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.