One word tag

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? brownish
4. Your mother? fab
5. Your father? great
6. Your favorite thing? sleep
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? happiness
9. The room you're in? office
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking
11. Your fear? homelessness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? alive
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? patient
15. One of your wish-list items? italy
16. Where you grew up? Indiana
17. The last thing you ate? cereal
18. What are you wearing? jeans
19. Your TV? love
20. Your pet? kitties
21. Your computer? Dell
22. Your mood? bored
23. Missing someone? family
24. Your car? Toyota
25. Something you're not wearing? socks
26. Favorite store? Nordstrom
27. Your summer? love
28. Love someone? Benjamin
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? September

I award the following 3 people with the "I love your blog award" and in so doing tag them to complete the above questions.

Katie C., Stacey M., Erin A.

It's open!

The Paradise Bakery & Cafe in American Fork finally opened! My friend Jacklyn and I went there for lunch today and my goodness it was so delish. The line was superlong (hello, everyone wants to eat here), but the staff was handing out samples of some of their treats to eat while waiting.

The food was great and I'm so happy that I don't have to drive all the way to Sandy for the deliciousness- I only have to go to AF. Even better, it's only 5 minutes from my work. Yay!

I'm a copycat.

I know my sister Sarah posted this picture on her blog a few days ago, but I thought that the people who read my blog that didn't see this on Sarah's page deserved to be in on the fun. This picture is of my sister and I on our first day of school in 1990. I was starting 1st grade, Sarah was starting 5th.

Check out them bangs!

I really was a cool kid in elementary school, I swear.

Had a nightmare.

In the beginning, I was in California, consciously thinking that I'd never been to California before.

Flash forward to going to an old-time movie theater to see "The Hills have Eyes 3" and feeling guilty for seeing an R-rated movie. Then, I saw Mindy Kaling (plays Kelly Kapoor in The Office) in the theater and my guilt was replaced with excitement over seeing a celeb.

Suddenly, I was in the movie. I was running around in a field, feeling terrified. I knew there were scary cannibals out there that were going to get me. Then I realized that I was bleeding out of my ears, which increased my fear of a slow and painful death. I then woke up. It was 4 am.

What is the deal?

1. I've never seen "The Hills have Eyes."
2. Is there even a "The Hills have Eyes" 2? Or 3?
3. What kind of a weirdo dreams about bleeding out of their ears?

I blame my nightmare on my job. Dang DCFS.

Just kidding, I love my job. Most of the time.

My newest love.

This show.

Ben and I have been watching season 1 nonstop since Tuesday night- it's our new tv obsession. One of my favorite characters on the show is the studio page, Kenneth:

You may remember him from "Ricky Bobby."

Happy birthday boyfriend.

Today is Ben's 26th birthday- hooray! Unfortunately, we both have to work all day, but we started birthday celebrations this morning and will resume the festivities after work today.

The celebrating began at 6 am with cake (pictured below), presents, a fabulous breakfast, and the golf channel. Yes, that is a golf cake.

Here are a few (not 26) reasons why Ben is so cool:

- he has adorable orange hair. He hates it when I call him ginger though.

- he thinks up really fun games, such as "quadripalegic." FYI, there is nothing sexual about that game. Just so you know.

- he's a wonderful provider and works his butt off with little to no complaining.

-he allows me to be me, which includes my over-active need to shop and decorate. He just rolls his eyes and lets me be.

- he loves our cats just as much as I do, even though he likes people to think that he hates them.

Happy Birthday BenjaMan! I love you!

The struggle, among other things.

First thing's first, let me address the struggle. This refers to Ben desperately wanting a dog (not just any dog- a boxer) and me refusing to add another pet to our home. I would rather gain 20 pounds than have a dog. Ben asks for a dog every dang day.

Must not give in.

Life has been great otherwise. Hung out with some girlfriends on Friday night- they're no longer vfriends, they're rfriends. I love having conversations with these girls- hermaphrodites, dental exams, family drama... no conversation is off-limits.

In pet news, Moo was stung by a bee yesterday. The bee flew in our front door, and Moo pounced on it. Seconds later, Moo yelped and ran away shaking his paw. Poor little dear.

And there you have it.

Something just clicked.

"They're not even real cops! They're strippers! Look how hot they are!" -Gob Bluth

Ok. I really am not about publicly making fun of people I don't really know (good friends are always game though), but I finally had a realization about a certain bailiff/deputy something that I always see in court.

This certain bailiff is all muscled out, tan, and seems to think he's pretty hot. Except that he's not. I've always wondered where he got his inspiration for his look and then it hit me.

He must be a fan of Arrested Development. Where else would he have learned about how awesome it is to be a "hot cop?"

Scrapbook Expo take 2.

This past weekend I had my second go at Scrapbook Expo with my friends Allison and Jaime.

We spent Thursday night in Sandy before arriving at the Expo center at 5:45 am Friday morning. I'm really not that hard core, but my friends are, and they drag me along.

A highlight was being picked to be on channel 13 news and getting some free scrapbook stuff. After the news clip aired I received a call from Ben saying that my mouth was hanging open during the tv clip. Nice.

Now I just have to look forward to the next Expo, which is in March.

The most embarassing moment of my life.

This moment occurred in 2005 while working as a sales associate at Dillard's.

The store usually has a regular music mix that plays all day long for months on end. This day, a new mix was playing. Apparently a co-worker of mine had brought her own mix and it was playing in the store. I did not know this. I thought the cd came from corporate.

Halfway through my day, I saw said co-worker on the floor. There was a terrible song playing. I said to her, "I can't stand this song, I wish it wasn't on the store cd." She smiled at me and asked me why I didn't like the song. I said," I don't know... I think it's the singer's voice. It's really bad. Who sings this song?" And then she said it. "Me. I recorded it."

My jaw dropped. My face went red. I considered turning away and running in the other direction. Severe embarrassment. Could I please crawl in a hole? Now?

How do you come back from something like that? I just apologized and told her that if I had any idea that it was her singing I wouldn't have ever said a word.

This girl and I did not talk much after this event, although word of my faux pas traveled throughout the store in record time. Ouch.