january life savers.

I can't say I love the month of January, because I sure don't. But here are some things I've become a little bit obsessed with lately, and maybe you're interested to hear about those?

• Fruit Mentos. This is the first thing on the list because when I think of "obsessed" this is what comes to mind for me lately. The saddest thing happened when we were driving from D.C. to Vals. We stopped at a gas station and Paul was being way nice and went in to buy me some fruit mentos, and he came back and said they only had mint ones and I wanted to cry. Skittles are the best substitutes but he didn't know that. My niece got skittles so she shared with me. The mint ones don't even taste bad until you think "this could be a fruit one" and then you're just left wanting. But that was nice of Paul, right? 
• Orange Juliuses or Juli-i? How would you say that? I think you understand what I mean. These things are so delicious. Especially with some ice cream mixed in. When Paul gets done home teaching I think we will have some. My brother Eric gave me a magic bullet for Christmas and I leave it out on the counter all the time (I don't even do that with the toaster) because I make these so much. Also good: chocolate shakes, snickers shakes and strawberry shakes. 
• Buns. It's pretty much my go-to hairdo now. (Yes, I'm talking about hair - weirdo). I like 'em good and high on my head. Less headaches that way. I also love this hair blog. I think that lady Regan is cool and her normal blog is awesome too.

The best news is that February is days away. Hip hip hurray. Are these obsessions weird or normal? I think awesome, you might think weird.

Also, Megan asked for Utah pics and on this blog all comment requests are granted (all reasonable comment requests are granted)!

 This is... quite honestly, the only picture taken while we were in Utah (and 2 others just like it except my momma is coughing and I'm making a weirder face, which seems impossible, but it's not. Also a picture of the stairwell of the cabin.) Sorry for that failure. 

Luckily we also went to Idaho... and I took a few more pictures while we were there:

Like this one where we played with sparklers and I didn't get third degree burns-so thanks for asking, family. But I did make everyone take mini-time-lapse pictures, but they ended up kind of fun. And I also like how Paul and I are wearing coats from the coat closet of wonders where you can find a jacket from most decades. (You'll see in a couple pics...).

 One night we were wondering where Paul and Jeff were and I came down stairs to loud "Eye of the Tiger" and this. They are way funny when they are together. 

 Early 90's jackets? Check. Several shades of denim? Check. 

Oh yeah! And we celebrated Christmas too. Sweet new Jams are a seasonal fav.

And now Paul is home so we can have our Orange Julios.