so proud

rather than studying for a huge test last night, i opted to watch these fabulous americans

win the gold

pretty sure i bombed my test (it was a doozie)

but boy, those events last night were incredible

and i may or may not have teared up during the awards ceremony for lindsey vonn.  

i'm such a sap

the olympics fill me up with so much usa pride!

a valentine's trip

when josh first told me he planned us a valentine's trip... to wendover... i may have laughed out loud.  what on earth is romantic about wendover?

but josh, along with our friend rj, planned a great couple of days for me and katie.

it all started with the fun bus.

the boys decorated our seats with hearts on the windows, bags filled with candy and love letters, and princess tiaras for us to wear.

the ride was great.  we played a few games of scrabble between the 4 of us and played bingo with the bus.  josh won us a whole dollar.

we made it to the montego bay, checked into our sweet (suite) rooms, and headed to the casino.

we ate some grub (well kind of...the buffet was nothing to be desired) and spend the rest of the evening hanging out and playing blackjack and winning.

the next day we got up, ate more grub, and played more blackjack.  then the boys surprised katie and i with appointments to receive full-body massages.  oh happy day!

while we were getting our massages, a very interesting thing happened.  the boys continued playing blackjack at the same table we were at before.  they started talking to a guy at the table.  a very loaded guy who was throwing down hundreds like it ain't no thang.  let's call him gary.  gary was in 'dover all by himself and was clearly looking for friends because he said he'd take us all out for dinner that night at the seafood buffet.  the boys were elated.

while at dinner with this 40-something old man, we found out some very interesting things about him.  he's from northern california and he's in the "medical business".  which is his lingo for growing marijuana for medicinal purposes (because remember, it's legal in cali?!).  he showed us pictures of all of his plants, told us how he harvested them, talked about his employees that are his "trimmers" and "testers".  wow.  

i made the mistake of asking him what he did before marijuana was made legal in cali.  "i sold it illegally".  double wow.

nice guy.  very generous.  but definitely interesting. 

after dinner the boys had another surprise in store.  they had tickets for the chinese acrobats of hebei (kind of like a cirque de soleil show).  it was fun and those crazy acrobats did some trippy stuff.

back to the casino we went to get in our last hoorah of blackjack.  while the boys were playing, katie spotted the acrobats heading into the buffet.  we couldn't help but take advantage of a fantastic photo op.

just before it was time to board the fun bus, we ran into gary again.  he offered to buy katie and i anything we wanted in the gift shop (might i add- the most ghetto gift shop i have ever seen).  we couldn't resist the tacky, little kids matching sweatshirts.  we will wear them with pride and think of our sugar daddy, gary.

we had a great time hanging out with katie and rj- eating food and gambling.  definitely a boys-style weekend, but it was way fun!

happy lovey-dovey day

to all my favorite blogger friends.  i sure love you all.

i hope you have a fabulous day full of chocolate candies, pink and red colored food, and spending time with the ones you love.

real soon, i hope to blog about our wonderful valentines wendover trip we took last week.  i just need to stop being so darn lazy.

but until then, just know you are loved.

tomato, tomatoe

i can't stand pau gasol.

just letting you know.

A little addicted

to scrabble on my iPhone

i have played over 20 games in the last 4 days against josh, spencer, his g-friend, and other random players out there in iPhone cyberland.  i'm currently on a winning streak, so if you have an iPhone and want to play, let me know!

buggin

do you ever have those days where everything bugs you?  when your list of pet peeves becomes much longer than normal?  today was one of those days.  here are just a few things that come to mind:

1. people who go when it isn't their turn at a 4 way stop.

(if you live in logan, you know that 600 e and 1000 n is the worst)

2. people who drive 30 in a 40.

3. those same people don't slow down to 20 in a school zone.

(my drive to school this morning was anything but pleasant)

4. when people ask me what i am going to school for and i say audiology.  they then say "what?!  i didn't hear you!" and then proceed to laugh, thinking they are so clever and just came up with the best. joke. ever.

5. love handles.  yep.

6. professors who finish their lecture 20 minutes early but refuse to let you leave.  "if class is scheduled to get out at 2:30, i'm going to make sure you get your money's worth.  you are paying for your education, you know."  really?!  because sitting there for an extra 20 minutes while we talk about nothing audiology related is hardly educational.  let me go my way, you can go yours, and i'll see you again on wednesday.

7. people who can't figure out your vs. you're

it's vs. its

their vs. they're vs. there

didn't we all learn contractions back in the 3rd grade?

8. when the waiter at olive garden forgets my frozen lemonade.  i tell him i don't want it anymore when my meal comes but he brings it out to me anyway... half melted.  i don't drink it because it isn't good when it's melted.  and he still charges me for it.  so i ask for a new one to-go and he acts put out.  lame.  

9. loud gum chompers

10. vienna on the bachelor

11. josh beat me in scrabble by playing "jeep" on a triple word tile.  54 freakin points!

and just so you don't think i'm super ornery today, here's a list of things that made me happy today

1. no inversion in the valley

2.  booked my flight for chicago in a month

3. dinner date with josh

4. the jazz came out victorious in another nail biter

5. jcrew is offering an extra 30% discount on their sale items

6. i'm officially registered to run the salt lake city half marathon on april 17th.  you should join me!  let the training begin!

it's an absolute miracle

remember my previous post?

the one where i complained about our dumb as rocks dog?

the one who couldn't figure out a doggie door to save her life?!

well, she decided to prove us wrong!!!

our little tess finally figured it out

(and it only took a can of alpo to get her to go through the door on her own for the first time)

i don't think you can even imagine how excited we were...

we were such proud parents

and once she figured it out, she kept going in and out

in and out

in and out

so then we decided to test our luck.  we went to a movie and left her alone in the house.

dun dun dun

(i'm not sure if you even understand how big of a deal this was.  for the last 3 months, we haven't been able to leave our house without her destroying her kennel with poop, resulting in us scrubbing her kennel down and then giving her a bath.  we have also gone through about 5 rolls of paper towels because when we leave her in her metal enclosure on the tile, she poops and then smashes the poop into the tile, resulting in us scrubbing the floor down and then giving her a bath.  she has had to go to work with josh so she isn't left at home.  she comes with us when we run errands and we leave her in the car.  when we go to our friends houses, she comes with us.  it was getting a bit old.)

but when we got home from the movie, there was no poop

there was no pee

our furniture was all still in tact

we were elated!

we then decided to test our luck one last time.

we went to school today and left her home

alone

from 9 am till 2:30

and guess what?!

there was no poop

there was no pee

our furniture was all still in tact

and i just about peed my pants

because our little tess is finally growing up

(and we are finally able to have our lives back!)