DAY 206 - Mi! A name I call myself!

So I was invited to a "Sound of Music" Party. I was told it was a big costume party and everyone was going to be dressing up like their favorite character and the such. I was also told to bring a dish to share that went with the theme. I stressed about the costume. I didn't want to go to over the top, and I didn't want to put much effort into it, and I'm really not a huge Sound of Music fan. So after a little thought I decided I would go as "Mi" a name I call myself. So I got a generic white shirt and ironed on "Mi" I also made some lemon drop cupcakes and called them "drop of golden sun" cupcakes. When I arrived at the party, NOBODY was dressed up, and I only knew 2 people. The pot luck was mainly middle eastern type food, nothing to do with Sound of Music. I spent most of the night sitting awkwardly quiet on a large sectional leather couch smashed between two strangers on a very hot July night... my arms and sides were drenched and I was pretty much stuck to the couch by the time movie was done.

DAY 204 - Ken will be singing as he walks, and walks and walks, and waaaaalks.

On this fine Pioneer Day Eve I thought it would be fun to drive along 2nd East and see all the people camping out in anticipation for tomorrow's big parade. Apparently a young man from Taylorsville was also engrossed in the excitement, or possibly texting members of his young mens group to see where they were camped out and making bets on whether or not their Stake's Float was going to take home the Larry H. Miller memorial grand prize win. Whatever the reason, he was not paying attention, and his old school 80's Ford Bronco plowed into my little Mazda 6. It smunched it pretty good. I wasn't able to drive it, it had to be towed away. Poor little Ken couldn't get a hold of anyone to come pick him up, so he gathered all the belongings he could hold in his hand, then hung his head low and walked the long 5 block journey home... Now I know how the mormons must have felt.

DAY 201 - They went to Europe and all I got was this chocolate bar?!

Clete and Greg spent 3 weeks traveling Europe and Scandanavia. Tonight was the first time I'd seen them since they got back... They brought me some real Swiss Chocolate... Yum!!! It was soooo good. Smooth and creamy.

DAY 199 - Park City has a Whorehouse in it!

Jess, Tyson and I went up to see "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" at the Egyptian Theater in Park City. We had a big case of the church giggles and got some not so pleasant looks from those sitting around us. The show was..... well, it was entertaining. Especially to us, we found it very amusing, and maybe not the way they had intended. The music was good, and everyone was real talented, just a little interesting choreography.... and maybe the show's a little cheesey to begin with. Dolly, Burt and Dom may be the only people that can actually pull it off.

DAY 195 - Smores you think you can dance?

Smores and So You Think You Can Dance at Brandy's. And obviously Cassie Pickle and I can dance somethin' fierce! The beauty of it really... It has such a bold statement. Cassie represents fear and I am courage rising and kicking fear in the gut... seek happiness!

DAY 194 - The Blair Witch Trampoline

This pictures looks kinda creepy, like jumping on the trampoline at the Blair Witch's house. But really its Clete and Greg's backyard. They were in Sweden and I would stop by from time to time to borrow the DVR and watch my stories, then do a little trampoline jumping late into the night. It's really not creepy, and looks perfectly normal during the day.

DAY 193 - There's only one Lagoon... for the 2nd time!

Several summers have passed since I have been to Lagoon multiple times. When I was a kid we were there several times a week.... What were we thinking?? I went twice this year, and the second time I was all ready kind of over it. Alane and I went to see Josh Brodis in one of the shows. We spent most of the time in Pioneer Village at the little BBQ place just chatting, and then just rode the sky ride... Mainly because I only had an entrance pass and I was too chicken to try and sneak on to any of the big time rides.

Day 192 - Games in O-town

Had a little game night at Nick and Lance's. Bid farewell to Melissa and Liji as they head off to India for a year or more.

I made some tasty cupcakes. Chocolate frosted ones had cookie dough in the center and the ones with the others had a peanut butter filling. YUM

DAY 190 - Guess your not going to play me a song Piano Man!

It was a musical evening fer sure! I went with Brandy to the Twilight Concert at Gallivan Center. I didn't know any of the music, it was Jenny Lewis, all I know is that she was in "Troupe Beverly Hills" with the vastly talented Shelly Long! Shortly before we left I heard the "old gang" was going to be meeting at Keys on Main later on to watch the dueling piano show. So after the concert we walked back up to my house, I changed and went back down to Keys on Main and met Latoya, Jess, Ty, Andrew, Liz and Matt for the show. It was a a good time. I have been to the Tavernacle, which is also another dueling piano bar. I personally think it was a lot more fun. The piano players were a lot more entertaining and seemed to have a better repertior.

I wasn't sure of the etiquette, so I gave them $3 for my request....but apparently that was offensive, they require more. I was extremely bitter that I paid $3 to hear a bunch of other people's lame requests. Every time there was a lull, I would rub my finger nails together and yell out "stumble out of bed grab a cup of ambition..." trying to inspire them to play my 9 to 5 request... But to no avail. We decided to leave around 11. But overall it was a good time, I've always wanted to go there, now I have.

DAY 189 - I See London I See France...

Latoya is all settled in to her condo. Yay for her, so tonight she had us all over for a little housewarming. I guess you're suppose to bring a gift to something like that. I didn't though, I brought Sun Chips.. I think that counts, its not really a home until you have the crisp, baked not fried, whole grain goodness available for your consumption.

It was another night of sitting around reminiscing and possibly making fun of people. Of course not in a mean spirited manner. It has been a lot of fun having the Noyes family around, I've seen Liz, Jan and Dave more this trip than I have in years. What a treat.. really it is.

We took several pictures, but I must have a x-ray vision flash, cause every time we took a picture on my camera you could see the whites of Liz's unmentionables shining through her black shirt...hence the censorship.

DAY 188 - Moon Walkin'

Have I mentioned Tuesdays are a bit blah to me. They lack the utter depression of a Monday, but come too early for midweek celebration. Therefore it is Tuesday, I was not utterly depressed nor celebratory...does celebratory mean: to celebrate, or does it mean: obstaining from sexual relations? Either way, there was no celebration nor sexual relations, if you must know... geez you blog people are so nosey!

I took a stroll over to Clete and Greg's to get their mail for them since they are vacationing in Scandanavia. Then I meandered slowly home taking in the sights of this beautiful summers eve. I love living in the Avenues and tried to capture some of the mysterious charm of the neighborhood on this moon lit night. The picture isn't blurry, the building was... I promise... mysterious...oooooo

Today was also an important day in pop culture history. It was Michael Jackson's memorial service. I was an average fan of Michael, I have tried to do the zombie thriller dance and moon walk at social events. I have some of his albums, and I enjoy them. But I was not a super fan by any means. But whenever some big event like this occurs I get sucked into the media frenzy, not going to lie. I'm one of those people that are bringing up the ratings so that the news stations are focusing on this event rather than the rioting in Iran or the collapsing government in Honduras. Those things happen all the time, but the King of Pop only dies once. I spent 4 hours of my work day streaming coverage on CNN, NBC, and CBS. I needed the view of the funeral procession from all angles. I had to watch the constant replays of Mariah Carey's vocal debacle, but touching performance, Brooke Shields heartfelt goodbye, and Jennifer Hudsons amazing rendition of "Will You Be There." I can't help myself, I even got teary eyed at the creepy family tribute when little Paris proclaimed her love for her dad.

We all know Michael Jackson was kind of weird, but he had an abnormal childhood and probably not very good role models. If we trust in the judicial system he was proven innocent to all of the accusations, and I wasn't there and don't have all the information about that so I can't make a judgement. I just choose to remember him as he was in the early days, when he was thanking the girls in the balcony and when my sister Kelli and her best friend Cheri would call each other on the phone every time they showed him sitting in the audience on the grammy awards one year. He really was unique and will live on forever.

DAY 187 - Its so hard to be Softh

Today I went to lunch with a friend of mine at the Sandy Betos. When placing my order I reviewed the menu carefully, as I'm not good at the decision making process. I decided I was quite thirsty and I was happy to see that the combo meal came "with softh drink." I was so excited to find out what a softh drink was like... turns out its much the same as a soft drink, but with more of a lisp.

DAY 186 - Bless You and Your Sticky Toes

Matt and Lisa blessed little baby Cash today.  It's always nice to get together with the old gang.  Can't believe that we're all grown up, we've known each other almost 20 years!  Crazy!!  Too bad I don't have any pics from back in the day, it was even an ordeal to try to get this one taken.  Luckily we were able to get everyone together between the mothers milk expressing sessions.  

After the little open house Jess, Tyson and I headed out to PF Chengs for some dinner then to see Away We Go at the Broadway.  I love that movie, and I love Jess and Tyson, such a fun and funny couple.  I love seeing movies at the Broadway Centre too, its so classy.  The little Asian man with his tight Khaki shorts had to fix the coke machine so we could get our beverages, it caused a little leakage and spraying soda.  When we finally had our drinks and headed into the theater we heard the nice lady from behind the counter say.. "I have the stickiest toes ever!"  I hope to never hear that phrase again in my life.

DAY 183 - Skeerin' up a mess of sumthin'

So this picture pretty much sums up my life.  My sisters always ganging up on poor little innocent Kenny!  And Mish probably actual has a recipe for this spell we're cooking up, she will be first to admit she may be part Witch.

Today was more touristyness.  We went to the Museum of Natural History at the U of U then to the Salt Lake City Arts Center, and ate at Hires!  It was a good time.

After the quality time with my sisters I stopped by Clete and Greg's to wish them well on their European Vacation, and then went down to Matt and Lisa's to see the Noyes family.  Such a good day, got to see almost all my favorite people in my life!

DAY 182 - Static at the Drive-In

Its a little tradition in our family to go to the drive in when everyone's in town.  During the summer when I was in Jr. High we were at the drive in at least once a week or more... That's how I was able to see Pretty Women 17 times, the majority of those viewing were at the drive in.  Tonight we saw Up and The Proposal.  When we first got there we tried to get the sound to come through on the assigned station, but it was just a mixture of the movie and X96 and static.  We were able to find the audio for every other movie around us, I think we even intercepted Hitlers olympic opening ceremony address from 1939, but we couldn't get out own movie to come through.  We saw some other people struggling to find it too, they ended up moving and then seemed to be fine.  So we moved the car over a few feet and the signal started coming in.  We parked the car opened up the back and started getting set up, then the static returned.  Blame it on sunspots, or swine flu, but it wasn't working for us.  We tried moving again, all we had to do was move the car a few inches and it came through loud and clear.  Finally we were able to watch the movie static free!  Too bad we missed the first 15 minutes of Up, I have no clue how why he got Up, but as long as it doesn't last more than 4 hours he should be fine.