Holy Bizarre Weather

WHAT THE!?

1. Yesterday was mid 60s out, SO gorgeous I was ticked for not having time to go run out there.

2. THEN this weird cloud of dust/smoke/dirt decided to rest over all of Provo/Orem.

3. Some point after 9PM I am 98.75% sure that is rained mud. I'm serious. I'm aware there was a dirt storm or whatever, but I'm telling you, this mud feel from the sky.

4. This morning my car was covered in dirt and mud drops.

5. It started snowing pretty heavily as I drove to work.

I'm in need of better results...

"If you always do what you've always done, 

you'll always get what you've always gotten."

Lately there have been... a couple... things in my life that I've been working on and trying to change/grow. It cracks me up when I realize I still try and do things the same way I've always done them. Obviously it didn't work that way last time so what am I doing???

If I want a different outcome, I'm going to have to change the process up a bit. It's hard though...you're stuck in the same process like your mind is on auto pilot. Then all of a sudden I SNAP out of it, but can so easily slide right back...

So that's what I need to work on. Keeping my auto pilot turned off and changing things up a bit so my outcome will be different. 

But I can't do some of it alone...

(pic taken from weheartit)

List Of Happiness

Happy Monday, and guess what? I'm in a pretty good mood today! Even though I'm way past tired, kind of falling over in my seat, but I'm still in a great mood!

I worked on my shop this weekend, it's still be a little bit, but I'm so excited! ALMOST! Working at an internet training company has it's perks, I have lots of help everywhere if I need it. 

I'm just in the mood for a list of things that are making me happy, so here I go.

1. Pearls- why why why are these little guys so appealing to me?

2.Sleep-of course this is the #1 thing on my mind right now, who doesn't love sleep?

3. Heating Pad-I would die once a month without this beautiful invention. Tara loves this time of the month because that means when I go on my lunch break, she gets a seat warmer.

4. Good Dreams-when you wake up in a good mood and can remember the happy feeling from the dream

5. Girl Scout Cookies-plus those cute little girls are selling them, everybody loves them, maybe I have some thin mints in my purse...thank you Melissa

6. Chandeliers- These babies just spice up any room.

7.Tulips- My dad loves his garden, he always plants tulips right out front, that's my favorite, when they bloom :)

8. Swings- I used to walk down to Beacon Elementary to swing, I love the feeling, almost like you are flying...plus maybe the swings are my favorite ride at the fairs and I would pay to only ride that one over and over again.

9. Revlon Color Stay Lipstick- Seriously the best and longest lasting lipstick there is. You have to use make up remover to get it off at night, I LOVE it. Lasts all day, baby!

10. Sunflowers- they are just gorgeous and also their seeds are delicious and...it reminds me of summertime :)

(pics taken from weheartit and google)

Celebrating Spring

The Festival of Colors is celebrated mostly by Hindus, as well as others. It's their way of welcoming spring.  Luckily they do it here in Utah as well. This Saturday we celebrated Holi aka Color Fest at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork (along with the rest of Utah and probably half of Idaho):

This is a pretty huge event. It's packed, who wouldn't want to be covered in chalk? Unfortunatly we got there like 10 minutes too late, we could see the giant pink cloud of smoke rise above the temple. Luckily some people still had chalk left and chose to annoy us by throwing it on the people who weren't dirty. Little did they know, we really wanted that! So here is what we missed:

And here is the worst that we got (with the friends we made there. That's right, they are God's):

I'm secretly grateful because my roommate is still coughing up colors. It literally gets inside your lungs.

We saw lots of crowd surfers, ladies in their wedding dresses, and some serious Krishna "worshipers". I'm excited for next year! :)

Cocoa Bean

I have learned a lesson. If I am going to do a post on a delicious looking food, I am probably going to crave that food until I get it.
Hence my trip to the Cocoa Bean on my lunch break to pick up THIS:

That's right. It's a Better Than Sex Cupcake from the Cocoa Bean. And guess what? It was beyond delicious.

Bless you're heart Tara. I bless it right out of you.

Also...after posting about In N Out the other day, I finally went last night with the roomies...

Dear Life,

Dear Internet,

Normally I'm peeved when you're not working, but when it's at work I actually appreciate it. Thank you for allowing me some reading time, but 2 hours wasn't nearly enough...

Dear Anthropology,
I would support you so much more if you would but lower your pricing...in fact I am positive many more people would support you as well...

Dear Salt Lake City,
I hate that you are so darn far away. I know it's less than an hour but sometimes I would really like to see my sister but I don't have the time or gas money to get to her. It there needs to be some sort of shift of the Earth to solve this problem, I'm alright with that. I can warn people...

Dear Inside Sales,
I hate you.

Dear Kat,
Remember the days when we had the same potty schedule? Yah...We don't anymore so now I'm stretching my bladder more frequently. Is that too much information? ...it's silly I can't leave the front desk alone for 10 seconds. But whatev...
PS I know that I can call you up here all the time, but Stephanie's bladder was so much larger than mine so I feel bad...

Dear In and Out,
Um...I have been craving you everyday. But I don't want to give in because I've been running so good in the mornings! With the junk you will put into my body I will slow waaaay down and that's nooo good....but bless you heart for being in Provo now.

Dear author of "The Lovely Bones",
How come you write such upsetting/disturbing/depressing books? I sure wish someone would have warned me it is a child rape book. Now I feel all weird inside and I didn't even finish it. I need a happy book to read...

(pics taken from weheartit)

The Chocolate

Melissa and I went to THE CHOCOLATE this weekend...who, who, who would not go into a place called "The Chocolate"? It's a cute little house, right off of State St. in Orem. It reminded me of Magnolia Bakery in New York City, I haven't figured out why though...it's much more than just cupcakes, it's much bigger...maybe just because I was with Melissa when I went to Magnolia's Bakery? I don't know...( and Maribeth, I love you, Maribeth)

I got a sugar cookie with incredible thick but fluffy vanilla frosting covering the top, Melissa got a very rich truffle brownie. We worked out right before we went in sooo...it's totally fine right? 

Here is a little tour...

The 100th!

Oh...my....goodness...
This is my 100th post! I have no way of making it special....
Apparently this is my feet and gun post because...this was my feet and gun weekend...I don't know?

Becky and I decided to wear the same boots to church, and it was beautiful.
Me and Amanda decided to shared shoes. That was just as beautiful.

Had a family dinner last night at my aunt and Uncles. Ate some good food, played Simon says with the cousins, learned so sweet cheers from a 6 year old, and played with some guns. I've never met someone as in love with guns as my Uncle Cory. Jose thinks he can take my sister away, he's got another thing coming! (ps, iPhone camera alert)

Apparently these are the faces that our family makes when they get near weapons....and if you can't tell, we aren't big "hunting" people...

The one before the 100th

I have some exciting news! Tomorrow I will post my 100th entry!!! It's come pretty darn fast, no I'm not addicted to blogging...but I may be slightly obsessed...

Today has been a good one. I'm in Salt Lake with my sister and we took a little Sunday walk together. She lives about a 2 minutes away from the Gateway Mall so we went and walked around with her security guard friend since the weather is INCREDIBLE OUT THERE!!!
I discovered my 2nd favorite store. (1st being Anthropology) It was called Bohme Boutique.

Good thing it's Sunday or I would have used some serious $$$ that I seriously do not have. So here is my wish list (what ?! NO I didn't illegally take pictures inside there...)

I had to take my time in there because it was so pretty everywhere. I had to gather some pic of the decor to share! Mostly for my sake... ballet shoes and flowers hanging from the ceiling...

Also...WHAT in the WORLD is this about?

Those are bras. With my poor iPhone camera you may not be able to see how serious these sequins really are. They are HUGE and very OUT there...I'm so confused...a mannequin outside was wearing one under a dress, halfway hanging out. Huh...anyone think they'd wear these babies?

Satan's Spawn/Love of my life

People ask me if I get really rude people calling in that freak out on me. I really don't get that many, I can handle them for the most part, I can normally fix the problem and they will get off the phone all happy. One time this sweet Spanish lady hung up crying out of joy after she blessed me over the phone. But there is ONE GUY, we will call him Satan's Spawn/John, that calls me ALL THE TIME and I've never spoken to anyone as rude as him in my life. It really makes me laugh the way he flips out and responds to things. But I'm not supposed to laugh, kind of like a little kid when they do something wrong, it's funny, but they won't understand it's wrong if you laugh. Here is an example of our recent conversation: (keep in mind that I normally never respond like this, I'm supposed to give people their way and help them as much as I can, in the nicest voice I can muster, but I believe Satan's Spawn/John is the exception.)

Me: Thank you for calling the corporate office, this is Sara, how can I help you? (sometimes i say that at the beginning of my prayers now when i'm super tired...i can't help it)

Satan's Spawn/John: WHAT IS THIS THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF? IS THIS JEFF PAUL'S COACHING OFFICE? 

Me: Yes it is.

Satan's Spawn/John: THEN WHY DID YOU JUST SAY CORPORATE? IS THIS  JEFF PAUL OR NOT?

Me: Yes it is. We are the corporate and coaching office of several different companies, John. Remember how we talked about this the other times you've called? (didn't even pull up his account, I've got his yelling voice down pretty well)

Satan's Spawn/John: WELL I NEED TO TALK WITH SOMEONE IN BILLING AND I NEED TO TALK WITH THEM NOW.

Me: Well our billing girl has been out of town for this last week, but I can send you over to Zach, he's been working with billing when he gets the chance, just while she is gone.

Satan's Spawn/John: I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO VOICE MAIL, I AM VERY UPSET AT JEFF PAUL.

Me: Ok, John, don't take it out on me. Am I Jeff Paul?

Satan's Spawn/John: Noooo...

Me: Then please don't talk to me like that, the nicer you talk to me the more willing I am to help you. Remember how we talked about that last time?

Satan's Spawn/John: I NEED TO TALK TO BILLING....WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS THERE?! I'M GOING TO SEND A LETTER AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NICE.

Me: Well, I'm not surprised. YOU aren't very nice. (I give him the address)

Satan's Spawn/John: OK, SEND ME TO BILLING, BUT I DON'T WANT A VOICE MAIL, I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS *&**$% *&%$ swear cuss spit &*%$ ##$**

Me: John, do not use that language with me! I am trying to help, I don't want to help you when you talk to me like that. Like I told you before, I cannot control whether or not they answer the phone, but I will send you back there.

Satan's Spawn/John: I CALL OVER AND OVER AND I ONLY TALK TO MACHINES! I NEED A LIVE PERSON.

Me: I ...cannot control...whether or not...they pick up....the phone, John.

Satan's Spawn/John: Whatever, this is a scam,  just send me back.

Me: Ok, one moment, buh-bye now...buh-bye

....Oh how I love this man.

(pic from Google)

How To Be Awkward

Yesterday I did a little grocery shopping and I discovered something a little bit...weird...?

This is barbecue sauce. Seriously. Then I discovered that Bajio marinates their pork in Dr. Pepper, that's what makes it so good. Totally makes sense. I think I need to try these...

You know when we were little and would race to push the buttons on the elevator. I always wanted to go up and down, up and down. Possibly because it was kind of like a ride?? I really have no clue...but why do I still do those elevator games like jumping when it starts going down? Or a couple things on this list: Me and Melissa discovered this a long time ago, and yes, we did do some.

1.Make race car noises when people get on and off.

2.Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your kleenex to other passengers.

3.Grimace painfully while slapping your forehead and muttering, "Shut up, all of you just SHUT UP!"

4.Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask, "Got enough air in there?"

5.Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.

6.Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.

7.When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to pull the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.

8.Lean over to another passenger and whisper, "Ever had a Wet Willy?"

9.Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you "Admiral."

10.Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce "I've got new socks on."

11.Meow occasionally.

12.Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose. 

13.Walk on with a cooler that says "Human Head" on the side.

14.Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce, "You're one of THEM!"and move to the far corner of the elevator.

15.Say, "Ding!" at each floor.

16.Say, "I wonder what all these do?" and then push ALL the red buttons.

17.Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your "personal space." 

18.Announce in a demonic voice, "I must find a more suitable host body."

19.Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.

20.Wear "X-Ray Specs" and leer suggestively at other passengers.

21.Stare at your thumb and say, "I think it's getting bigger."

22.When the elevator is silent, look around and ask, "Is that your phone?"