5 am Web Surfing

First post since being married! First post since....well, forever. Kinda been slacking. Lots of interested stuff has happened that I could've posted about but frankly, I've been insanely busy. The only reason I am able to post right now is because I came in to work at 5 am today and it's a Sunday and I have taken a total of 1 phone call in the 2 hours I have been here. Not much to do. So I've been reading Andre Agassi's autobiography "Open" which is fascinating. I love tennis and I miss playing it. I haven't played in about a year at least. Makes me sad. So I got around to looking up the mens singles current rankings trying to see how my man Andy Roddick was doing.

You can imagine the shock that came over me when I found out he has been RETIRED since last year and I had no idea. Like I said on Facebook, I am now dead inside. 

Garrett Helund, however, brought me a little back to life. I watched "Country Strong" last night because I love the music and my husband works graveyard shifts and I had nothing better to do. His voice is amazing. I though he was a professional country artist. Little did I know that he is actually a famous actor and he plays Sam Flynn in Tron: Legacy. What the heck?????

That doesn't even seem like the same person! First of all, the voices sound totally different. Second, he seems like a small little man boy in Tron and a big, strong manly man in Country Strong. This just goes to show how extremely versatile he is. I am in love with his voice. And I am absolutely in love with this song.

I died inside a little bit again when I found out he is dating Kirsten Dunst. I don't know how she is as a person but as an actress I'm not a fan. But if they're happy, more power to them.

That's all I've found out for now. Hopefully anything else I discover will be good things that won't make me die inside anymore.

It Must Be Love

Look at their faces. Can't you tell how much in love they are with tennis? lol. Those are faces of love. Love faces. 

If any of you watch professional tennis, you might have made the connection to the title of this post and the slogan they always say during the big tournaments. It must be love. This started out as a campaign in the US Open and it just kinda stuck after that. Not only does love refer to having zero points in tennis, but also, if you're like me, you can't help but love tennis. Unless you're Andre Agassi. Turns out you CAN be really good at something you hate. But anyway, back to my point. I love tennis. It's something I'm actually semi good at when I really try and actually like to do. Wimbledon is going on right now :) I got to watch Andy Roddick play yesterday. He is my favorite, plus he's American which is a bonus. And it doesn't hurt that he's so dang attractive.

My birthday was yesterday and my sister gave me the tennis racket I've been wanting forEVER. It's the Wilson Surge BLX 2. 

The one I originally saw and wanted was the Surge BLX 1, which was black and green instead of black and red, but the amazing Lynn Jorgensen who strings the tennis rackets where I work strung my racket with red and black string so it looks awesome. I went and played with it tonight and taught my sis how to play and I love it. It is super light compared to my old racket, which was the Head Flexpoint OS racket that Andre Aggasi used when he played.

It's still gonna take some getting used to this new racket but I love it. I can't wait to try it out with my usual tennis buddy when she isn't sick anymore.......that means you Britt lol. We've gotta find a way to get tickets to the US Open someday. Bucket list :) 

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

I am in LOVE with Spanish Fork. After growing up there for 9 years, I can't wait for more. I spent about 4 hours there today and loved it. My sister Tara played her softball game and I took a bunch of pictures while I watched the game with Britt and her adorable baby. Then we went and ate at Barry's, which was a super cute little restaurant. Then Tara and I went down memory lane and went to all the places we used to go to all the time when we lived there. It was awesome. I love it there. I took about 250 pictures and put them all on Facebook, but here are some of my favorites. I accidentally had the time stamp setting on when I took a bunch of these and didn't realize it until halfway through the day so some of these have stupid time and date stamps, but I was able to crop some of them out. 

The Country Side of Me

I have always loved the idea of living out in the country. Big open fields. Cute, run down barns. Horses everywhere. Not to mention country boys lol. Obviously the country has it's downsides, but I think living near the country would be nice. As long as there were still enough things to do close by of course. I love concerts and shopping so you can't be too deep in the country lol. 


I grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah. For those of you who don't know, Spanish Fork is a small town compared to most other cities in Utah (and it is not just the place where they have the Hare Krishna Festival of Colors lol). I love it. And of course, it was where I grew up so I have tons of memories there. One of my favorite memories was going to the baseball/softball park and playing, and watching my sisters play, softball. In Spanish Fork, softball is a pretty big deal. Almost everyone there plays it, or knows someone who plays it, including me and three of my sisters at one point or another. 


There's something about summer nights that make me happy, and watching softball on summer nights makes me even happier. Even though we don't live in Spanish Fork anymore my sister Tara still drives down there to play softball on the adult city league with some of her friends who still live there. 

I am super stoked because she has decided to play again this summer, so I get to watch her play at least one more year :). I'm glad because it gives me an excuse to head back down to there and spend more summer nights watching softball. Plus she's super good at it and I like to watch her dominate the other teams.


I am planning on taking some pics of my "hometown" when I go down there again. I don't know what exactly people are supposed to consider their hometown, but I lived in Spanish Fork for 9 straight years and did most of my growing up there, so I consider it my hometown. Anyway, keep an eye out for those pictures, hopefully they turn out good. 

Here is Rascal Flatts' song Summer Nights. It got stuck in my head while I was writing this.