Snow

Mother Nature what are you doing to me? I was enjoying the warm weather and you bring rain and snow!

Seriously, I walked out of my house this morning and it was warm. Warm enough that I didn't grab a coat. However, as I have sat at my desk at work watching the rain/sleet/snow fall I am greatly regretting I didn't grab a coat. I am glad that I chose to wear flats instead of heels though, so at least I can run to the car to try and escape the cold.

Congratulations

Early congratulations to Lissa and Travis who are getting married tomorrow! May it be a joyous and wonderful occasion!

Take me out to the ballgame!

Yes folks it's that time of the year - Baseball season. Although I don't always catch each game I try to faithfully follow the Yankees throughout the season. Tonight is their first game and it's against the Boston Red Sox. Jon and I usually have a small rivalry going on anytime the Yankees play the Red Sox. Jon is a Red Sox fan.

Every year I always say that I want to go to NY and watch a game at Yankee stadium. But life happens and time slips away and I never end up going. However, I *really* want to go this year not only because I still want to see a game, but because they are tearing down Yankee stadium to build a new one. I want to at least have the memory of having gone to the old stadium.

I guess I will have to get my butt in gear and get this trip planned.

ABCs

I have been slacking on the posting recently. I saw this on someone else's blog and thought I would give it a go.

A- Attached or single: Attached to Jon :)
B- Best Friend: Any good friend is the best kind.
C- Cake or Pie: Both – especially cupcakes!
D- Day of the Week: Friday
E- Essential item(s): Wallet, keys, lipgloss, cellphone, bobby pins, sunglasses, measuring tape and camera.
F- Favorite Color: Yellow, but I also like greens, reds, pink and black
G- Gummi Bears or worms: Worms and I *really* like the ones with red in them
H- Hometown: Born in Boise, ID raised in Murray, UT
I- Indulgences: a new pair of sassy shoes
J- January or July: July – its all about the sparklers!
K- Kids: Do the furballs count? My mom would say yes.
L- Life is incomplete without: Ric-rac!
M- Marriage date: NA
N- Number of siblings: just me. I was enough of a handful
O- Oranges or apples: Oranges. I am just waiting for the hybrid that comes without a peel.
P- Phobias or Fears: my biggest would have to be fire and spiders.
Q- Quotes: I can’t say that I have a favorite quote, but rather lots of quotes that I enjoy. Recently I have been partial to ‘One life, one chance’
R- Reason(s) to smile: lady bugs, snowflakes, flowers, rain and being loved.
S- Season: Spring and Fall without a doubt.
T- Tag someone: Anyone who feels they need to reveal more about themselves.
U- Unknown fact about me: I wish I had a better singing voice. Until then I will continue to sing alone in my car.
V- Vegetarian or meat lover: More vegetarian than meat lover, with the exception of turkey.
W- Worst habit: I pick at my nails when I am anxious
X- X-rays or ultrasounds: X-rays, there is no gel involved.
Y- Your favorite food: Italian and sushi – not together of course.
Z- Zodiac: Pisces

Sick

I've got some sort of illness that involves a scratchy throat, not having an appetite and a mild fever that makes my cheeks all red. Boo.

Jerome, Arizona

I have a fascination with ghost towns - beit completely deserted or still lived in - I love them the same. Sometimes the ones people live in are much better than the completely deserted because the buildings aren't completely demolished.

Maybe it was the first time my Grandma Scott took my family up to Jerome and into the kaleidescope store that I first fell in love with this town. I can't remember for sure. But, it's a great town. It's built way up on the mountainside. There is barely room for roads let alone the houses that hang over the edges of the mountain side. Mining operations began in this town in 1883, but due to the depression and changing costs of copper the mines were closed in 1953.



During the 60s and 70s artists (or as the locals tell it "the hippies") moved in and began to live in the houses. Many of the houses are falling down, but far more have been restored and are home to the residents.



The main road veers to the right at one point and leads you up to the Gold King Mine & Ghost Town. The guy who owns and operations this museum per say has an unbelievable amount of stuff. There is a working Sawmill that is huge. I believe it was $4 per person and we got to walk around and look at all of the different machinery, vehicles, and shacks full of all sorts of relics.




The museum also has several various animals running around - goats, chickens and a donkey. :)



Finally - here are a couple other pictures I took of metal gates. I was just inspired by them that day.

Roadtrip

Over President's Weekend Jon and I decided to take a roadtrip to Arizona. We were hoping to escape the mountains of snow and cold for a few days. However, since we decided to drive we had a little ways to go until we made it out of Utah.



While driving we decided that we are old souls. This is because we like to take the scenic route and love to stop and find old buildings or other interesting things.



While we were driving we encountered these super birds. I swear they are the size of Zee. I was feeding them teddy grahams so that I could take their picture. The rest of the trip whenever we saw one we joked that they heard we were handing out teddy grahams.



Once we made it to Flagstaff we were surprised to find that we were caught in a snow storm. So much for avoiding the snow. We did endure and most of our time was spent in Sedona and Jerome, where the weather was sunny but definitely jacket weather. My next post will have pictures from Jerome.

On the way home we took US 89 and decided that we would investigate all of the little towns for old cars. By this time my digital camera was full, since I had forgotten to take old pictures off it before we left. But I was able to make enough space to take this picture of Jon stuck in the snow.