"All that I know is what I've learned from trouble times.." The Classic Crime

A MONTH!? What the heck happened to APRIL!? Where is my time going? So yes. this is me updating my oddly pathetic existence, BUT it has gotten better as of late. ish. For example.

2nd week of April consisted of me going to Arizona for Derek's wedding. (YAY! AMAZING!) Kj, Christine, and I got up obscenely early and drove to Mesa. It was a crazy 4 days- let me tell you. But the end result was Derek marrying Teana. It was a beautiful wedding and they looked so happy. I am excited to have Teana part of our family. It was nice to see the fam. It is rare and far between that we are ALL able to be together at the same time, and those times are some of the most precious to me.

Pictures? Ok.. I do know the photographer. And Derek & Teana- I am confident that Kj will be sending you a disc of pictures soon. If not, I will be sure to remind her.. (nudge nudge)

This is my friend Annie from Colorado/Arizona...

I have put this picture everywhere as of late. I LOVE IT!! And holy smokes.. do we look like twinners or WHAT? Weird. . .

In other news..

Last weekend I got to go to this REALLY fantastic writers conference. It was kind of a spur of the moment kind of deal.. But I caught a few classes and it was FANTASTIC! I got to go to 2 classes. One on Setting/Description, one on Dialogue, and the other on The Heroes Journey, in writing your story. I am over the moon.. Next year, I am so going. Yes yes.

AAND! Colleen (sister) was in Utah for the genealogy conference up in SLC and I went up a few times and got to hang out with her and Jean.

We wandered Temple Square, she showed me where she and her husband would go when they used to love in Salt Lake- such as this AMAZING park in.. Sugar house? We had a picnic with our pathetically small panini's and diet coke. Hmm what else. We saw the Lightning Thief... Book is better- big shocker there.. (Hades was SO COOL in the book.. COME ON!)

AND we got to go to the conference center and hear the MoTab, President Eyring and David McCullough speak on family history and the importance of these records and what they mean to us. (etc.) I hope they come up with a transcript or something for that night, it was fantastic.

Anyway.. besides that... it's been work.. and work... libraries.. and then occasionally more work. I DID get written up at Payless this last week. YAY! What fun! She's such a fool.. Hell hath no fury.. like me after having to deal with her for any amount of time.. But.. there's news to come on that front that I just can't post right now.

This is getting too long.

Cat-chew-later. (smirk)

later, friends. i have a letter to write.