HOLY SHIT, IT'S COLD!!! What the hell happened to the weather? It's freaking October 6th! I started out in 80 degree weather and came home to snow!
I always think it's strange how it's possible wake up in one city and end up going to bed halfway across the country. For instance, today I woke up in Jefferson City, Missouri, worked for a good portion of the day, drove halfway (ok, maybe 1/4 way) across the state, and am going to bed in Salt Lake. When I stop and think about it, that's a hell of a lot of stuff to accomplish in one 24-hour period. Yet, on days that I've absolutely got to get something accomplished (or multiple things, for that matter) there simply aren't enough hours in the day. Weird.
This is from Geninne's Art Blog... The woman is amazing... Go check her out! There's something about this picture that I absolutely cannot get enough of. It's gorgeous!
So, this is kind of an RTT post, but I didn't get around to writing it until today. Whatevs. This week has been so freaking unbeliveably busy, my head is spinning. My work life has made a complete 180 and it's fantastic. I forgot what it was like to use my brain! I know I mentioned it before, but I can't begin to express what a welcome change this new assignment is for me. I get to work with some pretty amazing people and I've learned so much in the last two weeks, I haven't quite processed it all yet!
If you can guess who this is, I'll give you a dollar.
Have I mentioned how much I miss my man lately? If you're sick of hearing about it, skip this section. I'm still pissed he ended up moving further away from me, instead of closer. Life is just plain unfair sometimes and I feel like nothing is going my way in my personal life! Trying to figure out a time when I can fly down there to visit him is proving to be a problem. He doesn't get any time off because he's new on the job and his work schedule is such that he has rotating days off. That means his "weekends" very rarely coincide with mine and I'm not sure how long it's going to be until we see each other. It's kind of freaking me out.
Make sure to mark your calendars for this Sunday! It's time for the Urban Flea Market! Jess and I have so many things to get finished before we open our booth on Sunday, I hope we get them all done! We are going to have some really awesome stuff for sale so I hope everyone is able to come out and support the event! Pass the word along! Remember... the first three people to tell me they heard about the market from my blog get a free book thong!
This is Auri. Those are two of her children.
Yesterday we had a meeting that was a continuation of one from the week before. We were determining the individuals who needed to be invited to our upcoming sessions and I was recording all the names. The room we were in was really big which made it difficult to hear everyone. Along with the fact that I couldn't hear very well, I was trying to decipher names through the thick Alabama accents. I had to keep asking everyone to spell the names for me... I think they think I'm special. 
Toward the end of the meeting someone yelled out a particular name and I wrote it down as Leanne. About five minutes later someone pointed out that I had spelled the name incorrectly... It should have been Lynn, not Leanne. See pronunciation: Le-inn. We all started cracking up and they informed me that everyone in the South adds an extra syllable to everything. I'm telling y'all, I'm coming home with an accent!
The warning on the radio continued on and said, "In the event of a tornado, the safest place to be is in a basement... if you can't get to a basement, get to the most central point of a building... if you're in your car, evacuate immediately and get into a building... if there are no buildings around, evacuate your car and lie in a ditch." Apparently the ditch thing is common knowledge (Auri & Noelle both knew about this... I had no clue.)
This is why hurricanes are bad... they're started by evil little vengeful butterflies...
I love sitting by the pool in the summer... And I would love to sit by this pool, but I'll take Noelle's, any day. There is just something so relaxing about lounging around in the sun, taking a dip to cool off, and reading a good book. A cold drink is always nice, too. I'll be sunning tomorrow and I can't wait. This time I have sunscreen and I'll be sure to slather it all over! 
In honor of the toes, here is a pic of mine this week. Auri didn't do them but that's just because I had to get one of mine fixed, so Tori painted and bedazzeld them for me (I have acrylic on my big toes b/c they break all the time and I like symmetry). Aren't they fab? This was actually a retake of the original pic... when I looked closely at the first one, I had a piece of string from the shoe hanging over my big toe and it looked like a giant black hair... My toes are not hairy!
I was looking for a picture of a swimming pool and came across 
That sign says "Park Closed; No Swimming: Health Hazard, Drowning Hazard" - Not the pool, the park!
Saw Alex Smith (formerly of the University of Utah) who currently plays for the 49ers, at the restaurant we ate at on Thursday night.
On Friday night Noelle's ankle rolled and she ate shit in the middle of Union Square. She is now in a boot for at least two weeks. We ate a lot, hung around in our hotel a lot, and spent a lot of money. All in all, it was a fab trip.
Fugliest outfit ever seen on the Furriest Man ever seen = Las Vegas Airport - And you can call me Incognito b/c I took that with my phone... I'm good!
I get really annoyed when I'm talking to someone and I get interrupted. If you don't want to listen to me, say so. Don't just ignore me and then interrupt me without letting me finish my story. My parents do this all the time.
A few random phrases heard over the weekend:
Did I mention we froze our asses off the whole weekend?
That's the salad that made me sick... Bastard salad! 
Comments on amount or cost will not be tolerated, so don't even go there! Yes, I'm a makeup whore. Yes I own a ton of makeup. Yes, I have a problem. The first step is to admit it. I've taken the first step. So, yeah, that's mostly all of it in its entirety. Pencils, eye shadow, blush, powder, foundation, bronzer, hightlighter, sparkle, pigments, supplies, brushes, lipstick, lip gloss, eye lashes, glue, mascara, lash curler, moisturizer, eye cream, etc. I was going to count my eye shadows but forgot. 
The stuff I use every day is down in the bottom left-hand corner here. Not all of it, but some of it. Most of what I own is MAC. I also own some Benefit, Nars, Too Faced and drug store brands (just mascara). I hate MAC mascara and my favorite is L'oreal Voluminous. I recently got Maybelline's Lash Stilleto and I really like it. I also like the Cover Girl's Lash Blast Luxe that comes in sparkly colors. Don't love the brush, but like the sparkles!
This is the train case after it has been emptied out and wiped down. It was REALLY dirty. Kind of embarrassing to take a dirty train case to do makeup, ya know!? 
And this is the train case after it was cleaned out and re-organized. Now I can find my colors. Although, I have so much crap I could use a second one... like the cute, pink, crocodile one from Sephora. Maybe I'll save some money and buy one when I go to San Fran.... something to ponder....
Last but not least, here are my brushes... there are a few missing, but you get the idea, right? And they're dirty. I ran out of energy tonight so I'll have to clean them tomorrow (or tonight, seeing as how it's 12:30 AM). They need to be clean and ready to go for Brittany's wedding on Saturday!!! Well, there you have it... my makeup collection, in all its glory. Yes a few pieces are missing, but you probably wouldn't even notice if they were in the pictures anyway! Let the commenting begin! Oh, and does anyone have any idea about insuring it all?
Take a look at the picture above. It kind of just looks like a smattering of grayness at the bottom of a mountain, right? Possibly taken at sunset? Well guess what? That's actually the view of downtown Salt Lake City, today. I promise, there's a city underneath all that crap. I've been there, I've seen it before. I don't think it went anywhere.... Technically, the situation is being called a "Red Air Quality Alert" but come on. You might as well be breathing exhaust strait from the tail pipe of your car at this point. There's probably a higher level of oxygen in that as compared to the air in the valley. 
This picture was taken by Odum from the 16th floor of one of the high-rise buildings downtown. 
So yes, with my lungs in the shape they're in after having pneumonia, outside is the last place I want to be. The fact that it's freezing helps me not want to go out... a lot. Well, here's to my 200th post, and a big toast to at least 200 more!
The rest of the night we just hung around the house, listened to music, chatted and looked at pictures on my laptop. We attempted drinking heavily, but I don't think any of us had more than one cocktail that night. Oh, and I have to back track a bit... when we got to the house, the first item on the agenda was to turn on the hot tub. It takes something like six hours to heat up, so we thought we'd get it brewing in case we were up at 3 AM and wanted to take a dip. Around 1 AM we were all pretty tired and decided to go to bed. We each got our own rooms, and Miss Rose was gracious enough to give me the one with the "prettier" view so I could wake up to it in the morning. Isn't she fab?
I slept pretty good that night... I even got the bed with the Scotty Dog blanket on it! I felt pretty cool. Anyway, Charlie came upstairs in the morning to check on his Aunt Rosie and Aunt Erica, jumped in bed with each of us to make sure we were still there and in good condition, and then went back downstairs with his mommy. I think Rose and I each fell back asleep for another hour and a half or so and then got up around 10:30 or so. The three of us decided we were hungry and thought we'd throw some clothes on, doll ourselves up to look presentable and go grab some food. Sure enough, we got to the restaurant around 11:15 or 11:30 and they were serving lunch, so we decided to head to the new coffee shop at the end of town and check it out. 
The coffee there was really good, and their chais are even better. They've got great, home made pastries along with home made chocolate delights! As Rachael Ray says ~Yummo! After coffee we decided to drive in and check out the park. All the pictures after the first five are from Capitol Reef National Park. Some are from the main road, and others are from a fun little drive we took on a turnoff from the main road. It was tons of fun. We drove around for about three hours, I think. We pulled over at least 30 times to take pictures. We also took pictures while the car was moving. Noelle didn't always feel the need to stop for photography! And after all that, she thinks I'm gonna let her borrow my camera. Yeah, right!
This is Rose and Noelle having a lovely moment on the little trail. I think this was right before Rose flashed me. I turned on the video camera and told her to do something, so she flashed me. Nice, I know. Then she proceeded to say a few fairly naughty things, and ended with saying, "Hi Mom!" Oh well, I have it on video and can and will use it against her... not sure when, but I have my ammunition if I ever need it.
We decided to take a picture of this so we can change it to say "Nipple Rock Rapture Center." We'd only have to switch the R and the N and find an extra P... it will work eventually. Then the sign is going to be placed in front of the little shack in the picture you see below. We originally named it the "Fornication Shack," but then came up with the "Punany Palace." Tell me, which name do you prefer?
Now, there's a reason we had to come up with names for the shack. Apparently on one of her recent trips to the house, Rose was informed by her mother that, "There will be no fornicating in the house!" And if anyone knows Rose's mother, they know she's serious. So we have been on the lookout for places to fornicate (outside the house, of course) should the need arise. We thought it was a good idea.... be prepared like a Girl Scout, you know?
We thought this rock was kinda cool... it looks like an opened snake's mouth. Almost looks like the drinking fountain at the zoo...
Here's another precious moment of the girls. Rose is leaning because we told her to. She was having issues, but then, she's always having issues, so why was Saturday any different? Hahaha
Here's me as the Great Cornholio... that's not really what I was going for, but it worked because it was freakin' freezing and the wind was blowing sand in my face. Yes, I'm a dork... I am able and willing to admit to it. 
This picture above was taken for the benefit of Odum. We named it "Tit Rock."
I think this is the ony picture of the three of us that turned out semi-decent. Aren't we cute. We almost froze our asses off but we had so much fun driving around and seeing everything. I even had fun getting left behind while Noelle and Rose drove off without me. I even flashed them and they wouldn't come back for me... I had to catch up to them. Rude!
This above picture is that of "Penis Rock" as we named it. It looks like a wang. Boys, what do you think? The shaft up the middle and the head balancing on the top... totally looks like a wang. 
This is a really cool picture to see how much of the terrain was formed at an angle. Kinda crazy.
