Good Vibrations

Well, the fair is OVER! YAY! And I'm pretty sure it was a smashing success, but sometimes being so close to something makes you see all of the faults. And now I have an incredible lack of desire to go to work! I need like a two week vacation. :)

And I'm a little bummed because now I feel like I can finally enjoy summer-- but all of the stores have Halloween stuff in them, Josh is back in school, and the weather is considerably cooler. But I will have none of it! Normally, I am really excited for fall, but I don't think I got enough swimming, bbq-ing, and fun in this summer. We're going to celebrate summer in September! So, sometime Josh and I will go to Cowabunga Bay (hollerrrr), hang out with Emily & Matt, go camping or explore some kind of wilderness, and have fun! Maybe some of this fun can leak into October, too!

I also want the world to know that I got hooked on "The Hunger Games." A big shoutout goes to Emily Earl for lending her copy to me. Another shout out goes to this past Sunday, where I pretty much read the entire book in one day. Couldn't put it down!!! And now I have to wait for some fool to turn in their library book so I can read the next one. Someone's book is past due... they are messing with my mind!

I've also been enjoying my guilty pleasures-- "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and "Bachelor Pad." I don't know what it is, but I eat up anything that has to do with those Kardashian girls. And "Bachelor Pad?" I have no shame.












I am in need of some serious motivation to work out more. There is a little bud inside of me, but it just needs some Miracle Gro... or I just need a kick in the pants! Any words of motivation would be greatly appreciated!

Going back to guilty pleasures, I love Katy Perry's song "Teenage Dream" and the music video for Taylor Swift's "Mine" is SUPER CUTE!!!

Ring-A-Ling

Some fun developments...

I'm really loving those Jane Austen-y movies as of late. It all started by watching, "The Young Victoria."

















Loved it! Which also began my newfound love for Emily Blunt.

















I think she looks really pretty on that cover of Elle!

And so yesterday, I watched Sense and Sensibility, with vivid memories of the Strong girls throwing pillows at our TV. :) And now, I'm pretty sure I'm going to watch something else fabulous like that. I've heard that "North and South" is good and I've never seen "Mansfield Park." The options are endless, so today is the day! Any recommendations will be taken into consideration. :)

And lastly, but maybe most importantly:
NEW RINGTONES!

It's been a few weeks in the making, but I finally made some important decisions. My mom inspired it all, because she set Michael Jackson "Thriller" as my ringtone for whenever I call her. Pretty much everytime I call her she is giggling because Michael Jackson was singing in her purse. It's pretty funny! I love the joy that ringtones bring, so with my new phone, I knew that I needed some JAMS! I limited myself to three, because I don't want to go too overboard-- right?!

Everyone ringtone: Over the Rainbow-- the Glee Cast! My favorite song, one of my favorite shows, and something that will not offend the coworkers.
Mom ringtone: Footloose-- Kenny Loggins. She inspired my deep love for Kenny Loggins, and now i will be dancing everytime she calls!
Josh ringtone: Naturally-- Selena Gomez. Josh LOVES this song and I think it is hilarious. He knows every word. :) I really wanted to do "Like a Virgin" by the Glee Cast, but I really didn't want that to go off in the middle of the office. No, thank you.

So, now, I'm just waiting for someone to call so I can giggle to them. Hahaha! :)

Feel the Rain

I had a perfect moment today!

I was walking out of Hobby Lobby (love that place) after making some fabulous purchases for the Davis County Fair and I saw a huge, beautiful, bright rainbow. It was absolutely perfect, silhouetted against the mountains. As I drove away I kept staring at it and Natasha Bedingfield's song "Unwritten" came on. I love that song! It always makes me feel like I can conquer the world. And so, that was my perfect moment. And it came at just the right time.

Takin It Back to the Old School

To start off, I really wish we knew where the cord to our camera is, because I have some fab pics to share! So, uh... stay tuned!

In recent news: I MADE JAM! I got plums from my Bountiful Baskets Co-Op and I thought- I should make plum jelly like my grandma! So, I give her a call for this secret recipe and come to find out she alwasy followed the directions on the Sure-Jell box. Easy enough! I ended buying MORE plums (they're pretty cheap!) and a big ol' case of jars, and then I was ready! 4 lbs of plums is A LOT of plums but I made it work with my mish mash of cookware. You smash up the fruit boil it with some H2O, add the Sure-Jell, then ADD 8 CUPS OF SUGAR! Ahhhhh! That is a lot of sugar! After that's all said and done, you ladle the BOILING liguid into the jars. On jar numero uno, I dump the stuff all over my thumb and scream like the little girl that I am. No bueno! But I have to see this jam through to the end! So I sit with a lovely ice pack while Josh finishes the jars and seals them all nice and tight. Then we really kick it old school, or maybe poor school, because we don't have a canning rack thing, so we stick the jars in the pot and put a plate over them to hold them down. Needless to say: it worked!!

Then we run to Walgreen's to stock up on the "Please don't turn my thumb into a giant blister," stuff and wait for the jam to become jam.

And then a miracle happened! When I was going to bed my thumb burned like crazy-- so I aloe vera-ed and iced it, and when I woke up-- no pain, and then NO BLISTER or anything! YAY!!! It's a miracle and I gave a little prayer of thanks. :)

And then I actually tried the jam-- and it was fabulous! Just like my grandma's and so good that I want to have toast all the time. :) And for those of you who don't know-- plum jam is the bomb!!! This just goes to show that you don't have to be uber-goober domestic to make something fabulous. HALLELUJAH!

And on that note... I really like that new Justin Beiber song. :D