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I don't really have much to write.. just can't believe it's the last day of September already. I haven't been feeling well lately. Ug. Not good. But the weather has been really nice still. I heard it's going to get colder this weekend though. We'll see, I guess.
Here's a picture of my niece, Lily. This one looks like me when I was little. Heh. It's always interesting to see the resemblance of your siblings' kids. I definitely looked like my aunt (my ma's older sister) - especially our younger pictures compared to one another. More and more though, I'm looking a lot like my ma and sister. It's weird to see different people in the same kid. Heh. I keep doing that with my nieces and nephew now. Gosh, that's such an old person thing to do. Hah. I'm old. haha
Ok, so I mentioned it was starting to feel like Fall... and then this weekend comes, and it's definitely hot. The weekend weather was perfect. Sunny, clear skies with some cute clouds, nice winds - absolutely perfect. I had a nice weekend. I watched Eagle Eye last night with a friend of mine. I thought the movie was good - I enjoyed it. I can't even remember the last movie I saw at the theater.. err, yes I do. Pineapple Express. Yeah, many movies would probably be better than that one. Though, Pineapple Express was pretty entertaining.
I made a couple of bracelets and a necklace yesterday. I ended up wearing the necklace last night already =) And I'll give the bracelets to my ma and my sister. Hopefully they like it. I'm gonna see all of my family in a couple of weeks. I'm so excited. I get to see my nieces and new nephew all at the same time! =)
Earlier in the week, I went to my friend/coworker's house. She does stained glass pieces and stone mosaics. They look really nice and I wanted to learn how to make them. So, earlier this week, I went there to start cutting my glass pieces. I did pretty ok in cutting them - the pieces actually fit into each other nicely. Today, I finished it by soldering them all together. It was a pretty cool experience. I'm going to buy my own glass pieces now and I'll make some more. =) I'm excited at how it turned out. It's kind of big, about 5 inch in diameter. I'll tie a nice ribbon on the top of it so it can hang =)
A couple of my friends and I went out to dinner tonight at Settebello for a belated birthday dinner for me, heh. Very sweet. This restaurant is one of my favorites. We had some delicious pizza and gelato. Afterward, Melanie and I just walked around Temple Square. It was such a gorgeous night, perfect for walking around and seeing the Temple closer. Throughout my time in SLC, I've never really walked around too much in Temple Square. It was nice to have a little guided tour of the buildings. We went to into the FamilySearch Center.. and one day we'll go to the Family History Library. I tried to see if they had anything of my family members.. didn't have any luck. Just really interesting stuff though. The Joseph Smith Memorial Building is beautiful. Also beautiful, is the Temple. Just a perfect evening to see all of it =) I'm glad I got to just chill tonight and enjoy the nice weather and downtown..
I'm back from my trip to Chicago. I flew in on Wednesday night and got back Sunday afternoon. It was a really nice 4 day weekend =) I got to see Tim's new apartment in Illinois. It's nice, I like it. Kind of neat to think I'll be living there one day. I turned 25 at a rest area while driving from the airport to Tim's place. Then the next morning, we got up and ready to go to his work. So I spent the actual birthday at his work. Parrrrrtayyy huh? hah Then car problems at night. =P No need to explain more. heh We went to a nice restaurant for a small and late dinner and walked around town afterward. Tim got me a really pretty (and tasty) birthday cake too. =) It was a lavender and cream colored cake. hehe
Friday, we headed out for Chicago. More car problems. No need to explain more on this time too. hah We got to bond while waiting for a tow truck, haha. We spent some time with his brothers, sis-in-law, niece, & nephew. =) It was really nice to just chill after a hectic (and rainy!) day. Tim's niece and nephew are so precious. =)
Friday night, Tim & I hung out with Ria, Daisy, & Mike. Great people =) We had a great time (as always). And it definitely felt like a birthday weekend with them. We partied at their place and had yummy sushi and sangrias. They treated us for dinner at a restaurant called Mirai. It was a yummy sushi restaurant. They also surprised me with cute Hershey's cupcakes with sparkler candles! I loved it. It made me so smiley. =) I was really surprised and touched. The girls & Mike got me a Garmin GPS for my birthday. I was very surprised at that. It makes me so happy and so grateful to have such amazing friends. Seriously. =) I'm very very lucky to have incredible people in my life. I love them all.
Saturday, Tim & I actually went around town and talked to a priest at a really nice Greek Orthodox church. The priest was really nice, funny, and helpful. We still need to set a date for the wedding. !!! =) We had a meeting with a photography consultant. And we decided to choose them for our pictures. hehe We got one thing settled. heh Well, technically two. I bought my wedding dress before leaving for Chicago! =)
All in all, it was a really nice trip. And it's harder & harder to say bye to Timmy at the airport... =P
Us at Mirai - after eating sooo much delicious sushi and drinking yummy sangrias
September is really here.. and sometimes, in the morning, I can definitely feel Fall. It's so weird to think that I have already experienced Fall here in Salt Lake last year. Time really goes by quickly. I'm turning 25 this week and I'm pretty excited. I bought a last minute (ish) plane ticket to Chicago for my birthday weekend. I'm going to see Timmy and hopefully get a lot of wedding planning started. We're both really excited about getting married. It still hits me every now & then.. we're getting married. Hah. And the whole fiance word catches me off-guard too, sometimes. I'll be talking to coworkers or something about Tim and I would say boyfriend, err, fiance. heh It's funny. I love it.
On a different note.. (and I feel bad for not mentioning it at all yet) .. My sister had her baby boy on August 14th. So many things happened in the past 20 some days that I didn't get to post about it yet. Ug. =P His name is Ian and he's a cutie. I can't wait to meet him in person =) I can't believe he'll be a month old next week! My sister's birthday is coming up too.
Hello Ian!
Ate Lily & Baby Ian
