Random "Badass" Adventure: Starring Nic Weldon!!

Today at the end of my stressful shift at work I was surprised by my long lost friend, Nic! After work him and went over to Badass Coffee in Sugar House and ordered some yummy-ish blended drinks. I say yummy-ish cuz they were so sweet that after a few sips it was hard to drink anymore. We hung out at Badass for a while, cuz that's where I take all of my most favorite people and then we headed back to Michaels to drop me off. Nic had mentioned he was looking for a job and it just so happens that Michaels is hiring framers. So I gave him a shoe in by introducing him to the store manager. I'm confident he will get the position. So yeah that's that. Yay for random friend appearances. :D

Random Adventure: Solo Style

Lately I've been feeling like my whole life is one insane juggling act just moments away from toppling down on me. BUT! today I was able to escape all of that (if only for an hour) and it was marvelous. Holly told me about a place called Bridal Veil Falls that is just barely up the Provo canyon.




I pulled into Nun's Park ( i think it was something like that) and walked along the path there until I found a nice place right next the the water to sit. It was a nice big slanted rock that was butted up against an old log which made for a fairly comfortable recliner. I laid back there for a while and thought about things and wrote a little and took a short cat nap. 

After that I walked up the path to the falls and took in it's beauty. This is where I found my lovely friend Hugo. This is him climbing up my arm and here he is on my shoulder. We had a good chat about things and then I let him get back to his business. Unfortunately I couldn't talk him into coming home w/ me. So we said our good-byes.

I spent a few minutes more at the falls but then got creeped out by a guy that was there so I left.






I was nice to get lost in the sound of the river water rushing by and to breathe in some fresh air. I also really enjoyed being reminded of the tickle of little caterpillar feet. Thank you, Hugo for making it a good time even better. :)

Weekend in Cedar

So this past weekend I did a spontaneous trip to Cedar since I had 3 days off in a row. It was a whirl wind of complete and awesome randomness. First of all I got to see my sister new place. That's right my sister has her own place where she and her BF pay rent and everything. I'm jealous, but super happy for them. It's a cute little studio w/ 0 counter space but newly remodeled so everything was new and clean.

Since I had some extra money I bought them some mixing bowls and measuring cups and then we used them to make yummy healthy muffins!

All you need is one box of Devil's Food cake and a can of pumpkin. Don't add the eggs or anything, just those two ingredients is all you need. Mix well but it doesn't have to be smooth. Then put in papered or greased muffin tins and back @ 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Yummmmy! (sorry I forgot to get a pic of them)

Then to go along with our cooking theme we bought apron kits that said they had everything you needed, just cut out the pieces and sew together. Well we got them home and discovered that the kit didn't include any backing fabric. So our quick aprons ended up taking all weekend w/ running to the store several times for backing fabric, seam ripper, etc. BUT we got them done! and they look lovely.

THEN! we heard there was going to be a crash up derby in Parawon and only $6 to get in. In Cedar there's not really a lot to do so we figured why not. We didn't think to come early and we should have known so we ended up sitting in the dirt in front of the bleachers. Couldn't see a whole lot from there but we could see enough. The derby part ended up being a dud but the mini races were exciting so we didn't feel to bad about the money we spent. So yeah that's that. Yay for Kim having her own place!