massages....hmmm good!

I had my first real massage today from a real massage therapist. It was FABULOUS!!! I am thinking I really will go into massage therapy. But first things first... CHRISTMAS is going to be here in 2 days! I am excited but also nervous as these snow blizzards have been really bad as of late. It is the thick heavy snow too. Good for snowmen, bad for driving! Anyway, today was a pretty good day. It was the work 'Holiday' Party (pot luck). I took my famous brownies and also spinach artichoke dip. Both turned out beautifully. I also talked to Jay for a minute at work when I gave him his Christmas present. I made caramel, double chocolate covered pretzels and chocolate covered cinnamon bears. I only gave the cinnamon bears to my boss and Jay. Everyone else just got the pretzels, which were amazing goodness. (thanks to Lis for helping me and also momma arrington for letting me use your kitchen.) I am not sure when we will be going out next. I will keep you all posted. So I hope that the weather stays good tomorrow for everyone who will be traveling, myself included. Oh, and Jay had family stuff too on Sunday so he didn't come with me. That's all I have for now. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

update of these last two weeks...

First... I have been very boring as of these last two weeks. I haven't really done anything. That's why I haven't posted. Anyway....on to what you really want to know. Jay got sick with either food poisoning or the nasty stomach flu that has been going around. He was out sick for a week. This was last week. He came back this week and says he is at least keeping his food down. :) I was thinking maybe he was trying to avoid me, but as it turns out...I think he still is interested in me. :) So this current week... I haven't really had a chance to talk to him because work has been kinda busy. It's okay though cause next week will be even crazier. I know for a fact we will have at least 2.000 price changes the day after Christmas. Tragically, this is only in one batch of changes that day. We have 3 different batches of price changes. The other two won't be sent until that morning. BLAH!!! So back to Jay.... we were supposed to go sledding and, who knows what after, probably see some lights somewhere, Friday night. Well, thanks to this snow, he got stuck trying to get home from work. He was sorry, but didn't want to try and go out again in the storm. I understand. We put our date on hold. I am hoping he will come with me on Sunday to appetizer night. Who knows. The snow plows have been out, so hopefully if it will stop snowing, he can make it. Today's plans... I have choir practice at 10am for the Christmas Sacrament meeting tomorrow. Then I am going to Lisa's house to make caramel, chocolate covered pretzels and chocolate cinnamon bears. I am giving these as Christmas presents to my friends. I did my laundry last night so I don't have to worry about that today. And, unless Jay calls, I am going out with the girls. Yes Lisa... that is what I said. I will be at girls' night unless I hear from Jay. You still love me. And really that is my boring life as of late.

fabulous weekend

This weekend was a really great one. Thursday didn't quite go like I planned. I got hot chocolate, and went to the gym, but I didn't see The Office. I got home from the gym and passed out cold. I was so tired though. Friday... CRAZY day at work. Macey's has an annual open house every year for two days. Friday was the first of the two. We also had a fair amount of price changes. Mostly though, we were busy making signs for all the new displays they put out so people buy things easier without having to search the store for them. It was also really cool because we get to dress in color rather than the "macey's white." I wore my favorite green sweater and pin-stripe dress pants. I actually curled my hair and put make-up on too. AMAZING! Anyway, I must say, I felt beautiful. Everyone that saw me couldn't believe it was actually me. Most people did double takes. It was kinda funny, but also annoying. Yes, yes I look quite nice when I am not at work. Whatever. But really, that was not the best part of the whole day. There is a guy at work and he is really good looking. He is really shy, but we have had a few conversations. I like him a lot and have been trying to work up the nerve to ask him out. I keep telling myself that today will be the day, but I always manage to chicken out. Well, he asked me out! That is what made Friday absolutely fabulous. We went to a band party thing. His brothers are in a band with some other guys. It was fun. I felt bad because I did most of the talking. He just laughed at me and said I was just fine. After we left the party, we got frostys at Wendy's and came back to my place to eat them. We ended up talking the rest of the night away and tragically when he left, there was a parking ticket on his window. He is really an amazing guy. I find myself wanting to be a better person because of him. Just before he left, I asked him to come to the institute Christmas show with me Saturday night. He said yes he would like that. So Saturday was quite a long day for me. I had 4 hours of sleep (my body wouldn't let me sleep longer...ugh!) I woke at 8 am and laid in bed for a while. I got up and ate breakfast then showered. Lis asked me to come help her with pictures at 10 and then I had to do my laundry. I got done just in time to come home and fix my hair before Jay picked me up for dinner. I have to smile because on Friday night he wore blue (his favorite color) and I wore green (mine) but on Saturday, he wore green and I wore blue. Yes, I know I am a dork. (at least I admit it.) We went to Chilli's and then went to the mall before the show started. We actually timed it quite well for not watching a clock. The institute show was great this year. I am slightly embarrassed because I ended up crying during one of the songs. It was an arrangement picked by Brother Woodstock of "What Child is This" AMAZING!! After the show, we went to Quantum of Solace (the newest James Bond). It was okay. This weekend was a great one! I am not sure when we are going out next, but we agreed that we are going to keep dating. Nothing official right now, but we are dating. That's all for now cause I got to go to a fireside.

hee hee, i love connections...

Yesterday was a great day. I went to work. Time flew by because we had a lot to do. And, I love connections... I bought Batman The Dark Knight yesterday. (it doesn't come out until Tuesday the 9th of December.) Since I have been working in the scanning department, I get to see everything that comes into our store. All new products have to come through our office. New releases usually come early so we can put them in our system and make sure there are no bugs. I got permission to buy Batman early. I love connections! I still haven't seen it...not even in the theatre. I know, I know...shocking! But now I own it. Hee hee. Ok, that wasn't all that made yesterday great... I also got to go to Body Jam. Mike taught so it was really a great workout. I can't really dance to save my soul, but hey, I had fun trying. It was a new routine, and more modern hip hop feel. So yeah yesterday was a great day. Today, I am really tired....work comes at 3am on Wednesdays...ad day. I worked for 11 hours. Stayed busy the entire time and kinda felt like I wouldn't be able to get everything finished for today. Our computers have slowed incredibly with everyone doing Christmas shopping online now. I am not sure why it affects our system, but it does. Anyway, I did get everything done today that I was supposed to. And I had quite a few laughs at work. I accidentally broke a bottle of iron supplement, liquid iron supplement. It stinks horribly, so don't ever break a bottle. I was adding them into our system from the pharmacy and it fell off my desk onto the tile floor. It was oddly extremely funny. My co-workers were laughing pretty hard, and that sent me into laughing. I could feel my face turn red; from embarrassment and also laughing so hard. This brings to mind what I wrote on my spotlight for work... It asked what is your most embarrassing moment. I wrote "I try and have one daily. those of you who know me, know this is true and will swear I am blonde." Honestly though, I can't really recall my most embarrassing moment. I usually can laugh things off and just take it in stride. If you can think of a different story please share with me to remind me. My memory is getting worse with old age. Ha ha ha. Well, that is all for now. But tomorrow is Thursday.... and that means hot chocolate and The Office!

thanksgiving

I had a great Thanksgiving. I hope everyone else did too. I went up to Logan Wednesday evening and spent the night helping Brooke & Chris get the house ready. Ok, really I helped just a bit cause I totally passed out. I am not sure why, but lately all I really want to do is hibernate like bears do. Anyway, Thursday morning we got up and finished getting ready. Chris did most of the cooking, but we all helped. It turned out quite lovely. I tragically didn't eat as much as I wanted to. In fact, I only had one plate full. Very sad day. I really loved how tender and flavorful the turkey was. My favorite, besides the mashed potatoes, would have to be the pomegranate cranberry apple salad Chris made. I am really thankful for my family. The only one we had missing was Adam. He had to work. This was the last Thanksgiving we would have this many of us together for a while. It was a good one. And now we can break out the Christmas music and trees. It really bugs me when people forget Thanksgiving and go from Halloween to Christmas. Oh well. It was a great day and that is what counts.

Today was freakin awesome...

Today was a great day. I didn't get to sleep in, but that's okay. I woke up about 7 am and couldn't go back to sleep. I slowly took my time getting ready for the day. It started with enrichment with the ward. Lis was in charge and reminded me that I should be there. She made creepes. They were fabulous! After enrichment, Tiff and I went to the mall. She had some shopping to do, and I wanted to see if I could find a Twilight t-shirt. My friend Stacia texted me and said that there was a blood drive going on, and that they desperately needed people. Tiff and I went to ORMC and donated. I love giving blood. And it was even better because I didn't pass out. (last time I donated, I passed out at work and they called an ambulance...i knew the crew that responded...it was embarrassing) Anyway... so after we got done giving blood, I went to the Weber State football game. Tragically they lost 33 to 26 against Eastern Washington University. Weber is still the Big Sky Conference Champions, but they have to share the title with Montana. Whatever. So I am at the football game...(by myself cause everyone had other stuff going on...thanks Lis for letting me use your student id) when my phone rings. Its Jonathon. He asked if I was at the game. I think he may have seen me walk in and sit down alone. I was of course at the game. He was there too...with the ROTC. So he said I should come over and see him. I went. Then Lis called to ask where the game was at and if she should come. The second half had just started. It was a better second half. Jonathon asked if I wanted to grab a bite to eat with him after the game. At the time I thought he was just asking me, but when we met up after, he asked where Lisa had gone. I told him that I actually had plans to eat, but ice cream would be amazing. We actually ended up getting hot chocolate from a little cafe up by campus. Sadly, Lisa didn't join us. Well, I had to leave to get ready for the night, and Jonathon had to study and do homework. I hurried home to change for dinner. Chef made Lis and me a special dinner. It was seriously so good that I actually tried everything he cooked...including the green beans. Chef started us off with the tortilla strip soup. then he had made a chicken apricot something or other for Lis, and an oriental pork something or other for me. These dishes are not on the menu at the Marriott. Chef just wanted to make dinner for Lis, and then told her to invite me. He came out and asked us what we liked about the dishes and what we didn't like and if we had any suggestions. I said that he should serve asparagus instead of green beans. Dessert was eclairs drizzled with caramel and raspberry sauce. The whole presentation and taste of the food was terrific. I loved it. Well, Lis & I hung out at the hotel for a bit...mostly just getting a kick out of the drag queen conference thing that was going on. Then we went to the megaplex where we met up with Tiff and the other Lisa. They had not seen Twilight yet, so we took them. I seriously am in love with Jasper. He is so freaking hot! Anyway...today was just a great day. Now I am going to bed cause I have a caffeine withdrawal headache...

twilight was pretty awesome

Thursday was a good day. I got up, went to work, got my hot chocolate, went to the gym, went to a star-gazing activity with the ward, watched "the office" at Tyler's, got two hours of sleep, ate at Denny's with my friends, and then went to TWILIGHT! We didn't get into the midnight showing because it was all sold out. We got 2:40 in the morning tickets. I could not believe how many people were still there at 3 in the morning. It was crazy. Mostly there were women, and they were of all ages. It was slightly disturbing. The movie followed the book for the most part, but of course they have hollywoodized it. I still actually liked it. I have a hard time reading books and then seeing the movie. I usually don't like the movie. If I see the movie and then read the book, I usually like them both. For instance, I read Eragon. Loved the book. Saw the movie, and hate it. I saw the movie Stardust and loved it. Read the book, and liked it. Weird, yes I know. Anyway, Jasper is freaking hot! Edward isn't what I pictured in my head, but he is still cute. I had pictured Edward as chiseled perfection beauty. Bella works. Alice is super darling. I think Jasper and Alice are my favorite in the movie. I am totally excited for today. It should be pretty good. I am going to enrichment with the ward this morning at 9. Then I am going to the Weber State game, hopefully. and then I was invited to join Lisa for a special dinner Chef is making. And then I am going to Twilight again with friends that didn't get to make it Friday morning with us. Lisa was there Friday, but she is coming tonight. WAHOO! It should be a great day. Oh yeah, I almost forgot... I also get to go shopping for ingredients for a Blueberry/Cheesecake type pie I found online and am going to make for pie night tomorrow.