My new grown up bedding!

This is some new bedding that my mom bought me this weekend. My old bedding was kind of a tan color that had orange, brown, yellow and rust colors in it. I loved it when I first bought it but lately it has been looking kind of drab and old. So my mom came to me this weekend with a catalog and pointed to this bed set and asked if I liked it. I said "Yeah it's cute." Then she said "Good lets get it for you!"

Haha my mom is the best. So we went to the store the next day and picked it up. It was on sale from $280 down to $140! It came with a comforter, bed skirt, 2 euro shams, 2 regular shams and 4 accent pillows! It was such a great price for all that I got and I'm so happy with it.

The tan flowers are pieces of fabric that have been cut out and kind of embroidered on and there is brown piping all around the tan border. The whole thing feels like raw silk which is probably my favorite part. Its gorgeous and I couldn't be happier. Plus, since my old sheets didn't exaclty match my mom also got me some new ones. They are a really dark chocolate brown color and are made from egyptian cotton so they are super soft. I have never been so excited to go to sleep than I was last night! Thanks mom!

In West Philidelphia, Born and Raised...

I came home today and was watching TV with my roommate. She was on her computer and looked up from the screen and said, "Will Smith is considering a career in politics..." My first thought was "Really? The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?" But then I got thinking about it and why not? I mean we have the Terminator as the governor of California, and Sonny from Sonny and Cher was in politics. It is just not a path I can see Will Smith going down but if he wants to--more power to him. So as we were discussing it we decided that if Will Smith ever does run for anything we would probably vote for him. Can you picture it? Will Smith in office--making speeches, voting on bills, schmoozing with the general public. And every time he walks out at a public event the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song plays! That would be totally awesome!

Too funny!

Today in my Buyer Behavior class we were talking about the relationship between religion and branding...kind of a random subject because we started out this week talking about cultures and then got off on this tangent. Anyway, we started talking about the advertising history of different religions and the LDS church was the one we focused on the most. My teacher decided to show us how they market themselves to members and non-members. She showed us the website http://www.mormon.org which is targeted for non-members. Then she showed us http://www.lds.org which is for members of the church. On that site's homepage was a link for the youth version of the site. She clicked on the link and up popped a warning page saying "THIS CONNECTION IS NOT TRUSTED." The entire room was laughing hysterically. Then it took my teacher about 3 tries to finally view the page. It made my day!

Beautiful

We tend to get a lot of fog in Logan and last night we got some. This morning when it lifted it left a thick layer of frost on all the trees . It was gorgeous and it made me smile every time I saw somebody who couldn't resist pulling out their cell phones to snap a picture. I was one of those people. This willow tree was too beautiful to ignore.

I love Cutsie Cakes!

Last summer I noticed a little shop on Main Street in Layton that was under construction. The sign said "Cutsie Cakes" in this cute font and bright colors. Me and Heather, a girl I worked with, couldn't wait for it to open so we could try some of their cupcakes. It totally reminded me of the TV show What I Like About You and the bakery Sugar Babies. So today I went to visit my old work and decided to stop by Cutsie Cakes on my way home. The store is so adorable! They have all the cupcakes for sale right on the counter underneath these glass cake covers and each cupcake is perfectly decorated. I decided to get two chocolate with peanut butter icing, one red velvet, and one chocolate with vanilla icing and a cherry on top. I got home and immediately cracked open the box and took out one of the chocolate peanut butter ones. OH MY GOODNESS!!!! It is AMAZING! The best cupcake I have ever had! Honestly it was so, so good. I really want to break into the others but I will wait. Oh and Heather, they were $2.50 a piece....and worth every penny!

Some people are ridiculous

My dad sent me this in an email. It's great!

A TRIP TO Costco
Yesterday I was at my local COSTCO buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Biscuit, the Wonder Dog, and was in the checkout line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant?

So since I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete so it works well and I was going to try it again.

(I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)
Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me.. I told her no, I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter's ass and a car hit us both.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.

Costco won't let me shop there anymore.

My Art Symposium final poem...and a few more bumper stickers :)

Art Symposium Poem

At Utah State I took this class

in which the arts you need to see to pass.

To Kill a Mockingbird was the first,

however, it was not the worst.

Tap Dogs was the next to shine,

now they are a favorite of mine.

The King’s Singers sang so well,

I think that they are really swell.

Millie was the final show,

a refund to me they did not owe.

I chose to go to a few more things,

a couple singers and a dancing team.

Brad and Dierks I enjoyed so greatly,

the kind of show you don’t see a lot lately.

Thriller was my favorite one,

in my eyes the Jasons won.

I learned a lot in these short weeks,

the arts are full of talent and technique.

Singers, dancers, actors and more,

they all come through that backstage door.

To entertain and perform,

and the hearts of many become transformed.

Song after song, act after act,

people from all over they do attract.

I love the arts and all it includes,

it always puts me in a good mood.

This class was great, I do proclaim

for as of now I won’t ever be the same.

I've got the perfect body. But its in the trunk and beginning to smell.

Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun. (Don't know how respectful this one is now that Ted Kennedy has passed away).

Asphalt Rocks!