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So, do you remember what you did on Memorial Day?

I know, I know.  I didn't even give you any time to study.

Rude.

Lucky for me I remember what I did.  It's kind of a funny story.  So Remy and I had made plans to go to Southern Utah for the holiday weekend.  We even had hotel reservations and everything.  Well one day he called me at work and said that we wouldn't be able to go.

"Oh, brother," I thought to myself.  "what lame excuse has he come up with?!"

"We can't go to Moab because we're going to see Mumford and Sons in Denver in June instead!"


I was SUPER excited!  (don't worry, this will come full circle here soon)  So we canceled the hotel and set our sights on June.

Well, the Wednesday of the week before Memorial weekend, we were really itching to go somewhere. We already had some days off due to our previous plans, PLUS the weather in Utah was going to basically be a washout.  So we were chatting on the phone discussing how lame the long weekend was going to be and we were trying to come up with some warm place to go...St. George, Bryce Canyon, etc.  Of course though, both our minds went straight to....can you guess? 

DISNEYLAND of course!  So we were both googling hotels and we found a cheap one and that was that.  We left 2 days later.  And it was seriously the BEST trip.  Seriously, SO much fun.  Partly because it was spur of the moment.  Partly because we got to go on 2 new rides before they even opened!  Yup, we got to go on the newly renovated Star Tours that was set to open the next week.  And also the new Little Mermaid ride in California Adventure that was also not opening until the first week in June.

I hope we can take more last minute trips!  They rule!

Our first pic with the big guy himself.

I just ate a delicious chocolate muffin and wish I hadn't

Saying that feels so... wrong.

Glad we had this talk.

GAGA

So back in March...

My sister Heather and I went to the Lady Gaga concert!  That's fine, you can judge me if you want.  Love her or hate her, she put on a GREAT show!

Heather came over before the show and we and made some Gaga Glasses.  Check 'em out!

Ridin' the train!

It's probably too small to see, but we texted the big screen while we were waiting...kinda cool.

Yes chick in the background, you're awesome.

Let's Play Catch Up

On this episode of "Catch Up" we'll be taking a trip into the past...way back to a little project called the shower remodel. Remember that one? Yeah, me either.  So here on some pictures to remind us all  (don't puke at the grossness):

Black tile floor and baseboards = eeeeeewwww

Disgusting brass shower head with a gaping hole around it and the chrome faucet, chipped bathtub and not mention the elephant in the room...check out that mildew-y, yucky-y caulk!  GAG!!!

Now, the plan was to take some pictures each day of the progress...I got day one down PERFECTLY.  After that, not so much.  But you get the idea.  They ripped stuff out, put new stuff in.

And now, the after.  New pipes, tub, shower tiles, shower head, shower curtain and curved rod, baseboards, and new tile floor:

TADA!!

Now all that's left is to repaint the vanity, add some new hardware and replace the matching old nasty faucet with the matching one from the shower.  YAY!  I so happy it's done.  That nasty bathroom seriously makes me wanted to move.  I'm not even kidding.  Now, I can manage to stick around a little longer.  :)

I seem to have misplaced my cat...have you seen him?

Introducing...

The newest member of the Smith family...

A 2008 Toyota Corolla S!

It was a little sad to get rid of the yellow beast.  It all happened so fast!  I hadn't had proper time to prepare for the loss! -To say my final goodbyes! 

We had been playing around with the idea of finding something more fuel effiecient for a few months, but had come to the conclusion that it wouldn't happen for a while. I still owed on the car and Remy wasn't confident we could get that much value out of it (I on the other hand disagreed), but whatever, it was fine.  I still loved the car and it worked just fine so it wasn't a big deal.  So I decided to stick on this really cool UofU decal thing on the back of my car that I'd had forever, but just never got around to using it.  Then a week or so later we brought up the car thing again.  I was really tired of spending $60-$70 every time I filled up with gas  which was at least 3-4 times a month.  We figured that if we could find a car with almost the same payment as the beast then we would be saving at LEAST $100 in gas per month.  So we thought maybe it was a good idea to start seriously looking around.

The air conditioner had gone out though, so Remy said if I cleaned out the car (yikes!) then he'd get the A/C fixed and we could start looking. 

Now when I get excited about something, I sort of get fixated on it and can't stop thinking about it.  So that night while Remy was out doing whatever I cleaned that sucker out.  I even gave it a carwash.  Then I even cleaned the INSIDE!  Well, until I locked the keys in the car anyway.  Luckily my neighbor was home and her husband used the old wire hanger technique and saved the day!  (Thanks Teandra and Ryan!)

Anyhow I kept up my end of the deal, so Remy kept up his and the A/C was fixed the next day.  I'd been scouring KSL and a few other places for something that fit in our budget.  And since we weren't in dire need of a car I got to be picky.  My only requirements were that it had to be automatic and have a sunroof.

We went around last Wednesday and started browsing some lots.  Over the next few days we test drove a few things that we really liked, but nothing seemed to really speak to us.  But since we had some good prospects I decided to put the beast up on KSL to see what kind of response I got.  Within like 10 mintues someone called and that was pretty much that.  Luckily that day I found the ad for the new car online and REALLY liked it.  They offered what we feel like was a good price so we ran home to show the car to the guy, he said yes, so we ran back to the dealership and picked her up!  She gets at least twice the gas mileage that the beast did, which is what we needed so hopefully she'll be around for a long time!

Wow,  that was a really long story to say we got a car!

I'll miss you yellow beast!