ONE WEEK!!!!!

Yes a week from today I will be on the plane to Ireland!!! After 8 months of me talking about it to anyone who would listen, it is finally here! I hope that it will be an adventure that is full of laughter and lots of funny moments! I can really say that I don't think I ever have been on a vacation where I didn't learn that I can be FREE!!! I am looking forward to seeing the beautiful green hills and to meet the people! So here is to the next week dragging by minute by ever lovin minute and to knowing that I CAN'T WAIT!

This made me Happy to know someone thinks like me!

"I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics. Because at the end of the day, let me tell you what I 'm good at: I'm good at writing songs and singing. What I'm not educated in is the field of political science. And so for me to be sharing my views and influencing people of who I think they should be voting for … I think would be very irresponsible on my part. So I'll just keep my mouth shut on that. I think celebrity endorsements hurt politicians. Because as soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' — I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!' … As soon as Oprah Winfrey pops up and goes 'Ha-la-la-la-la,' I'm like, 'I love Barrack Obama. I hate Oprah Winfrey.' I don't hate her. I just don't believe in her, so I don't want any part of any of that. I think celebrities hurt politicians."
- Kid Rock tells CMT Insider

Finally some intelligence out of the "Celebrity" world... who knew Kid Rock was this intelligent... I actually have some respect for him now!

WELCOME HOME!

Sorry that its taken a long time to actually blog but I have to say i am done with the packing wrapping, bending, twisting, lifting, sweating, crying, stressing, painting, pinning, cutting, thinking, sewing, stretching, and dreaming about sleep! Here is the past 3 weeks and all the stress that comes with taking a big leap and moving!

Welcome to my humble abode!

My bed obviously! This was the hardest thing to place in the room in order to make the most room and also not be the centerpiece to the room!!! It got placed in the dormer window and i have to say I love it here... You don't walk in and just see my huge bed! I have a definite bedroom area and a little sitting area! I was sitting on the couch and thought to myself this place is soooo darn CUTE!

I am glad that my kitchen has enough room for a table! So now people can come over and not eat in my bedroom! And we can play some games!!!

My Gourmet Kitchen! I plan on making this the future center of my diet!

my office alcove! the computer can't go here because it doesn't get any reception!

OK, when I agreed to move in and hadn't seen the place i didn't realize that the kitchen literally didn't have any counter space... I guess that is what a kitchenette is! I thought, if there is no counter space i will definitely be eating out all the time and there will go any weight that i lost out the door! I found this really cool island at Crate and Barrel and had my friend Mark come over (who by the way is my hero and made a difficult time soooo much easier!) and help me assemble this monster! When we bought it we were told that it was the hardest piece to put together but I didn't have the urge to whack the pieces together and hardly any temper flares that things weren't working!

This striped fabric is the back of the pillows and inside of the couch! I surprised myself that I liked the 2 fabrics together and think that its fun and funky and different enough that it can belong in my place and say to people come and sit on me and enjoy some peace and comfort! You can then say back to my couch "Ok, Let my cheeks meet you!" and plop on down!

So here is the new slipcover that I made... it took me 3 days to finish. Not toooo bad for having never done anything like it in my life. I got the material in the remnant section at the fabric store, so needless to say it is 3 different fabrics but it looks pretty great in my opinion!

So this pretty much sums up my friendships!

Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.
1. When you are sad --I will jump on the person who made you sad like a spider monkey jacked up on Mountain Dew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile -- I will know you are plotting something that I must be involved in.
4. When you're scared -- we will high tail it out of here.
5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining, ya big baby!!!!
6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.
7. When you are sick --Stay away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall -- I'll pick you up and dust you off-- After I laugh my butt off!!
9. This is my oath...I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask -- because you are my FRIEND

(thanks Jules... you really do know what kind of card i would like!!! None of that cute crap!)

One Part of My Trip to Utah!

So I finally have a moment not packing or painting to sit down and blog about my trip to Utah! Yes as many of you know my dislike for the state of Utah but I bit the bullet and ventured to the land of much fun and had a blast! There are thousands of reasons why Utah is the place to be as Kimmie liked to point out but I think the only reason that I loved it this weekend all starts and ends with the Prettymans (also Adams! I guess!) I really needed the calm before the storm and also the reasurance that I am still fun... ( i think!!!)So allow me to tell you a little story of what a crazy friend gets me to do... When I called Kimmie to tell her I really was coming the first thing out of her mouth were, and I quote "...I know the perfect thing that we can do. We will go shoot the tube!" You wonder what shooting the tube is, well let me tell you! There is a 8 foot tall industrial drainage pipe that runs underneath a freeway in mountains of Salt Lake that is paved on the bottom half and has a river/creek running through it. You hike down this hill (kim tried to downplay it because she knows of my dislike of HIKING!) and come to the water and pipe. I will have you know that it was 11 at night when my plane got in and we went directly to kims to change and then leave to pick up mel and Ben (marne's kids) and then meet up with Annalee and Jose and John. This my dear people of the Internet that are reading this is when i realized something... Everyone in Utah owns head lamps! It was an amazing realization as Kim is hiking behind me trying to shine the light so that the both of us can see! Oh and did i tell you that going downhill is always a bad idea for me because for some reason I always fall! It at some parts was pretty steep! Anyways, on to the actual water part, we get there and Jose and John are already up damming the water up so Kim, Mel, and I start to go up. I didn't realize that it was as long as it was going to be and we were going up an incline, when we get to the top i see this wood contraption with a door and a post that has rope attached to it and the guys trying to figure out how to dam the water... not long after Kim is telling everyone to sit down in a train and turn off there headlamps... I had poor ben in front of me on a purple saucer, kim mel and annalee on a sled in the front and john in the back. Jose brought up the rear as the guy that got to release the flood gates! Did I happen to mention that this water is ICE cold and that it raised us up and shot us like a bat outta hell down into the plunging darkness! I LAUGHED MY HEAD OFF!!! Poor Ben had to be the one in front of me and had to listen to the laugh scream the entire way down! But oh what a blast... that is until the ice plunge at the bottom of the tube. I was so worried about Ben that I was plunged under into the ice water pool at the bottom of the tube. I had to quickly (I mean quickly get out because the air was sucked out of my body!) get out of the water and safely to the side. I looked over and saw Ben basically turning into Michael Phelps to get out of the water. I don't think I have ever seen someone swim soooooo fast in my life. After getting out I quickly decided that I had to go again!!! I do have to say that on the way back up the tube I realized that my ears really really hurt and that I must have frozen my eardrums but it was all worth it! Twice was enough for me but really it was worth it!

this is after the second time, as I was coming out I was soooo cold and looking down to make sure I didn't hurt my toe on some rocks that when the flash went off I looked up at annalee and said oh no you didn't... with a smile on her face she said oh yes I did~ so world this is a lesson we should all learn, when taking pictures from an downward angle you will guarantee be able to get a really good bust shot of people scrambling to get out of freezing water!

the group right after the first time... Ben was not having it and Mel was being a good older sister and helping him to get warm!

No people its not a star or a moon its the headlamp that everyone in Utah must have in order to be able to claim citizenship in the great state of Utah!

i love my L shaped pillow!

another random thought that i had last night as i lay tossing and turning and straining my neck that i wasn't happy... and the reason i wasn't happy is because in my going to sleep moment i decided that it took way tooooo much energy to simply reach across my huge bed and grab my lovely L shaped pillow. A mistake I shall never make again. I missed it and I missed the feel of it cuddling with me. So finally in my miserable desperation I did the dreaded reach and grabbed my lovely lovely pillow and plunked my head down and to my amazement actually sighed when i felt the reassuring feeling of snuggle on my back... and the funniest thing was I thought I should blog about this insane moment. So here it is, I took a long time to tell you that, Yes, it is true I do love my pillow! It makes me happy! the end.

(i never said that this blog would ever be sane!)

a question!?!

does anyone of you guys remember any of the jump rope songs... i can't remember the rest to
"Blue bells cocher shells...after that don't remember... can anyone please help!