roses

Kathryn...this is for you. Do you recognize this clock?!! holy blast-from-the-Hyrum-past!!

Me and Steph and adorable baby Ty

a historical wagon that i don't think was actually supposed to be crawled upon...but mom was determined. yes...that pose of mine is stunning...

Me and Angie

the new innerds of City Drug. so cute!!!


And...of course...had to cook out at the farm. then it started to rain and grandpa called us Panty Wastes for running inside. Yes...panty wastes.

some snippets of our trip so far

we took a side trip to this cool canyon called Cedar Breaks. photo op. :)

you all know what this is

grandpa's war memorabilia

oh, the farm...the glorious farm...

gorgeous view of the Tetons

the firepit




Andy, Brooklyn, and kids Daxton and Ashland

Steph, Cherie, Kennidee and Ryker

mom and steph's baby Ty

you can't go to G&G Hillam's and not have a dutch-oven cook out. mmmmmm

Mom, Julie, Tyra, me & grams