Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Highway to Hell...

is what one team called it. I went. I did. I conquered. Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay 2009 was awesome, however, while I was running I was hating life and wondering why I even signed up for this. It was good the team finished in under 30 hours which was exciting. We are no BYU runners who finished in 17 hours but we were close behind!! :) The altitude killed me about 13 steps into my first leg. When I run in Hood to Coast I totally bank on the altitude difference and because of that I think the Wasatch Back is harder plus there are more hills. I did have fun and I will probably do it again especially when someone asks me to participate in a few months when the ache of my muscles is a distant memory. So after 30 hours of fun with 4.5 hours of sleep, I crashed on Saturday afternoon after a long awaited shower for about 17 hours. I can be a sleeper if I need to. I was pretty impressed by this skill of mine. Well, here is some of the fun. Enjoy real pictures on this post.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sneak Preview



SO my friend Toni has decided to go off and move to Reno after she gives birth to her little girl so..... we decided to hang out one last weekend before that's the end of it. Since the tv was advertising that there would be a sneak preview this Saturday for The Proposal we decided to hit up fandango and purchase some tickets for the big showing. We barely got seats together but we settled near the top of the theater with out smuggled in sodas and candy delights and we watched one of funniest movies ever!! I. loved. it. Honestly there was not too many moments where there was not something funny going on. And it was good funny not corny funny. I actually wish it was already out on DVD so that I could own it. I might just have to go grudgingly spend another freaking $8.50 to see the it again. Definitely would recommend it though for everyone even the guys because it's funny and let's face it Sandra Bullock is hot. For the ladies, Ryan Reynolds is is easy on the eyes in this one, but remember ... both of them are both happily married actors if that is at all possible in Hollywood. And since I have become a great critic of plays and movies, I give this one 3 thumbs up again.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

If you want to be POPULAR....


then you should go see the fabulous musical of WICKED! After a long time waiting for this monumental weekend, I finally got to see this infamous musical with my sis-in-law, Heado, and....I. LOVED.IT. It was so good even though it wasn't the originally cast, which somehow people think would diminish the "fantastic-ness" of the play. I would have to say my favorite part was where the song 'popular' was performed. The play was also surprising funny. Loved the main characters, Elphaba and Glinda/GAlinda :), and Fiyero was also fantastically good-looking. I give the show 3 thumbs up even though I only have 2 thumbs! I would highly recommend it to anyone who gets the opportunity to go. Heck I would even go see it again.

Monday, April 27, 2009

We're a crappy generation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus

SO apparently I am illiterate when it comes to computers. I can't figure out how to add a video without having to download it onto my computer so if you can't copy and paste the above address into the URL space then this video is specifically talking to you.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Pay it forward-->

I thought I would take my sister in law up on her invitation...
So, here's how it works: the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year a handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well. Before you leave your comment, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going (or copy and paste like I did). Then come back, let me know you're going to play and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! Come and play!!

P.S. I might have done this so that I could get a surprise from my sis-in-law!! :) tee-hee

Monday, February 9, 2009

25 random facts about me

I know you have been dying to know this information about me but hopefully it will satisfy the fact that I haven't posted in almost 2 months. (Plus my sister-in-law tagged me so I thought I would participate). I'm horrible. I'm going to blogger hell for my lack of blogging.


1. I have a slight case of OCD and I can be a perfectionist—which doesn’t always show, thank goodness!
2. I wish that I was well off financially only so that I could travel the world and see all that it has to offer.
3. I have a slight crush on Andy Roddick. Okay so it’s actually a big crush. He sure is good looking!! I could watch him play tennis for hours on end. Dang him for ever getting engaged. It won’t last!!
4. There are a lot of times I wish I could go back to high school where life was simpler.
5. I could watch ‘Friends’ reruns until the cows come home. I love that show.
6. I love being with my family. I wish we could all live under the same roof—of course it would have to be a mansion of some sort otherwise I would go nuts from tight quarters.
7. I love to laugh, would do it all day if I could. I love getting to that point where your stomach and cheeks hurt from laughing so hard. Burns lots of calories too I hear.
8. I wish I never had to work a day in my life. Don’t get me wrong, I love where I work and my paychecks and I’m sure I would be bored out of my mind if I didn’t work but it always seems like a great idea when I’m working.
9. I love game shows—especially Price Is Right. I know it’s an old people thing to watch but I have been known to set my alarm so that I didn’t miss it in the mornings on my days off. I sometimes get a little depressed if I miss it.
10. I love the smell of gasoline and paper money. Love going to fill up the tank.
11. I love to play tennis but it bothers me that I’m not good at it. It looks so easy when you watch it on the TV.
12. I don’t mind watching football games but it usually is more fun to watch when I have an interest in one of the teams.
13. Thunderstorms fascinate me. Love the lightning and more so when it is down pouring to.
14. I had a hemangioma under my chin when I was born and it was removed when I was 7. I hated when people would ask me what it was and then were grossed out about it. I’m not going to lie though, it was kind of gross but I couldn’t help it. Kids can be so mean sometimes.
15. I always wanted to change my name to Hailey or Julie when I was younger. I did not like my name.
16. I want my first kid to be a girl because I think you probably spend the most one-on-one time with your first and I think it will be so fun to dress a little girl and be very cutsy with her and apparently I will only be able to do this if I have a girl first.
17. I was always scared that I was going to be kidnapped when I was little and that my kidnappers would look something like Horace and Jasper from 101 Dalmatians. I think the new stories of kidnappings was a big thing when I was in kindergarten so I think that’s where my fear started.
18. I wish that everyone had to stay home on the first snow of the winter because growing up in Oregon, when it snowed the whole city/world stopped. Everyone would have to cuddle up on the couch and read a book or watch tv and sip hot chocolate all day long.
19. I love the Christmas holiday for obvious reasons but mainly because for the most part everyone is in a good mood because of what season it is.
20. The 4th of July is actually my favorite holiday, which you might not have guessed from the previous fact mentioned in #19.
21. Swedish fish and Hershey’s kisses are my all-time favorite candies. And I usually have a favorite candy based on which holiday it is (Juju hearts on valentine’s day, Cadbury mini eggs for easter, those sugary pumpkin candies for Halloween, etc.)
22. Unlike most people who want to sky dive before they die, I would actually like to milk a cow one day before I die. Strange, I know.
23. I hate snakes. I think it is because they can move without any appendages. No arms or legs, how is it possibly?! Freaks me out.
24. When I would go visit my grandparent’s house in Montana (up in the mountains), I was a little afraid that I would run into a mountain lion and it would eat me.
25. I hate when people are mad at me or tell me I am very wrong. It just makes me feel very funny inside. Don’t get me ‘wrong’(ha ha, funny), I know I get things wrong all the time but I hate when it is pointed out to me in front of lots of people. Maybe that’s a little of the perfectionist in me. I hate being wrong.

P.S. the picture at the top is for entertainment purposes only