A Public Retraction

I like to be right. I pride myself on being right a lot. I'd like to claim that it's all genetic (I can only remember my father being completely wrong twice in my entire life) but really, I just like it. That being said, when I am wrong, I like to think that I'm a big enough person to admit it.

You see, you may remember that we had a discussion on baking. And I was quite adamant that cookies made with shortening could never be as delicious as cookies made with real butter. Then I had Derrall's cookies on Friday night when the EQ doorbell ditched us.

And this is the part where I admit that I was wrong. In fact, I may even request a copy of that recipe because, "boy oh boy" were they delicious. I suppose that on occasion, shortening cookies may equal, or, dare I say, trump butter ones.

The end.

PS:  y'all should check out my blog.. it's in it's early stages, but I like it :) In Pursuit of Domestic Goddessness

Chubby Bunny

Hello again fellow dinner group people! As many of you know, last Sunday we carried out an exciting and dangerous activity called "chubby bunny." Derrall won with sixteen marshmallows, but Scott gave him a run for his money with fifteen. The rest of us choked around eight, but Adam was there as medical support, so we felt reasonably safe. If any of you ever just really want a marshmallow, please stop by my place and pick up a bag or two (we may have over-estimated our abilities when buying marshmallows).

The beginning--before Lindsay and I had to throw the towel in.

Very cute both of you.

The top two competitors.

I'm pretty sure this one is my favorite, the dino-squirrel in action.

Playing a strategy game that continues to haunt me.

Apparently Kevin can fit an apple in his mouth.

I'm fairly certain these pictures are a firm testament to how incredibly cool we are, and how incredibly cool dinner group is--I like to think of these sorts of things as the "dinner group underground."

Happy Birthday Derrall!

The Pirates of the Dinner Group never disappoint. Thanks to Lynda, Kevin, and Sarah, we had yet another fabulous birthday dinner group celebration, complete with party hats, mood music, and cupcakes. Here are some pictures from the event:

Captain Heath, our fearless leader, fixin' to run his cutlass through them hornswaggled cupcakes!

Thar he blows!

And last, but not least, here is the awesome birthday video I was telling all of you about:

P.S. I have watched this video so many times. Something about it just tickles me. Enjoy!

Why We Should have a "Celebrate Wearing Glasses" Day

While at dinner group tonight I am afraid that some people may have gotten the impression that I think glasses are less cool than contacts. I don't think that, and I'm pretty sure people who wear glasses are incredibly amazing. To prove this I went in search of important people that wore/wear glasses (instead of doing my Arabic homework). Here are a few of my findings.



My Dad :)

My Arabic professor (and his wife, I think you get double points for that).

The Dad in Calvin and Hobbes (and only cool people read these comics).

Dilbert: Enough said.



 Elton John: I don't really know much about him, but I do like "Candle in the Wind."



FDR: Woot!

John Lennon: Exceedingly cool.

My Mom (ignore my sister and her corn, although she wears glasses too).

Sarah Palin: She knows how to wear glasses.

Me: Of course, I had to appear on this list of cool people. I'm the one in the green skirt.

Bill Gates: If he isn't cool, who is?





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My favorite stuffed animal that I have had since I was born, Cornelius, yes, he is named after the elephant doctor from Babar (see the above picture).


Well folks following that parade of extremely cool people that wear glasses I hope any confusion about my stance on glasses has been cleared-up. Maybe we should have a "celebrate wearing glasses day" and have chocolate cake and party hats and make the people who don't wear glasses sing to the people who do. 



Volunteer Fireman Day

So last week we decided to celebrate volunteer fireman day. Yes sir think of all those under appreciated volunteer firefighters out there! Quite by accident, I assure you, it happened to correspond to the birthday of Kim C. So we ended up singing to her and having birthday cake. Chocolate cake is pretty hard to beat... 

Kim blowing out the candles

Birthday cake before we ate it

Kevin and Scott

Julie and Kim

The whole dinner group

Picture of everyone is fireman birthday hats

Calvin and Hobbes

Because I can't think of anything to write about (except making fun of LDS romance novels, and that isn't very nice) I decided to share a Calvin and Hobbes comic that I found on the internet (hopefully it isn't illegal) that I thought seemed very fitting for all us students.


So unless you can write titles that sound equally unintelligible, academia might not be for you. :)

Maeser building

I am currently in my new favorite study spot and thought I would share it with you guys. Hopefully it is new exciting news for you, too, and I'm not just dumb for never knowing it existed until now. Someone in a group in one of my classes last semester told me about this spot and I finally came to it today. In the basement of the Maeser building is a room called the Honors Library. There are six tables with six chairs at each of them, four comfy leather chairs with footstools, and even three beanbag chairs. Even the carpet in here seems nicer. I am the only one studying in this room. It is amazing. I got enough homework done that I decided I would post about it on the blog before I have to leave my new found sanctuary. And now I do have to leave for class. Hopefully you guys can enjoy this lesser known spot, too.