Sandberg Ramblings

Ok here it goes. I know the title of this post is something that is practically impossible in the America of our day, but I can dream right? Oh and another disclaimer for this post...I'm writing this to vent and I figured at least this is a better place to do it than on Facebook. Hopefully it will save me from most of the crazy comments. It's normally not in my nature to get into heated debates about world issues but I just can't help myself with this one. Being bashed for no good reason about posting a video just makes me frustrated I guess :) I received the Kony 2012 video a couple of days ago from a friend at work and after watching it was kind of disgusted with myself that I didn't know hardly anything about this issue. I knew there were horrible things happening but not any of the details. I've never been one to donate to every little campaign sent my way so I had no intention of donating to the fund, especially without doing my research first, but jus...

As you can tell I don't have much time for blogging and when I do have time I'm not in the blogger mood, thus a month has gone by since my last post. So here is a hodge podge of what has happened here in Iowa lately... Landon is studying for finals and tomorrow is his last one! YAY! One semester of law school done! And in a week we get to come home to Utah for Christmas! I can't tell you how excited I am. I have been counting down since Thanksgiving. I finally finished decorating for Christmas last week. I should have started earlier so that I could enjoy them longer. We didn't get a tree this year since we won't be here, so I crammed all of our decorations elsewhere. When it comes to Christmas, I say the more the merrier right? ;) That's what I keep telling myself. I don't actually have many Christmas decorations other than for our tree so I decided to do some DIY decor while my mom was here for Thanksgiving. So that's my other justification for ...

Looking through the bullet hole in the door at Carthage you can see the window that Joseph fell out of At the burial site of Joseph & Hyrum Such an amazing temple The window at Carthage Crossing the Missisippi to get to Nauvoo Here are the pictures from Nauvoo I promised. We went a few weekends ago while Landon's mom Becky was here. We went to Carthage as well, which is only about 30 min. from Nauvoo, and the drive there was awesome. You follow the Mississippi river the whole way and the huge trees lining the sides of the river bank arch over the road. Even better was that all the leaves were changing. It was...

Sorry if you've missed me.  It's been crazy around here. And it still is.  As I am typing this there is a basket of laundry that needs to be folded and more in the dryer, everything from my shopping trip to Costco is still sitting on our kitchen table, our bathroom needs to be cleaned, Landon ate leftovers for dinner, and that's just the start of it.  But after work today all I wanted was to do absolutely nothing.  We just launched Crewcuts at our store today so there was a lot to do.  Work has definitely kept me busy.  For the first time ever, I am scheduled for a Saturday off this week and I'm so excited to be able to hang out with Landon for the day.  Usually we just see each other in the morning and, depending on my work schedule, a couple hours at night. I think a trip to Omaha is in store, but I think this time we'll stick to I-80 and skip good ol' Beebeetown, Iowa. ;)  I have so much to catch up on! I have some yummy...

Last weekend my mom flew out for her first visit and we had such a great time. She made it feel like home here. Don't get me wrong, Landon is the best of everything and I definitely couldn't be here without him. There is just a special relationship that a girl has with her mom, well atleast I do being the only girl. We did everything from crafting, cooking, painting our walls, talking, shopping, and best of all getting lost and almost running out of gas in the middle of nowhere. And I got the whole weekend off of work, which was a nice break for me as well. We made some really cute Halloween bunting banners out of burlap that I found on pinterest, yummy peach cobbler with the fresh Utah peaches my mom carried on the plane with her (they don't have good fresh peaches in Iowa) and spent all day Saturday painting almost the entire condo. Even Landon was surprised how much we got done. We painted over those chocolate pudding walls in the bedroom and living room, one of th...

I found this recipe on  Just Cook Already  a few weeks ago and finally tried it for dinner tonight. It was a HUGE hit with Landon. He even said it's one of his top 5 favorite meals I've made so that should say a lot. So I thought I would share the recipe with ya'll... Greek Tacos {i adjusted this recipe to serve just 2 of us.} M arinade 2-4 large chicken breasts in this Greek Salad Dressing. (marinade recipe originally from Our Best Bites ) 1/4 c. freshly squeezed lemon juice 1/4 c. white vinegar 2 tsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. kosher salt 1/2 tsp. seasoning salt 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (this will not make the dressing spicy, just flavorful) 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 4 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled 1 c. canola oil (or other salad oil) 1/2 c. crumbled feta cheese 3/4 tsp. Italian seasoning 1/4 tsp. dry oregano In a blender, combine all the ingredients through the ga...

I got a package in the mail from my mom last week, the same one that included the candle I talked about here . In it was a copy of the "thoughts" page from the August 2011 Real Simple magazine. It says "Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style." -Billy Baldwin. Sorry you can't see the picture too well, but it is a little old lady sitting in her hodge podge of a bedroom. But of course as the quote says, it doesn't really matter as long as she loves it! Always follow your heart and do what you love. Wear it, design it, live in it with style!