REASONS LIFE IS FUNNY:
the british.funny FUNNY inside jokes from paris... "angles."in 2.5 weeks you better believe i'm going to sing her spice girls...seriously clever writers.and 3-d glasses...

someone i love who is 5 loves blue. anything blue.

and only under one cirumstance is it also my favorite:

aka we walked about 20 miles this day. i'll spare you the pictures i took of the blisters on my feet :)shopping @ portobello road( yes, i sang. thank you bedknobs & broomsticks) covent garden. picadilly circus. st. james's park. winston churchill & war rooms museum. harrod's.

this is the day i loved the most. :)
except that one time we lost lance for an hour. ha.

london travel buddies lance & emily.red bus. london bridge. street fair, tukish delight & our new friend graham.the best sandwhich in the UK- ham & brie melted & delicious. st paul's- me feeding the birds (thanks marry poppins). london tower.

the chicas: emily, erin e, me, aubrey, erin h, megan

heathrow airport. houses of parliament & big ben & clock tower. westminster abbey. trafalgar square. london eye.
london is lovely.

here i come. my first overseas out of america experience.
i am so excited.

“You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” Samuel Johnson

i promised i'd come home.
but i know i won't want to.

see you guys on the 25th. :)

lil shetland pony.

do you ever feel like you are just so different than everyone around you?? i just feel so odd-out sometimes. and why does everyone think that you should like & want to do everything else everyone else does??

like apparantly i'm the only single person who DOESN'T want to be proposed to in front of 17,000 people at a concert (like that chick @ rascal flatts on saturday. great concert, btw.). when i said so, INVARIABLY everyone said "yeah, you do! you'd love it!"
actually, no. i wouldn't. at all. i'd hate it.

i hate clubbing. i got over the wanting-to-be-close-to-other-people's-sweat-thing like at 17.

i don't like sleeping in on a saturday, no matter how late i stayed up.

i don't like how flowers smell. i think they stink. and going along with that, i hate smelly lotions, sprays perfumes, deodorants, etc. aveeno natural scent-free all the way. when people say "doesn't this smell so good!?" & shove lotion or a candle in my face and i reply with "yep!" I'M LYING.

i don't actually enjoy watching tv. not really at all. i do it to be social & cuddle, but i'd rather be reading a book or cooking or out for a walk or bike ride or just talking or anything else.

i've never seen an episode of the bachelor or bachelorette and never intend to. if you want to watch drama in dating unfold- go to a single's ward. ;)

ANNNNNND i like the new facebook. *shocking!*

i'm different. and at the end of the day, i like myself anyway! the end.

poor pluto.

discovered today in 1930.

you'll always be a planet to me...

last night me & my new friend olivia made a chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake from Juniors.
yes that is bonafied cookie dough on top.
yes it is as good as it sounds.
and yes it is as good at it looks.
and yes we were pretty excited bc it was our first cheesecake ever!! woot.
(please excuse the fact i looked hideous and olivia looks perfect!)

every once & a while, i highlight a little something about someone i love on my blog. so far the list is just my sister, danielle, brighton and jamie. let's add another to the list!

i bring you non other than miss merzy k eaton face!!

you know what i like about meredith? that she's funny. and smart. and rather clever with words. and that in the middle of the night, when she needs to talk, she's not too shy to come over and climb right into the covers with me and just hash it out. she and i love a good period peice and stomp out the sidewalks around memphis & adams on a regular basis, walking & talking to our hearts content. if i could create a mantra for merz, it would be

"sometimes you just need a snuggle & a diet coke."

how do we love, thee? let me count the ways.

i'm going to london in 6 days. 6 DAYS PEOPLE!!!
and i haven't even thought about packing.
and the farthest i've gotten in preparation is a passport & an umbrella.
i think that's a respectable start...

i'm going to just hope & pray some other girl brings a hairdryer & a power converter.

sometimes i am really glad i moved to las vegas. especially when i go on a non lunch date and it's under 5 bucks. and delicious.

when we worked at leavitt, merzy & i had a daily routine. everyday we would email 5 good things about our day, and the other would reply with their 5 things. this was ESPECIALLY necessary when it seemed to be a day when there was NOTHING good. some days required 10 things to prove our gratitude to the heavens and othertimes, the day was just so filled with lovely things that 5 just wasn't enough!! :)

my 5 things:
1. i have a great job & job security. i'm VERY lucky.
2. my two legs love to walk around HB everyday enjoying the crisp ocean air.
3. brad makes me laugh- whether the joke is actually funny or i'm just laughing at him, there's ne'er a day that goes by without multiple giggles. for example, he bought a energy drink on "clearance" this morning- shouldn't that be an indicator of why you should NOT drink it- and spent his next appointment shaking like a drug addict on withdrawal. he was trying to point to prices on a piece of paper and his hand couldn't stop moving! no WONDER she said "no!" when he asked to use the restroom... she probably figured he needed to shoot up! BAHA!
4. my boss has been out at appointments all day, which means my pandora radio has been gleefully playing at my desk a little louder than usual. (try "Tristan Prettyman" radio. it's lovely!)
5. merzy & i exchanged an email today that was shamefully honest & HILARIOUS.
6. i sat out in the sun reading a book my father lent me on my lunch. hopefully a slight tan & spiritual growth will be consequences!
7. i'm wearing flat shoes to work today. no, i'm serious, this is made the list! too many days of stilletos and heels in a row!

anyway. :)

last night i did this:

and my back is now killing me with the lovely soreness of exercise. but YES! we are going again bc it was SOOO fun!! 55 minutes & and extra 5 of abs just flew by. i heart kickboxing :)

pb & j. check.

pretzel sticks. check.

cup of applesauce. check.

baggie of edamame. check.

lunch of a 5 year old. check.

conclusion: eat what sounds good and is cheap.

Hey! Just as a "Hey if anyone is looking for a car for their kid to drive, or their friend is looking for a nice, clean, perfect condition, under warranty car, I have one I wouldn't mind selling!"
Spread the word.
No seriously. AWESOME car. It's great. And YES, I am using my blog as a networking tool.
C'mon, SOMEONE has a middle-class American citizen/friend/relative/neighbor who wants a nice & fairly inexpensive sedan, right??

ask me what i ate for lunch.

delish.

curdle.

eek.