See Hear Speak No Evil

Rob Miller from the Utah Amicus wrote a funny article about the Cache Valley Illuminati. You can go to the post and see a fun picture of Jess and I.

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The staff at SHSNE would like to wish you all a very safe and happy New Years. Thank you for reading and commenting on our blog.

On another note… I PROMISE TO START WRITING AGAIN! Not a resolution, but a promise. I’ve had a really hard December and just haven’t had time. I’ll write an entire post about it.

Today my little boy turns 9 years old.

Um, that is not so little anymore. I feel REALLY OLD suddenly.

Happy Birthday Mason… I love you!

(THIS IS WHEN HE WAS A BABY. HE HAD SURGERY AT 1 MONTH.)

(I CAN’T BELIEVE HE IS 9!!!)

yeah, so bridge’s computer is on the fritz, right? so she composes this post IN FREAKING INSTANT MESSENGER and asks me to post it.

so i am.

Brigitte says:
Ever want to meet a member of the Cache Valley Illuminati? TODAY IS THE DAY! Just come down to Macey’s in Providence between 4 and 6 pm today for your chance. I will even sign autographs. Jess will also sign them while she is there. We even might get Tyler to sign a few.

Brigitte says:
Alright, I’ll get serious. I need your help. Today I will be at Macey’s between 4 and 6 pm to help get food for our local food bank. A group of us from the Cache Valley Illuminati will be there to collect the food near the door. Tyler Riggs from KVNU For the People, and also an Illuminati member, will be broadcasting his show live from Macey’s. I may even get on to say a few words. I may have to

Brigitte says:
WHAT: Cache Valley Illuminati food drive
WHERE: Macey’s in Providence, Utah
WHEN: Friday, Dec. 5 from 4-6 pm
WHY: Because you love me, or you care about other human beings, or you are on Santa’s naughty list and need to redeem yourself. You really don’t need a reason. Just come!

listen homies, this is for a good cause. we’ll be wearing santa hats and reindeer horns (hopefully) and asking people to donate a can of food. you can afford a can of food. and you can eat at macey’s deli. it rocks.

see you there!

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P.S. I would also like to hear any funny Thanksgiving stories you experienced yesterday. I am sure someone out there has a funny story.

P.S.S. (Not to be confused with PMS or SOS which could be almost used interchangeably.) I am totally counting this post for NaBloPoMo. I don’t care that it is lame.

P.S.S.S. I am possibly decorating for Christmas today.

Today is the day you can watch normal people go into a frenzy over socks. All you have to do is get up at an ungodly early hour (jess here…i’ll be commenting in BOLD. i’d like to point out that most anything before 9 a.m. is ungodly for bridge or me) and go shopping. In all of my life I have only shopped TWICE on this day. (paul and i LOVE to go!) I usually avoid the chaos and sleep in. One year my husband wanted me to buy something specific that was on a super sale. I told him to go himself. I hate Black Friday shopping THAT bad. (dudes. i love it. it’s the best thing EVER. it is THEE kickoff of the shopping superbowl that december has become!)

Last year I strolled into Home Depot at 1 p.m. (she had just woken up, in fact…) and strangely found what I was looking for. At 1 p.m. usually everything you would want is gone. The item was a specific cordless drill (don’t let her fool you - bridge LOVES power tools, btw…) for my husband for Christmas. Someone had moved it over by the other drills maybe thinking they could come back for it, or maybe they decided they wanted a different drill after all. On my way up to the register someone tried to take it out of my cart. I am not kidding. Imagine me pushing a cart to the register and someone reaching in my cart to take it out. They are lucky I didn’t smack them. Yelling at them at least got them to go away. Then I had four other people ask me where I found it. I am thankful I made it out of the store alive. (you should have answers prepared like, “wouldn’t YOU like to know where i found it,” or “hmmm…someone has been naughty this year…” or “if it was up your ass you woulda know it,” or my personal favorite, “your mom.”)

The first time I went shopping on Black Friday I had this lovely elderly lady run into me with her cart and then scream at me to get out of her f#@$ing way. I let go of my cart and just walked out of the store. I think I was in shock. Is anything REALLY worth the hassle? I wish I would have had a video camera. (you shoulda hit her with your purse on “accident.”)

Now you might wonder if I will go this year. I can tell you honestly that I don’t know yet. I am writing this post early and will look at the ads on Thursday. I guess if socks are on super sale I might be tempted. I probably should figure out what my kids want for Christmas first. (see you at the store, shopping crazies!)

The city of Bath is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen. It is in this cute little valley and the buildings are all the way from up on the hill to the bottom. All of the architecture matches and is all in the Georgian style. Thanks to their city planning commission this will never change.
(BATH RAILING AND IVY. WHY CAN’T RAILINGS LOOK LIKE THAT WHERE I LIVE?)

I pointed out to Al, who was not impressed, that most English period films are actually filmed here in Bath. The Duchess was the last one. The city looks like what the wealthy part of London probably did before it was bombed in WW2.

(CITY OF BATH AND A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE. YES THERE ARE ACTUAL SHOPS ON THAT BRIDGE.)

The entire reason we went to the city of Bath was to get spa treatments. I will not pretend it was to see the Roman Bath, which we did see anyhow. It was all about the spa treatments! You do NOT get your spa treatments at the Roman Bath anymore. You get them at the Thermae Bath Spa that was recently built. It uses the same water as the Roman Bath, but before it turns green thankfully. We got the Thermae Delight spa package. You can go to the link and see what was included. It was devine.

(AL BEFORE HER SPA TREATMENT)

(AL AFTER HER SPA TREATMENT)

The Roman Baths are, as you can probably imagine, very old. The water in the bath is green. That would be bacteria. Something in the water quickly turns into bacteria once it is exposed to the sun. I was glad our tour left us at the Roman Bath so we could spend enough time there. After spending such little time at Stonehenge I was happy to have time to listen to the tour and read the signs.

(ROMAN BATHS AND GREEN WATER)

(ROMAN BATHS VIEW FROM THE WALKWAY ABOVE)

Another thing that was in the city of Bath this year was King Blauds pigs. All over the city there were these pig sculptures. Apparently there were 105 of them. I think we saw around 20 of them. You could even buy pig souvenirs.

(PIG POSTER)

(THE BATH PIG AT THE ROMAN BATH)

(BRIDGE’S FAVORITE. THE BEDAZZLED PIG. PLEASE IGNORE HER OUTFIT AND LACK OF FASHION.)