Since I am not the greatest writer I hate posting updates. With that said I will do my best to fill everyone in on my life of the past year…
Short end of things I have at age 30 had to find a new me, a side of me that fulfils my active side of life, with out being in the mountains and being active. I have been working, dating, dealing with medical things, and just loving life.
I have taken a couple of trips to California, spend a lot of great times in WY, went to NYC for the first time ever, and I have learned that I have a love for big cities as long as I never have to live there.
I think my new thing is going to be getting a motorcycle license and one day get one. I want a Yamaha R6. No worries I think that having something fast and fun will fulfill my need for excitement and need to play… the active side of me. Bottom line is I would be making a good investment for years of playing. Now I have found a sport I can enjoy safely here in Utah.
I have decided to no longer have a tv in my house and I am really liking it, only bad part is I should have started this AFTER football season. I heart football and I am going through withdraws from it right now.
I have moved out on my own, meaning no more roommates, it was just time and for my own sanity. I love living alone and all that comes with this sweet time! I also got a Boston Terrier (dog) this year as a reward that I am still here and going with the health trauma drama! She is a great puppy and I have wanted one for a while now. SO yes I have become a dog lady, but she is so worth it!
In the last 2 years I have gone through many changes and the health thing is teaching me many lessons. It has been two very long years and worth every minute of them to find me and who I really am and what makes me happiest in life. I have been making changes and after this last trip to SD, I have got a spark back and am ready to start living a fuller life. I have goals and I can’t wait to see them all come together.
Work and I are getting along right now, I am now PT though so everything is changing, I will know better just how much this week. Yes this effect many area’s in my life and that is why I have decided I have to move and shake a bit to get a better more secure foundation for myself. I am now focusing in on things and should be able to get back in school for sure next year.
I have come to realize just how much I love life and am tired of having limitations so I am testing them and will be learning new things so I can have new hobbies! I can’t wait.
So there you go you are all updated on what is happening with me!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
ATLANTA'S BIGGEST LOOSER
OK to start with part of this post was stolen from a friend so.... now you know...
I have a friend who is amazing and has an amazing story as to why she is doing Atlata's Biggest Looser, she really needs your votes to stay on. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AND GO VOTE FOR HER!!! Just go to this link and follow directions, it only take 30 seconds if that!
http://www.11alive.com/life/contests/moms_biggest_loser/default.aspx
You will see a link down the right side of the web page that allows you to cast a vote...she is the top one. Her name is Christina Packham.
Thank you all... if you want to vote twice it will help her even more. This is only good till Friday at 10 am EST. Please help!
I have a friend who is amazing and has an amazing story as to why she is doing Atlata's Biggest Looser, she really needs your votes to stay on. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AND GO VOTE FOR HER!!! Just go to this link and follow directions, it only take 30 seconds if that!
http://www.11alive.com/life/contests/moms_biggest_loser/default.aspx
You will see a link down the right side of the web page that allows you to cast a vote...she is the top one. Her name is Christina Packham.
Thank you all... if you want to vote twice it will help her even more. This is only good till Friday at 10 am EST. Please help!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
The wonderful trip to California….
Well I left on the 28th of January and came home on the 1st of February. It was a wonderful trip with Connie. I went out there for “work” and was able to have a real vacation with Connie and family. We flew in on Wednesday and just spent the evening with Claire and Eric visiting. Then on Thursday, we drove the 101 down from Oceanside to La Jolla area.
Then we went and took the tour on the USS Midway. This was fun for me because it brought back memories and I was able to share some with Connie. I think the one thing that still makes me laugh from being on the ship was when we took the tour of the “flight tower”. For any one that is afraid of heights, well you may not want to take that tour. At one point as we moved to the upper level we were on a cat walk that was 90 feet above the water. No worries, if you fell, you would have been hurting! The look on Connie’s face when the tour guide said that and she looked down was priceless!!! Good job Connie!!! I have to say it was nice to be on a carrier and see some things I was never able to before.
After the USS Midway, we headed to Coronado Island, where we had a great time on the beach and had dinner at Panera Bread (love that place). It was fun to play in the water again and be on the beach. Though the water was cold, it was still fun. Funny part was when Connie found a “shell” we will call it, me being the pearl dork I am, we took said “shell” home and opened it that night with Papa J’s tools. NO worries they were the car ones and I cleaned them up. Sorry Papa J, I needed them! I then just though, Oh, I will set it out on the table in the back and get it tomorrow when it has time to dry up, then I can keep the shell part all nice and clean. OOOPPPSSSS…. We left for Disneyland, as I forgot about it. Papa J found it, might I say the smell found him. He is a champ and did not kill me for having to clean the ant mess and deal with the smell. He really is the best ever!
DISNEYLAND!!!! That was on Friday, it was Mama Claire, Connie, Vanessa, Sydney, Javeevee, and Me. It was Connie’s first time ever there (she had many first on this trip) and only my second time there. It was fun; just I think one has to take two days there, one for the rides, and one for the shows. Sad part was, we did not get to see the fire works. I have to say though, having a handy pass was the best. Due to the heart and not being able to just stand for long times, I went and got one so I could really enjoy the time there. Needless to say, I think we only waited max 10 minutes for any ride. The one exception was the “galaxy one”. It was all dark and had stars, by far the best ride! You never knew what was coming, so it was worth the full 20 ish minutes we had to wait in line to go on the ride. I have to say, Disneyland may be over rated, but it was fun and I have great memories there. Thanks Connie!
Other than that we did some shopping, maybe I should say Connie did some shopping and I just window shopped. I also worked for a bit on Saturday, since that is why I was there after all. The bad part was, we had a full Bookkeeping Course stolen and we were there longer than planned. All though we did have a great lunch with the best 7 layer chocolate cake ever for dessert, even if it was a 3 hour lunch.
I have to say this trip was amazing, not because all that we were able to do, but because it was true quality time spent with Connie and the family. How truly blessed I am to have them in my life, to learn from, and to have great times with. I could not ask for a better best friend or family who has been through the worst with me this last year. Thank you all for your support and love.
Here are some pictures for you from the trip, I am sure you can figure out what was what.
Then we went and took the tour on the USS Midway. This was fun for me because it brought back memories and I was able to share some with Connie. I think the one thing that still makes me laugh from being on the ship was when we took the tour of the “flight tower”. For any one that is afraid of heights, well you may not want to take that tour. At one point as we moved to the upper level we were on a cat walk that was 90 feet above the water. No worries, if you fell, you would have been hurting! The look on Connie’s face when the tour guide said that and she looked down was priceless!!! Good job Connie!!! I have to say it was nice to be on a carrier and see some things I was never able to before.
After the USS Midway, we headed to Coronado Island, where we had a great time on the beach and had dinner at Panera Bread (love that place). It was fun to play in the water again and be on the beach. Though the water was cold, it was still fun. Funny part was when Connie found a “shell” we will call it, me being the pearl dork I am, we took said “shell” home and opened it that night with Papa J’s tools. NO worries they were the car ones and I cleaned them up. Sorry Papa J, I needed them! I then just though, Oh, I will set it out on the table in the back and get it tomorrow when it has time to dry up, then I can keep the shell part all nice and clean. OOOPPPSSSS…. We left for Disneyland, as I forgot about it. Papa J found it, might I say the smell found him. He is a champ and did not kill me for having to clean the ant mess and deal with the smell. He really is the best ever!
DISNEYLAND!!!! That was on Friday, it was Mama Claire, Connie, Vanessa, Sydney, Javeevee, and Me. It was Connie’s first time ever there (she had many first on this trip) and only my second time there. It was fun; just I think one has to take two days there, one for the rides, and one for the shows. Sad part was, we did not get to see the fire works. I have to say though, having a handy pass was the best. Due to the heart and not being able to just stand for long times, I went and got one so I could really enjoy the time there. Needless to say, I think we only waited max 10 minutes for any ride. The one exception was the “galaxy one”. It was all dark and had stars, by far the best ride! You never knew what was coming, so it was worth the full 20 ish minutes we had to wait in line to go on the ride. I have to say, Disneyland may be over rated, but it was fun and I have great memories there. Thanks Connie!
Other than that we did some shopping, maybe I should say Connie did some shopping and I just window shopped. I also worked for a bit on Saturday, since that is why I was there after all. The bad part was, we had a full Bookkeeping Course stolen and we were there longer than planned. All though we did have a great lunch with the best 7 layer chocolate cake ever for dessert, even if it was a 3 hour lunch.
I have to say this trip was amazing, not because all that we were able to do, but because it was true quality time spent with Connie and the family. How truly blessed I am to have them in my life, to learn from, and to have great times with. I could not ask for a better best friend or family who has been through the worst with me this last year. Thank you all for your support and love.
Here are some pictures for you from the trip, I am sure you can figure out what was what.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Return to Utah....
Let’s see, I headed back to Utah, on December 27th so I could take two days to travel with the knowledge a bad snow storm may come in. WOW! Was this one adventurous trip home! To start with my car hit 100,000 miles, no worries I got that picture. Then I had a little accident. We were in 2 hours of traffic and only went like 3 miles. Oh, did I mention we were still 80 miles out from Las Vegas when we were dead stopped? Short end of the story is easy, I was not on the road and tried to get back on from trying to pull off, and some road rage woman and her crazy husband tried to bump me out. Yes they came off the road to do that. Needless to say they got my babies driver side mirror. She is all fixed now and well it is still being fought out with the insurances right now. I finally got home Sunday afternoon and was so happy to see my bed; I was gone for so long it was weird to be back. It was kind of lonely in an empty house as well. But no worries I grew to love it and miss my roommate!
Here is a picture:
After returning to Utah, I have gone back to work, and living life. I was blessed to spend time with Kara, since she invited me to see Dancing with the Starts, at the E-center. It was so much fun, thank you Kara for taking me.
Here is a picture:
Then on the 1st of the year, I got to have lunch with Erin Simmons. She was in town for the holiday’s to see her family. She is one of the sisters in the Carlsbad Mission that taught me some of the new member discussions and teaching me so much that has helped me in life every since. I have not seen her since I left on my mission, so yes it has been years. It was so great to see her and visit with her. What is better than seeing friends you have not seen in a long time?
Then on the 23rd of January, I was able to take my little (BBBS) to the Grizzly’s Hockey game. It was the BBBS appreciation night and we had a blast. I love that little girl and could not imagine life with out her smile now. The funny part was all the Bigs’ were asked to where those cute little t-shirts… here is a preview of how hot they are. No worries, it was like those gloves they make, one size fits all! Pour Trina is an extra small and all they had was Large, extra large and larger! It was a very fun night.
We also did a sleep over, can I just tell you how two little girls can wipe any one out…Mothers I have no clue how you do it!!!
Here are some pictures:
Now you all have been caught up to where life is now for me… well at least you have the highlights…
Love you all and I promise I will do better in blogging!!!!
Here is a picture:
After returning to Utah, I have gone back to work, and living life. I was blessed to spend time with Kara, since she invited me to see Dancing with the Starts, at the E-center. It was so much fun, thank you Kara for taking me.
Here is a picture:
Then on the 1st of the year, I got to have lunch with Erin Simmons. She was in town for the holiday’s to see her family. She is one of the sisters in the Carlsbad Mission that taught me some of the new member discussions and teaching me so much that has helped me in life every since. I have not seen her since I left on my mission, so yes it has been years. It was so great to see her and visit with her. What is better than seeing friends you have not seen in a long time?
Then on the 23rd of January, I was able to take my little (BBBS) to the Grizzly’s Hockey game. It was the BBBS appreciation night and we had a blast. I love that little girl and could not imagine life with out her smile now. The funny part was all the Bigs’ were asked to where those cute little t-shirts… here is a preview of how hot they are. No worries, it was like those gloves they make, one size fits all! Pour Trina is an extra small and all they had was Large, extra large and larger! It was a very fun night.
We also did a sleep over, can I just tell you how two little girls can wipe any one out…Mothers I have no clue how you do it!!!
Here are some pictures:
Now you all have been caught up to where life is now for me… well at least you have the highlights…
Love you all and I promise I will do better in blogging!!!!
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