but I don't even like football

Thanks to our dear Emily Mr. Reece and I have a new obsession, Friday Night Lights. Turns out I do like football when the games last about five minutes and are set to dramatic music. Mr. Reece is particularly pleased that I now know how one achieves two first downs. Watch this show, it will change your life and quite possibly your accent.

old photos

Meet my great-grandparents, Cap & Bertha Blohm. The top photo is of my great-grandmother in Africa, Nambia to be exact. According to my great-grandfathers journal she insisted in having her photo taken next to a termite hill.


You have to admire a woman who will wear heels and demand to be photographed near what is essentially a dung heap, maybe she liked the contrast.
These kind of photographs are one of the big reasons I want to pursue photography, they are so rich and beautiful.

thank you m.s. corley

I can't even begin to tell you how happy these make me!






He is even going to turn these into prints, if I could hug him, I would. Check out his artwork here.

thanks for posting about this black eiffel!

ladies night in

Nothing is better than the company of lovely women. Thanks to Emily we had a great night of tiling, food and scintillating conversation! I will definitely be posting about my finished product soon! Thanks Emily!

Max

As soon as I finish editing these, there will be more of this:

thanks facebook

Lauren and I circa 1994.

Myself, Lauren & Kjerstin

Our 4th grade class.


I was admittedly a little wary of joining the Facebook. It seemed a little odd, and I already have this blog, so why did I need another self promoting cyber page? To find Kjerstin and Lauren. My two friends that I spent countless hours watching VH1, (before it became the ses pool of debauchery that it is now) playing Mario Paint (if you don't know what Mario Paint is, I pity you) and drinking Diet Coke. I am so tickled to be back in contact with these tremendous ladies, thanks Facebook!

p.s. Kjerstin, what do you think of me hiring you to write for me? My mother says that all my posts are filled with grammatical atrocities so I think I need some professional help.

oscar

My favorite Oscar gowns from this evenings festivities, aren't they are amazing?! And to top it all off the Oscars were amazingly entertaining and they actually didn't go to long. Wouldn't it be weird if the Oscars won an Emmy?

busy week

A tremendous week, I will tell you all about it, later.

I love these people

Lindsey & Cody, two of the best looking and smartest people I know, but they had a little trouble with 1, 2, 3, cheese.

hello netflix

Up until last night Mr. Reece and I have been supporters and fans of the Blockbuster movie rental system. We thought it was great that you could get movies in the mail and then return them at the store so you would have a film while you wait for your other film to come in the mail.

Well, last night we learned that Netflix up'd the ante. You can now watch movies instantly on your PC, Mac or XBOX. It's like Christmas, do you know how many TV series you can have at once in your instant queue? It's ridiculous, ridiculously wonderful. Thank you sweet Netflix.

On a side note, while you are browsing the millions of titles available to rent, Netflix also has a section of most popular movies rented in your city. Here are Provo's top 6. Really Provo? Are we really that big of a stereotype?

what's the deal food network?

I used to be able to tune into you and find daily culinary inspiration, I used to see these friendly faces staring back at me, giving me great ideas about simple, clean & delicious food. Now I fear dear Food Network, you are taking a turn for the worst.



It all started with Semi-homemade (don't get me wrong, that lady deserves all the success she can get, her life story is amazing, but her recipes and tablescapes, you heard me, tablescapes are atrocious.) And now you have inflicted upon us Guy Fieri, Big Daddy's House, Ask Aida, Rachel Ray, (sorry fans, she is not my favorite) At Home with the Neely's, Cooking for Real and to top it off you are only showing re-runs of Ace of Cakes, which is a marvelous show, but hello you are re-running last season!

All I am saying is, lets return to the goodness Food Network.

superstitious

I have never been superstitious, irrational yes, but weird fears of specific calendar dates no. When we decided to get married on Friday the 13th (of May) several people were adamantly opposed to this apparently disastrous decision. "Are you sure? You know you want to start out on the right foot, are you sure you want to jinx your marriage like that?" I was under the impression that we were in the 21st century and didn't really take stock in such silliness. And so my darling husband and I decided to challenge fate and we tied the knot on Friday the 13th. It has been delightful ever since.

I am thinking of hanging this vintage Friday the 13th poster in my living room, I just think that would be really nice and inviting, don't you?

I want to go to there

Oh a little sunshine would be so nice.



I am getting really tired of this.

I heart D.C.

After Suzanne and I worked our little hearts out in NYC, we thought we would head off to D.C. for a little fun. Suzanne is the perfect tour guide as she used to be the buyer for the Smithsonian museums and grew up in the D.C. area. We had a great hotel three blocks from the white house, and basically in walking distance from everything. Suzanne's friends met up with us and we had three amazing dinners, the food in D.C. is just amazing. I can now say with out a doubt the best meal I ever had was in D.C.

We had so much fun walking the mall and the weather was gorgeous, it was so great. We got to see so many great museums. The Holocaust museum was one of the best/worst things I have ever seen, I am so glad I got to experience it. We got to see an amazing exhibit of Fritz Scholders and I absolutely fell in love with his paintings, which really surprised me because I have never particularly liked native American art, I have always appreciated it, it just didn't speak to me.

We got quite the surprise when we went back to our hotel and it was surrounded by dozens of secret service and police. Our hotel was hosting the Alfalfa Club dinner, and everyone who is anyone in politics, including our current President was in attendance. We got to see Sarah Palin, John McCain, Alan Greenspan, Colon Powell, The 1st set of Bushes and quite a few others. Although we didn't get to see President Obama, we still thought it was cool that he was there in the next room! I know I only got to see a tiny portion of what D.C. has to offer, but I really love D.C. and hope to go back really soon.

oh yeah, and who should I run into after church at the starbucks above the capitol? My very own representative, Jason Chaffetz. I didn't let him know that I voted for the other guy.