Weekend Getaway

Three awesome things this last weekend:
1) some family time
2) some Lyndsey time
3) some sunshine

Ahhhhh...

My dear friend Lyndsey is getting herself hitched, so we spent time looking at photos and ideas for her wedding, drooling over her dress, and planning obnoxious games for her shower (to which she is very opposed). We talked books, ate yummy food, walked on the beach and just had such a great girl weekend. I felt spoiled. Add to that some time with my family (Michael, Cari, Kaela, Linsey, Dad and Diane) and I have only one complaint...not enough time.


Cari, Linsey, Ann and Michael

Lyndsey, Tyson and I loved the live jazz music at a great little New Orleans restaurant in Downtown Disney - the double chocolate bread pudding was to-die-for.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

It's snowing here - which to anyone living on the Wasatch Front, is nothing new. We've had some really nutty weather. The upside is a beautiful spring, so it all comes out in the wash.

Today is Valentine's Day. My dear brother sent me flowers (which totally made my day) and my friend Lorie gave me an adorably hideous "Love Stinks" doll, which makes me giggle every time I look at it. Tonight, it's pizza, popcorn and a chick flick with my gal pals. The good news is this requires no dressing up, overpriced meals or attempts to behave in a lady-like manner. This is not to say that we will regress into grunting cave women, but we will all just relax and enjoy the evening with people we feel totally comfortable around - sounds great to me!

At the risk of full-fledged cheese - I am grateful for the people in my life who love me and let me love them. That's a blessing I get everyday!

Costco, anyone?

I have an event at work this weekend (which has made my life a little nutty lately). Today was shopping day at Costco. Most of the meals are being prepared by the event staff instead of catering, so...$600 and two hours later, a flatbed trolley and a huge shopping cart were heaping with food. Next? Get all that food and three grown women into my rental car (I hit ice over the weekend and ended up in a ditch, so the Matrix is in the shop).

We did it all in one trip (go, go Dodge Avenger), so chalk up all that time playing Tetris as real-life preparation. The car rode a little low in back on the way back to the office - perhaps it was the nine cases of water?