I deserve an award

For being the WORST blogger EVER.

i promised a post over a week ago and you have gotten nothing.

i am so sorry, loyal reader family.

here's what's been happenin':

1. i still can't divulge much about my top-secret meeting. hopefully soon! (it's very exciting and top secret!)

2. i started physical therapy! so exciting. hopefully my knee will get better. i go three times a week and a very nice lady talks to be about a lot of things while she makes me do really exciting stretches followed by a nice soft tissue massage from my left knee up followed by a little electric shock therapy. WHOO!

3. my grandpa (my hero and favorite) came to visit and celebrated his birthday with us! my mom made the most amazing oatmeal cake with the most delicious cream cheese frosting. plus whitey's. you can't be from iowa and not love whitey's. heavenly. it was so fun to share his birthday with him, and unique to be the only grandchild!

4. i have been work a lot. i have a lot of brides. and i stare at the computer all day long...which doesn't really make me want to stare at it when i get home...

5. i am slowly losing the ability to sleep in. a true sign that grown-up hood has started. although 8 am seems like sleeping in to my mother and thomas, it is a lot different to me on a saturday. i much prefer the earlier morning, however. i am starting to enjoy breakfast (my fav: special k with craisins or some delish oatmeal) and like not rushing to get to work. i am hoping that since i keep waking up earlier, i'll have time to update in the mornings.

another nice thing about waking up earlier is that i don't have to watch the dumb part of the today show (no offense, matt!). i just can't believe that they spend so much time talking about crap - i mean really, how often do we need to hear about tiger woods sex addiction? i was over it the day after the crash. and jon & kate? although i loved the show and those kids were cute, let them fight privately. those kids are going to grow up and hate their parents even more than they would have (no offense, parents).

6. i've been think a lot about my 25 things to do by the time i'm 33 list. i'm still not done - i'll share when it is perfect!

7. i have spent a lot of time looking at these kind of websites: here there everywhere

8. my wonderful aunt and uncle were in town last night. we went out for dinner out blackstone and i had one of the most delicious club sandwiches that i've ever had. it was...out of control. turkey, ham, swiss, american, mayo, bbq...melty, saucy goodness. just thinking about it i could eat more. also, i think blackstone may have the best fries in town. i'm thinking this thought may cause me to eat a lot of french fries to compare them too...

9. it is valentine's day. i don't really know what this has to do with anything. but, so it goes. the best part about valentine's day is that the amazing race will start! yay, i love that show. i don't know if i could ever go on it - but it is so fun to watch!

i have a confession to make, readers. i am really enjoying watching the bachelor this season. i took a break from it for....all of college...but it is fun to watch! so much wonderful drama packed into two hours!

i am also really, really liking this season of grey's anatomy. i just think that it may be returning to its original roots. last season it just go to weird. izzy was seeing dead people - that almost ruined it for me forever. but this season...i could go on forever. next week, i'll dedicate thursday's post to grey's. now i've made a dedication that i can't change.

as i type this, i am watching apollo ohno and jr (or cr?) compete. what an incredible sport speed skating is! i'll obviously have to do an olympic post this week as well. so much to talk about: the sadness that the games started with, the oh-so-boring opening ceremony...who knows what else will happen between now and monday!

i am looking forward to the week ahead! monday at the shop we are taking photos of our work to update or website! i can't wait to see how they will turn out! and then next weekend we will go and visit my lovely little sister to celebrate her 20th birthday. ha! all of us are in our twenties! i am also going to promise pictures of this wonderful, life altering event!

come back monday for a review of the olympics thus far. i know that my grandma has her nice, gorgeous tv that she loves so much turned to nbc (and its other stations). grandma, aren't you glad that i picked that out? just kidding, of course.

BI - 08.09

Ever since I can remember, our family has gone to Northern Wisconsin for summer vacation.  My wonderful grandparents first purchased the summer home when my mom and her siblings were children & they too have memories of growing up in the woods.  A few weeks ago, my whole family was reunited to celebrate the cabin's 100 year of being and the peninsula's history.  Each day we ate meals together, read together and laughed together - something that doesn't usually happen for all eighteen of us at one time.  It was so nice to be reunited with cousins that I hadn't seen in over a year or just a few months ago and relax.

I have been busy working on my friend's save the dates.  I've come up with a lot of ideas - hopefully she will like one of them!  I am also working on an invitation for the mama and business cards for the contractor.  Busy bee, that's me!  With all this (potential) work coming to me, I need suggestions for my business name.  My ideas: monica faye productions, little details., and p.s. designs - anyone out there have any suggestions?

Tomorrow night Chef & I are cooking dinner for our friends.  On the menu: salmon with pineapple salsa served over a bed of spinach, crab cakes, and carrot cake for dessert!  Delicious.  Hopefully I will remember to take pictures....

One of my favorite bloggers, Nie was in a horrific accident last August, a year from last Sunday and she recently climbed the Y mountain in Provo (similar to our A mountain in Tucson).  I only recently started reading about her, but she is one amazing woman.  By the time she was twenty five she had four children, which in my book deserves some kind of award.  I encourage all of you to read her blog - she can bring a smile to anyone.  She climbed the mountain because it was the anniversary of her and her husband's accident, a goal she set when she moved back to Provo after coming out of a coma and sustaining burns covering 80% of her body.  The past few days I can't help but to think about her this week.  Her story reminds me that anything is possible if you put your mind to it & of how blessed I am.

happy tuesday!