So, I'm sitting here at 2nd South Coin Laundry... straight up classy, I know, and I can't help but think about the last time I was at a laundry mat. It was when I was a little girl. I always LOVED going to the laundry mat with my Mom, Christina and Darren. I was probably around 6 years old. I think at the time we were in an apartment without a washer & dryer so we would make pretty frequent trips there. I loved it because they had a pac man arcade game and we used to take turns playing it. Also, sometimes my Mom would take us next door to get an ice cream cone... maybe it was to rite aid... I can't really remember. I also loved the smell. Good memories!
Well, this is just embarrassing. Thank goodness I was 1 out of 2 people here... but I just messed up the simple task of going to the laundry mat. It's quite obvious that the last time I was here was when I was about 6 and that I spent the majority of my time eating ice cream and playing pac man. So, I get here with my big armful of bedding and first thing I see all along the wall are these huge front load commercial "washers"... just like the care instructions say on our comforter! I'm like, YEAH, this isn't so hard. So I throw it all in, dump my soap in (powder kind) and shut the door. I grab my quarters and am about to start dropping them in when I get the feeling I should stop. I look up and see a huge sign that says "30 lb. dryers". Oh great. I felt so stupid! I was just hoping nobody saw me! So, I try to hurry and grab my bedding out and walk it over to a washer. In the process I managed to leave a huge trail of powder soap allllllllll over the floor and some left in the dryer. At this point I just feel bad. I'm looking around for a broom and I see the lady that's working this morning watching me suspiciously. I finally decided to sit down in a little corner and blog about it. Every once and awhile I glance at my powder trail.
{Believe me, it's much worse in real life}
I'm tempted to get on my hands and knees and start gathering it up! I'm such a problem solver. Okay, there are a quite a few older people here now. I'm going to gather my courage now and go ask for a broom. I'm afraid somebody is going to slip and fall on it and break their hip! I couldn't live with that! Oh, I'm so dramatic.
So, I just need to take a moment on this lovely fall day to brag. Yes, about my darling husband.
So, for WEEKS I have been whining about camping. "I want to go camping"... "Wouldn't it be so fun if we could go camping?"... "Why don't we have a tent yet!?" Precious, right? Well, my darling, DARLING husband was actually listening. I would've just tuned me out, but not BJ. He is the best. So anyways... it's starting to get chilly outside and the chances of actually going camping are getting pretty slim. . BJ came home for lunch last Friday and said, SURPRISE, we are going camping tonight! I was pretty much ecstatic. We still don't have a tent but we have a JEEP which can act as a tent just fine So, we are trying to figure out where we want to go and what I'm gonna pack up when it starts raining.... well, it kept raining more and more as we are trying to ignore it and continue our planning. Finally, we had to decide it probably wasn't the night to go camping after all. The whole point is to be able to sit around our little campfire and sing and play guitar. Can't really accomplish that in the rain... so our plan was ruined! I was pretty bummed. BJ went back to work and I went on with my day.
That night he came home, we had dinner and were just relaxing in our little apartment when he gets up and says "stay there, don't move". I was on the couch in the living room and he got up and went to our bedroom. I was pretty curious, but I was a good girl and stayed put. About 15 minutes later he comes out and says "come with me..." He took me to our room and gave me some warm clothes to put on and said, "now stay here." I was so confused. I put the clothes on, got all bundled up and waited for further instruction. He came in a good 20 minutes later, grabbed my hand and said "close your eyes and follow me". We ended up outside in the pouring rain. We went on a nice little walk, got some ice cream, got drenched and had a great time. I love downtown SLC. We got back to our apartment and before we went in he again said, "close your eyes and follow me". I'm like WHAT IS GOING ON!? But it was so very exciting. Well, he took me to the room again and said wait here. A few minutes later he came and got me, covered my eyes and took me out to the living room. He told me to open my eyes (FINALLY!) and there in our living room was our very own campsite! It was so unbelievably thoughtful! I don't know how he does it. So, he had built us a "tent" out of blankets and chairs and our couch and had all the lights off and all of our candles in a little circle like a campfire right outside our "tent". He even went as far as stopping by the store after work to pick some stuff up for s'mores.
It was the BEST & most unforgettable campout I've ever had.
We sat around our campfire and made s'mores over the candles and then BJ played guitar. We didn't even use any electricity... (Yeah, that's how authentic we are :) Then we slept in our nice little tent. Side note: It collapsed on us early in the morning, but that's beside the point! I'm just so grateful I have a husband that cares so much. He really didn't have to do any of that but he did and he always does. He really does love me. I am so blessed.
{Here is just a little clip of BJ playing guitar.}
Just him playing around with "Fire & Rain" by James Taylor.
{I married my best friend for time & all eternity}
2. May 20, 2008
{My first Carrie Underwood concert in Reno, NV with my Mom & Sister}
3. May 21, 2010
{My second Carrie Underwood concert in Reno, NV with my Mom & Sister}
4. October 10, 2012
{My third Carrie Underwood concert, WEDNESDAY NIGHT with my handsome husband}
So, I might be exaggerating... but not really.
I L-O-V-E Carrie Underwood.
She is just someone with pure talent & I could listen to her sing all day long for the rest of my life! As silly as it sounds... 3 concerts in a row now, she has brought me to TEARS because of some out of this world note she hits, so perfectly. Ahhhhh.... nothing better. I wish I could do that.
Oh! And did I mention, she is straight up the GREATEST ENTERTAINER! Oh my my my. I've seen her swinging on stage while singing, her up in an old chevy truck flying around the arena and now her and her band on a floating stage! She puts on one good show. I'm pretty sure it's impossible for me to miss her concert if she is anywhere within 100 miles of me & I have no problem with that. Okay, I'm still so thrilled with getting to see her Wednesday night, the only way to get it out of my system is to post! Here I go.
So this is my favorite ever. I saw her sing this at the second concert I went to. It got me then and it still gets me now, every time I watch it. She is phenomenal.
{The hubs & I at the Maverick Center}
{The amazing floating stage. This excited me very much so.}
So, this was my favorite song from the last 2 concerts I've been too. Obviously this isn't my video... I was too enthralled to get my camera out! She has such mind blowing voice control!
Here is one I took. "I told you so"
Okay I'll try to stop now or everyone is going to think I'm crazy.... Too late?? Oh well. I just really admire her. Okay, I have lots of things to do on my day off today so I better get steppin!
It was a joyous occasion. I just had to tell somebody about it and how happy it makes me! I'm sure BJ is tired of me talking about her... He is such a trooper! I'm so grateful he took me!
Happy Friday!!
{I love the weekend}
OH! And P.S... Just so you know, THIS ----> "!" is an exclamation mark. I know, they look like the letter "I". So no, I don't end a bunch of my sentences with the letter "I". I end them in exclamation!!!!!! Silly font!
Oh! And one more thing! Happy birthday to my beautiful Geegee!
You are such a great example to me & all of your family. Thank you for being the best Geegee around.
Sometimes I just stop & think about how lucky I am to be married to the best man I know.
Tonight we went on a date and stopped on temple square for awhile. We realized it's been just a little over a year since we did that together for the first time... so of course, we took a picture. Special little moments like that are what make life so sweet.
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