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Friday - dancing, pirates and gardens at 10:42 AM

Heck yeah! We have survived the week and it's almost time for the weekend. I am so stoked about what is happening that i can hardly contain myself. I get my package of new dresses from mod cloth today and i get to dance around downtown while Mike Brice films the indie Ogden promo video. This is going to be a great day!

If you haven't RSVP-ed for the Indie Ogden promo shoot then go do it now! From 7-9pm we will be filming all the cool places downtown. Ive never don't this before and have no idea what i am doing so thankfully Mike Brice is helping out but be warned hilarious chaos will be involved.

There are a ton of events happening today so grab your triple n/f vanilla latte from your favorite cafe and head out to enjoy all that is beautiful about Ogden, Utah.
♥ Standard examiner's 'Home and garden show'. Local businesses will exhibit ideas for spring home & garden ideas at Golden Spike Event Center-Exhibit Hall.
♥Today is also the start of the Holsters model railroad festival at the Union station. Come see everything there is to see about model trains including a Lego train for the kids.
♥Don't forget that today is the First Friday art stroll. Listen to the street musicians and tour the various galleries to enjoy the fine art produced here in Ogden and surrounding area.
♥New Moon program, stargaze & night walk. Join Ogden Nature Center to discusses myths and fear about the dark and how people, animals and plants adapt to the world of low light. We'll go on a night walk listening and looking for animal activity, then make a star wheel to take home and stargaze through a telescope.
♥Mojos is having their weekly acoustic night for only 5 bucks
♥Brewskis is having a show featuring The Fuzz Plugz & Hour-13
♥Check out some jazz at the Sand Trap with BBC 3 and Ken C.
♥If your looking to get a bit crazy Kamikazes is having a pirate night. dress in your best pirate gear and listen to Arsenic addiction, Sparks fire and Us thieves.

And as usual WSU has a lot of events for you to enjoy-
♥The Department of Performing Arts and the American String Teachers Association present Stringfest with guest violinist Kathryn Lucktenbert of the University of Oregon, 12:30 p.m., Val A. Browning Center Garrison Choral Room 136, free, 801-626-6929.
♥WSU hosts the second annual Intermountain Recycling & Sustainability Summit featuring breakout sessions on recycling and sustainability, with special keynote speaker Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert*, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Shepherd Union Ballrooms, $20 after Feb. 28/$15 pre-registered/$10 luncheon only/WSU students free with ID, 801-626-6600 or weber.edu/recycling. (*Gov. Herbert’s address will be at 9 a.m.)
♥ Center for Diversity & Unity will sponsor “Let’s Talk: Remembering Bias,” 9:30-10:30 a.m., Shepherd Union Room 232, free, 801-626-7243 or adriennegillespie@weber.edu.
♥Kimball Visual Arts Center will present new exhibits in conjunction with Ogden Arts’ “First Friday Art Stroll,” 5-9 p.m., Kimball Visual Arts Center and other galleries*, free, 801-626-6431. (*A map of participating galleries can be picked up at Ogden Arts, 25th Street and Washington Boulevard.)
♥ Department of Performing Arts will host the Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Concert featuring celebrated chamber works, 7:30 p.m., Val A. Browning Center Allred Theater, $12/$10, 1-800-WSU-TIKS or weber.edu/bcmf.
♥ Department of Performing Arts presents “The Lion in Winter” by James Goldman, directed by Tracy Callahan, 7:30 p.m., Val A. Browning Center Eccles Theater, $10/$7, 1-800-WSU-TIKS.
♥Student Involvement & Leadership will host “Cowboy Up,” a dance/party event featuring an evening of cowboy fun and the announcement of the 2011 student body officer election results, 8 p.m. - midnight, Shepherd Union Ballrooms, free, 801-626-6349.

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Trissta said on March 04, 2011

You are so cute! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one blogging up in the Northern side of the state. :)

-Trissta
www.livingonthechic.com

mama mouse said on March 04, 2011

ahh i love your blog, diy on the cheap is always a good thing. are you in ogden?

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Winterfest, date night and too much chocolate at 1:12 AM

This has been a wonderful weekend, the best weekend ever...ever. I may have over exerted myself but it was oh so worth it.

Friday morning i ran for the first time in months. A mama friend and i ventured out early for our first 'run', which was really more of a trot walk and gab session. It was quite exhausting but felt so good. I came home with a ton of energy so the girl child and i went adventuring to winterfest. We took the bus instead of biking as usual and came to realize that biking is so much better. The bus was detoured and dropped us off much too far away from downtown and on the way home we had to walk 8 blocks to get to the non-existent detour stop only to have 2 buses pass and not stop. we called the papa and he carted my bike over and we biked home with ease. I will never betray you again dear bike and bike cart, you are so much better than a bus.

Winterest was lovely and slushy and the weather was perfect. We stopped into little cherry blossoms and gabbed with the owner Carey who is always a pleasure to talk to. Since it was a Friday Carey had adorable little cupcake bites from vintage cupcakes with hot pink frosting and teeny little edible pearls, yum! The girl child and i watched the toboggans attempt to race down the hill but the snow was not quite cooperating. A nice lady tossing Hershey's candy gave Hunter the ENTIRE container. sigh... there was no way to take it all away so there will be chocolate rations and late night mommy snacks for months.

To end this day of childhood bliss hunter got to hug a coca cola bear and i do believe she thought he was real because later she said ' He was a good bear mommy, he didn't eat me'. I hope you all got a chance to check out winterfest; though the weather was a bit warm making it all a bit slushy it was still oh so fun.

Saturday I lounged around in my jammies for as long as possible trying to recover from the exhaustion of the previous day . My legs felt brutalized and i woke up much to early for a Saturday. I decided to take it easy all day except for an important Newman-O run. Thanks to the mamas childcare exchange group I'm in my sweetie and i were able to go on a real date. Together. With out the babe. AT NIGHT! And thanks to a lovely lady at SLC city weekly i was generously gifted 2 tickets to see "life in a day" at Peery's Egyptian Theater.

We took our seats in the beautifully decorated theater as the organ player entertained, It was all very magical and lovely. I saw Mike Brice whom i met at the Ogden tweet-up but no sign of Bill Murray...sigh. The movie was more than i expected and so hard to explain. We sometimes become so wrapped up in our own lives, our own routines, our own reality that we sometimes forget that there are others out there. This movie reminds us that we are not alone, that we are lucky to be alive and that life is precious. At one point the theatre is full of hysterical laughter and another moment were holding our loves hand trying to hold back tears. You see other realities and suddenly realize how small you are and how big you have the potential to become. I definitely left the theatre with a renewed appreciation for life and promise to myself to appreciate whats around me.

Sunday will be a no plans day. We will eat cookies and watch cartoons and cuddle. This weekend was indeed the best weekend ever...EVER! Thank you to all who have supported Indie Ogden thus far, this is going to be an incredible year. Seize every moment.

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