IT WAS A GOOD MAIL DAY!!!!

When I pulled into the driveway today, there was a big box sitting on our porch. I was so excited! I knew exactly what it was. My parents got me a guitar for my birthday, and I was pretty sure that was it. I am an official guitar owner now. I had started trying to learn how to play with my roommate's guitar and book. Just as I had suspected, I am somewhat of a prodigy. After only 2 hours I had taught myself to play "when the saints go marching in." I have to pause inbetween notes to change finger placement, but still, that's pretty impressive right? I'm telling you, now that I have the guitar, I will be playing "classical gas" by the end of the week. My roommate, got a "yellow box" from her missionary today as well. When she found out, she declared it to be a "good mail day." We had to laugh at her a little for her missionary phrase.

Play Date with Kyler

My nephew Kyler and I have a standing play date on Tuesday nights. His parents have a hypno-birthing class(don't ask...)so he comes and plays with me. This week, we celebrated the slowly warming weather with sidewalk chalk and sidewalk paint. Those of you have lived with me may remember that sidewalk chalk may be one of my very most favorite things!!! We drew all sorts of pics. Kyler loved the paint, especially the pink..his favorite color. He helped me draw his name, then we put "grass" on it. We have tons of fun and got just a little bit dirty. I kind of love that kid!!

St Paddy's day at MacCool's

So this St. Paddy's Day may have been my best yet!! It was a pretty fun day. It started off great. I worked from home for the first part of the day. When I did get to work, (around 1pm) the girls in the office had decorated my office. It was fabulous!! They had banners, flags, flowers and even a paperweight. They knew how much I enjoy the holiday, so they even got me a vase of green carnations. They're pretty great!!

After work it was on to dinner at MacCool's. This was the 3rd Annual St. Paddy's Day Celebration at MacCool's. (For those of you who aren't in the know, MacCool's is an Irish public house, or pub, in foothill village.) The wait was crazy ridiculous, but I figured it would be so I went up way early. We still had to split our group into 2 separate tables. I felt bad about that, but I think every one still had lots of fun. There was even a leprechaun siting. This man showed up in FULL leprechaun attire...down to the glued on red beard. At first we assumed he worked there, because he even had a sign for the hostess desk. However, who we presume to be his son showed up and they went in to have some dinner. Les, Stella, and I got our pictures taken with him. I mean, how can you turn down getting your picture taken with a leprechaun?!? Anyway, dinner was good, the atmosphere was great and the company was fabulous!! It ended up being lots of fun! You should all come next year!!!!!

This is one of the tables. From Left to right...Erin, Erin's Roommate, Kim, me, Allan, Stacy, and Jenni.

Les, Stella, and JoeNick, Ashley, and Clay

Melanie, Meggan, and Me

This is my favorite picture from the night!

Even Stella knew there was something off with this guy.

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!!

So...by the time anyone reads this, it will officially be St. Patrick's Day!!!! I felt it would almost be sacrilege not to pay tribute to my Irish heritage. (How can I not be proud of my peeps when they are known for drinking too much, eating potatoes, and having red hair?) Besides decking out my blog with green and playing Irish music, I will be celebrating by having dinner with a "few" friends at Mac Cools. It's an Irish public house in foothill village. I'm pretty excited! There will be lots of people there, so I'll make sure to take pics and blog about it after. Until then I hope you all really celebrate the snake chasing saint, Patrick. Erin Go Braugh!!!

Won't you be my Jillian

So, as we all know I am the queen of good intentions. This especially aplies to my workouts routine. I always have these big dreams of getting up and going to the gym every morning before work. However, I really like to sleep, but I also like to stay up late. This means, most mornings when alarm goes off, I get up just long enough to turn it off and go back to sleep. LBH I can hardley get up early enough to get to work on time. Then, I usually work late or have some kind of plans after work.

I've decided I need my own Jillian Michaels to yank me out of bed and force me to kick my own ass. I need my own bully. However, I here she's kind of busy with this Biggest Loser show or something. Well, I have an idea. I again have this plan to go to the gym in the am. There is a Power Pump class at 4:50am. My alarm is set and everything. I just need a favor from you. I need you to check in with me. ASk me if I went to the power pump class. When you read this call me, or just make sur eyou ask me next time you see me. Maybe that will help me get out of bed in the morning...knowing that if I don't, I'll have to answer to someone. Then maybe one day I can look like Jillian Michaels in this pic. Well, that's it. I'll let you know how it goes. I better go to bed though ....so that I can get up in the morning.

Happy Birthday to ME!!!...and Heavy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ME-E,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

So I just turned 27 on Sunday, and I have been having one of the best birthdays ever! The festivities officially kicked off on Saturday night. Heather and I have a birthday at Cafe Trio in Cottonwood. Bret used his connections to get a separate room for all of us. Thanks Bret!

It was all sorts of fun!! the whole gang was there almost. We had babies,kids, adults, singles, marrieds, soon-to-be-marrieds , gays, straights, questionables (you know who you are...Taylor). Heavs and I were popular! I think the poor waitress was a little overwhelmed.

Heather and I totally got spoiled! You guys were good to us! We each got a purse FULL of surprises. Wendy Phip even made me an apron(which I have already put to good use during munch and mingle)

We topped the night off with some cheesecake. Les almost set off the fire alarm with all of the candles in the middle of the cake, but that would have just made it more fun! Heather is a very fun person to share a birthday week with, and we have some pretty great ends!!!!!

The next day, on my actual birthday, I served cake for Munch and Mingle to celebrate me and my birthday. After church, my roommates (mostly Meggan) made me a very pink cake and pink ice cream. They also gave me a couple presents, including High School Musical 2! Now I can be considered a true fan. I have both movies and High School Musical Mystery Date. Now if that doesn't scream Girl's Night, I don't know what does. I must say I do have some pretty fabulous roommates!

Sunday evening I went to my parents where I had more cake and another birthday dinner. My mom made steak chimichuri and it was so yummy! Neil was out of town, but Mica did bring Ripken, their new puppy. I kind of have the best family ever. So, like I said, I have been having the best birthday ever!

Roommate Photo Shoot

This last Sunday, something monumentous happened, and I don't mean my birthday. All of my roommates and I were home at the same time. This NEVER happens, except from maybe between the hours of 3a and 6a. Anyway, to celebrate the occasion, we had a photo shoot. Megs has been trying to get a picture of all five of us since we moved in. In 5 months that hadn't happened until Sunday. I know for most of you that isn't all that exciting, but what you might like is seeing who these mystery roommates are. Most of the pics are a little Ollin Mills, but oh well.




This first one is(left to right, top to bottom)...Kim, Julie, Meggan, Me, and Melanie. To help you keep them straight, Kim and Melanie are the two I moved in with first. Then Julie moved into the AF apt right before we moved out. Meggan moved in in December. She was the one everyone was certain I would offend. However, try as I might I haven't managed it yet. We actually have all sorts of fun.
The three of us quite enjoy each other. We have regular therapy sessions where we vent about what is bothering us. It's often he same thing...pet peeve #5. These are also the 2 roommates that I would buy boobs for.

Tag, I'm it!

So...my initial intent was to blog about my B-Day, but at the rate my pictures are downloading I figured I would do the tag that Sue and Bret did. This my first tag, How exciting!!!!! My B-Day might have to wait for tomorrow. Well, here we go...

5 Things on my To Do List Today:

1. Put new insurance cards in my car. My old ones expired at the end of February... of course I woke up late and in my hurry left them sitting on my desk.

2. Write 2 manager evaluations. I should have done them last June, but didn't so I had to do them today before Licensing Audited us at 11a. (How's that for procrastination, better late than never right?)

3. Turn in Report to Provo PD about staff giving marijuana to our clients...that's right, the dude got high while working, then gave weed to two under-aged disabled kids. I had to fire him for dumb-assery.

4. Pick up license from Slate Canyon Detention Center. I dropped it in the parking lot after one of my clients hearings...due to the audit, I didn't get this item done.

5. Talk my way out of a speeding ticket (now this wasn't originally on my To Do list, but was added quickly after I got pulled over for going 40 something in a 25mph zone.) This one was a little tricky considering the 1st and 4th items listed which of course I hadn't done. No license, expired insurance card, my driving record...it wasn't looking good. Rest assured, my persuasive powers won out. No ticket thank you very much!

5 Snacks I Enjoy:

1. Pomegranates...so worth the time to seed them (especially if I get to share them w Suzie). I love pomegranate anything in anything.

2. Carrot and celery sticks (at least I'm trying to convince my self I enjoy them for the sake of my "biggest loser" efforts)

3. Skinny Cows...these I actually do like.

4. Hummus, with veggies or pita, or corn chips...just whatever.

5. Apple slices with peanut butter...LOTS of peanut butter

5 Places I've Lived:

1. Highland

2. The Quality Inn in American Fork (for 3 whole months...after the fire)

3. Cedar City

4. Logan

5. The Stiletto Ghetto...where I was lulled to sleep each night by my toothless neighbor's snoring.

5 Places I've Been:

1. The Condo in St. George...There's no better place to spend the 4th of July.

2. Lowa, UT to learn from Stan Stan the Horse Whispering Man.

3. San Diego...best place to enjoy Boy Meets World and some Dulce de Leche M&Ms

4. The Pacific Ocean..."I Love it when we're cruisin' together!"

5. Club Sound...Ms. Rocky Mtn and Ms. Rocky Mtn at Large,it was the bestest drag queen pageant and plus size drag queen pageant I ever did see. I wonder what Rachel Lamb is doing right now...

What would I do if I were suddenly made a Billionaire:

If I were suddenly made a billionaire, I would put my money to good use. I would begin by having lipo everywhere-we're talking fingers, toes, everywhere except my boobs! Then, of course, I would have to have the surgery where they cut off all the extra saggy skin. Next a nose job,lasik, botox, collagen, veneers, an eye lift, microderm, laser hair removal, eyelash extensions, etc. Kathy Griffin will have nothing on me! After all that hard work recovering(at some fancy spa of course)I would hire a personal trainer and a personal chef to help maintain my new perfect figure(and if that doesn't work, I'll just started using meth. Hey, it worked for Nicole Ritchie and I won't have to worry about what it will do to my teeth, because I'll have veneers). I would also hire who-ever does Oprah's make up. Forget walking on water or healing the sick...Oprah before and after makeup...now that's a real miracle! Now being the near saint that I am, I wouldn't spend it ALL on me. I would generously buy boob jobs for Mel and Megs(two of my roomies). I would even let the doc use my boobs as inspiration-I do have a perfect set as I'm sure you all know. So, that's it. That's what I would do if I were suddenly made a billionaire. That, or travel the world.

Five Jobs I've Had:

1. Telemarketer - who hasn't

2. Sandwich Artist - white or wheat? 6inch or foot long?

3. Flower Delivery - sadly it was the worst job ever!!!! I barely lasted a month!

4. Shit Digger - I cleaned horse stalls one summer. I actually kind of liked this job...minus the smell

5. And of course, I've worked on a TF with 504's...if that doesn't make sense, call me and I'll explain...That's the type of thing you don't put in writing or it will come back to haunt you.

5 Pet Peeves:

1. Pouting - I have no patience for it

2. When my managers don't leave a message, but expect to be called back. If it's not important enough to leave a message, then it's not important enough for me to call back.

3. When my managers leave me a message that just says "Call me back." I consider that the same as not leaving me a message.

4. REALLY REALLY long blogs about liposuction, speeding tickets, phone messages, and other nonsense.

5. My Roommate.

5 Things you didn't know about me:

1. I was a Wrestlerette in High School. That's right, I did the wrestling team. I mean...I did the stats for the wrestling team. 2 point reversal!

2. I've been to the ER more times than I could even begin to count. I tend to be a bit accident prone. I burned my hand on ice...need I say more.

3. I wet my pants until at least second grade. I even wore the little beeper thing to wake me up at night if I peed.

4. I can fit my mouth around a Denny's water glass. We're talking teeth...try it, it's harder than it sounds.

5. I get kind of scared when I blow up balloons. I just know one is going to pop in my face. It wouldn't be the first time.

Wheww!!! It's finally over! Bret, Suz, you weren't kidding, that took a long freakin' time!! I tag Nick Robbins. Out of my A-list blogs(blogs I always check) I think his has the oldest post.