The Longest Break from Blogging EVER!

So....I have kind of fallen off the wagon. It is kind of sad that in November is when I miss four days in a row for blogging--when I set out in January to blog everyday.  Those of you that have been reading for a little while know, that there have been a couple of days where I have missed that day and I have now been okay with 365 blog posts in 2013....but these four days have been crazy!!

So, lets catch you up with what has been going on and why I missed....and then we will get to the catching up!

So the first day I fell of the wagon was Wednesday---and this was a seriously long day....and I didn't realize until the next day that I hadn't blogged....and that I hadn't even opened my computer all day long.  Those of you that know me well know that this is ODD...we are attached at the hip (well I suppose you should say lap).  Wednesday was a work day that did not end until 5:00....in which I hopped in the car and drove straight to Vernal for a 6:00 choir rehearsal (more on that later) and a five minute dinner.  The rehearsal ended at 9:00. Brian hadn't eaten so we stopped to get him food, and then drove home to arrive around 10:00.  Being in large amounts of pain, I pretty much got ready for bed the minute we got home and was asleep right away.

Thursday I had the great opportunity to go to the temple with the youth (my third trip in a row to Vernal this week alone). But once again this was a work to Vernal kind of deal--at least dinner was included :).  However, before I could go to bed I had to write progress reports to the parents of all of my students.  We currently have 40 students, and I have almost all of them and in multiple classes.  So I ended up writing about 8 pages of reports.  Except I couldn't get started until 9:00 that night! So...needless to say I was up until 12:30ish--blogging already had been missed for Thursday by then and it was easy to say I will catch up--since I skipped Wednesday. (Honestly though I didn't even have that though process until I woke up Friday)

Friday I came home all excited to work on blog posts for the missed days...but I took one look at my bed after four hours of sleep and pretty much went to bed.  Saturday involved driving out to Provo in the snow to get Brian's car and then driving back....again in the snow through some scary road patches.  So when I got home my brain was too fried to think about writing....and the amount I was behind on was a little bit overwhelming.

SO now we get to today....this I have been actually procrastinating most of the day--finding other things to do.  But yay! I am back on the wagon. So--what is on tap as I catch up all of my blog posts?

1. Three book reviews!! (Between all the driving Saturday I finished two books! And we finished 1984 as a class)
2. Exciting family history stuff (I have been reignited into indexing and researching family history)
3. Launching my mormon.org account (hopefully)
4. Interesting blogs I have read recently
5. 2 history anniversaries this week--JFK assassination 50th anniversary Friday and Gettysburg Address anniversary Tuesday
6. And hopefully an update on my knit-a-long scarf...that sadly I have not started...this week might be a bit smoother so we shall see :)

Yep this will be me this week.....though I hope my hair doesn't fly out like that :P
http://www.dreamstime.com/illustration/typing.html

Three Month Long Vacation

This is an interesting question to contemplate:

If you could take three months off from your current life and do anything in the world, what would you do?

Wow...it would be amazing to have three months off.  I have thought of so much that I would want to do!

Knitting--lots and lots of knitting!
Reading--my Kindle would go everywhere with me!
Writing--it would be great to write some stories...but that might stress me out too much.  So that might not happen.

But I would also want to travel...problem is I think that my list might take more than three months :(

1. I definitely want to go spend some time in St. Louis with the family 
2. Then I want to go to Washington D.C.--and go all history nerd!!
3. Then I want to go to NYC--I want to see all the sights and catch a Broadway play!
4. It would be great to go to Europe and see England... Ireland... Scotland... France... Germany... Italy... Switzerland... Austria. See what I mean about being more than three months of travel....sigh.  Maybe just one of those in the three months and then another three months of a break a little while later :)

These pictures/websites would be essential to my planning!

26 Fun Things to See and Do in Washington D.C.
http://thefrugalgirls.com/2012/05/washington-dc-travel-tips.html

How To Experience NYC on a Budget!
http://www.prettyprovidence.com/2013/06/how-to-experience-new-york-city-on.html

101 Things Every St. Louisian Should Do
http://www.stlmag.com/St-Louis-Magazine/May-2008/101-Things-Every-St-Louisan-Must-Do/

8 Tips for Planning a Europe Trip
http://www.smartertravel.com/blogs/today-in-travel/eights-tips-for-planning-europe-trip.html?id=11382403&source=91&value=2012-05-25+00%3A00%3A00&u=C9142CF203&nl_cs=11321831%3A%3A7597638%3A%3A11382403%3A%3A

Our Staycations

These past two weekends we have been out in the Salt Lake City area for some great staycations.  The first weekend we went to Lagoon.  This was my first time there.  It was great to have a good day with my pain, and it was fun to hang out with Brian and just roam around the park.

End of the day...I sure look tired!

The second weekend we went out to Kaysville and Logan for two family reunions of mine. It was great to see all of my aunts and uncles, their kids, my grandparents, and other distant relatives.  The cool thing about driving back Sunday was that we drove through a lot of counties in Utah. During that whole weekend we went through so many! Lets see we went through Cache, Weber, Morgan, Summit, Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, Wasatch, and Duchesne.  That was a lot of ground we covered! But it was fun to just drive along---reading, talking, and knitting.

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