Taylor Swift Today Was a Fairytale

Check out this music video my neighbor Paul and his son Ethan helped to make.

(Today is a Fairytale by Taylor Swift)

Then watch this. :)

They'd love a little comment love. Go their webpage, Mainstay Pro and click on "Taylor Swift Music Video" up in the top right of the page to leave a quick comment. :) Thanks!!

Cake Contest: VOTING OPEN!

Oh I'm so excited! I had so much fun seeing all these great creations coming in!

Thanks so much to Camiba, Jessica L, Jana, Jessica G., and Tonya for sending in your amazing cakes!

Voting is now open, and will remain open for one week (April 13, 2011). Instructions are at the end.

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To vote please fill out this form:

*If you can't find the 'submit' button click on the form and use your arrow keys to scroll down. I'm sorry, this is my first time trying out a form and once I make it I can't change it. Ooops :)

Marriage Monday: Love is a Process

"Love demands action if it is to be continuing. Love is a process."

--Marvin J. Ashton

I think, when this quote was spoken he meant being active in general (there's a lot to be said for a couple or person who recognizes this and isn't lazy in their relationships). Action is action.

But it got me wondering, Have you thought about what sort of action your spouse would most appreciate? Perhaps a little knowledge on The Love Languages would help maximize make your efforts.

You can see my other Marriage Mondays here.

Image found on google images.

Online Friends to the Rescue!

I got a brand new shirt and at the end of the day I noticed a fun pink line down the middle of the front. ACK! So of course I enlisted the help of my wonderful Twitter and Facebook friends.

A lot of GREAT responses!

Seems like everyone was on the same page.

So many good ideas but I decided to try the one I had on hand first. If that didn't work I'd move along to the next one.

It worked!

I used a little hair spray and viola!

Thanks you guys!

Meeting Markus Zusak

I've been to a lot of author events and had the chance to listen to a lot of great people speak.

So with that in mind, let me tell you just how much I LOVED getting to hear Markus Zusak speak last week. When I got a chance to talk to him I asked him if while he was in the states (he's from Australia) if he was able to visit any other places or having any other signings and he said Pennsylvania and Ohio (I think it was).

I'll be honest. I've heard A LOT about his more popular book The Book Thief, but I haven't read it. Yet. I own it. And I plan on reading it this year. I even started another one of his, I am the Messenger and I'm really enjoying it!

He was so engaging and funny and cute and that accent. I love accents.

He told this great story (some video below) of a childhood memory between him and his brother and at the end told us he used that story to make a point of how he writes. He said the details he included are important to writing and creating a story because it's what makes you own the story. It's also important because it's what makes it believable and real to the person listening /reading it.

I can not believe how long he stayed to sign books. He finished his talk around 7pm and I was in the first 75 people and we finally made it through in about 1.5 hours or so (and that was with everyone only getting to have 2 books signed). My friend Karen's son was there and was one of the last few people to get signed and left around 1am! He was so so nice though and wrote a few sentences (and even drew pictures) in everyones books.

Plus it was fun to go with a bunch of people I knew!

Pictured above (front row: me, Jenni, Rachel, Jamie back row: Becca, Amy, Esther, Olivia)

And just so you can enjoy his accent as much as I did I got you all some video to watch.

(If the videos are too big for my blog you can click on here for video 1 and here for video 2.)

Blogger Meet Up & Blickenstaffs Review

Just a reminder:

Please dont forget about the Cake / Book contest!

On Saturday the Utah Bloggers Meetup held their first social at Blickenstaffs. It's funny that I mainly went to get to socialize with some awesome people but came away with no pictures of the lovely gals I talked to and instead got a billion pictures of the AMAZING store that hosted our gathering.

So hopefully a little shout out to those that came will suffice while I show you pictures of Blickenstaffs.

April (Sweet Life in The Valley), Lindsey (Cafe Johnsonia), Carlee (Living the Scream), Jaimie (Just-Jaimie), Camille (Make It Work Mom), Susan (Freshly Picked), Kim (Kim Orlandini), Nicole (Cute Culture Chick), Karen (Surviving the Etsy Madness), Pamala (French Knots), Lindsey (the r house), Brittany ({Love Stitched}), Leslie (Little Mookie), Liz (Cotton and Curls), Diana (Livy Love), Molly (Fluer de Bee), Sarah (Cable Car Couture) Gayle (Mom and Camera). I know there were other great women there, but I didnt get a chance to meet them all (if you were there let me know though and I'd be happy to include a link to your blog!).

After we were all introduce into the store we were told there were 10 golden eggs hiding somewhere. If we found one, inside was the name of a prize. And check it out! I totally found one. Our host, Kyle, told us that this was their most popular selling game last year. My kids were thrilled I came home with a new game.

 

You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter, and on their Website.

The store kindly sent us all home with a bag full of our choice of candy (we had SO much to choose from) and believe me when I say my kids were more excited about the bag I was holding than to see me coming home. Haha.

I just had to include this. I didnt actually even ask how much it was since I'm sure it'd be more that $5 :) but if I could afford it, I'd love to get this for my husband!

Wordless Wednesday: Hidden Treasure

(This picture was taken by me in October 2010 in Anaheim California at Disneyland.)

***Don't forget about the cake contest!! It ends tomorrow.***