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August 4th

Today is Doug's birthday. He would have been fourty-nine today. I can imagine the celebration we would be having with his favorite dinner and cherry chip cake for dessert.  I can hear his sweet laugh as he opens the funny gifts from his kids. He would have loved cheering on his favorite people in our summer Sunday shows. The rest of the world will not notice today as any different. I feel like I always will.  We are going camping without him for the first time this week. It's going to be difficult.  There was so much that we relied on him for. I miss you, Doug. 

PostSecret

I am a woman of routine and I love it.  My favorite thing (and usually the first thing) that I have done for years every Sunday is to check PostSecret for the new secrets of the week. At lot has changed in my life since high school, but this is one thing that has stayed the same.  I love the release it gives people to get their secret out into the open.  Maybe one day I'll see one of my own up there.

My Summer in photos.

Snowcones! It's been one hot summer and this is our way of beating the heat. 

I got my craft on once or twice.  Inside activities are for me. 

I went to Parade of Homes with some awesome ladies and saw this sweet map. Someone please make this for me. 

We bought a hilarious amount of taffy for the 4th of July parades we were in at work.  

My pal Natalie (who will be home in 9 days!) sent me this hilarious card. I hope it is me and my friends in a few decades. 

We had some super cutesy cupcakes at my cousin's birthday.  Adorbs!

Jenna Marbles is my spirit animal.

My inner fat child knows what she's talking about.  

Anniversary Week

I'm lazy.  No question about it.  Sometimes I don't think my life is blog worthy.  Personal problem, I know. 

We had a pretty great anniversary week a couple weeks ago.  We spent Sunday through Thursday in Las Vegas hanging out in the pool and seeing a couple shows. We have gotten pretty good about avoiding the 112 degree Vegas heat by cooling off in the water. We love the Monte Carlo for many reasons but their pools are definitely one of them. 

We like Cirque du Soleil a lot and try to see a show whenever we can. This time we splurged and saw two.  We really liked Mystere but were a little disappointed by O. We had heard such rave reviews and it really didn't seem to live up to them. 

Thursday through Saturday was spent in St. George with some family.  That was a lot of fun. We were there to see Mary Poppins at Tuachan. It was a beautiful outdoor theater that I really liked.  The play was a little different than the movie but I really liked it.  

Now we are home and it is a different kind of great. :) 

First world nap problems...

It's no secret that I like naps. They are just so darn comfortble and I have so little to do.  One of my best napping partners is my cat.  He is cuddly and warm and great.  One problem, he drools. Hmmm.....guess that explains the wet cleavage I'm sporting now doesn't it. Gross!