~these are a few of my favorite things

On Saturday, Grant, Barbara and I headed down to Chatuchak - 
one of the largest Open Markets in the world (it covers 27 acres)!  It's huge 
and by far the most wonderful and funnest place to shop IN THE UNIVERSE! 
(even if you do not like shopping - I promise you'd love it)!!

I managed to get some jewelry, dresses, jewelry, coconut ice cream (my favorite), jewelry, scarves, jewelry, a zillion "7-Up" popsicle sticks (I bought one every time 
I passed the cart), jewelry, shoes, jewelry, a bunch of rugs for the apartment, and oh, some more jewelry!!! A very successful and sparkling day!

Among other great things, Barbara is a fantastic 
"Fantasy Fan" writer . . . I mean she is Phenomenal, 
I'm not kidding!!  I read some 
of her stories and she really needs to write 
fiction fantasy as a career and become famous!

A few of my Favorite "Must Haves" while in Thailand!

~can't leave home without it

This is my FAVORITE backpack in all the world.  I got it at Hill Cumorah from Tami and Richard King and I use it for everything. It has traveled with me all over the world!!!  I’ve had it for over 10 years and the zipper was finally wearing out.  
I figured while I was here in Thailand I could get it fixed real cheap!

(Best photo shot of Me and Mr Moto (1 out of 7) taken by the sweet security guard)

I hired a Moto Taxi and he took me all over the city looking for a seamstress even though I knew there was one right outside the gate ~ language barrier :0.  After we traveled around for about 25 minutes (without any success) I asked him to take me home by a different route.  Lo and behold, as we turned the corner I spotted  an upholstery shop and had him stop.  The man said he could put in a new zipper for $3 and it would be done that night at 6pm ~ Yippee!!  So, Mr Moto took me back to Barbara’s and then proceeded to charge me $10 for his services.  Normally this would be outrageous but he agreed to go back and pick up my backpack 
(without me) and drop it off at the guard house!  WIN/WIN!

A big shout-out “Thank You” to Tami and Richard King 
for their generous hearts and kind souls!!! 
~Hill Cumorah Forever~

~dairy queen delight

We arrived in Cambodia safe and sound (after a couple layovers, 27 hours of traveling and 8,246 miles) around 8am Tuesday morning!

No wonder we looked so haggard with our DQ Treats!!  I am more sure now than ever before that miracles do happen!!  Upon our arrival and just after we left the terminal the first thing I saw was Dairy Queen!  I will never have to 
worry about missing America while here in Cambodia as long 
as I am close to one of my favorite places in the World! 

My memories of DQ started way back in Elementary School when we moved across town (in Littleton, Colorado) and I was a little sad to leave all my friends.  There was a Dairy Queen within biking distance so I would save up my babysitting money and purchase a Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Cone as often as possible! From then on Dairy Queen became my best friend for life and the love affair never ended!  At BYU I doubled (or tripled) my calorie intake (and added to my "freshman 15") by eating a Hot Fudge Sundae topped with Spanish Peanuts and Banana Slices bi-weekly! Moving to California brought treats for my 3 little ones in the form of Vanilla Ice Cream Cones (in no time at all Marcie would have hers dripping all over her chin but would refuse to let me help her "clean" it up, I think she figured out early on that after Mom's "help" half her cone would be missing by the time she got it back ~Smart Girl!)!  In Las Vegas we enjoyed FHE Dilly Bars and in Chicago (where both Mindy [longer] and Marcie [shorter] happened to worked at DQ) the kids and I had more than one parent/child interview as I enjoyed a Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard (often times supplying my own non-chocolate PBC filling when I would be "off" chocolate for a period of time). Then back to Provo (when we moved to Alpine) where, before or after the BYU games, Bill would treat me to a scrumptious Peanut Buster Parfait.  And last but not least on all our trips, back and forth, from St George to SLC, we would stop at DQ for a Banana Split to break up that long mundane drive!!  Each time that I have a treat from DQ it brings a smile to my face and pleasure to my tummy!

                                     

~Thank you Dairy Queen for making me feel at Home~