No Wonder My Shoulders Ache!

Since I worked by myself yesterday, I took the opportunity to take a picture of everything I had to drag in from the van to do a school shoot. That black bag with the green top is full of lights and a car battery-sized power pack, and it weighs about 50 pounds. It takes me about 4 trips to get all this stuff in. I think that pretty soon I will quit this job and become a female body builder! When everything is set up it looks like this:

J's Wedding pages

These pages didn't quite turn out the way I wanted them too, but I was really proud of my picture taking that day!

Celebrity Sighting!

Last night DH and I went to dinner in Park City to celebrate our anniversary. During the meal, a man walked by with two little girls and I turned to DH and said, "We know him. He's famous. He's in the movies!". Our very chatty waitress told us his name- Stanley Tucci- and while his name didn't ring a bell, his face certainly did. You might remember him in The Devil Wears Prada, but my favorite role of his was Puck in A Midsummer's Night Dream. Maybe that was because he always had scenes with Rupert Everett (!), but he was fun in the movie nonetheless. Ah, to rub elbows with the rich and famous!!

The Spot On The Floor

Xena, my cat, has always been fascinated by this particular dark mark in the pattern of my wood floor. Why? I don't know. She stares at it, pounces on it, and tries to dig it out, but never succeeds. You'd think she'd catch on after nine years that the spot is just a part of the floor. Now that she's getting up there in years, her spunky playtimes aren't happening as often, but she still goes after that spot on the floor.

Sunday's Yummy Best

In my opinion, this was the bestest recipe from Sunday's feast:

Onion Dip From Scratch
Alton Brown- Good Eats

2 Tbs. olive oil
1 1/2 c. diced onions
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1 1/2 c. sour cream
3/4 c. mayonnaise
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. ground white pepper
1/2 tsp. kosher salt

In a saute pan over medium heat add oil, heat and add onions and salt. Cook the onions until they are caramelized, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Mix the rest of the ingredients, and then add the cooled onions. Refrigerate and stir again before serving.

It Was Super!

Yesterday's Super Bowl Party was fun! We ate way too much food, laughed at the commercials, tried our best to understand DH's complicated betting sheets, and cheered during the game. Oldest Son seemed to catch on the best with the betting, since he won 3 out of the 4 possible prizes. Grandma dropped by and watched the game with us too. Good family times.

Bad To The Bone?

Enter Youngest Son - on a motorcycle? Makes me cringe. After much nagging, YS convinced DH to rebuild the old dirt bike that has been taking up space in the tractor shed for, oh, maybe the last 26 years. I know YS had visions of driving the bike to school, criusing James Dean-like into the senior parking lot. (Whatever- maybe after a certified motorcycle driving course and licence!) DH tells stories of he and his friends driving this very motorcycle THROUGH the high school on a dare back in the day. Anyway, it was a good bonding project for the two of them, with many trips to the motorcycle store for pieces and parts. After a few months, they got it started amid great clouds of exhaust and spirtings of various lubricants. But it worked! I went on several practice drives with YS- he on the bike, me on my scooter. It was like watching someone learning to drive a 5-speed- lots of engine killing at stop signs. He was getting better, but then the new hobby faded in the busyness of Life, and the cold weather hit, which is a real bike riding killer. Maybe the motorcycle will re-appear in the Spring. P.S.- Believe me, this is the only time he ever rode up and down the driveway with out a helmet.