Lot a bit o nutin honey!

So I haven't really blogged lately, because I have felt I didn't have a whole lot to say...but then I realized that I don't really HAVE to say anything, I could ramble aimlessly if I want and really what can be done about it? NUTIN! So here goes...

This past weekend was spent...I honestly feel like nothing ever happens, but I am so tired and so warn out from go go go all the time that I can't possibly be doing nothing! RIGHT?

Friday night we were going to go swimming but not only did our invitees all pass, Treec and Trist were sick with the crap that is going around, so we opted to stay home and rest. We got a movie, I swear we did...what did we watch? Oh, I remember we watched a Benjamin Franklin dvd with Tristan and I fell asleep on the couch at like 9:00pm. Trist slept in...yep that means 7:30am, we got up and went down to play the Wii for awhile. Then Tristan got ready and went to the Monster Truck rally with his other motha and I went to work.

Found out saturday night that my part time job, the used CD/DVD store is going out of business...yep the boss pretty much tanked it and is filing bankruptcy and tossing his losses to the curb. Which means on the 29th of this month I will be part-time jobless. (I still have my "real" job-phew) Treec came over after Trist got home from the Monster Trucks and we picked through all the DVD's and Wii games and found $400.00 worth of stuff that we just couldn't live without. I can't even tell you how much money I have saved by buying used through my store vs buying new at the big box type retail establishments. Our dvd and cd collection is store worthy in and of itself. HA HA.

After work I ended up at Club Rendevous, a small little hole in the wall bar on the West Side for a friends b-day party. As I walked into the bar it was as if Norm just walked into Cheers..."HEIDI", came the cheer from deep in the smokey dark room. I couldn't tell at first who was hollering for me until I got further into the bar and I about got knocked off my feet with a drunken hug from my friend Tracy (who now runs the bar-but was enjoying some of her profits that night). 2nd words from her mouth were "would you be my golf partner this year", as if she had to get to me first! Talk about feeling good! :) I giggled and said "of course". I can hardly wait for the sun to shine for a couple of days in a row, melt this snow off the ground and give me a semi nice spring day so I can get my clubs out and go to the driving range and then onto the course! Honestly I think I am more excited to golf this year then play softball.
Anyway...I had a couple of drinks and mingled around to each of the friends and played catch up for awhile in between karaoke songs. Love me some karaoke! :)

Sunday I got up, picked up Treec and Trist and we went to Little America for sunday brunch. It's my fav! Tristan was in awe of the chocolate fountain and the fact that he could eat as many pcs of bacon as he wanted. He had to take a photo of the chocolate fountain so as he pulled out the camera people giggling fanned away to give him a good shot and then pointed at how cute he is. Sometimes I get so worked up about making him the best kid he can be, with the best manners and trying to teach him to respect things and others that I forget he's a kid and he's cute. I have to put myself into check at times...at least I can admit that after a year of co-parenting (step-parenting) really only part time parenting that I am still learning! I want to be better...I will be better.

We ended up going to Best Buy after brunch and finding two Wii games that we have been in search of for awhile now Star Wars Lego & Mario and Sonic Olympics (on the recommendation of Ky and Beck) so we went home and played Star Wars Lego for a few hours, watched Karate Kid (yes, circa 1984) cause Trist is totally into Karate movies right now and then we went to bed.

I had monday off so Trist stayed home with me and we cleaned my house in preparation for my Mommies visit. She will be here from Sacramento tomorrow. I am very excited to have her here. I am going to take thursday and friday off from work and just hang out with her. I told her to bring her heavy coat, she laughed and asked if she could borrow one when she gets here...it's not as cold in Sacramento as it is here I guess...ha ha ha. We are going to go to my cousin Chanel's ballet program at BYU on saturday. I haven't been able to actually see her perform so I am way excited. Trist is really excited too, he loves that kind of stuff...which is good for me because it challenges me to think outside my norm when it comes to going out to do things as a family. It's fun to see new things and experience more cultural things.

Anyway...so I guess that's it for today. Just wanted to catch you up on the last few days. Hope you all have a great rest of the week...I will check in and see what's happening in your lives over the next few days.

TTFN!

In-N-Out Spin Off & a BIG THANK YOU!

So those of you that know me well, know that I am an In-N-Out Burger FAN-A-TIC! My favorite order Double Animal Style (double meat patties grilled in mustard with grilled onions and extra sauce slathered on two fresh daily buns), Fries w/a side of sauce (the thousand island type sauce they put on their burgers) and a half and half chocolate/vanilla shake. Oh man, I am drooling just thinking of it. It's known to my family, friends, and anyone else in my way, that the second I am in close proximity of one of these delectable establishments, move out the way, I gotta eat! :) I love me some In-N-Out. I get the new In-N-Out t-shirt each year for Christmas as they come out the week of Thanksgiving, my parents always go to lunch and grab me my favorite Christmas present of the year. :)

Well, I am happy to announce two wonderful bits of news...

1-The most special, we are getting an In-n-Out closer then ever before in Washington City (a newly developed community just outside St. George city limits) opening in May of this year 2008!
and the closer of the two announcements
2-We have an In-N-Out Spin off just down the road in American Fork. It's called Chadder's. I was given the schpeal about how "it tastes just like In-N-Out" and of course, my initial reaction was Pa-Shaw, nothing could compare. So I had to take my taste buds down to AF for the test! I pulled into the parking lot to find a building that is similar in stature to an In-N-Out building. It automatically gave you the feeling of being in the presence of great food...as you walk in, instead of being greeted with hospital like sanitized and shiney white and red tiled walls with red palm trees, there were semi polished white tiles with words like "burgers, shakes, fries" in red. Instead of the In-N-Out good ole soda jerk type white outfit clean and pressed with military uniform type precision with a red apron adorning the famous baby diaper type pin to hold it on the waist I was met with the lesser, dingier, unpressed with ketchup on the sleeve white soda jerk type outfit with a blue apron tied in the back to hold it on the waist. I was happy to see the menu was simple like the In-N-Out menu. However since I am again an In-N-Out connoisseur I wanted to test the "secret menu" I know of from In-N-Out. I was happy to find that even though the names of the items are different, they understood what I was after and quickly schooled me on their verbage and I continue with my order. After my typical wait that you might find waiting for perfection, I was anxiously waiting for my number to be called..."guest 39, your order is ready". I jumped with excitement as I realized I was about to partake in something even if it was just similar, that I hadn't partaken of in about about 4 months...I took the tray, asked for a side of sauce and even though I got a funny look, they gave it to me. See...let me give you the reason for the "side of sauce", In-N-Out (and most other places in this world) don't know what FRY SAUCE is. It's a Utah thing...so when you ask for Fry Sauce people go "Ketchup???" Well, I like me some fry sauce, so the closest thing is the Thousand Island type sauce that they put on their burgers, so I get a side of it...Chadder's has Fry Sauce. I didn't want that experience, I wanted an In-N-Out experience, so I got the side of sauce....Okay, so I sat down and took a fry dipped it, and put it in my mouth to my delight. It tasted EXACTLY like an In-N-Out fry. YUMM-O! Next my shake, I took a first sip, I was slightly less excited about that. Although good, smooth, and thick, it wasn't the same. But that is okay...I could be okay with that...Next was a bite of the Double with grilled onions (aka double animal style). It's not EXACT...but it's damn close enough for me!
So despite the differences I have to thank the heavens and stars above that it's aprox. 40 miles away in American Fork so I can't go each and every day for lunch, cause my LORD it was delicious!

I hope you all have a chance to experience this establishment. If anyone wants a burger buddy, I am free for lunch (or dinner, or late breakfast, or early midnight snack) ANYTIME!

And now for the BIG Thank you! I have a wonderful person in my life. One that I call FRIEND! She heard my cry for help in my last blog and was able to pull some favors and get me some of my much needed medical supplies. THANKS KYLA! Your amazing...but then you hear that alot don't you! Tee Hee...THANKS AGAIN...BUG FAT HUGS to your skinny ass! :)


Have a great day...and enjoy. TTFN!