Day 8: A Photo That Makes You Sad

Lara, I and Annoeska in NYC

This photo, although it may look happy, actually makes me sad for two reasons.
A) It makes me miss the coolness of New York City
and
B) It makes me miss two of the best roomies and two of the coolest girls this planet has ever known.

Day 7: A Photo That Makes You Happy

There are defninitely happier pictures, but I didn't want to post them, because they are already up as wedding pictures! But this is also a very happy picture. This was taken on a hike to a place called Boullion Falls by Marysvale UT. (Probably slaughtered the spelling of both of those places, but thats okay). It was taken on a hike with my parents Labor Day weekend on my way back down to Cedar. I love the feeling of fall in this picture. There is something about wading in water in the middle (or beginning) of fall that is just so peaceful and happy. Love it! And okay... if you want the picture that just makes me giddy, here it is...

Taken by AK Studio & Design

Day 6: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

So the Johnson family has been plagued my some super weird dreams this week... all Harry Potter related. Does that tell you something about our recent obsession of choice? So here are our top 3 weirdest/most vivid dreams in no particular order...

1 - This was a dream had by Smalls. She dreamt that she was watching a family trying to travel by floo powder only through a dresser drawer. There were two little girls and a mama and papa. The two little girls went through first and made it safely through I assume. Then just as the parents were about to leave, they heard a sound near the front door. The mama asked the papa if he had locked the door and so he went back to double check which was most unfortunate because when he got there, the wife heard Voldemort's high pitched voice yell ava kadavra accompanied with a flash of green and knew her husband had just died. She made it through to her girls just in time to run for it.

2 - This one was dreamt by Talls. I don't know the details exactly but he says in his dream we were a couple kind of like Lily and James Potter... only not... and that someone had sent a dragon after us to kill us. The dragon set our current apartment on fire but we were able to escape. From there, buddy thought it might be a good idea to hide in Zions NP but I wasn't quite so sure. Well I obliged and seconds after we got there, the dragon found us. So we apparated to a city something like Chicago and were living in a high rise apartment right underneath a couple of our friends. Well we were just at home one day when we felt some heat so we looked up and the dragon was burning through the roof into our apartment. We didn't know how we were going to get out of that one but then some wizards showed up and captured the dragon. Later a news crew was able to interview the dragon about how he found us and he said he knew I liked apartments with a certain kind of pipes and so he found us by looking for apartments with those kind of pipes.

1 - Okay... maybe these were in order cuz this one is my favorite and it was had by mwah. I dreamt that talls had been injured somehow and had to be transfigured into a penguin in order to heal. He was put in a zoo and I visited him everyday. He knew who I was, but he couldn't talk to me or anything... He could only cuddle with me in a very awkward manner. After days and days of visiting him at the zoo, doctors began to tell me that he might never be transfigured back into a human... he might have to stay a penguin forever. My mom suggested I get a divorce but there was no way. We had been sealed so even if we couldn't be human together in this life, we could be husband and wife humanly in the next.

So yes... a little bit too much Harry Potter going on in the life of the Johnsons? I think so...

Day 5: Your Favorite Quote

This definitely depends on the effect you are going for. For example, if you are looking for thought provoking, it would have to be... "You won't always have the moment, but you will always have the memory". Kind of a life motto for me. However, if you want funny than it is either a quote from Sheldon on the Big Bang Theory... "Cause of accident? Lack of adhesive ducks!" Or this other that I got in an e-mail from my mother that says something to the effect of... All women are born as angels, but when someone breaks their heart they continue to fly, just on a broomstick. Be warned... we are flexible like that. So true boys.... so true.

Day 1! And 2... 3... 4...

Wow... So its only day 1 (and 2 and 3 and 4) of my 30 days of posts and I have already failed because I am 4 days late in posting! But if its only day one, does that really count? Well best to get this over with then...

Day 1 <3 Your Favorite Song

I cannot pick just one so I will have to go with a few...
1 - All time favorite song: Lullaby by Shawn Mullins
2 - If I Die Young by The Band Perry
3 - Don't You Wanna Stay by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
4 - Just a Kiss by Lady A
5 - Like My Mother Does by Lauren Alaina
But you must keep in mind that my favorite songs change like fads so ya know...

Day 2 <3 Your Favorite Movie

Again... its impossible to just pick one so you get another list.

Day 3 <3 Your Favorite Book

I can't give you a favorite book, but I can definitely give you a favorite author... Sarah Dessen... and a favorite series... Harry Potter.

Day 4 <3 Your Favorite TV Show

Finally... something that can be answered with one definitive answer... I love American Idol!

Pictures! And 30 Days of Posts Begins Now...

We finally got our bridal pictures and they were so worth the wait! Here are some of my very favorite! Thanks goes to the amazing Abbey Kyhl of AK Studio & Design for taking them for us!

Also, I have been busy blog stalking and have come across a cute little idea called thirty days of posts. Basically the concept is to post a blog every day about you and there are categories for every day. Here is the list that I have found...

1) Your Favorite Song
2) Your Favorite Movie
3) Your Favorite Book
4) Your Favorite TV Show
5) Your Favorite Quote
6) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
7) A Photo That Makes You Happy
8) A Photo That Makes You Sad
9) A Photo You Took
10) A Photo Of You Taken Over 10 Years Ago
11) A Photo Of You Taken Recently
12) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
13) A Fictional Book
14) A Non-fictional Book
15) Favorite Game
16) A Song That Makes You Cry (or nearly)
17) An Art Piece (painting, drawing, sculpture etc.)
18) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
19) A Talent Of Yours
20) A Hobby Of Yours
21) A Recipe
22) A Website
23) A You Tube Video
24) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy
25) Your Day, In Great Detail
26) Your Week, In Great Detail
27) This Month, In Great Detail
28) This Year, In Great Detail
29) Hopes, Dreams, Plans For Next 365 Days
30) Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Let the blogging begin!

Beat the shock! Beat beat the shock!

Yes... that is my cheerleader side coming through which is amazing because I detest cheerleading but I am super excited because we have beat our electricity! Yeah! It has been a two month long battle between us and it, but this time, I'm pretty sure we have mastered our problems. This month has been particularly interesting with our electricity going out on the 5th and having serious issues with it ever since. It got to the point where we didn't dare use our stove or microwave so we were eating sandwiches, waffles, and cereal every meal. We were getting tired of not having any hot meals and the fact that despite numerous complaints, our landlord wasn't doing too much to fix the problem so we threatened to move out if he didn't have it fixed by the end of the month. Then last Saturday as I was cleaning, every time I touched the stove or dryer, I got shocked so call our landlord we did. He told us to unhook the wires on the back of our stove that were connecting our stove to our dryer and then to the breaker (so not safe by the way). So we turned off the breaker and unhooked the wires. Standard procedure right? Wrong! Because when we went to turn the breaker back on we heard a loud pop and sizzle and everything was out. So we quickly loaded up the contents of our refrigerator and went to stay with his parents for a few days while it got fixed. In a way this was a good thing because for one reason or another our landlord realized how serious the situation was and had an electrician in there on Monday. By Wednesday morning, everything was safe and in working condition and we were able to move back in last night. So take that mister electricity! Trying to kick us out of our cute little conveniently located cozy apartment! Well guess what? We are here to stay! At least for another two years that is...