so this is love . . .

Cody & I had a very romantic evening tonight. We were talking about our cool new apartment that is right by the mall :) and how he is going to be wonderful and move all of my stuff for me. Included in my 'stuff' is an adorable green vacuum, which coincidentally quit working the last time I vacuumed my apartment.
Being the handyman that he is, Cody wanted to take a look at it. So we took it out of the closet and flipped it over. We found the problem. Hair. Lots of hair. It was wrapped around the roller so tight that we had to use scissors to cut it off.
After 45 minutes or so, all of the hair was in my garbage can and we could actually see the little bristles. And the vacuum worked like it was brand new. Woo hoo! I couldn't be happier . . .

The Mesa Falls Adventure

This past weekend I went home for a few days. Sunday after church, my mom made some sandwiches, packed some water bottles and loaded Dave, dad & I into the car for a picnic.



My dad drove -- which is really wild, because he normally doesn't. We were driving through a construction zone when my mom spotted a police car behind us. And the lights were on. Come to find out, my dad was going 62 in a 45 mph zone. He didn't have his driver's license, the current insurance was on the desk at home AND the registration tags on our license plate had fallen off. Yikes! Dave and I were dying in the backseat . . . my mom was freaking out and my dad was sweating bullets. After a few minutes of deliberation, the police officer came back and gave my dad warnings for everything except the failure to carry the most recent insurance. But, that ticket can be waived if he mails a copy of his insurance to the courthouse. Hilarious!



We eventually made it to our destination, Mesa Falls. We had a wonderful lunch, took some scenic pictures and pretty much had a phenomenal time.

watch out chloe

My mom and brother, David, are on vacation in Chicago right now. They took my brother's laptop with them so they could get directions from Mapquest every morning -- but they ran into a little problem. There is no internet connection at their hotel!
So, I have been getting phone calls every morning before work that go like this:

Mom: Good morning! Did I wake you up?
Me: Not really . . .
Mom: Is anything fun going on today?
Me: Not really . . . just getting ready for work.
Mom: Could you Google how to get to (this is the part where she tells me where they are going that day) from our hotel?
Me: Sure Mom.

Cody thinks that it is pretty funny and has started calling me Chloe -- like the Chloe from 24 that always rescues Jack Bauer because she is sitting at CTU and he is having all the fun not at CTU.

I am proud to say that I successfully guided Mom and Dave from a random location in downtown Chicago to TGI Friday's while they were about ready to die from hunger. I gave them block-by-block updates for about 35 minutes. They told me that they were forever indebtted to me for rescuing them. Maybe being a speech-pathologist isn't my true calling in life :)

The Place

My friend, Luis, is really cool. He makes a reality t.v. show about our exciting lives. Check this sweet video out.

Summertime

In my world, summer officially started today.

Why, you ask?

It's because my pink and orange funky floral print blanket isn't part of my bedding anymore. This blanket helps me stay toasty all winter long, but now that the temperature is rising . . . I just don't want to be toasty anymore.

My grandma made this blanket for me after hearing about the record breaking lows all winter long when I lived in Wyoming. We've been inseparable ever since . . . it has weathered billions of colds, plenty of girl talk and a few tears.

I'm not too sad about putting my blanket away though, because in a few months it will be right where it belongs -- wrapped around me :)