THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!!!

EVERYONE!!!!!! BLOGING MAKES A DIFFERENCE!!!! I just got a comment on my "ode to Boolish" blog from (practically) Otis Spunkmeyer himself!!!!!!!!!! Anyone is welcome to scroll back to the older post and read the details......... but the point is there is hope yet for me to reunite with Boolicious!!!!!!! Wow! I am really happy about this!!!!! I will keep you all (and by "you all" I pretty much mean my grandparents and aunt kit) posted!!!!!! I don't know how this happend.... how did they find my post? Big boolish Brother is watching!

June has GOT to be good

It MUST!!! Everyday Chris finds out more things that have to be done, read, submitted, blah blah blah before school in August. He is gunna be a busy man fo sho! I have excitement slash dread for July because that is when my work is going to go from busy to hyper mode busy. With the retinal specialist that is joining the practice I work for, my job duties will double. I am really excited though, I am looking forward to learning more about the mystical retina (the part of the eye that we currently don't deal with at all) . Back to how awesome June MUST be...... Next weekend I have 4 days for some quality kick-A family time in Park City. I am especially excited because my darling sister Lisa and her two adorable sons are coming all the way from Pennsylvania to join in the fun. I am very excited to see her, I have really missed her! I am a little saddened that that weekend also happens to be PRIDE in Salt Lake City (a weekend of celebration for the gay community in Utah) I attended last year, and enjoyed lots of free entertainment, delish food, and had an all around good time-- everyone around was so gay! By gay I mean HAPPY! Everyone seemed truly happy to be able to celebrate what is definitely NOT seen as something to celebrate here in Utah. Anyhow, the next weekend is vacant.... there might be a yard sale in the works, and the next week is 3 days of boating and camping in Flaming Gorge! YIPPEE!!!!

Here is a little update on some previous posts (while I am rambling on) Chris E's vision is doing great since his Lasik touch up.... fe-uwy! The garden that J-s-o-n and I planted is STILL not dead! hooray! a lot of people here in Cache valley have been complaining about how rainy and dreary it has been.... the plants don't seem to mind and neither do I! Since I've lived here we have never had such a long spring and I am loving it! I have been making excellent progress on my quilt and I'm just a day away from being completely done with the top... now I've just got to figure out what to do next! I recently watched Oklahoma!

It's hard to type these next words: I had never seen it. (I failed to mention that in my embarrassing confession in an earlier post) It was freaking good! I loved it, and was almost tempted to re-watch it right then and there. OH! let me back-track for a sec, I am really excited to spent some quality time with the latest addition to the fam: Maxwell Baker Toone! My darling sister Kara is good and making adorable nieces and nephews for me! Here is a picture for your viewing pleasure:

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Blow Pop Run

Us, cruisin' around enjoying blow pops (one of my favorite non-chocolate treats). This was a "Life is good" moment!!! fo sho!

I'm not crying.... I've just been cutting onions...

animals that are good for a laugh

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

In the first or second week of my time at Snow College, I got this really bad infection that decided to wreak havoc on a lymph node in my neck. I got really ill, then really really ill, and just before I thought an Alien was going to bust out of my neck..... my dad showed up and took me home. He saved me. He took me to all the medical appointments and it was determined fairly quickly that surgery was necessary. My mom was out of town for work, I'm used to having her by my side when I'm sick, but no prob.... my dad was there and took care of everything including me. DAD: Thanks for everything you do for me! I hope your birthday is fantastic!!! I love you!

Jason gave me this fabulous Coach bag for my birthday that I really don't deserve and probably put to shame! The truth is, I LOVE IT! I have never had a quality purse ( what with the worchestershire tragedy and the ranching disaster.... 2 purse mishaps that are a whole different blog entry that justify having crappy purses...). I feel so spoiled with it! I am defiantly not cool enough to have it, but feel flattered that Jason thinks I am. The picture of me (in a phone booth) is to show that the door knob isn't the only one sporting a hot bag.... although it probably pulls it off better. baahaa. Thank you Jason for making me feel like a million bucks!

Just for now

Imogen Heap preforms the ultimate round with herself...... this is neato.... the end.

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First You Pick It Up, Put It In The Bag, Boom Boom

K. This clip is kind of long, but well worth while for anyone who enjoyed this cartoon as a child!!!! Kara: this one is for you.

Birthday Basset

Happy birthday to me! It has been a wonderful birthday! I celebrated with my family on Sunday, and had a fabulous time! I received a sewing machine from my parents (which I am very excited about!) and all the needed accessories in a darling tote thingy from my sisters. I purchased fabric with the awesome birthday cash I got from my grandparents (thanks guys!!) and already started a quilt. It will be very interesting to see how it turns out.... I am usually bad at stuff (haha... but really). Penni came up for a visit and gave me State Fair on DVD!!!! I seriously was thrilled! Granddad: I watched it and you were right.... it was a real goodie!!! The DVD set included the newer version that I haven't watched yet, does anyone know if that one is any good? Tonight Chris E and I are going to Le Nonne with the Spillman's (our kick-A friends Danny and Sarah that are expecting a little Spillman....it is totally going to be the event of the season). Anyways.... the point is life is good, and although I am not thrilled to be getting older, it is so much better then the alternative. Thanks to everyone out there in the world that have made these 26 years of mine rock! (The above picture thrills me and makes me miss my Floozy! Basset pictures are perfect for ever occasion, aren't they.)

Ode to "boolish"

Back in the fall of 2005, when I moved here to Cache Valley I was strolling along the grocery store when I stumbled upon Otis Spunkmeyer's BOOLICIOUS cookie dough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who would've though my life would be changed forever?? All my life I have been freakishly fond of cookie dough. If I had a fight with a boyfriend or just having a girls-night I would often buy a container (sometimes huge sausage like chubs) of cookie dough. YUMMO! (in Rachel Ray's creepy goblin voice). Well Boolish, as I like to call it, was in a completely different league then those childish cookie doughs. It was chocolate dough! Sweet succulent CHOCOLATE dough. It had white chocolate chips and orange (colored) chocolate chips. It was sold in the frozen isle and it was SO good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought like 5 to 10 packages that Halloween season (really healthy...) but little did I know that I would never see boolish again after that. Yes, that's right, I only was aware of it's existence for one measly season and then some big shot with Otis Spunkmeyer decided to pull the product.

Every Halloween season I search for boolish. During other holidays I look for a spin-off of boolish... like "heartlicious" or "Shamrocklicious" (maybe not shamrocklicious). Chris has tried to tell me "boolish is gone.... you've got to let it go" but I can't!!! Several months ago I went to the Otis Spunkmeyer site and wrote an "ode to boolish" type letter. I asked them how I could get more. I asked them if there is a second best (pfff) option. I asked them to help me.

Well, I never heard back! That's right.... Otis doesn't care about his number one fan. Granted, I may have frightened the reader..... but I didn't even get a courtesy e-mail or a coupon or anything? Well that is just cold hearted.

Last month while Chris was taking his g-mat I was driving around Ogden killing time, and stumbled upon an Otis Spunkmeyer Plant (who knew) and went in search of answers. No leads were found and I am left boolicous-less.

I guess I need to just look back fondly on the memories I had with boolish.

Happy Mother's Day

To Chris E's mom Penni: Thank you for being the mother that you are to Chris and me. You are responsible for bringing CHRIS COOK into this world (the greatest accomplishment of all time!!) Thank you for always putting a smile on my face! Chris and I really love you.

To my Grandmom: Wow. I love and admire you so much. You are always there for every single member of this family. I love your dried fruit, and your pickle relish. I love the quilts that you've made me, and I love having you as my grandmom.

Mom, I love you. Remember that time that me and two of my best friends were having a joint-14th birthday pool-party extravaganza? And we all wanted matching two piece swim-suites???? Well, the other moms said yes, and you wouldn't allow it. I was SO mad. Well, here it is: YOU WERE RIGHT. I was a late bloomer and had the bod of an 11 year old. 14 year old girls don't need two-piece swimming suites.... let alone 11 year old girls. The point is, you are a great mom. You were my friend when I needed a friend and my mom when I needed a mom. You have never failed me. Here are just a few things you taught me:

-not to be a picky eater (the most important trait, I believe)

-how to separate yolks from whites

-how to speed clean with "green juice" (readers: this is not a drug:))

-to ski with a V or an I shape (not an X or W)

-tirimisu isn't against the word of wisdom (Susan Hainsworth eats it)

-"If My Dog Were Green" and every other song under the sun.

-How NOT to catch or throw a ball.

-chocolate=yum.

-how to drive (haha)

-how to fold paper into an envelope shape

- burping at dinner parties is a no-no

The truth is, you taught me everything that is good about me.... and everything that is bad about me I picked up elsewhere. Thank you. I love you.

Weekend Update

I had a fantastic weekend. When I got home from work on Friday we went to the Utah State Pottery sale. I purchased the orangy lidded pot below. I can't believe someone MADE it... the lid fits perfectly... how do they do it? Amazing! When I got home I couldn't shut up about how fun it was to get something that wasn't made in a factory and reproduced a thousand times. Then Chris surprised me with another piece that he purchased while I wasn't present. It's the pretty pinkish blueish little number on the left. I LOVE IT. It is just so girly and lovely. Thank you Chris E. The picture really doesn't do either piece justice. It was fun to get a "prize" (as they call it in Kara's family).

On Saturday we went to Yah Poh, which is a yummy Chilean restaurant here in Logan. Jason's uncle Jose was performing there in his mariachi style band. Highlights included: Delicious empinada's, and Jason's face turning beet red when urged to dance in front of all of the patrons of the restaurant. HAHA! That was rad.

On Sunday we went to the Cache Valley Flee Market. Not cool. Nuf said. Then we went home and Jason did some construction in mine and Chris E's room. He put in new floor boards and they look beautiful. That night Chris made the most amazing breakfast for dinner. EVER. (Chris: the bacon was absolutely NOT too crispy). All and all it was a very fun weekend.

Last night Chris and I grilled up some smokey Texas-style ribs and tried our hand at making baba ghanoush. It was quite the yummy feast! Once again, the photo does no justice.

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I understand that people out there in the world might not really care about what I had for dinner. Well too bad. What I have for dinner just happens to be the most important and most exciting thing in my life. :)

just because

This clip is a treasure! what a great SNL skit by Mia Rudolph that spoofs a pet peeve of mine (singers that think they are hot stuff because they slide around from note to note like something is caught in their throat). BA HA HA.... I am still totally LOL-ing.