California

First off, if you're bored enough to see all the photos from this trip to SF, go here:and the pics start near the bottom with the first picture being BayBridge. :) 
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/slvrchic83/California%20Trip/
Now, I'm home, long car ride, but I wasn't driving so I was lucky enough to sleep for 2 of the 10ish hours of the drive. it was nice. brief summary of what we did. Friday - drove there. Saturday - Went to napa county fair. Sunday - Went to church, ran errands, and ate chinese. Monday - Went to SF and took picutres, Lombard St, Golden Gate and ate lunch with Dale. Tuesday - Beach in Santa Cruz (I think), very very very cold. Wednesday - Gave the two big dogs baths...long story and I want to kill Bryan. :) Thursday - Bry worked on the car with his dad, I went to pick up Bri and Jay with Bry's mom, then went out for Bry's birthday dinner, came home and relaxed. Friday - Great America after being lost for over an hour..not Bry's fault though. Saturday - Went to Yosemite, took Jay and Bri home, went home. Sunday - Drove home. 
Very short summary, overall, I had fun, it was long, but I had fun. :) 
Now back to reality...and YAY Engagement pics are being taken tmrw!!! YAY! :) only 45 more days til I get married! :D

solution

perfect solution to an awful day

Call it cheesy all you want :P


-Chicken club car sandwich from Dairy Keen (yes, Keen, not Queen)
-Vanilla coke
-French fries WITH fry sauce
-Finish 3 lessons promised to self to finish before Friday night (did it Thursday night YAY!)
-Snickers shake (still haven't eaten yet, going to after I start the 4th lesson for this week :) ).
-Sight read/practice piano music that came in mail today
-Have SO's b-day present arrive in mail today
-Be told by professor you are right when you're sure you're wrong, but you cannot find any other reason and now reassured you aren't stupid after all
-Skittles Smoothies
-Diet Pepsi
-Have a folding clothes party with sister while watching movie below
-Man of the House (great movie with Tommy Lee Jones)
-Catch the end of the meteor shower after movie (watched alone as sister was asleep)
-Find another state quarter for quarter collection, only 10 more to be back up to date with all quarters since 1999
-Do more laundry and fold more clothes, begin packing for long anticipated CA road trip, leaving Friday night
-Go to bed after long, exahusting day/almost content and satisifed night.

the only key ingredient missing?

Bryan.

Blanding

So it's been a while since I've truly updated on anything. It's been quite busy. I left last week Tuesday (july 26) to go teach an Intro class in Blanding, was there until Thursday, got home Thursday night (drove with my brother, and it's one of the most boring drives you could ever think of). The day I got home, There was a guest at my house already fromt he night before. A friend of my sister's was staying until EFY started on Monday, we also had the boy from England fly in the same night I got home. He's here until the 17th I believe. So we've been trying to keep them entertained and get work done and so forth. Then Monday my sister's friend left, later that afternoon we all left to Ogden for the cueing camp, Camp CueTah. We all worked there doing something, whether it be teaching, video production or counselor. We just got back at 1130 pm last night. We now have not only the boy from England, but a woman form Minnesota with her daughter who has Down Syndrome with us for now. They stayed the night last night, they leave in a few hours. We also have a man from Washington staying with us as well, he's here until Monday. Then on Tuesday or Wednesday mom has asked me to see if I can get the boy from England to a water park or something (tonight we're doing a parade and a rodeo). Then Thursday my family leaves for Lake Powell, all but me and one of my sisters, she has to work. Then I leave for California with Bryan Friday night, and will be gone until the 21st. I'm looking forward to it, but I wouldn't mind having a few days at home where the house was just back to normal. yeah...I just want the normal household back for now, it'd be nice. 
Camp was great, lots of fun stuff happened, update more about that later as now I have to go shopping to entertain more guests....:)