5 things I am missing...

1. My bestest friend Linnae. She lives in Texas, and should live in Utah next door to me.

2. My San Diego trip that was canceled because the Feds didn't get me my $8000 dollars for buying a house yet.

3. The feeling of summer being really long, I can't believe it is almost over.

4. Having all my friends close by. I don't miss college, just all my friends there! Now we're scattered.

5. The motivation to work out, I have none. But want to. But alas, I probably wont.

110 In The Shade

I recently got to experience a little bit of Hollywood, wait no, Broadway. Well okay it was both. I had recieved tickets to the Hale Center Theatre's production of "110 In the Shade". It is the musical version of "The Rain Maker". I have a very good friend of the family who works there and I had heard that Audra McDonald (currently from ABC's Private Practice) was staring in it. I got all star struck and talked to our family friend. We got tickets!!
I took my husband and my sister. Let me tell you we had a blast. It was so fun! I wish that I could see Broadway all the time, Utah just really doesn't have the appreciation for the Arts as much as other places. After it was over we waited around to meet Audra. We are all huge "Private Practice" fans.

This was also staring Will Swenson from the LDS movies, "The Singles Ward" and "The Sons of Provo". It just so happens that Audra and Will have been dating for sometime now, so it was fun to see them act together. They actually met a few years back doing this same musical on broadway in New York.

Here she is!! We were so excited! We got her autograph and she chatted with us for a little bit. She was so sweet and down to earth. She prefers to act in small theatres than television and hates the red carpet. So this was her at her best.

My Love/Hate Relationship with IKEA

I absolutly love IKEA, however I hate how much money we spend there. Were still in the process of making our house ours and incorporating our style into it, but that takes money! So we have had to do it a little at a time. Our latest purchace was drapes for our bedroom and a new dresser for our bedroom as well.

This was what our windows were before the drapes. Just plain old blinds.

The after effect! The drapes slide back and forth. Our room was getting so bright at like 6 a.m. so we wanted them to block out light better.

This is what they look like when they are open. I love the design on them. See below.


Here is the new dresser! Finally something big enough that the drawers aren't falling apart and bursting with clothes!

And of course IKEA gives you a million tools that you only need one of. These were just for putting our drapes together. There was like 16 of them! Needless to say we threw them away.

Now we just need to get somemore art for our walls. They are so bare and white!! We want to paint in our bedroom as well, just not sure on colors yet.