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I know...I know. I didn't post all 5 days last week. But I do have a rule about blogging. Blogging is not allowed to get in the way of life. If blogging gets in the way of life then life is not being lived to blog about...so live first, blog second.
This weekend was so crazy. In fact, this whole week was kind of crazy. I hate to stay up late anymore...I don't know why, but I just can't do it. I've been up late pretty much every day this week.
I have been car shopping to no avail. I really hate car shopping. I'm mad that I even have to do it right now. I didn't want a new car. I liked the one I had, so I'm a little upset about this right now. And it only gets more annoying. On the bright side, while I did work and car shop all week, I also got to spend a little bit of time at a music festival in Ogden. It's about an hour away, so driving two and from there twice kind of sucked, but it was worth it.
We watched an incredible, Grammy Nominated, all girls bluegrass band play.
They were serious, so inspiring. They make me want to play the mandolin all day long. They played mostly their original songs as well as a few songs also sung by women in the bluegrass world. I know it seems kind of medieval, but there aren't really a lot of women in the bluegrass community, so it really means something to me and my sisters to run into people who have made it big in a man's genre of music.
This kid was equally inspiring. His name is Sammy
Sammy is 13 years old and writes incredible songs. You would have no idea that he's 13. I just don't know what he's going to do when his voice changes...Hopefully his whole career won't be over!
This is me and my little sister. She graduating high school this year and it's kind of a big deal. We were watching Della Mae and singing along with the songs that we knew having a great time. I'm really going to miss these times when she goes off to college...It will be the first time that she's the one who's gone instead of me. Weird.
The last night we were there, I stayed up until 3 in the morning playing music with some really great musicians. I was so tired and was barely holding my own in the jam, but it was so inspiring. It really made me want to get back into the music and really learn to be great, just like the are. I added one of them on Facebook and now I'm feel like I'm all brushing elbows with fame. The kid's only 19 and can play circles around me...He's amazing.
So there you have it a great weekend at the Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music Festival! I hope you all have a great week. I know Monday is a rough one for some, so keep your heads up!
A couple of days ago, I was chatting with one of my Army buddies. The thing about Army buddies is that they come from all over. This particular friend is from Flordia. Something that is pretty common when you meet people from other places, is to share about the cool thing there are to do in your town.
Personally, I feel like I have to defend living in Utah a lot. People from other places really think that there's A) Farms, no running water, and polygamists
B) Mormons who hate everyone that isn't like them
C) Rich right wing extremists
D) Absolutely nothing cool to do.
E) All of the above.
So when someone says what is there even to do in Salt Lake?! I go on a 5 minute rant about all of the great things that The Wasatch Front has to offer. It makes me feel like I can never say "I'm bored" ever again.
Of course, there is always the trip to Temple Square. Every year at Christmas time, the lights go up in the trees. Plus there are Nativity Scenes from around the world and a hot chocolate stands on every corner.
That picture was taken back in my Senior year of highschool...I don't just wear my letterman around anymore...
There's outdoor ice skating at the Glavian Center. I haven't ever done it, but I reallly think I need to this year.
There are two huge, beautiful shopping centers in Downtown Salt Lake with high end retailers and a big movie theatre. There's also two outlets malls. One in Park City and on in Utah County.
With in about 30 minutes of my house I can get to at least 3 ski resorts.
There's the "Candlelight Christmas" at This Is The Place Heritage Park where you can see carolors and pioneers wandering the streets. You can also square dance in the school house to authentic period music on the weekends.
Jazz Games...even though they reallly aren't worth watching this year at all :(
There's a fantastic production of the Nutcracker every year performed by Mountain West Ballet. I've had friends dancing in it for years. It is always an amazing show.
You can run around Gardner Village and see the elves. This is also something that I've never done, but I read about it in Aubrey's blog and it looks like a ton of fun!
You can go Celebrity scouting in Park City! I want to get a job up there just to run into famous people...I've never really met anyone that's famous, so I always thought that would be pretty cool.
There's seriously so much to do. I can never ever complain about there being nothing to do ever again. There is always something to do... What have you found to do where you live?
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