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today i flew:

SLC to JAC 205 miles
JAC to SLC 205 miles
SLC to LGB 589 miles


tomorry:
LGB - SLC 589 miles
SLC - DEN 391 miles
DEN - SLC 391 miles



who knows where i will be next week?!!

this just in:

1. i am going to train to be a flight attendant.
2. everyone needs to get real excited about this.
3. let the adventures begin! (on aug. 10)

kitcen fun times

so here we are, back in Ut, for a second, at least. and while i'm here i have been very busy searching EVERYWHERE for a job...and baking. i know, i know, bizarre. i don't cook. i burn, spill, contaminate every food item i try to make. but as far as baking is concerned, i think it is kinda fun. *giggle* at any rate, here are some photographs of some stuff i've made recently. enjoy!! (the above photo is a Lady Bug cake i made for my 4 yr old niece, Ella. below is the body of the cake before frosting!)

I used a small metal bowl and baked the cake mix for almost exactly an hour.

These delightful cupcakes have chocolate cream cheese frosting (super easy to make).

• 1 8 oz package cream cheese at room temperature
• 1/2 stick at room temperature
• 3 C sifted powdered sugar
• 1/2 C cocoa powder

1. Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth and creamy.
2. Mix in powdered sugar, one cup at a time.
3. Mix in cocoa powder.

These are Bran Muffins. I made them for Father's Day. I'm pretty awesome...

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• meet my friend Peter Yarrow. we sang Puff the Magic Dragon together during a sound check for a legislative briefing on the Performance Rights Act. he made fun of me for chewing gum...

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff,
and brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. Oh

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail,
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came,
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name. Oh

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave,
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave. Oh

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

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and also: look how healthy i have been lately!
lets talk about all the crazy stuff i'm doing to purge those cupcakes from my body.

1. no soda
2. no juice
3. only water (about 1 gallon a day!!)
   
4. no sweets
5. only natural sugar (fruits, what would i do w/o fruit?!!)
6. count calories (actually not so bad. i love the site i use. my daily goal is about 1350)
7. 6 small meals a day
   
8. work out 5-6 days a week (usually i do 4.5 miles on the elliptical plus free weights)
9. the amazing thing is i am ALWAYS over on my protein intake. take that all ye anti-vegetarians !!!
   

paper much? nope.

See how distracted I am??????
and little miss Rachel here:

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A) this is for malinda
B) this will be a quick update because i need to write a paper
C) booooo to that paper


this is my friend Einstein!!! He is pretty cool.and this here is abe. i love me a bust of abe.

I saw the play Little Shop of Horrors at the Ford Theater (where Lincoln was shot). That area surrounded by American flags is where Abey was sitting when he was killed.

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CHERRY BLOSSOMS!!!!!!!!and of course i should have told you before, but i went up to NY for a weekend and met my future husband: bahahahha

happy to me!

it's my birthday. the end.
also, here is the best thing i have read so far this morning:
“We’re paying for both sides of the war [in Iraq and Afghanistan], and we’re going to go down in history as the dumbest crowd that ever showed up, because we had a resource that would replace OPEC oil, and we didn’t use it.” -- T. Boone Pickens