Guest Blogging

Check it out! I wrote a blog post for a "Women in Law" blog, and they put up my submission. Pretty cool huh?

Read the full post here.

Volleyball

I played in a church volleyball tourney this weekend. We took 3rd place in our Stake and won some nerds. I also made Russ come and cheer me on and take pictures. I told him how I had a rough childhood, being 1 of 5 kids, and not always having someone sitting in the stands cheering for me. Sucker. He totally fell for it.... and took some great pictures:

Running...

Here's some pictures from the 10K I did a few weeks ago. This is the longest race I've run. Russ was kind enough to get up early and come take photos of the race.

My next race will be on October 30th. I think I should dress up for it because it's so close to Halloween. What do you think I should dress up as?

Sleepy Chow

How do you know you've had a good day? How do you know life is good?

I know when I end the day looking like this:

Saturday was a good day (again w/ the Eskanders). The Farmer's Market, the library, Hyde Park Café and Grill, Inception, and all the time in the car just talking.

I love this summer.

Lladró

Whenever they need help, I work out this wonderful outlet shop, Lladró.  Well, this weekend they are having a special sale, so I'll be working a lot. I loved so many of the pieces that we just received, I just had to post them:

This one's for Sept. 11 called The Tribute

This one takes my breathe away... BEAUTY!

This piece reminds me of my dear, dear friend Jory. I miss his wit!

This one is so UGLY! It was retired in 1983, we are selling it for $400 and Lladró appraises it at $1,250. Maybe it's not that ugly...

The ballet pieces always make me want to leap with joy!

Reminds me f a crown of thorns, like they put on Jesus. It's actually part of a jewelry set, it's supposed to be a tiara.

So much detail!

The Nativity on fast food.

We've had this one forever- no one ever wants it. And I feel like the only good place for it is a museum in Utah- because Seagulls are the state bird.

He keeps your jewelry, it makes me happy.

This peacock is from 1970. It hasn't increased in value since then, it's $35. But I think it's very pretty.

This one. This is my all time favorite. I come back to it again and again (it's not part of the new shipment, but I adore it). It takes me breathe away, called "Graceful Moment".

Do you like it? Which is your favorite?

A quarter of a Century, and its' relation to lot of other Numbers

50 General Conference Sessions

50 Dental Appointments

100 Seasons

1,000 Unforgettable friends

1 Love

Countless memories

Life has been amazing. The joy, the pain, the laughs, the broken hearts. So much has happened, and there is so much more!

The next 25:

6 Semesters of Law School

29 Years of a Mortgage Left

50 Dental Appointments

50 General Conference Sessions

100 Seasons

1 Love

Countless  More Memories & Friends to Come...

I Love You!

Fall

So down here in Texas we got our first "cold" front. That means today it stayed below 75 degress.
We knew it was coming, I think it was last weekend it showed up in the five day forecast.

Fall to me means a lot of things. I think it's my favorite season, next to the rainy season in Hawaii.

It means turtle necks, cocoa, walking around little shops and buying fun things.
And that's what I did today. I wore a turtleneck, drank cocoa, shopped at The Paper Bear (which is my new favorite store). the day was made even sweeter thanks to it being Laura's birthday so I got to have lunch with my friends. It is unbelievably refreshing to meet together with these girls.

So it is finally fall in Texas (for the next few days).

For some reason, for me, fall also means... bangs.

Spooky

There's a cold front blowing in tonight it might get down to the 40's.
That's about as cold as it gets here. We're starting to get ready for
Halloween. It think it's Chow's St. Patricks Day.