Thank You Color Quick Printing!!!

So, I have some official good news of the week. I'm so excited about it!

I've been working with a family run print shop here in Provo to print the wedding invitations that I've been designing. They design invitations as well and every time I go there I've seen at least one bride picking out her soon to be wedding invitations from a collection they have posted up on a big wall in their lobby.

I've gotten to know the family pretty well this summer and they've gotten to see all the designs I've been doing.

So what's the big news? Well, long story short, they're redoing that big invitations wall in their lobby and asked me to design the new invitations that will be featured on it. Now every time one of my designs goes to press I get a bit fatty check in the mail.

WAHOO!!

Third Grade Bulletin Boards

On Wednesday I went up to see my friend Jill. She teaches third grade and just switched to a new school so she had a lot to organize and do to get ready for school to start, including decorate a bulletin board. She let me do that part for her and I had a blast! We even decided to make some coordinating door decorations.

The teacher down the hall asked if she could hire me to do hers. I'm pretty sure she was joking... but if she wasn't... it'd pretty much be the best job in the world.

Lagoon Day!

Every year Doug's work sends all the employees and their families to Lagoon for the day. The rule is, if you don't go to Lagoon you have to go to work. Needless to say, Doug opted for going to Lagoon.

We'd been looking forward to the day for a while. We got to go last year, but last July we were in the middle of planning our wedding (I can't tell you how happy we are to actually enjoy the summer this year instead of spend every minute locating table clothes and mini fruit tarts) and the stress was just so good at trickling into everything we every did. This year was much better! We had a fantastic day together at the park and then got to spend the evening with Doug's parents while we were up in the Salt Lake area. We're so thankful that Doug has such a great job and for all the blessings (way more than just a day at Lagoon- trust me!) it brings to us.

Commuter's Sunburn

Business casual + no AC in your car =

The other day Doug came home with a very weird mark on his arm. I pointed it out to him and he was as surprised as I was. After further inspection we realized it was a sunburn shaped into a perfect triangle. Weird. We've been trying to figure out how the perfect lines were created. One's clearly from his sleeve. We figured the other two must be from the shadows cast on his arm through his car window. Who knows. We just thought it was kinda funny.

July; National Hot Dog Month

So. July is National Hot Dog Month. Who knew? Not me. Who decides these things anyway?

Well, to celebrate Doug and I went to get FREE chili dogs at Wienerschnitzel. Though the quality of food wasn't so great (I really wouldn't recommend paying more than nothing for them) it sure was fun to hear the cashier say- 'Ok, and you're total is....nothing.'

Happy Fourth of July!

Doug and I had a great Fourth of July this year. We spent the morning at the Provo Freedom Festival Parade. It's actually a really good parade. This is the first year I'd really ever watched it- I'd seen it before, but just while walking through the crowd on my way up to campus to study. Have I mentioned that I love life without homework??

After the parade we had a picnic. And by picnic I mean we went to the nearest grocery store, bought some stuff from their Deli and then headed to a park where- upon seeing how many people were there and feeling how hot it was- we decided to enjoy nature from the comfort of our air conditioned car. It's a Ford though, so I still say it's patriotic.

Our favorite event of the day? Finding out that dry ice can make a warm can of soda icy cold in no more than 4 mins.

Summer Reading

Growing up our public library had this Youth Summer Reading Program. You'd read a book, fill out a slip and get entered into a weekly drawing.

Our school was full of these crazy English teachers who thought they ruled the world. We were required to read millions of pages of horribly boring books each summer and I really think that the only good that ever came of it was the occasional free t-shirt or bag of candy that we'd win at the library. (ok, ok, maybe we learned more about the literary world or something, but mostly I just remember the prizes. And the fact that everyone I know who came out of that high school still has a total dread of reading.)

Recently I've become completely addicted to audio books. (I still can't get myself to enjoy actually 'reading' a book- thanks a lot Ms. Houser) I listen to them while I work (and while I do the dishes... and make dinner... and clean the apartment...and in my car...and.. well- you get the idea ) The time really adds up and I've been averaging a few books a week without much effort. THEN last month I found out that the Provo library does a summer reading program just like the one I grew up with but for adults. I know, I know... I'm a nerd. But I was so excited- prizes all summer long without a crazy teacher telling me what to read?! What could be better?

Yesterday I won my first prize- I got to pick a book off of a whole cart. I was actually a little disappointed at first- I'm really just an audio book person, not a real reader. But then I found the section of the cart full of cookbooks and design books and it was so hard to choose! I finally went with a book on Interior Design packed with lots of full color pictures and not too many words. Just my style when it's not a book on tape :)

Life without a Landlord

Our fourplex was sold in the end of May. I'm not really sure what happened to our new landlord but.. well... long story short- we never had anywhere to send our June rent. Sure our yard now looks like a golden field of wheat... and we probably wouldn't get any assistance if something in the apartment broke... but there's a big part of my that's just hoping nothing much will change until we leave this apartment.