Special Delivery

I've had my eye on this picture of the Salt Lake Temple for a while now. I splurged and bought it just a few moments ago. I'm pretty excited and can't wait for it to arrive.

Operation: Sanity

I am such a tight-wad when it comes to spending money (I inherited that from my dad). But, during busy season, a part of that goes out the window, because I am somehow able to justify spending $15/day to park downtown instead of riding the bus.

I tell myself it is for my sanity, but $300 per month hardly seems worth it to be in a cubical that I am spending way to much time in to begin with...

My New BFF, Brandi

Friday night, Stephanie, Lindsay, and I made the drive up to Bellingham to see their favorite artist, Brandi Carlile, in concert. They introduced me to her music about 9 months ago and she is definitely becoming one of my favorites as well.

I knew that tagging along with Steph and Linds meant hanging out for a couple hours after the show in order to get their classic photo with the artist. So, I am the benefactor of their obsession and have this great picture to show for it.



The concert was a lot of fun and I was captivated by listening to her music live. She was fabulous. My favorite song is "Turpentine" and hearing this one live made me so happy. She made it interactive and brought the audience in as her three-part harmony back-up 2/3 of the way into the song. It sounded awesome! I am excited for her new album to be released sometime this year and am looking forward to many more concerts together.

I finally made it!!

Well, it is official. All the years of school and work have finally paid off. I can FINALLY call myself a CPA and here's the proof!!



It always seemed like something that was so far from my grasp and so intangible, but here I am. Now what???

"Read it. I know you'll love it!"

From one of my favorite movies, "You've Got Mail", I quote:

"Confession, I have read Pride and Prejudice about two hundred times. I get lost in the language, words like 'Thither. Mischance. Felicity.' I'm always in agony over whether Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are really going to get together. Read it. I know you'll love it!"

Pride and Prejudice has always been one of my favorite novels and movies. However, I am going admit that I've found a new novel that I like maybe a smidge more.

It is called "North & South" by Elizabeth Gaskell. For those of you who have heard of it, you are probably wondering what took me so long to discover it. However, for those of you who haven't heard of it, you are probably having visions of the Union vs. the Confederacy and you are losing interest by the second.

No, it is not about the Civil War. No, Patrick Swayze does not star not in the movie. And, yes, if you love Jane Austen-type novels, you will love this one.



I bought the DVD about 8 months ago and decided to make the book my bus reading because I loved the movie so much. I just finished it and absolutely loved it! The book itself does move slowly, so if you don't have the dedication to reading the novel, the BBC miniseries with Richard Armitage & Daniela Denby-Ashe is fabulous. The movie also requires some dedication because it is about four hours long, but the ending is well worth it! Seriously...I loved it!

The words of Kathleen Kelly in "You've Got Mail" keep playing over in my head:

"Read it. I know you'll love it."