Holly Sheep!!!!

There are many benefits and just as many draw backs of living in small town rural America.

I am not sure if this falls into the benefits or draw back or drawback category.

It did make my morning commute interesting

Yes, those are sheep!!!

They were herding sheep through the treacherous canyon.

This happens twice a year, moving the sheep from their winter to summer pasture and back again.

Yes, that is my windshield wiper...don't worry that I was taking pictures and driving. I was only driving 7MPH...we had a sheep traffic jam

I have no idea where the summer and winter pasture are but I knew they herd them through the canyon to get them there.

Welcome to my small town.

Here's Your Hand Gesture

I am not sure if the over abundance of sunny weather has made us all stupid or if the glare off our sun glasses is blinding us but I feel like I am being stalked by a plethora (have I ever mentioned how much I love the words plethora...its so fun to say plethora plethora plethora) of bad drivers lately.

I would like to send a message to some of the drivers to help them be better drivers.

• To the guy driving the 4 ton truck: Just because you are in a truck that looks like it could eat my car does not mean you automatically have the right of way. This morning I clearly had the right away but you attempt to run over my car like in some monster truck rally was annoying to me. And put me off my coffee which my coworkers are not happy about. I am not sure if you need a big truck like that with its diesel engine but I am guessing by the way you flipped some hand gestures at me that you are compensating for a lack of something.
• To the guy driving the yellow corvette: 1. Yellow is a girl color. Did you borrow the car from your girlfriend? 2. A Corvette? Really? Are they still cool? I seriously doubt it but lets say they are...3. Is it necessary to drive that fast? Is getting there 10 minutes early really going to matter? Especially when one day you are going to get a ticket and be really late and/or cause an accident in which case you may not make it at all.
• To the woman in the economy car:  I get that some mornings are better than others. Some mornings are just plain ass hard. I personally hate getting out of bed. And I am not a fan of appearing in public without at least basic makeup but when you are running later it is NEVER a good idea to apply mascara WHILE DRIVING. You are the reason women drivers have bad reps. Either take the 30 seconds at home to apply the mascara or wait and do it in the parking lot of where ever you are going.
• To the speeding jerk who flipped me off for driving to slow even though I was 7 miles over the speed limit: You are lucky I promised my mom I would stop flipping people off while driving. You made it very hard to keep my promise but I did. I did spew a plethora of profanity at you and mentally wished for you to get a very large speeding ticket...it may not have happened today but it will because I always get my way.

I hope everyone has a great day and drives safely!!!!

Road Trip

Today The BF and I are going to set off on our grand adventure vacation!!!!

That sentence makes me laugh...grand adventure!!! That's funny!!! We are going on a vacation just the two of us...How romantic right?

HAHAHAHAH...romantic!!! That's funny too.

What ever kind of vacation it will be it relaxing....I hope.

You see we are going to Steamboat Colorado, since we live in Utah, we decided to drive the 8 hours there instead of flying.

The BF and I have been on 2 other road trips and both times the vacation was great....the road trip not so much. It appears we don't travel well together.

The first we drove my little red car (it gets kick ass gas mileage) and besides not being comfortable I insisted I drive most the way (hello control issues). I am not a relaxed driver (8 car wrecks) I am anxious and nervous and kept yelling at The BF when ever he would touch the radio.

The 2nd time we took The BFs truck and he drove...the problem was that we were travelling to a remote location in south eastern Utah and we got LOST!!! And argued about being lost.

This time we have made changes in our travel plans....The BF is driving in the truck, he knows exactly how to get there, and I have 1 new magazine, a new hard back book to read, and about 17 unread books on my kindle!!!! I am essentially letting go of any control I have on getting to our destination.

This is not going to be easy for me. I am huge control issues....HUGE...Serious I am HUGE control freak. I often think if people would do what I want when and how I tell them to they and I would be so much happier. I have learned over the years that I can not control other people (their loss).

I really need to relax...oh yeah that's why we are going on vacation.

Wish me luck!!!!

My Permanent Record

 Do you ever wonder what your driving record says about you???

I use to sweat about my driving record a lot when I was younger especially ever time I got pulled over and was facing ANOTHER ticket. As a younger drive I figured speed limits were more of a guide line and less of a rule of thumb so I was getting pulled over often. And every time I would be sweating bullets and wondering how many points do I have on my license and is this the ticket that will be putting me over and getting my license suspended. Luckily that never happened I was always just under the points (good thing they go away after so many years).

But I haven't gotten a ticket in over 10 years!!!! Yup 10 years. That's so awesome!! To be honest its not because I haven't been pulled over it is because I haven't been issued a ticket but I also don't speed around like drag racer anymore so I am breaking less rules.

But I think that all changed on Wednesday when I accidentally ran a red light. And it was truly an accident.

I was driving around in a city I am not very familiar with when I got lost. I am not sure how I ended up lost I was on my way home and I was looking for a coffee shop. The guy at the hotel told me where to find one and in my zest for caffeine I got lost. I was driving and looking around trying to discover my location when I ran a red light.

I swear it was green just seconds before but I noticed as I was driving under it was now red. I have no idea how long it was red and now I am sitting here wondering if my perfect driving record is ruined and I will be getting a ticket in the mail with a picture of me cruising through a red light.

Nothing to do now but wait and see. I hate waiting!!!!

The Road Less Traveled by Me

Today I had to drive to a small town first thing in the morning for work. This is not all that new, I have to do that every Monday through Friday since I moved in with The BF but today I had to drive to a different small town. So instead of driving through the treacherous canyon I was driving through the dangerous wetlands.

Okay so the road is not all that dangerous but when I started on my super early commute the roads were wet and the snow was starting to fall again. And after 6 car wrecks I am a little bit nervous on roads I don't drive on often. In fact I am more at home driving in the city then I am on remote country roads.

With all that in mind I would like to share some of the random thoughts on my drive:

1. OMG....if I lose control of my car and end up in the water it could be hours before anyone notices the top of my little red car.
2. Why are their no guard rails? That is a river someone is going to end up in it.
3. How deep is that water? It looks deep.
4. If that's the Little Bear River where is the Big Bear River?
5. Oh wait that would be The Bear River...I wonder where that is? I think that is something I should know.
6. What are those people doing over their in that boat? Its cold and snowing!!! I bet its duck hunting season
7. Is duck good? Does it taste like chicken?
8. Why is this car going so slow the road is not that dangerous...some of us have to be somewhere.
9. Oh crap I am spending at that's a cop behind me....I hope he didn't notice.
10. I am really in need of about 2 more cups of coffee.

Luckily the cop didn't pull me over. I was only going 5MPH over the speed limit.

I also made it to my destination without incident.

Some days I worry that I may need some extensive therapy...today is one of those days.

Singing in the Snow

Snow on one mountain but not the other

Have you ever notice that people do weird things in their cars?

I have seen people talking to themselves, into their phones, yelling at their kids, arguing with the person in the car next to them.

Half white with snow. Half still green with grass.

I have also seen them putting on makeup, eating and one day I swear I a saw someone driving and painting their nails.



I often see people texting even though it is illegal in Utah.

This is how the day looked cold, cloudy and wet.

I myself like to sing along to whats playing on the radio. I don't even pretend to not being singing I embrace it fully.

But mostly I like to take pictures while driving. I have it down to a science. On this day I wanted to capture the first snow we received this fall. Its already melted but its has been warm since this day.

What do you like to do when you are driving?

Have you Ever Tried to Sneeze with your Eyes Open?

Today as I was driving home I was reminded of one of the things I would change about myself if I had a magic wand. And I would need a magic wand because its not one of those things I could changes without one. Its not like wishing I didn't waste so much time online or that I would exercise more. Its one of those things that not even my beautician or a plastic surgeon could fix.

If I could I would change how I sneeze so that I was one of those girls who sneeze quietly and daintily. You know the girls, the ones who barely even sneeze. Their faces get all scrunched up and all you get is a little tiny achoo and they have no need to sneeze again for 6 months. I am not that girl I am the girl who has the full body balls to the wall AAACHOOO!!! And I don't do this once but usually 3 times in a room.  And yes while I was driving I was remind why I want to be one of those girls.

As I was on my way home from work, driving through the treacherous canyon, I notice a highway patrol car behind. I check me speed I am at a respectable 2-3 miles over the speed limit. I scan for my cell phone safely out of sight and hearing in my purse (this is to avoid reading messages). Check my hands they are at 10 and 2, okay more like 730 and on the gear shift but I am doing good when the unavoidable happens. I sneeze.

And because I sneeze like a grown-up and not my cat and I drive a cute but light weight car, it jerks when I sneeze.

AAACHOOO...Did they officer just speed up to better read my plates.

AAACHOOO...Is he typing my plate number into his computer. I would like to pause for a moment and ask how is this any different than texting and driving, which is illegal in the state of Utah? I think its a car accident waiting to happen.

AAACHOOO...Office is now speaking into his walkie/talkie thing to run a check on me probably becuse his computer was to slow.

AAACHOOO...That's right I got a bonus sneeze tonight. And I am now trying to remember if I have current proof of insurance in my car. I really hope I do because if I get pulled over its going to go something like this...

No officer I have not been drinking I just got off work as a domestic violence victim advocate (yea Im disclosing that up front I need a pass).

No really I sneezed

Yes 4 times in a row, I have allergies

No I don't mind doing a field sobriety test but I cant walk a straight line in my bare feet. You can call my sister she's a police officer too (hell ya if necessary I will name drop) and will explain my wobbly nature.

Please ignore the angry rottweiler in the backseat trying to get out of my car. She doesn't like strange men and especially strange men in uniforms, especially if those men in uniforms are police officers or the mailman. Another pause how do dogs know they are uniforms? Seriously would she react this way if my sister and were dressed identical?

Luckily despite my prepared response the highway patrol passed me by without pulling me over.