Day 203: Snow Cap

Me.

It snowed last night.  Boy did it snow.  And it was wet snow all day today (mixed with rain).

When I saw how bad it was outside, I armed myself with my new scarf/hood.  It's very convenient for days like this, when it's cold and wet, and I actually did my hair.  When I got home from work, I decided to take a picture of my new favorite accessory because I haven't done a self-portrait in a while.  

The thing is...this picture makes me look like Lara from "Doctor Zhivago."

I promise I'm not from revolutionary Russia.

Day 202: White-board Christmas

A Christmas Tree I drew on the white-board at work.

No, this is not a home made greeting card from a first grader.  Unfortunately, I drew this Christmas tree for my office potluck today.  I was so impressed at the immaturity of it, that I had to take a picture.  Once I saw the picture, I realized it would need a lot of help to make it look not so bad...so that's why there are lights and stars all over the place.

My favorite part on this tree?  The lone blue ornament hanging from one of the branches.  I didn't think to make any of the other ornaments hang from the branches like that.  Just the blue one.  It's like something you'd see on a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

Day 201: The Santa Connection

My mom's Santa collection.

Another Sunday gone, with little to show for it.  Except for the awesome scarfs I finished.  But I couldn't take a picture of those and ruin the surprise for the people to whom I'm giving them.  I'm just glad I actually accomplished something for Christmas.  Yesterday's shopping trip was a bit of a bust, so this makes me feel a little better. 

Now if only I can not get overwhelmed by everything else I haven't done yet...

Day 200: Rain, Shopping, and Work (Updated)

Day 200:  Rain, Shopping, and Work

Rain on my windshield.

So I had to work almost all day today, and when I finished working I had to run and do some long overdue Christmas shopping.  Unfortunately, I forgot my wallet at home.  So after an embarrassing scene at the checkstand, I had to wait for my very nice sister to drive my wallet from Orem to American Fork.  That's when I took this picture, while I waited in my car to avoid the uncomfortable looks from the checkers at Target.

****UPDATE****
This was originally posted as four days in one, but I didn't like the look, and so broke them out into individual posts.  Sorry for the confusion.

Day 152: Happy Halloween

Our Jack-O-Lantern.

Again, I'll update tomorrow with specifics.

UPDATE 2 Nov:
So Sunday was Halloween.  I was so tired from celebrating the holiday on Saturday night, that I didn't enjoy much of the day.  In fact, I ended up leaving church a little early because of a migraine, and taking a very long nap which only served to make me feel groggy and slightly nauseous when I woke up in the evening.  Still, I had so much fun on Saturday night, I didn't even mind the pain on Sunday.

It's been a really long time since I've been able to say that about an evening out. :)

Day 151: Costumes!

Ryan, Christine and Casey.

I will update this tomorrow with the story behind this picture.

UPDATE 2 Nov:
On Saturday a few of us went to a Halloween party up Hobble Creek Canyon.  Setting aside the slightly stressful expectancy of having to hang out with a huge group of singles, or the part where we got lost trying to find the place, it was really a blast!

I dressed up as a doctor in scrubs, Christine was the blue fairy (or some other kind of fairy), Ryan was a guest at an Indian wedding, and I'm not sure what Casey was but it was scary.  We lent him the wig and he borrowed the polka-dot dress from the girl he came with, but he never really said what he was.  I'm going with hillbilly girl.

I think the biggest thing I got out of that party was how many NORMAL people there were.  I forgot what it was like to go to a singles event that wasn't swarming with the prowling socially inept.  It helped that this crowd was significantly younger than the ones we usually see, but still...it gave me hope. :)

After the party we watched a scary movie and laughed a lot about stupid things (that's what you do at 3AM when you're way past slap-happy).  All in all, it far exceeded my expectations for Halloween this year, and I'm so glad for it!

Day 150: Daisies and Blackouts

Mom and baby June.

I'm sorry for the lack of posts this weekend, and even more sorry for the next part.  I'm way past my bedtime on a school night, so I'm just putting the next few posts up without an explanation on them.  I'll update them tomorrow because I have some fun stories to go along with them.

UPDATE 2 Nov:
So on Friday we had a family Halloween party, and most of us dressed up.  It was fun to see everyone's costumes and to visit.  And with what seemed like very little effort on RoseAnne's part, she was able to - once again - pull off the perfect party, complete with an unscheduled blackout in the middle of dinner.  The only thing we were missing was a thunderstorm and maybe a hunchback of some sorts.  Unfortunately I was having one of those panic-in-a-big-crowd nights and we had to skedaddle a little earlier than expected, but it was still a great night.

And I got some fun pictures out of it too! :)