instagram

since I've been (rightfully) accused of sort of deserting my blog in favor of instagram-ing... I have added an instagram feed (?) widget/gadget (?)

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so you can keep tabs on me. 

you're welcome.

thing I forgot to blog about

this happened like 3 weeks ago

but

if you ever wanted to know why my sisters and I love going to Target together, it's because this happens:

this is at least 23 times as fun/ny in person as it looks here. 

no, you may not go with us next time.  sisters only. 

#notsorry

bangs

this evening's post-work narcissistic couch photo to model my new bangs:

 

 

 

bangs which apparently I should have gotten at like birth because I have received a million compliments.  So either none of my colleagues have ever seen bangs before, or my stylist friend, Meagan Johnson (she was on TV this morning nbd),  is a bad ass. 

(She works at the LifeSpa in South Jordan, and yes you should make an appointment)

and she's marrying one of Drew's best friends, and one of my favorite people in a couple weeks.
I love when favorite people marry favorite people.

windy beach day

things to do on the beach in MI on a beautiful but very windy day:

1. write obligatory commemorative messages in the sand:

2. take pictures of self while looking afraid of the camera and Amish

3. watch the big fast waves created by the wind.

4. creep up on the neat/creepy old abandoned light house.

5. check out this guy checking other stuff out.

belated

I'm not dead

hey I'm back from vacation, etc... and I have a bunch of vacation stuff to blog about!

before we left on our very looong road trip, I downloaded some road trip apps.  One of the apps was the license plate game.  The game kept track of all the plates we saw, but did not keep score.  So I kept track of our scores.  Please excuse my electronic finger "handwriting"

we decided you can only spot them while driving, and allowed Matt to claim them while I was napping because I trust that he wouldn't cheat.*

Matt won 23-18.

*He pulled ahead while I was napping.

we did pretty well.  The only states we didn't see on our trip were Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Rhode Island and West Virginia (it helped that we were on I-90 through South Dakota on the last day of Sturgis)

don't let my expression fool you.

sometimes you have to go to physical therapy and it pretty much hurts.

but then at the end they tell you to lay on a heated table thing and wrap a heated neck thing around your neck for 15 minutes.

and that part is so awesome.

don't let my expression fool you.  I felt like I was at the spa.