palm pixi

I have never been a gung-ho-lovey-dovey-give-me –flowers-and-teddy-bears Valentine’s Day fan. BUT for the first time in my life I have been counting down to Valentine’s Day since practically November. Every day for the past couple months I’ve opened my planner and flipped to see how many pages left until February 14^th—10 pages…5….3…1…ah! Finally, February 14^th came. I bet you are wondering why I have been anxiously awaiting the so-called holiday that I usually want nothing to do with, huh? Well, let me tell you: It’s because I had tickets to the Lady Antebellum concert. Not just tickets…AMAZING tickets! I was 10 feet from the stage. Ah!!!! It was the best. Night. Ever.

Let’s rewind a little bit to the beginning of the evening. When my date and I were walking in I handed over my purse to security for inspection. To my dismay, the security guard grumpily exclaimed that my camera was not allowed in the arena (gosh, I knew I should have headed to that nice grandpa looking security guard—he would have let me in for sure)…gasp! How dare they? It was very unfortunate. So my date took my camera back to the vehicle and I sadly went in to the arena empty handed. But wait! This story does not have a sad ending. Thank goodness for phones! My handy dandy little palm pixi of a cell phone in my front right pocket yet again pulled me out of a tight spot . Thanks to my trusty cell phone (and my date's cell phone) I was able to document a few moments from the evening.

What would we do without cell phones?

the ledge of my seat

This past week I went and saw the film “Man on a Ledge”. And to use my dad’s oh-so-ridiculous pun, it had me hanging on the ledge of my seat the whole time! My expectations were not super high because the movie didn’t get the greatest reviews but after seeing said movie, I think it is safe to come to the conclusion that the movie critics were wrong. In fact they are always wrong. Maybe I am just easy to please but I have like almost every movie that the critics destroy. Anyway, back to the point of this post…

The movie was awesome—slightly unbelievable but totally intense. I don’t think I took a normal breath once throughout the film and when the credits finally rolled I was on the verge of an anxiety attack. Mind you, the smallest of things can give me an anxiety attack but this movie was pretty dang suspenseful! The plot was unpredictable and the overall the cast was great.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Problem solved. "Man on a Ledge" is calling your name!

Super Bowl

I LOVE the Super Bowl. Family, food, and football...it doesn't get much better than that.

Actually it does. I would argue that the very best part of the Super Bowl is watching the commercials. While i wasn't super impressed this year there were a few that had me laughing out loud. Here are couple of my favorites:

and...




Goooooo Giants!

...at last i see the light

Well, it looks like Dr. Coyne beat me to my genius blog post idea this week…aka Tangled! I watched that movie last weekend and I think it is safe to say I like it more every time I watch it. The movie is pure genius. I want magic hair and I want to see the floating lanterns. And has anyone else ever coveted the over-sized princess eyes present in every Disney movie? Well I have…until I picture what eyes the size of eggs would look like in real life…yikes! Perhaps is it better they remain cartoon.

If you haven’t seen the movie I would check to make sure you aren’t living under a rock. HA! Joke. What I mean is, if you haven’t seen the movie, watch it. You will LOVE it.

{the hunger games}

Hunger Games anybody?

Check out the new trailer...I'm obsessed!

It's going to be sooooooooooooooo good!!! Ah!!!

Gone with the Wind

I'm a book worm...born a book worm, raised a book worm. When i was little my mom used to punish my brother and I not by making us read, but instead by taking our books away. Crazy, I know.

For as long as i can remember I have been drawn to the written word. There is just something about losing yourself in a good novel; or putting yourself in the shoes of a character found on the pages of a new book;or getting confused between which plot is your life and which plot belongs to the book you are engrossed in; or learning and using a new word found in your most recent read; or reading slower with every page so the story doesn't end; or filling in the blanks an author left out; or crying and laughing with the protagonist; or reading into the wee hours of the night, eyes burning, refusing to shut.

I think you get the picture--i LOVE to read. My all time favorite book that i just can't get enough of is "Gone with the Wind". I have read it over and over again, loving it more with every single read.


Scarlett O'Hara changed my life and I am secretly (and openly) in love with Rhett Butler, haha. Read it...i promise you won't regret it. It is one of the most beautiful novels of all time.

Yee-Haw

Born in Oregon and raised in SLC, i have zero reason to claim the title of "country girl"; but when it comes to music, I am just that: a country girl. I can't get enough of it. Who cares if every song is about break-ups, make-ups, and an old dog here and there. Its the best and i could listen to it forever. Here is my current favorite country song...




The Band Perry is quite simply, pure genius.