Thanksgiving fun

Okay guys, I pretty much failed to take pictures during this trip. However, I did have a really good time (minus the travel fiasco). The dental school gave us three days off, so I decided to head back to Utah for some family time. I had a great time hanging out with the brothers, the parents, and the dogs. I ate tons, and tons of delicious food, and I even managed to make up a sweet potato recipe that my whole family loved. Plus, we had the usual pie buffet which always makes me happy.

As far as the travel situation, I will someday make it back to Omaha. I have been delayed, switched flights, delayed, canceled, re-booked, delayed, until now I think that I practically live at the airport! However, I think the airports at Cedar and St. George are just plain cute, especially since it takes like five minutes to check in, and the people there are super nice. I was supposed to fly out last night, but instead it got cancelled and I got to sit and watch like four hours of Malcom in the Middle (Hi-larious by the way)!

Okay, so probably my favorite part of coming home was the fact that there are five little puppies hanging out at my parents house!

Look how flippin' cute! I had almost convinced myself to try and bring one home with me (don't worry, I didn't). However, playing with these little guys comes with a price - I have scratches all over my hands. I don't really care, though!

Airplane versus blizzard

Okay so it is Thanksgiving, and I decided to head on home for the holiday. Yay, right? Well about an hour before I leave for the airport, my dad calls me and tells me that there is supposed to be a blizzard in Salt Lake, and that he wants to get me a flight going into Cedar so I don't have to drive down. I say "okay" even though I already had plans to stay with a friend in Salt Lake. After the hassle of purchasing a flight last minute, I make it to the airport. I did manage to set off the metal detector with my earrings, but at least I wasn't traveling with a cat! (The guy in front of me at security had a cat which he had to take out of the carrier before they would let him through.)

The flight from Omaha to Salt Lake went well until the pilot announced that there was a storm, and they were trying to clear the runway, and that it would be another 40 minutes. Over an hour later, with several threats of possibly landing at another airport, we managed to touch down. Now comes the wait for my delayed flight to St. George. The lounge, which was packed with frustrated, delayed passengers, is now getting pretty sparse. It is about 12:20 my time (Nebraska), and I'm getting pretty tired. I hope that someone will wake me up when they finally decide to board my flight. Luckily I have a computer, which means I have about a million movies I can watch to keep myself entertained!

This reminded me of a Seinfield episode, but I couldn't embed it. Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NienKmtknI

Plethora of Blankets!

At last winter is here, which means I am able to snuggle under about seven blankets at night. I sleep with the window open, and who cares that my actual house reaches freezing temperatures. (That does make it more difficult to wake up, but I have a hard time with that anyways.) So yes, that is probably the best thing about winter for me. That, and the fact that it is almost Thanksgiving, and then it will be Christmas. Yay!

In case you were wondering, this is my fabulous bed. I got to have a lovely Sunday afternoon nap today - it was fantastic!

The other thing I love about this time of year is that I can leave my DC in the trunk of my car, and it's almost like keeping them in the fridge!

Boots!

Okay, for those of you who saw me this Sunday, you were probably curious as to my somewhat unusual footwear. Yes, I totally wore these sweet boots to church this Sunday. And I am the ward chorister, so I had to walk up to the front of the church - more than once - in them. (Don't worry, they are surprisingly comfortable, and this story doesn't involve falling!) Well these are actually my Halloween boots, and in an effort to get more use out of them, I am attempting to wear them in every-day situations. Ha ha, just kidding. I actually had a friend dare me to wear them to church if she wore her fake Halloween eyelashes. So that is why. It was actually super fun, and I freakin' like them. Too bad I feel somewhat hookerish in them, and I am taller than almost everybody (including the boys). However, I could get used to being able to reach the top shelf with those extra four inches! Whatever, at least I didn't wear this:

This was my Halloween costume. I haven't uploaded my other pictures yet. I'll get to that someday!

Weekly Ashley-isms

Here are some of the stupid things I have said both out loud and silently to myself this past week. Thought I would share!

• I just flossed the crap out of my teeth. I hate it when that happens!
• I wish they had Rockstar-flavored Coke. That would be awesome.
• I noticed you had a piece of food stuck in there. Maybe that is causing the sensitivity.
• What a weird shirt. I need to try it on! (Then I ended up buying it...)
• I miss Halloween...
• Why do I have so much energy? Oh yeah, I just drank a Rockstar...
• Hurry, turn off all the lights so no one will come to my house! (I ran out of candy on Halloween.)
• I don't remember his name. Something with "D". Can you be more specific? That's all the D names I have. - Jan Oh nevermind, I'll go look up his name. (I wasn't even close)