Bees Game

This Friday, Mickelle was able to get 4 tickets the Bees game up in Salt Lake - so we went! It was great to go to my first baseball game of the year. It brought me back to my days going to St. Louis Cardinals games and playing softball growing up. We were also lucky to have great weather that night and it was a great break before finals. On a sidenote, I couldn't get enough of the Bees mascot. He was awesome. I wondered if I asked for his autograph if he'd write "Buzzz."

Here are some pics.

me & my sister Mickelle

Life of Pi

This weekend I got together with the new book club I'm in for our first meeting. My friends from Barnes & Noble have started it and it's so nice to be back in a group. This month we read Life of Pi by Yann Martel and I loved it. For those of you who have summer reading lists you should add it, you won't be disappointed. I would try to explain what it's about but as you can tell from the following Gchat exerpt I don't know if I really get the point across.

Mickelle: oh yeah, haha
i've seen that book before
whats it about?
Me: hmm that's kind of hard to explain. It's about this kid from India and he's a Christian, a Hindu, and a Muslim and his dad's a zookeeper and they're moving to Canada and their ship sinks and he ends up stranded on the ocean with a tiger.......

Really though it's a touching story about a boy's survival. From the first page of the Prologue I fell in love with the way Martel writes. He has a great voice. So if you're interested check it out and let me know your reaction.

Happy Earth Day

In honor of it being Earth Day I thought I would post about a little Earth-friendly (in more than one way) website I love. It's called BookMooch. The site allows people to post books they have they are willing to give away and match you up with those people who have books you're looking for. Then on your end you post the books you have and other people can find ones they want. I find it much more satisfying than donating my books to DI. Plus you earn points for every swap. You can get full details on their website if you are interested. It's like Amazon except you only pay shipping. Just another little website I love. Enjoy and Happy Earth Day!

We All Need Some Apartment Therapy

After living in rentals for 5 years I finally discovered a blog that can help solve my problems - Apartment Therapy. With countless blog entries you can find answers to your questions both on function and design. Of course, usually it also just makes me feel that I need to once again find an apartment that I can live with for more than a couple months before moving again. Otherwise I have no motivation to make it look pretty. They have lots of great ideas, links to cheap decor, Q&A's, and tips for fitting more into small spaces. I love it.

They Keep Saying Welcome To The Real World

After 6 months, I once again have a phone. Yes, it's true. Some may wonder how I survived for so long, but I think in some ways I'll actually miss the freedom of just not having a cell phone. So far things have been enjoyable. I hope I can continue to be disconnected from my phone though. When I had a phone previously I probably spent 1/2 of my day with it in my hands. I'll admit I had a problem. Now I just have to keep the texting in check and we're good. :) And I just need to find my old phone with all my numbers in it... now where did that go?