It's true - I want to see everyone again!
I'm coming to Utah on the 25th and will be there for a few days. I'm thinking Tuesday, the 26th for dinner.
I have no idea where or exactly what time. I'm thinking 6 or 7 and somewhere where they have good seating - preferably a big round table would be nice.
Let me know if you can make it so I can get a count for the restaurant. I'll take suggestions. I hope I can see everyone and maybe meet a few people I haven't met yet!
Here is the post from the Meet and Greet in October last year.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Twilight All Night
So, naplobomo didn't work for me this time. Maybe next year. I'm still in Utah and I just got my internet to work at Amber's house. Woohoo!
I decided to let everyone know what I thought about the Twilight movie.
First, I liked the books. I think they are a fun escape from reality, they are complete fiction which is why I don't get to critical of them. And I think it's great that Stephanie Meyer wrote these for fun and now has enough money to use as mattress stuffing. I wish I could come up with a story that could make me millions.
Maybe something like this...
Once upon a time there was this girl who wanted so bad to be a fairy, and she tried and tried to make herself one. Like flying off the trampline with wings.. didn't work. Jumping from flower to flower.... that just made her mom mad. And then one day, she found a tree stump with a large hole in the bottom. She crawled in and....
Are you curious what happened? Would you pay 20 bucks a book to find out WHAT HAPPEND??
Give me some feedback, I need to make millions so I can buy everything on my lust list down below.
Back to the Twilight movie.
I tried to go into the theater with no expectations. And that I did. I thought the movie was great. I think they followed the book better than a lot of other book movies. The only thing I didn't like.... were the awkward camera angles. It killed the moments for me! The beautiful romantic moments... killed them.
Other than that. Great! I'm going to go again this week and take my husband. I just know he'll want to read the books after seeing it. ;)
p.s. the meet and greet was great. I'm sorry I had to leave early and that I didn't get to talk to the middle of the table. Next time maybe I'll invite a select few, and then rotate through my blogroll every few months. Would that work?? Oh! And Julie gave me a flower pot looking thing with tissue paper. Well, come to find when I opened it there were these AMAZING peanut butter cup things. Julie- I WANT that recipe. Not only have I eaten all of mine, I'm eating Amber's, too.
And Amber is being the best hostess. And Alexis keeps crawling into my bed at night because she can't sleep without me.
I decided to let everyone know what I thought about the Twilight movie.
First, I liked the books. I think they are a fun escape from reality, they are complete fiction which is why I don't get to critical of them. And I think it's great that Stephanie Meyer wrote these for fun and now has enough money to use as mattress stuffing. I wish I could come up with a story that could make me millions.
Maybe something like this...
Once upon a time there was this girl who wanted so bad to be a fairy, and she tried and tried to make herself one. Like flying off the trampline with wings.. didn't work. Jumping from flower to flower.... that just made her mom mad. And then one day, she found a tree stump with a large hole in the bottom. She crawled in and....
Are you curious what happened? Would you pay 20 bucks a book to find out WHAT HAPPEND??
Give me some feedback, I need to make millions so I can buy everything on my lust list down below.
Back to the Twilight movie.
I tried to go into the theater with no expectations. And that I did. I thought the movie was great. I think they followed the book better than a lot of other book movies. The only thing I didn't like.... were the awkward camera angles. It killed the moments for me! The beautiful romantic moments... killed them.
Other than that. Great! I'm going to go again this week and take my husband. I just know he'll want to read the books after seeing it. ;)
p.s. the meet and greet was great. I'm sorry I had to leave early and that I didn't get to talk to the middle of the table. Next time maybe I'll invite a select few, and then rotate through my blogroll every few months. Would that work?? Oh! And Julie gave me a flower pot looking thing with tissue paper. Well, come to find when I opened it there were these AMAZING peanut butter cup things. Julie- I WANT that recipe. Not only have I eaten all of mine, I'm eating Amber's, too.
And Amber is being the best hostess. And Alexis keeps crawling into my bed at night because she can't sleep without me.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Meet and Greet 2
I know your all so excited! I know I am.
If you haven't voted in the poll, please do now. We need the number to reserve a table. Even if you can't go, let me know so I know how many people to cross off my Christmas list.
Dinner is officially at 7:00 p.m. at Sampans in the South Towne mall on Friday the 21st. Reservations will be under both Kristina's and my name. So.. Whitney and Kristina, or Kristina and Whitney, however you like your green eggs and ham Sam I am.
I really hope everyone that is around can come. Believe me, the last one was so much fun you'll want to be there.
P.S. Today is my wonderful husbands birthday. I'll post pictures and about this wonderful man tomorrow :)
If you haven't voted in the poll, please do now. We need the number to reserve a table. Even if you can't go, let me know so I know how many people to cross off my Christmas list.
Dinner is officially at 7:00 p.m. at Sampans in the South Towne mall on Friday the 21st. Reservations will be under both Kristina's and my name. So.. Whitney and Kristina, or Kristina and Whitney, however you like your green eggs and ham Sam I am.
I really hope everyone that is around can come. Believe me, the last one was so much fun you'll want to be there.
P.S. Today is my wonderful husbands birthday. I'll post pictures and about this wonderful man tomorrow :)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Will You Be There?
Aren't in this picture?
Weren't there last time?
You missed out, my friend.
Never fear, I'm coming again and hoping some of my new friends will want to dine with me for either a second or first time.
You may have noticed the poll on my sidebar that's been there for a few weeks asking if you would like to have dinner again.
Since there are 41 votes and I voted twice(I think) that makes 39 voters.
I'm pretty surprised only 4 people thought I was weird. I wonder what these people's version of "normal" is? It's really a good thing I don't blog about every mood swing I have.. that number would go right on up.
14 people say, Yes! I would LOVE to have dinner with you! But only 7 of those say they can make it the weekend of the 21st, which is the weekend I will be down. Since I'm two of those votes, that makes 5 people. The more the merrier!
6 people said they weren't there last time, but they want to be this time. Did those same 6 people vote for the weekend? Man. I should have only made it possible to click one bubble.
Please leave a comment letting me know if your coming or not. Or if you think you can come. I had so much fun last time. I think when I come down I'll set aside a night/day/morning for food and those who can make it can come.
For those who live in Antarctica, you stink! You should live closer to the nexus of the universe.
For those of you who need a ride; I'll only go as far as San Diego to pick you up, so sorry Antarctica... you lose again!
For those of you who can't afford the gas, you MUST have voted when the poll first opened and now gas has gone way down. Want to change your vote?
For those of you not willing to make the trip for me (1 person), you must either
a. live in Antarctica
b. only visited my blog once, and that was to sabotage my voting thinger
c. not read my post about self esteem issues and paranoia at night when I'm by myself
d. were one of the 4 (or all 4??) who said I was weird
e. all of the above
We have 3 people who want Dennys (their booths are huge) and 5 who say a nice (meaning more than 8 bucks a plate) restaurant. I'm thinking it might be better if I just pick a place... maybe no poll. But I will take thoughts and discussions and I'm up for suggestions. I'm thinking Sampans in the South Town Mall; they take reservations and Kristina says they are pretty good. Dinner would probably be a little later 7 or 8. I do have to drive 3 1/2 hours. So, let me know what you think!
And for that one anonymous (Mary) person who had yucky chicken at Carinos. I'm sorry, better luck next time. Maybe this time you wont order a nasty mushroom brown saucy monster. :)
One other thing. Wendyburd is having a sweet giveaway for her 100th post. Check it out, it's pretty fantabulous.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
I Went to Utah This Weekend! And Met Some Strangers... But Strangers No More!
I am home from my greatly anticipated Utah trip. Both to meet new friends and to shop shop shop. I did both.
We got off to a little bit of a late start Friday and were ten minutes late to dinner. I was very very nervous because I didn't know what to expect. AND I was late to my own meet and greet. Walking in with everyone staring at me... But really, I don't think anyone noticed me until I sat down. I had to do some convincing that I really was who I said I was. They still didn't believe until Jaren walked in and they recognized HIM. I did feel a little bad. No one brought their husband so Jaren was sitting by himself in the corner. We might have scared him a little with our loud, blunt, unabashed conversations. Kidding. He wasn't scared.
Just maybe a little.
My sister, Lindsey was with me as well and she still doesn't think she has anything to blog about.
I sat next to Mary and Jaren. Across from Teresa, Jo and Ramona. I really wish we had a round table. I think next time I'll ask for a HUGE booth so we can all be in the same conversation. At the other side of the table was Kristina, Christa, Jillene, and Amber and her very cute little boy. Everyone was so great and funny and I loved loved loved the evening. We talked and talked and talked. Finished eating our food, then went outside to take some pictures and then talked and talked and talked. Then moved over to my car where we gave out some potatoes and then talked and talked and talked some more until I could hear some throat clearing behind me (my little sister... we were supposed to take her to Provo and we needed to be there by 9:30 and it was almost 9). So I said goodbye.. tears almost fell and then we left.
I hope to be able to get together with as many people as possible whenever I come to Utah. I really enjoyed it. It was so nice putting faces and more personality with blogs. Kristina was as great as she is on her blog. I wish I could have been able to talk to her more. Jillene was so nice and funny and I also wished I could have talked to her more. Amber came in a little late (she was packing to move that night and was able to slip away for a social visit) and I didn't really get to officially meet her until after/during dinner and she is great. Think I can get her to move to Rexburg? Christa sat two seats away from me and I wasn't able to chat with her. I really hope I get to next time! Jo and Teresa were blogs I hadn't seen yet and they came. I'm so glad they did because they were both awesome. Jo made me laugh quite frequently. I talk about Ramona and Teresa further down.
I was hoping Mary would be looking ahead and then I would unexpectedly try to get a picture of us together... since she's now famous. But she turned her head! How will ANYONE believe I met famous bloggers! Oh... the pictures that are below are proof. Few.
I was able to get Jillene to smile for me (not that it was hard) for this BEAUTIFUL picture. Jo had this great stress relieving technique where you just stab a ball of wool with a really really sharp needle. Actually.. it makes little things after you poke it enough times. At first I was skeptical, but then I saw the end product.
Mary didn't even want to poke the wool. I tried to force her hand but for some reason she didn't trust me. Like I was going to stab her finger... why would I do that? To get a drop of your blood to wear in a locket? KIDDING! Your face is priceless.
Kristina tried it too. Really. It's amazing none of us stabbed our fingers.
These two giggle twins were talking about Ramona's charms and I took a picture. I really do hope they were serious with their Rexburg trip talk. They got me all feeling like someone really did love me and would drive all the way here just to see me (they even thought I was 6 hours away! 3-4 silly.. depending on if your in Provo or Salt Lake). Teresa was great. A new blogging friend - thanks for bringing her Ramona! I got to sit across from these two... so funny. Ramona was funny and told us about her Giraffe story from the Zoo in Idaho Falls. Did you know how badly I wanted to go on an African Safari? I've mentioned it on here before somewhere.
Jo had an amazing camera. She let me man handle it (how trusting) and take pictures. I had so much fun with it. I showed it to Jaren and he said... "how much?" Kinda like.. do YOU have a job? Yeah.. didn't think so. I think I'll have to save my money again and instead of buying clothes... I'll buy one of those.
Here we all are. Except Christa. She had to bail out early.. something about how horrible I was in person.. or was it that I smelt? Or was it that her cute little boy was tired? I didn't get to find out. We are all evil with red eyes. My Kodak thingy isn't working so I can't get rid of the red eye. I'm going to leave the professional pictures to Jo and Amber. Oh.. wait.. I think the only one she got of me was of me shoving a mouthful of salad in my mouth... dang.
Jaren and I went on a walk this morning while waiting for my sister Lindsey to be dropped off to us by Lisa (cousin) and found this. Who knows about this house? It's above the conference center and the Temple. I can't believe how huge, beautiful, amazing, manicured, AMAZING it is! Who lives there? I've told Jaren that when we are millionaires (hah) someday and have given all of our potatoes away we are buying those people out of that house. I want it! How have I never seen it before.... I just can't figure it out.
Remember THIS post? I found the shoes at DSW! (thanks for introducing me Kristina.. it really was shoe heaven. I was only able to get two pairs.. but I'm going back next month) They were cheaper. I got so excited I had to have Jaren take a picture, but we were afraid we were going to get into trouble so I dropped down, he held the camera at his belly and the only thing I could think of was Kristina's profile Twilight deceiving picture (did you know she HATES Twilight?? I didn't. But I do now). So I posed. I think next time I go, I'm going to buy them. I LOVE them. I don't care if they look like hooker heels.
I shopped and got some great stuff. I'm going to get all dressed up for school tomorrow and take a picture. I'll try to post it tomorrow. All in all this was a VERY fun weekend and I hope to get to do it again.
We got off to a little bit of a late start Friday and were ten minutes late to dinner. I was very very nervous because I didn't know what to expect. AND I was late to my own meet and greet. Walking in with everyone staring at me... But really, I don't think anyone noticed me until I sat down. I had to do some convincing that I really was who I said I was. They still didn't believe until Jaren walked in and they recognized HIM. I did feel a little bad. No one brought their husband so Jaren was sitting by himself in the corner. We might have scared him a little with our loud, blunt, unabashed conversations. Kidding. He wasn't scared.
Just maybe a little.
My sister, Lindsey was with me as well and she still doesn't think she has anything to blog about.
I sat next to Mary and Jaren. Across from Teresa, Jo and Ramona. I really wish we had a round table. I think next time I'll ask for a HUGE booth so we can all be in the same conversation. At the other side of the table was Kristina, Christa, Jillene, and Amber and her very cute little boy. Everyone was so great and funny and I loved loved loved the evening. We talked and talked and talked. Finished eating our food, then went outside to take some pictures and then talked and talked and talked. Then moved over to my car where we gave out some potatoes and then talked and talked and talked some more until I could hear some throat clearing behind me (my little sister... we were supposed to take her to Provo and we needed to be there by 9:30 and it was almost 9). So I said goodbye.. tears almost fell and then we left.
I hope to be able to get together with as many people as possible whenever I come to Utah. I really enjoyed it. It was so nice putting faces and more personality with blogs. Kristina was as great as she is on her blog. I wish I could have been able to talk to her more. Jillene was so nice and funny and I also wished I could have talked to her more. Amber came in a little late (she was packing to move that night and was able to slip away for a social visit) and I didn't really get to officially meet her until after/during dinner and she is great. Think I can get her to move to Rexburg? Christa sat two seats away from me and I wasn't able to chat with her. I really hope I get to next time! Jo and Teresa were blogs I hadn't seen yet and they came. I'm so glad they did because they were both awesome. Jo made me laugh quite frequently. I talk about Ramona and Teresa further down.
I was hoping Mary would be looking ahead and then I would unexpectedly try to get a picture of us together... since she's now famous. But she turned her head! How will ANYONE believe I met famous bloggers! Oh... the pictures that are below are proof. Few.
I was able to get Jillene to smile for me (not that it was hard) for this BEAUTIFUL picture. Jo had this great stress relieving technique where you just stab a ball of wool with a really really sharp needle. Actually.. it makes little things after you poke it enough times. At first I was skeptical, but then I saw the end product.
Mary didn't even want to poke the wool. I tried to force her hand but for some reason she didn't trust me. Like I was going to stab her finger... why would I do that? To get a drop of your blood to wear in a locket? KIDDING! Your face is priceless.
Kristina tried it too. Really. It's amazing none of us stabbed our fingers.
These two giggle twins were talking about Ramona's charms and I took a picture. I really do hope they were serious with their Rexburg trip talk. They got me all feeling like someone really did love me and would drive all the way here just to see me (they even thought I was 6 hours away! 3-4 silly.. depending on if your in Provo or Salt Lake). Teresa was great. A new blogging friend - thanks for bringing her Ramona! I got to sit across from these two... so funny. Ramona was funny and told us about her Giraffe story from the Zoo in Idaho Falls. Did you know how badly I wanted to go on an African Safari? I've mentioned it on here before somewhere.
Jo had an amazing camera. She let me man handle it (how trusting) and take pictures. I had so much fun with it. I showed it to Jaren and he said... "how much?" Kinda like.. do YOU have a job? Yeah.. didn't think so. I think I'll have to save my money again and instead of buying clothes... I'll buy one of those.
Here we all are. Except Christa. She had to bail out early.. something about how horrible I was in person.. or was it that I smelt? Or was it that her cute little boy was tired? I didn't get to find out. We are all evil with red eyes. My Kodak thingy isn't working so I can't get rid of the red eye. I'm going to leave the professional pictures to Jo and Amber. Oh.. wait.. I think the only one she got of me was of me shoving a mouthful of salad in my mouth... dang.
Jaren and I went on a walk this morning while waiting for my sister Lindsey to be dropped off to us by Lisa (cousin) and found this. Who knows about this house? It's above the conference center and the Temple. I can't believe how huge, beautiful, amazing, manicured, AMAZING it is! Who lives there? I've told Jaren that when we are millionaires (hah) someday and have given all of our potatoes away we are buying those people out of that house. I want it! How have I never seen it before.... I just can't figure it out.
Remember THIS post? I found the shoes at DSW! (thanks for introducing me Kristina.. it really was shoe heaven. I was only able to get two pairs.. but I'm going back next month) They were cheaper. I got so excited I had to have Jaren take a picture, but we were afraid we were going to get into trouble so I dropped down, he held the camera at his belly and the only thing I could think of was Kristina's profile Twilight deceiving picture (did you know she HATES Twilight?? I didn't. But I do now). So I posed. I think next time I go, I'm going to buy them. I LOVE them. I don't care if they look like hooker heels.
I shopped and got some great stuff. I'm going to get all dressed up for school tomorrow and take a picture. I'll try to post it tomorrow. All in all this was a VERY fun weekend and I hope to get to do it again.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Votes Are In!
Does this picture scare anyone? It's from when I chopped off ALL my hair. I want it back!
Looks like FRIDAY at 6 at JOHNNY CARINOS in Sandy.
Sorry Kristina. The poll said 9 to 5 (isn't that a Dolly song? and movie?). I thought you were going to vote on every computer you could get your hands on?
They don't take reservations - Who does anymore?? Just call aheads. So I'm going to call before 5 and I'll show up there at 5:30-5:40ish.
I'm telling them 10 even though the count right now is 5. On my "what would work best for you? breakfast lunch or dinner? or all three?" poll I had eight people who voted. Did that mean that those who voted were coming?
If your husband isn't babysitting or couch sitting have him come along, too. Or poor Jaren will be all by himself with a bunch of loud ladies.
Here is the address to Johnnies:
10585 S State St
Sandy, UT 84070
I'm mapquesting it.
Unfortunately I wont have had enough time to go spend my sweaty wad of cash so I will not be in my new clothes. Fortunately (like that Ramona?) if you were to have dinner with me SATURDAY night, then I would be all snazzy (I hope. New clothes do make you beautiful. Right?)
I haven't had P.F. Changs in FOREVER. So, I think I'll do that Saturday night. I usually only order the lettuce wraps. Then eat the whole thing. Mmmmmm. So stinkin good.
Friday Night at 6
But where?! The polls are tied. Jonnies or Texas? I'm going to call and see if I can make a reservation but I need a number... AND need to know where.
If there is a better restaurant let me know. Or even one that I've never heard of that has yummy food. If you would like a cheaper one, let me know!
I also need a count. My husband is coming so yours can too! In fact, I encourage it so that Jaren doesn't feel to estrogened out.
My poll says 10 votes. I voted once, so is that 9 other people? Let me know! And anyone who is in the area and would like to meet is invited! I'll give the address in another post tomorrow morning.
Also.. I'm very sorry I haven't been commenting yesterday and today. I'm trying to get everything done so I can take off tomorrow afternoon.
P.S. - The comp cord has been replaced. For 70 bucks. Wish I had known about the universal cord and other cheaper one's before I panicked and ordered one bright and early the next morning.
If there is a better restaurant let me know. Or even one that I've never heard of that has yummy food. If you would like a cheaper one, let me know!
I also need a count. My husband is coming so yours can too! In fact, I encourage it so that Jaren doesn't feel to estrogened out.
My poll says 10 votes. I voted once, so is that 9 other people? Let me know! And anyone who is in the area and would like to meet is invited! I'll give the address in another post tomorrow morning.
Also.. I'm very sorry I haven't been commenting yesterday and today. I'm trying to get everything done so I can take off tomorrow afternoon.
P.S. - The comp cord has been replaced. For 70 bucks. Wish I had known about the universal cord and other cheaper one's before I panicked and ordered one bright and early the next morning.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Meet and Greet
So.... sad news.
I was so excited because Jaren finished digging potatoes last night (1:00 AM) and it meant that he might be able to come to Utah with me. I feel like I haven't been able to spend any time with him the last month between spud harvest and school. It's made me a bit sad. So this would have been a much needed very short vay-cay.
But then we checked the weather. Stupid weather. Stupid snow.
It's supposed to snow here and in the Malad Pass which is kind of how we get to Utah. It's supposed to snow tomorrow when we are going to drive and Saturday evening when we were planning on coming home.
Now. I know what this means. I'm really sad I'm going to miss the meet and greet. And not be able to shop (which was really truly the highlight of my trip. Kidding!) BUT. The weather is supposed to be just peachy NEXT weekend. If I come next weekend, who would still want to meet me?
I will probably come anyway even if nobody wants to see my sad sorry face. So. Who could do either dinner Friday or on Saturday a breakfast or lunch or dinner NEXT weekend?
I'm sorry Kristina! (I'm really sad about it.)
I was so excited because Jaren finished digging potatoes last night (1:00 AM) and it meant that he might be able to come to Utah with me. I feel like I haven't been able to spend any time with him the last month between spud harvest and school. It's made me a bit sad. So this would have been a much needed very short vay-cay.
But then we checked the weather. Stupid weather. Stupid snow.
It's supposed to snow here and in the Malad Pass which is kind of how we get to Utah. It's supposed to snow tomorrow when we are going to drive and Saturday evening when we were planning on coming home.
Now. I know what this means. I'm really sad I'm going to miss the meet and greet. And not be able to shop (which was really truly the highlight of my trip. Kidding!) BUT. The weather is supposed to be just peachy NEXT weekend. If I come next weekend, who would still want to meet me?
I will probably come anyway even if nobody wants to see my sad sorry face. So. Who could do either dinner Friday or on Saturday a breakfast or lunch or dinner NEXT weekend?
I'm sorry Kristina! (I'm really sad about it.)
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