I can't wait for dinner tonight

I'm very excited for the weekend ahead: a pre-Valentines Party with friends, Superbowl Sunday and a little relaxation. Tonight though, I'm going to make these Philly Cheesesteaks (thanks Little Green Notebook), some oven fries with Old Bay seasoning (a new fave) and catch up on some CSI. Not bad.

As far as other things go, I have recently noticed a dramatic increase in the number of people who follow my blog that I don't know. I'm glad people seem to enjoy it, I guess I'm just really curious as to how other people found my blog and why they like to read it....feel free to let me know.

I Made Something...

It took more time than it should have, and some help from Brett, but I made my sister's invitations (and thank you cards, etc.). At least its a start.

Yeah, I'll brush it off...('it' being my shoulder)

A great patient gave me, the doctor I work for, and our medical secretary a shout-out on her blog and then emailed it to us. I thought it was funny. Check it here.

Project Runway was awesome last night. The challenge was to make a cocktail dress using only a burlap sack and trim (ribbons, lace or buttons). Some of the dresses were really cool, it was hard to believe they were made from a potato sack!

If you missed it, they show reruns on Friday nights on Lifetime.

Also, I'm obsessed with this blog written by a writer for Glamour magazine. It's been keeping me entertained all week.

Realizations of the Day

• I'm such an apartment decorating slacker-check this out in P-town. And who knew The Daily Universe was online? Awesome.
• Just because I work in a doctor's office doesn't mean I can't wear my J. Crew floral tee and messy french style bun, a la here. Tomorrow, I'm going to try red lipstick...I think.
• Since B's current job-stress level is an 8 and mine never exceeds a 3 (10 being you'd rather burn the place down and go to jail for arson instead of work one more day), its time for me to cut the man some slack when it comes to dishes and taking out the trash.

I'll let you know if anything else comes to me today (you can tell I'm quite busy at work-see bullet 3).

Hey Utah

It would have been fantastic to get Monday off in recognition of Martin Luther King day. I know the pioneers were important in the history of this state, I just wish you didn't trade their day for the day that celebrates civil rights. I'm going to be a little selfish and ask that both be recognized as non-working holidays. I don't think this should be a one-or-the-other type of situation.

Just sayin.

The Legend

The following text message was received from Ro (my 16-year old sister) today:

"I just met Dirty Kurty. The man, the myth, the legend."*

It's one of the top 3 texts I have ever received. I'm glad the White brothers are keeping it real with the high schoolers in the PC.

*Dirty Kurty is the brother of another legend: Coach Sam White. While Coach White is a close personal friend, he was also Ro's P.E. teacher last year. This year Ro has another friend of mine, Ms. Alissa Smith, as a teacher. What a small Park City it is.

Lame News and Great News

The lame news started Friday, about 4:30, when I had a small sore throat. Over dinner at Rio and the next five hours I kept telling Brett "My throat's a little sore". At about 10 the fever started, and stayed with me most of Saturday. Goodbye weekend. I was constantly bugged by the thought that my sickness literally started the last 30 minutes of my work week, and lasted until yesterday, with me healing in plenty of time to make it to work at 8 today. Yes, bummer.

Also adding to the lame news category was the flooding of one of Brett's condo buildings over the weekend. One of his finished condo buildings, that is, full of brand new homeowners. Awesome.

Here comes the great news though: thanks to a very generous Christmas gift, we will be saying aloha to Oahu in April.

We are both so excited since neither of us has been to Hawaii before. And since Brett will be returning to graduate school in the fall (for his MBA-surprise!), it will probably be our last trip for a couple years.

This news definitely brightened our days! I would love any tips or recommendations that anyone has, since I want to get the most out of our last big vacation for a few years.