Wednesday, July 07, 2010

My Stupid Plastic Bag

Come listen to my tale of how I lost (then quickly found) my sister's wedding veil.

Suzy had borrowed Amy's veil for her wedding in June (and looked smashing with it on), and last week I went to pick it up. The veil was inside one of those thin, plastic, dress bags that usually hold dresses (duh!), but today the bag was my enemy. I was driving home on the highway, going about 55mph, with my front two windows down and I hear the bag rustling in the back seat. Just as I decide to roll up the windows because something could fly out, that stupid plastic bag flys out the window. awesome.
So obviously I had to go back and look for it. The journey begins. I guessed on where the bag may have landed and searched everywhere on the south side of the Weber river. Everywhere! I probably looked like a crazy lady to people driving by, but what's so crazy about walking through weeds and sifting through garbage? jk. Towards the end of my search I'm talking to myself and can't do anything but mutter, "why isn't it stuck on the fence!" There was a fence next to the highway and everyone knows that every bag that blows around will eventually get stuck on a fence. Like so.....

Well, the bag was not stuck on the fence! I was losing my mind. My mom told me to search on the other side of the river and as I'm turning around to get there I am trying to figure out why this is happening. I'm pretty strong in believing everything happens for a reason, but what could possibly be the reason for losing a wedding veil?! There is no lesson I could learn from this. It's not like I was irresponsible and didn't make the plastic bag wear a seat belt!
I start looking on the north side of the river, which looks like a plastic bag graveyard, and as I'm about to scream to the sky, "WHY?!" I see the bag. That stupid plastic bag...

So there you have it. Still have no clue why it happened. Maybe sometimes there is no reason for things happening in our lives...either way, I'm not letting a plastic bag make me search my soul for unknown answers...I will however, let it lead me to find this...

looks like something off a Project Runway challenge.

Kind of cool.
That is all.

Sunday, July 04, 2010

My Wasatch Front

Reason #172 why Utah is awesome:

One of the many great things about living in Ogden is that I can hike...in Ogden. I don't have to travel far to climb the mountains I love and they're always there when I look out my window.

Allyse and I have been hiking at least once a week, and it has been wonderful. Lately we've only been doing waterfall canyon and would love your trail suggestions.

We tell ourselves hiking is our training for the big hike at Catalina next year. We don't want to die like we did last time, and this is our way of changing it. In all honesty, we just love hiking. Who doesn't!?

Plus, it's more fun than going to the gym--sorry to all you gym people out there, but climbing a mountain is waaaay cooler.

Also! There's a big benefit of finding a waterfall at the top!




You're welcome to join us if you want to come!

"Naaaatuuuureee!!!

Goulet."