Brain Dump.

-Roxanne is in town. I will be seeing her in like 20 minutes. I cant even wait. I love that lunatic kitty. I haven't seen her since September.
-Last Saturday was Mike's 7-11 party. It was a success, if i do say so myself. Pictures can be seen over at his photo blog, the digital orange.

want to know what i look like after a day of nonstop running around like a crazy person?

-For the last couple of years, summer time rolls around and i have a hole in my heart for my most favorite Sacramento activity. The California State Fair. Tonight i will get a little piece of that back as i head to the Orange County Fair with some of my friends. I really hope that there is a hypnotist show, and i really hope that someone i know is in it.
-It pays to have friends in high places, and Rhyll is one of those friends. Her boss has a box at the Honda Center in Anaheim, and that means.....BOX SEATS at the Circus. So 12 of us are going to see the greatest show on earth tomorrow. I think the Circus might just take the cake for the best event of the weekend.
-Tonight Mike is shooting (photos, not guns) a ridiculously LARGE family (38 people) and I am his assistant for the evening. Which means i am bringing a bag of candy and my entire repertoire of dance moves and silly faces to make all the little kiddies laugh and be my best friends. Should be hilarious My nephews really like my booty shake...it gets a laugh every time.
-People around here are talented, its inspiring.
-The wedding planning is coming along great. Aubrey and i really excited about some of the things that we have planned.
-Michael Jackson, just die already.
-Just finished a painting of a couple where the guy is wearing transition lenses. I'll take a picture on my phone. It was SORT of tricky, you cant really see his eyes. Oh well, that's what he gets for wearing hybrid sunglasses in shade.

SO NICE.

i was watching the bachelorette tonight with the usual gang of viewers (i love Ed by the way), when a carafe of roses was found on the doorstep with my name on it and a cute note with a mcdonalds gift card.

whoever the giver of these flowers was...THANK YOU! They are beautiful! And the mickey d's gift card will be used tomorrow for some delicious cones.

7-11/mikes bday party

More to come later in the week when the good photos are processed. It's really nice having photographers as friends.

-- Post From My iPhone

Party time, excellent.

Threw zach a manly birthday party this past sunday.

check out the rest of the pics here or here.

7-11 party for Mike's 28th is tomorrow, and Merzy's retro red and white dessert picnic is Sunday night.

Stay tuned.

El Ay

Last week i went to LA for the day with a gaggle of lovelies. Seriously it goes down in history as one of the funnest days i've had in years.

We got a limo (i use the term limo lightly...the thing was SICKENING and im sure infested with hepatitis) and headed to MJ's death house, were on a documentary, some were on a fox tv show, we went to Pinks Hot dogs, Fashion District, and even stopped by LCs stomping ground. Being an LA tourist is exhausting.


i look famous and annoyed in the backseat of our Limo..this was when our driver pulled over for a smoke break at the 76 station. He called it "Paris Hiltons gas station" but i wasnt buying it. And please take note this is before he hit another vehicle.

take a knee for MJ. Lots of people think hes moonwalking straight to heaven, but i would guess otherwise.



the show they were taping is "Beyond Twisted" and its on fox. And yes, Brandon is hitting a golf ball off of the host's (formerly of "Street Smarts") crotch. And yes he did hit him, and yes there were f-bombs dropped.
We went to the Hollywood & Highland mall, and trekked to the top to get our picture taken with the "Hollywood" sign in the background. The Chinese lady who took our picture didnt really understand that. OH WELL.

on the way up for said picture, i maybe stopped at the BUMP IT kiosk.


Honestly, best day ever.

There isn't anything much better than...

-Going to lunch with your MTC companion/Orange County neighbor. I love Kim. Breath of fresh air, she is.
-Watching the bachelorette with boys who say they think its dumb, but actually really like it and have some really hilarious things to say about it the day after via twitter and emails.
-Dinner of Oatmeal squares straight from the box, and yogurtland covered in candy.
-Getting to plan a last minute party and EVERYTHING falling into place for it very quickly.
-Making new friends who are hilarious and witty.
-Having a good cry at My Sisters Keeper on opening day, and only having to pay for 7 dollars cause its the first show of the day
-A roommate who lets me eat almost her entire bag of broccoli
-Same roommate showing you your new favorite etsy site
-Coming up with a pretty good painting idea that i will be adding to the little shop.
-Just having a good life and being happy. Life is good.

Yesterday was just a regular day

Ok I feel like a total idiot. Not a joke, i got 46 texts, tweets, facebook posts, emails and voicemails about people seeing me on So You Think You Can Dance. My roommate and i were cracking up, cause they just kept pouring in and we hadnt seen it yet. We were like "oh crap" and sure enough...HUGE CLOSEUP. great.



Last night before we went home and watched our dancing show debut, a group of us were invited to climb aboard the Old families yacht, the Capri. It was a lovely time. Thanks to Sara again for the evening...seriously, it was out of a movie or a rap video. you decide.

Na na na na...So you think you can dance, dance dance...

Rhyll, Katie Rose, Meridith, and myself made the trek this morning to LA to see tomorrows episode of "So You Think You Can Dance."

When we went to American Idol, we were bummed we didn't make a sign, because all of the signs others had made were...well...crap. So this time we came equipped and i made a sign that I was confident would probably be the best one there, even though i made it at 1am while watching Jon and Kate +8 (which happened to be totally tragic).

Don't want to toot my own horn, but it was the best one there.

When we got inside they told us that we couldn't hold signs, so we quickly spotted the Evan and Randi families, and they were more than happy to hold it for us. So make sure to watch for it, cause honestly if it doesn't make it on, I'll be shocked. The other signs were made by 7 yr olds.

Once the show started we were on our feet for like ever. Here's a picture of Meridith resting her feet by sitting on the edge of the stage (we seriously were front and center)

Katie Rose and Rhyll are giants in comparison to Meridith and I (and all of the Asians we were standing with) so they were moved to the back pit to the left of the stage with the rest of the tall peeps. And seriously the two of them are like in every single shot, which is hilarious. We were all excited to be there, but none of us wanted to actually be on the show. Hahaha its going to be good.
After the show, they taped "the Veronicas" singing and so Mer and i snuck over to rhyll and krs side, and found Cat Deely's Diet Coke. It was recognizable because no one had drinks, and she had that ridiculous straw. Anyway, we ditched the straw (when i say 'ditch' i mean i took the straw for zach as a souvineer) and then promptly drank the diet coke. Maybe thats gross to you, but we were desperate for some hydration. Ive never had diet coke that tasted as good as that one.

And there you have it. I got home at like 10, and I've been sitting ready for bed in my bed ever since.

I think I'm over getting tickets to shows. I take that back. I want to do price is right, but THEN I'm done.

oh yeah

failed to mention i got tickets to So You Think You Can Dance...

so i think i will go to that this week.

thats it.

(my life is better than your life, sorry)

Fashion Frugality

During these tough economic times, I thought i would share a tip I learned yesterday on how to save 60-100$ on a new church dress.

Step 1. Find a dress in your closet that you still like the fit of, but don't wear cause its WHITE .

(YES! you're seeing this right, i used to wear blue hoop earings)
Step 2. Head to your nearest craft store (mine happened to be Albertsons last night at 11:30) and buy a bottle of Rit Dye in the color of your choice.

Step 3. Dye your previously white dress said color (mine happened to be navy).

(don't judge, still not totally moved into the 'ol room)
Step 4. Wear your "new" dress to church and feel really good about not heading to the mall yesterday to buy something new when that's all you really wanted to do.

I think I'll add a step five, and dye it navy again...it sort of is the color of denim, which ISN'T what was going for, but still wearable.

two thumbs down

Wish i could give you a real summary of this movie, but we walked out after an hour because we had no idea what was going on.

What have I been up to?

Last week i made a new kindred friend, Sara. She was planning a party for her darling friend Megan and we got together last week to plan this lovely party...mainly she planned it and i was her minion. It was a great time. Doesnt it look pretty?

Speaking of planning, Aubrey and i met with these two lovebirds at their reception site friday to get the ball rolling on their August 22nd wedding. Cant wait. Its going to be great.

Sunday i was able to go to the handsome Zach's graduation. Like my Paris Hilton pose?

Tonight, my roommate Meridith and I, took a walk around the neighborhood to collect boxtops for her 1st grade class. It was fun, we got to visit with our neighbor friends and work on beating Mrs. McViggers class..shes going down.
Rhyll joined in with us with scouting down the boxtops at the Villa, where she discovered this

yes thats a doll head. Reminds me of the days i used to sit in front of the tv at Chatham Towne in provo, watching movie after movie while practicing my corn rows on my doll head. Im still pretty good at those. Anyone want some?

So I moved to HB. And now i have a closet, and my bed. Its great.



Seriously guys, i live here.


went on a hike and then to the beach yesterday...pretty huh?

thats mike.

And then today, i painted something...FOR MYSELF. Can you believe it? that never happens.

and then i promptly framed and hung it on my wall. I love it.

Cute right?

Life is good.

my last day :(

Today is my last day or work in Vegas. I have been planning my departure from Vegas now for the last 6 months, so I didn't expect to be this sad.

This has been the best job that I've ever had and I really just wish i could uproot everyone and take the entire office to orange county. That would solve everything.

This morning Heather brought Hank in, and they brought me these flowers,

a hilarious card, and this darling drawing by Grace.

I'll Miss You too, Grace!
i think that's me inside the boat, the little red square marked "S"

And then all of the office friends got me this Ice Cream Cake...


good thing all i had today was a Dr Pepper and a teensy granola bar. Left a lot of room for cake!

I'm sad, but I really do love change, and I'm really excited to move on and be in California (zion) again, and not sweat to death everyday, to be near friends and the ocean....and to start a new job and focus more on the event planning stuff I'm doing. it will be good. I'm stoked.

Banana Cream Pie=Crazy Delicious

Today is my last day of working with Kayla. We met at Anthropologie, and I got her the job here at the office with me...and she has tomorrow off, so she took me to Whole Foods for a going away lunch of tomato pesto pizza and this delicious personal pie.

Banana Cream is my favorite.

Love her. Not too sad though cause shes moving to Southern California in just a month or two. THANKS AGAIN KAYLA FOR LUNCH!