my photo additions.

what was i thinking? summer started way back in june! these are the pictures i forgot to post in the last one. please forgive me for my lack of thoroughness.


the roomie has no problem shaking his thang solo on the dance floor at the gay bar.


jordan turned 21. finally.


nik's bday bash wouldn't have been complete without the heart shaped glasses.


ky and nik share their bdays, so we partied it up for both of them.


nothing like a round of flip cup to stir up some happy birthday competition.


maybe we're crazy.


karaoke and dollar drafts at habits? sooo fun.


especially for this one.


and these two.


yes, we were dancing together. at the bowling alley.


the two brides-to-be.


notice the perfect triangular shape we've created with our bodies for this shot? and it wasn't planned. we're just that good.


really. this is how i roll.


no, wait...this is how i roll.

whew!! i think i need to take a nap now...

my summer photo a-bomb.

what am i thinking, keeping a blog when i never actually...blog?

on that note...yesterday i went to lunch with dear fiend (not a spelling error) emily and her kids. my favorite part? besides little J trying to exit the men's room on his own and his little arms peeking around the door and then proceeding to get closed in the door and trying desperately to move his arms which were consequently stuck? this comment: "all i want in life is a real dog." that was only after i found out that J has an imaginary dog. an imaginary dog named charlie. when i asked a few stats about charlie, all i got was his color, or, "just bwack." another delightful thing happened when we decided to cruise petco for a few minutes. when J saw the ferrets, he ran up to the thingie and said, "are those porcupines?" yes, little man. those are porcupines. ohhhh le sigh. maybe one day i will have one of my own (a kid. not a porcupine. or a ferret. ew.).

so, on with the aforementioned photo bomb, which happens to also be a slight recap of my summer........

(be thou forewarned...there are a LOT of pictures coming.)


sometimes it's fun to pretend like you're riding the scooter while it's parked in the garage.


mimosas at 11 am? that's how these ladies like to start their day. i just like to stick my bum out.


ky became my summer bff.


pretty girls all dressed up.


apparently, jess and i are the same. and nicole is just cool like that.


a nearly normal heineman family photo. normal is actually very difficult for us.


like i said. difficult.


everyone looks good in groucho. and jess loves showing off her guns.


man, those lees sure know how to paaaarrrrtaaay. amazing.


you see, peggy and i were supposed to be the focus of this photo. leave it to jess to hog the spotlight. so typical.


like i said, summer bff.


dad doesn't look so outnumbered by ladies in this one.


leave it to dad to give the date a look like that.


magistas.


sometimes, when i get caught on film while laughing, i wonder how i have any friends.


the heineman girls loooove to dance.


apparently, we were all equally amused.


this is what anxiety and tequila will make a person do. a most memorable wedding toast.


really? really.


those heinemans sure clean up well.


two flowy-haired brunettes.


white sunglasses make people do dorky hand signs.


jeff and the two sons he never had.


ky loves wearing other people's shades. over her own regular glasses. she's the bomb (yes, i just said "the bomb").


dad and daughter.


my fam + roe.

all in all, it was actually a very fun summer. that might be the reasoning for my non-blogging lifestyle. wait a second. actually, my lack of blogginess lately has nothing to do with my lifestyle. i have become lazy and uninspired. and someone stole my memory card from my camera, which i have yet to replace. according to my calculations, it has been missing since late july/early august. who would do such a thing?!

if anybody wants to gift me their extra memory card out of love, email me!! hehehe. wow. am i truly SO lazy that i can't just run to the store and get one? i guess so.

my las vegas lessons.

so, upon opening blogger for the first time since.....MAY (!!???).....i have come to a few realizations:

one. i have become a craptastic blogger.
two. i do have a story to tell...but it happened roughly one month ago.
three. my life is quite uninteresting.

items one and three on the list are directly related to one another. if my life were more interesting, i would consequently have more stuff to blog about. but is the converse true as well? if i were blogging frequently, would that cause me to have a more eventful life? shyeah. wrong!

item number two on the list has to do with a little thing i like to call jenn's bachelorette party weekend in vegas. since it has been quite a while since it happened, i will have to summarize it into a little list entitled, "what i learned on my vegas vacation."

without further ado...

-lying out at the pool when it's 117 degrees is not fun.
-standing on the pool deck when it's 117 degrees will, in fact, burn your soles.
-if you're wondering why the pool is so empty when it's 117 degrees, go to the pool waaay down there with the sign that reads "european style bathing permitted." that's where all the people are. it might also have something to do with the fact that that is also where they keep the booze.
-when a man yells at you that you're not the definition of a lady, it is perfectly acceptable to give him the finger and tell him that he IS the definition of a lady. because does it really matter what he thinks at this point?
-wearing heart-shaped sunglasses everywhere you go is perfectly acceptable.
-never lose your friends at an enormous club. you will witness much anger, from many different parties.
-if your friend gets a little too tipsy to walk herself back to the room, leave her with security. she will cause you more stress than it's worth.
-(lots of) bit o honey + (a medium amount of) champagne = no bueno.
-never ever ever ever wrong the bride to be.
-create a memorable soundtrack for the weekend. you will need it during your billion hour drive.
-if someone is selling $1 bottles of water from a cooler on the strip, buy it. you will not be able to find it cheaper and it will be deliciously cold.
-strippers are best enjoyed at arm's length. no, check that...at like, 5 arms' lengths.
-"the wynn does not condone that kind of behavior."

that's all i can think of at the moment. let me just say that, as crazy and eventful as the weekend was, i had an amazing time with some great girls! i just don't know if i could ever do it again...

and a little photo montage for your viewing pleasure...


this is what greeted us upon our entrance into the sunny desert.


night one, awaiting the arrival of the rest of the california girls.


the heineman-lee family, together at last.


THIS is how we "appreciate" strippers. by pointing and laughing.


night two, all of the lovelies ready for a night to remember...little did we know just how memorable it would be in the end...


i think we're kinda pretty.


B always makes the best faces. i just try to be like her.


my genetic betrayal. i am the older yet littler (and slightly homelier) sister? thanks a lot.

and now you know. what happens in vegas gets plastered all over the internet. at least the parts we want you to see.......

my heritage.

yesterday i was at target with KJ and, in search of a mirror, we ventured through the girls' clothing department. i pointed out a t-shirt hanging by KJ's head and said, in true tween fashion, "ooooh...that is soooo cute."

it was this:


[image from target]

want to know what KJ said/did? first, she looks at the shirt. then, she rolls her eyes and simultaneously says, "oh, i forget...you're asian."

i don't think KJ liked the shirt. whatevs. i'm oves.

my bakasana.

i can do this pose for almost, like, two breaths (which, when i'm doing this particular pose, is only about five seconds)!!! i am well on my way to achieving my goal to master a couple of balancing poses by summer's end.


[image from hillary's yoga practice]

yay, me!

my slovenly days.

for the past couple of weeks, i have had problems with headaches. crippling, mind-numbing (hehehe...literally) migraine headaches. so, when i feel like crap, i kind of become lazy. and, the laziness (rather than the migraines) is the reason for this post.

THIS is what happens when i get lazy.....



even on a regular day, i take my shoes off right there, in front of that little bookshelf, in my room. usually just a couple of pairs of shoes will pile up there, as i will kind of go back and forth between a couple of pairs of shoes for work and maybe one for after work stuff and i usually put them away every couple of days.  but jeez. this is bad (for me).

this might not seem bad to most people...but when you're clean and tidy like i am (and kind of anal-retentive about it), and you have to actually change your walking momentum in order to avoid the stupid shoe pile, you get upset with yourself.

so, let's talk about this pile. from top to bottom.
1. of the 4 pairs of exercisey-looking shoes, 3 of them i wear to work. i rotate among them so that my shoes get a full 24-hours of drying time between (i know that sounds gross, right? fine, now you know...my feet sweat, big deal).
2. the gray ones i actually wear to the gym. i wore them on thursday, friday, saturday.
3. the black strappy ones i haven't worn since last sunday, so those have been just sitting there for a while.
4. the pink ballet flats? i just got those, wore them all day yesterday, so i don't feel as bad about those because they haven't been out for an entire week.
5. house shoes, duh. these are almost always out (my feet get cold).
6. the tan ones with the orange inside...i only wear those when i'm going to yoga. you know - because i don't wear shoes during yoga, so i want a pair that is easy to take off and put on. i have gone to yoga 3 times since last sunday, so those have been sitting out for 8 days.

i hate clutter. and the shoe pile is NOTHING compared to the rest of this place. but the rest of it? too embarrassing to put on here. so, you get the shoes for now.  

ps...the headaches seem to be getting better. i swear - botox is a godsend.

my latest and greatest.

okay, so there's nothing really great about this post...wait, wait...but there is!! i am blogging for the first time in, like, two months! i have actually sat down and attempted to finish this post many, many times but have never really been able to come up with anything good. and lately, it seems like when i do decide to write something, it ends up coming out in list format, as i just kind of recap what's been going on in my life lately. so, please keep in mind that i started this about a month or so ago...

1. today i was cleaning the inside of my car. i'm pretty sure i haven't done a thorough car cleaning (you know, the kind with the vacuum and the armor-all and all that) since before halloween. how do i know this? because there were freaking nerds all over the car. you know, nerds, the candy? my mom had given out nerds for halloween. i know i have not purchased nerds in YEARS, which is how i came to the conclusion that i have not vacuumed my car since before halloween...so...that kind of grossed me out that my car was full of filth from months and months and months ago.

2. remember how i wrote about finding a yellow m&m on the floor of my car and actually eating it? that was only a month ago. now that i've cleaned my car, i'm kind of surprised i didn't get sick from that stupid, delicious m&m. i also found a yellow cadbury mini egg on the floor today. i did not eat it. it kind of seems like all i do in my car is eat candy. and drop candy. and find it again months later.

3. i have been eating so much and so horribly over the past few days that i have been experiencing bloat from hell. it's uncomfortable and kind of makes me feel like unbuttoning my jeans and then also hibernating. i've thought it was seasonal affective disorder, mono, chronic fatigue syndrome, or some other random virus/illness. i guess i am actually glad to know that it was just bad food decision after bad food decision that was causing my excessive sleepiness. last night i stayed over at emily and carson's place and, when we put a dvd on, i said this exact phrase: "i may fall asleep. because i am sleepy." emily made fun of me. for stating the obvious.

4. i have accomplished yet another new year's resolution. remember how i resolved to go on at least one date this year? one date that did not suck? well, i've now had a nice spattering of dates, none of which have sucked (most of which have been totally awesome). go, me.

5. work has been more WORK-like lately than ever before. in fact, i recently had a day at work where i had one of those emotional breakdowns that are pretty uncommon for me. my boss lectured me (in front of another coworker) and i lost my cool. i started to cry and then i could not stop. aaaand, even better, i still had several hours of work left to get through. and every time a coworker asked me what was wrong, the tears came again. and then every time i thought about it. and i do not cry pretty, my friends. i'm talking red, puffy, snotty, gross.

6. i took a trip to california last month (it was in march) and spent a lot of time on the beach. it was glorious. mostly because i knew it was snowing in utah while i was basking in the california sun.

7. now this one is current. as in, today is sunday, may 10, 2009. and this is something new (well, new since #6). i am moving!! my dear friend nik has offered me a spot in his house in slc and i CAN'T WAIT. living at the parents' house at 30 years old is sometimes hard to admit to people. don't get me wrong - i LOVE living at home with my parents. they're very cool and don't even freak out when i come home at 4am (or not at all, hehehe). but i am so psyched to be living in salt lake and in a nice place with a great friend. yay!

8. why is dating so fun and frustrating at the same time? i will leave it at that.

9. i am still a facebook junkie. i cannot stop.

10.  some girlfriends and i want to take a pole fitness class.  we keep talking about it but it hasn't happened yet.  kind of like this blog post -  months in the making.

11.  i am going back to LA in two weeks.  yay!  beaches, yogurtland and diddy riese, here i come!

12. i am doing more yoga and have made a new goal. to be able to do some of the balancing moves before the summer is over. like these (shyeah...might take more than a summer of twice per week yoga classes, huh?):


[image from health use]


[image from adventures in voluntary simplicity]


[image from amsterdam power yoga]

so, that is all for now. i guess not a lot has been really going on in my life lately. just working, eating, playing, etc. baseball is back on so that can keep me occupied for far too many hours at a time...and i definitely need to get out to see the bees play soon. there's nothing like a summer night at a ball park with some good friends and a foot-long. :)

i'll try to do better. better at blogging. better at actually posting those blogs when i write them. better at keeping up with photos. better at life. better at everything.

my grandma ghost update.

remember how i wrote about dreaming that my gran's ghost was haunting me the other day? well, i brought it up to my mom and we started talking about it. now, keep in mind that my mom believes that dreams are, like, some kind of subconscious manifestation of actual things that are going to actually happen. like...being haunted by my grandma's ghost.

she's asian. that should explain a lot.

anyway, her main concern about my dream? that i told my gran's ghost to go away. she said, "now grandma is never going to come back."

ummmm...yeah. i don't know how you feel about dreaming about ghosts...but it was a little eerie for me. i don't even know what to think about this right now.

my brain fart.

so, whenever i start my car in the morning to warm it up and defrost and stuff, i think to myself, "one day i'll come out after five minutes and my car's going to be long gone." i think it every time, yet i continue to do it every day in the winter. well, since it snowed early this morning, i ran through the same inner monologue today. who knows why i have these thoughts...

...anyway, five minutes later, i've got my arms loaded up with all of my crap (purse, phone, ipod, gym bag, mug of tea) and i step out into the garage. the door is open, because i opened it when i went out to warm the car up, right? well, i don't hear the sound of my car idling. what goes through my head? "WHA!?!?!? IT REALLY HAPPENED?!?!?" alarmed, i rush outside with all my stuff and, to my relief, see my car out in the street, still covered in snow. whew.

ha. see, my car is a manual transmission. apparently, when i put it into neutral to leave it running, i did not put on the e-brake. duh. it just rolled on into the street. on an angle, kind of on the edge of the driveway...but far enough into the street that someone would have had to drive around it.

sad thing is...this is not the first time this has happened to me. not even the first time in recent history. last time it happened was just a few months ago. that time, it went all the way across the street and bumped into the curb on the other side. i only knew when my dad came home and asked me, "any reason your car is across the street?"

doi.

my miscellaneous post.

well, friends...i'll have to admit that my life has been somewhat uneventful lately. i'm not saying that absolutely nothing is going on...just a little lackluster by way of giving me blogging material. so, since there isn't one cool thing for me to write an entire blog about, i will tell you of the little things that have been going through my head lately. this might actually get long. we'll see.

1. the other night i had a dream that i was being haunted by my grandma's ghost. in my dream, i wasn't really scared, but it was the first time i had ever encountered a ghost, so it was a little creepy. i kept whispering over and over again to her ghost, "grandma, i love you, but please go away." i woke up at approximately 2:30am whispering audibly, "please go away, please go away, please go away..." needless to say, i was wake for about two hours because i was a tiny bit shaken. was my gran's ghost REALLY haunting my subconscious or was it really just a dream? never mind the weird dreams i've been having lately that have to do with eyes. those are for another post...

2. today i found an m&m on the floor of my car. it was yellow. i picked it up and ate it. i know, i am disgusting. but i know when and where it came from - thursday night, on my way home from a local band's show at bar in slc, i decided i needed a snack. so it wasn't there for long. and nobody else has set foot in my car lately. and it was on the floor of the backseat, where hardly anybody EVER goes. and m&ms have a thin candy shell. suprised you didn't know that (translation: i am totally safe).

3. driving gloves. as i was driving home from yoga this morning, i drove by one of those cars that has a billion stickers on the back with the race car numbers. i think it's to show which nascar drivers they support? anyway, the driver of the car looked to be about my age or possibly younger. and he was wearing leather driving gloves. now, i realize it's still winter and that it's a very plausible explanation to be wearing gloves just because one's hands are cold. but it's really not that cold outside. i was there. so, i got to imagining the types of people who would wear driving gloves. i came to one conclusion. a rich, white (and white haired), elderly man dressed in something akin to golfing attire, driving his classic convertible with white leather interior, top down.

4. the yoga instructor this morning pointed out that we were missing about 1/3 of our regular class participants, probably due to the time change. she said something about there being "holes" on the floor where those people normally park it. and that it looks strange to see so much open space. so, when a couple of stragglers came in a little bit late and took those spots, the instructor said, "thank you for filling my holes." i wanted to scream, "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!" but, instead of screaming it aloud, i closed my eyes, relaxed my body to the soothing music, continued my deep breathing, and screamed it in my head. and laughed...in my head. for a long time. some meditation i got this morning.

5. friday night, i finally got to spend an evening with my favorite friend, emily. we met in the middle and had dinner and did a little browsing at various stores and had dessert also. at one point, while we were devouring our sandwiches, emily said, "what should we do between food and dessert?" i replied, "hug. maybe cuddle." unfazed, emily allowed a small smile to cross her face and she said, "yes." she totally gets me.

6. and finally, this happened a while ago and i can't believe i forgot to write about it. my friend mark especially likes to read about my interactions with clients at work, so this is for him. so, i have this one particular laser hair removal client who, to put it plainly, gets his junk lasered. so, in order to accomplish this goal of hairlessness, i have to touch his privatest of private parts. it's mean, it causes him pain, and it freaks both of us out. but of course, being the professional i am, i put on a calm face and act like i do this all day, every day. the last time said patient came in, it was his 4th treatment (out of 6) and, as i was tugging and pulling on skin and parts in various places, the conversation begins (keep in mind that this guy is not usually a big talker during our appointments. and this is the fourth time i've done this to him, not the first.):

patient: does doing this ever just totally gross you out? (oh, and he's young.)
me: nah...once you've done it once or twice it's just another body part.
patient: really?
me: yeah, it's really no big deal.
patient: hmmm.
but what i'm really thinking is: you ask me this now?
as i'm lasering this area?
of course it grosses me out.
i hate having to look at/touch/pull/pinch/etc your junk and then try to wear a calm face and pretend like everything's juuuust normal.
then, to have to walk with you up front, make BS small talk about the weather, schedule your next appointment and smile and wave...ughhhh...

so that's that. these are the inner workings of my brain over the last few days.