Stacie's Place

...by not 1 but 2 girls online, I had to get this up as a blog post and it is way overdue!  I was nominated for the by Nicole and Jessica - thanks girls! The award has three parts: Answer the interview questions from the nominator. List 11 random facts about yourself. Nominate other blogs that are just getting started. Here is my interview: How long have you been blogging and why did you get started? I started in 2007 when I moved to AZ. I started it to keep in touch with my family who had moved to Idaho and my friends in California What is your favorite recipe of all time? My dad's noodles, meat and veggie dish. I dont know how he makes it, I just know that it is so so good. Are you a part of any public groups? I am not sure what a public group is...so probably not. What was your favorite show growing up? 3-2-1 Contact on PBS. Shining Time Station, Reading Rainbow, Ghostwriter, Zoom and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Yea..we watched quite a lot of PBS shows D...

I came up with this "motto" about half way through my mission one day, the words just popped into my head.  I think it helped me become a better missionary.  When you live life with this thought in mind I think you do a little more to be a little better because we don't know when our last opportunity will be to make an impact.  I forget my motto occasionally but I remember it better when I'm on a roadtrip and see something I want to take a picture of and remember.  Sometimes I think, oh we don't have time  to stop or, it'll be inconvenient to turn around but when I shove these thoughts out of my mind, I'm so glad I do because  I get some of the best photos or memories.  It's not always a photo but it's doing something that when you have a tiny thought of something you want to do and instead of dismissing it, you act on it, it creates some of life's best opportunities.  What have you done lately to 'leave no regrets' ? 

  Salt Creek Imports is located in Springville, UT and recently started renting out a few trailers they acquired to people who wanted to take them camping. It's a nice way to test out a trailer for a few days (if you are in the market for one) or just try a different way of camping.  It's so easy to have access to a tent but not always as easy to get access to a trailer. But now you can! Salt Creek Imports is so easy and friendly to work with.  Last weekend, Tony & I and our friends Lindsay, Garrett & their son Rylan , we all headed down to pick up a trailer to camp with for the weekend.  Dave is the owner and he met up with us when we arrived to give us a tour and information about the trailer , to sign a waiver form and put down a deposit. We rented the 31' trailer which weighs about 7700 lbs. Garrett's diesel truck was able to pull it with no problems.  We were headed down to Goblin Valley and we stopped about 30 minutes outsid...

I apologize to anyone I might have mislead in my last post that said the weekly posts were back. Apparently, that is not the case yet. I have slacked on all my goals for the year and need to give an update about that but not right now. I hope to get back in to my groove and routine even though many things have happened and been going on to disrupt that. Not bad things, just life things. Tony in what I feel is the hardest semester ever right now! My sister here in UT had her baby and I've been trying to help her out a little more often, esp. when her husband was out of the country. Plus its always fun to hang out with her and my nephews. So many roadtrips, pretty much every weekend in May there has been somewhere we/I need/want to go. It's been great but has crunched my time for things that I normally had time to do. I thought with winter I would be less busy, maybe in some areas this was true. Now that summer is coming up and the days are lasting longer, it's no wonde...

How have I not blogged since the beginning of the month and now its the end of the month! Aiai! How are all my blog reader friends doing? I woke up this morning to a very overcast sky and on my way to work it started hailing. I made it inside and when I looked outside an hour or so later, it was snowing. At least it was sunny when I got out of work for the day. There is a hard freeze warning set for tonight, made me glad I haven't planted my garden yet. Or that Tony & I have not gotten more bees (our 3rd set :-/ ) yet. I've been busy clearing out clutter , piles and trying to organize the things I do want to keep, better. Lots of bags to donate. A few things I will try to sell. The rest has been going in the dumpster. It's so refreshing and I wonder why I dont do this more often but it does take time! and I also need to get in the mood to be on a cleaning frenzy. Tony and I celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary on the 23rd of April. We were supposed to ...

Wheee check out this awesome box I am getting to review and share with you guys. It's called a Merco box and it arrived to me full of fun things from Utah! I really love supporting local businesses. With every box purchased, that money goes right back into the community. So good!  Yayay! So much awesomeness packed into one little box     ^^ Here's what I got inside ^^ I was most excited about the soap nuts from Eco Treasures because we can use them while camping and I am interested to see how they perform in the washing machine as well.  The Les Madelines 3 madlines were so so delicious. I want to track that company down and get some more! I also tried the Meals that Transform power bar. It was soft, not crunchy and hard. It had a whole bunch of ingredients in it and I was not sure how I would like it but I ate it at work when I was really hungry and it did great in settling my growling stomach. I hope to use the other coupons an...

I won two screening passes  (Thank you Salt City Weekly!) to see Rio 2 this past Saturday and I was  so  excited because! A) I love winning contests B) Tony and I had seen the first one on our honeymoon C) It's been awhile since we have been able to go to a movie screening D) I LOVE BIRDS!! We almost turned around when we got to the theater because people were holding their green papers and walking back towards their car from the movie theater. I decided to jump out and double check and I am so glad I did because there were still seats left.  People had just been walking out to their cars to put their phones away because they would not be allowed in to the movie with their phone.  The movie opens to the public on Friday the 11th. I dont want to say too much about the movie and besides, I have never reviewed a movie on this blog yet. But I do want to say I really enjoyed this movie - I smiled pretty much the whole time. We saw it in 3D w...

I got wrapped up in a world of busyness and have neglected updating you guys on anything that has been going on lately! I've been working a lot of overtime lately which is good, and bad, but good for the paycheck & I try to keep that in mind.  My goals have not gone so well in the month of March and I hope to get back on track in April. Besides work, I got to go on a fun roadtrip with Tony to St. George a few weeks ago. A great way to destress, relax and kick off the traveling season. Click here to read about being in St. George, exploring lava tubes and camping in Snow Canyon State Park,  we hiked to some Pioneer Names , we drove through Gunlock State Park and visited the  St George temple . I havent even blogged about going to Zion yet!  I have a couple reviews and giveaways up at Stacie Reviews It . If you live in Utah and love doughnuts , you have a few days left to enter this contest. Did you know Utah has its own subscription box? Che...

Doughnuts, donuts, they taste the same either way you say it. But have you ever tried a donut from  Beyond Glaze ? They were at a book signing event I went to a few weeks ago and I have never tried donuts quite like this! Check out this smores doughnut. I cant wait to try this one! How about this fancy cherry one? Here is the story of how Beyond Glaze started. Doesn't seeing how they make the doughnuts and decorate them make you drool?  If you'd like to go to one of their 3 locations in Utah, you can find them in Draper, Sugarhouse and Ogden!

Inspired Guns : Movie Review & Giveaway! It's been awhile since I've watched a new LDS themed movie but I had seen some reviews for this on TV and it looked pretty interesting and funny so I thought it would be cool to check it out. Inspired Guns is filled with action, danger, comedy and intrigue. The story is about a couple of LDS missionaries that get entangled with a case of mistaken identity. One of the Elders has a week left and is tasked to get his companion focused while figuring out who they need to teach from a dream he had been having. They end up teaching a couple Mafioso brothers and the FBI has their sights set on everyone involved.  This film was written & produced by Adam White who wrote the script in 2003. At the time there was no money to be made but ten years went by and Adam created and sold some Internet businesses he was able to save up the money to turn his script into an actual movie.  Inspired Guns was mostly filmed ...

I have never had anyone professional come and clean my home before so it was a real treat to have  Glover Cleaning Service  come and clean 2 rooms of my choosing! I picked the upstairs bathroom and the kitchen.  I didnt think either was too terribly dirty but they are my least favorite rooms to clean. Mainly the bathroom is what I avoid cleaning but once Glover came and cleaned, it has been easier for me to keep it up somehow. This is my before picture but sadly I didnt get any close up details...just a general overall view. Yes, my kitchen really is this small!  They cleaned my burners so well I was very impressed with how clean they got them They cleaned and organized the stove area better Sparkly clean microwave again! Fridge shelves were wiped down and there were no spills or smudges on the shelves  Now on to the upstairs bathroom! The tub has been getting harder for me to clean and was looking grungy.  Not ...