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So, i have tried to upload a video for your enjoyment. It is taking a lot longer than expected and I have to go to work. I will get getting off early, since it is dumping snow, so i should be able to get it up in a few hours. Keep checking back for my newest project:)

A puzzeling adventure

It is completely snowing again here. After a total white Christmas (it snowed from sun up till about 10pm) we are starting to get the hang of shoveling and driving in the white stuff.
For a Christmas gift I got this Simpson's mosaic type puzzle. Each piece has about three to six different pictures on it but it comes with a "poster" map of it, so it makes it a little bit easier. This will take me a while to complete and so I thought it would be fun if i video taped it and then speed it up. Yeah, my life is just about that exciting.
But anyway, here is my boarder.


Hope you enjoyed that. I continued to work on it last night, but changed the framing so there is less of me and more of the puzzle.
have a great snowy late December day.

It's the right time to rock the night away.

Well it wont be the first time that i was wrong about getting snow in Denver. It started about 2:00 yesterday afternoon and ended a little after 5. The highs are not supposed to break 30 today. And it looks like we might get some flurries on Christmas.
Since it is so cold, i thought i would share a few more photos of Jamaica.
Enjoy...
(shot from our balcony looking done the other. I just liked the lines.The Life guard stand was even a cool color Dunn's River Falls


Surf board and chair at Dunn's Falls
Some of the falls, AMAZING!!!



















Good Old Palm Tree on the beach a Bob Marley, yeah with an inch of rum on top

Sun set at Hedonism
Stage flanks with trip logo


















OK that's all for now. Have a great weekend.
We are checking out the Hot IQ's tonight. They are a local Denver band. Hope they are good.
Cheers

Why oh why??

OK, tell me this. Why do people say "hey, let's not get each other gifts this year and do something special after the holidays" when they know darn well they are going to get a gift for that person anyway??
Last night my boyfriend and I were watching TV and i saw a commercial for something and said, that is neat. And that started the conversation about Christmas gifts. I said, I feel weird not giving each other a gift this year and he told me that he had some things to give me. When i asked him why he said not to give gifts and then goes and gets a gift he just said, well i couldn't not get it for you.
So now i am looking for a gift for him. We we're going to do this. If we were. i would have prepared as i have done every other year, but this one we said we weren't going to. UGH, men!!!!
I tell you. But if that is my biggest problem right now, i think i am doing ok.

The weather is turning here but i don't think we are going to get any snow in Denver proper. The mountains are getting hammered, but we really need it. So, i say bring it on.
I am very much looking forward to this weekend. I will be cleaning up all the crap we just dumped on the floor when we got back from Jamaica and have since been stepping over it this whole week. It is time to straighten up again. We are going out Saturday night, i think, but not tonight. I have to catch up on my TV shows.
Speaking of TV shows did you all see that Big Brother is coming to the winter line up on CBS. I can't even tell you how excited it am about that. This is one of my favorite shows and thought it stunk that it only was on in the summer. But now we get to watch more crazy people all winter too. SWEET!!!
I have completely stopped watching what i am eating now that i have a few months again to make sure i am in bikini shape by next summer. This morning my co-worker told me that he brought in some treats that his wife had made. I scooped up two peanut butter cookies with the Hershey's kiss on top and a real turtle. Well not "real" turtle, but the kind with no cookie, but only caramel and chocolate. YUM. I also got a bag of Ghirardelli chocolate squares from another co-worker. So, i am not going to deprive myself. Why should I. I will rejoin the masses at the gym come the first of the year. But i think i am going to go and just sit i the hot tub this weekend. Again, why not. I deserve it. I mean i type my little fingers to the bone all day (ok, sometimes all day- OK, sometimes a little a day) but i digress. I think a nice dip for me is in order. There's nothing like a dip in th community hot tub with sweaty old men. :)
enjoy that visual..

Making a list and checking it twice.

I have finished my Christmas shopping for my family back and east and sent the package on. I hope everyone likes what i got them. It was fun to pick gifts for people. My boyfriend and I went shopping a few days ago, when we got back from Jamaica. I really like Christmas shopping when it is low volume, and we went at a very low volume time. We were at the mall about an hour before it closes and headed over to Toys R us about 10:30. I was surprised to see that there were families in TRU at that time. But i got everything i needed and the box was packed up last night.
So, before i got the chance to start wrapping, my boyfriend asked it i wanted to ride with him to see some house Christmas lights so he can take some pictures for the paper that will be printed today. I said sure. There was a light competition in the town he covers so we wanted to see the winners. To be honest, there were some that i was disappointed in. But when we got to the last few houses on the winner tour, they got better. I can't believe some of the work people put into this season and holiday. Some people are crazy. And i can only assume they can afford the electricity bill.
So, when we got home, i wrapped everything and hit the sack. I am still really tired from the trip and am very much looking forward to one day this week that we don't have to go anywhere as well as a great weekend of doing a whole bunch of nothing.. HECK YEAH!!

Back to life, back to reality... Back to the here and now again...

Ok, well that was one quick trip to the Caribbean and back. But it was a great trip. So, we got there a little late due to mechanical problems on a plane coming to Miami from Costa Rica. So, we had missed the first two sets by Disco Biscuits by the time we got there. But we got there, and checked into our room at the Breezes. it was a nice room. Two queen beds and a nice bathroom. When we checked in we went into the Disco before we hit the room to grab a drink. We started with Whiskey. So, after quickly changing clothes and heading back to the disco to grab a few more drinks and then grab the shuttle over the Hidonism, where all the shows were and the large stage set up. We quickly found some friends and got oriented to the layout of that resort. We stayed there with Umphree's McGee until about 4am, when the show ended.
We didn't want to miss one valuable minute in Jamaica, so we set the alarm for about three hours later, and jumped out of bed when the alarm went off. We got on our bathing suits, and hit the beach. After grabbing a few more drinks(absolute and Pineapple) and some towels we got two beach chairs and proceeded to enjoy some sun time. We did some swimming, some eating and some drinking. then went back to the room for a little two hour power nap before dinner. The people at the resort seems really pleased with the group and they were having fun as well. The local drug dealers were funny. They would swim up to you because there was some "security" to keep them off the beach. They would ask in their accents. "You need some green, mon?", You want some coke, ecstacy, mon". funny, we just say no and they go away. We heard some some folks that saw a deal go down said that the guy would swim up with a snorkel and they swim away, then come back and give you what ever you wanted in a triple baggie system to keep things dry. Too funny... But i guess everyone needs to make a living.
Anyway, that night we had dinner at Hido and it wasn't very good. On top of the not so great food, there was the Resort's entertainment and OH MY GOD, for one they were TOO LOUD, especially for dinner. We had dinner with a friend from Oregon and could barely hear her while she was sitting less than two feet from me. We stuck around that resort for the two sets f each band. That night i think we got to bed about 4:30. We got up to the sound of the breakfast cart we ordered being delivered about 8:00. We wanted to grab a bite and head out to Ocho Rios for some shopping. We split a cab with some guys from Upstate NY to Dunn's River Falls and a few shopping places. My boyfriend and I wanted to go to a local market, but the cabbie didn't fully understand and kept taking us to tourists places. But we got what we needed and saw the falls. We took a bunch of pics there. We didn't climb it, but it looked fun.
We came back, threw on our swimming suits again and went to the autograph session with the bands that were playing. With my boyfriend being a photographer for live bands, we have tons of good pics of these particular bands from over the years. We took some really great ones and had all the boys sign them, then hit the pool for a drink and some sun before showering and changing for dinner. This time we made reservations at the hibachi Asian restaurant at our resort. It was a great dinner and our chef was funny and entertaining. We had sake bombs with him. Fun all around. Then we went back to the room, got some stuff together and headed back over to Hedo for the show. Saturday night was just Disco Biscuits and then a smaller band played the 2am to 5am set. We left about 4 again. Great night of music, the bands were on...
Sunday we arose to the sinking feeling that we were having the leave after the shows that night. So we quickly donned out bathing suits once again. We went to all the pools and had drinks, took pictures and signed up for a snorkeling excursion that afternoon. (another reason to get lasik). We got some sun that day, and my boyfriend still has a lobster chest. We ate Jerk chicken from the grill and consumed our weight in mango and Bob Marley daiquiris. (red, yellow and green-of course). After the day's activities, we changed really quickly and jetted over to Hedo to try and take some pictures in the day light. Only had time to take a few and we headed back over to Breezes for dinner, as the food was much better over there. After dinner we packed our bags, got most stuff together for our early morning departure and went back to hedo for the shows. Umphrees and The Eggman. Both two-set shows were great. The bands were having a blast and so were all us freaks. After the shows we headed back to Breezes, picked up our gear and headed to the shuttle to the airport.
So, of course we get there at 6 for an 8am departure. We stand in line only to hear that the flight is cancled and we are now spending the day in the Montego bay airport. We could have slept, eaten, spent the day around the pool, but NO..... after we got YELLED AT by the customer service rep for not putting our selves in her shoes, she makes other arraignments for us to fly out at 4:30 on a delta flight. I can tell you that not even 5 minutes after my boyfriend gets our new tickets in hand, they cancel the original flight (the 4:30, 5:55 flight) completely. They were giving hotel vouchers to people to have to stay the night. We were never so glad to get home. Not that we wouldn't have taken another day in Montego Bay or Jamaica in general, but not two days at the airport. No thanks..
But all in all it was good, too fast and well needed. Although since we got NO Sleep, we are still draggin ass, but i am not complaining about that.

My Jamaican vacation is gonna start right here...

...if the phones for me
You can tell 'em I've just sailed away
...
Pour me somethin' tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve, but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere

Ok It's a bit of an obvious choice for song lyric title, but hey i never said i was original or liked to work hard.
But that's about right. It is 12:40 here at work and my head is already on the airplane to Montego bay.

Well here's the culmination of the day. I went to the grocery store to get some soup for lunch. It is a high of 24 degrees and today is a soup day. So, i take the time to find some healthy soup with all the right stuff and non of the bad. It took me about 15 minutes to decide on one. I go through the check out, get back to work and as i am picking up the can from the passenger seat i realize that I don't have a can opener. Nothing!!! So, here i sit, with no lunch and a spent lunch break.. I hope there is something really good for sack today.

See you when i get back. I will have some photos to share. Enjoy your snow and ice and cold. I will be sitting on the beach, with an umbrella-ed drink in my hand and sand in my toes.

It's been a hard day's night.

Hey all, so we are leaving in two, yeah count them, two days!!!! this is awesome. We are both super excited but my boyfriend's work is so crazy that he had not had the time I have had to get really excited. Each day when i am on the treadmill i am thinking about walking in the sand in Jamaica. I hope that we have some good weather. The ten day out look for that area looks like it should be ok. Today and tomorrow i think they are getting the end of the hurricane, (yeah, i know, this is strange) to pass by and then going to be beautiful for our stay. I know it will be great.
They are having an autograph signing so my boy friend, being the photog that he is, has years of pictures of both these bands through the years. So he was pulling out some to print and get signed when we are there. Right now we have a bunch that we got signed on Jam Cruise a few years ago hanging in our hallway leading to the bed rooms. We have karl Denson, Keller Williams (who will also be in Jamaica), Micheal Franti from Spearhead. Les Claypool, I think there is a kyle from SCI. Geeze, i walk by these photos each day and i can't even tell you what they are. That is sad. But either way we will be returning with more to frame and hang.
Tonight i am trying to talk myself into going to the gym and not staying in the warm house and packing all my stuff. Last night i put that chore off thinking it was going to snow all day and I wouldn't be able to get around tonight. But it has stopped snowing. the sun is out, so most of the road should be clear and i shouldnt have much of an issue getting to the gym. UGH.. DAMN.
When i get back from Jamaica, i will cut back on how much i go, but for right now, i think i should keep going and that means going tonight.. UGH.. But it will all be worth it in two days when i am on the beach in my bathing suit... OK, just typing that motivated me to go to the gym. gotta go.. not skipping today.
So, snack time was string cheese and salted peanuts.
I passed on the cheese, taking the peanuts home to my boyfriend, came back to my desk and had a half of an apple (Jamaica in 2 days).
Later mon...

Completely speechless

OK, so i have nothing to say but three days and i will be in the sun. It is supposed to snow more tonight into tomorrow morning. We got, maybe 4-6 inches saturday and they are calling for about that same amount to fall tomorrow.
Three days...
It better not snow on thursday but they are already calling for some. Just hope it doesn't delay the planes or cancel them all together. We will get to Jamaica one way or another.
Almost time to leave work and hit the gym. Then this evening i am going to put my clothes in my backpack and make sure everything fits in it. You don't need a lot of space for a bathing suit, do you?
Snack time was Gardetto's snack mix. That will go home with me for a snack on the trip.
have a great monday.

Well, the weather outside is frightful.

I think winter has started for us. According to the weather people the mountains are getting between 1 and 3 feet before the end of the weekend. Every time i hear that i am SOOO glad that i am not living up top (colorado lingo for 'in them hills') any longer and am down below (colorado lingo for flat lands). Not bad. I think we are going to get some rain, but i doubt we will see much snow yet.

This weekend we have a little bit of things to do. We have to finish decorating the christmas tree. Then we need to pull out the summer clothes and get them in the washer and dryer and then packed safely in the backpacks for next week. All the sun spray (we are from Colorado after all) and things like that. I pulled out my passport last week and set it on my desk with my iPod cables. Both very important for this trip.
We are going to a christmas tree lighting tonight and then to a tuba christmas presentation. Over 130 tubas playing christmas carols. I can't miss that. I might even share my video if it is good.
But that's about it. I am ready to start the weekend.
Snack time was individual snack bags of Chex Mix.. Holiday cheer... :)

I'm a wanted man, Because I'm a.... wanted man.. yes i am...

So, if there were a lynch team at work, i would have gotten the noose today.
Last night we had a great dinner, It was so good that i brought left overs to work for lunch. Well i stunk up the whole office. I had no idea that a fish lunch would cause such a raucous, but i guess i should have known. :) hehehe. So, i work all the time with headphones on. Even if i am not working on a tape, like now, i am updating my blog, i have my headphones on. So, after i heated up my lunch and brought it back to my seat, i can start hearing people saying things, "Whoa, what's that smell" " Holy cow, what is that??" etc. I just smiled with my fork in my hand and listened. But when they said that it could be smelt all the way to the front of the building, i put it away. I am not sure if anyone knew it was me, but needless to say, I am still hungry because i didn't get to finish my stinky lunch. :(
Snack time was Ritz cheese and crackers. Bringing some home to my boyfriend.
7 days until I am on a jet plane.
That's all for today. It rained all morning , it was sunny all afternoon and is supposed to snow tonight or tomorrow.. Typical Denver weather. It will be nice to see some snow before heading down to Jamaica, but i don't need to see it the day we fly out. I will be happy if it comes this weekend and is gone by monday, Thursday at the latest.
I will leave you with some wise words to ponder for this Thursday..

Nothing you need to know.

OK, so i am soooo not in the mood to work today. I don't know what it is about the day, but i feel so low energy and not one ounce of motivation. Today i have been surfing on bored.com and found this little number...
http://www.bored.com/warpcelebs/mark_cuban.htm
If you put your mouse over his face and drag in any direction it distorts it.. very funny.
But maybe not so funny because he signs my paychecks.. Ok, still funny.
There are also a number of things you can do on this site.. You can actually watch paint dry. But i found these little bits of information not useful at all and thought maybe you all might enjoy them.


If you think that I smell, A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.

A Michigan law states that a wife's hair legally belongs to her husband.

If you are ever in the desert, it is good to know that A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.

According to bar sales across the U.S., here are the top 15 cocktails: 1) Dry martini, 2) Manhattan, 3) Whiskey sour, 4) Bloody Mary, 5) Gimlet, 6) Daiquiri, 7) Tom Collins, 8) Old Fashioned, 9) Margarita, 10) Screwdriver, 11) Bacardi, 12) Stinger, 13) Harvey Wallbanger, 14) Gin & Tonic, and 15) Rum & Coke, and now this is my challenge while in Jamaica. I think i can do it :)

and just to make sure i end on a high note: Cockroaches can live for nine days without their heads, at which point they die of starvation. and I think whether they have heads or not, they "break wind: every 15 seconds.

Happy Wednesday.
(Snack was Icee Freezes, I had a cherry.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12, doo-doo-do-doo....

But I've got time on my side; And now my heart, all filled with pride; Many days to realize my final plan.

First and foremost, i want to wish the best of BIRTHDAYS to my wonderful, loving, creative, caring and beautiful sister... I hope that the next year brings you nothing but smiles, love and happiness... :) I LOVE MY SISTER!!!! check her page out.
http://whitneysspot.blogspot.com/
11 days and counting...
So, Monday again. Sorry for the lite postings last week. I just didn't have it in me. But i am back on it this week. I've only got 11 days then off to the beach for a little fun and Umphrees McGee and Disco Biscuit party.
I have really been watching what i eat and using this website that gives you meal plans for trying to lose weight and it is working. I have to get back into that bikini in 11 days so i might as well try. Well last night i was measuring out " serving" of the soup we had and was telling my boyfriend that i can't wait to have three desserts each night, just because i can. He laughed at me measuring my soup and talking about over eating in Jamaica. I have really enjoyed these meal plans and they are totally helping, so i am not going to go totally crazy, and will continue when i get back. but when i am there, i can't go nuts for every calorie my whisky and cokes have or the Mango daiquiri with the little umbrella etc. But i can't wait to wake up and sit on the beach, then have some lunch, little nap, little swim, little dinner and two HUGE SHOWS!!! I have been talking about it all weekend.
I am sure that by tomorrow i will not have much left to say and will start talking about other topics, but for now that is what is on my mind.
So, this past weekend was a fast one for me. On Saturday we delivered these music magazines that we devilver each month. This is the first, so we had deliveries. I am just glad it was on a weekend. The weekday months SUCK> But we spent a lot of the day doing that, then just came home and watched a bunch of TV and laid on the sofa. It was soooo Cold.
Sunday my boyfriend had to cover an event at the Local St. Joesph's hospital. I guess the nuns that volunteer there are HUGE Bronco fans and they watch each sunday religiously,, he he get it??? anyway one Sunday a year they throw this big party for them, basically. Just showing that they are fans. i think. But anyway i got talked into going and there was some food, drink, nuns dressed in their bronco attire and a large projection of the game. It was fun. We thanked the nuns for the glass of wine on a Sunday at the hospital and left. The reason i got talked into going to the nun event is (#1) my boyfriend said that since i went to a catholic high school i shouldn't have any problem going, (yeah didn't make since to me either) and (#2) if i went then we could go to the free day at the science museum. That reason worked for me.. So, we went to the science museum. that was fun.
That's about it for me. Time to get back to work i guess.
Happy monday to all.