home away from home.

thinking about
how much i love being *home.

*sleeping in old bedrooms.

late night chats with siblings.

movies. food. belonging.

seeing friends.
many friends,
in 48 hours.

an hour isn't enough time

to share. catch up. laugh.

with each of you.

sadly, now

the time has come,

to go back *home.

*a weird in between place
where we will unpack our bags,
and go back to "normal everyday life."

i'm homesick already,
and i haven't even left yet.

christmas can't come soon enough.

oh, and in the mean time, arizona's winters do ROCK. come and visit us!!!

50 little things.

today i'm thankful for the little things, that make the big things even more beautiful.

1. trader joes peppermint oreos. it's like christmas in my mouth.
2. saturday afternoon naps.
3. skype. those few minutes of conversations make me feel like i'm home.
4. facebook hello video from k. & s.
5. snuggles with him.
6. driving with the windows down. {nature's air conditioning is my favorite.}
7. sun dried tomato hummus and pita bread from fresh and easy.
8. phone calls from dad.
9. listening to french music, while making soup.
10. opportunities to grow.
11. faith in heavenly father.
12. prayers for lost keys.
13. inside jokes with co-workers.
14. saturday morning window shopping with k8.
15. sunday afternoon re-runs of gilmore girls.
16. planning thanksgiving dinner with mom.
17. decorating with mom-in-law.
18. 4 year old niece that told me she wants to be a baby clothes designer when she grows up.
19. 3 year old niece for giving me gum for my birthday, and making sure to tell me to not swallow it.
20. cinnamon pine cones that smell like the holidays.
21. attending the movie alone, and liking it.
22. knowing that brother k.c. is once again safe and sound, after another long adventure.
23. swearing off sugar with lyndy lou. you're my motivator darling.
24. talking about girls with my brother alex.
25. laughing with my brother ben.
26. listening to my little brother burke preparing to be a dad.
27. text from brother zach.
28. the nicest birthday package ever from chelsey.
29. heavenly arms that helped protect miss kris. from her scary fall.
30. hearing funny stories of minnesota from meagan.
31. nightly chats with tara, our lovely land lady.
32. laughing to john jay and rich on my morning drive.
33. my running car that takes me to and from work everyday.
34. winter sheets that our soft and warm. but not to warm.
35. calls from b. trout.
36. kit kat and diet coke runs with graham.
37. a small home that is easy to clean.
38. a dishwasher. my first in our marriage.
39. stackable washer and dryer= no laundry mat. thank you.
40. pretty little things.
41. h&m run with a.
42. stories of celebrity sightings from lisa.
43. friendly members in our ward who make us feel welcome.
44. graham's job.
45. sister- in- laws who make me dinner.
46. sister in laws who give my mom grand babies. {it takes the pressure off. a little.}
47. personal growth.
48. my vision {especially after weeks and weeks of pink eye.}
49. my feet that take me where i want to go.
50. hands that allow me to type this message.

thoughts on the cinema.

I drank a large soda in the twenty minutes of PREVIEWS at New Moon. I then spent the next 122 minutes trying not to pee my pants. Lesson learned. Take small sips and pace yourself.

Saturday, I tried my best to ignore the little girl snoring next to me at Phantom of the Opera. Tonight, I had to do the same with a lady drooling next to me at New Moon. What gives? Stay home if you're tired fellow movie goers.

I'm thinking about creating a black market of candy,snacks,and beverages in the stalls of movie theaters.

$3.75 for a bag of Sour Patch kids and $4.75 for a soda is the going rate from the pimpled faced teenagers selling it at the counter.

Watch for me at a theater near you, I'll hook you up.

Oh and while I'm on my theater rant..

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

NO CLAPPING. The actors can't hear you.

Thank You.

5 things that make me happy (right this second.)

1. Five Guys Burgers. just. OPENED in Mesa.

2. I've been watching BBC's newest version of Emma on You-Tube this week. It's a delight.

plus.. Johnny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightly. yep.

Thanks Abby dear for the link. Click here if you want to watch it too!

Note: It 's coming to the US in the Spring, but for now, you can watch it on You-Tube in 4 episodes .7 segments, that are about 10 minutes each. it's a pain.. but a worth it!

3. SIX days until Thanksgiving. I'm beyond excited to go HOME!! I can't wait to see family. friends. and eat real Cafe Rio.

4. New music to me.

• Julian Casablancas- {the singer of The Strokes self album. He's played daily on my drive to work.}
• Rachael Yamagata {She opened for Swell Season. she's amazingly cool and talented.}
• Norah Jones. {New album is a treat.}

5. 74 degrees.

swell.

Hands down one of the best performances we've seen in years!!!

We just might,
give our first born child,
to see them again next weekend in SLC.

did i ever tell you about the time...

A few years ago,
Graham and I had the pleasure of traveling to Paris.

Traveling we did.
It was a hellish way to get there, {not complaining.. just explaining.}
Driving.
Planes.
Buses.
Trains.
Stolen i-pod
and
More Planes.

30 hours later,
we arrived in Paris.

I looked like crap.
I had teeth scum, ratty hair, wrinkled clothes,and a ginourmous backpack on.
Not the greatest way to make an entrance into Paris, but I was happy to be there.

Not minutes after we had stepped off the metro,
my excitement of paris was dashed!

Three
long legged.
dressed to nines.
beautiful.
french girls
asked Graham for directions.

They flirted. they giggled. and smiled.

Graham was over the moon.

I sulked on that corner of that cobbled stoned street, with my ugly Kelty backpack on
and muttered to myself..

Stupid. Beautiful. French.Girls.

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I still tease Graham about it sometimes. Hey, at least he's still go that charm right?


And now, that I'm over that.. {sort of..}

We've decided,
someday. someway.somehow..

We're going to move to Europe for a few years.

Oh, and I'm going to be..
dressed to nines. eating french bread. and flirting with the tourists too.

ha.

mundane monday.

it was one of those days.

a horrible. no good. bad day.

the monday,

that i wanted to bang my head on my computer.

avoid the angry faces of grumpy patients,

and beg the constant ringing phone to stop.

oh, monday.

you're the screeching halt to a wonderful taste of freedom.

the freedom/weekend, that involved:

sister in laws.

graham.

phantom of the opera.

sleeping in,

and

liberty market twice. {ya, it was that good.}

is it Thanksgiving yet?