A Little Bird Told Me

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Truth Tuesday

Brian showed me the above picture today and said, "This is totally a Kelsey joke." I laughed and felt very proud.

Today, I bought a cart full of white dishes from the DI. I felt bad for the poor lady who checked me out and had to wrap them all. She probably was wishing terrible things upon me and I apologized close to 30 times. I made it home without breaking any of them. Just wait until you see what I'm going to do with them next. Having a house is fun.

It's very bothersome when groups of people decide to stop and chat right in the doorway of stores/restaurants. Especially the grocery store. Then there is a line of carts trying to exit and everyone gets angry real fast.

I've been obsessing over color lately. Whenever I paint a wall or piece of furniture, I have to try and determine which color is the right choice. Then I started to get all "scientific" and read about how colors impact your mood and such. This one was an interesting read.

I had a peanut butter Snickers for the first time this weekend. Where have I been? They are so tasty.

I still haven't changed my car's clock. It's kind of nice though. Maybe I'll leave it. Every time I look at it, I go into a panic but then remember it's actually an hour earlier. Then I feel like I'm really on top of things and have all this extra time on my hands. Stupid strategy but it's working for me thus far.

I was finding things to talk about on the radio the other day at work. I found a story about a girl who is dying of brain cancer and wanted to do a cover of Katy Perry's "Roar". A studio recorded it and the video of the song has since gone viral. I watched it and started bawling. So there I was, crouched over my computer, sobbing at work, praying that no one would come in and talk to me. Watch and prepare to cry.

Last week, Luna started drooling a lot. She was acting completely normal otherwise. However, since I'm the queen of worrying, I persuaded Brian to make an appointment with the vet. I left work early to be with her and was basically afraid that if I took my eyes off of her, she would fall over and die. She quit drooling as soon as we got to the vet (of course). The vet did a physical and said she is super healthy and has really nice teeth. Also, she only weighs 6.6 pounds. The conclusion of this story is, how in the WORLD am I going to have my own children one day if I go into a panic over my cat drooling?? I'm going to be one of those awful helicopter parents.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Girls' Night Out at the Pumpkin Walk

The week before Halloween, Brian went out of town due to work for two days. I'm not one of those people who gets freaked out when I'm home alone or anything like that. However, I do go a bit crazy after being cooped up in my house by myself for too long. Think Jack Nicholson from "The Shining". Heeeere's Johnny!

I decided that I needed to get out of the house to pass the time that evening, and I convinced my mom and sisters to accompany me. We went out to dinner and then paid a visit to the North Logan Pumpkin Walk. The Pumpkin Walk is amazing for kids and adults alike. It's a free event the week before Halloween where people set up intricate displays using pumpkins, squash and other things. Many of the scenes are from movies, television shows or books. My favorite this year was probably a display of "Despicable Me 2". Pumpkins make the cutest minions, for real. This year, there were 50 different displays. The weather was even pretty mild for late October in Utah so it was nice to walk around outside. When I went two years ago, I'm pretty sure it was snowing and I walked through as quickly as humanly possible before my ears froze off.

I love that I live in a place that still has that American small-town feel. The Pumpkin Walk is just one of the many reminders of that. Guess what they do with the hundreds of pumpkins after the event is over? Well, they have the Pumpkin Toss. Teams build their own catapults to throw the pumpkins. I went to cover that event for work on Saturday and it was a blast (no pun intended).

Anyway, I didn't go camera crazy at the Pumpkin Walk and get a photo of every display, but we did take plenty of pictures using the face hole setups at the front of the park. Keep scrolling for further enjoyment . . .