Mama Mia

I got to see Mama Mia last night. That show was incredible! I LOVED every minute of it. It was so much better than the movie. I am so glad I got to go. It is also a big plus getting to go with family.

Yesterday started out with me at work at 6 am... which means I was up at 5:30 am in the morning. Mike dropped me off at work and then went home, changed my oil, rotated my tires and then dropped my car off for emissions and inspections. He then spent the morning working on my '67 with his dad.

Anyways I only stayed at work till 12:30 (I was working overtime so I was not obligated to a full day). Mike came and picked me up and we did some Fathers Day shopping and got lunch before heading home. It doesn't seem like we were really home very much yesterday between picking up my car and then meeting for dinner with Linda, Dave, and my Dad. It is always fun to go out to dinner with them all.

After dinner Linda, Dave, Mike and I headed to the Capital Theater to see the play. We have front row balcony seats so I didn't have issues with someones big head in my way. It worked out well. The play really was incredible. Afterwards... we spent a good 10 minutes searching for the car in the parking garage. Luckily we were not the only ones who were totally lost in there. Finally we found it and headed home. We didn't end up getting in bed till about midnight.

It was such a busy day, but such a fun day! The only down side is I think the lack of sleep has gotten to me and my cough turned into a full blown head cold. So I feel like crap and really dont feel like doing much of anything. Oh well... it was worth it for all the fun I had last night.

My love of ABBA

I have a confession to make.... I am totally in love with ABBA. I have fond memories growing up listening to them because my mom also loved ABBA. In fact, I have a decent collection of ABBA music on my Ipod, which I have been listening to a lot lately.

So I am very excited to get to go see Mama Mia at the Capitol Theater on Saturday. I have wanted to see that play for awhile and was very disappointed to find out it was no longer playing in Vegas when I went for my birthday. I was very excited when my sister called me up to let me know it was coming to Salt Lake and asked if I wanted tickets. I jumped on the opportunity. It is going to be amazing!

In order to prepare for it, I have been listening to lots of ABBA on my Ipod. I also watched part of Mama Mia the movie. I still have a hard time with that one simply because Meryl Streep singing kinda sounds like fingers nails on a chalkboard to me. She really doesn't belong in a musical. Although I really do love Amanda Seyfried. Even though I didn't finish the entire movie... I figured I watched enough of it.

I actually just finished watching Muriel's Wedding. I had actually never seen that movie before and had forgotten it until my friend mentioned it the other day. Honestly, it was an ok movie...although a little weird. I rather enjoyed it though.

Anyways I figure surrounding myself with everything ABBA lately is great preparation for this play. Now I just have to wait for a couple more days to pass and I will be there! Oh and everyone cross their fingers that my cold will get better or go away completely before the play. I don't want such a great experience to be overshadowed by a horrible cough and cold!

P.S. there is tons of progress being made on my '67. Check out the progress at www.melissasmustang.blogspot.com

One Good Looking Mailbox!

I love when we do little weekend projects. Sunday we decided to tackle the mailbox. Our mailbox is boring grey. The numbers were starting to peel off so I decided it was time to fix it up. So we spray painted it a pretty metallic blue. Because Mike is a big mustang fan, we figured it would only be appropriate to put racing stripes down the top. We also bought new numbers and even put Epperson on the front.

Before

After
This is the mailbox on the post. Its hard to see but on the very front it says Epperson. I was so excited to get it all done. It looks awesome. I was sad to find that Monday during the rain and dust storm, it got very dirty. So it doesn't look as good... but it still looks better than plain grey.