100th post!

happy one hundreth post to ME! so, from what i've learned by stalking other peoples blogs, this milestone calls for a giveaway of some sort. so....if you leave a comment on my blog (by the way, you don't have to have a blog to leave a comment, but if you leave an anonymous one you need to make sure to include your name and how you know me) then you will be eligible to win a FANTASTIC prize. it is a scrapbook kit worth $25 and full of all sorts of fun papers and knick-knacks. what's even more special about it, is that it is available to win all because of my lack of funds on a college budget. in an effort to entertain myself in a rather inexpensive fashion, i got free tickets to be in the live studio audience of good things utah. and what do you know, i answered a trivia question and won a prize. the question was: what sport does marti skold's son play? and i knew the answer: golf. so, you can think of my bloggy giveaway as a secondhand regift, if you'd like, but i prefer to think of it as sharing a valuable award/souvenir with a very special winner.

so, leave a comment if you want to have a chance to win!

i obtained special permission from faye to share the photos i got with her and her children, parvati patil and kirby, while we were at channel 4 studios.

here we are in the car in the parking lot waiting for the doors to open:



standing by the doors...ready and waiting:





it was sort of a bummer because the 2 best hosts of the show were not there. necia and reagan's whereabouts were not even discussed, but instead we had david osmond as a guest host. here he is yelling at angie...you can see that she is really scared of his manliness:



all i can say is that i am soooooo glad it wasn't his uncle donny or aunt marie, those two drive me insane with their fake cheesiness. they would be great spokespeople for kraft singles...fake cheese.

and here we are after the show. kirby was the only boy in the studio audience so i thought we'd get more air time, but apparently the hosts were jealous of our good looks so they wouldn't let them show our perfection on air. when i pointed out that he was the only male in the audience, david osmond gave kirby a high-five. when we walked away, kirby said, "i'm never going to wash this hand again." it was so funny, like david osmond ranks up there with jesse james or something.



we were lucky enough to run into a few celebrities in the hallway, kirby got to meet one of his favorite television personalities, doug heffernen:



while i got felt up by ellen degeneres:



and parvati patil tried out her modeling skills:



and i took this one of the three of them in honor of my mama..she's not ugly, though:



all-in-all it was a fun hour and a half. and it was free. and one of you gets to benefit from my amazing trivial knowledge. woohoos all around.

i also wanted to share some photos of my new living quarters. here is my house:



here is the desk i scored for a killer deal at ikea. before my mom headed back home we hit the ikea sidewalk sale. i asked if they had any desks available, since i couldn't tell because everything was in boxes...and described in swedish. they had two available, but i couldn't see what they looked like...not even a good picture on the box. the guy told me he'd give me 85% off, which would make the desk $20. it was sold "as is" so i couldn't return it if it was really damaged, but he assured me all the hardware and parts were there. i was sold...and so was the mystery desk. my mom helped me lug it to the car, out of the car, and down the stairs to my room so that i could assemble it. dang! 300 parts later this is what i got for $20. i was so excited. there is a hammerhead size hole on the side, but it's hidden by the trash can, so i don't care.



check out the awesome maroon curtains. jealous?



then i went to buy a nightstand/filing cabinet from k-mart and this little thing cost a couple more dollars than the entire desk. i am getting really good at putting things together, though...even with swedish and spanish instructions.



here's my new umbrella photo for my new room and with that all my shopping-for-decorations fund is gone...did you guys know that textbooks were the biggest rip off? i just spent close to $500 for my books for this semester. freaking yikes! luckily, if i do well and pass my classes, i will be reimbursed, but still, that's a hefty chunk of change.



can you tell that i have money on my brain right now? good thing rona and summer have supported me by buying my artwork. thanks rona and summer, i have you two to thank for my room decor.

anyway, me and feff are going to head over to faye's house tonight for cake and games. it's her husband's birthday, but he has to go to work after cake...he doesn't like the same games we do, since he only likes chess and sometimes checkers...snore.



don't forget to leave a comment. i'll draw and post a winner on sunday, august 22.