I want it that way!!

My roommate showed me this video tonight and it made me so happy!! And although I really was more an N'sync fan, it made me miss the Backstreet Boys. Are they still around?

Spektor Spectator

It's been so long since I've seen a really great concert. The last one I went to was Matt and Kim... who I love! They opened for a band called Cut Copy. It was such a fun show because everyone in the audience was dancing crazy. I'd never seen anything like it.

Before the Matt and Kim concert, I saw Snow Patrol. That was hands down the best show I've ever been to because...
a) it was free
b) I could see because I made my way up to the stage
c) Snow Patrol is my all time favorite band
d) we were surrounded by such fun strangers, who, during the concert, became our best friends and then became strangers again once the concert was over (one of these strangers/friends promised to email us some pictures of the show but as we left, we neglected to exchange email addresses. *sigh*)

And now guess who I get to see in a few weeks...



Regina! I just love this lady! (It's wierd, but her music will always and forever remind me of the Christmas season because when I first discovered her, it was Christmas time and I listened to her nonstop.)

On a completely unrelated topic... I am racing in a sprint triathlon this Satuday. This one is here in Vegas and I keep forgetting that it's coming up... oops! But wish me luck!!

no place like home

Lately I have been out of town so much! I've been doing really fun things and have enjoyed it IMMENSELY... I don't regret it at all! However, my home life is struggling...

Yesterday didn't make my bed for the first time in YEARS.

I have no food and have acquired a new breakfast food addiction... delicious parfait. delicious sausage burrito. No so good fat roll. Thank you McDonalds.

I found there is food rotting in my fridge. I think my roommates are leaving it for me to clean up. Which they should. Who wants to clean other people's rotting food??

My clothes are strewn all over my room. Dirty clothes and clean clothes all mingling together on my chair while my dirty clothes hamper sits empty.

My dog has such shaggy hair, he can barely see... even after his home done, temporary hair cut 3 weeks ago. And his nails are super long and sharp and he keeps chewing them off. Gross.

Because of all this, I feel like my life is so out of control. This weekend will be the first weekend I've been home in 5 weeks. I have so much to do!! My home has missed me...

I got a feelin'

When I went to Seattle this last weekend, my best friend in the Whole Wide World recorded this Oprah and I'm just so thankful because we watched it over and over and over! Every time I watch it, it makes me happy!! I hope it makes you happy too!

no bears are out tonight....

Last weekend I went backpacking at Big Pine, CA. We hiked up to Seven Lakes at almost 11,000 ft elevation. It was the most intense hike I've ever done, but it was well worth it because it was BEAUTIFUL up there!


Here we are at the trailhead. We are all pretty eager to get going.


Pretty waterfall and bridge.

I think this was the first lake. It was glacier water. Brrrr!

Here's our camp all set up.

This is us about to eat dinner.

My roomate, Megan, and I enjoying our mountain man food.

This picture was taken about an hour before the scariest night of my life began! I had no idea when I took this picture that soon I would wake up throughout the night feeling like this was the end. I really thought I was going to be ripped out of the tent by a bear. But at the time this picture was taken, I was having a super great time! We kept trying to take a picture of us "sleeping" but we would start giggling before the picture took. If only that fun could have lasted...

During the night, Laurel heard something and flew out of the tent to go investigate. It ended up being nothing, but that was the beginning of a very long night for us. I woke up to every sound with my heart POUNDING and my body shaking. The boys in the tent next to us were useless because when we called out ask if they heard anything, they were both dead asleep. When I woke up the next morning I swore off camping forever. But now I think I can go again, I just need to sleep next to a gun. :)

The next day we hiked up to a few different lakes, all very pretty.

This is Summit Lake. We didn't go down to that one because we were getting so very tired.

We ended up hiking out a day early because Megan and I really didn't want to spend another night like that first one. It really was a fun trip overall... I'm just happy that on my next vacation I get to sleep inside a house, on a nice bed, and I probably won't get blisters on my feet. :)

500 Days

I LOVED this movie for so many reasons!!

Don't worry, I'm not going to give anything away, but 2 reasons why I love it so much are...

1. SWEATER VESTS
2. REGINA SPEKTOR

Island Park Getaway

Things I learned from Island Park:

1. Sleeping in a camper is much warmer than a tent

2. Bears can run 40 MPH

3. ALWAYS investigate why your hot chocolate tastes like cardboard. It might be worms

4. 4 wheeling is DIRTY

5. When they call it a lazy river, they really mean LAZY! Thank heaven for oars!