Boise

I normally love spontaneous last minute trips, but this is one I'm not too excited for.  My dad called me last night at 9 and told me that we were going to get in the car in the morning (on Saturday) and drive to Boise to see my grandparents and then drive back on Monday.  So, I called in to work, let them know what was going on, and now I'm packed and just about ready to go.  My parents were planning on bringing the dogs along but luckily I was able to talk them out of that.  I'm grateful to be able to go see my grandparents, even if it is just for a day, but I sure wish we were flying!  I wish the circumstances were different, but, like I said, I'm grateful to be able to go see them despite everything else.  My grandpa hasn't been doing very well and he's back in intensive care. I love him so much, and it makes me really sad that he's in such bad health.  I'm nervous to go see him in the hospital because I don't want it to be like when I saw Lillian for the last time.  I pretend to be numb, but I'm really sad. 

I've never planned out the details of my someday wedding.  I mean, like most girls I've looked at dresses and cakes and dreamed, but never set my heart on any of it. The only thing I've known I really wanted was to dance with Bob.  It breaks my heart to know he probably won't be there, physically at least.  I want to dance with him like my sisters did and see how happy it made him.  Life just isn't fair.  Perhaps he's lucky.  I'm almost excited for him, but really sad for me and my family.  We all love him so much.  I love him.

Julie & Julia

I just watched Julie and Julia and absolutely LOVED it!  That one may have to become a purchase.  I love to cook and especially bake, so I of course loved watching a movie all about that!  It makes me want to do the same thing as Julie and work my way through an entire cookbook.  I think I may have to dig up my lemon dessert recipe book and start going through that one!  I've made a number of recipes from it and have yet to be disappointed!  The ones I have tried include lemon pound cake, lemon granata, lemon madeleines, and, the all-time favorite, perfect lemon tart.  Ask anyone who has tried it, it's killer!  And there are so many more!!  Perhaps I should wait until I can use the lemons off our tree to tackle that book.  I could always start with my Ghirardelli cookbook! Yumm!!!  I've only made one cake from that one, but it was really good!  Or, my grandma and grandpa gave me a Philadelphia Cream Cheese recipe book for Christmas, which upon opening I immediately let out an audible "uh-oh" because I knew how much trouble it could cause.  Hmmm.....that could be a lot of cheesecake, but I could always give it away.  Who would be willing to partake of the sweets if I bake them?  Heaven knows I can't keep them around the house!

 

Lemon pound cake

Thoughts I'm Thinking

I feel like I have a million thoughts bouncing around in my head and I never know which one is going to pop up next. Some of them are nice to dwell on and others I wish I could just delete.  I was just talking to a friend about someone and something that happened in the past and she was all, "Don't you wish you could Eternal-Sunshine-of-the-Spotless-Mind him?"  I really wish I could!  That is such a great movie!  If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it!  It's one of my favorites! Then again, I like somewhat off-beat movies.

Saying goodbye to Trevor the night before he moved to Utah

Trevor just got engaged and is getting married on August 14th!  It's going to be in Salt Lake City and I can't wait!!!  I'm so excited for him!  Even more excited for all the fun his reception will entail with a reunion of my favorite people from LA!  I'm going to try and take at least a week off of work and spend the whole time in Utah.  Which means, time with my sis, bro-in-law and nephew, reunions with Utah friends, and a whole lot of partying!  I'm soo excited!!  Especially to just have something to look forward to and be excited for!  It's been a while.  It's going to rock!!!

 Trevor & Jeniffer. Don't they make the cutest couple?!

So happy for him!!! =D