M-I-A

I hadn't realized that it had been so long since I posted, but Arianne noticed! :) Thanks for remembering me!

It has been a busy week. Full of traveling and whatever else we could fit into the mix. So here, for your reading pleasure, is a quick rundown of our week. Well as far as I can remember. :P

Of course on Tuesday Dustyn cut his finger and had to go get stitches. His finger is doing well and he gets his stitches out on Friday! YAY! And I guess while I am at it, I might as well fill you in on the story. He was at school unloading the kiln. One of the students used a little too much glaze and his ceramic pot fused to the kiln shelf. Dustyn pried it off and as he was doing so, his right index finger slipped and ran across a sharp piece of glass (fired ceramic and glaze = glass) and spit it open (He said it looked like a fish mouth. Ha ha). It's about an inch long and was quite deep. So that was the story with that. On a side note - today he was getting another pot out of the kiln. Same student's pot. He was using gloves this time. Smart, I know! Well he got it of the shelf and walked out of his office to see whose it was so he could get on them about using too much glaze and . . . he cut his pinky. It's not as deep or big, but he says it bled a lot. By now - the student is feeling horrible. And his account is being charged for two new kiln shelves. Poor kid. Poor Dustyn.

On Tuesday night, Dustyn and I went to a dinner and award ceremony for the Sevier County Commissioners Show. The show was alright this year. Sadly, I was not impressed. But the dinner was alright. Nothing to write home about. :P So that was our Tuesday!

On Wednesday we drove up to Springville right after school (Right before we left, my sweet brother had us stop by so he could give me a throw that he bought me. It's the best! Thanks Chet, I LOVE it. He feels left out when I wear SSHS shirts, so he bought me a RHS blanket. Rivalry. lol). We had to pick up some student artworks at the Museum. While we were there we had the opportunity to see the Spring Salon show. For the most part it was an excellent show and I was impressed!! But there were some pieces that I just didn't know what to think about. They hadn't put up the name/title slips yet, so a title might have helped me make my decision, but I have yet to make a decision. There was one painting that I want to buy!! I am sure it was in the thousands, but I LOVED it. I wish I could show you. Guess you will have to believe me. Unless you go to the show!!

We also had the amazing experience of seeing the Wayne Thiebaud show! It was great! I want to go see it again! If you have the opportunity to see it before it leave, I would recommend it. Especially if you are interested in Pop Art. It was awesome. We of course ended up buying the show catalog and the "Delicious" book. I also learned that when he was young he lived in St. George for a few years. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. But I am not clear whether or not he is currently active (I don't think he is), but I found it interesting that he had ties to Utah.

After we saw the show we jumped in the car and headed to St. George. Dustyn had a yearbook training the following morning. I decided to go with him since I usually help a little with the yearbook! We got to St. George around 12:00AM or so. We actually stayed in Hurricane. So Thursday we went to the Yearbook Training which was pretty fun. Then we rushed back home to host at the commissioners show by 4:00PM.

Hosting was pretty boring. For THREE hours. But we did get a chance to look through the show, which like I said, I found pretty disappointing. It may have been that I was at the Springville Museum of Art the previous day and saw 2 awesome show . . . or the show just wasn't great this year. I did however like 5 pieces! Dustyn's! I thought he did a great job. But it wasn't really anything that Sevier County would consider in their show. They are pretty conservative. BUT . . . Dustyn did sell another piece this year! He was pretty excited . . . until she told him where she was going to hang it. In the bathroom. He was so depressed about that. And really, WHO hangs original oil paintings in the bathroom? Weird. Oh well. At least he sold another piece. If you recall he sold a sculpture last year. So the Commissioners show has been good for him.

On Friday we mostly hung out and chilled with my parents. I thought we did something, but I can't remember.

On Saturday we drove up to Provo. We made a stop at Costco and picked up a few things. We went to lunch at the Olive Garden. Soup, Salad and Breadsticks. The best! We wandered some more. Went to both malls and just hung out. It was nice to just spend time together wandering. We went to Baby Momma. Funny, funny movie. I really liked it. Dustyn wants to own it, if that tells you anything. I really was funny though. And good! AND I can't remember any really bad parts! That is always nice! For dinner we wanted to go to Leatherby's (I was craving Gretchen's Golden Nugget). We were sad to find out they had closed. :( So sad. I am totally disappointed. So instead we went to Red Robin. It was pretty good. I had Fish and Chips with LOTS of Malt Vinegar. YUM! I think I get fish, just so I can eat the vinegar. I am such a vinegar junkie! But I was still on the look out for somewhere to find good ice cream with homemade carmel. No where. We drove all the way to American Fork. We finally just got a shake at Parker's Drive In. Yes, Melisa, I think of you every time I go there! Ha ha! We ordered fresh strawberry shakes, but there were no strawberries. :( Just syrup, I think. Really I think they were close to closing and just wanted to get us out of there, because i know she heard us. Luckily we had bought strawberries at Costco, so I got some out and made a real Strawberry Shake! After that we finally decided to head home.

On Sunday we went to church. I sat out in the foyer to make my back happy. Apparently that did not make my back happy. :( It has been sore since then. Church is a struggle for my back. :P

Moday, was just Monday. Oh wait, Monday was the day that Mario Kart came out on the Wii! Luckily Dustyn sold a painting last week! Ha ha!! We are SO smart with our money! Ha ha! But if anyone wants to play, let me know and I will send you our friend code. Yay!

Today I stayed home and scanned pictures ALL day for the Senior Video that we are doing. So far, so good. We are coming along. We have less than a month to finish it. OH yeah, and I got ALL of our laundry done. I needed the day off to get my back feeling better - and oh is it! I am so happy. Now my hip is so sore from compensating for my back. Man, I have issues!

So that is what has happened while I have been MIA. Nothing too exciting, but a lot of traveling and busyness. And of course, no pictures. I have been such a slacker with pictures lately. I either forget my camera or never pull it out. When I do have it ready, I never find the perfect photo op. Hopefully I will get out of this non-photoness stage. My Photo blog is suffering.