Thanks in advance

I need hair help! My hair's in a weird place right now. The last time I cut it was in October, when I cut it pretty short, A-line, stacked in the back, with bangs. But now, the stacking in the back looks retarded, the A-line is pretty much gone, the bangs are grown out, and it looks stupid down. So I wear it in a ponytail 99.9% of the time. Which is fine-- less work for me-- but it's fun to have a cute hair day once in a while.

So this is where YOU come in. Below, I will include pictures of both short and long hairstyles that I've had in the past year, and you tell me which direction to go. Okay? Okay.

Here is what it looks like long:


Awkward picture but shows the length well...

Long and curly:


Now for short:


And you've seen short and curly... just scroll down a few posts if you really care.

Anyway, HELP! I don't really like making decisions by myself. How very adult of me.

I suppose I've been tagged

10 things that make me happy:

1. recording what goes on in my life (hence I keep 3 journals of sorts)
2. sunshine and laying out in it
3. when I cook a new meal or make bread and it turns out yummy
4. a really good workout
5. when I have a super-productive day
6. talking to people I haven't seen in forever and they say, "I've been reading your blog!" mostly because then I don't have to update them on my life. :)
7. a clean bathroom and kitchen. Last night I KABOOM!ed my bathroom and it looks fantastic! I totally believe in that stuff!
8. watching Modern Family
9. Beaver Tracks ice cream
10. spending time with my hubby

5 pieces of trivia about me:

1. I don't like or drink milk. My cousins used to call me Camilk when I was little
2. Ruining a meal makes me really mad for a long time
3. I've been reading a lot of books lately, and I love it. My next one is hopefully going to be "The Happiness Project"
4. I was obsessed with Julie Andrews as a kid. I went through a phase where I made everyone call me Millie (because of her movie "Thoroughly Modern Millie") for a really long time.
5. I made my internet home page msn.com so I could stay informed on current events. For instance, yesterday, I learned that the United States' last sardine factory is closing down! So important :)


Who gets to go next... drumroll please... Tiffany, Kellie, Steph, Charlotte, and whoever else wants to. XOXO

Earthfest, anyone?

Tyler and I get to go to this. For FREE! Hooray for free stuff. A man working for Mix 107.9 (can I get backstage passes by mentioning their radio station on my blog? Dang I'm so nice) parked his van in our parking lot and in return gave me 6 tickets-- two for me, two for Marissa, and two for the company to use. Maybe, if I'm lucky, I can have the extra two! Now, I've barely heard of any of the groups performing, but hello, an outdoor concert for free? I'm there!

Sick

I am sick. It's a good thing I got so ahead with stuff on Thursday, because it was that afternoon that I started feeling sick. Started with a sore throat, fever by the end of the work day, zonk. I was out. Stayed home from work Friday and spent a good majority of the day either sleeping or watching TV. Got through lots of Gilmore Girls episodes. :) Couldn't find the strength to cook, and didn't want to get poisoned by Tyler's cooking, so we went to Jason's Deli so I could have some of their chili to warm my throat. I love that chili! Also went to FYE where we saw everyone we know (after a day of being sick, I looked... well, let's just count this as my public apology to everyone who saw me) and got "27 Dresses" and the first season of "24." May I just brag that we spent $18 for BOTH of those things? We will never buy a movie from another store again. Buying used movies from FYE is totally the way to go. Anyway, we fell asleep watching "27 Dresses." Classic.

Saturday was yet another sick day. I tried to go in to work and get some ID badges made without the interruption of tons of people or the phone ringing, but I had some missing information that I needed before I could make them, so I didn't stay there long. Went to the grocery store, which wiped me out totally. Spent another afternoon watching, you guessed it, Gilmore Girls. Felt nauseous at that point, so I snacked on tortilla chips for dinner. Gotta love being sick. Luckily, Tyler knows how to put rice in the rice cooker and microwave teriyaki chicken, so he did not starve. :) We spent the evening watching the first 1.5 discs of "24." I got way too much TV time in this weekend. Never again.

Slept til 11 this morning. Really? Wow. Spent the morning watching Conference talks with Ty, since our ward meets at 9 and neither of us were in any shape to go (yes, I now have given him the same thing).

I think I jinxed (sp?) us by telling my dad the other day, "Yeah, we were pretty lucky this winter-- neither of us got sick!" Stupid idea. Never say stuff like that out loud.

Today is a good day because:

-I got ahead by starting dinner when I woke up this morning! Barbeque chicken, twice baked potatoes, and rolls. Oh, and Kool-Aid. :)

-Because the sun is shining today and it's warm! No snow today!

-I'm all caught up on grocery shopping. Only took like a million trips to get everything I forgot the first time.

-Today Tyler has to do a presentation in class, which means he'll be wearing a suit when I pick him up. Such a good-lookin' guy.

-Because I brought gym clothes to work so I can go straight there after I'm off! I can't wait.

-My house is "clean" (it's all relative, really) and I'm almost all caught up on laundry.

-Because life is good!

I'm not going to jynx it

Eva said, "Merry Christmas!" on Easter. Her 3-yr old mind had all the facts right... it was a holiday and it snowed. Why wouldn't it be called Christmas? Eva, just remember that winter never ends here in Utah. The Fourth of July can sometimes even look like Christmas.

Apparently, when you say that spring is here, it goes away. So I'll never say it again. Consider it NEVER spring!

Picture explosion

These are all out of order I'm sure, but I'm not in the mood to fix them! How do you like that? This first one is Steph, Kim, and I getting food ready for Kim's baby shower! It turned out so cute and we had a great time. Thanks to everyone who came. More pics of the shower to come! Most of the pics are from Giselle and Austin's wedding last weekend. We are so happy for them! They were sealed in the same temple as us and by the same person as we were. It was so neat to hear some of the same things that were said in our ceremony! And to hear it from a different perspective. I wasn't thinking about the luncheon or reception or how my hair looked or anything. :) So great. To explain some other pics... I'm proud to say that I've only had one slightly unsuccessful bread-making. I've been making it once a week and it is so fun! Also, I made lasagna for the first time a couple weeks ago. Thanks to Aubrey for helping me with that! It was delicious. What else... Oh, we had a little too much fun cutting Tyler's hair the other day. He asked for a mohawk and he got it! I need to be better at posting pictures when stuff happens instead of playing catchup so it won't be so random. Oh well, at least they're on now.

Easter memories

There's tons to update on-- so much to say. But it's late, and I'm tired. For now, you get to hear what's on the forefront of my mind!

Today is Easter. I am married to Tyler, and I love him so much. It was on Easter Sunday 7 years ago that I first met Tyler! He came over to our house in Orem with his dad. Tyler and my sister Lindsay had met at EFY the summer before, and he was in town for Spring Break and stopped by. Obviously, his interest at the time was not in me. :) But I thought he was good-lookin' regardless of who he was there for. We read the accounts of Christ's resurrection while they were over (classic Andersen "reel-em-in" technique... scripture-reading) and sang "Christ the Lord is Risen Today." I remember this so well because Lindsay and I played the hymn on the piano together-- Lindsay on the left hand, me on the right! We butchered that poor hymn, and I'll never forget how hot my face felt and how red it must have looked as we walked back into the living room after playing that song. So humiliated.

Now look at us! We spent the morning at our apartment, along with Kim, Caleb, Steph, Eva, and Leighton. We pigged out as we watched General Conference, then went to the Wright's for Easter dinner with Heidi. I never thought, 7 years ago as a scrawny 13-yr old, that right now I would be married to the good-looking teenager that I drooled over all those years ago! It's funny how life has taken me places I never thought I'd go.

HAPPY EASTER!

Almost Over

This has just been one of those weeks. Work has been SO crazy-busy... haven't taken a lunch break all week. Trying to get everyone ready to head out for the summer, so I'm swimming in ID Badges (I make them) and paperwork. I got dressed in such a rush this morning to get here that when I got to work and looked down, I found a nasty unidentifiable stain on my cute red shirt. Guess I didn't look closely enough earlier-- oh well. I went to the gym on Monday, but that has been on the back burner with everything that's going on.

But there's hope! Today is Friday. Steph is here in Utah, and I am taking the afternoon OFF (that's right, off) to do baby shower stuff. I'm so excited! Hope you can all come!

ps I forgot to say how I've been so happy this week. I think I saw Tyler for 40 minutes total yesterday (while we were both conscious, anyway) and it was the best part of my day. He makes me so happy!

In case you hadn't heard...

We're having a baby shower for Kim on Saturday! There are so many people who know and love my amazing sister, and I'm sure I missed some in e-mailing out invites. So I figured I'd post the invitation here and anyone who happens to read my blog (all 2 of you haha) and didn't get it will know! We'd love for you to come!

p.s. I intentionally did not put the city and state on the invite... e-mail me if you really don't know! :)