miss you already...

this weekend i was in utah.

i played with these chicas while my sister-in-law
[sort of] patiently waits for baby parker to kindly step out of her body...

and we got to see jace play some hardcore soccer...

fotos by meg

then we heard cam's first recording.
she will most likely be a rock star....

Listen to Cameron's latest recording:

nusafed?

[we were rolling, she is so good...]


miss you already!
thanks for letting me stay and play

MEN, comma, where you at?

i was once told that if you have something that needs to be said to just "blog it out".
here goes:

quick sidenote: i have a serious lack of tact, as you, i'm sure, have gathered. and yes, it was my new year's resolution to find it, so i maybe shouldn't be saying this, except that my rule is that if i could say it to your face, i can tell other people... and that includes the cyberland where a lurking neanderthal might care to read what i am about anyway...
so if there is one who would care enough to read this, maybe it would be enlightening for him to know...

that it's not all about you!

I am going to tell you what kind of guys i love. just love love love meeting...
the ones that:

• give me their resume in the first 5 minutes i meet them
• don't stop talking long enough to remember that there is another human in the room
  
• have zero hidden talents: "hey- check out this really cool thing that i did..." [looking at something really not so cool]
  
• go: "how was your day... ok, now back to what i was saying about me... i'm awesome right? did you hear that? didn't you want to compliment me...? sorry, i'm fishing..."
  
• think my career choice is lame and try to cover their opinion with a very unconvincing smile and "oh, that is so neat..." i just can't get enough of those-types.
  
• ask me to be "facebook friends" not minutes after learning my name.... tacky. why can't we be just like real-life-human-2-human-contact friends first?
• oh–try to make contact/ask me out/say something they should in person using some online form of communication...
  
• remind me how much older and wiser than me they are, and give me spiritual and emotional advice as if they are my mentor and i pay them....so cute.
  

why have i met like 5 men like this in the past month? ok- so you have some obscurely great job. like maybe you work for the "government" or you "consult" or something. i call these "magical jobs" because it is usually something that most likely fell in your lap, that happens to be "right up your alley" and for this secret skill of yours this random company pays you far too much money... which is another point you love to remind the ladies of at any chance... ok- not all of you do this... but still.

what happened to my radical crew of guys that i went to high school with? the ones that never needed to give me a reason to like them other than show a girl how to have a good time? my mesa boys that were so chill? where are my brothers from p-town and the stoop–the ones that would just show up to play and relax. no need to entertain each other. we could just be.

big shout out to my crew of old friends- now mostly married, but nevertheless,
i miss you:

e-rob • casserole boy (mattenater) • dev • kurt • dan in real life • jeremy • mitchell flynn • tyler • seanathan • corbin • chadley • beaner • bradley • jordan • lucas • chase • danny • daniel • steven james • kevin • jared• dave m • chad • paul (both of them) • chris • logan • cramer • cody • even kendall • even brock...

oh. in case you ever want to feel better about your life in a quick instant, just make a quick list of a handful of men that made you smile even though they didn't date you...

suddenly, living in the single world isn't so bad again.

Facing West

i'll admit it. cause i am a real woman.
• • •
gunna miss these faces...

and these dear friends...

and hey guys- thanks for helping me play 3D Tetris with Hubs, i still have no idea how we (and by we, i mean you) got all that shiznit into that baby blue...

and thanks marrieds for letting me come play with you even though you are married and have better/more interesting/awesome lives then mine...

oh and thanks so much for making me cry you girl!


i don't miss P-town... but the people there...

Peg and i made the trek...
it was good to be home...

for Rob's B-day... 31 this year! much impressing huh! Hope your birthday sufficiencies were suffoncified here in the hellish hot AZland with dad's naughty homemade ice cream.


met up with some old friends...


THEN • • •
i had to sit Mackenna down and get her to agree to not walk before Christmas...
she just laughed at me... seriously. right in my face. what a precocious little bratface. she'll be walking next month. yep- that's eight months. no, but seriously, some tears were shed. ahem.


then i put by big girl panties on, packed up all my baggage... (of which there is plenty...)



kissed my parental units,


and safely landed over 2094 miles from home.

Bring it.

... hopefully i can satiate your need for east coast musings soon... it has been a good time so far. i will get in my own place in the next day or so and then we will really get down to biz. i also might get to NYC this weekend... with some cute new girlfriends just for the helluvit. cause i can, ya know.

Love it.

faddish? maybe, but i can't get enough

so-- when in Vegas with Rob we went here:

Red Mango.

this place is pretty great because it is healthy an yummy and sooooo good. they make frozen yogurt, but closer to real yogurt than custard yogurt (which is also good btw, but that is besides the point). then they serve it with berries and granola or cereal and good things.

so a friend at work mentions that there is a place here, in utah, called Yoasis. within hours i went, enjoyed it, and yes, already have 4 punches on my new punch card!

then i found out this place DOES have a Red Mango... i will be visiting that one shortly...

THEN i realized, OH CRAP- i am moving at the end of the summer! what if there isn't a place like this, what if there is no where to go when i need a pick-me-up yogurt with fruit, a sweet healthy treat that i crave...? what to do?!

then, at my very busy and important job, i surfed.

and found this: SweetGreen. the name alone! they have the yogurty goodness as well as cute and yummy looking cafe-ish food type products... can't wait. hey friends in dc- get ready!

and get this: right in Georgetown... where i will be teaching. awesome! and check out the other restaurants they list at this place: Georgetown Cupcake, which has me all excited cause i already know i can't get enough of this place here: SoCupcake.

i love that there are places that ONLY serve cupcake... awesome! and they are ususally the cutest places you will ever see. AND- what a great gift idea. the one here giftwraps them in a cute box so you can take one to a friend on their birfday.

i love that!

Some things just can't be avoided...

So, because I drink too much DDP past 10pm, among other things, I don't sleep too well... which is why I am writing this now. Some things to note about Utah that most likely helped to procure the phrase "Only in Utah..." (include the subtle, sarcastically slow head shake):


1- The other day I passed a car -nay- a 15-passenger van with the words "CindyRella: Cultural Hall Decor" written on it. Pause. You mean to tell me that some poor woman, who already has 12 kids has taken up decorating weddings as her side job?... But the fact that there is a big enough market for that kind of specialty... cultural hall... really? Guess so. "Only in Utah I guess..."

2- Speaking of large families, I have this adorable friend that I work with who has a large family from Orem, UT. She mentioned that they were going to the lake this weekend and I asked, "ooh, do you guys have a boat?!" She looked at me as though I had never seen a Utan in all my life (and actually, I am not sure I truly have until this moment), then she responded with the obvious answer, "uh, we had 12 kids!" Again... "Only in Utah"...

3- As most of you know, Moffats are known to be highly critical- especially in the art of distinguishing high quality vs. not-so-high quality wedding announcements. I received one this last week that was hand-delivered to me before sacrament meeting (it was like Valentine's day...) All I have to say is unicorns are not even worthy of watermarking... if you thought about it... stop thinking all together- it's a very very bad idea. In fact, few words look good next to unicorns in any setting... "Only in Utah..."
And you can bet your little pioneer boots that that is a Utah-made unicorn cake topper...eat it up. Kwayzee!

Oh- and because it is fun to mock the uselessness of most things in Utah- please add to- with any and all funny noticebles- the green page thanks you.

Monthly wedding invite count: 5
Monthly weddings I am actually going to attend: 1