teeth

Baby’s got teeth.

I have a crib, a hope chest, a bumbo, and a stainless steel oven drawer to prove it, even if this picture doesn’t.

I’m online right now frantically trying to find a dress for a black tie event for Cole’s work.  Cole swears he found out about it two days ago.  It’s this Friday.  I’ve never been to a black tie dinner, and I don’t know anyone (except my 9 year old niece that who be in attendance), so needless to say I’m a little nervous about it.

not to mention, where does one find a sleeved, knee-length “black tie” dress nowadays?

I can’t say I even know what “black tie” attire is.

built

what do these things have in common?

besides being absolutely beautiful, that is.

my sister Whitney and her husband Kevin made them. all of them.   freakish talent, no?

It seemed only a matter of time for us to see them create their own business of Makeovers in a Day.  Go check out their new website!

and to top it off, they are launching with a giveaway!  Unfortunately, the first giveaway is for those in the bay area (San Fran), so if you know anyone, send them over.  Tell them its your birthday/Christmas/anniversary gift to them. because seriously, this is epic.

what I would give to live in the bay area right now.

who am I kidding.  i wonder if they could do a GOODWILL ITEMS ONLY makeover in a day?  whit? we'll be the guinea pigs on that one. 


also, speaking of launching new websites.  maybe I just started one.  go check it out.  tell me what you think.  I'm pretty crazy about it.  tell all your friends.

bachelor

Never seen it show review: the bachelor

I'm not a TV watcher.  Mostly because we don't have a TV.  But also because I think lots of time  and money is wasted as its hand.  But curiosity got the best of me.  

My hope in this experience more than realizing how right all those comments and posts were about some girl having serious issues, is figuring out why in the WORLD people get so into a show that quite honestly reminds me of this book.

these are my thoughts as the episode progressed (and please do not be offended by my thoughts...remember I was an avid watcher of LOST.  hopefully that says it all.)

here goes.

1. Brad is awkward.  Was he a bachelorette loser?
2. really?  I thought for sure these girls just wanted to win.  Its really about love?  Have they ever seen the show?  I haven't, but I know the statistics are not in your favor, ladies.
3. I don't think you have a better chance to find a normal relationship after a divorce on national television fighting over one guy who is hooking up with every other girl "he really cares about" at the same time he "really cares about" you?   I'd take eharmony.
4. This whole premise is so bizarre.
5. I wonder if Ky and Jen’s experience in Costa Rica was more or less dramatic (and cheesy).
6. So is this what happens?  we watch the whole date?  hopefully they cut a lot out because the small talk/ awkward flirting is KILLING me. (plus it reminds me of the time my roommates hid behind a bush and listened to my small talk/flirting.  I’ll never live that down.  ever.)
7. they must not show all the interesting stuff about Brad on the show....that must be the behind the scenes stuff.
8. yikes.  taking a break.  I feel like I’ve been sitting here forever.
9. walnuts make everything better.  I took another break and made a KILLER chicken salad sandwich and threw a cookie in the oven.
10. took another break to watch Ryan Gosling on Ellen.  stationary bicycles and onesies. now THAT’s entertainment.
11. oh, I get it.  the whole purpose is to just make fun of everyone else and explain how much less psycho/better you would be for him.
12.   so these people just up and leave their jobs to be on the show?
13. have any girls said no to the rose?  that would be awesome.
14. you’re “pissed”?  never would have guessed by those crustacious looks you are giving everyone.  I love how they state the obvious on this show.  “it’s raining!”  yes, you’re in Costa Rica.
15. really?  a pact to never repel with anyone else?  that’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard.
16. lots of kissing going on here.
17. horses.  best part of the episode so far.
18. every kind of awkward.
19. silent game?  seriously, you didn’t see that coming? hmm...backfire. well, or it was just a really awkward way to get exactly what you wanted.
20. these girls are all very pretty.
21. okay, Brad is cute.  awkward, but cute.
22. oh geez.  the staredown.  I feel like I’m watching a soap opera.  except instead of wondering  which one killed the the witches midget, they are all wondering who they need to kill to get that rose.
23. you know he’s going to keep Michelle, there's no way the network will let her go yet.  She's where the action is.
24. boo-yeah.  can I call it or what.
25. Jackie looks just like the girl in Dirty Dancing! (pre nose job)
26. okay, entertaining?  yes.   but absolutely one episode is all I can take.  In total, it took me 6 hours to try and watch this two-part show.  

That's all folks.  tune in next week for another never been seen before show review.


in other news, my friend came by last Friday and needed help with a music video.  check. it. out.  I can't stop laughing.

27!

Enjoy this little video of my best friend and wife. She is simply amazing. In fact putting this together at 12 last night filled me with an immense sense of gratitude for who she is. I'm one lucky guy. Enjoy!

more yoga

started my first yoga class today.

Some of you may know that Cole and I are caretakers (in the loosest sense of the word) to one of my best friends. Some of you may also know I’m not a very good friend, but that’s beside the point. More of you may know that I am a perfectionist. And most of you know that I am emotional.

Because we manage the property (in the loosest sense of the term), and also because we want my friend to move back here someday, we don’t bother her with the small things and decisions she would have to make if she lived here, so as to entice her that living is Arizona is SOOOOO much less maintenance than living in Utah (who even likes being freezing cold anyway?). So, when the dinky lawnmower breaks that only held 7 blades of grass anyway, we don’t bother telling her she needs to buy a new one, since her yard is bigger than both of the houses we grew up in, combined. We, also, don’t buy one ourselves, because, well, why would we. And when something breaks, we try to figure it out ourselves instead of hire someone with a greater understanding of all things dishwasher and roof and fire alarm and water main and pool heater and vegetation.

So Thursday I get a call from the realtor, lets call her Lessthankindrea. She wanted to know if she could show the house. later that day.

uhhhhh, no, you cannot show the house because it looks terrible and we haven’t borrowed the lawnmower from the neighbors and Cole is at work and the garage (which was the main selling point for the buyers) looks like there was an explosion, not to mention I was just finishing a project which included taking apart a desk and spray painting it and the roofers haven’t fixed the leak yet and there’s yellow paint all over the floor and a pile of frostbitten lantanna bigger than Mt. St. Helens along the back wall that Cole hasn’t ignited yet.

Yep, sure, come on by. see you in two hours.

needless to say, I took Smith on a walk so that Lessthankindrea didn’t see me crying in my sweaty, exhausted, out-of-breath, unshowered glory at how bad the house STILL looked.

*highlights of said yoga class*

laughing almost the whole time

practicing yoga for the first time in a month

having students who think I know what I’m doing

having a ginormous house to use as a studio

realizing I forgot to shave my armpits as I’m illustrating a “reaching to the sky”

pose

walking home literally 12 steps to feed smith right as he woke up