Here we are again, my friends.

It's spring time in the Mountains again. This means that one day you can be out side playing in 70 degree weather and the next morning wake up to snow. That's what happened this weekend here.
Friday i baled early and went home. My boyfriend and I played outside for a bit, then headed up the mountain to Black Hawk. We got to the Casino just in time, they had just opened and there wasn't mush of a line. I ate about three clusters of crab legs (they were really good) and then had some bites of other things. I will never know why people insist on using cilantro, it is gross, you should never add it to anything eatable. I'm just saying...
Then we headed over to a friend's house for some couch sitting and digesting. We ended up staying in the hills a little longer than expected, but the visit was good. And we realized it had been months since we had been up at elevation, so that is good to get back up top.
We started heading back to the city about 10pm. Got home, checked a few things on the TV and hit the sack. Saturday morning came and we decided that use the day to get all the magazines out in one day and not have to do any the rest of the weekend. We did just that. Got everything delivered. And i got a slice of pizza out of it... YEAH, I love when the route matches up to my hunger...
Before we really got moving on the deliveries, my boyfriend tells me that we have to go to this police station for a tour.. I guess it was some civil training course that was graduating. By the time we got there there wasn't much going on. But i had my video camera with me and got some B-roll shots of a fire truck and so on. We were taking the tour of the station, my camera was running and we went into the dispatch center. At the time there wasn't much going on, so one of the dispatchers was telling us about the different screens and different controls they have over the entire station as well we the cameras they have in all the rooms etc. At that time a call came in, an apparent DOA. So they all went into work mode. We were escorted out and continued the tour. There were a few holding cells, crime lab, etc. Very interesting, and i got some other b-roll of the jail cell etc.
When the tour was over, i was asked to talk to a police officer that was walking up to my boyfriend and I. He started telling me that i wasn't supposed to be shooting in the dispatch room, etc. To be honest, i was pretty sure someone was going to say something about that to me. So, i offered to show him what i shot. He was very apologetic but said that i had to delete all the dispatch room footage.. That sucked.. but i did get some interesting stuff. not sure what i am going to do with it. but it is fun to collect.
I am thinking about starting a website for the local area i live in and just put up event listings, and things like that, but then it is also an outlet for happenings that i shoot. Think it might give me a little more of a platform to use my skills and also gain me some additional press credentialing than i already get.. just something legit, i mean, you know.. these are all only ideas. Just thinking out loud i guess. It's that kind of day.
So, after the police station detour, we finished all the deliveries. For a reward, we stopped into one of our favorite bars and got a quick drink, then headed home.
Sunday started out as a lazy day. But when hunger over took us, we had to venture out. We have nothing in the house and neither one of us got paid until today to go some major grocery shopping. So we decided on Noodle's and CO. and ventured out of the house. We had a quick stop at Rite Aid (i ended up spending money that i didn't plan to spend, of course, should have gone grocery shopping instead). As we were headed up the street to get Noodles. we made a sudden turn into the parking lot of the shopping center where Joanne fabrics is.. My new favorite store in the whole world!!! i started, of course, asking questions but got no answers, my boyfriend just kept silent and driving. Then we pulled into a parking spot right in front of Joanne. I was about to jump out of my skin i was so excited.. THEN the best thing happened.. WE WENT INTO THE STORE...
We looked at all the quilting stuff and my boyfriend kept asking, what do you need.. what will make it easier to make quilts. etc.. Knowing that my birthday is next week, i was looking at some stuff. Ended up deciding on some template paper to make my own templates instead of the $10.00 ones they sell for one piece.. Then i thought about it and i really just need some more material. We got a little over whelmed when looking at the large wall of fabrics. But once we walked up to it we saw they had small pieces already cut for about $1.50 each.. My boyfriend told me to pick out 10. Since he has the better color sense, we picked out some fabrics and headed out. When we were walking out the door, i asked if he was going to wrap them for me to open and he said that it wasn't for my birthday.. it was just because..
Now, that is the darn sweetest thing ever.. I mean i don't want any flowers or jewelry. just some quilting fabrics and i am melting :)
After getting soe grub we headed back home and had a pretty lazy rest of the day. (except for going though my uilting books for a cool pattern to make.
That was my weekend. Seemed to have gone my really quick and i don't think that either of us rested too much. My boyfriend was fighting a bad headache this morning. I think we are in need of a good fun weekend coming up next weekend.. We need to blow off some steam, you know. And i think Chicago is a great place to do that.

Here are some things that are more interesting than me today..

Today is Hot Guitar Day, marking the British concert on this date in 1967 featuring Cat Stevens and Englebert Humperdinck when Jimi Hendrix first set fire to his guitar. (Englebert is so hot..)

Today is Buy Some New Socks Day. Go ahead, you’re worth it. (did that a few weeks ago at the outlets, but am wearing a new pair today..)

Today is Cesar Chavez Day. In 2000, California approved the creation of a new state holiday to honor Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers.
Chavez was born on March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona. (they are celebrating in Denver today)

Summer Time begins today in the U.K. The U.S. calls it daylight saving time..

Today is National Clams on the Half Shell Day. (friggen yummy)

Today is National "She's Funny That Way" Day, a day to pay tribute to funny women by listing ways the women in our lives make us laugh (sponsored by Brenda Meridith of Winchendon, Massachusetts, 978-297-1820). (Look for list in future blog)

And since my birthday is coming up, here are all the things that went on on this date, since i have been alive

1973: Loudon Wainright-the-3rd’s "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" peaked at #16 on Billboard’s Hot 100.

1974: Three Miami Dolphins, Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Paul Warfield, signed with the World Football League’s Toronto Northmen, which soon became the Memphis Southmen. The World League folded within two years and still owes all three players money.

1985: "The Love Boat" celebrated its 200th TV episode by honoring its 1,000th guest star, Lana Turner.

1989: "Wrestlemania-5," pitting Hulk Hogan against Macho Man Savage, became the largest pay-per-view program in cable TV history. (I watched it)

1995: The 23-year-old Tejano star Selena Quintanilla-Perez was shot and killed at a Corpus Christi motel. The manager of her boutiques was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.

1998: God did not appear live at 10:00 a.m. on Channel 18 as predicted by a Tawanese UFO cult in Garland, Texas. The group had predicted God’s appearance for months. (shocking)

1999: During a promotional ride of a new roller coaster at the Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia, model Fabio was cut over the nose when a bid flew into his face. (That is too funny..I grew up going to this theme park)

2001: In Thessaloniki, Greece, two men using a crossbow to shoot drugs over a prison wall were arrested by police and charged with narcotics trafficking. Police had been staking out the Diavata prison after wardens discovered small bags of heroin and hashish hanging from the barbed wire atop the wall surrounding the penitentiary. (pure geniuses)

2005: Terri Schiavo, a 41-year-old Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state since 1990, died 14 days after removal of her feeding tube in a right-to-die dispute that involved the courts, Congress and the White House.