reads the headline on an article on the training regimen of two newspaper employees at the Salt Lake Tribune. “hmm,” i wonder, “they are going to be put on a fasting regimine and so they need to slow down? surely they didn’t misspell ‘too’ in a headline of this once-respected newspaper? or maybe they are going to a place names ‘fast? but then, the ‘f’ would be capitalized, wouldn’t it?” i glance through the article. no mention of the mystery location of ‘Fast’, nor of them going on an extreme diet regimen. i guess i should just be thrilled the headline did not read “slow down your going to fast”. that really would have made my head spin.

sop came by the other night to hang out and have a beer while i did dishes (ugh, i really hate dishes, have i mentioned that?). so i got dishes done and then i held up my beer bottle, looking at him through the brown-glass side, and commented on how tan he was. he held up his bottle as well and mentioned how brown i was. he then tilted the mouth up to his eye so he could look through the bottom of the bottle. “hm,” i thought, and did the same - pouring beer in my eye as my bottle was not empty.

just call me grace.

i got home the other day, exhausted from work and check my mail and there was a postcard from san francisco! not the person, the city, the person was thuy!! Yay thuy!! so, then i open my screen door, and there is a package. hmmm, i have a couple things on back order, but i don’t think any of them are coming anytime soon, and they would be smaller than this. i bring it in and you know what? it is also from thuy!!! WOW! inside are some absolutely delectable things! like the cube clip, complete with flower, that now adorns my monitor at home:

the flower is so pretty that when sop saw it he picked it up and said, “oh does it smell good?” as soon as his nose was in the flower he realized that it was not real, just pretty!

there was also some GORGEOUS hand-spun yarn. it has a beautiful sheen to it and i am thinking of making mittens out of it like thuy did.

so yummy you need to see it more than once

and then there are the stickers! all these are of knit animals and they are extremely cute!

am i lucky or what?!

thanks schmeebot!!!

well, actually, i do not know that i have the RIGHT to brag, but i’ll do it anyway. sop does some really nice work and i want to show off just a few of his furniture and sculpture creations. he is a pretty amazing person.







and then something he only has a little bit to do with, dogie, his dog who adores SOP, but tolerates me, with his new pal “pig’

and i’m off to the other job. and friday was a beautiful day for it!
on i-215, towards the canyons:

going up big cottonwood: