THRILLER

THRILLER

Thanks you Odyssey Dance Company for putting on such a fun Halloween show. Some of the favorites were the skelatons in black light, the witches, Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, and the little kid that could rock it!

Leo, Melinda, Clarice and I all had a great time at Thriller!

Gotta love Halloween:)

Wild Wild West

Though it began as a Renaissance costume, I think my Saloon Girl version (left)worked pretty well. With a few pins to busstle the skirt, the fabulous hat and boa. And couldnt be without a fancy fan, not to mention the sexy boots;) All in all it was a fun costume. I even won the costume contest for best theme costume, yea me! I love Halloween!

(top)The costume winners...me-best theme, Tracey-sexiest, Isaac-best cowboy. Arn't we cute:)

costume woes

We were spoiled as kids to have an amazing costume maker in the family. If you could think of it she could figure out a way to put it together (ie...campbell soup can, chicken in egg, etc.) Needless to say, gone are the days when mom made our Halloween costumes:( So I have a Halloween party with a Western theme. You'd be surprised how hard it is to find western type costumes, even cowboy costumes are burried behind the pirates and vampires. And try to find a female costume that doesnt look like a Playboy Bunny costume. Fun for Honeymoons and private bedrooms with your sweetheart but hardly street worthy, unless you work the streets...(hmm...tangent, sorry:) So in the end I decided to alter the Renaissance costume of Emily's that I somehow had shoved in a box somewhere. Happily it turned out well and there will be pictures to come.

gas

Its a little sad when I get excited enough to post about gas prices. I got gas last night for 2.99 and even saw it this morning for 2.89...if it would only stay down. Enjoy it while it lasts!

registering

Just a little reminder that today is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming elections. I thought I was all set, after all they tracked me down for Jury Duty, but it turns out I had to fill out a change of address form. So on my lunch hour I wandered down to the County Clerks office and to my surprise it was the most popular place on earth! Lucky for me I already had all my paperwork and just had to drop it off. This too was a chore but I made it. EVERY VOTE REALLY DOES COUNT!

Oh..oh...Beautiful!

Today I decided to take a drive up the canyon to spend a little time with nature. For those of you who don't know, I am one of the blessed few that doesn't have church until 2:00pm (and yes I'm being sarcastic). Thinking ahead to my blog I even had my camera with me. I actually love taking pictures so this is a huge motivator for me. Anyway, here are just a few of the amazing shots of nature that I ran into up Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Top right is a rock formation that I wanted to share because when I looked at it on my camera it looked to me like a lyon. Those of you with a shred of imagination can see the king of the jungle if you but look.....below is a picture of the changing leaves on the Aspen trees up by Donut Falls....and above, one of my favorite pictures of the river.

I'm not really the nature type but it was nice to take a drive up the canyon and just relax. The weather was beautiful. It was a time of reflection and peace and sometimes that is the best thing in the world. Life is full of everyday amazing things. We are truely blessed!

help?

Has anyone seen this product???? Its called Advanced Color Therapy Leave-In Glossing Mist. Anyone?? Its one of my favorite hair care products and I cant find it anywhere, not even on-line. My fear is, its one of those test/limited products I brought home one Christmas that my sister Emily's husband Nate got from his work. He works at P&G and gets to try all sorts of things that arn't always accessible to the public. If this is the case then I dont know what I'll do. I realize its a frivolous request but it really is the best little product in the world to make your hair shiny and soft without feeling like it has product in it at all. HELP:)

work

So you all know that I'm having tons of fun at my new job. I am an Intake Probation Officer for Juvenile Court in West Jordan. Basically SLC is split into north and south and I'm in the south office. It is only about 10 minutes from my house. I have a normal schedule (8-5 M-F) and I even have to dress like a grown-up...this has its pluses and minuses. So far my work load has been really light. At this moment I only have 6 kids on my caseload when the average worker has 130. I guess it takes a while to build up a caseload. Everyone keeps telling me to enjoy my down time, but really its killing me. I'm not a sit around on the job kind of person...thus this blog:)

Since I'm not great with the pictures yet, I don't have any picture of my office. And really, its so plain there's nothing to see. I so need to decorate! So here is a picture of the West Jordan Courthouse where I work. It was built just a few years back so its so nice. My office is somewhere in the middle with no windows:) Its so fun to have an office!

haircut

So I finally got my hair cut a few weeks ago and I cant believe I waited so long (I always think that:) Anyway, this is the most recent picture I have of myself. I guess if I'm gonna be a blogger, I'm gonna have to start taking more pictures...its a good thing!

Armor

I found this on someone's MySpace a year or so ago and have always appreciated it. It is a constant reminder to me of the need to always wear my armor!

Down Time

So I love my new job but I have considerable down time. So here I am trying to figure out how to blog...help...anyone...Bueller