Sunday, October 16, 2011

All I Want for my Birthday is...

My family demands that I post this on my birthday and at Christmas.  Trouble is, I have become accustomed to seeing something I like and just buying it.  I guess I can come up with a few items I haven't immediately thrown money at, like this:

A shower curtain to go behind my shower curtain.  Really.
This boombox so I can listen to NPR at work.  No, they won't let me stream it.
To go along with the shower curtain this bathmat which isn't as awful as the one I now use. 
And finally, this splurge nightgown size XL.  I love Eileen West knit gowns. They are super comfortable and soft.
Is that enough?  Or maybe this.  Or this.  Or even this. 


Really, a meal cooked by someone else and a slice of THE chocolate cake would be enough.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Row, row, row your boat...

I spent Saturday at the Great Salt Lake with a bunch of insane people.  Yeah, they were teachers, so???  We kayaked around a place called Egg Island that is literally covered with seagulls.  Who knew there were three different species of those annoying birds in Utah.  We don't have a Sea!  We do not need seagulls.  I had a great time even considering I fell out of the kayak onto some rocks.  Yes, I do know how lame that sounds.  My arms are black and blue.  It's been so warm in my classroom that keeping long sleeves on was difficult.  Explaining the bruises was even more difficult.  So I put the long sleeved shirt back on.