Day 13 -- GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!

I have ALWAYS been one to make goals for myself.  I have NEVER been one to follow through.  I don't make resolutions because I don't want to be disappointed in myself when it's mid May and I haven't made it to the gym once.  So I just don't do it.  But for the sake of the blog, I will make a list of short term goals for the month of December. 

• Get the Battle Home decorated for the upcoming holiday.  {Tree is up and waiting to be decorated!!!}
• Buy all Christmas gifts before December 24th.
• Finish book number one on A&E's book list.  {We're reading A Christmas Carol to help us get into the Christmas spirit}
• Make a Christmas wreath
• Try no to cry on the 26th when the Maymi clan jet sets to Hawaii while Husbo and I freeze our bottoms off in the blistering cold.
• Change up my hair {Oh yeah, I already did that}

BEFORE:                                                                   

AFTER:

the stache is from Shirelle's birthday bash,
it is not part of the new look! 



 So that's about all I can commit to.  Anything more and it won't get done.  Ha.  Hope all you Utah people are enjoy the PRETTY snow.  Safe driving and Happy Monday. 

What's Next? A Challenge, Perhaps.

Now that I am back to the land of FB I need a new focus.  I was perusing blogs and saw a 30 Day Challenge and I think I'm up for it.  It's not much of a challenge to talk about myself and my life, so here goes nothing.  Here is what you should expect in the next 30 days.

Day 1-Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts
Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3-Your first love
Day 4-Your parents
Day 5-Your siblings
Day 6-A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 7-Favorite movies
Day 8-A place you've traveled to
Day 9-A picture of your friends
Day 10-Something you're afraid of
Day 11-Favorite TV shows
Day 12-What you believe
Day 13-Goals
Day 14-A picture you love
Day 15-Bible verse
Day 16-Dream house
Day 17-Something you're looking forward to
Day 18-Something you regret
Day 19-Something you miss
Day 20-Nicknames
Day 21-Picture of yourself
Day 22-Favorite city
Day 23-Favorite vacation
Day 24-Something you've learned
Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs
Day 26-Picture of your family
Day 27-Pets
Day 28-Something that stresses you out
Day 29-3 Wishes
Day 30-a picture 

DAY ONE -- INTRODUCE, RECENT PICTURE, 15 INTERESTING FACTS

Well, I've already done this, so just refer back to THIS POST and here are 5 more interesting things about me --

• My favorite color is purple
• I've ALWAYS wanted to be a race car driver
• Don't feed me after midnight.  I will turn into a gremlin.
• Monday's are my hell, just call me Cathy.
• "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints"...and you know why. 

Hope your Monday wasn't shittay....even with the "snow". 

It's Good to Be a Winner

Good Morning, Blogsters.  So here we are, Friday, and I still feel sicky.  BUT, drum roll PLEASE, I have something to BLOG about!  YAHOO.  Let's back up just a bit.... 

Picture this, August 14, 2010, a young girl sitting at work, with tons to do, but distractions EVERYWHERE!!!  One distraction in particular...the blogging world. 

I have often been fascinated by people who can sit down and write about a trip to the grocery store and make it sound like the most amazing trip to the grocery store ever.  It may even make me want to go to the grocery store {If you don't know, the grocery store and I hate each other}.  That is how good THIS blog is.  Anyhoo...I decided to join this world, sceptically, because I am a horrible writer/speller/grammerist {not a word}, but I think I'm pretty funny...so I gave it a shot. 

My trip here has been short, but fabulous.  And I have learned that there are SO MANY BLOGS to read.  As I was browsing the many, many, many blogs I stumbled across Ms. Mimi at Style Du Jour. 

 

This blog is everything that I could hope for.  Style, and celebs and cuteness all rolled into one!  Well, Ms. Mimi had a little contest going with Tampurse.  {Tampurse is a great invention and cute to boot...read about it HERE.}  Long story short {is it too late for that????} I entered and WON!!!  And got mentioned on Style Du Jure's blog!!!  She has a GAZILLION people read her blog daily...maybe one day I could have a GAZILLION and one read mine! 

So, the moral of the story?  Try new things, it's never a bad thing...unless it's drugs. 

Love you, mean it!

FORE!!!

I have often heard of golf described as a game for old men.  If you have to be an old man to enjoy driving around a cart, throwing back beers, chatting it up with friends, all the while soaking up some rays -- then call me Merlin. {That's an old man's name, right?}

On Sunday, we were invited by Lee and Shelly Marshall, some of Husbo's regulars at Hapa, to play golf at Glenwild Golf Course.  Now if you are not a golfer, and I'm not sure how many of my five readers are, you probably don't understand how stoked Husbo got.  Glenwild was named "The Best Golf Course In Utah" by Golf Digest.  It's described as a difficult course with fast greens.  Whatever that means.  That was enough to get Husbo out there.  I on the other hand needed a little bit more persuasion.  Husbo then proceeded to tell me that he once saw Michael Jordan on the back nine.  SAY WHAT?  All I heard was famous people.  SOLD!  And so I thought, what any girl playing golf for the FIRST time would think....what am I going to WEAR!?!?!

Faster than you can say FORE!!!!  I ran to my closet to find the perfect golf outfit.  Something that says, "Hey look at me, but don't look too hard, cause then you'll realize that I don't know what I'm doing."  Something made me think that THIS:

might be a little too much.  So I decide that less was more in this situation and went with shorts, a golf shirt, and my gym shoes. {Note: golf shirt was purchased about an hour before we went to play, along with a golf glove.  No, I did not have it hanging in my closet.}

We headed to the driving range at about 3:30 and by 4:00, after MANY missed shots, The Course Marshall came around and said it was time for us to move to the 10th hole and get going.  We only played nine, the crew didn't want to scare me.  The good news: I hit the ball.  The bad news: the ball NEVER went where I wanted it to.  UGH.  I think I almost hit Lee in the head with my ball a couple of time.  OOPS!  Sorry, Lee.  

All in all it was a fun filled day.  Except when Husbo "accidentally" hit me in the head with a club.  I may, or may not, have deserved it.  A story for another time...

I did, however learn a lot about golf...Never talk during someones back swing, make sure you rake the sand, and golf is really just another excuse to shop.  

I'm going to buy these.....

Oh, I know what you're wondering, and NO, I didn't see any famous people.  Maybe next time.