patiently waiting...

so now i'm waiting for mike to pick me up. I'm clean and dressed up a little, and just realized that it is raining outside. So good thing I just washed and dried my hair. Having long hair is not as fun as I thought it would be, actually it drives me rather insane. I can't believe that I will not cut it till November. That will be a fun before and after picture though!
Speaking of before and after, pretty sure my soon to be niece Taylor will be on here a lot, so here is a pic of my cute pregnant sis and her hubby.

campsite and coors field Day 4

so this is going to be our campsite this summer. hopefully the snow will be gone by the end of june!




wow...why do i live in minnesota again?







and yes, that is barry bonds and yes, we did see him hit his first home run of the season!

the drive...day 3

this was our drive from Provo to Estes Park...it was amazing beautiful.

Orem and Provo Day 2

This is the lot that we might be building on. Or they also own a cul-de-sac. I have the most interesting job ever.

This is the church that we will be staying in. And yes, there is a homeless man who lives on the outside stairs. So that should be interesting with sheltered high school girls. I'm hoping that they handle it well, but it could go either way!

Here I am at Bridal Veil Falls. Pretty, but that is snow and ice in the background. BRRR!














And then we made it to Sundance! Pretty sure we didn't really drive far enough to see the town, but I was tired and now I can say I have been to Sundance!
Thus ends day 2 of our adventure.

Salt Lake City Day 1

Yes, I know this trip was over a month ago. Sorry. Life is crazy. So now that I have a million other things to do, I'm uploading some photos. And I am drinking the biggest glass of lemonade ever.



So first we went to downtown Salt Lake to check out the Mormon stuff...very pretty. The Tabernacle was not open and we could not really go in any buildings, but it was nice to be warm and outside with blooming flowers!
Then we went to the great Salt Lake. It was pretty cool...smelled like the ocean. I would like to bring the kids there this summer. We went to Antelope Island and saw buffalo. Random.

American Idol

I'm chilling on the couch, watching American Idol. We haven't really watched it consistently this season. But it is kind of fun to watch the last one. I think my vote is for Taylor Hicks....a little variety in the music industry would be good. I can't believe how many big stars come out for it. I guess Meatloaf isn't a big star anymore, but Mary J Blige is pretty cool.

On that note, DO NOT go see American Dreamz. Not worth the money. She's the Man was a great movie though, and Just My Luck was just okay. I definetely like Amanda Bynes the best, I think she is a quality actress.

Okay, time for some pork and tator tots! Yum.

frustration

So I always think, ohhh, I'll have to write that up in my blog. Then I'm either at work and don't want to cross that line, or I just have too many other things to do and think blogging is at the end of the list (where it probably should be). But then I just get frustrated.

I am frustrated tonight and I'm not really sure why. I have this crazy insane busy weekend planned and i'm super excited for it. but then I realized just how far away new ulm is. And maybe I don't want to drive down there just for a couple of hours. but then what do I want to do instead. And am i still a good friend if i'm not willing to make the drive?

see, frustration. grrrr.

on a better note, I am now officially CPR and AED trained and certified for two years.

catching up on life...

So I started this blog partly because I simply felt overwhelmed with life. I was having trouble keeping up with everything...work, family, friends, household stuff. I still behind, but not as much so. I'm not sure if that is a seasonal thing, or simply that my state of mind wasn't great. I spent some time today in our office at home, just trying to clean up and catch up on filing stuff. We finally have our tax stuff put away till next year. Mike still has stuff out, golf club stuff and lifetimes stuff. We still need to look over life insurance policies. There is still so much to do! But, I am learning from my wonderful husband that life does not end if it is not done. I'm learning to take time off and relax. I spent a whole hour today, lying on the couch and not doing anything. Not sleeping or reading, which is how I usually relax, but just being still. Of course, having a migraine conrtibuted to that, but I'm not feeling awful that the laundry did not get done.

There is stuff that I would like to get done. I'm thinking about taking some time off to catch up on stuff. Just as a reminder to myself, here is some stuff that should get done:

catch up on photos
wedding scrapbook
update address book
fix the paint in the basement

We also want to have so many people over for dinner...bjorkes, jacob and jackie, ann and brandt, burnsy and brian, isaac and marit, andy and leslie, gerbs, matt and jessica. good thing we love brats and beer!

life is good, i need to live more in the moment.