Sunday, May 10, 2015

Day 130: Cookie Spread


When I saw this deliciousness on sale today, I knew I was about to splurge. And what a splurge. I've only had Biscoff's cookie spread once before, but I remembered that it was amazing. And luckily I remembered correctly. This is basically cookies made into a spread. Can you say delicious?

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Day 129: Snow


I took this photo just after midnight, so technically I took it today. I'm glad I snapped this pic, because by the time I got up this morning, the snow was basically gone. The Flagstaff airport recorded 4.3 inches of snow after midnight, and 1.5 inches before midnight. I can't believe it snowed like this on May 9!

Friday, May 8, 2015

Day 128: Eyes


Today I got to go back in to the optometrist and get my eyes dilated. This was a first for me, and I can't say that it was all that fun. Even though it was snowing when I left the eye doctor's, I still needed sunglasses. And I headed over to Kohls, which is next door to my optometrist, and shopped while my pupils returned to normal. It was there in a dressing room that I took this photo of my strange eyes.

And now I'm lamenting the fact that the shirt in the background did not fit, because it's super cute!

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Day 127: 74 Miles


I pass this sign every day on my way to work.  I must admit, it kind of makes me want to visit the Grand Canyon every time I see the sign. Only 74 miles away, I think. So close! But alas, I cannot go this national park every week. I have visited the Grand Canyon twice already and have plans to go at least once this summer.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Day 126: Trees


I live in the middle of the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in North America. The forest is beautiful, and I think it's pretty cool that this is what I look at outside of my office every day.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Day 125: Driving Arizona


There is an astounding amount of beautiful scenery in Arizona. We drove back from Utah today with the collection that we picked up at BYU. We stopped at this scenic view north of Flagstaff. It's just north of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, and close to the Vermillion Cliffs.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Day 124: Utah


Today I added Utah to the list of states that I've visited. Technically, I went to Utah a few weeks ago when I camped in Page. Our campsite was about 100 yards past this sign. But today I headed to Utah on a work trip, and we went all the way up to Provo.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Day 123: Plumbing


This is the current scene under our kitchen sink. The pipes are all disconnected and my popcorn bowl is catching water. We knew we had a slow-draining sink and most likely a clog and therefore called it in on Friday. Our complex scheduled a worker to come out on Monday. But today things overflowed. The sink filled with water and the pipes behind our washing machine dumped out water.

The kicker is that we weren't even running water. Our neighbors ran their garbage disposal and it was too much for the clog. Unfortunately, the plumbers that the complex uses were already on calls all evening, so they can't come out until tomorrow morning. So, we can only use the downstairs toilet and, on a very limited basis, the sink in the downstair half-bath. Even so, water comes out these pipe under the kitchen sink. Hence the popcorn bowl.