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1. I went walking with Hayley at 6:30am and as always we found a flosser (so gross) on the road.
2. I love summer mornings!
3. I'm loving this arrangement on our porch.
4. Some of us went for a walk around the buildings for a break at work so we took a selfie.
5. Roses at work.
6. It feels like I'm always getting gas even though it's really about once a week.
7. My feet at the gas station.
8. I can barely make it two months between hair appointments because the grays are taking over!
9. What I'm reading.
10. Randy through the kitchen window as I was walking to the front door.
11. He made us spaghetti for dinner.
12. Our current bedroom set up, I'm not loving this duvet cover but it will do for now.

12 on the 12th--April 2019 Edition

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1. Ferris likes to hang out in the bathroom while I get ready in the morning.
2. Ugh, icy windshield and gray skies.
3. Recording my hours on the computer at work.
4. Hilarious selfie situation with Jen, Darcie, Kramer, and Tara after our lunch at Wingers.
5. The very poorly made sign Darcie paid $45 for when a family member shnockered her into buying it. We laughed so hard about this.
6. A disturbing amount of silver hair.
7. I stopped at Marshall's on the way home from work and as always lingered on my favorite aisle.
8. The flag looked cool with that amazing sky.
9. I went to delivery a box of Crumble cookies to the San Juans and found this cute note Claire had left under their doormat (it was for the Easter Bunny).
10. Hooray for tulips and daffodils in our yard!
11. This is my current favorite quote.
12. What I'm reading.

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1. A little Trivia Crack first thing in the morning.
2. Swiping my badge to get into work.
3. Jess, Jen, Kramer and I went to HomeGoods and Chick-Fil-A for our lunch break.
4. Work still life.
5. The screen savers on my work computer are always interesting.
6. Hooray for sunshine and daylight when leaving work.
7. Our new doormat is cute, but I'm not a fan of our nubby porch under it.
8. The super cute box I bought to put Michelle's birthday presents in.
9. I'm loving these cheery flowers I bought at Trader Joes 10 days ago.
10. I bought Whitney's cap and gown for graduation!
11. Taco Tuesday made by Randy.
12. My current read.

12 on the 12th--July 2018 Edition

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1. Ferris drinks the water from the fish bowl Whitney is giving to a co-worker, ew! I can't imagine what the fish was thinking when he saw Ferris' face in his bowl!
2. I've been re-listening to Angle of Repose and loving it. It's just as heartbreaking the 4-5th time reading it. 
3. The one flower growing in our yard and we didn't even plant it!
4. I went on a 9000+ step walk with my friend Hayley.
5. We dropped Randy's car at Greenwoods to get his brakes fixed.
6. The beautiful birthday bouquet Randy gave me.
7. I worked on my primary lesson and printed some activities for the class.
8. The book I'm reading which was a going away gift from a co-worker at school.
9. Landon just getting home from work (power washing windows), he's woolly these days.
10. We had our July book club gathering and birthday celebration for me and Amy.
11. We discussed these two books (both were good).
12. Whitney and Dallin were in the driveway when I got home, it was tough getting a good photo of them in the dark.

12 on the 12th--May 2018 Edition

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1. Randy slept in his clothes on the couch all night after falling asleep there, weird.
2. I worked on my primary lesson while watching The Durrells in Corfu (delightful).
3. I spent a long time cutting things out, but I was happy with the results.
4. A pleasing pile of cancelled posted I recently purchased on Etsy.
5. Mother's Day tulips for my mom and cute jars of flowers for Robyn and Amy.
6. I changed the pictures in the frames over our bed after having the previous pictures there for 11 years.
7. Landon did a marvelous job mowing the lawn, it's so nice having him home from Utah State.
8. What I'm currently reading. It's so charming and makes me want to move to Cornwall, England to live in a cozy cottage.
9. The current message on our letterboard.
10. Randy doing some work on his laptop.
11. Our Allium are in bloom.
12. Reading in the cozy with Ferris purr/snoring on my chest.

12 on the 12th--July Edition

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1. Left over goodness from my birthday.
2. Birthday flowers.
3. Cute Junie hanging out on the window sill.
4. Sprinkler season.
5. My nightstand.
6. I'm enjoying this book.
7. Landon checking his phone.
8. Cutest Ferris.
9. I love how my friend Jill addressed this gift certificate.
10. Michelle made Ding Dong cake for my birthday book club dessert.
11. We discussed Homegoing (great book).
12. Our book club selfie.

12 on the 12th--May Edition

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1. I made a Cleaning Mix to help me while cleaning at the Sykes' house.
2. Aargh dishes!
3. Deluxe bathroom set up.
4. Cutest cat.
5. My toes match the grass.
6. Allium season.
7. Michelle came to me for Creative Friday.
8. I cut out stuff for my primary lesson.
9. We discussed our Accountability goals for the week.
10. Randy left for a YM camp out.
11. Landon has a hickey!
12. Good Hell, time to turn on the air conditioning.

12 on the 12th--April Edition

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1. Randy dropping me off at work because my car died for good. Aargh!
2. Work lunch in the conference room, I was reading and listening to America's First Daughter.
3. My friend and co-worker Hayley drove me home.
4. Whitney and a very reluctant Ferris.
5. I did laundry.
6. Landon and I are addicted to these chocolate covered granola bars!
7. Tulip love in our yard.
8. Oh how I love tulip season.
9. There are always dishes to do.
10. Landon comes home from work filthy every day.
11. Tacos for dinner!
12. Randy and I LOVE Survivor.

12 on the 12th--April Edition

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1. Randy's morning set up as he packs our lunches.
2. Whitney and Peep, she's always in a hurry to get ready but will stop to love cats.
3. My make-up drawer and inspiration YouTube videos on my phone.
4. I made Whitney late for early morning seminary so I went in to signal to the teacher that it was my fault (it was hilarious).
5.  I am a master at using our big copier at work. 
6.  Hooray for tulips blooming in our yard.
7.  Landon doing homework and Spotify.
8.  My pleasing stack of Chatbooks and daffodils from my visiting teachers.
9.  Randy's work-at-home set up.
10.  Reading in the cozy.
11.  I had a hilarious exchange with my sister Lori.
12.  We all got 10,000 steps for the day!

Spring Revelry

I took myself to Thanksgiving Point on Tuesday (after having lunch with Amie) for four hours of strolling in the Spring sunshine and taking over 600 photos! Taking photos of flowers is one of my favorite things to do so it was an excellent outing for me and I thoroughly enjoyed being alone so that I didn't have to worry about anyone being bugged by my frequent stops. I wandered around and soaked it all up, plus hardly anyone was there so it felt like I had the place to myself.

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12 on the 12th--May Edition

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1. I watched part of an episode of New Adventures of Old Christine while eating my toast at 6:10am.
2. Family scripture reading, we're still in Alma!
3. I took a selfie in the car while at a red light.
4. It was a beautiful morning, I love the view while I'm driving to work.
5. Michelle and I texted back and forth for a bit (she's in Paris). 
6. I made a drink run to Slurp and read my book while I waited in line at the drive through.
7. Terese gave me the Conference issue of the Ensign and a notepad just because.
8. I stopped to take pictures of the tulips at the Temple on the way home from work.
9. I finished reading The Risk Pool and started reading Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter.
10. I got this order of Washi Tape (I'm addicted) in the mail from Pick Your Plum.
11. Uploading pictures from my camera onto the computer.
12. Randy made my favorite Raspberry muffins.

Tuesday Tidbits--Lots of Them

I'm way behind on tidbits, so buckle up.

Every fall I plant daffodils and tulips in the hopes of having a glorious Spring display. This Spring started out pretty well with our daffodils and they made me so happy for a couple weeks (they are now shriveled and dead). 

We saw a lot of this lovely face.

Cathy and her family came to back from Saudia Arabia for a 3 weeks at the beginning of the month. She came over to visit on a Sunday afternoon and then we went walking several times during Spring Break.

Speaking of Spring Break, it was a little rough. My car was in the shop (where it still is!) with a dead transmission plus we didn't have plans or funds to go anywhere. I don't usually my hanging out at home, but it wasn't very pleasant since the kids were grumpy about it. Landon mowed the lawn and then spent some time soaking up the sun afterward.

Whitney had her Monster Dolls and their homes all over the place...no it didn't drive me crazy at all. I am constantly at odds with the lack of space we have in our house because I like it that we're cozy as a family but can't stand it when there's no where for stuff to go.

I gave my co-worker this cute glass dome filled with Cadbury Eggs for her birthday, I thought it was a very pleasing gift.

One day at work the orchestra teacher brought in a quartet of violinists to play for us during Flex Time. They played "You Raise Me Up" and miraculously the phones didn't ring and no one needed anything for those few beautiful minutes.

Lori and Whitney have been taking a cake decorating class at Michaels but had to miss one of the classes because of the school talent show and Lori's bookclub. Because of this Lori had Whitney come to her house one evening to work on the stuff they would be missing in class, this is what they made!

I found Landon napping in the middle of the floor (again)...I just don't understand it when cozy beds are so closeby.

Whitney and I updated our photo wall a bit by adding the S's and a few more frames.

I have fabulous, new visiting teachers who have spoiled me already with a flowering plant and chocolate-covered strawberries in addition to their thoughtful lessons and wise comments.

My blogging friend Ashley stopped by the junior to bring me Jim Gaffigan's book Dad is Fat to borrow. We had a fun visit (she came at a surprisingly calm time) and it was an unexpected surprise in my day...plus the book is very funny.

We are still plodding along a half chapter to a chapter at a time in our morning Book of Mormon reading. One morning last week was particularly rough and I captured it with my phone. I didn't even get mad because it was just so funny.

We started a new Secret Pal rotation at work last week and this is the first thing my pal gave me. I had actually seen this at Walmart the previous week and thought it was mighty cute. It's now in our kitchen window.

The lilacs are blooming! Saturday was super rainy and mellow which was oh so pleasing.

I spent much of the rainy afternoon finishing this book, which was delightful but ended with me sobbing.

Amie was going through her old stash of Christmas cards and texted me this photo of ours from 2006, ouch.

Michelle and family are in Paris for BYU's Spring Term and we spent some time texting back and forth and I had her take this selfie by the window. I love it that I've been there and can picture the apartment and city so well...it's painful not to be there though.

She's Instagramming from Paris which is both awesome and painful too.

So Adam ended up putting an Easter Eggs Hunt together for his neighborhood and jokingly said something to another guy about bringing a bunny suit, and crazily enough someone did! Adam in a pink bunny suit just makes me happy!

One of the teachers at school has a ton of tulips in her yard and has kindly brought some to me twice. It was amazing to watch these flowers open up like this because they were closed when she brought them to me.

My Secret Pal gave me these cards and this nice note!

It snowed on Monday! It was swirling and cold, but didn't accumulate. 

Today I needed ice cream for breakfast.