Happy Holidays!!!

Well it is Christmas and it has come and gone again too fast. I realized yesterday that no two Christmas's are ever the same. This year was no exception. Being unemployed ment that I wasn't able to buy my friends and family the gifts I was planning on but in the end I think everything worked out. I know that the gifts we give are not even close to being as important as letting the ones we love know how much they mean to us.


My favorite thing about the holidays as corny as it sounds is spending time with my family and friends. My least favorite thing about this time of year is everyone complaining about the snow. Um... we live in a state known to have "The greatest snow on Earth" What the hell else do you expect to happen during winter? Ya, it isn't the funnest thing in the world to drive in but in my twenty-something years it has ALWAYS snowed in Utah. Get over it :).

The reasons I am grateful 2010 version

Ahhh so many many reasons to be thankful. Ya, I just lost my job and I have no idea what the HELL I am doing with myself. I have spent the better part of my life being absorbed with work, school or training. I have always felt passionate about the things I was doing. Then suddenly last year with the closing of the salon I had more free time than I was used to and slowly I have lost my passion for these things.

So here I am unemployed, with the exception of my Esthetics's business and I think I am on my way to finding myself.... Or at least I REALLY hope so..... Hmmmm I just realized I sound a LOT like Liz Gilbert the author of Eat, Pray, Love. A book that I love. Hmmm wish I could go to Bali. Ok on to my list of things I am thankful for.

* Numero Uno- of course is my family. While we are defiantly an interesting bunch I could not have asked for better. I come from the most loyal and loving group of people that taught me not to take shit from ANYONE! and because of them I am the interesting person I am today.

*Friends!- Well duh. everyone is grateful for friends right? Well I have such an eccentric group of friends. I honestly do not know how I got so lucky! Not only are like 90% of my friends basically become my family but they accept me for all of my "unique-ness". My friend Lisa and I where discussing a guy she knows that she thought she might like to set me up with when suddenly she says, "Oh Samiee! I just don't know! I don't want to set you up with anyone because you are perfect they way you are and I don't want you to change!" Not going to lie I laughed and cried at the same time. I have never had anyone tell me that before. It really touched me.

* Dayzie- Ya, ya I know instead of being a cat lady I am a beagle lady. It is true tho. I am in love with my dog. She is the canine version of me I swear.Well she is a bit nicer than I am but holy crap that little ball of love can make me happy when I am inconsolable.

Well those are the top 3 things I am most grateful for. The rest of the list goes on and on and on I am sure. But for now this is perfect just the way it is.

And in other news... unemployment is still on the rise...

Ok this picture does not really deal with the topic but it was taken at work so it kind of relates right? So sad day... I was recently laid off from my day job. I was at this job for almost 6 years. This was not based on performance it is simply financial.

I have never been laid off before so this is all new to me but so far it has been interesting.

Thankfully I have AMAZING friends and family that are so supportive and believe in me. Even though I have no idea what I am gonna do next. although my to-do list (which doesn't include blogging) is getting pretty long... I am not sure how I every had time to work... oh ya I had the time because I wasn't getting this crap done.

So this new adventure is not one I was anticipating but I guess I will navigate my way through.

In my next life........

So I realized that when I take pictures of my ADORABLE beagle she is always in my bed. Well that is probably because the little stinker spends a good 10 hours a day in there while I am at work. Ya, in my next life I am sooooo coming back as a beagle. Not only will I be so stinking adorable all will flock to pet my velvet-y soft ears and get sweet as honey kisses from me, the chubbier I am the cuter I am but most important of all? I get to sleep ALL DAY!

Oh... and on a completely separate note it has been brought to my attention that some people read my last post and took it upon themselves to harass the friend I was referring to. I just wanted to say I am not one that has to be told what to think. I am smart enough to put two and two together to realize that you suck :)(This is MY opinion whether you like it or NOT). This may come as a surprised to know that Samiee can think for herself (try it sometime) and if you don't like MY interpretation of a situation you best be talking me about it. Actually, don't because I could really care less. I call it like I see it. Whether or not you agree this is MY blog and I will write about whatever I want.

I also want to point out that if you read that post and assumed I was referring to you it sure seems like you have a guilty conscience huh?? I could give a tiny rats ass about who does or doesn't read this blog and if you are going to read it just know that if you don't like what you are reading then.... STOP READING!!

This just goes to show how good a dog has it. They don't have to deal with ridiculous people like this. I saw a shirt that said, "The more people I meet the more I like my beagle." Truest statement ever. Dayz doesn't care about how much money I have, or the clothes I wear, or what music I listen to. All she cares is that I love her, rub her belly, take her for a walk and feed her and she will love me unconditionally (unless I have a balloon. She is terrified of balloons).

I came across this poem years ago by Senator George Graham Vest  and wanted to share:

The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its' clouds upon our heads.



The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master, as if he were a prince.When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its' journey through the heavens.



If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger to fight his enemies; and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its' embrace, and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.

Why do we treat absolute strangers better than we treat our loved ones?

In the last couple weeks I have had the MIS-fortune of seeing a friend of mine being taken advantage of by 2 close friends of hers. Why would they do this? MONEY. Plain and simple. Now, these are all people that attend  and hold positions in their church yet they sold out a friend for money. Now, I know this happens all over the world everyday no matter what the situation, religion or relationship. But it still  makes me very sad. I am not naive but I guess I really wanted to believe that here in our little community people would have more decency than this. I am not necessarily known for my trusting nature. In fact I am quite the opposite. I am very hesitant in trusting people. This friend I would trust with my life! 

She would literally give you the shirt off her back to help you. I know this to be true because she has personally help me in regards to my esthetics's business. She has gone out of her way to refer people to me and boasts about my services to everyone she knows and she asks for NOTHING in return. I am grateful for this friend and I intend to return that favor someday.

All my friend wanted to do was open a little business I am not religious myself, my father is not a bishop, minister, priest whatever religious leaders are called but I can go to sleep each night knowing I haven't screwed my friends/family over for a few bucks. I can also go to bed knowing that my parents are proud of me.

 It makes me sad that these people, who are supposedly religious cannot. I was raised to value my integrity above all else. My Dad always says, "When we leave this world the only thing we can take with us is our integrity. If you don't have that, you don't have anything."
Now there are a lot of people in this world I don't care for and I don't think I could do this to even them( not intentionally of course) and I can be quite a bitch haha. I want to end this post with my new favorite quote by Mr. William Shakespear
"Love all, trust few, do wrong to none."

Hocus Pocus...

 Halloween was so much fun! In early October I came up with the idea to be Kim Kardashian for Halloween. I was trying to think of what would be the most ridiculous, un-samiee thing to be and well Kim K. is about as UN-Samiee as you can get. So I ordered a black wig, slapped on some self tanner,wore my leggings, sweater jacket, boots and my over sized sunglasses and TADA Samiee has morphed into Kim K.  All that was missing was Reggie Bush. I was tempted to find a cardboard cut out of him and carry it around with me but I ran out of time.

I wore my Kim K. costume to my office job and then Friday night I went to the Halloween Party @ Painted Temple Tattoo. I opted to not to wear my KK costume but instead the super cute masquerade mask I picked up at Wal-Mart. 

The party at the shop was a lot of fun. My friend Amber's hubby was the dj, they had a tarot card reader, and they raffled off prizes. Some people even competed in a fear factor game to win tattoo time with the owner. Best of all I got to hang with some old friends I haven't seen in a loooong time.  

Ahhh what a wonderful way to amuse myself...

Now I appreciate a good sarcastic comment. Ok scratch that I FREAKING LOVE THEM!They make my day worth getting out of bed for! I stumbled across this website that lists some funny one-liners. Below are a few of my favorites (I did not write any of these... although I really, really wish I would have.


Vegetarian: Native American definition for "lousy hunter".



1 in 5 people in the world are Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mom or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu. But I think it's Colin.


Isn't it odd the way everyone automatically assumes that the goo in soap dispensers is always soap? I like to fill mine with mustard, just to teach people a lesson in trust.


A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.


I don't have an attitude; I have a personality you can't handle.


Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.


If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.


We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.


To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.


If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of payments.


Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR". What's my mother going to do?


I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.


I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.


Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you're an asshole.


I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."


With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.


To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential.


What is the most important thing to learn in chemistry? Never lick the spoon.


Efficiency is a highly developed form of laziness.


Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.



I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability.


Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.


Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone.


I think, therefore I'm single.


Personally, I don't believe the world owes me a living, although for the amount I make, an apology would be nice.


I'm not tense. I'm just terribly, terribly alert.

Things sure have changed since then...

It is really interesting to see where life will take us. The challenges we all will face the people that will come and go and the limitless things we will learn and see. Even thought we are taught to expect challenges losses or in some cases tragedies we all secretly hope that they won't happen to us. You also never know how you will react in a situation until you are in the middle of it. 

When I was hospitalized in 2007 for a large blood clot that went to my right lung causing irreversible damage and nearly killing me (several times). I spent 3 long weeks in the hospital and went through 6 surgeries/procedures before I was finally released to go home.

This was easily the hardest, scariest and most life changing thing that has/had happened to me. But besides these obvious emotional reaction to my situation I have a lot of fond memories of that time as well. I wouldn't be Samiee if I didn't right?

So instead of dwelling and being sad/angry about the things I have lost because of this situation I want to focus on the things I gained.

*A better understanding of the phrase "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff." For reals it isn't worth stressing over things you can't control. Life is waaaay to short to waste your time on things and people that don't matter.

*Tell the people in your life how much they mean to you. Seriously, I knew I was loved and had lots of friends but I had no idea how much I meant to some people. This includes my family. When I wasn't doing so well I asked my Mom to have my brother in law come to give me a blessing. When he came he stayed and held my hand and cried with me. I have known him almost my entire life and I had never seen him cry before and the only sign of affection we had ever shared was calling each other names :). It meant a lot to me that he did this and I will always remember that.

*It's ok to cry when your scared. I didn't cry or freak out about my condition until my best friend Virginia came in the room and burst into tears. This is when I fell apart for the first time. I felt such relief. Everyone had put on such a brave face and didn't show me how scary this all was. So I felt like I had to do the same.

*Laughter is the best medicine. Thank God for my Dad. Now, he is a big tough guy on the outside but I know he was scared for me. That didn't keep him from cracking a few jokes and making me laugh. Also, exorbitant amounts of pain medications make a lot of things funny. Really,really funny. I started complaining to my mom that the tiny alligators where biting my ankles and I wanted them to stop. But they where so cute and little I just wanted to pet them but they kept biting me. My mom laughed about that for days.
One time a new nurse came to check on me and when she came into my room to have me sign some paperwork she took one look at me then at my ID bracelet and asked if I was old enough to sign my own consent forms. My dad thought that was hilarious. (Without make-up or my hair done I looked about 15)

*Pudding is amazing. There are like 3 things I would eat while I was in the hospital. One was the pudding. OH EM GEE!I could not get enough and it was the only thing that stayed down. The other 2 where crushed ice and Sherbet ice cream. I lost a lot of weight while in the hospital because I am such a picky eater and hospital food is NASTY! After a few days in the hospital and sending back my tray virtually un-touched the hospital nutritionist came to my room and wanted a list of things I would eat. They where willing to make me special meals just to get me to eat something. HAHA it was a REALLY short list. The nurses would bribe me with pudding and orange sherbet ice cream to get me to eat anything else. Ya, I was 25 when this all happened but you would have thought I was 8.

*My friends are ridiculous and amazing at the same time. One day while in the ICU at Utah Valley after surgery Shaun and Virginia where visiting, as they did almost daily, and Shaun spent the better part of an hour trying to convince me I needed to buy a Nintendo DS as soon as possible! I am not into video games at all, not even a little and it was hilarious how serious he was about me needing this DS.

*My family is just as ridiculous and even MORE amazing...... When I was first admitted to the hospital I asked my Mom to bring a few things from home. One was my blankie. Of course she did this but after a few days of being embarrassed by the fact her 25 year old daughter slept with a hot pink blanket that had tinker bell on it she went out and bought me a more "age appropriate" one.HAHAHA I still sleep with the blanket my Mom got for me.

These are just a few of the fond memories I have from this time in my life. I am just glad I have any at all! This was a totally scary time and things probably shouldn't have been enjoyable at all but these few funny tidbits really helped get me through it.

Celebrate your Awesome-ness!!!!

Last week was the anniversary of my "awesomeness" aka Birthday. Since I do not want to get another year older I changed it. I can do that it is my life so don't judge me! HAHAHAHA

It was a marvelous day! I slept in and then went to lunch with Vanessa! (She was in town doing some jewelry shows) We ate at the Cheesecake Factory in Murray and it was yummmmm! The waiter was really great too! He and a couple other guys sang to me and then insisted on getting a picture taken with me. (Vanessa has that evidence). I must say they made my day pretty special.

While eating our tasty treats the waiter came and asked if I was having a party or anything that night. I responded, "No, just going to hang out at home and watch Criminal Minds with my Mom." In hindsight I realize this was a bit lame and dorky and he prob felt sorry for me.Nessa thinks he was hinting he wanted an invite if there was a party.

Now, in case you are wondering, yes, I am completely clueless when it comes to being hit on (except when I have had a few drinks. For some reason I am completely tuned into men being interested in me when slightly inebriated... go figure).

In the moment I usually do not understand that is what is happening. I blame the fact that I am so straight forward. I do not speak in code. I am direct. Ness decided to help her friend out and tried to leave the waiter my tel#. Thankfully she was unable to do it because he was standing there chatting with me and she could not be discreet. Not gonna lie I would have been mortified had she left him my #. After lunch we went over to the mall and all afternoon she kept kicking herself for not leaving my #. HAHA
The rest of my "Day of Awesomeness" was great!! I am really really blessed for all of the awesome people I have in my life. And while I refuse to embrace the fact that I am now in my late 20's and a stones throw away from 30. I remain me! I still wear Vans shoes and band t-shirt to work,I eat cotton candy whenever I get the chance. 

Sunday I went with my whole family and Katie and her adorable little fam and we went up AF canyon to TibbleFork to cook some hot dogs. We sat on the shore of the reservoir and skipped rocks let the kids and the dogs play in the water and just hung out. It was FANTASTIC!! I could not imagine a better day!

Samiee sold here????

Since when did all relationships become a used car deal? When did we have to start convincing others that we are as good as we seem? That there is no fine print? and that despite our baggage and hangups we have unlimited mileage?

I for one am not a used car or a used car salesman. I am not talking anyone into liking, dis liking, believing in me or signing on any dotted line. You don't have to have a perfect credit score or a co-signer for this deal. Just understand that what you see is what you get. There is no run around, no games just me. Sold as is:) JD power and assoc have not given me any awards so don't start looking in my windows and asking for a test drive if you are still hung up on your current vehicle. Doing so will only deter any serious potential buyers. Hmmm the more I write the more I realize, "wow... I just may be a used car".......


If you don't like what I am then please move along obviously this is one ride you can't handle (no dirty innuendo intended) haha.

I have Techno JOY!!!!!

If you haven't checked out the stand up of Eddie Izzard I highly recommend it! He is the funniest tranny I have ever seen!


Anyway, as an early birthday present to me I bought the NOOK from Barnes and Noble!aka Edgar. I love it!!!!! There are so many amazing books avail for free or for less than I would have paid for them. PLUS the most appealing part is that I do not have to find somewhere to put the new books!! SCORE!

So after I bought Edgar I decided I needed to get a case to carry it in. After looking online I saw that they where a bit overpriced so I decided to go buy some fabric and sew one. Ya I know what your thinking... Samiee you don't sew. Well this is true I don't. Except for rag blankets for friends new babies.But I decided I would give it a whirl. I found some REALLY cute fabric at wal-mart came home and check out what I created!!! I do not mean to toot my own horn but DAMN I did an awesome job! No pattern either!!!

This is my Nook and its new case!!

So in summation I love my new Nook and I will prob be even more of a book nerd than I already am!!! The first book I am reading is "The Help" by Kathryn Stokett. so far I am really enjoying it!!

Thank you for being a friend............

Why the hell do all my friends move away? WTF? For reals...  I don't like it so  knock it off! Stay here so we can continue our outrageous antics! For hells sakes!

OK done with that little outburst. In all honesty I do not like that some of my closest friends usually end up moving away. I am beginning to get a complex about it! (no I am not... OK yes I am.)

Vanessa moved to Vegas and now is settled in Indiana. Shaun and Virginia moved to Cali. Mark and Kathy moved to Logan,Vickianna moved to North Carolina. Morgan joined the navy and is currently in Japan.... and now Sarah is moving to England! Seriously people?? Can't we all just stay in one friggin place????  The ONLY  upside is that I have cool places to visit.....

Thank heavens for technology! Without Facebook, blogging, texting, blogging etc.  I would never get to keep up with my friends that are scattered WORLDWIDE! Although, I would trade in all that technology ANY DAY to have them all here with me all the time!

I am grateful for those awesome friends I have that have stayed in the area otherwise I would be a seriously lonely girl! I also am sooo blessed to have an assortment of pals, friends, buddies, gals...etc. that range in ALL ages! This is def. because of my wide array of interests. I mean how many gals do you know that LOVE LOVE LOVE make-up, hair, nails, reading, kicking, throwing, punching, choking people, fishing, hiking, shooting, horseback riding, yoga, tattoos, camping, four wheeling, art, flowers, dogs, shopping, drinking, dancing... and I am sure there are other things that I love that I can't think of right now... so ya I know a few people. Also, living in the same town for 99% of my life also means I know a few people.

I think that before I make any new friends there are going to be a couple pre-requisites.
 1) No moving away! You must stay withing a 100 mile radius.
 2) No marrying someone that is gonna make you move. (OK that isn't fair but it is more of an I have my fingers crossed and hope that doesn't happen but if this person is your "soul mate" who am I to interfere?) Guess that means I will have to get a credit card with air miles *sigh*
 3) If you are male... please do not assume I am in love with you. Just because you are male and I am female and we hang out a lot doesn't mean I am in love with you. Like you? YES... Love Love? Prob not. If I did you would not wonder... you would KNOW!

I Ain't 'fraid of No Ghost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So last night (Saturday) I went over to my friend Katie's new boutique that is in the historic Lehi Hotel. Awesome right? Exactly! So... Saturday night Katie txt's me and asks me to come and check out the store since they are just a few days from opening. So I went down. When I got there it was just Katie and her little girl Carlie and her baby boy Garrett. Katie showed me around at all the stuff they have for sale in there (good thing I left my wallet at home b/c I would have bought everything!) p.s. the boutique will open in the next few days and the Grand opening will be in Sept. Stay tuned for more on that.....

A few minutes later Katie's business partner came in and said that there where some ghost hunter people coming in to check the place out. We where kind of excited to see if they found anything! (but secretly hoping they didn't)

The ghost hunter peeps came in and walked around then went upstairs to do their thing. Me, Katie & her kids and Ashley waited downstairs. As the hunters came downstairs they told us that they had found something. They said there was a man in the far north corner room that was cheated out of some deal and in the next room there was a school teacher in her mid to late 40's hanging around. Just then baby Garrette laughed and they said, "Oh and she likes the baby." Up until that point Katie and I just thought this was all suspect. But that was a creepy statement. So we decided to go since it was getting late.

When I got to my house I txt Katie to see if she was OK since if I had just heard some ghost lady, real or not, said she liked my baby I would be trippin! PLUS Katie's hubby was out of town. So I offered to come and stay with her.

Katie the kids and I where running a quick errand before going back to her place. We where talking about how weird this all is and what not. As we are driving Katie gets a txt from Ashley saying that the ghost hunter chic says a ghost followed me to the hotel. WTF?!?!?!!?!! I literally lost my breath!

I made Katie take me back to the hotel so I could talk to this lady and get the whole story. At this point I hadn't said 1 word to these people about who I am where I lived etc. they knew I was Samiee a friend of Katie's.

So when we arrived I got out of the car and went straight to them and said OK what's the deal who is this guy and what do you mean he follows me??

GH " Well this man followed you from your house."
Me "My house?"
GH "Ya, tell me about your house."
Me: "Um... what do you mean? It is just a house I live there with my family."
GH "Ya I know that, you have always lived there right? your parents bought it from a local family?"
Me : " Ya, they bought it over 30 years ago."
GH" From who?"
Me: "Well on my block a lot of the houses where built and owned by the same family. In fact this family owns and lives in all but 3 of the houses on my block. My parents bought it from that family in the late 70's."
GH "Hmmmm so this family is still in the area?"
Me: " Ya."

The conversation went on about how a lot of this family is in the area and they have been here for many years and while the ones I know are very nice wonderful people this guy isn't. She tells me that this man is very arrogant and feels "entitled". Apparently he feels like when my house was being built he was cheated in some way. He follows me because he thinks I am "interesting". She said he is a large man... or well thinks of himself as a big imposing guy so he can intimidate people and bully them. This gave me chills! This lady was telling me about my house and the people that live around me. Again, I hadn't said ANYTHING to them about myself. They had no idea who I was or where I was from. This chic also knew that I had just come back from a trip.......*insert twilight theme*

FANTASTIC!! Just what I need some self- entitled douche bag following me around!! At this point it is past midnight so I am freaking out! Here this woman who has never met me and tells me a conceded ghost man follows me around. I don't care if you scare easy or believe in this or not if you where in my shoes you would be trippin too!!!

At this point I bet Katie was reconsidering having me stay at her house!!! HAHA.

I was officially freaked out enough at this point and ready to go. Needless to say I didn't sleep well last night. It isn't easy to sleep when some random stranger tells you a ghost is following you around because he thinks your interesting. Well that's just great! Some living people think I am interesting and they don't follow me around... It's not like I am Paris Hilton or something.

Just and FYI- I am no longer "freaked out". I am not sure that all of this is even true and not sure that I believe it and I am definitely not interested in any kind of personal debate on the matter.

"No Pride 'Cause I Don't Seem to Care A Lot".....

pool side @ Ocean Pearl day spa

I had the most amazing week in California with Virginia and Shaun! We went to Disneyland, the beach, Balboa Park, I got a tattoo from Shaun and Ginna and I went to a day spa for facials and body scrubs = HEAVEN!!! A full body scrub makes you feel amazing! Your skin is so soft and smooth! I couldn't wait to put on my swim suit and lounge by the pool! Which was a spectacular view BTW!

Ginna and I sans makeup before our day of beauty!

My view from the beach in Carlsbad, CA

This is my #8 tattoo.

The Celtic heart represents the interconnectedness of all things. There is no beginning and no end also represents mind, body, spirit.

Look at me trying to get in touch with nature!

This last spring I got the desire to go hiking. I have never really gone hiking before... I have spent a lot of time outdoors but I was just mostly on horseback, an ATV or snowmobile. I am not sure what brought about this desire but there is SO much beauty around us and I really feel the need to take more advantage of it. Sarah said she wanted to come along so we made a plan to go up Provo canyon. We hiked Bridal Veil Falls and Stewart Falls.... So beautiful, inspiring and serene!

Now Sarah and I cannot do things the easy way or the way 98% of others do it but hey we are who we are! On our way to bridal veil we hiked up a steep incline covered in loose sharp rocks (Ya smart right?) as we where doing this we where asking ourselves how the hell do KIDS climb this? Sheesh?!

This is the stupid incline... ya silly us didn't see the TRAIL! DOH!
I didn't REALLY fall.... or did I? haha

Beautiful shot I took while on the trail.

Once we reached the falls Sarah and I copped a squat ate our lunches and took in the majestic view. While we are eating and trying to center our chi... we watched this total moron fall down the hill across from us run THROUGH a tree and stopped just before he reached the water. Ya I laughed my ass off.

Sarah and I came up with the brilliant idea to hike out the same way we came in so we could take the tram back. Now this seems like a reasonably good idea... except the last mile was DOWNHILL! this means on our return it will be UP HILL! Ya... what morons we are. Me and my 1 whole lung and 1 half functioning lug struggled... a lot! But we made it!

After Bridal Veil we went over to the Sundance resort to hike Stewart Falls. We parked where mocked and looked down on by the pseudo yuppie a-holes that work at Sundance and paid our $10 to ride the tram to the base of the trail. Now I must say I LOVE the idea of a tram being involved in hiking! They should have them for ALL hiking trails!

Me and Sarah on the trail!

So during this little adventure we saw a squirrel (cute) a chipmunk (cute) and a little snake (not cute) actually the snake as little as it was it was freaking gross I started squealing and jumping then it jumped and started slithering off. Sarah didn't see it but I was freaked out!! Maybe being out in nature is over rated.... nah! It was soo worth it! I can't wait to go again!

I couldn't resist taking a picture of my hot toes in the water!

I'm Just sayin.................

Now I know it seems like sometimes the weird ass things that happen to me are made up....trust me they are not. I sometimes wish they where... but they aren't.

Last night I was telling my Father about how a friend of mine is opening a boutique in the Historic Lehi Hotel and if things go well there I could rent a room to work out of.. He chuckled and gave me a weird look..I asked "What?" "You sound like a hooker." Me... .blink blink..... he continued to chuckle about me telling people I was renting a room at the hotel to work out of... Yup.. that's my Dad! See where I get my sense of humor from? I never had a chance HAHA.

A goal for this summer was to go hiking. Well it is August and sweltering (in between flash flood storms, anxiety causing thunder and the always frightening lightning) so Sarah and I are going hiking Sunday (I really hope we don't die)....... I am going on vacation Monday and I have been looking forward to it since Feb. It would piss me off if I missed it because I was dying in the woods.

Speaking of my vacation..... and thank you for bringing it up... we are now only days away! I am so excited to get away for a few days see my friends, lounge on the beach, and who knows what else!! I hope to come home relaxed and rested so I can tackle the insanity that is my life.....................

The first step is admitting you have a problem........ awe crap....

Hello... I am Samiee and I am addicted to make-up. My recent fix? Urban Decay pallets. Every time I go to the beauty counter I tell myself you are just buying the 1 color... 1. and the sales girl always says have you seen the pallet this color comes in? Me: Ya... but I really just need this 1 color. Sales Girl: Well for $36 you get X amount of colors and these extras... you are paying $17 for just this one color... Yup she got me hook line and sinker! Me: OOOHHH Pretty....

I totally blame the Urban Decay facebook page for my current addiction (yes I know that it is just a defense mechanism to divert the blame on someone else... save it for my therapist k?.)  I blame them because they have all these pictures of different looks using their eye shadows... How can I resist? For the last year I have been scanning the globe in search for the perfect bronze/gold/shimmer shadow... Alas I have found it! UD in Half Baked! This is the color of my DREAMS! and now it is mine all MINE!!!!(insert evil sinister laugh)

Here are some examples of the awesome looks they post on FB using UD shadows! For reals! How can a girl RESIST????? Oh that's right...I can't..... Damn..... Oh well at least I will look smokin hot!

"A Weak Man Has Doubts before a decision. A Strong Man Has Them Afterwards."

This quote is brought to you by Carl Kraus, which I discovered watching Criminal Minds (which I am totally obsessed with!). This quote really spoke to me. In our lives we make decisions every single day. Some are important and most are not. In the last few months I personally have made some choices that had me praying where the right thing to do. Guess only time will tell.

One decision I made was to upgrade my phone and thus far it has been AWESOME! I got the LG Ally Droid! I am not gonna lie at first this thing was smarter than me... but I am slowly getting the hang of it! Totally addicting! I can use the Internet UNLIMITED! (dangerous) and there are some seriously wicked apps! Never thought I would be one of these techie people but sadly I have succumbed to it...

My other new love..... St. Moriz self tanner! You can't buy it here in the states but you can get it on Amazon. I got 2 bottles shipped from the UK for just over $26. I like it because it doesn't make you look fake. I am as pasty pale as they come and any little bit of color I can get is appreciated, except lobster red... I don't like that.When you first put it on you are a lot darker than you will be after you rinse it off. This is not uncommon when it comes to self tanner.I found out about this self tanner from a Beauty Blog I follow.

Just under 30 days till I go on vaca to CALIFORNIA!! Woot Woot! Going to see Shaun and Virginia! I could not be more excited to go. I even bought a SWIMSUIT (shudder) and of course a cover-up to go with it. I miss my friends terribly.. why the hell do you guys have to keep moving away? Is it something I said? LOL.

Time spent waiting for someone else to do something is time wasted.......

So in the last few days I have been totally overwhelmed and exhausted by people that wait for someone else to do something (that someone else is usually me). Now, I am not going to rant and rave about poor picked on me... but c'mon people!?!?! If you see a problem, have an idea or want something done why wait for someone else to step up and do it? What are you so afraid of? Failing? *light bulb* That has to be it!! But that is no excuse! We all fail at something at sometime.. does it suck? Sure does! Was it worth it? Umm.. well not always but you always learn from it.

I am not specifically referring to any 1 person when I say this because I see it ALL THE TIME in all areas of my life. Patience is not a virtue I was blessed with. I was however blessed/cursed with Initiative. I have a hard time sitting back and watching something fall apart when I can step in and help it. Now, again I must stress that my way is definitely not the ONLY way or the only "right" way but when the other option is no way I do think my way is best :0) and if you do not like the way I handled it then too damn bad!! Maybe you should get off your a$$ and help. Your opinion is not valid when initially you weren't willing to contribute. I know that I don't have all the answers! and sometimes the best answer is to acknowledge that there is no answer and move on. 

*Hopping off my soapbox to go do some yoga or walk my dog*

Life.. or something like it.......

Now that Spring has sprung... (ish). I was fortunate enough to have a visit from one of my bestest friends VANESSA! She came to Ut for a wedding but she knows she cannot come to my neck of the woods and not visit or else I will revoke her "Samiees' Best Friend" card indefinitely. (That's a big deal there are like only 4 of those cards available!)




So Ness and I took advantage of a BEAUTIFUL April day and went to Thanksgiving Point to check out the Tulip Festival. TP did not disappoint! It was sooo beautiful! We spent most of the afternoon perusing the flowers and plotting the theft of a un-inhabited golf cart so that we didn't have to walk our lazy bums back to the car. Too bad all the carts belonged to elderly people otherwise... we sooo would have taken one.


May was an interesting month... Interesting INDEED!! I came down with a righteous case of bronchitis the first weekend in May. It took over 3 weeks to go away. (By go away I mean "stopped coughing up nasty-ness every 2-5 minutes and I could walk 3 feet without wheezing.)






I spent 12 glorious days with my sisters (4) offspring while she and her hubby where lounging on a cruise ship bound for Alaska and living the high life is Seattle.


My sister asked me to do her this favor... oh over a YEAR ago!!!! and apparently I was delusional at the time so I said yes. Ya... me?! the one that HATES when people touch my stuff and needs at LEAST 2 hours ALONE to decompress from my day is going to spend 12 days with 4 kids...

As the trip approached I realized what I signed myself up for. 4-children plus 3 horses, a dog, a goat, a bird, chickens and ducks. YA... I must have been insane to accept this task. But none the less I accepted my fate and took on these little brats (Not brats I love them like they where my own). Things went pretty well I think. I shocked them with my ability to cook (I cooked 2 out of 12 nights)as well as my insisting they do their chores. Ya what a drag I am huh? But we all survived and my sister and brother in law returned rested and ready to resume their roles.
I gained a HUGE appreciation for parents out there. Especially the single ones. It isn't easy man. Thank goodness my nieces and nephew are totally awesome and well behaved or someone may have been duck taped and locked in a closet.

So after my adventure in babysitting. I treated myself to a matinee movie. I went to the movies all by myself (GASP)! I have never done that before. I know people that do it all the time but this was a first for me. So after getting the car cleaned I went and saw SATC2. While waiting for the movie to start and praying I didn't see anyone I knew in fear they would ask me who I was there with and I would have to admit to being there alone followed by me feeling like a loser, I watched the previews. There was 1 movie that caught my eye. A movie starring Julia Roberts. I have always liked Julia's' movies and based on the preview alone I decided that after my movie was over I was going to buy the book the movie was based on. I am sooo glad I did! Eat, Pray, Love is an amazing book! Really inspiring! The title alone had turned me off to reading it sooner. I thought it was one of those new age, self help, crap books. But no! This lady is as real as they come! She is funny insightful and most of all REAL! So I suggest you pick it up!!!



I have been really busy with clients the last few weeks. There is only 1 word to describe my clients. AWESOME! I seriously do not know how I got sooo lucky to be blessed with these awesome people! They really are more like friends than clients! Friends that pay me to wax and glitter them! Who could ask for more? So if I haven't said it before I will say it again. THANK YOU FOR BEING AWESOME!

 Last summer my amazing friend Midge started teaching yoga in Saratoga Springs. Me being the good friend I am started attending her classes! I have done yoga in the past and enjoyed it but for some reason or another I never really stuck with it. Midge has totally changed that! For the last year (off and on thanks to illness and injuries) I have been learning and training with Midge and I love it! I am so calm, relaxed and focused after each session. In the last year I have bought several books on yoga and even made a little space at my house to practice (thanks Mom and Dad for letting me occupy yet another space.) If you live in the area please, please check out the yoga classes at the Avondale academy in Saratoga Springs. Midge teaches on Thursdays and there is another equally awesome instructor on Tuesdays!



Ok this was a REALLY, REALLY long tangent... hope you enjoyed... if not.. to damn bad.