no particular reason, just a good day. you ever have one of those days that you wake up, and you just feel good?
normally waking up alone lends itself to just feeling okay. but i got 8 hours of sleep last night and i feel great:)
my phone interview yesterday went well, and i have another today.
last night, we celebrated our good friend and my pseudo sister jana's 21st birthday (my how time flies!), and enjoyed cake and ice cream. i was reminded that the chapman home is the only home i know of where you harmonize when you sing happy birthday. part of the reason i love them!
most importantly, today is kendyl's 3rd birthday! even though we can't be with her to celebrate, i am thrilled to hear of her progress and am afraid she is growing up too fast. do i sound like a parent?
so, though there is no one reason, today is a good day, and good days are meant to be appreciated!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
reasons i'm happy
in light of recent events, i thought it important to focus on the positive things going on right now. in no particular order...
thanks to an industrious avalon theater employee who took the time to email me about tickets going on sale, and thanks to rae, who got them for us, we now have tickets for the buffy sing-a-long!
i have a phone interview on monday for a company in newport beach that i am REALLY excited about! they contacted me, and the job is a perfect fit. in addition, they know i'm in virginia not california (ie..willing to pay for relocation??) and this may be just the answer i've been waiting for. (keep me in your prayers, please!)
almost two weeks 'til lara and nick's wedding.
i've been trying to change my eating habits recently, by actually eating breakfast and not eating after 6pm. i'm down four pounds :)
jesse arrives on the east coast in 10 days!
thanks to an industrious avalon theater employee who took the time to email me about tickets going on sale, and thanks to rae, who got them for us, we now have tickets for the buffy sing-a-long!
i have a phone interview on monday for a company in newport beach that i am REALLY excited about! they contacted me, and the job is a perfect fit. in addition, they know i'm in virginia not california (ie..willing to pay for relocation??) and this may be just the answer i've been waiting for. (keep me in your prayers, please!)
almost two weeks 'til lara and nick's wedding.
i've been trying to change my eating habits recently, by actually eating breakfast and not eating after 6pm. i'm down four pounds :)
jesse arrives on the east coast in 10 days!
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
not exactly feeling like celebrating
Did jealousy turn deadly?
John P. Bloxham, who is suspected of murdering Todd Rogers, formerly of SLC.
A former Utahn killed in Virginia Saturday was allegedly gunned down by a leader in his fiancée's LDS ward, and his father claims jealousy was the motive.
Police arrested John P. Bloxham, 41, of Alexandria, Va., and charged him with the murder of 31-year-old Todd Rogers, who grew up in Salt Lake City.
David Rogers, of Crofton, Md., said his son had planned to announce his engagement to his girlfriend, Carrie Johanson, on Sunday.
On Saturday night, Todd Rogers was driving from her house to his own home in Manassas, Va., and Bloxham was a passenger in his Chevrolet Avalanche.
Bloxham works with Johanson at the U.S. Census Bureau, David Rogers said, and is an Elders Quorum counselor at her ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Bloxham confronted Todd Rogers and the two argued inside the vehicle; then Bloxham shot him several times with a handgun, police said. Bloxham jumped out of the truck, and it crashed into another car in a Beacon Hill neighborhood, police said. Bloxham then allegedly fled the scene.
A neighbor responding to the crash offered Todd Rogers help, and he gave the resident his parents' telephone number, David Rogers said.
"Tell my mother I've been shot," he told the neighbor, according to David Rogers. Then Todd Rogers reportedly said, "It was John."
Police later arrested Bloxham at his home and booked him into the Fairfax County jail, where he was being held without bail.
Johanson had told Todd Rogers that Bloxham had had watched her from outside her house, David Rogers said.
"She had mentioned to Todd that he existed. He's out there," David Rogers said. "Todd is a peaceful guy and thought he could handle it peacefully, no big deal."
Todd Rogers grew up in Salt Lake City and played football for a brief time for Taylorsville High School, his father said. He earned his bachelor's degree and a master's degree in mechanical engineering at BYU and served an LDS mission in Brazil.
He moved to Virginia from California to take a job with Micron and to find a bride, his father said.
"He wanted to come to where there were more single women," David Rogers said.
steph forwarded me a link to about this story in the salt lake tribune. as i read, i realized that i knew the girl named in the article. first freak out. this is me and her in october 2005:
then she sent me a link to the second article, which had a picture of the accused murderer. and then i realized, i know him too. second and bigger freak out. this is he and i from the same time frame:
my heart breaks for carrie, who has already had her fair share of trauma, and needless to say, i'm feeling terribly unsettled.
Victim's dad says the accused killer and his son argued over a woman
Article Last Updated: 07/04/2007 01:26:26 AM MDT
John P. Bloxham, who is suspected of murdering Todd Rogers, formerly of SLC.
Police arrested John P. Bloxham, 41, of Alexandria, Va., and charged him with the murder of 31-year-old Todd Rogers, who grew up in Salt Lake City.
David Rogers, of Crofton, Md., said his son had planned to announce his engagement to his girlfriend, Carrie Johanson, on Sunday.
On Saturday night, Todd Rogers was driving from her house to his own home in Manassas, Va., and Bloxham was a passenger in his Chevrolet Avalanche.
Bloxham works with Johanson at the U.S. Census Bureau, David Rogers said, and is an Elders Quorum counselor at her ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Bloxham confronted Todd Rogers and the two argued inside the vehicle; then Bloxham shot him several times with a handgun, police said. Bloxham jumped out of the truck, and it crashed into another car in a Beacon Hill neighborhood, police said. Bloxham then allegedly fled the scene.
A neighbor responding to the crash offered Todd Rogers help, and he gave the resident his parents' telephone number, David Rogers said.
"Tell my mother I've been shot," he told the neighbor, according to David Rogers. Then Todd Rogers reportedly said, "It was John."
Police later arrested Bloxham at his home and booked him into the Fairfax County jail, where he was being held without bail.
Johanson had told Todd Rogers that Bloxham had had watched her from outside her house, David Rogers said.
"She had mentioned to Todd that he existed. He's out there," David Rogers said. "Todd is a peaceful guy and thought he could handle it peacefully, no big deal."
Todd Rogers grew up in Salt Lake City and played football for a brief time for Taylorsville High School, his father said. He earned his bachelor's degree and a master's degree in mechanical engineering at BYU and served an LDS mission in Brazil.
He moved to Virginia from California to take a job with Micron and to find a bride, his father said.
"He wanted to come to where there were more single women," David Rogers said.
steph forwarded me a link to about this story in the salt lake tribune. as i read, i realized that i knew the girl named in the article. first freak out. this is me and her in october 2005:
then she sent me a link to the second article, which had a picture of the accused murderer. and then i realized, i know him too. second and bigger freak out. this is he and i from the same time frame:
my heart breaks for carrie, who has already had her fair share of trauma, and needless to say, i'm feeling terribly unsettled.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
i sort of feel famous
it's no secret that i subscribe to several shopping and geek related sites.. among them are gizmodo, engadget, popgadget, etc. one of my favorites however is 'shefinds'. i get daily updates on where to get this, or cute new styles, must have makeups and the like. so, when i was frantically searching the web for a similar version of something i saw in a recent movie, i turned to trusty shefinds, got myself an actual account, and posted my question.
from time to time, the site will select a question from among the slew of those asked (fergie's hoody? jessica alba's red carpet manolo's? etc.), and post a response for all their readers. and i would be lying if i said there wasn't some tiny little part of me hoped that my question would be selected. that was about three weeks ago and no one seemed to have an answer. i can't really explain why, although a big part is that i really wanted an answer. of course, the selection of one's question also somehow indicates a 'with-it' ness that i (sadly) crave. i admit it. i like fashion, i can't afford the fashion i really like, so i make due, but i like it. a lot.
with all that being said, imagine my glee when this came across my bloglines today! now, i'm not cited, so you are just going to have to trust me, but i don't believe in taking credit from other people, so you CAN trust me.
unfortunately, the crack team at shefinds didn't have any more luck than i did finding the item, but i still sort of feel famous. it's almost as good as the time i appeared on the front page of a major turkish newspaper:)
in other news, jesse's trip dates are nearly confirmed. i will be heading to north carolina on the 17th to meet up with him and spend some time with julie and colby before coming back here on the 18th.
the 19th is museum day, starting with the washington monument, then on to the natural history museum, national art gallery, national archives, and international spy museum. (sorry aaron, i'm not a fan of the sackler, though i will make an attempt at dumbarton oaks.) we may stick around and do a night tour of the monuments, or postpone that for later in the trip. i realize even without that, this is an ambitious day, but the spy museum is open late, and i will be pre-ordering tix for that and the washington monument, which makes it possible.
the 20th, we will be heading to harper's ferry where we will spend the morning tubing the potomac, and enjoying lunch on the river, before heading in to town for the historical goodness. then, after getting home and cleaning up, we will hopefully head for the local imax to see harry potter.
the 21st is lara and nick's wedding!! the timing of j's trip is not ideal because of this, but we will make it work. between the sealing and the reception, we are going to visit the udvar-hazy center. this was the big question in my mind.. air & space or udvar-hazy. ultimately i decided on the latter, for two reasons. one, the location makes it ideal for saturday afternoon when it might be hard to tackle anything else. and two, even though there is more at air & space, the pieces at udvar-hazy or more interesting to me. not too mention that he heard all about my party!
the 22nd after church, we will either head back to dc to do the monument/memorial tour--lincoln, jefferson, fdr, korean, vietnam wall (if we've not already done it), or we will head up to gettysburg for the afternoon.
on the 23rd, jesse will head back to california :(
so, that's the general idea. it covers a lot of ground, has a lot of diversity, and is going to be a really fantastic time!
from time to time, the site will select a question from among the slew of those asked (fergie's hoody? jessica alba's red carpet manolo's? etc.), and post a response for all their readers. and i would be lying if i said there wasn't some tiny little part of me hoped that my question would be selected. that was about three weeks ago and no one seemed to have an answer. i can't really explain why, although a big part is that i really wanted an answer. of course, the selection of one's question also somehow indicates a 'with-it' ness that i (sadly) crave. i admit it. i like fashion, i can't afford the fashion i really like, so i make due, but i like it. a lot.
with all that being said, imagine my glee when this came across my bloglines today! now, i'm not cited, so you are just going to have to trust me, but i don't believe in taking credit from other people, so you CAN trust me.
unfortunately, the crack team at shefinds didn't have any more luck than i did finding the item, but i still sort of feel famous. it's almost as good as the time i appeared on the front page of a major turkish newspaper:)
*****
in other news, jesse's trip dates are nearly confirmed. i will be heading to north carolina on the 17th to meet up with him and spend some time with julie and colby before coming back here on the 18th.
the 19th is museum day, starting with the washington monument, then on to the natural history museum, national art gallery, national archives, and international spy museum. (sorry aaron, i'm not a fan of the sackler, though i will make an attempt at dumbarton oaks.) we may stick around and do a night tour of the monuments, or postpone that for later in the trip. i realize even without that, this is an ambitious day, but the spy museum is open late, and i will be pre-ordering tix for that and the washington monument, which makes it possible.
the 20th, we will be heading to harper's ferry where we will spend the morning tubing the potomac, and enjoying lunch on the river, before heading in to town for the historical goodness. then, after getting home and cleaning up, we will hopefully head for the local imax to see harry potter.
the 21st is lara and nick's wedding!! the timing of j's trip is not ideal because of this, but we will make it work. between the sealing and the reception, we are going to visit the udvar-hazy center. this was the big question in my mind.. air & space or udvar-hazy. ultimately i decided on the latter, for two reasons. one, the location makes it ideal for saturday afternoon when it might be hard to tackle anything else. and two, even though there is more at air & space, the pieces at udvar-hazy or more interesting to me. not too mention that he heard all about my party!
the 22nd after church, we will either head back to dc to do the monument/memorial tour--lincoln, jefferson, fdr, korean, vietnam wall (if we've not already done it), or we will head up to gettysburg for the afternoon.
on the 23rd, jesse will head back to california :(
so, that's the general idea. it covers a lot of ground, has a lot of diversity, and is going to be a really fantastic time!
*****
also, i just installed a nice little tool on this site called snap shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, and displays inline video, rss, mo3s, photos, etc. the idea is that you get a preview of what the link is taking you to, before you actually click on it and leave. it's a way to 'look ahead.'
should you decide this is not for you, just click the options icon in the upper right corner of the snap shot and opt-out.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
too excited for words!
the weekend was quiet, as promised, although i did attend a ward activity (my first ever in this ward...at least this time around). it was actually quite fun..a 'screen on the green'. one of the ward members lives in a remote area with lots of property, and in the backyard, surrounded by trees, they set up a 'screen', and everyone brought blankets and chairs to watch 'the watcher in the woods'. i haven't seen it in ages, and remembered it being very scary, but aging has a way of minimizing those sorts of things. it was still an appropriate choice, and a fun one!
the exciting news however, is that jesse's coming! jesse's coming!! details are still to be finalized, but he will be coming to nc for work at the end of july and wants to come here to spend some time and see dc (his first time). i will probably ending up going down to hang out with julie and colby and then bring him back for a couple/few days. he took such good care of me and made for such a great tour guide when i visited him in santa barbara, that i am giddy about showing him 'my town'.
so, you locals (or past locals/visitors), what are your favorites? i'm already planning on the national art gallery, natural history museum, air & space, and the spy museum, as well as tubing in harper's ferry. we may also make a stop at king's dominion on the way back up from nc.
anne, offering up your infamous 'capitol tour'? :) everyone else, what would you consider dc must sees? i have my own of course, but i want to hear from you!
the exciting news however, is that jesse's coming! jesse's coming!! details are still to be finalized, but he will be coming to nc for work at the end of july and wants to come here to spend some time and see dc (his first time). i will probably ending up going down to hang out with julie and colby and then bring him back for a couple/few days. he took such good care of me and made for such a great tour guide when i visited him in santa barbara, that i am giddy about showing him 'my town'.so, you locals (or past locals/visitors), what are your favorites? i'm already planning on the national art gallery, natural history museum, air & space, and the spy museum, as well as tubing in harper's ferry. we may also make a stop at king's dominion on the way back up from nc.
anne, offering up your infamous 'capitol tour'? :) everyone else, what would you consider dc must sees? i have my own of course, but i want to hear from you!
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