Songs I Love Right Now

None of these songs are brand new, but I keep putting my ipod on repeat of these 3 tunes:

"Gravity" by Sara Barailles
I just recently re-discovered this on my ipod and I love it all over again!

I've loved this song since the Addiction Dance on SYTYCD (If you have not seen this you have to check it out HERE).


This is the newest of the 3 songs. I have been listening to it for a couple of months, but I just saw the video for the first time and it's awesome. Sing it, Adele! She is amazing! Here is "Rolling in the Deep":




Normally I don't like Lady Antebellum live, but this version is good since Charles Kelly is the main singer on this song. It was from the 2010 CMA Awards.
"Hello World" by Lady A. Enjoy!

Catching Up

Wow, it's been a while since I've blogged. And although I can't believe six months has gone by so quickly, I feel like a lot has happened since then. Here are some highlights:

Together with these people (to the right: coworkers and friends) we put on several events, the biggest of which was a convention for over 5000 people in Salt Lake City Utah. It was one of my proudest professional accomplishments. The classic rock band STYX was our entertainment. It was so fun to meet them.

Thanks Clarrisa (I used some photos from your blog).

I got to check out my baby brother, in the biggest game of his high school career, and his team beat their rivals in the 2010 Emotion Bowl.

Orange goal posts for one more year--Congrats Tigers Class of 2011!

BTW, if anyone needs a good photographer in Idaho Falls, check out Freckleton Photography. They did a great job with Clark's senior photos.

Since Clark is definitely the favorite child, and it's his senior year, my family went a little out of control with Tiger pride this year. This was even our Christmas card photo....a little much?!!?? Maybe...but I just can't believe that my little brother is graduating soon!

How cute is my niece all decked out in Tiger gear after the game?

I also got to go to Copenhagen, Denmark for the first time to help with our European Convention.

I was part of the technical crew...it was so fun!!

We were eating danishes in Denmark...NERDS!
Thank you Jen for this photo.

I went to New York for work, and the assignment I had was such that I was able to bring my mom along with me. It was so fun to see NYC at Christmas time and it was really fun to share that with my mom!

Went to Costa Rica 5 days before Christmas for a 48-hour site inspection for work. It was beautiful, but now I have to go back there for fun! This visit was nearly all work, but I had about 1 hour of a beautiful sunset out on the beach.




January and February have been almost entirely work events, but I did have some down time in Orlando....and went to HOGWARTS!!

And YES, Butterbeer is AMAZING!

But the best thing that has happened is that I have a new niece! She was born at the end of January, and I am the proudest Aunt of these 3 girls!!

Goodbye Old Friend

Well, today marks a new era of my life. Today was the last day I used my old trusty Motorola Q phone. The Q, if anything, was a practical phone. It had many functional features that I used to the fullest throughout the 3 years I've had it. And the two games it had--Bubble Breaker and Solitaire--they really delivered every time I was bored or needed a distraction. Though Solitaire is an old favorite of mine, Bubble Breaker was the Q's brightest shining star. I played Bubble Breaker on this phone 13814 times. That's right, nearly 14 THOUSAND TIMES folks. This phone has got me through some tough times.

To my Q: I'm sorry for dropping you on the ground in the rain. You never dropped my calls because of your reliable network. When no one else at the Zermatt had service, you were there for me. I'm sorry I scratched your screen over 2 years ago. I didn't realize that the bottom of my purse was such a dangerous place for you, and I certainly didn't think we'd be together this long. You've been there for me through 4 versions of the iPhone, 2 versions of the Droid, and countless other flashier phones on the market. Thanks for the memories.

But it's time for me to move on.

With some serious reservations, I'm headed into unchartered territory here with my new service provider, but I'm happy to have a shiny new phone. I am ready to fall in love all over again.

A little FaceTime, anyone?? :)

Loving this....

I read an interview of the director of this video. He said to do the video justice, you should watch it full screen with your speakers or headphones turned up loud. I totally agree!

"Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem ft. Rhianna



Dominic Monaghan--Love you! You'll always be Charlie to me!

Well...It's True...

This is not earth shattering news...

...but, as my friend Shannon says, it's for your "gee-whiz file." Again, not that its super important, but i think i was just the last person to figure this out:

Ditsy Cheerio Brittany from Glee got her start as one Beyonce's Single Ladies dancers. She wasn't in the official music video, but she did tons of appearances with Beyonce--the AMA's (video below), SNL, the Today show, and Beyone's world tour. I guess I get old news when I let all my issues of Entertainment Weekly pile up!

Only one more new episode of Glee this season! :(

my scary-looking fingers

So this is why my hand has been hurting inside my cast since surgery--the giant pins! I still have the pins in my hand for another three weeks, but i got a new hard cast today. I just hope my fingers go back to normal after this is all over...I would hope that nearly 10 grand buys me straight fingers.



Ouch!!