Butterfly In The Sky ...

If you are looking for a good book to read ...

pick this one up.

I pretty much ignored my family and read it in 2 days.

I LOVED it!

It will not disappoint you.

Dear Little Man Who Stood Behind Me in Line At Cafe Rio Last Night,

I would like to take this opportunity to

teach you about a little thing I like to call

"Personal Space".

When standing in a line

you need to keep at least a few paces behind the person in front of you.

I didn't enjoy feeling you breathing on my neck.

I didn't like it when you coughed in my hair.

But you spitting on my hand when you were ordering pushed me over the edge.

BACK UP!

Give a little space to those around you.

Sincerely,

Annoyed and Irritated

Dear Jet Blue,

WHY?!?!

Why did you do this to me?

You quit flying into San Diego?

Now I have to go back to Southwest!

I will miss your plush leather seats,

your yummy snacks,

your individual televisions and cable,

(when I am going to catch up on The Real Housewives of Atlanta?)

and your witty and entertaining flight attendants.

I.

AM.

DEVASTATED.

I am going to go drown my sorrows in

Adam Shankman and the SYTYCD finale,

a BLT like my dad makes,

and a lot of Christmas present wrapping.

I will be awaiting your return.

Sincerely,

Desperately Missing You

It Never Feels Like Christmas To Me ...

until I attend the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert.

It is one of my favorite things about this season!

It is always decorated SO beautifully,

and I always want to play "How many poinsettias can you see?"

because seriously there have to be a few thousand.

This year the guest artist was Natalie Cole.

A little sentimental for me since she was the first concert I ever went to,

but I have to say the years have caught up to her.

She didn't sound as good as she once did,

and her face looks like she has had a little too much nipped and tucked.

But she did rock her bejeweled/Swarovski crystal microphone!

My other fav part of the concert is always seeing

the Lights at Temple Square afterwards.

I love bundling up and walking around seeing all of the glorious lights,

the luminaries and the nativities from around the world.

(although I will say the Scandinavian nativity creeped me out a little

because the baby in the manger looked just like Dora the Explorer.

I just knew if I turned it over I would see her backpack!)

It was a great way to kick off the Christmas season!

Lesson Learned Today ...

Don't watch "Extreme Home Makeover"

while trying to put your make up on.

It turns into a wet mascara-y mess.

Just A Thought ...

I was at a thrift store earlier this week with a friend.

She was looking for an ugly sweater, so I decided to go check out the dishes and see of there was anything fun and vintage-y.

As I was standing there looking at everything,

a really creepy guy came and stood next to me.

He was giving off the creepy vibe,

but I stayed there looking at things.

Then I realized that he was standing in front of a huge box full of

KNIVES!!!

They had a large box of knives just kicking it there!

Scenes from every 48 Hours Mystery I've ever watched flew through my mind,

and I left quickly.

So, just a thought ...

probably don't leave a large box of knives in public

where weirdos can have access to them.

I'm just saying.

I Need To Express My Deepest Gratitude ...

to my

and my

and this

and these

and of course this

for all helping me through the past few

FREEZING

days.

I am very grateful.