PARKING LOT ADVENTURES!

Okay, so I am real sorry for the long time without a post, but finally, I am posting something. Life has definitely changed since I last wrote. I can't believe that I will be graduating this semester of school, and another big change is coming but that news will have to wait...

But this Christmas break, it has just been Amy and I here in our apartment complex and as much as I love her, we have been so bored. Last night I lay on the couch, as she sit in the chair across the room, literally dying of boredom. It was only 9 p.m. and we were determined to stay up until 12 a.m. to go get Baja Blast from Taco Bell (then Sunday would be over). But three hours seemed like an eternity long, so we had to think of something. Then the idea struck me...sledding. But neither Amy or I had a sled, so what did we do, improvised; a car, orange sheet and a cookie sheet. We tied a knot in the end of the sheet and shut it in the truck to create the 'rope' and then we began the craziness. First it started with a cookie sheet, which would've worked better had the parking lot been more ice than slush.

In this next picture, I had ice melting down my butt crack...it was frigid.


And then, a laundry basket was instituted and wow, it worked amazing. Around and around we went in circles, eventually going about 10 mph in a circle. I have never had so much fun in a laundry basket. Little did I remember (but once was told), that plastic gets brittle in the cold and sadly, our fun came to an end when the bottom of the basket broke out. Our boredom had been cured for awhile, but we have determined that, that activity is going to stay. Next time a snow storm comes, we will be ready with dollar store laundry baskets and sheets...we plan on making a train.
My wet butt, broken laundry basket and plastic bag.

MU-MU!

Do you ever fell like, the only person that reads your blog is you. And yes, you read and reread posts. That's what I am feeling like as of late. So here is another one, for I suppose my reading and rereading enjoyment.

Okay first of all, we are not wearing these mu-mu's because we are at a Hispanic restaurant...although, they do carry that look. We wore them because it was Belinda's birthday and it was according to me, the only way into this party. Of course we gave her the only one that was colorful so she could stand out...it WAS her birthday dinner. Anyway, after a whole night of mu-mu's, we got hilarious looks, comments and even a pull-over compliment from some dude. Also, I used it in the theater as a blanket, it was cold and the mu-mu is 100% polyester (aka the heat stays in...mostly).

B R O C C O L I !

Okay, so I have decided that going to Chili's to eat broccoli is the best idea ever! Not only is it the best tasting, it is also broccoli, so healthy, green and it's very cheap.

Anyway, here is another picture from Lagoon.

NEW PAINT JOB...

Yep, after moving into my apartment, I decided that I was going to paint one wall. This is probably the most rebellious I will do in my life. I didn't ask for permission, but I will paint it back after all is said and done. So I did...pink. I love it and although I am still waiting for a sticker called Anise to come, so I am going to post these pictures. I am really excited for it to be finished, but when I ordered the sticker, it had a 10-14 days production time and then shipping...that was Sept. 1. Only probably two more weeks before it comes. Here it is...side note: the sticker will probably go on the white wall on canvas boards...we will see and I will post more pictures when I finish.

I made that chandelier that is hanging in the top corner of the picture. I am so excited.

Oh yeah, found this great rhinestone candle stick, still haven't decided what to do with it, but it now sits on that table...oh yeah, found that table at Kohl's for $12.00. Great deal!

Two Blocks Uphill...

After my first week of school, I can breath a sigh of relief...oh wait...I can't breath because I just walked up a steep incline to school. Ugh... Okay, so after the first day of 7:30 classes and walking up the hill once, I woosed out and drove my car to the stadium and rode the shuttle to the top again. At the end of the semester, I am going to be able to run that hill...I believe.

A week ago though, I went to Lagoon for the first time in a decade, yes, I say that because it sounds cool and a lot longer than it really is. Anyway, I went with my best friends from work and we had a blast. First I had to take some motion sickness medicine to avoid an unruly puke. But I rode the Colossus loop-to-loop roller coaster for the first time and loved it. We had such a fun time. Here are the pictures, or at least some of them for proof.

this is us trying not to get wet on Rattlesnake Rapids...two ponchoes+four people=wet butt.

Me, Kate and Sarah riding the ski-life ride...whoopee!

Birthday Boy...

Okay, so today was my little brother's birthday, but I can't really say, little brother considering he is at least a half a foot taller than I...so younger. Anyway, the original plan for his birthday party was to commence at Golden Corral (yipes), which I think is my dad's favorite restaurant? Anyway, my younger brother calls him and says, ''Dad, we are not eating at Golden Corral for my 21st birthday." haha. So we ate at the Olive Garden instead...haaa. Our dinner conversation consisted of a great story that my dad told...I think in his old age, he is getting blonder and not grayer...and considering his age, he looks pretty darn good (please bless that those great genetics were passed down).

But my dad is into the remote control airplanes and has been since I can remember, which is a long time because I have a great memory. Now that he is retired, he comes over the mountain to fly with the 'cronies' aka. other flying buddies. Understand also now that my dad's hearing is also...well, not as sharp as it used to be, so he sets his phone on vibrate when the airplanes are running because he can't hear it. The story goes like this... The other day, he came over to fly his airplane with his buddy Dave. While doing this, he had put his phone in his pocket and forgot about it. During the flight of the airplanes, Dave yells to my dad, "Hey, is there a bee flying around you?" My dad replies with a no, he can't see or hear anything and continues to fly. Again, Dave brings up that he swears there is a bee flying around him and this time my dad hears it, not only hears it but believes with all his might that it is in his pocket. At this point, my dad has his pocket pried open with his fingers trying to get the dang bugger out, without being stung on the leg. He tells Dave finally to get his leather gloves because this bugger isn't coming out and he is afraid of the worst. Dave runs to the truck to get the gloves and returns only to find a cell phone and set of keys in my dad's hand. Yes, don't worry, the 'bee' was a cell phone and key set.

This story is just some of the great things that my dad does. He is very entertaining...we also love him a lot. Anyway, here are some photos of the party!

It's Here! And a Family Reunion...

Okay, so for at least two months, I have been saying that Macey's Floral Dept. was going to have a blog so show all of our weddings to the public and now it's finally up and going. Check it out. I have to update it and put past weddings and things on, but at least it's now going right?

Next item of business...family reunions. For as long as I can remember, my family and I have been attending the Anderson Family Reunion (my dad's mom's family). And every year we get KFC (the only time I will ever eat it) and feast on the wonderfulness of the chicken. Also, I never eat gravy on anything except potatoes from KFC. It's interesting that we probably never converse with the 'Anderson' side of the family (except the parents) and so we sit divided with chicken every year. Hoping that someday, someone will break the ice and be brave enough to talk. But the old people keep on getting old and forgetting who we are and the young just keeping disappearing. But my sister came with her baby, so I got to play with her for awhile.

NOT SO SOON TO COME...

Crazy life, is what I have to blame for the tardiness of my new blog. It turns out that I will not be creating my own new blog for me, but probably for the floral shop that I am currently working for. We are busy enough for that, besides the fact that I usually can only write once a month...this whole up keep of a blog is sort of like writing in my journal, I am always really good at first.

Update of the life...I moved back to Utah to continue working at a local floral shop. I love it. We are so busy right now, it's probably a good thing that they have an extra pair of hands to use. So, we will hopefully be starting a new blog soon on that adventure. That was off the subject, but since that is usually all I can think of, I will now post some pictorials. the end.

P.S. I have decided to learn Spanish, so I downloaded Podcasts to listen to that teach you Spanish. Yes, I will learn something.

Also, this is a bouquet of poppies and peonies. I love it!

Soon to Come....

I am going to be starting a new blog...about my business adventures and creations. So, look for that. It still may be awhile, I have to think of a name. So any ideas about great floral wedding business names, let me know!

Car Tales...

Yikes! I thought that having a new engine in the car would fix the car problems, but regardless of how much money is spent on the car, I still have problems. Yesterday, after spending an entire day with one of my best friends (her wedding), I had a flat tire in the end. I had noticed, after picking up the wedding flowers, that my car was pulling to the right...bad and that the road was slanted so that it shouldn't be going to the right, but in fact to the left. I brushed it off thinking that maybe after they had put my tires on when fixing the engine, they may have knocked out of alignment. Well, when it came time to leave the reception, I indeed had a flatter than flat tire. Don't worry, two guys from high school and my dad were all there to help. (Although, I do know how to change a flat tire.) But it turns out that I have to purchase a new set of tires. Still enough is enough. I am done dealing with my stupid foreign piece of crap car.

I am now taking donations to help keep it alive. or me...

I will be posting some pictorials of the change and the great people that helped me as soon as I upload them off my camera.

Stanley Adventure Begins...

Whoo. Well, I made it through the first week of work at Stanley without too much pain. I only blew up my car engine, touched crusty poop, and ate a whole barrel (with the help of my two roommates) of cheesy poofs. In that barrel, there is around 1,120 poofs. Yes, it was wonderful, but probably very unhealthy. I probably shortened my life by 29.8 years. haha. Liven' it up, I suppose.

As for the car, don't ever get your oil changed at Jiffy Lube. Bad, bad idea. The guy was more interested in flirting with me rather than actually making sure that my car was okay to use.

And the crusty poop was a training exercise in which I was demonstrating how to properly clean a toilet for the new employees. My hand slipped off the towel, and I almost had a heart attack. Well, stay tuned more to come.

It's Raining Frogs...

I have had this post in the draft section of my blog for over two months now...finally, I will post it.

Here it is...the nitty-gritty details of family vacations.

In the beginning, we planned this vacation for this time of year for two reasons. One, I am leaving for the summer and two, pre-tornado season.

My dad said, "Oh don't worry Sara, it's pre-tornado season, we won't have to worry about that." It turns out, this past week was one of the worst weeks this year in tornadoes. We arrived in Winona, Minnesota, a day late (because of the stupid snow storm that closed the roads and a flat tire) and slightly tired. For the next couple of days, we would be refreshing our memory banks about my mom's history and the five or so years my dad lived there. The first day was great. The second day, there was a tornado warning directly for Winona and I was stuck in my hotel room. As a young child, I was forever scarred from a close tornado in this very city. So much for promising good weather...hah.

After that scare, we went to dinner. It was still raining buckets but, that didn't stop us. As we were driving home, there was white moving spots on the road. I was informed that they were frogs, the roads were covered and there was no way around hitting them. Dad told us not to think about it, but how could you not.

Our next adventure was to visit Aunt Judy. The part of the trip I looked forward to the most. I haven't seen her since she was in Utah for my mom's funeral. She is a 'hoot!' All we did was laugh the entire time.

These moments were the highlights of the trip. But here are some small details on other things.

-Mount Rushmore - Ugly Mountain Goat
-Belle Fourche - 'bell fu'-sh'
-Aladdin...Wyoming - not where Aladdin the character is from...big disappointment.
-Sock Puppets - 22 hours one way.
-The Corn Palace
-Home Again!

I love family vacations, but this one was really interesting.

Latest Flower Beautifulness...

Presenting....

Okay, so here are a few of my most recent creations. I really love the orange bouquet. My friend asked me to design her wedding flowers, so here is the first of those wedding flowers; the Bridals Bouquet. Her colors are Orange, a Sage Green and Brown. Beautiful colors once they are together!

I used, Orange Gerber Daisies, Orange Roses, Fern Curl, Variegated Pit. and Variegated Lily Grass.
The handle was wrapped in Chocolate Satin Ribbon but I added a chocolate brown accent and forgot to take a picture...dang. Oh well, hopefully she will be willing to give me a better picture.

This weekend, I also designed a centerpiece for a guest who's daughter is leaving for a mission to Italy. Hence the color scheme; red, green and white (I think those are the national colors?) Anyways, I loved this centerpiece, it turned out quite nicely. It contains, Green Hydrangea, Red Ranuculus, Various Greenery and Curly Willow.

A couple of weekends ago, it was Hawaiian days at Maceys, so this is my contribution to the decor of that celebration.Birds of Paradise, Orchids, Mini Carnations, Fern Curl, Gerber Daisies and Bamboo.

I am really looking forward to the next few wedding that we are doing. Unfortunately, I am leaving for the summer (busiest wedding season, also, my favorite!) to work elsewhere to help me with school. I will be back for a couple of weddings, I promised friends, but that is all. I look forward to the fall with many floral updates, but will update on the happenings with my new job. (I am getting a new camera, no more phone picture...ha ha)

This is Sara, over and out!

Whirl-Wind Semester!!

Whoa! Okay. So, I figured this semester had been too easy, and when I say too easy, I mean, homework spread evenly throughout. But now that the end of the semester is now two weeks away, my teacher have piled on the projects, papers and tests. AH! I feel like all I can do now is think about what to do on the next project and not to procrastinate (which I have a hard time with sometimes, okay pretty much all the time). But I am proud to say that I (with the help of a friend) created a logo, business card and letterhead. I feel so emancipated. haha. Anyway, I will post some pictures of my projects from my interior design class on here soon. Okay. Over and out.

Week of Randomness.

I have decided that I will write this blog because it is now 12:26 in the morning and my dumb roommates are awake and being obnoxiously loud in the kitchen. (Sorry if this sounds harsh). Honestly, sick of it.
Okay...new subject. Associated Floral Show in Salt Lake!
So starting on Tuesday evening, a co-worker of mine and myself drove to south Salt Lake to attend a floral show. Here are the crazy events of what took place.

• started out with energy drinks on the way down because of my roommates, yes, they were up until 5 am that night


• individual rooms with a very large bed, all to myself and free of cost to me


• a not-so-free continental breakfast ($10 bowl of cereal)


• being a 5-second winner (ask for details if you would like them)

• hot Canadians and Colombians


• Denny's date @ 12 am = weirdo hangout


• snoring from next door neighbor (continually got louder and finally I could tell that the mouth opened by the volume of the snore, eventually I turned on the t.v. to drown out the noise)


• nitrogen balls


• no neck or no chin man, couldn't decide which


• guys that wear pointy shoes






• bikes that make everyone look special because of a flag





• peanut legend

As you can see, there was a couple of different random activities that took place. If you want me to elaborate on one, please tell me.

Newest Adventure!

I have recently decided that a long vacation from "the valley" is long overdue! So, I went the extra mile and decided to move to Idaho. That's right Idaho. I am going to work at a hotel and cabins, small resort as an office assistant. I am so very excited, although it is in the middle of nowhere...two hours from any sort of real civilization. But a vacation, job for the summer will be great. And it is one of the last opportunities to get away and work for a summer somewhere different than here in Cache Valley. Although I go alone, I am all too excited for what lies ahead!

Idaho, here I come!

I will update as soon as I know more details.

Happy Birthweek!

Yes, it is true, my birthweek is over. I would just like to take this chance to thank all of those friends and family (who are also my friends) for all the wonderful things they did to make it special. Truly, it was a very interesting week. I participated in many activities such as going to a movie (four movies), going to dinner, shopping, getting hypnotized (eating an onion and because of it, still can taste every morning I wake up) and going to dinner with my awesome family. It was also my dad's birthday this weekend, so we celebrated at Cafe Sabor. I told him he had to wear the sombrero when they sang the birthday song, although reluctant to, he did (he looked similiar to the three amigos). But unfortunately, they took away the hat before we could actually get a good picture. So, instead they came back put it on my head and then, yes, my sister took a picture. Here it is, me in a sombrero hat that makes me look way cool.

Yes, I am 22, older and wiser right? We will see. I have managed to make it this far.

Why Is It?

-Why is it that when you need chapstick, you can never find one. But you know that you have multiples laying around somewhere.

-Why is it that when you wash your car, it rains or birds poop on it?

-Why is it that when you need to leave work early and plan on it, people ask questions?

-Why is it lately that when I am in public, the weird people tend to gravitate towards me and

tell me their life stories and pet peeves?

-Why is it that men/boys are so confusing (opposite applies to guys if you are reading this)?

-Why is it that it snows, only on the weekends when I can actually travel somewhere?

-Why is it that when I have a week to do a homework assignment, I end up doing it the night before?

-Why is it that the older you get the younger you feel? (Remember back to the time when you were really young and you thought 22 year olds' were WAY old.)

-Why is it that either it's a feast or famine situation with boys?

-Why is it that after you end a relationship, all the old 'boys with crushes on you that you tried to avoid' come out of the woodwork again?

-Any more good Why is its...

Birthweek!

Okay. So, you are probably wondering, what the heck is a birthweek. But isn't it obvious? The the pre-celebration to the celebration of your birth. This is my philosophy, you wait 364 days for that one special day when everyone celebrates A day for you. Why not celebrate a whole week previous to the day? Twenty-four hours isn't enough time and besides, by time everyone remembers it was your birthday, it's over. This way you can remind everyone that your birthday is up-and-coming and you get the special privileges only given on your birthday all week. That is all.

On another note...

I recently went to a floral show is Twin Falls and wow, Idaho is awesome. It started very, very early for me (4:30 AM). Driving there was a treat and yes, we (Sarah and I) did sing the whole way and played a random game (which I will describe when explaining the drive home). *Special Note: We both had two energy drinks each, which only contributed to the greatness of the trip. Anyways, we arrived in Twin Falls around 8:30, just in time for registration check-in. Our first class was interesting was a good basics class, teaching us how to make a bridal bouquet using an Oasis holder. Next, we attended a class in which we learned about negative space and topiaries. This was my favorite class. The designer used tall, branchy, organic arrangements to display negative space and taught us how to make a stable topiary using branches and Oasis. I would have to say that it was the most stable topiary I have ever made. He was excellent! Our next class was a bomb. I mean bomb in a bad way. The instructor, was calling everything junk and crap. Okay, I don't care if you think the things used in arrangements are junk, but don't tell everyone. It devalues the arrangement and places a negative connotation on it. Also, we "learned" how to glue a corsage together, which fell apart on the way home. Useless. Overall, the conference was okay. Not as good as last years that is for sure, but it beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick I suppose. On the way home, we both participated in a game in which, the size of text in a sign, determined the volume at which it was read, out loud. Example, speed limit 60. *Imagine the size of the letters now in volume.

yes, it was very fun.

The end.

Cell Phone Discoveries

Wahoo!! It seems like when one receives a new phone, it remains a mystery as to how exactly it works until the day that you have to get a new one. But tonight, I discovered a great discovery!! Sort of recently, I had someone bluetooth some pictorials with sound to my phone and I never was able to find them. Sad and disappointed, I forgot about it until tonight, waiting for my friend to arrive, I found them!! It was probably the best thing that happened to me tonight (besides the great movie I went and watched in the theater). Good ol' cell phones will forever get the best of us, but when one triumphs in finding out a new mystery, they must gloat a bit. Even if no one else cares, I am really excited about this!

So Maybe...

So Maybe, I will tell a bit more about myself...

I am a florist. Is that enough? Eh...probably not. So, here it goes. I started working in a floral shop about four years ago and fell in love. No experience, I learned the basic tricks of the trade from my amazingly talented sister, also self-taught. When she quit to get married and move, I keep going.

Here I am four years later, working on graduating in Floral Design, Interior Design and Business. I hope to open my own Wedding Flower business soon someday...emphasize soon. Here are a couple of weddings that I have done, the pictures aren't professional, but I think you will get the jest. Also, I did the bouquet in the pictures on Moments by Kellee (March 10, 2008 post). That bouquet was probably my favorite of all the bouquets I have ever, thus far, done.

So, now I suppose I will keep you posted on the progress of my floral abilities. I have a couple of weddings in which I am very excited to do coming up. One with peacock feathers, yes...peacock feathers! Surprisingly, they are beautiful in floral arrangements!

SpRInG SkIInG!

So, it turns out that skiing is more scary than I remember...yes, I wrecked last year and this past Friday was the first time back. I was a complete WOOSIE! I usually just go straight down the hill, no fear, but I had to carve the hill. The good thing about this trip was that is was a beautiful day, I had a pair of wicked awesome ski's and I went with my sister. Here are the pics. Yep, only three but they were on her phone and I couldn't figure out that the button to take a pic. only needed a tap, not a push. (What the heck?!)

I came out of this trip with only a sunburn on the top 1/4 of my forehead and the bottom 1/2 of my face. Sexy...Wahoo!

There and Back (Day 3)

Here is the final entry to the California Adventure.

Sunday!

Okay, so Sunday we ended up going to the beach for the later half of the day before our flight left at 8:00 PM. We drove to Newport Beach and it was a beautiful day. Probably the best day since we arrived, of course right? But here are some pictorials of the beach.

So it turns out that this was suppose to be like the Little Mermaid...haha I look like a freak.

The first moments at the ocean, the water really isn't that warm and shortly after this pictorial we find that out.

I really wanted a picture with a palm and was hoping for a larger one but we were at the gas station filling the rental about to get on an airplane, so I needed on right away. Taken on the corner with a red light, a tad embarrassing.
Okay, so probably the best story of the day happened on the airplane. I changed my location on the airplane to sit next to Aly so she wouldn’t feel left out or alone (yes, we love her too). She sat at the window and I sat in the middle, leaving the next seat over open. I told her before anyone even sat there that I hoped that a boy wouldn’t sit there because I didn’t want to talk to them or wouldn’t know what to say, most likely making a complete fool of myself. Anyway, probably five minutes before take off, the very last passenger to load walked up the isle to the seat right beside me. His pants were hanging down to his knees and he smelt strangely of alcoholic beverage, so basically, I was a little embarrassed for him. Being that is the way that I am, I looked out the window and made some stupid comment to Aly about a sign outside the airplane. Finally he went back to the bathroom and I turned to Aly with a glace of horror, I had to sit next to this drunk the whole way home…but it gets better. He sat down. Ipod out, I was ready just to zone out and listen to the music, maybe fall asleep. But somehow this individual next to me decided to talk to me…and didn’t stop until seriously we landed in SLC and the entire airplane in front of us was unloaded. But the whole flight, I got to listen to the sob story of his life, honestly, I don’t care. He thought God was punishing him for choices he made in his life. Near the end, I was trying to change the subject, he started to get a little more aggressive (possibly the 3 more Jack Daniels he had) about his topic. The guy that was sitting in the row in front kept looking back at me, this kid next to me was getting more and more animated. Side note: Sarah and Holly were like seven rows in front of us, so they have no idea what is going on, but Holly looks back and makes a heart symbol with her fingers and mouths, “True love?” and Aly mouths back a fervent, “NO!” ha.ha. Anyway, I basically ran up the terminal just to get away from him. Telling Sarah and Holly what happened as we go to the area where our bags were coming to. Fancy that I should see the kid that sat the row in front of us, he asked me what the heck that guy was talking about and gave him the shortened version and he explained that I had a look of concerned, terror on my face. It was true. Why is it that people feel the need to tell me their life story and everything they have done wrong? I should get paid for that. Ha.ha. So the worst plane passenger sat next to me and I will never forget it.

This trip was by far the best trip I have had in my life. There are so many more stories, but that takes up too much space.