Harry Potter plans!

Big news!

Hubster is doing his school internship, and unlike BYU, the school district has a fall break. So we're going to take advantage of it and go to Orlando to Universal (#8)! I was really worried about when we would be able to get this one done (and thought it might be one that didn't happen), so I'm glad it's working out. Here's hoping the weather holds up. Yikes.

I also decided I should re-read Harry Potter (#19) before then, as the main reason we're going is the Wizarding World. I'm halfway through book one!

I also started taking a Copperplate Calligraphy class, which I may substitute for #48. In January I'll have a year left on the list, so I'll finalize any changes then. I always feel kind of bad about changing things, but I also don't usually change too much, so I think it's okay. Time to thoughtfully evaluate!

Hope you're all having a good week!

Complete: 12. Go to the Utah State Fair

Another one down! We went to the Utah State Fair with our most excellent friends Jonathan and Emily. Emily has a totally great 101 List blog and going to the fair was on her list, too, so we combined our powers.

I grew up going to the San Diego County Fair in California (formerly the Del Mar Fair) and it is HUGE. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Utah State Fair, while not quite so huge, is a decent size with plenty to see and do. We especially enjoyed the sheep goats, and butter sculpture.

They had lots of informercial-type items for sale, plenty of deep fried food, and a lot of cool exhibits to look at.

The best part, though, was the ice cream tent. They have ice cream from Utah companies and it's all you can eat for $3. I got to try 5 new flavors of Red Button!

What a great trip. We're totally going to make the Fair priority again next year.

Complete: 13. Attend at least one full day of the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival

I've lived here for a long time and have always heard great things about the Storytelling Festival, but we've only gone to one of the evening events. It only whetted our appetite, so I put on my list that we would go to a full day, and we accomplished this Saturday.

We saw many lovely storytellers. My favorites were:

• Carmen Deedy - she immigrated from Cuba to Georgia as a child and talked about growing up there. She's hilarious. She switches effortless from Southern drawl to speedy Spanish.
• Shonaleigh - she ties present day stories to old Jewish tales with a lovely British accent. It's so interesting to see her connect the themes - we have always been telling the same stories.
• Amber Richardson - Amber is a local teller and she recently produced the production of Mother Wove the Morning that we saw. Such a wonderful surprise to see her there, and even better to hear her retelling of The Little Mermaid.
• Bil Lepp - this guy starts talking and you have no idea what will come out of his mouth next. He tells lies with such ease, resulting in completely believable tall tales.

We heard telling all day long, then went to the Laughin' Night event where every teller told one of their funniest tales. I was expecting gut-busting, rolling on the floor laughing, and it didn't quite live up to that, but it was still very enjoyable.

We are definitely thinking we should go again!

Weekly and Monthly Goals

They are off to a good start! It's silly that to accomplish goals you have to make more goals, but it really helps to break big things down into smaller chunks.

That's all I've got for you this week. Progress is progress!