rearrangement

So you probably don't care, but I thought I'd share anyway.

I moved my bed around and next to the wall to give me some more floor space (it's crucial)


The Bookshelf stayed in the same place. I wasn't about to take all the books off and rearrange those (although I will be doing that in the near future).


I made myself a little vanity. The desk comes from Ikea ($20) and I got the stool from DI ($10). I had the mirror and everything on my dresser, it just got cluttered so quickly. We'll see how this goes.


I moved the dresser over to make room for the vanity


My lovely new towel ($5.00 - Ikea) and shoe organizer. Unfortunately they don't make a shoe organizer that fits all the shoes I own, but it does make the pile at the bottom of the closet a little more manageable. I have found out that it only really works if you put the shoes back where you got them (imagine that).


Happy that the rearranging is done, and most of the cleaning.

I love this kid

I swear he changes every time that I see him. He is so happy except for when he's tired or hungry (or you hold him the wrong way). It's so great to be close to my family!

new glasses

I haven't had new glasses in years. They're super fun. Who would think I would be excited about getting glasses. Craziness!

Themed Dinner parties

Two weeks ago we had a childhood throwback dinner to include - capri suns, kool aid squeezits, pudding cups, grilled cheese sandwiches, pb&j sandwiches (both cut in squares and triangles), macaroni & cheese and hot dogs. This was accompanied by a viewing of Goonies, except I forgot I didn't own Goonies so we watch HP7 instead.. which isn't really childhood, but kind of makes you feel like a kid right?

This last Sunday we had Pride and Prejudice and Tea and Crumpets night (minus the crumpets). We enjoyed cucumber sandwiches, a variety of teas with tea cups (i found a complete cup and saucer set at DI), Orange/Cranberry cookies, pastry cheese puffs, fruit, and an assortment of british goodies from the market.

In the upcoming weeks I think we'll do the Rocky II and spaghetti night. Any other suggestions?

The opera

Thursday after work I went to the Opera with a couple friends. I had an hour to burn between work and meeting them on Temple Square. I went into distribution to get a conference ensign, but they hadn't received their shipment yet. I decided to walk over to Deseret Book to check there, same deal. So I ended up sitting "on" Temple Square for 1/2 hour waiting. I was going to get dinner at Nauvoo Cafe but I wasn't really hungry, and I would have bought their carrot cake (which is TO DIE FOR). I snapped a few pictures while I waited. It was a gorgeous day! Blue skies, sun was out and shining, Temple Square is gorgeous with all of the flowers.





We went and saw Verdi's Falstaff. The stage scenery (?) was beautiful, the costumes amazing, and the voices gave me good chills. I loved going to the opera again. Best part was it was a student/teacher deal night and tickets were only $3.00/person. It was their final dress rehearsal.



It was fun being out with a bunch a friends in the city during the week, walking back to our cars (at work a few blocks away) on a gorgeous spring night. Next time we're all going to get dressed up and go!

They are doing Rigoletto in January (again for $3.00) and Ballet West is doing Dracula in October (how awesome is that, except I'm pretty sure there won't be a $3.00 night).

Red Velvet Cheesecake

I made this for my friend's birthday. He liked red velvet AND cheesecake, so we decided to put the two together. You can do 4 layers (cheesecake, cake, cheesecake, cake) or 3 (cake, cheesecake, cake) depending on how "crazy" you are. The 4 layer seemed to be more manageable actually. I did both, another for a different occasion, and that one ended up sliding around during transport, but it may have been the consistency of the cream cheese frosting. I reserved the leftover cake (shaved off to make even) and crumbled it up on the sides (which also saves time in frosting).

Rocky Night

Friday we had a Rocky night. We made philly cheesesteaks, Kayla made a really good pasta salad, and then followed it up with cheesecake. Gotta love it.


We had about 10 people over for the viewing of Rocky. I'm surprised how many people have never seen it before. Oh well. You've gotta watch Rocky at least once in your life.

This is my favorite scene from the movie, but I can't find it with the actual script.