i swear i have never been blonde.

i seriously have done the dumbest things in the past week... it all started one friday afternoon. for three days i missed the delivery of my laptop.. of course i had to sign for it. i kind of knew this might happen.. because i sit at work all day instead of at home. so i took the plethora of notices and headed west to find my package.. i pull up at UPS tell the lady i am here to pick up a package and hand her the slip... she nicely pointed out that my papers said FED EX... oops. apparently fed ex was just down the road.. don't worry i got lost. couldn't figure out my north from my south and my east from my west.. that hasn't happened in a while.

later that night justin and i were going to park city... i had a lot of things to bring.. joey and all of his paraphernalia, my clothes for the weekend, a craft or two... justin was loading everything up. i jumped in the car and we were off.. when we arrived in park city i grabbed everything i could.. justin did the same. he told me that he brought everything in... my bag of clothes was no where to be found. they were left in salt lake.. back down the canyon we went.

then we get to last night... i thought i would plan a nice evening.. a picnic in the park with friends at 6:30pm.. justin didn't get home til 7:40.. by that time our friends had left the park. i still wanted to go. we went and bought dinner.. got some cups of water.. all was well, until i dropped justin's phone in my cup of water. the phone seemed fine... then it started blinking.. and an hour glass started spinning.. i drank the water as i waited for the phone to recover. it took a while to all dry out.. and by this morning it was working like a charm. but seriously who drops a phone in a cup of water?!??! ( i am raising my hand)

i hate doing stupid things.. i am a brunette, i am a brunette... things like this should not happen to me!

tomatoes.

i lOVE LOVE love homegrown tomatoes... this year i thought i would grow some cherry tomatoes.. i think i have gotten a whopping 5 from my plants... my green thumb grandma has so many tomatoes.. lucky for me she doesn't seem to eat them..

alta.

as much as i hate utah winters... i have to admit the mountains that hold all that snow sure are pretty. last night i packed a picnic of curry and peach cobbler and headed for alta.. justin had never hiked up there. it is beautiful.. in july the mountain was carpeted in wildflowers... i think they all died in past month.. but the weather was perfect, the company was perfect and the dinner was delicious!

dinner.

i seriously have the HARDEST time thinking of what to make for dinner... it is so hard to think of something different every single night... and then when i finally decide on something i hate realizing that i am missing a few ingredients. i was talking to my mom about it.. kind of mad 'cos justin never tells me what he wants... and what she told me was quite wise. she said that she loves being in charge of making dinner because every night you can cook what you feel like eating.
so.. last night i took her advice. i made something completely for myself with the hopes that justin would like it too. i attempted vietnamese spring rolls.. they turned out great. justin hates rice noodles and rice paper... two essential ingredients. he loved them... so thanks mom for the advice. i think justin can learn to like what i like... he has already come such a long way!

so many yummy fresh ingredients.. mint, cilantro, shrip, rice noodles, carrots... and not to mention peanut sauce for dipping (that was for justin.. i am not fond of peanuts)..

delights of the day

1. dinner with the adorable whitney and her handsome hubby.

2. the falafel i consumed at dinner... i need to go to mazza more often.. delish

3. shopngo after dinner. justin and i for once agreed on flavors and shared... chocolate, vanilla and wild raspberry. i wonder if they really use wild raspberries to flavor it.. and are wild raspberries really better?

4. 4 1/2 lbs of apple to make apple crisp... which will make my tomorrow extra special.

i wanna hold your hand

the other night justin and i were on a walk and a cute old man was walking towards us. he stopped right in front of us and said...

cute old man: "can i ask you a question?"

us: "yes"

cute old man: "are you a couple?"

us: "yes"

cute old man: "then why you don't hold hands?"

moral of the story: hold hands with the one you love...

justin and i had quite a busy weekend... 1)on friday, his dad flew in from texas for a surprise visit. the family met at cucina toscano for a delicious meal.

2)on saturday justin left early to go camping with brian and joe... he forgot sunscreen. oops.. i hope his skin is ruined forever

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(yes justin is wearing camo shorts... scary)

3) i went to Logan with my mom.. we picked apricots to make fruit leather and jam.

4) then we hurried back to park city to go to a demolition derby in coalville.. justin missed out.. i kind of screwed up the plans. it was quite the experience.