LEAP DAY

leap day! here it is... one extra day every four years...

what it means for me: one extra pay day on the end of february paycheck! 

woohoo :) :) :)

also it brings me the irish tradition of leap day which was introduced to me in 2010 via amy adams in, how original,  

LEAP YEAR

one day in every 4 years it is acceptable for a girl to ask her boy to marry her..

so here goes:

BOYFRIEND,

MARRY ME?

i know his answer... he's WAY TOO traditional for that so... yeah. AWKWARD  

moving on.... HAHA

TOMORROW IS MARCH! Which brings a month of fun:

our nephew cody's birthday

linda's wedding

burbank

baby bro's birthday

taking our 2 eldest nephews to a suns game

family celebrating march birthdays

salt lake city & seeing my lil sis

my big sister's birthday on st. patty's day

and most importantly... well maybe not MOST... but AMAZINGEST!

SHAMROCK SHAKES at MCDONALDS!!!!

{kind of like girl scout cookies.. only one month a year}

in the next few months

i get to travel! YAY. feels like forever since my last trip.

i LOVE to travel.  definitely my favorite past time.

this weekend burbank.

march 14-18 salt lake {get to spend some time with jacque! do have to work tho too}

april 11-16 chicago {hello, jennelle}

may 26-28 vegas!! {annual vegas trip with julie kevin & boyfriend}

:) :) :) one happy girl :) :) :)

and i am sure many more trips to plan...

i am trying to talk boyfriend in to new york for new years!!!

macaroni salad

you know that macaroni salad you get at a hawaiian bbq place?

well i am looking for that recipe.

it is kind of sweet but oh so yummy.

and i have yet to find a great recipe.

if anyone has one... please let me know.

when i went to university there was this hawaiian grill

mai island grill.

absolute BEST hawaiian bbq & macaroni salad.

now if i could get that recipe i would be a happy camper.:) :)

however it seems, that mai island grill has closed down

and it was all the way in tempe... 

nowhere near where i work or live.

hence, my search for the best macaroni salad recipe EVER.... 

the search continues...

FEBRUARY

FEBRUARY - THE MONTH OF L.O.V.E.

LOVE

good thing updating my blog daily or weekly was not one of my new years resolutions... otherwise i would have failed within the first week. hahaha.

my new years resolutions: keep calm and carry on

*don't sweat the small stuff*

pay off my car! 

get married - eh? who knows... 

might be a good thing to do before the world ends, you know it is 2012 and all.

i am extremely excited for this week. {excited is an understatement}

tonight, THE BACHELOR, night at my parents.

wednesday, girls night out @ studio movie grill = $1 movie {the notebook}

friday night is twilight time... hang out with roomie & carter and buy breaking dawn at midnight!

saturday, go clothes shopping for boyfriend, FINALLY, and see THE VOW.

boyfriend has lost 85 lbs! {EIGHTY-FIVE] as in 15 lbs away from 100! 

he is 5 lbs away from high school weight... talk about CRAZY.

i am so proud of him, he looks amazing, and has really made a great healthy decision to be healthy and stay active. we found our new favorite activity: hiking.  it took FOREVER for me to get boyfriend to agree to do an activity outside of the gym... he would always say, "no, i need to go to the gym".  

never realizing what a great work out hiking is.  

our first hike was sunrise trail, up 145th street and via linda.  it was absolutely gorgeous! 

i think our next hike will be camelback.  

that one has to be my absolute favorite hike. 

the views are seriously outrageously gorgeous.

FEBRUARY WILL BE A GREAT MONTH. I CAN JUST FEEL IT :) :) :)

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. 

It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

- Judy Garland