Cookie Bandit

So on Tuesday I had to work at 11. When I got in one of my coworkers informed me that some one had dropped off a plate of cookies for me. This was a nice surprise at first. So I looked them over trying to find a card or a note or some clue as to who they were from. I found nothing. My coworker let me know the it was a man that was not too old not too young, not too tall not too short, not too thin not too fat, with dark hair, no facial hair, no glasses and wearing a maroon shirt. So I have called just about every one I know being so super paranoid and I am not finding my cookie bandit. SO you know who you are and... I WANT THE RECIPE! Did i mention they were the best cookies I have ever had, even if they were poison, they were great.

P.S. Roger took 10" off the back of his hair. They left Tuesday morning for TX. they will be greatly missed.

FYI!

So just to let every one know today at 4:00 p.m. I will be cutting at least 10 in. off Rogers Hair! So front row seats are still available on first come first serve basis. If you can't make it I will be posting lots of pic. soon. Plus were having his going away party on Sunday so you can see it then. On a side note my mom now has a blog so go check it out. mikeandsuzettefowlks.blogspot.com

Puzzle

Ok guys check it out. Its a fun holiday puzzle for the kids to try.

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=ER13610552

I am thankful for:

FOR THE HUSBAND WHO IS ON THE SOFA BEING A COUCH POTATO, 

BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.

FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS. 

FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. 

FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE

WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING

BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME 

FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT 

BECAUSE IT MEANS WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING AND I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION . 

FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM WARM. 

FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.

FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD. 

FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 

BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM ALIVE. 

What are you thankful for?

Live well, Laugh often, & Love with all of your heart.

History

 So recently m y mom, dad, Josh & I went on a trip to Mesquite for a National Wild Turkey Retreat. For those of you that don't know that is a Wildlife Charity that we are heavily involved with. While we were their we took a little side trip to Las Vegas to see my Great Great Aunt Mavis. It always so good to visit her because she is so full of history. She was married to my Great Great Uncle Roland. He and my Great Great Uncle Leslie Davis (yes I am named after a boy) were quite the little business men. They started the first bus line in Salt Lake, they homesteaded Alpine Wy., and they opened the army surplus store known as "Allied" (Yes that is were the fence company came from.) Also he helped to homestead parts of Las Vegas. The army gave a set amount of land to soldiers as long as they built a home on it. Well he got the bright idea to ask his fellow army buddies to give him part of their land in exchange he would go down to L.V. and set it all up. So attached are some of the pic. I took while I was their. The first is the street that Les cut himself and named.

This is the park that is named after him it is right done the street from the old house.

Sorry for the history Lesson. I just love looking in to the past and the stories our elders.

My New Ride!

OK so about 6 months ago I really got in to this hole "going GREEN" thing. So I have been better about recycling, using my reusable grocery bags, replacing my burnt out bulbs with energy star light bulbs and being really cautious about the temp in my house (in case you were wondering 70 in the winter and 75 in the summer). But I have also been looking in to buying a new car. After looking and doing my research I found the one I want. I am going to be getting the new Smart Car. It will be a red convertible with tan interior.

Unfortunately in order to get one I have to put $99 down and then wait 18 months before I can get one. So I now only have a year left. Yeah! I just wanted to share this with you. So here are some tricked out Smart Cars.

Oh yeah the last one is a car in a vending machine!

Rough Times

Well they say all bad things come in threes. Well that isn't exactly true for Josh and I. It all started in August when Josh lost his job. Then in September I was moved to a new store and business has been very slow especially with how the economy has been. Then of course right before the first big snow storm our garage door broke and it will be $150 to fix it. So we decided to wait till business picks up and I will park out side. During the middle of October we bought a new couch. When we got it home we noticed a big crack in the base. So we took it back and got a new one. Well two weeks after that Josh sat down and the hole bottom of the new couch just popped right off. Then the first week in November my cell phone (aka my life line) screen died and I could not receive my oh so important text messages. Then our dishwasher started to back up.

They also say that every cloud has a silver lining. This is true. After loosing his job he was able to start really looking in to what he wants out of life. The new store is picking up and I am going to be doing a presentation for a mom's group at the end of the month that will bring in a lot of new business for the holidays. Josh, being the great guy he is, when the first snow storm hit he got out of bed when I was still in the shower and cleaned off my car so I didn't have to. We are taking the couch back and we found a better one for less money. My cell phone company sent me a brand new cell phone free of charge. And last but not least, after my impromptu pluming I had to do at my my moms house a little wile ago, I am an expert on taking apart all the pipes under a sink and cleaning them out.

Morel of my tale is that no matter how bad it gets their is always another way to look at it. 

Check out this way cute pumpkin carving web site.

http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf

New Craft!!!

So lately I have really been in to crafting. Don't know why but I have. So it started last weekend I decided to make caramel and white chocolate covered apples with some friends. Well my grandma always told me that you never make candy on a snowy day. Silly grandma I thought. What will a little snow hurt. We started with 15 apples, 4 lb. of caramel and 30 oz. of white chocolate. We ended up with one fully covered apple with stick still attached and 1o apple kabobs (the stick went all the way through it) 2 with wax paper that would not come off and 2 that nothing would stick too. Well had all these really cute bags to put them in. They were supposed to look like witch's brooms. So here is the only one that turned out. Moral of this story: Always listen to your elders they don't just make this stuff up. Humidity in the air will affect the way the candy will set up. 

I also did a candle plate and wall decor for my condo. This worked out great no problems (thanks to my friend Jeremy). I just want some feed back. They are both combinations of a few different ideas. So let me know what you think.

Hair Clips

New bows at work my work. Single clips are $4.00. Sets of two are $7.00. Plus we still have lots of Halloween and fall bows.

New Store

Here Are some pictures of the new shop.

Funny Faces

So it has been a fun couple of days. The new store is open and it is going great. We have had a slow start but it is starting to pick up. I don't know why but for some reason I let my mom convince me that reading the "Twilight" series  would be a good thing. WRONG! the first night i started I was up till 4 am and I got through half of the book. I finished it in the next two nights. Well when I started the third book I woke Josh up at 2 in the morning saying "He left her, he just  left her!" needless to say he is not happy with my new found obsession. On a side note here are some fun pic. of my mom, my aunt Tiff and my self having way too much fun with Halloween masks.

Wedding

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Ok so here are some pic. from the wedding. Some people have been asking for them pic. so here they are. And I added my cake cause it was awesome. 

Just Getting Started.

So I noticed a lot of my family members have one of these so I thought  would start one too. So I'll start with life so far. Me and my husband, Josh, met in Orlando Florida in November of 2004. I moved home January 5th 2005 and it took him till February 28th 2005 to realize he could not live with out me. So he moved to Utah and on February 28th 2008 we tied the knot. We could not think of a better place to get married except for the state we met in so we got married on the beach in Clearwater Beach Florida. We now live in a great little condo in Taylorsville Utah. We both have really great jobs. I work at Cookie Cutters Hair Cuts For Kids. I love it! I have been their for 3 years. I now currently manage the new "party" store in Cottonwood Heights and I am working on doing training programs for new hair stylist. Josh works for Paradise Bakery and is training to join the National Guard. Josh's family lives in up state New York and we miss being around them so much. Now we are just enjoying each other and trying to figure out where we want to raise our family. So I hope this tells you a little about me.