Scrapbook Sunday: My Best Friend's Wedding

I recently got to scrapbooking my best friend's wedding from 2008, finally!

Happy Scrapbook Sunday!

-Liz

P.S. That is one of the few times you will ever see me with straight hair.

I Will Not Be Calling In Dead Tomorrow

The Dreadful Keyboard

Have you ever expressed frustration to your boss in an email by saying that you were going to call in dead the next day and then later remembered that the reason he is currently out of town is for a funeral? Yea, me either. *sigh*

-Liz

P.S. I really need a vacation ASAP, but since that is over a month away, I will take up drinking instead.

P.S.S. Hooray for awesome bosses who are nice and see the humor in things.

Creo En Mi / I Believe In Myself

“Creo En Mi” de Natalia Jiménez es una de mis canciones favoritas en este momento. Que bello mensaje.

A veces el favor más grande que otras personas nos pueden hacer es no creer en nosotros porque nos hace luchar más intensamente por lo que queremos y cuando finalmente lo logramos la satisfacción es más grande aun.   

“Creo En Mi” (I Believe In Myself) from Natalia Jimenez is one of my favorite songs at the moment. What a beautiful message.

Sometimes the biggest favor other people can do for us is not believe in us because it makes us fight more intensely for what we want and when we finally achieve it, the satisfaction is even greater.

First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite

I have to admit I was a little disappointed at first that this book wasn't more about the Peace Corps. It's a memoir about Eve Brown-Waite's life as an American expatriate in Uganda mostly, but she does have a short Peace Corps stint in Ecuador at the beginning of the book. I loved the book at any rate.

I think Eve Brown-Waite is a wonderful story teller. Her writing is candid and unapologetic as she describes her misadventures abroad. I was literally laughing out loud throughout the book. I really enjoyed it. It's a good book to read if you are interested in learning a bit about what life as an American expat is like and even if not the love story alone is worth the read. What can I say, I'm a sucker for a good love story.    

Until next time!

-Liz

I Have Won The Jackpot

I have won the jackpot ladies and gentlemen. Last night my boyfriend came over to visit with the low-carb chicken Greek salad that I had petitioned and also a pita bread to go with it (I always feel silly ordering those two together). Not only that, he made an extra stop to buy me the Sprite I requested after he had already bought the food because I texted him that I was feeling nauseous and needed a Sprite. And no, no, no, it didn't end there, he actually sat down with me as I ate my dinner and drank my Sprite and watched a couple of Sex And The City episodes with me. Now that's love people, that's love.

Until next time!

-Liz

My Close Encounter With Bill Maher

On Saturday my boyfriend and I went to the Bill Maher show at Kingsbury Hall and it was AWESOME! I got the tickets for my boyfriend as a birthday gift a few months ago because we're both fans.

I have been wanting to go to a Bill Maher show for some time now, in fact, it's on my bucket list (crossing that off right now). Sure we didn't have the best seats in the house, but Bill (don't mind the familiarity Bill) did not disappoint. We had a wonderful time and we even had a close encounter (sort of) after the show when we "ran" into him.

As we were walking back to our car we noticed a small huddle of people and a bunch of flashes going off. We got closer and saw that those people were huddling him, Bill Maher! We stood maybe within 10 feet of him and unfortunately only got a couple of far-away, not-so-clear shots of Bill before he got into his town car to leave, but that was enough for me. What a fantastic night and what a perfect ending.

-Liz

P.S. If I wasn't so in love with my boyfriend I might go after Bill, though my boyfriend tells me I'm not Bill's type.

P.S.S. There were close to 2,000 people at the show! Who knew there were so many liberal hippies in Utah?!

Scrapbook Sunday: Panagia Drosiani

My Panagia Drosiani Church scrapbook page is done! (That's in the island of Naxos in Greece.) 

Happy Scrapbook Sunday!

-Liz