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Your getting sleepy, very sleepy! And when I snap my fingers you will awake and you will have the strongest desire to go to the Abracadan show this Friday, at the Celebration Center- 8:30p.m.

Abracadan

Hey, remember that post a while back, the one with all the photos of me doing embarrassing stuff? Well were going back for more shameless punishment!

We’re really excited to go to this show. It should be fun because I think Mark is going to try to get hypnotized this time. Sorry to disappoint my audience, but I wont be dancing like Brittney Spears this time. Tickets are only $5 a person! See you there!

Okay, that has to be about the dumbest title yet! Here’s more about our fun filled day in SLC….After we went to Hogle Zoo we grabbed a bite to eat, then it was off to a nickel arcade.

Mark and I both agree this is one of the best arcades we’ve been to in a long time. And we’re the couple to know, cause, well, we went to an arcade on our honeymoon for starters. This particular arcade had the largest pinball collection in Utah. And after playing a few, I’m a confirmed pinball fan. We currently have an older pinball, but I’d love a new one with all the bells and whistles, and ramps.

Part 2-Families that blah, blah, blah….

Wellington had a great time running around to all the different machines, it was hard to keep up with him actually, he never wanted to sit still long enough to play anything with us. He rode a couple kiddie rides, which I think were his favorite.

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We had a mini vacation last week. Mark got two days off, so we had a nice long, four day weekend. We made our way down to Salt Lake City on Thursday, to go the Zoo, play around, stop off at an arcade, then we hit the Geex Electronics and Gaming Expo. Friday we had a Resuce Me marathon, and went camping (more on that later). Saturday and Sunday we had a nice relaxing time, mostly staying at home. We did a lot this weekend so I’ll have to do more than one post about it.

PART 1-THE ZOO

We’ve been wanting to take Wellington to the Hogle Zoo for a while. He loves animals, so we thought this would be a fun activity to do with him. We left Logan early, and got to the Zoo before it got too hot. Wellington is under 2 so he got in for free, which was great. We saw all different types of animals, Giraffes, Elephants, Monkeys, Rhinoceroses, reptiles, bears, zebras….too many to remember.

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I apologize, that last one didn’t work, lets try this one….

I usually get Heidi to do my dirty work when it comes to complaining about a service or a product. She lives for that sort of thing! But when I opened a box of Huggies and two of the diapers had extremely sharp hard plastic in them, I took it upon myself to call in.

They were very kind on the phone, and I didn’t have to use my “mean” tone of voice either.

A few weeks later, “bling, bling” I received in the mail the most shiny coupons I’ve ever seen. No, really, they were super shiny! One was for $6.00 and the other two were for $1.00. I was kinda hoping for more, but any amount helps.

I definitely believe in speaking up when your not happy with a product or a service. I also send food back in a restaurant, I have no problem telling salesmen no, shutting the door and hanging up on solicitors.

This little incident has not stopped me from buying Huggies diapers. I’ve always been happy with their diapers, and their prices.

It seems like I’ve been very needy lately! Help me with this, help me with that! Who knew reading melarky.com would be so arduous?

Here is a reminder of what I need help with….

Wellington is in a funniest baby photo contest at Stork Landing! And it would really help if you would go in and vote for Wellington’s picture. It’s super easy! Towards the back of the store there are boards hanging up with the pictures on them. You vote for one picture in each category. Newborn, Baby, and Toddler. Wellsy is in the Toddler category! If I get the most votes I get a $50 gift certificate and I would be forever indebted to you all!

Stork Landing is located at 99 West Center Street in Logan! Go Vote! The deadline for this is the end of the month.

While driving back from Bear Lake the other week, Wellington was playing with my phone, NO! I mean someone else’s phone, and while listening to a song he showed off some of his “moves”…

My sisters Barb and Carrie teach him all these moves, I think the only one I had influence on was the head bopping. As you can see Barb was off camera helping him remember the moves, he has been known to do the “finger pointing” move unprovoked and on his own on more than one occasions.

My lil’ sis, Barb, wanted to celebrate her birthday in the sand and sun this year. We carpooled up to Bear Lake, where we spent a beautiful day. Most everyone on my immediate side of the family came. My brother Troy and sis’-in-law Robin were both in town from Colorado. My Mom and sister Carrie came. Then Barb, her hubby and their newborn all came. I didn’t think their little baby Sadie would last very long, but she slept pretty much the entire day.

Wellington loved the water, the seagulls and the sand. The beach where we were, was nearly deserted, only one other family was there. The water was super shallow, Wellington had no problem walking out into the water at least 10 or 15 feet.

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Yes, some might say our kitchen is fun. And I’d have to agree with them, it is pretty fun. It’s a great space for parties-the entertainment and food are in one place. It’s always a big hit with the kids, they love the pinball, a pop machine, and two arcades. There are more tin signs now since I took this picture and one more arcade. All this fun is packed into our small dining room area. The dining room and kitchen are basically the same area, only a counter separates the two.

I like the arcades, I think there fun, but I think they would be a lot funner if they were in a basement game room. I understand that this arrangement in the condo will be short lived, but I day dream about a kitchen that doesn’t include over sized beeping machines.

My sister Barbara was watching Rachel Ray the other day, and she caught the end of “The best Kitchen’s ” segment. She told me that one kitchen in particular screamed “Mel”. And after watching the video I’ve come to realize that having this kitchen is the only way a girl like me can truly be happy.

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The kitchen was themed around chocolate and a French patisserie. I can’t see myself using the pink accents too much, but I like pretty much all the rest of it. I can see Mark totally hating this kitchen, and I might not want everything like it, but watching this video and seeing how a real kitchen should look I’ve been wanting one!

I’d love to redecorate our current kitchen. Mostly just simplify how it is. It’s not realistic now to paint, or change the stain on the cupboards. Actually the paint is nice, I like it. The thing that bugs me the most is the space doesn’t feel united. Right now, we have the arcades and tin signs on one side and the other, cake plates, flowers, French chefs and silver. Doesn’t really mesh does it?

I took down my cake plates this weekend, and now I’m looking for inspiration, CHEAP inspiration. I thought maybe go retro, but that sounds spendy. I really like white, black and red lately, but I’m not sure how that would tie into the arcades and signs.

Should I stop resisting the video game theme? Maybe I should just carry it over to the kitchen? Bring some of the tins signs over to the other side and just embrace the whole game room feel. I don’t know!?? Let me know if you have any tips, hints or suggestions on what I should do? I wish I had an eye for decorating…I’m totally clueless when it comes to what to get and where to put it. How to tie things together is a mystery!