A day in the City and a Belated Five Faves for Friday...Edition 4

Weekends are my favorite! Usually Saturday is the one day of the week where I get to see Landon for longer then 10 min.  Normally we just kick back and relax on saturdays and get stuff done around the house but today I just wanted to get out....So Landon surprised me and wisked me off to Salt Lake to have some fun!

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So we started the day off by finding this cute little sandwich shop across the street from Temple Square, called Hagermann's. It was SOOOO! good I had the best turkey sandwich and cobb salad! Not only was the food amazing but because they aren't open on sunday they had a ton of bread and baked items that would go bad before Monday, So they gave us two loafs of bread, several pastries and brownies and cookies, for FREE! YUM Im so excited for them!

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After walking around down town we headed up towards the U of U and decided to head up to the U on the mountain. I had never been up there and thought it would be fun to go. After driving up many winding roads we finally found the one that took us up to the U. It was a fun time to go climb up there, and it made me even more excited to graduate next year and get my picture in front of the U in my cap and gown.

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After that we headed over to The District to the Hobby Lobby (my favorite store) to pick up some fabric for a project Im working on (a post to come about this when im finished). After I had some free movie tickets that I earned at work so we caught a movie. We saw The Last Song, I had read the book and wanted to see it. It was pretty good giving the fact that it had Miley Cyrus in it, but like always the book was better. After the movie we ate at WingNutz, Landon and I have a horribly not good for our health love of wings, and theirs are the best! 

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So it was a great day, spending it with my cute hubby making new memories!

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Now for my 5 Favorites from the past week, some of these have been updated after such a great day in the city today!

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Awhile ago I saw a preview for an up coming movie called Eat, Pray, Love and I thought it looked really good. I found out it was based off of a book and so I figured that I would read the book first! I have started reading Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert and Love it already, its a good read!

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After eating lunch here today I am a HUGE fan, their sandwiches and salads were amazing! And their cookies and bread are so delicious! So if you are ever in SLC and want to somewhere you cant get at home stop in Hagermann's Bakehouse Cafe and have a good meal! You can find them on the web HERE.

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Here is another thing that made the list after our day today. The Hobby Lobby! I love this place, it seriously has everything! I am so excited when I found out that they are opening one in Orem, now I wont have to drive so far to get my Hobby Lobby fix. For those of you Oremites wondering what im talking about, anyone remember the old Circuit City building? Well in a few long months it will be the new Hobby Lobby! CANT WAIT!

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I saw these at the store the other day and I had to try them. The new Pretzel M&M's are so good! I hope they keep these around because I am already addicted!

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I am starting to have a serious need for one of these! I keep on having to steel my Mom's to work on all of the projects I want to make. I used to think I would never use a sewing machine because I would never be "Martha Stewart" enough for one...but now Im thinking I might have to give Mrs. Stewart a run for her money!

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So any new favorite things anyone came across this last week??

Till next time!

I Know Vampires are Cool and all....

As some of you might know I work as a phlebotomist, which in english means that I draw patients blood work all day. After working in said occupation for two years now one thing is starting to bug me. 

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I have poked, stabbed, tortured (or whatever you want to call it) everyone including:

The four year old who kicked me

The twelve year old who was convinced I was going to take all of her blood and leave her to die

The nervous pre-missionaries who just need to turn in their papers

The marine, cop, high school jock alum (or any other "tough"you know) who are terrified at the sight of blood or needles

The much tougher wives/girlfriends/moms/sisters of the previous category

The grandpas who like to hit on me and the grandmas who all think I look just like their granddaughter

Oh and the occasional schizophrenic nut job!

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One thing my wide variety of patients have in common is most refer to me as Vampire. Granted I do in one way or another suck some (not all) blood from your body, I don't necessarily want to, and most of the time I would rather not see anyone in my lab because then that means I have more time to do things such as my homework. So to my whole point of this, I know the whole Vampire thing is cool now-a-days with the Twilight craze but Im getting a little tired of it. Most who use this is trying to be funny and original, but I hate to break it to you, your not as I hear this a least twice a day. Didn't you parents ever teach you that its not nice to call people names :) So the next time you have the great misfortune to come visit someone like me do both of us a favor and leave the Vampier word at home, and I challenge you to come up with something a little more unique and maybe your phlebotomist will reward you by using the baby needle

Five Faves for Friday...Edition 3

So this week it was a little harder to think of five things that made the week go by faster.

I had some big papers and presentations in my classes this week so I was pretty stressed, but here are the things that made the week semi bearable

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So I had to give a presentation on sleep disorders and wanted something funny for my power point and came across Bizkit the amazing sleep walking dog! No matter how many times I watch this clip it makes me giggle!
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If you have not guessed yet these are not MY feet, but since the weather has been warming up and the sun is starting to come out I cant wait to start on my summer CHACO tan! I LOVE these sandals!
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Want another good laugh, Landon and I started watching The Big Bang Theory! Its hilarious! If you have not stumbled across this show already I would suggest adding it to your Netflix cue and adding a few good laughing fits to your week!
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I have a huge sweet tooth! Even more so when I am studying. I found this amazing treat on a late night study munchie run to the Maverik a few blocks from our apartment. Blue Bunny Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Bar's are amazing!
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Need a bright pick me up for spring? Here is mine! I usually stick with darker polish for my nails but saw this color and loved it! Sephora's OPI 'Lost with out my GPS' is a fun bright coral color that make you happy just putting it on!
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What are some of your favorite things for spring and summer, or for a good laugh and stress relief?
Till next week!

Five Faves for Friday...Edition 2

This is one of my favorite things to do now. I look forward to it in the week and try to think of all the things I love, which in turn usually puts me in a good mood.

Here are my 5 Favorite things of the past week!

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Oh how I love thee!!!! If you don't know, I have always had those annoying red rough bumps on the back of my arms. I have gone to Dermatologists for years trying to get rid of them and nothing has worked. We had samples of this lotion in our office and it started making my arms better!!!! Vaseline Intensive Rescue Moisture Locking Lotion is heaven sent, and its only $4.50 at Walmart for a huge bottle! My skin has never been softer and my bumps are starting to go away!

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I am HORRIBLE at video games, I get super motion sickness from most of them. But Landon found the LEGO Batman game for us and it doesn't make me sick! It gives us something to do later at night when were board and we play and laugh together and compete for treasure! The lego Indiana Jones is also very good and we cant wait for the Lego Harry Potter game to come out!

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This show is AMAZING! We all need to go through Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution! For those of you who don't know about it Jamie Oliver is a chef and has come to America's unhealthiest city with the highest rate of obesity and is trying to teach people how to eat, cook and choose healthier food! Its fun to watch him battle it out with grumpy lunch ladies and radio show hosts to single handedly try to fix the way we eat! Check it out on ABC.com for previous episodes!

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On another entertainment related favorite, Sherlock Holmes.....Enough said! Such a great movie. We love it. Highly recommend it if any of you out there have not seen it yet!

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And last but not least....

The Ultimate Make-up/Fragrance/Skin Care Superstore Sephora, has opened in the Provo Towne Mall!

I love this store and used to only get there if we were in Vegas for something. This store has everything! And its so fun to go through the store and try out all the different makeups and skin care and get free trial sizes of things! Stop by, its in JC Penny's, and you might just start loving it too!

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Thats it for this week, stay tuned for edition 3 next week....Im interested in seeing how long I can keep going on this before I run out of favorite things!

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As always feel free to leave some of your favorite things listed below! You don't have to have five to share the love of something you love!

Five Faves for Friday

It has been an unusually long week, this week! Its been very busy at work and tons of homework for my classes right after spring break. So I thought it would be fun to share 5 things that I have been loving this week!

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I dont know why but I LOVE these cookies, and come on the "bunny" dough boy just makes you smile!

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This has actually been on my Fave list for sometime now! But its even better for spring! Its the perfect light fresh citrusy smell! I love the grapefruit sent in it!

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I kinda feel like an 80 year old woman admitting to this but Oatmeal Squares are my favorite cereal right now! They also make a great snack while I'm at work, there small and crunchy, the perfect  amount of sweetness and healthy! 

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This came in the mail this week!!!! My favorite magazine by far! I love finding new amazingly good recipes to make. My new favorite, Lemon pepper fettucini alfredo! SO GOOD!

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And last but not least.....Landon always makes my favorite list but this week he went out of his way to make me feel special! He has class in the morning and is gone before I wake up. But this week he got out of class early and drove up to Lehi and surprised me with flowers when I got to work! 

It was so sweet and way out of his way! I didn't have a vase for them so I had to fill up the sink and let them chill out there for the day!

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I dont know if it because I have been stressed out that most of  my faves this week are food but stay tuned next friday for my next five faves of the the week!

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What have been some of your favorite things in the past week?

Auto-Pilot...

So many of you know I go to the University of Utah, which means....LOADS of driving. I drive to and from Orem and Salt Lake three nights a week. Since I have driven this stretch of road the past few semesters, I have come to memorize all of it. I think I could drive it in my sleep now. About a month ago my radio died I'm my car so now I am left alone with my thoughts while I drive, annoying right. Well tonight on my way home from school my brain was off in wonderland and all of a sudden I wondered to myself when did I get in the fast lane?? I usually drive in the middle lane most the way and I didn't remember consciously getting into the fast lane! I realized I had been on autopilot for at least 20 min! After thinking hard about it I could vaguely recall signaling to get over to the fast lane to pass a slow car, and then just stayed there.
Now me being alone with my thoughts in my music-less car I started to wonder, How many other people do this, maybe not with driving but just in life?? How much time do we auto-pilot through in our daily life just doing each of our own repetitive day to day tasks?? One of the classes I am taking is called Death and Dying...(kinda morbid I know) but the class has gotten me thinking about really making the most of living! It scares me to think how much of my life is spent in auto-pilot. So now Im trying to come up with good ideas to take my life out of cruise control and give the mundane boring things in my life a little more meaning!
How many others out there catch themselves doing this? Or how do you spice up the routine day to day parts of your life?

I make it hard for Landon!

So I love being surprised but I don't make it easy! I am always telling Landon that I want him to surprise me and be a sweet and cute husband, but then he is married to me and I have to make it the hardest thing to do. I have to be in the know! I ask way too many questions so that I know what is going on. Landon is the worst lier in the world. These to combos make it almost impossible to surprise me, I ask questions and Landon tries to lie to keep the surprise a surprise, but then I can tell he is lying and get mad and he ends up telling me. So much for that surprise!
And then I am really impatient! So if there is something that I'm eyeing, I want it as soon as possible! Case in point, my favorite author released a new book and I wanted to read it so bad! We didn't have any spending money left until our next payday so I had to wait! Payday came around and Landon thought it would be cute if he got the book and surprised me with it when I got back from school. Well that never happened...I left early for work so I could stop by Target and pick the book up that morning so I could start reading it! After getting home from school I showed Landon what I got, and ruined his whole surprise! I still gave him the credit for remembering and trying to do something so sweet for me.
So either Landon is going to have to get better about lying about surprises or I have to be more patient, who knows if either of these will ever happen so that Landon can finally pull of a surprise for me!

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