NEW NEW NEW! Weekend filled with new things!

This weekend I:

Tried goat cheese and LOVED IT.
(Seriously, where has this been my whole life?!)

Went to my first Farmer's Market.
(Holy wow, excited to use the salad dressing I bought)

Watched my effing adorable niece tackle the stairs at lightning speeds.

(And then turn around and pose for the camera. This kid makes me melt, especially when she was crawling up the stairs with her sippy in her teeth. She had to stop for a drink break at the top with her cheerleaders :)

Tried to watch a Joss Stone concert without paying.
(We finally gave up and left because it was freezing and sitting in an alfalfa field wasn't good for James' allergies)


Had a heart attack just by LOOKING at pastries.
(Seriously people, you need to try Gourmandise if you haven't!   I think I could literally eat myself to death in there)

Was nearly licked to death.

(Do not try to wrestle a 140 lb. doggy drool machine. You will lose.  I think I still smell like dog spit.  Seriously the cutest beast ever though :) 

(Photo stolen from Dave)

Spent time with friends.
(I heart my SLC buddies and am kinda super jealous that they live in such a great town)

Whole Foods.
(Um, super cool neat thing #792 we don't have in Brigham City.....)

Quality time with my genetic BFF

(Attacking dessert at the Wild Grape)

Bargain Shopped.
(Found my favorite cami's at the GAP Outlet on clearance for $3.99.   
SO exciting!)


Not-So Bargain Shopped.
(Bought a pair of shoes. Or two)

Watched my boyfriend accomplish something amazing.
(Manny ran in the Wasatch Back RAGNAR Relay on a 12-person team from Logan to Park City (188 miles). He was so proud, and it was so cute... even though he was sleep deprived, delirious and couldn't walk.)


Made Father's Day lunch with my brother.
(Portabello and Goat Cheese Sandwiches on Ciabatta.... OMG Did I mention that I'm totally IN LOVE with goat cheese?!)


This weekend was non-stop.  I'm tired!

She's pretty much creating a league of highly fashionable blonde wigged zombies with great dance moves.

I have a dance club in my brain.   A dance club that only plays Lady Gaga hits.
I wake up in the night to pee, and immediately my head is screaming
RA RA RA AH AAAAH! RUM AH  RUM AH A AAAH! GAGA OOOH LA LA!
Which THEN makes my claw hands come up and THEN I don't go back to sleep.

People, this tells me that Lady Gaga is a fucking genius.
She's insanely brilliant and I hate her for this.
Her crazy assed catchy lyrics are in my brain 24/7.

Let's all take a minute from trying to decide if she has a penis, and ponder if she's totally brainwashing us. Has anyone played this shit backwards?

From now on, everytime I cry about this, I want someone to punch me in the face. Hard.

I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a good friend.
What qualifies people to be friends?
How should you treat someone for them to consider you a friend?
I personally think it takes effort on both sides.

In the last year, I feel like I've done a lot of growing as a friend.
I've realized who is important to me, and who isn't.
Who takes the time to be a good friend, and who doesn't.

I'm slowly learning that life is too short to waste energy on people that don't deserve it and certainly haven't earned it.
I'm so tired of expending emotion on people that have hurt me.

I guess what I'm saying, is that I'm a badass friend,
and those of you that know, know.  


I'm going to try and stop mourning the friendship I've lost and instead feel sorry for someone that's lost mine.  It's seriously WAY PAST time I realize that if you aren't willing to fight for my friendship, you apparently weren't the friend I thought you were to begin with.

By the way that I've been sobbing like an infant STILL at pretty much the mention of your name, tells me that you DID lose someone badass that cared a lot about you.
You fucked up.