Ghetto Fabulous

I decided I wanted to decorate my apartment for Christmas. When we had the condo, we at least had a tree and things to make the place look cheery. As of yesterday, my apartment had a balcony that if you looked out of, you could see my roommate's dead tomato plants...

Off to the dollar store I went! I made my own wreath. It had two options. To be Ghetto or Fabulous, and I think its a combination of both.

And to be consistent with every other year, whilst I decorated, I listened to A Soulful Celebration of Handel's Messiah. And it was Awesome! When Stacey Nancy stayed this weekend we listened to the regular (boring) Handel's Messiah, and the Soulful one. The regular one was fine. I think the Soulful one has much more flair. Something to dance to and be happy with when decorating.

All I need now is a Nativity Scene.

Lights, My Camera, Action!

I've lived in Utah since 2003, and I have yet to see the lighting up of Temple Square. To be fair, some of those years I've been home for Christmas. And to be really fair, it wasn't that much cooler than walking around Temple Square any other night.

Stacey Nancy, Sara, Sally, my roommate Tori, and I decide (and by decide, I mean I force them) to leave Provo around 4pm so that we can park and be at Temple Square for the 5:30 lighting. We get up there about a quarter after, and we try to find parking, but its terrible. We finally decide to go to one of those lots and just pay, but try as we might, we couldn't find a place to pay, but we parked anyway. To be on the safe side, I had my badge with me, and we put it on the dash. Stacey wondered if it actually did anything, but as sally said, we don't get paid enough so we'll use what we have to try to make up for it!

We get to the Square, and as I'm looking at the Tabernacle, the lights go on. I know this because everyone else is going "OOOH!" I totally missed it. I think they should do a count down or something.

Bachelorette in Vegas

Not as exciting as it sounds.

Well, our law school friend Ankitha is getting married, and so we decided to drive down to Vegas to see her before she left for India to get married. It seemed a good idea. I mean, Ankitha lives there now, and so does another friend of ours, Natalia. And it was a short drive from L.A. if Jenn could make it. So, Liz and I made the trek down south.

It was snowing when we left Provo, and when we got to Vegas it was so HOT. We hung out with Ankitha, wandered the strip with Natalia, and then went to dinner with Ankitha and some of her friends.

Liz and I were worried. As mormons, we know the difference between a bachelorette/bridal shower is only slightly different from a baby shower. Basically what changes is the games and the gifts.

WE knew what we were doing. But Ankitha invited her childhood friend from San Francisco, and she bought a plane ticket. I'm sure she thought the day would be more exciting. But Liz and I were so tired from driving early getting there that after dinner we were pooped. Ankitha's friend wanted to go to a club, or at least a bar. She didn't want to sit on a couch watching a movie the rest of the night. Ah well, we wanted to see Ankitha Satyam once more, and we did.

Government Workers

We get Veterans Day off. Random Wednesday holiday.

Jealous?

PS. My friend who was hired late for the American Fork court finishes POST this Thursday. I swear it goes faster when you aren't there. I felt like it lasted forever while I was in it, but to me on the outside, it feels like she just started.

Halloween

This Halloween was pretty fun. My sister made my nieces fairy costumes from the movie Tinkerbell. Charley was Tink, and Gabby was Rosetta (Springtime fairy). Holy cuteness Batman, they are adorable!So, I drove up to Lehi to see them and ended up going trick or treating with them. So fun! Although, Gabby pretty much fell asleep as soon as we got outside. That was pretty much the best part of the night.

Then I met up with Sally and Alicia and went to a dance. It was in a barn in Payson, and they were like, Its a REAL dirt floor! I don't really see how that is a bonus. And then watching a bunch of white kids from Utah "get down" is also scary/uncomfortable. It was still fun.

Here we are as Dark Angel, Medusa, and Billie Holiday...obviously.