grown up things... not as fun as kid things

In general, grown up things are not as fun as kid things. For our life, Davis and I strive to do kid things and/or have fun. However, if you want to make grown up things awesome, apparently all you need is a cape (so says Rob). Since I do not have a cape, I opted for cookies today. And don't worry everyone! Davis and I still do our adult tasks like pay (horrible obscene amounts of) taxes, brush our teeth, and arrive to work on time.

Ingrid's "time to get up" face
and get your adult tasks finished so we can play.

Yesterday, my grown up activities included taking numerous boxes down to the basement. I haven't been in the basement since we came to look at the house in March. It was still creepy. Ingrid and I also went on a super long walk. We found some parks, including The Heritage Park. It looks pretty cool, if you like history, which I do. It is a pioneer village at the base of the mountains. From what I can tell, it focuses on the first Mormon settlers. Most importantly, it is baby animal season on their farm. Baby animal season!

Don't worry, we didn't go that way.

After Davis returned home from work, we started planning our garden. Ingrid helped us rip up the old, bolted, and winter soggy kale. Then she proceed to bolt around the yard with the kale so we would chase her. Finally, she sat down and one by one ripped the leaves off the stalk. She did this at our last house with old broccoli tops. She is weird.

This morning, I had a job interview. That was super adult. I wish I could have worn a cape to that. I suppose it went well, they are interviewing several other people too. I generally do not enjoy interviews, it seems weird to chat with a stranger about how awesome you'd be at a job and why. It wasn't nearly as grueling as my Med/Surg interview, but so glad to have one finished. After the interview, I went to a few antique and consignment shops. We lack furniture for the new house. The first one was quite interesting. I am not sure  if I went antiquing or on a safari...

Met this fella on the way in.

this guy too...

a water buffalo joined in as well...

and this was the last one I took a picture of...
it was getting out of control.

j. smith, leading the safari.

This place was a hoarders warehouse of European (and safari animals) antiques. There were armoires galore, desks to infinity, dressers stacked on dressers, doors leaning upon doors... you get the idea. It was simultaneously overwhelming and pretty awesome.

yes, there is a RV in there.

After looking at furniture, I stopped by a cookie shop, RubySnap. Delicious! The kid in me loves cookies.

The afternoon and evening were spent painting the spare bedroom. The painting was completed around nine. Pictures of that room someday...

After the painting fun, Davis and I checked out the Salt Lake Roasting Company, per recommendation. The coffee was delicious. I usually can't tell whether the coffee is good or great, but I can tell if it is terrible. Well, I tried a bit of Davis' coffee but ordered a chai latte. Unfortunately, it was the spicy kind and not my favorite.  But the coffee was really good, maybe even great! Also, we tried this amazing almond and apricot based french baked good. I failed at eating healthy today... oops.

yum

being kids

being adults

While at the coffee house, we overheard some interesting conversations. Some pre-teen girls couldn't figure out where Russia was on the map behind us because it old and labeled as the  USSR. It was cute, those silly year  2000+ babies. Also, another conversation, the terms "shanked" and "mexican federal prison" were used. Not the typical coffee house conversation topics. Hmmmm....

Oh, while we ate dinner, our neighbor across the street was flossing her teeth and hula hooping on the sidewalk. No joke. Her hula hooping skills were impressive. But I am no dentist, so I can't judge on her flossing abilities. 

Tomorrow is Saturday! Davis will be home to be a kid with me... or an adult... we'll see what we decide to do.