Marbles

I meet a lot of very interesting people at work.

By interesting I mostly mean weird.

Very weird.

This past week or so, it seems like there

 have been more weird than normal.

This older gentleman came in and the first thing

He said to me was:

OG (older gentleman):  "So, you're Irish?"

Me:  No.  I'm German.

OG:  No, you look Irish.

Me:  My dad's side is German. 

And I don't remember my moms side (sorry mom!) but it's not Irish.

OG:  Well you really look Irish.

Me:  Okay.  I'll have to ask my mom.

OG:  Well I've been to Germany and you don't look German.

It's really pretty there.  You would like it.

Me:  That's cool.  I'm sure I would love it there.

So he sits down to fill out some paperwork.

I get back to whatever.

He brings it up and holds out his hand and says:

OG:  "Have you ever seen these before?"

Me:  "Marbles? Yes, I've seen them before."

OG:  "Here, you can play with them."

Me:  "No thanks, I've got lots to do."

OG:  "I'll just set them here for when you're done."

Me:  "Okay."

He sat back down.

He started talking to another man in the waiting room.

He was nice and friendly but just strange.

When Corina (the nurse) took him in the back, she told him to

empty his pockets and she said

his pockets were both full of marbles.

Some of them started falling on the ground

And she said "I guess you're losing your marbles!"

He started laughing and so did I.

When he came back out to leave I said:

Me:  "Don't forget your marbles!"

OG:  "I think you should keep them.  To play with."

Me:  "That's okay, they're yours!"

OG:  "No, you really need to learn how to play with them."

Me:  "No, they are yours."

OG:  "I'll make you a deal, if you can hit this one with the other one,

then they are all yours."

Me:  "Okay, deal.

He holds one, hands me the other and tells me to hit it.

I hit it.

I now have two marbles.

I'm not sure what to do with them.

New Car!

My first car was a black Honda Civic.

I LOVED it!

After I broke my back (almost 4 years ago)

I couldn't use the clutch.

So I sold it to my brother Johnny
and bought the jeep.

I had been wanting something for a while that got
better gas mileage and was reliable.

When my Jeep sold I knew that's what I wanted.

But this time I wanted a white and automatic civic.

Scott and I had been looking on KSL a couple times a day.

Last Friday night around 9 p.m. we found the perfect car!
It had only been online for 1 hour.

The car was everything that I wanted.

And it was way less than I was planning on paying!

Scott started texting the seller, Jeremy.

We told him we wanted to come drive it the next day.

Jeremy said he already had 3 people coming.

So, Scott asked him if we could come that night.

We knew we wouldn't get there until 10PMish.

I grabbed a few overnight things and we were out the door!

Scott called some of his friends to see if we could spend the night

at their place, in case I decided to buy the car.

We had a lovely drive down.
~We spent the whole time talking.~

We got to a culd-a-sac and saw a

cute, white Honda Civic.

I knew I wanted it right then.

Scott drove it first.
(Jeremy, who looked familiar to both of us came with us)

Scott liked it.

I drove it.

And I liked it.

We got back to Jeremy's house,

looked at a few more things and talked a little more.

Jeremy went inside and Scott and I

sat in his black Honda Civic and talked about the white Honda Civic.

Jeremy came back outside,

We told him I wanted to buy it.

And that we would have a cashiers check first thing in the morning.

Scott asked him his last name, he said:

J: Osmond.

S: You're an Osmond?

J: Not one of the many.

S: One of her best friends is an Osmond.

C: Yeah, Michelle Osmond.

J: Yeah, she's my cousin, my dad is Donny.

S and C: What!?!??!?! (And we laughed)

We were both so shocked.

Then we realized why he looked so familiar -

He looks so much like Donny Osmond.

So, pretty much I bought my car from Donny Osmond.

I had really wanted a CD or something. 

Seems natural right?

Well, a few days after I bought my car I found

a CD case and guess what,

There was a Donny Osmond CD!

I contemplated keeping it and sending back the rest

but - I knew it wouldn't feel right about it.

so, I mailed it back.

If you ever want to ride in my car, because I bet Donny Osmond

rode it in at least once or twice, just let me know.

Batter Blaster

Scott and I love Walmart!

We especially love going late at night.

I don't know why but we always think it's fun!

One night while we were there,

we were picking out some eggs and noticed

what looked like a whip cream can.

~Except this was not whip cream can!~

It was  

"Batter Blaster"

We immediately knew we had to try it.

Organic.  Convienet.  Easy.  Basically no mess.

And we knew it had to be delicious (at least we hoped!)

When we got home, we showed Stacey.

She told us that she almost bought it but didn't.

She was excited to try it out too!

It really is delicious.  And easy.  And everything you can think of!

We haven't made waffles yet,

The pancakes are great though!

Seriously, next time you're at the store,

you need to get some!

Brazillian Blowout

I heard about a new treatment from my friend

Katie Wood

It's called a Brazillian Blowout and it

straightens your hair for up to 12 weeks.

It leaves your hair smooth & frizz-free!

And let me tell you, it has been wonderful!

When I get out of the shower, 

I blow dry it (and it takes half the time as before)

And now I can quickly flat iron it 

(instead of spending 20 minutes trying to flat iron every piece)

My hair is so soft

& It looks so much healthier.

I highly recommend it! 

Here are my before and after pics:

Before:

 

After:

Jeep - Sold!

I've had a jeep for almost 4 years and I have loved it.

I decided it was time for something new.

This is my last picture with it,

Good-bye Jeep!

{P.S. Please notice my Hanson shirt. I love it!}

I had an interested buyer from St. George,

He wanted to meet up in the Costco parking lot,

Luckily, I had this guy with me.

We hung out in my car for the last time for about 5 minutes

Before the guy got there.

We met the guy at 12:30 a.m.

He drove my car around the parking lot once,

got out, I gave him the title, he gave me a cashiers check

And that was it. SOLD!

The next day, he called to ask if the car had ever overheated.

On his way back to St. George the water pump went out.

They made it to Fillmore, spent the night there

And had it fixed the next day.

Bad luck for the guy but good luck for me!

Hanson

 In High School my friend Melissa

re-introduced me to Hanson

(Yes, the MMMbop Hanson)

And I have been in love ever since.

When I found out they were coming to SLC,

I knew I had to go.

So to The Depot we went!

You may or may not know this,

Hanson has a wide variety of fans.

Every shape and size,

every age (but you had to be 21 at this venue)

and every gender.

This is a good example of that.

This guy was one of the opening bands.

His name is Cameron Rafati.

He is crazy.

He told me I look like the rabbit from

Robin Hood.

That's a compliment, right?

{P.S.  Don't mind me closed eyes}

The Hanson brothers are seriously so talented.

They performed a couple of songs acoustically and they were

amazing!

 Besides this crazy jumping, shirt waving girls we were pretty much 

the only fans that were dancing at least that we could see.

We danced and sang and had so much fun!

If you ever get a chance to go to a Hanson concert,

Take it.  You will not be disappointed.

And another side note:

If you ever go to The Depot,  get a coke

and they ask you if you want it open or closed,

they are talking about your tab.  

Not if you want a lid.

Luckily, Melissa figured it out and saved me asking the 

Lady to repeat it for a third time.

Because that would of been real embarrassing.

California

California was so wonderful,

We had so much fun!

These are the only two pictures I took.

This strawberry stand had the best strawberries ever.

Seriously.  Ever.

We LOVED them and ate so many while we were there.

Our favorite way to eat them:

With granola and chocolate peanut butter.

Before we left I knew I needed some to take home.

Luckily, we got there right before the last 2 pints were gone.

It was heaven.  

Heaven in Strawberry form.