45 Minutes Down the Yellow Brick Road

There is this place that I love.

It takes 45 minutes to get there, but once you've been there, you'll keep coming back for more. 

Emerald City Smoothies.

Never was there a better place to get your smoothie on.

And since it's in St. George, that means an added bonus of warmer weather. It's like an uber-compressed mini-vacation.

We spent the whole day just relaxing. {literally.....we just sat in the sun and sipped our smoothies 'til they were gone and then we took a nap. oh, and then we bought a fish.}

Maybe it doesn't sound quite exciting enough for your liking, but daaaaaang I loved it. We've just been so busy what with work and school and meetings about grad school {hey! mini-announcement: chris has officially decided he wants to get his doctorate.} that we just haven't been doing much. Thank goodness we both had a free coinciding weekend.

Usually Chris gets the PB&J {oh my GOSH you must try it} and I end up endlessly mooching off his no matter what I get. So this time, I got myself the PB&J. Mmmmmm. 

If only I had a pair of red shoes to get me there faster.

{for more pictures, go here.}

Summer Lovin'

Um, if your weather is anything like the weather here in Utah, then it's cold.

And I'm willing to be you're ready for warm.

{can i get a HUZZZAH??}

And when I tried THIS on today...

....the lack of warmth outside almost killed me. 

I oh-so-completely  and desperately  don't need  really need this swimsuit.

It looks awesome on.

Anyone feeling generous? I could use fifty bucks.

5 Things You Never Knew

Five things you never knew about me.

Seems self-centered, maybe? Welllll....maybe I just know you have a desperate need to know more about my life. {or maybe i need to remind myself there are actually interesting things about me.} 

1. I am a poetry fanatic. 

I love William Carlos Williams and Ezra Pound. 

{and i'm going to throw Willa Cather in there....her writing is pretty much poetry.}

Imagery is my favorite. 

If you couldn't tell.

2. I love apples, hate apple juice. Love grapes, hate grape juice. Hate oranges....love orange juice. 

I'm a complicated woman.

3. I am absolutely terrified of ladders.

Why be afraid of heights when you can be afraid of what takes you to heights?

4. I was accepted into every university in the state, but chose SUU because it had the prettiest campus. 

{not counting UofU, to which i didn't apply.}

I promise I'm not shallow.

5. When I was little, I secretly wanted to grow up to become the Little Mermaid.

Leave me a comment with your own 5 interesting things!

Who knew we were so fascinating?