One million years

Wow.. I feel like i have not posted in one million years.

So.. I was in sunny southern California last week, and NO I did not see any fires and NO I did not meet Arnold and NO I did not go to Disneyland. I was at the Annual Technical Conference for petroleum engineers. Being with a bunch of enginerds is a true party. Besides listening to a bunch of technical papers and seeing some good (and bad) presentations I got to meet some new friends and see some old ones. Good times were had (by me atleast).

Hmmm.. What else? I went to the Bronco's game last night. Woot.

In other news..I AM ON VACATION ALL WEEK! I am pretty much going to stay home and chill-ax and mentally prepare for the next 3 weeks of finishing this semester while sitting on my couch or a ski lift...if it would ever snow. This vacation also gives me some good time to mentally prepare to enter my 30's. Dude.

Tag

Katie says I have to tag* 10 peeps to list 10 random things about themselves. I never play these games but I thought this one might be fun. SO here is my list.. read the bottom to see how you play the game.

10 Random Things About Me
1. I can only brush my teeth with warm water.
2. I only like writing with 0.5 mm lead in my mechanical pencil.
3. I don’t like foods to touch each other on my plate.
4. I only like fruit flavoured yogurt if I am also eating fruit.
5. I L*O*V*E going new places but I hate travelling. (You know what I mean.. packing, airport, waiting in line at security.)
6. I have never thrown away a single birthday card given to me.
7. Ever since Johnny Depp was on 21 Jump Street he has been my secret boyfriend.
8. I ate a fried egg for the first time in my life 2 weeks ago.
9. The first time I ever slept over at a friends house was at the age of 18. (Yes, I never as a child was allowed to go to slumber parties.)
10. I am a ninja.

I tag Melli because she is the Master of the Universe. I tag Melinda because her kids sing great songs about beer (they are Irish who can blame them?). I tag Sue because she is a cool librarian. I tag Andy because he has not updated his blog since August 2006. I tag Prudence because she is the oil princess of Louisiana. I tag Micah but since she can now outrun me she will probably tag me back. I tag Chris B. because he is married to Lisa B. I tag Ayoub because he wrote a report on toilet paper.

*Here's how you play....once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with ten random facts, habits, or goals about yourself. At the end, choose ten people to tag, listing their names and why you chose them; don't forget to leave a comment on their page letting them know "tag you're it". You cannot tag the original people/person back that tagged you first, but let them know when you have posted so they can read your blog.

A day in the life of an 8 year old.

Ok. So I have been a little busy. Ok stupidly busy with school and work.

But I have a funny story.

So my 8 year nephew called me up the other day.. here is the short version of the conversation.

Mario: Auntie can I have the little guitar that is in your closet?
Me: I don't know let me think about it.
(2 days later Mario, Savanna (his twin sister) and I were Halloween shopping)

Mario: Auntie are we going to go back to your house and pick up the guitar.
Me: No.
Mario: Can I still have your guitar?
Me: What will you trade me for the guitar?
Savannah: Oh.. Auntie Lia we have lots of toys to trade you.
Mario: Yeah pick whatever toy you want!
Me: Nooooo.. I will trade you the guitar for your little dog Mackie. ;)

(dead silence in the back seat of the car)
Mario: Will you take care of Mackie?
Savannah: My mom will NEVER let you take Mackie.
Mario: Auntie.. you are never home will you buy another dog to play with Mackie?

Long story short.. I ended up trading 5 carwashes for the guitar.

Do you remember your first musical instrument? Mine was a drum.

I would if I could..

If I could I would post pictures from my latest adventure. But I lost the cord to my camera. I have looked for it everywhere. I guess the only bonus to losing the cord to my camera is that I found my long lost beloved Maui Jim sunglasses. They were in the couch. Along with 14 cents and a lego.

So.. This last weekend I went to the Dominican Republic with my comadre Lisa. Just picture a white sandy beach, a swim up bar, and lots of relaxation. Now.. hold that picture in your head and wait a couple of days.. my camera cord didn't just grow legs and swim away.

Peace Out.

A little bitter

Ok.. I am a little bitter about school lately.
They changed the rules at good ol CSM.. to get an 'A' in a class you need a 97% or above. Who is 97% perfect?!?!

Let me break 97% perfect down for you...
a. If there are 365 days in a year and your goal was to never sleep past 7am.. you could only break that 11 times. (less then once a month)

b. In every appointment or for every meeting you could only ever be 1.8 minutes late for every hour.

3. If you were going to do 100 pushups, then only 3 of them could be less then perfect.

d. IF YOU MISLABLE 6 GRAPHS IN ONE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT YOU GET A 94%. Even if ALL of the answers and calculatons that took 20 hours to obtain are 100% perfect. For the love.

My new goal is not to poke my eye out before I am done with grad school.

Fall 14-er

A couple of weeks ago 5 friends and I climed our first 14-er. It was Mt. Bierstadt at 14, 060 ft.

Yes, I am a Coloradan who has never climbed a 14-er.

Yes, I was a backpacking guide for many summers in a row, and never climbed a 14-er.

Don't make fun of me. (Ok, you can, but just a little)


Anyway.. I climbed the mountain with one of my 2 greatest friends (Yolanda and Lisa) and 3 others from our church. It was a beautiful day, we ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at the summit, and drank luke warm water.

Fall is here. The leaves are changing.

It is a new season here in Colorado, the leaves are changing the air is a little brisk and the days are getting shorter. One of the more exciting things that happened the past couple of weeks is that I acquired a hot tub.

Here are some reasons to have a hot tub in Colorado.

1. After a neck breaking week of studying there is no better way to relax.

2. Sitting in your hot tub saves heat inside the house during a snowstorm.

3. After watching the Broncos miss tackle after tackle, you need some way to melt away your sorrows.

In other news.. my 2 month back yard de-weeding project is almost done.

Rewind...So this summer I was super tired of de-weeding my hardscape.. well I talked my dad into helping me shovel out all the rock and then today, a friend and I leveled the ground and laid some landscape fabric.. now all I have to do is shovel the rock back.

All of this landscaping is a great distraction.. because who wants to write a term paper (due Tuesday) anyway?Other then thse two happenings friends, not too much else is going on.. school and homework and work threaten to send my snorkle underwater but with the strength of Christ and with a little bit of mama's home cooking, life is good.