A Shore Thing

It’s Halloween! And that means another chance to dress up and make a fool of myself (see last year). As I mentioned last year, Halloween is a big deal at my work and pretty much everyone dresses up. This year me and a few friends decided to take a page from pop culture and dress up like America’s worst role models…that’s right…the cast of the Jersey Shore!

Being the midget of the group, I was lucky enough to be the one and only Snooki!

Here I am with my bestie JWOWW…

And here we are with DJ Pauly D, fist pumping at the club…I mean our cubicle. 

I had a blast playing dress up for the day. I don’t think I’ll wear that much leopard print anytime soon, but I must admit that the spray tan, heavy make-up, and fake eyelashes are quite addicting. I’ll see you at the Shore!

Birthday Surprise

Last weekend was my Dad’s 60th birthday! We decided to surprise him with a little family get together. We arranged with my Mom to pull off the surprise. We decided to meet at the Tonto Natural Bridge just north of Payson, AZ. We arrived a few minutes before the birthday guest and then SURPRISE! It was so fun to surprise my Dad and be able to spend the day with Dad and Mom.

I had never been to the Tonto Natural Bridge before, and it was beautiful. We went hiking and took in the gorgeous surroundings. Apparently, it the “largest natural travertine bridge in the world.” It is 183 feet high over a 400-foot long tunnel that measures 150 feet at its widest point. It really is something else. I’ve driven past the turnoff to the park a thousand times and all this time I never even knew it was there. I was super fun! If you’ve never been and are in the area—I highly recommend it. After the hike we went to Payson for dinner and gave my Dad a memory book we’ve been working on for the past few months. (A special thanks to everyone who contributed!) Happy Birthday Dad! Here are a few pictures of the fun day!

A Bit of Glitter

I have a slight obsession with glitter. And when I say slight, I mean huge. I just can’t help it--I heart things with glitter on them. My motto is, “Everything is a little better with a bit of glitter.” I am especially obsessed with holiday decorations with glitter. If it’s for the holidays and it has glitter, I must have it—much to my husband’s chagrin. It’s become a bit of problem actually. I’m starting to notice that all my holiday decorations have glitter. My house is pretty much covered with glitter from October through December. But it makes me so happy! However, if glitter caused chronic migraine disease, I’d have a crazy amount of migraines. Oh wait. I do have chronic migraines. Hmmm…could too much glitter be the culprit? I don’t know—I’ll have to do some research on that. In the meantime, I’m going to pretend that glitter is the cure and I’m going self-medicate with glitter decorations.

Imagine my joy when our women’s group at church had a craft night that included making Halloween decorations with lots and lots of glitter. I have never been incredibly “crafty” individual, but I was able to muster up enough creative juices to make this lovely decoration. Glitter haters be damned--I am so proud of it and it makes me incredibly happy. May glitter never go out of style.