March Stuff 2017

Snowy and still cold early March, but after 11 weeks apart due to Army, Anthony got home on March 2. I recall being nervous to see him, despite having talked every day since he'd been gone. We had some reacquainting to do.

We had late night pizza and brunch at Penny Ann's the next day. So baby faced, he is.

A tribute to La Croix that I can get behind. We spent the rest of the weekend shopping and watching movies - Moonlight and The Salesman.

Tax time! I used to be so good at doing them in January, but I've been slacking the last few years.

A visit to the munchkins, followed by wedding venue research. Still not engaged, but weddings take time to plan so....

Option 1 in Utah County.

Option 2 in Utah County, the front runner in my head, and just as glorious in person. It ended up being the winner.

Anthony was like....uh....what....

But look at those views.

Finally tried Bam Bam's. I can get behind this, even if it's not Austin BBQ.

Back to hang with the littles. It was bubble time. She's very insistent on doing it herself.

I dig lasagna.

Stake conference at Assembly Hall.

Visited the tattoo convention from afar.

BBQ pizza at Meghan's. Best use of a grill, I think.

Still not engaged, but getting there! Mom sent me a family ring to use whenever Anthony decided to propose. I love it.

Someone had guinea pigs. No idea.

Took some time off work for March Madness - first two rounds were played in SLC, so I got tickets. Started the day off with Publik, then lots of basketball. Highlights were Arizona, Northwestern and Gonzaga.

This was kinda great...

And they've since remodeled the arena, but I really hope they still have that nacho stand down on the first level, cause it's great.

Healthy work potluck.

Homework - finishing the first semester!

Spring sprung.

Tried out Proper Burger. It's pretty good.

The fries are great though.

One day after a long overnight shift, Anthony just decided to buy a car. It was well overdue, since his crap truck was crap and broken and likely unsafe, but this purchase was rather spontaneous. Alas, it's been great.

Cheap date night.

Had some fun with Google Translate at the Asian market.

Love these two.

I love these cookies too. They are often requested by my workmates.

Cake tasting! I really liked these and ended up booking with Sugar Rush. Anthony was at work and couldn't join, but he doesn't love cake anyway, so more for me.

A friend hooked me up with some tickets to a Salt Lake Screaming Eagles indoor football game, but the twist is that the game is fan controlled. You vote on plays via their app, with all player, mascot, coaching selection happening before the season through fan votes. It's fun. The league is expanding soon, should be interesting to see how it all plays out.

February Flashback

February stuff from 2017. Let's get through this. Summary - it was cold outside, Anthony was still gone at Army, and I was getting through school and work. Pretty boring. 

Facetiming from his bunker - standing in one spot in his room that had a decent wifi signal. 

I was drawing diagrams about databases.

Mom came to town so we could buy a wedding dress. See the previous January post where I found the dress while shopping with Meghan. Felt kinda weird/bad to call my mom and tell her I went dress shopping without her and found a dress, but she was alright with it. She came out for a weekend, and we made the dress official. And yeah, then telling Anthony - hey, no pressure, you're out of town adn stuff and we're not engaged, but I bought a wedding dress, no pressure. Ha! Glad I can say now that it all worked out. Weddings take time to plan, I just wanted a head start!

I took mom to Harmons. It's magic. I could live in here.

We scoped wedding venues. If I did a winter one, I definitely would've gone with Hardware Building.

Tried out Crust Club!

There's the inside. It was pretty good.

Super Bowl time - I rolled solo to a party, mostly for the food and commercials.

Sushi outing at work.

Tried McConnell's. Don't remember if I loved it or just liked it. Probably just liked, given the price tag.

Trader Joe's pizza making FTW.

Hahahahaha. Photo Booth.

I hit my breaking point of long distance.

Homework.

Snow.

Blue Lemon lunch followed by Valentine's Day ballet with the girls.

Anthony sent me flowers for the love holiday to my office. Very lovely.

Since Lacey left Amex, we had to start having our own lunches. She came to Trio by my house, easy enough.

Someone sent me this - so true. Nothing as good as the original Dr!

I attempted a raspberry buttercream frosting, inspired by Meghan. It didn't work so well though it tasted fine.

My work nickname is Bubbles, and I got some Bai Bubbles. Yeah.

I started watching this lady's paint swirling videos on Insta, and it's great.

Gelato. Two block away yet I make it there only a handful of times a year. Shame.

 

Lovely day.

More homework.

More Facetime. Look at his shorn head!

My new computer crashed. I called for help. This guy stayed on the phone for ever with me. Thanks, Dell.

Becca H and I had lunch one time to catch up. Chile Tepin is pretty good.

It was our mutual friend Bill's birthday, so we sent him this photo.

Banbury, yes.

Birthday dinner for Sami with the Roberts crew (Anthony's fam).

Snow. Ugh.

But Moochie's makes it better.

This one I do remember liking. And I don't think I've seen this flavor since at stores.

Hooray! Anthony passed at Army. Soon to be headed home!