Happy Birthday to Me.

Thanks to all of my cool friends and family who helped me celebrate my 30th B-day. Thanks especially to S.A.R.A. who got me Guitar Hero 3 for XBOX. Come over and play it friends, I can guarantee a good time on it.

Oh and a special thanks to Zaid who took the pictures because I still cannot find the cord to my camera.

Oh.. and a special Happy Birthday this week goes to:

Kathleen who is a great sister-friend to me.

Rylie and Caera who are both 1 years old this week.

Chrystal who has been a friend for many years.

My mamma who rocks the enchilada.

Sonya.. stud girl.

Brittany and Tom and Ned who are my birthday twins.

Mary who I have not seen in a million years.

Diane who is a bowling queen.

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.