Award Winning Weekend . . .

The weekend of the sixth and seventh was award winning . . . Friday night was the "Glammy Awards" birthday party. Samantha Strong invited all of her friends to perform a karaoke number as part of her birthday celebration and it was nothing but a two hour riot. The costumes and talents were incredible. I sang "Feeling Good" by Michael Buble and walked away with the "Glammy Award" "Feeling Good."

Saturday night was no exception to the spirit of competition. I planned a Pinewood Derby for our ward activity and people loved it. Not only was every apartment able to make a car, but they all had a chance to win a Snuggie, a set of ShamWows, a huge remote control or a digital key chain camera. The competition was fierce but my apartment walked away with a designer leopard print Snuggie. Woo!

Seven blogless months in no particular order . . .

A Hint of Mint

There is nothing like a clean mouth. In fact, I think it's prerequisite to getting a breath of fresh air. I love talking to someone that has such good breath that you can actually smell it without being uncomfortably close.
I had such an experience on Wednesday. There I was, at the Provo Temple and Brother Reynolds from Spanish Fork had overwhelmingly good breath. I couldn't help but stare at his mouth and notice the yellow colored, poorly positioned bridge in bottom of his mouth, but none of that mattered because his breath was divine. The scent was a crowd stopper and I began to wonder what my breath status was. This quickly led to paranoia.
In the end my compliments led to his confession that it wasn't mint at all, Halls cough drops was responsible!

I don't think there is much to say. The pictures should say it all. Hare Krishna!

A grapefruit a day keeps the doctor away . . .

First things first. I am not on the grapefruit diet, unless the only requirement is to eat a grapefruit daily. I'm not even sure what the grapefruit diet is, but I do eat a grapefruit everyday because I love them. I'm telling you, Boise will change your life. LuAnn would cut up grapefruit every morning for us and ever since then I have been a fan. I like to cut them in half, cut them into their sectors and pour sugar on top. So good. I usually find myself eating them after about eleven at night. Great late night snack.

The only connection that I had with Boise was the famous scene from the movie "Singles Ward" where a young man is called to serve in Boise, Idaho. That has all changed. My roommates and I all went to visit Jason's family over President's Day weekend and it was a blast. His parents took such good care of us. We especially love his mom LuAnn. What a peach! We didn't even have a chance to get hungry or need anything because she was always busy making sure that we were comfortable. One of the highlights was skiing at Bogus Basin. It had snowed a foot that day and it was beautiful. Boise isn't bad at all, in fact, I loved it.

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I can't get enough of Paula Abdul, big hair, crayola colors, etc. Last night I watched "Can't Buy Me Love" with Patrick Dempsey, Amanda Peterson and Seth Green. I can't believe how much they've grown up since then. Crazy! The eighties seemed like a great time to be alive. My question is this: did they really where bright colors, tight clothes, balloon pants etc. Take a look at our eighties outfits and let me know how accurate we are. And if you're ever in the mood for eighties dancing visit Area 51 from 11 to 2 on Thursday nights.

Roll Making Lessons from a Professional

Last Saturday I made my first batch of rolls. My good friend Josephine was kind enough to give me her recipe and teach me the art of making rolls. She just kept telling me, "Now you can't mess these up, it's just not possible." Anything is possible when I'm in the kitchen, believe me. "It's about as easy as falling off a log," she said. It took a couple of hours but the finished product was really great. I know that there will be a bit of a learning curve but I'll keep trying to perfect Josephine's famous rolls.

To Josephine,

Thanks for the tutorial.

Love, Scott