Skipping the work out, and climbing stairs in Jerome instead.

My mommy and I decided it was way too hot down here in the valley of the sun, so we ditched all the phoenix kids and went to Yavapai county for two days! woot woo!

We drove up the back way because we've drivin' up the main freeway a thousand times and we wanted something a bit more scenic this time.
It only added an extra hour of drive time, so what the heck?!
I drove for the first hour or two until the roads got super duper windy and curvey, then I let mom kick into awesome driver mode and take over.
But, that means EMILY GOT TO TAKE PICTURES with the very beautiful Nikon D40 that belongs to Koree. But, Koree and Emily did a camera switch. Awwhhyeaahhh.
I ended up taking a bout 200 pictures on that trip. Pretty rad.

So, we drove up the backroad through Yarnell and Peeples Valley and all that, then we went through the downtown Sedona area and got to see the GORGEOUS mountains of Sedona. Ohmy. Such a pretty sight to see! and all of the round abouts up there are crazy! holysmokes! don't even get me started about the roundabouts through Cottonwood. Sheesh.

We went and had Delicious Thai food with an old friend who lived near Sedona. It was nice to see him again. =] The food was homemade and SUPER duper tasty. He gave me a recipe for the salad he made, we'll see if I remember...
Cucumber and onion with a little bit of pepper, viniger, and sugar. Make it before the rest of the food so it has time to soak. I think that's all.
But gosh, that was so darn tasty! it was like dessert to me! But, then again, I do have a weird love for both Cucumber and Onions. So, maybe that's why. Teheheh...

Then we went and spent the night in a Casino hotel, because it was dark by the time we left our friends house and we didn't feel brave enough to pitch a tent in the dark. Heheh.

The next morning I drove us up into Jerome. Yuckyscary. Being afraid of heights and all...that wasn't the best drive. Being right on the edge of that very tall mountain with very little between me and the edge. Not the best mix ever.
But, we made it up alive! and man was it so beautiful up there! like I said, I took lots and lots of pictures.
And mum bought me a very pretty necklace that was made by a lady in Jerome, whom I got to meet! and talk to! and she told us where to get good lunch. Tehehehe. yay for awesome people in Jerome!

We had a giant piece of cake from the Haunted Hamburger, and man was it goood. then we waddled back down to the car and had a beautiful drive back south. =]

All in all, a good week.
Let's see what tomorrow brings?

Meet me at the hotel room.

A fun and lovely day filled with dancing and movie watching and tasty foods.

Jordan flew in this morning and will be staying with us for a few days.
This was my first time meeting him, although I have talked to him before on skype and text and such.
But, it was exciting none the less to get to meet him in person this time. He seems like a cool enough kid. =]

Yesterday Laura and I were totally planning her wedding like you would not believe. So much goodtimes. I'm madly in love with all the beautiful ideas she has for her wedding.
and I'm possibly getting a few idea of how mine will be with Mr. Imaginary Prince of mine. =P
I'm so very excited for Laura and Zak to get married. I love them together, and I love being around them. They're a very easy couple to be around. No uncomfortableness. All nice and chill. =]

Natascha and I decided to skip Zumba on Wednesday, and to make up for it by dancing extra hard at the drum circle on Friday.
Which, I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR. First Friday's are SUPER AWESOME. and I love this drum circle oh so very much. There are manymanymany people who come and drum, shake, dance, spin poi, hula hoop, sing and just enjoy the moment and awesomeness of it all!


I've been looking at cars on Craigslist for a few days now trying to get an idea(and price range) of what I might want, and what I could actually have.
So far it's looking like a 2005 or 2006 Toyota Matrix would rock my socks off.
I had a dream that my car was parked in the third spot of our garage, so maybe that was a sign I should get a red car so I could blend in with my parents cars! tehehe.

Tahtahfornow.