i noticed...

This morning on my way to the gym I noticed the frozen dew on the grass. It made me happy to see the sun shining down making the earth sparkle.

It was such a pretty, crisp morning. The hope of warmth is slowing creeping into our valley...

I noticed that Ten Thousand Villages has moved! Come to find out, they relocated last July! I could not believe it had been that long since I had visited last. If you have never been, you have got to go. It is a non profit organization that sells things from villages all over the world. From my understanding, most profits go back to the villagers who make the goods so that it can provide some sort of income for these less fortunate countries. I love, love, love that store. Go take notice!

I noticed that there are a lot of cool shops on 900 South between 1100 East and 900 East in SLC. I went to a few. If you ever need a cool gift.. be it most ANY type gift, go to Charlottes. Although the owner is a real snatch, the manager is very personable and kind. Just ignore the "man lady" that you may see wandering the store. She doesn't want to talk to you anyway! Fly fishing gear anyone? Go to Western Rivers Flyfisher. The guys in there were so nice and helpful. They sold me a real cool shirt for Ry... hope you like it baby! (PS.. they were the ones to gossip about the snatchy owner next door. He he!!) Then of course there's an old fav to SL... Hip and Humble. Can't go wrong there, lots of cool knacks and knicks and the sort. I got a few vintage-ish magnets, and made a mental list of many things I would like to get someday. Then one of my fav stops...The Square Nest. It was mostly my favorite because of AnnaRuth. She works there. Stop in to meet her. She has red hair, a wonderful texan accent, and the most friendly personality. Plus, there's real neat stuff in that place. I am a suckor for cards.. unique ones. I like to write and I like to give cards away, but I want them to be different. I found some there and I bought probably 20.... couldn't resist. I got a wood wick candle there too. The wick is wood, nifty eh? It crackles as it burns and sounds like a fire. Can't wait to try it out! After that, I ran out of time. I could have walked all over, but I will save more adventures for another day!

I noticed this afternoon that my nephew Zach is pretty gosh darn talented in the acting department. I went and watched his class preform a play called The 12th night... (i think?..) Way to go bud! You did a fab job! Guys, seriously he had one of the leads and he was completely teriffic! More preformances to come this week, if you want to see his debut!

Finally, this evening I noticed how quiet and still our home is with out my main man here with me. He is on a business trip for the whole week. I miss him already. No sports on tv, no one to yell across the house at to "come here for a sec! I gotta show you this email!", no re caps of the day to share, no soda cans or microwave dinner containers or cereal bowls to clean up all over the house, no socks or boxers or shoes or pants or belts or shirts to pick up in the bathroom or the hall or under the table or behind the couch or in the couch or my favorite: on the kitchen counter... Nope, none of that..... Just boring me. Ry, I really do love you, all of you.

That's what I noticed today..... What did you notice?