Bummer

I’m so bummed out. We had big plans to go home to Bountiful this Friday night after work and spend a leisurely long weekend full of food, fireworks, and family. Matt told me yesterday that he has to work up here on Saturday night, meaning that we’ll probably have to miss (or just be very …

New Look

As you can all see, I’ve started to create a new look for my blog, using the original URL name for my new title. When I originally created this blog a few years ago, I did so after delving into a book that my Dad recommended to me called The Day I Became an Autodidact. …

Work Tour

I figured it was about time I posted at least some small paragraph or two about the place where I now spend 50 hours a week. So, welcome to the 3-picture virtual tour of my workspace! Above, you’ll find a practically-professional picture of my desk, which I am pretty much chained to from 7 in …

Summerfest – Logan Style

It finally came! A day when we saw each other for more than 10 minutes!(stupid conflicting job schedules…) After picking up my Bountiful Basket this morning (the blackberries were especially delicious!), Matt and I decided to go over and check out Logan’s Summerfest, where his mom had set up a booth as one of the …

Willpower

It was bound to happen someday–I’ve found someone as obsessed with chocolate as me. She keeps chocolate out for everyone at work, but she’s not here during the day. She also keeps little tidbits of candy in every nook and cranny of her office. I’ve managed, with the help of the guys in the shop, …

Orange Poppies

There are patches of beauty all around us that often go unnoticed. Yesterday while driving to my daily aerobics class, my eyes happened to slide over to the right, where they nearly popped out at the sight of this hilltop completely covered in orange poppies. My mouth literally dropped open and I whispered Wow. On …