Oh the weather outside is...weather.

Don't you think it's soo funny how that weather man made the whole salt lake valley in fear for their lives as if this were the blizzards of all blizzards, and if we didn't get off the roads by 3 o'clock pm, then we'd probably be frozen into a cube and not thawed until next March?  AAANNNDDD it didn't even hit until 6... so much for sending elementary students home at noon!  I was so excited to go outside to a winter (almost) wonderland and  instead, I leave work in a hurry at 5 pm, and on my drive home I see this mean dark grey storm cloud coming in.  Suddenly, from my surprise there was a slight 'flutter' of barely visable wispy snow.  I'm not even joking you, I yelled "THERE IT IS!"  That tretcherous snow storm we've been preparing ourselves for all day.  I'm grateful that I made it home before it got bad though... and Brando and I decided to hurry and make a run to Smiths so we could stock up on candles and a flash light just in case and plan for the worse.  Did you know that Smiths doesn't carry flash lights?  We searched and searched and finally asked someone and they said no...  Pffffft.  Target would have had it...We did however get a 3 wick smelly good Apple Cinnamon candle that B picked out and it lights up our living room quite nicely in the pitch black dark (don't worry, we actually tested it out).  We decided that we had enough in the windy ouchy snow blowing in our faces and made yummy super not good for your nachos at home!  They were SO good.  My Gma gave me a bushell of chilis to make chili verde and I must say... The spaniard in me sure knows how to shine!  Talk about spicey and DE-LISH-US!  haha we ate it all in 3 days and I don't think my stomach understood the word 'Spice' until this weekend.  But it sure was satisfying.  So with our left overs we made nachos, with beans, and cheese, and taco seasoning, oooh and chicken!  A whole pan of nachos-GONE-  Sick, I know but it was oh so good.  hehe...

   So, for some more good news, I am off of work until Monday!  WAHOO, be jealous!  For all I care, it can snow non stop until Sunday night.  I would love to go sledding this weekend and possibly hit up the slopes!  Unfortunately, I'm too broke for slopes, so i'll just have to live with sledding.  How much fun does that sound?    Also, did I ever tell you about my final day, Day 5 of Bikram Yoga?  Yeah, well it was awesome.  What a rewarding class that was for me.  It was suuuper intense, but by the 3rd day I couldn't wait to go again.  I would have gone 6 times, but I was invited to the Jazz game and turned down yoga.  Oh well.  And my goal was to get at least 7 but i'd say considering the fact that one of the teachers said they try and incourage the trial members to come 5 times, which I did, I had it pretty good!  Plus, my friend who I signed up with ( I will not name names ;] ) only did it ONCE! So... ha, beat that!  Seriously though, I would highly recommend trying the 10 day trial and make a goal to go about 5 times.  Now I need a new hobby or something fun.  Speaking of hobby, I've started something fun and warm for winter but I've rambled on a little too long for my (and yours) liking haha.  I hate reading those blogs that are FOREVER long with no pictures so I will update you this week :)  loves.  Happy Thanksgiving if you don't hear from me until after then.  I will enjoy my looong holiday weekend off of work thats for sure.  Oh yeah, and you better believe i'll be out shopping and fighting the black friday FREAKS. 

Stay warm.....cmar

Day 4

Tuesday was day 4 and boy oh boy how it kicked my butt!  I thought it may or may not be easier since I had gone three days last week!  I think giving myself a break for the weekend was what did it for me because yesterday was pretty tough!  Luckily, by the end of class, I felt really good and remembered why I was there.  I was hoping i'd get one class in tonight and one last one in tomorrow, but I got invited to go to the Jazz game and sit in a suite tonight instead!  I just couldn't pass down a Jazz game haha...So, I wasn't able to reach my goal but i'd say doing 5 out of 10 days is a good accomplishment.  The Yoga instructor last night said they try to encourage the new students to try and make it to at least 5 classes... which I will have done by tomorrow!  Wish me luck ;)

love...cmar

Day 2 & day 3

So...

The plan was to come home and blog about my 2nd day at Bikram Yoga, but then I decided to update "tomorrow".  Well, tomorrow came and so did day 3, and yet again, I got side-tracked and decided I would catch up later.  Well today is later and I may or may not start day 4.  haha...

So I was able to do yoga for the first three days in a row and decided to take the weekend off because, well... because it's the weekend duh!  The first day I thought I was going to die because of the heat and how intense the session was.  Day two came and I realized that it wasn't as bad as the first day.  By day three I was shocked at how much more relaxed I was and how much progress I had made.  Some of the positions were literally impossible for my body to do, and by only day 3 I noticed that I was doing the impossible!  It was still super duper hot, but the 90 min came really fast and as soon as I knew it, class was over.  I'm feeling a little on the lazy side today, but hopefully i'll be able to make it to the class and make my 4th day mark.  :)  I'll keep you updated ;)

love...cmar  

The Yoga Challenge: Day one

So, I started a program with my friend that allows you to take unlimited yoga classes for a consecutive ten days for 20 bucks.  I'm doing this at a place called Bikram Yoga and they offer this program to new members.  I have been once before so I knew what to expect and have been putting off doing this whole ten day ish for quite some time.  SO- last night we decided to start!  It is in a heated room with 20-30 soaking, dripping with sweat people...haha sick right? Not to mention that it is pretty smelly.  Regardless, it is super intense and very rewarding in the end.  I really enjoy it and am going to see how many of the ten days I can actually stick with.  My goal is to go to at least 7 classes, my plan, is to hit 9...we'll see.  The class is 90 min long and towards the end I feel like i'm going to burn into a flame and die, it's THAT tough.  I really love yoga and what it does for your body and inner self.  SO anyone who'd like to join I have 9 days left! ;)

namaste.

love...cmar

a tasty yum yum

What do you get when you mix these:

into this:

(don't judge my lack of mixing bowles!)

to get this?

...

a hungry bunch of these!



bahaha...

I absolutely love Punkin' Choco chip cookies, my personal fav.  Cliche I know but it's the most simplest, tastiest holiday treat EVER.  So... if you're ever wondering how you could get on my good side, or would like to surprise B and I with a treat... some mixing bowles would be nice! 

-tee hee jk jk. 

But seriously...

Hey, for me to post two nights IN.A.ROW, you should consider yourself lucky.  This doesn't happen often. Especially with pictures!  Goodnight world.

love//cmar

'Fall'ing into Autumn

Brando promised me a ride in Millcreek Canyon to see the changing leaves before they fall off the branches.  We picked a perfect day to go.  Unfortunately, it was raining cats and dogs, but I think it made things more fun :)  My favorite is right when the trees turn into pinks and reds and the rest are still gold.  It's unbelievable...What a beautiful world we live in.  These pics sure don't do justice for the actual view, but I have to say the iphone takes some pretty nice pics, definitely nothing that my little mytouch could capture!  My camera took a dive to the deep end and I prob won't be able to get a new one till after the holidays...

Here are some of the pretties that we captured. 

    This, and the one at the tippy top are my favs

I would love to do this again and next time hike one of the trails when it's not raining.  I forgot how much I love fall and love dressing up with scarves and jackets.  I'm not super excited for it to snow but i'm ready to get the warm clothes out! 

Hopefully we'll carve pumpkins this week at our new place and will get pics up along with the Halloween festivities such as the annual Witches Night Out with the girls and of course Halloween weekend! 

love...cmar

Soo HAPPY

I just can't wait to let you all know that I just set up our quest internet all.by.myself!!!!!!!!!  FINALLY, I don't have to wait for my slow internet on my phone to load so I can read only the first 3 blog updates as my phone can onlyl scroll up and down on the page as a whole, and not the little scrolly part to view everyones blog updates.  Ahhh... what a great feeling it is to have the internet up and running.  At first we had a small struggle trying to figure out the key phrase for the modem because it was given (kindly) to us by a friend for F.R.E.E- but I just put my brains back together and realized it was (luckily) pasted on the side of the modem (which never happends), it was a success.  Congratulations Crystal, you are a GENIOUS. 

So, on another note, we are all moved in and I can't begin to explain to the internet world of how HAPPY I am to be here!  We both love living here and always want to go home to relax!  Call me lame why dont you, but that's just how cool it is :)  So far we've had a few visitors:  The olds, Mom and Dad Barnes, Robyn, Leeser, and of course, ALL of my friends:)  (Too many to name at this time). The downfall: we've already recieved all of our bills except the gas bill haha which is weird b/c when I lived at the town house I swear those dreaded things took 2 months at LEAST!  But that's ok because i've never seen such a cheap electric bill...not trying to brag but $11.05 is pocket change and is only 5 bucks a piece!  Whoop whoop!  I could go on and on for a min because it's been a while since I've actually caught up with my good friend blogger, but i'll save that for a later day! 

So, to wrap it up, I love my home, I love the things in my home(expecially Brando), and I LOVE LOVE LOVE life.  This is the change that I've been waiting for to drop into my life and make everything ok :)

p.s-I have pictures of my whole house but you'll just have to wait!  Goodnight 

lOve...cmar