friends.

sometimes ash & i frighten each other at how alike we are.

we went to dinner over the weekend and showed up wearing the same shirt.

coincidence? yes.

sisters separated at birth? maybe

i love these girls.  we went to the jazz game for a birthday.

we have the best of times.

we dine on thai food together. best.

we wear matching color schemes sometimes.

we pretend we're taller than each other (linds. love you. yowzah)

sometimes we do each others makeup and go out on the town.

and we giggle and take a gazillion photos of ourselves.

i love my friends.

i am so thankful for them today.

what are you thankful for today?

nye 2011

just cause we love to dress up and take photos of ourselves.
we had a fun NYE.
we went up to SLC with some friends and hung out around the U of U campus (yeah, we broke the cardinal rule of hanging out with our rival....)


we then drove home on the exact speed limit because the po-po was out and about.
i think i counted 8 cops on the WAY up to SLC and about the same amount on the way home.
it was crazy.


but we didn't get killed by a drunk driver.
we didn't 
we did have a blast.
we did do a late night run to del taco.
we did come home and watch glee.
we did talk about the men in our lives.
we did talk about our 2012 goals.
we did laugh our heads off.
we did sing along to kenny loggins (danny's song)


i love this gal (t-milla) and i love NYE.
we had a blast.


NYE was so fun my dears.
what did you do for NYE?

becoming domestic. part 1

1 - easy peasy...went shopping (in my CLOSET) and found some gems.  getting ready for the day is fun again

2 - tastee zuccini

3 - a fabulous (gluten free) meal i made last eve

moving into the condo has opened my eyes to a whole new world.  don't get me wrong, i loved being at home with mi familia, but there is something so...refreshing about being on my own again.  i have this need to create again.  i've awoken something inside of me that has been sleeping for the past little while.

last night i came home and tried a new meal.  it's so much easier to cook for more than one person, so i baked a delish meal for the roomie and i.

i saw this zuccini on pinterest and decided to give it a go.

2 large (fresh) zuccini

1/2 stick of softened butter

garlic salt

grated mozzarella cheese

basically, i washed the zuccini, cut it up, into thick slices and laid it on a cookie sheet.

i then took the softened butter and mixed in some garlic salt (i like LOVE garlic fyi)

then you spread the butter mixture onto the zuccini

place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake on 350 for about 15-20 minutes.

remove the cookie sheet from the oven and sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top

place the cookie sheet back into the oven (set oven to BROIL) for about 5-10 minutes

and voila!  you have a tasty (and mildly healthy) veggie to go with your pasta.

brace yourselves, i am going to be doing a whole lot more baking these days, now that I'm domestic and all.... (yeah right...)

"the condo"

sorry that these are teeny tiny itty bitty, but i don't have my

actual camera unpacked yet...i cannot find it (yikes)

i'm all moved into the condo ("the condo" as T & I so lovingly refer to it as)

it's been so much fun this weekend.

moving my crap.

unpacking and getting all settled in.

grocery shopping.

watching harry potter.

eating chips and salsa.

temple trip.

going to a new YSA ward.

woo hoo.  I am so thrilled for the upcoming semester.

how was your weekend?

moving.

i am moving.

this weekend.

i am so thrilled to be moving into a darling condo.

don't worry, its gonna be off the heeze.

we'll have parteeze.

eat lots of smarteeze.

if you drop by imma call you shawteeze.

wish me luck, because i am not thrilled about moving during the hottest time of the year.

yikes.