i should be getting ready for church...

but...

i was catching up on a friends blog when i saw another one of her friends blog on the sidebar. i've heard of this friend. heard stories of his funniness, so i thought i'd peek in and see how old funny was doing. guess what, he's still funny. i found some classic videos he'd posted on his blog that had me rolling. this one had me crying..

turn the boat around

i was informed tonight via skype by my 19 year old sister and her roommate that my blog was getting to be depressing.

whoa. whoa. whoa. let's stop right there.

ok, so i know it was getting a little solemn. maybe a little serious. maybe a little debbie downer. maybe i was in a funk???

don't you worry. i'm officiallly out. tonight i went out on the town. translation :  i went to deseret book and the grocery store. maybe i was in clothes that resembled pajamas, but that's ok. deseret book was pretty quiet at 6:30 at night. i grabbed a few books and made myself comfortable in a big leather chair and sat and read for over an hour. i ended up buying to cs lewis books i've been wanting to read, but never have had the motivation to actually go and buy. no, they are not books for book club. i decided i didn't want to read this months book club book (tom sawyer. blah) so i went to get a book that i've actually wanted to read for a while now. i'm excited to have something to read during my lunch breaks.
i have laundry going right now. i feel like i always have laundry going. i read a friends blog today where she said she's started a laundry day. tuesdays. all laundry waits until then. wash. dry. put away. then you're done for the week. i've been trying to decide if that would work for me...i think i might try it.
i went to the grocery store. i bought milk. i never buy milk unless i buy cereal. during funks i tend not to have food in my cupboards. i don't eat. or i eat out. i now have food in my cupboards and milk in the fridge. and new running pants. that's right, i've decided a race of sorts is in my near future. i've been hankering to get out and go running lately (another sign that funk is over). now i just need to charge my ipod and update the tunes. and have some ice melt off the sidewalks....
i also beat someone on words with friends today. sorry jen, but it felt so good. especially after i'd gotten so used to losing.

so, as deborah kerr would say : turn the boat around.  (yes, another affair to remember reference. instead of complaining that you don't get it or that it's weird or stupid, maybe you should just watch it. yes. do it.)

mean dogs. nice buns.

did you know that jdawgs is coming to salt lake city?

i happened to be in provo on monday (for the exhibit) and got a phonecall from a friend.

"are you still in provo??"
why yes, yes i am.
"do you want to get me a jdawg?"
why yes, yes i do.

when i ordered that wonderful hot dog, i asked them to put everything on the side, since the dog and i had a little road trip back to salt lake. thats when the giver of special sauce informed me that we would be getting a jdawg in our neck of the woods. the pie will no longer be the coolest stop on the block.

mmmmm.....special sauce with pickles.

who needs real friends...

when you have words with friends?

i'll let you decide how serious i am with that question.

but seriously?? who needs angry birds when you have words with friends? one of the chief residents at work asks me for my phone during clinic so he can play words with friends...with my friends.

it's addicting. and so friendly.

and just in case you wanted to start a game with me, please have a normal name...or a way to identify yourself (because i play this game with my friends, not strangers) and then start a game with me. bethanne2299. and i thought i'd warn you, i'm not good. this is simply for entertainment, not to win. unless i'm sitting next to you on the couch and playing with you. then i may get angry and voice my frustrations at not having any letters or just barely losing. or just barely beating you by three points. sorry, friend. (name withheld to protect the innocent...and the losers.)

carl bloch exhibit.

i went this weekend. it was spectacular. i was a little sad that it was so busy. they have ipads you can rent...but they were all used, so i don't feel like i got to experience the whole thing. truth be told, i would like to go back when i don't have a headache and don't feel rushed.

the artwork was beautiful.

if you have a chance to get down to byu...go go go. this exhibit took NINE years to put together, and will be on campus until the beginning of may. so get a babysitter (me) and go. or you can get another babysitter and take me with you.

pictures found here. make sure you reserve tickets ahead of time. and take a headphone jack splitter thing and a second pair of headphones so you can share an ipad with someone.(it will save you a whopping 3 dollars, but that's a whole meal at j-dawgs.)

isn't it ironic

i keep learning things about myself. i wish i could say they were all good things. sometimes it's embarassing things. sometimes humiliating. sometimes (if i'm lucky...) they're good things. i had a phone conversation tonight that would have knocked your socks right off. two of them actually. i'm going to go ahead and say that both of them were life changing.
just when you think you've got things figured out (kind of) you figure out that someone else has you figured out....only better. i don't even know if that makes sense. i'm still trying to figure it out myself....

i've got alot to think about, people.

just like a tattoo

i knew that no one asking about it really meant that you were dying to see the tattoo picture. don't mind my hairdo in the back. i was on vacation, and therefore did not do my hair. there are no rules in st. george, ya know.