forgotten sunshine

Have you ever been sick for so long that you forgot what it was like to be well? Kind of like in the middle of winter - when you tug at your memory to remember how summertime is, and how it would be to go outside with out a coat on.....

Summer does come.....it always comes.

@ 3 minutes and 7 seconds

after posting the link to the 'fit for the kingdom - watch lorien' - i re-watched it. at 3 minutes and 7 seconds - i stated that there are people who think that it's dumb that girls go......after being back from my mission for over three years now - i am surprised by that comment, that i myself made! while i was preparing i must have had some run-ins with people who were a little more sardonic that is desirable.
and the mission was everything i had hoped for and wanted it to be...and more...but that is another post for another time. it's kind of funny to watch this because i keep telling the Lorien on the screen (with paixao) "you know why you went! you know why you were going! you know.......!"

i spy

It is currently 11:13 am. I am still sick. And I still have a flat tire. But I love pearl onions and I just ate some so I have reason to be cheery.

My hometeacher(s) will be calling in an hour to set up tire-repair help. Which means I need to, have to, go clean out my trunk so that the spare can be accessed. I like to keep my closets and whatnot in my house un-cluttered. I don't like clutter. One who has seen my office may beg to differ...but it is actually practically de-cluttered thanks to sick-leave! But the trunk of my car.....well...it could be used for those i spy books. I'll return here in 15 minutes and let you know what I found. Ha ha.

Found:

1 silver platter (?!)
1 progressive plant catalog
1 old copy of the Hakes landscape plan
3 empty bottles of Aquavista
3 empty sports bottles or the like
1 box on envelopes used for enrichment a year ago?
1 swimsuit (one never knows when one will happen upon a beach, esp. in Utah)
1 pot for a plant - empty
1 pot for a plant - still filled with soil
1 junky, worthless 'digital camera'
1 empty box that once held boots
1 pair of cowboy boots
1 blue and white folding chair
1 set of jumper cables (those remained)
1 pair of rollerblades (which also remained)
1 small bottle of germ-X hand sanitizer (which I will most definitely need in about 5)
1 empty cardboard box
1 brown paper bag with nice handles
1 flash drive
1 50 cent coupon for a turkey at Maceys
1 felt bag that held dark no.7 rosin
1 rocky mountain hatch chart (fly fishing purposes - the ephemera hatches June and July, and you'll want to use a brown drake, hook size 10-12)
1 black hairband
1 pair of black with white polka-dot tights - unused, un-opened
1 birthday card from who knows how many years ago...(when I was in young womens!)
1 plastic sack chuck-full of plastic-ware
1 box of sandwich ziplocks
2 pairs of socks - one being black and the other salmon with green frogs
1 bracelet from Brazil
5 pens: green, black, black, red and black
1 red bandana
1 pad of fuchsia sticky notes
1 set of earphones
1 site plan for the Winzeler residence
1.....

Okay! - I think that's enough! Wow - smokes. I'll stop there to save everyone's sanity. I think I already know what one of my new years resolutions will be.

For those who would like to watch me clean out my trunk from 5 years ago - click here.....I see that some things have not changed - sigh....there is still time.

turn around

Just before I walk up the stairs to my two-bedroom condo where my plants are waiting to greet me, I turn to look up at the night sky and in the chilling air I notice that Orion is on the eastern horizon, and that the smell of dryer sheets are thick in the air. Ahhh...Life is good and I am happy.

My computer says it's January 28th

So this evening....aside from getting a flat tire (dur - which I will deal with tomorrow) I attended Institute with two of my sisters and my very fab cousin whom I adore dearly. The class it titled 'women of faith.' I shall be attending regularly now....until the semester ends here in three weeks that is....this evenings class was based on the following quote:

"We want eternal life whatever its cost in pain, effort, and sacrifice." Elder Henry B. Eyring. So now the question is - do you really want it? I declare yes.

For lunch I delighted myself with 1/4 of a spaghetti squash. I was without spaghetti sauce - but with butter, salt, rosemary and thyme, it was more than great.....I wonder who was the first person to eat a spaghetti squash - I bet they laughed the whole way through.

i am a crayon??

So what kind of crayon is everyone else? Am I purple? I dunno - you tell me.....they told me I was purple. Ha. (btw, thanks leisy! - yes - you are totally a red and kent is completely a blue! unbelievable!)

You Are a Purple Crayon

Your world is colored in dreamy, divine, and classy colors. You hold yourself to a sky high standard, and you are always graceful. People envy, idolize, and copy you without realizing it. You are an icon for those who know you. And while it is hard to be a perfectionist, rest assured it's paying off! Your color wheel opposite is yellow. While yellow people may be wise, they lack the manners and class needed to impress you.

What Color Crayon Are You?

1251 USD

On board - heading to Rio...

Every once in a while I humor myself by looking up prices for international flights.....as if I was actually going to purchase the ticket. It almost always revolves around Rio de Janeiro - occasionally Recife and after that I hop over to Europe to see what steals I could get by leaving from JFK. I figure I could use FF miles to get me to the Big Apple, I could go spend a night with Lyn and Jason, and then score a cheap ticket from there. My search usually starts by going to google and typing "cheap flights to Rio." Expedia, Travelocity, Priceline. 1 seat, roundtrip. SLC to GIG. Feb 23 to March 31, 2008. That's a great time of year to head south - carnival is over. This evening I found a flight for 1251 U.S. dollars. I could do better - definitely...better.
Which reminds me - I need to get additional pages for my passport....

I have a love-hate relationship with air travel. Don't care for the food, hate the turbulents, a humorous captain is always nice, and I love that I can go to far-away places so easily and establish meaningful relationships.

Last March, a sister and I went to Rio together(Eba!). As we were in the Atlanta (or was it the Chicago?) airport we saw an older man, probably in his 50's. He had a rather large stuffed rabbit (rather large? it was huge!). We began to decide what kind of life this man led. His name, occupation, destination, and who that bunny rabbit was for - among other interesting facts and details of his mysterious life.
Our flight was called and we were to board. My sister made a detour, so as to pass by our new friend and told him that we had decided his name was Stanley, that he was a business man from Virginia heading home and that the rabbit must be for his 5 year old daughter. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong and.......wrong. He was humored to say the least. We all had a good laugh.

Then it was off to Brasil!

I sit here on my brown, $25 couch - wrapped up in my green comforter, listening to KSL radio on-line while I let my first, and hopefully last, season cold pass. Joys.

I didn't have too many plans that were foiled, just some.

The Cougars are playing the Utes today - at Cougar stadium. We have yet to arrive at half-time. There seems to be a lot of turnovers already. Cougars just scored a field goal: 3-0.

I used to take alka-seltzer for all of my head-cold needs. But it doesn't seem to take it's desired effect anymore.

Ivy, my smashing fiddler from Sassafras, called me this morning. She currently lives in Austin, TX - and is in town for the holidays. Cheers! Frankly, I can't remember the last time I saw Ivy.....Spring of 2006? Too long. She is going to stop by shortly. We keep tabs on each other through MSN messenger - but it will be more than good to see her and share our updates 'face a face'....but I'll be selfish and try to keep my cold for myself.

When is the next full moon you ask???

Below you will find a moon calendar.....a full moon calendar to be precise, taking you through the year 2009. I have always found the night sky rather fascinating, and enjoy constellations, comets, the milky way and black holes. I always thought it would be neat to be an astronaut - but I have horrible motion sickness and am not any better at mathematics. A bad combination for an astronaut.


Year Month Day Time Day of week
2007 Jan 3 13:59 Wed
2007 Feb 2 05:47 Fri
2007 Mar 3 23:18 Sat
2007 Apr 2 17:16 Mon
2007 May 2 10:11 Wed
2007 Jun 1 01:05 Fri
2007 Jun 30 13:50 Sat
2007 Jul 30 00:48 Mon
2007 Aug 28 10:35 Tue
2007 Sep 26 19:46 Wed
2007 Oct 26 04:53 Fri
2007 Nov 24 14:31 Sat
2007 Dec 24 01:17 Mon


Full Moon dates 2008
Year Month Day Time Day of week
2008 Jan 22 13:36 Tue
2008 Feb 21 03:32 Thu
2008 Mar 21 18:41 Fri
2008 Apr 20 10:27 Sun
2008 May 20 02:13 Tue
2008 Jun 18 17:32 Wed
2008 Jul 18 08:00 Fri
2008 Aug 16 21:18 Sat
2008 Sep 15 09:15 Mon
2008 Oct 14 20:04 Tue
2008 Nov 13 06:19 Thu
2008 Dec 12 16:39 Fri


Full Moon dates 2009
Year Month Day Time Day of week
2009 Jan 11 03:28 Sun
2009 Feb 9 14:51 Mon
2009 Mar 11 02:40 Wed
2009 Apr 9 14:58 Thu
2009 May 9 04:03 Sat
2009 Jun 7 18:13 Sun
2009 Jul 7 09:23 Tue
2009 Aug 6 00:57 Thu
2009 Sep 4 16:05 Fri
2009 Oct 4 06:11 Sun
2009 Nov 2 19:15 Mon
2009 Dec 2 07:33 Wed
2009 Dec 31 19:15 Thu

Hanging Lake hangs where?

My mom and I took a week trip to Colorado. On the drive back we stopped for a brief hike - to hanging lake. I definitely recommend it! The water was amazingly colorful and the leaves only added to the beauty, with the blue jays contrasting sharply against the yellow fall.

goin' south

Playin' on the edge of the Grand Canyon


Me and one of many sisters - lovin' it!


Girls night out!


Standing under the 'BiG W!' it's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world!


Me and my cuz
- what is that they say? Three times a bridesmaid, never a bride? Well - if I don't include my sisters' weddings (and I don't think I shall) i am 2.5 bridesmaids of the way there!

my mom, and all of the single females of the Hall household took a trip south to AZ in August - we went down for my cousin's wedding. She's my favorite cuz...we were born two days apart, she has golden eyes, and we shared a room for a summer! yes!
the trip was great - loved it - and we made a scenic stop to the grand canyon. wahoo

Bethany the Bride

So my sister Bethany got married in July to Kip - whom we adore! The whole day was quite perfect and we had a great time. As you can see I am playing catch-up on my posts.....my sister, who is an avid blogger, would be very proud i am sure is wondering how long will it be before I post again - ha ha ha.

Introducing tuesday thursday

TueSDaY THuRSDaY

that is the name of the band that includes me and my sister (also known as ZPQ, Zara Pirate Queen)
ZPQ is a singer songwriter - so we play her stuff and cover some others' that we like. I back her up with guitar, banjo, violin, and occasionally voice. We are kind of on hold - but I think we'll be up an at it fairly soon! wahoo