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.

Is there a place for the hopeless sinner,

Well Bob Marley asked the question, and i have the answer...

The Caribbean Holidaze. It is a Super-inclusive trip to Jamaica with a few bands that my boyfriend and i really love to see. They are not above Panic for me, but I guess i can say that i would travel to Jamaica to catch a few shows.
So, we leave December 13th to the 17th. Flying back will be so hard, but for what we are doing, i am super excited. So, in order to get a cheap(er) flight, we are changing planes a number of times, but still get into Montigo Bay at 8:05 on that Thursday. We get picked up from the airport and taken to the Breezes Resort of Runaway Bay. The group that we are going with has the whole resort reserved, so there will be no one but silly hippie freaks on the beach and in the bars and eating at the restaurants. The Trip cost includes all meals, (even the late night buffet that goes on all night) all drinks, YUP, that's right.. including the mimosa i will be ordering every morning by room service. If that is not enough, then all of our water sports and land sports are included (snorkeling, kayaking, towels, beach chairs etc- as well as a 18 hole golf course and tennis). Then on top of all that we get two full sets from both Umphres McGee and Disco Biscuits!!! SO EXCITING. Now, if you are saying to yourself, Wow, that is a big trip, wonder why she hasn't mentioned this before is because we only found out we were going like MONDAY!!- here's the short story.
We looked at this trip when it was first announced at the start of the summer. My boyfriend and i both decided that it was too spendy and that we didn't have the disposable cash that it took to do this (it is not too expensive, but for our money situation, it was not a reality).
So we never thought of it again.. To be honest it was totally off my radar. I knew Jam cruise was coming up, but forgot all about Caribbean Holidaze. So, a friend calls Monday night (now given i just got back from the east coast and still have not unpacked my bag) and I can only hear my boyfriend's part of the conversation and as i said i was really only thinking of Jam Cruise (similar to this trip but on a boat, we did that two years ago). So, my boyfriend gets off the phone and said, well that was an interesting call. I said yeah, sounds like he has an extra for jam cruise, you thinking about going..? Of course i was sad thinking he would want to go on this awesome vacation with a friend. And he said No, it's the Caribbean Holidaze. Immediately i was interesting because i like these bands better than the ones on the boat. So, i asked again, so you thinking about going?
He said, well he has a whole room, He can't go, his roommate for the trip backed out and he has a whole room (read two reservations) and "he wants us to go have fun in his room" well then reality hit me and i said, but we don't have the cash for the trip. And my boyfriend clarified that our friend has already been charges, no refunds and doesn't want us to pay him back... WHAT??? you mean that this guy wants to give us a Jamaican vacation with two of our favorite bands and 798 of our new closest friends. There was not a hesitation in my response when i said "when do we leave?". We got online and got a couple of plane tickets, changed to reservation names and we are headed to Jamaica in two weeks.. AMAZING.
We are staying in the Breezes resort at Runaway Bay if you want to look up what we get to do and see.. or just checkout this link to the trip.
http://www.caribbeanholidaze.com/home.php
OH MY GOD, I CAN'T WAIT!!!!
(especially when waking up to 18 degrees)
Later mon :)

Tell me baby why you been gone so long, been gone so long.

Sorry to leave everyone hanging for the last ferw days but I have been gone to the east coast for the holiday weekend. I didn't mention anything on my blog, because, although she may not visit everyday, my mom does stop by and this trip was a surprise for her.
My dad and i planned my trip and kept quiet for weeks to pull it off. And it worked. She didn't have a clue i was coming and i scared the living crap out of her when we picked her up from a shopping excursion and i was hidden in the back seat. She screamed so loud then was really excited. It was fun to get her good...

The next one to fool was my sister. She didn't know either. Her wedding anniversary happened to fall on Thanksgiving this year. She got one f those awesome touch iPods, she was so excited she called me. My boyfriend answered the phone and said i wasn't there. That stirred her suspicion, but when i called her right back, i tried to easy her curiosity by telling her that i was standing in snow and that i was certain i was in Denver. The next day when she and her family arrived at my mom's for dinner, i came out of the garage and scared her too. She was really happy to see me as were the kids.
What fun that was. and Thanksgiving dinner was great. We had a blast hanging out and talking. We did some shopping on Friday. There were a ton of people out, but we got a lot of what we were looking for. We weren't the crazy ones lining up at best buy at noon on thanksgiving, so it could have been hit or miss.
I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgivne and a good trip back from where ever it was you ate.
I am back and in full swing, so keep checking back, more posts to come.

You gotta see this...

Squeezes for everyone

Today is a sad day in my Televison history memory.. Mr. Whipple, (Dick Wilson) is squeezing the big toilet paper roll in the sky. So, we are free to squeeze as much as you would like with no threat of some fussy, anal retentive store owner yelling at you for testing the squishyness of the Charmin.

I like short weeks at work. I was telling my boyfriend that today feels like a Wednesday/Monday. And then tomorrow will be a Thursday/Tuesday.

This past weekend we went to an old hotel here in Denver called the Brown palace. They had a cascade of champaign glasses, a master swordsman to cut the tops off of some champaign bottles and they lit their massive chandileer in the entryway. My boyfriend had to go for some Holiday pictures for his newspaper. I took along my video and got some shots of the event. I also got smacked in the head by a shattering champaign bottle that erupted in the swordsman's hand. I will try to get some of that video up for you to see. But the glass cascade was made of 6, 022 glasses. That was pretty impressive. Then some dancers from the Colorado ballet did a very small performance from the Nutcracker. That was enough for me.
Last christmas time my boyfriend got some free tickets to the Ballet doing the Niutcracker. We lasted a lot longer than i thought and snuck out at the first break. So, now i feel i got my fill of Nutcracker for this season.
Thats all for now.. have a great afternoon. I will be hitting the gym and then i think we are making home made pizza tonight

OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!!!
ICE CREAM SANDWICHES FOR SNACK!!!!!!!

Keep On With The Force Don't Stop, Don't stop till you get enough.

That is what i was listening too while doing my reps on the weight machines( Michael jackson, from the blog title). It is amazing what i find on my iPod every time i turn it on. This past summer, while we were going though Cali and Oregon (remember that trip?) anyway we wanted to listen to a book on my ipod, but i had copied it from the library so it went into my music folder under the authors name. In order to listen to the book from beginning to end we had to turn off the shuffle. Here i am, at least three months later and we can't figure out how to get the overall shuffle back on. We can find the song, album shuffle, but i have no idea how to get it to shuffle between albums, artists and songs. I can shuffle an album but not the whole iPod, you dig? so, this has been very frustrating for my walking in the afternoons. Now, instead of just letting the music flow, i have to choose an artist, then make sure i have more than an albums worth to get me though the whole cardio time. If not then i have to think and choose something else while i am at full sweating capacity and thinking is the last thing i want to be doing. Plus i am not the best decision maker as it is, and making these decisions after a single song is WAY to much, but i digress. Anyway, i have mostly been listening to Mika, who i have given you many glimpses at over the last two weeks and while i am a the weight machines i look though my ipod for other things to listen to. I found Micheal Jackson but will always think of String Cheese Doing "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough"

I got my flu shot the other day. I don't think i need it but the people I work around all got theirs and were telling me that if i got them sick this winder i would pay for it. Now that i think about it, if they all got flu shots, they wouldn't get sick anyway... Damn, i got suckered.. but i guess i will be healthy though this winter.. There go my plans of calling in sick for a week and watching Judge Judy for eight days straight.

This weekend we will be around the house a lot but my boyfriend has some places that he want's to go shoot photos for the newspaper he works for. I think we will be hitting up the Botanical Gardens here in Denver as well as some other photo ops. Then it is all resting and laundry. I know, exciting... But our exciting weekend days are winding down or the music coming though isn't worth our cash. OK, i will say it is the later rather than admitting i may be getting old(er).

Have a great weekend where ever that maybe. and remember next week is a short work week so we can all stuff our faces and watch football and feel like this hedgehog . I love America!!!!

Going to be a bear

My sister sent me this today, and that's about how i am feeling today.
Yup, going to be a bear.

Snack Time

Cheese and crackers.
Nothing exciting to report today.. I have a huge headache and thinking makes it worse, so i better not think much.
I will be back in full swing by tomorrow.
See you then.

Black Friday

I know it is many days away.. over a week even, but i am ready for Black Friday. Yesterday my boyfriend showed me a site that lists every sale that will be going down on Black Friday.
Since my camera was stolen, I have been looking to replace it. I also have had my eye on a Garmin or TomTom GPS devise as i get lost driving out of my driveway sometimes. That will be a useful tool for me to have. These are not cheap items and i don't make a ton on money, so i need to get them for a less than retail price. It looks as if Best Buy will have my GPS for an unreasonably low price. I am still trying to find a good price on my Nikon D40X, but that will come in time.
We have mapped all the places we want to go and all the sales we want to hit.
What are your thanksgiving plans and will you be shopping on Black Friday?
If you need to see what you will want here is the link to the page we were using yesterday..
happy bargain hunting.
http://www.blackfriday.info/

I dont care if I ever talk to you again....

Monday...
I am sitting here at work, ready to go and hit the gym before i relax for the night. I am still doing my exercises and getting back in shape for the winter. I am always listening to Mika. His album develops really well and is fun to sing to. I love almost every song on there..

I was looking for another video to show you and i came acorss this live version of "My Interpretation" I like the lyrics and in the right mood they make me laugh.

Here's the video, have a great night and enjoy some Mika.

It's all in a name

There is a music blog i read daily. It is called Hidden Track and they have a bunch of great info but also they do some very fun articles and stuff. This one i saw today and thought it was great. The last time my folks were out here visiting i was talking to them about some of my favorite bands (widespread panic, String Cheese Incident, Grateful dead etc) and mom asked how some of these bands get their names. Well i went into, i am sure,a too long and detailed explanation to some of the better named bands, like the ones i mentioned. Today on Hidden track they were talking about some ablums that were submitted with titles that were rejected by the record companies.
These are their top 8 alternative titled albums. See if you agree.

Most of the time record companies don’t really care too much what a band names an album, but once in a while they put their proverbial foot down (perhaps their literal feet as well). A few weeks ago we looked at 10 albums released with controversial cover art, so this week we look at eight albums whose titles were rejected either by members of the band or the big bad record company…

1. Grateful Dead — Skullfuck:

The Grateful Dead submitted a live album to Warner Brothers in 1971 with the title Skullfuck. As you can imagine, the record company rejected the title, and instead decided to release the album with no title. Fans call this album Skull and Roses to avoid confusing it with the band’s eponymous debut.













2. XTC — Black Music:

XTC released their debut album, White Music, on Virgin Records in 1978. The band wanted to call the album Black Music but Virgin nixed the idea because they thought the title may suggest a blues or soul album. Racists!

3. Beastie Boys — Thick Like Beyonce’s Leg:



The Beastie Boys’ Mike Diamond stirred up some shit earlier this year when he told British Radio Station XFM that the band originally wanted the title of The Mix-Up to be Thick Like Beyonce’s Leg. How do you go from one the best titles of all-time to The Mix-Up? The old-school Beastie Boys never would have let that happen.

4. Eric Clapton — The Best Guitarist In The World: There’s One In Every Crowd:

In 1975 Eric Clapton tried to name his new album The Best Guitarist In The World: There’s One In Every Crowd as an answer to all of the people who called him “God.” Clapton commented on the situation in Conversations With Eric Clapton:

“[It was going to be called] ‘The Best Guitarist In The World - There’s One In Every Crowd’. They didn’t approve of that one either. I was the only one who thought it would be a good idea. In fact, I’m not sure whether I could have lived with it. Most people would have taken it the wrong way. They would have thought I was being serious. But I am! I am the best fucking guitarist in the world!!(Laughs)”

EC wound up dropping The Best Guitarist In The World part and released the mediocre There’s One In Every Crowd to minor commercial success.

5. Metallica - Metal Up Your Ass:



Metal Up Your Ass started out as the name of a live demo Metallica recorded in 1982. The band liked the title so much that they tried to use it as the name of their first studio album on Megaforce Records. Megaforce rejected both the name and the cover art that the band submitted, leading Metallica to rename the album Kill ‘Em All, which apparently was fine with the label. Confusing.

6. Nirvana - I Hate Myself and Want to Die:

Nirvana wrote I Hate Myself and Want to Die for inclusion on their third studio album. When the time came for Nirvana to name it, Kurt Cobain suggested I Hate Myself and Want to Die. Ironically, Cobain later decided against the title because he feared the sarcasm of the title would be lost on some fans and critics. Not only didn’t the title stick, but the song itself was cut from the album that eventually became In Utero. The track finally was released on the Beavis and Butthead Experience compilation just before Cobain hated himself enough to die.

7. Bryan Adams - Hasn’t Heard of You Either:

Believe it or not there was a time when people weren’t familiar with the name Bryan Adams. Adams’ debut album sold so poorly that the Canadian rocker decided to call his sophomore release “Bryan Adams Hasn’t Heard of You Either.” A&M considered the title “too provocative,” leading Adams to rename the album You Want It You Got It. Just a few short years later Adams would hit the big time by releasing an incredible string of hit records before jumping the shark in 1991 with the release of the super corny (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.

8. Alice In Chains - Tripod:



When we told Team HLA about this B List our buddy bl002e brought up Alice In Chains’ eponymous album from 1995. The cover art for the album features a three legged dog, leading most AIC fans to refer to this release as Tripod. We can’t really confirm that Alice In Chains actually intended to name the album Tripod, but we did come across a few websites say “originally titled Tripod" when talking about the album. If that works for Wikipedia that works for us.

Do you believe in Magic?

Ok so you might think this is a lazy way to blog, and you are right. But i watched this this morning and really liked it.. check it out and have a great Thursday.. SURVIVOR IS ON!!!

Livin in America...

I was browsing though Youtube and came across an interview with James Brown, but he is tanked out of his mind.. Too funny.
I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Brown perform before he passed. It was a few years back and he opened for the String Cheese Incident in Steamboat Springs for 4th of July. He sang all the greats and was crazy dancing on stage. But really got me was that he spent over 80% of the show turned with his back to the audience. He would only turn around for the vocals that he had to sing, and then would turn back around and face the band. When he did turn around, it looked like he had had too much plastic surgery in his life or was completely botoxed out. Kinda freaky.
But he sang everything you would want to hear from James Brown and more.
In the spirit of the season, here is Mr. James Brown, drunk doing an interview after his release from jail for abuse charges against his wife.
too classic.
enjoy

Big Girls you are beautiful.

First, i would like to apologize for letting the blog get a day behind, but yesterday i was simply not up for it. I had nothing good to say and was grouchy, so as my mother tried to teach me, and i some times listened, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. That lesson usually slips by me, but yesterday i left all to be discussed at a later day... today.

So, yesterday my phone died. It was a quick passing, so no pain involved except for the pain my wallet will feel when i go to replace it later this week. It was beeping all night, like the battery was dying. Not a big deal it has happened before, but when i got to work and tried to plug it in to charge, a message that said "Unable to charge" come on it. I let it sit for a hour or so hoping it would fix itself. At lunch time i took it to the AT&T store. That's when the guy told me that my phone had seen it's last day. When asked what phone was a better phone than mine, he simply pointed to the store show room and said "everything we got". I looked around for about 30 seconds before i realized that they are all WAY to spendy at the store and will be searching elsewhere to get a new phone. That's the excitement of the hour. :)

Here is the story about the post headline. I was at the gym yesterday trying to get my walking done and it was hard. I mean a lot harder than last week. It felt like my legs were made of lead. I dialed my iPod to Mika and let 'er go. If you don't know Mika, it is understandable since he is a British singer, but i think he just got best new artist or something in England also. Press the play button (it's the arrow, mom) and have a good dance!!!




MIKA Lyrics
Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) Lyrics
For your reading pleasure i have included the lyrics so you can fully appreciate the song.
now get up and dance around because "Big Girls are BeautiFUL!!!!"

This video is so much fun and it made the rest of the workout a little better. I hope you enjoy this for a tuesday.

It's friday!!!!

This has got to be the longest week in history. I don't know if it is because we are usually into Daylights savings by now or what but this week has been soooo long. I have some plans this weekend, but i am mostly looking forward to not knowing it is 6am. Just letting the clock pass it by with no notification will be great. I guess i had some tossing and turning events in my sleep last night because i woke up with all the covers and my boyfriend clinging to the fringes of the blanket trying to keep something on top of him. I have no idea what i was dreaming about but it must have been good.
This week at work I have been watching tapes shot back around 2003 i would think. They are interviewing leaders of emerging political parties in Iraq and what they want and etc. There are some really neat shots of Shi'a Muslims gathering in Karbala for the Ashura or the National mourning of Imam Hessian's death some 1300 years ago. There were millions of people in this town all there to express their religion freely. Very moving at some points. To know that some of these people have never dreamed of celebrating is such an open way, and for others witnessing what they have always imagined it would be like. But it is also a little sad when there are interviews of soldiers that are speaking about being home in a few weeks and wondering if they even survived this occupation and got to go home, or if they have since been on several tours there by now.
Just makes you stop and think when you see some of this footage. I really had no idea what the war looked like until i started this job. There have been a few very hard days of watching death and destruction come to a nation. But it is fun to see some of the older men in Iraq with smiles and warm thanks to the troops as well as the children playing in the streets and laughing. They have no idea what is in their future or even their children's future.
Now for some fun stuff. We are cooking out pumpkin seeds tonight. We have been letting they dry the last two days and they are ready for the oven. I love snacking on pumpkin seeds. When Jeff first prepared them a few years ago, i was apprehensive, but after i got my first taste i have looked forward to this every halloween. If you like salty snacks, this is a great one.
And lastly, speaking of snacks, today was frozen fruit bars. I had a strawberry one.
Have a good and safe weekend.
Oh, I forgot one small story. So a few days ago i was in the bank and saw they were having a silent auction for a local high school. It was a bunch of Halloween treat items. Well i bid on a basket and forgot all about it. Today i was in there and they told me i had won the one i signed up on... So, now i have a ton more candy, YUMMM and a few really cute items, like a ghost candle holder a pumpkin candle holder and a halloween serving bowl. they are too cute, I will try to take a few pictures with my crappy little camera and show you.
Ok, now, have a great weekend!!!!

All the leaves are brown....

I am having some trouble thinking of a topic for today. My brain has officially turned off for the weekend already, I think. We went out to see Umphrees McGee last night and i have to say it was probably one of the better shows i have seen by them.
They had a large backdrop that looked like a haunted house with a projection screen i the center. They played slips from a lot of scary movies while playing to the intensity of the clips. Like they would pick several telling points of each film and do like a montage of the film all while playing to the scenes. Kind of hard to describe, but like when they did The Shining. When Jack's character is breaking down the door with the hatchet, they did the "Bam, Bam, Bam, with the swings of the hatchet, perfectly timed. It was great!!!
Today is the first day of "Hoy shit it's going to start getting cold" season. I need a new winter coat, but my old one will have to due for the time being. Seeing that i need to start saving to replace my camera. (Still sad about that)
Well since my post is so boring , i went to wikipedia and got some interesting facts about November 1st... My sister and I share a love of history, so this is for her...

1512- The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo , is exhibited to the public for the first time.

1604 - William Shakespeare's tragedyOthello is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.

1611 - William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.

1859 - The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse was lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.

1861 - American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing the aged General Winfield Scott

1870 - In the Untied States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service ) makes its first official meterologic forecast.

1918 - Malbone Street Wreck: the worst rapid Transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City with at least 93 deaths.

1941 - American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

1951- American soldiers are exposed to an atomic explosion for training purposes in Desert Rock, Nevada. Participation was not voluntary.

1960- While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the peace Corps.

and to top it all off, today is World Vegan Day..
go eat some tofu and celebrate...

Happy Halloween!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday night.
We will be out seeing the band Umphree's McGee at the Filmore in Denver. It is my boyfriend's birthday, so i guess that means i am paying for dinner, :)
Have a spooky night.

FREE TACO TUESDAY!!!

OK, so it wasn't our rookie from the Rockies, but at least someone won free taco's for the whole USA!!!
RUN NOW!!! they are only available from 2pm to 5pm, so if you are reading this on the east coast, you are already close to being screwed.
I should say Thank you Jacoby Ellsberry for stealing a base at Coors field and getting us all a free crunchy taco at you local Taco Bell.

Just another Manic Monday

Well, there is the end. Red Sox swept us hard and bad. I don't want to say that we didn't try. I think we played great baseball and for the team's first visit to the big dance, we did alright. This will just give us the experience we need to win the next time we get there. And with this team, i think we will get there again. Now, we just have to keep our eye on for the trading and re-negotiating before Spring training.
So, my camera was stolen from my backpack at the bar I was watching the game at. I am so bummed. It wasn't a small little cheap thing, it was a Nikon for God Sakes. I can't believe that happened. Just makes me mad and then sad.

Many of you might be wondering if i have given up on the walking thing as i have not posted my pedometer reading in a while. Well it will please you to know that not only have i not given up walking, but i can even run at some points during my exercise. But i am also using the weight machines at the gym. I am starting to feel sore muscles and everything. That is very cool. I have taken the weekends off, but i am back at it this evening. I wish i could convince myself to go in the mornings so i will boost my metabolism all day, but i am still whiny about getting up early just for work, so to get up any earlier is just stupid for me. But at least i am going.

well, that's about it. Sorry Rockies, better luck next year. I am not a fair weather fan, and i will miss all the excitement that the Rockies brought to us this season and look forward to the next season.

We have Monday Night Football in town tonight. Broncos Vs. Packers.

Snack Time

Scoop yourself Ice cream, that's the snack. Most people like to make root beer floats or just drowned it in chocolate syrup.
I passed as to not be sick all night..

Take me home, country roads

And the Colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply
Rocky mountain high

I have to say that was a better game than the first one. Our defense was there and we actually hit the ball a few times. Holiday got on base four out of four at bats, but too bad he got a little too far and got picked off in the 8th. That sucked. He was our only hope at that time to score again and tie it up.
If you are from Boston or a Red Sox fan, then why are you reading this, but seriously, what the f**k is the deal with the Bull-pen noises. How annoying. And what's the deal with singing Neal Diamond? that is just wrong...

Atkins stepped it up at third. Usually those hits go straight to Tulo but they were hitting to Atkins and i bet surprised when they saw he has a cannon for an arm too. They can't beat the throw to first with Helton willing to go into the splits to catch the ball while still keeping his foot firmly on the first base. We can do it, i know we can. The fans this weekend will help the mile high boys catch one victory. And the Red Sox wont be able to breathe, so that will help too...
GO ROCKIES!!!
I am glad the boys are headed back home. The fans are ready. And to be honest, I think with the double loss, the ticket prices are starting to go down. I might just get really lucky and get a ticket for face value, that is my goal,but we will see.

(Pic explanation- The sox might have the green monster but we have Dinger- whoo-hoo... OK, yeah i know he is lame, but the Broncos and Nuggets already have Rocky, who was voted by SI as the best mascot in Pro ball...)

Snack Time

You guessed it, Animal Crackers for snack...

We take a licking and keep on ticking...

Well the boys in purple took an old fashioned beating as Todd Helton so elequantly put it after the game last night. That was painful to watch and really hard to keep hearing the announcers who are clearly from the East Coast and want Boston to win. All of their commentary was directed toward to Bloody Hose. But we will show them what Colorado is all about.
To be honest I am ok with the game last night. There was no way we could keep on winning and I am glad we got Beck(KKKKKKK)et out of the way. Now we can take it to the other pitchers they have coming. Jimenez will be pitching for us tonight and I think he can do a good job. Poor Frances. It must be really hard to only be 26, starting in your first World Series and you know that everything is riding on your shoulders.. Lots of pressure.
I was thinking last night while watching our other pitchers warming up that it has to suck to play that field for them. In our park, the bullpen and warm up area are right next to a nice fountain and some pretty pine trees etc. In Boston they had a cop stading there to keep people out. It is so Urban. I am looking forward to our boys being back home and in their park. That green monster SUCKS!!!
still working on tickets but watch for me on TV at game 3. (hey that rhymes)
My firend that has an awesome seat 10 rows behond home plate said that he would let me sit in his seat for an inning on Saturday if i get in.. I AM GOING TO GET IN!!!!
wish me luck and send good vibes to the ticket scalpers.
Not to mention with this loose, the ticket prices might fall dramatically.
Keep the Faith!!!
GO ROCKIES!!!

Snack Time

ICE CREAM SANDWICHES!!!
the best!!!!
Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

The tide is high but I'm holding on....

I am basically holding on to faith that i will get a ticket to at least one game. This morning the Rockies site had some tickets to sell, but i couldn't get my hands on even one... again. I am going to keep checking the website as credit cards are declined and some people get caught trying to buy more than 4 tickets at a time. Keep thinking good thoughts for me.

So, yesterday morning, both my boyfriend and I are getting ready to leave for work. He goes out the front door and about 30 seconds later is back in the front door kinda freaking out looking for the phone. I ask what's up and he tells me that someone tried to steal his car... WHAT??? being the nosey, no quite believing what i hear, i have to see for myself. Sure enough, someone had pulled his driver's window back, pulled the lock open and got in the car. They stripped the steering column out and left the ignition turny thing-y on the seat. We think they got interrupted or something because they didn't actually take the car...
So, this morning we had a police man come to our house and make the report.. Very scary and no one likes the idea that some stranger was right outside our home doing bad things..
icky...
We stationed all the dogs near windows last night to see if they bark at something. they didn't make a sound.
Reports and insurance issues to follow...

Sucky sucky suck suck

Well i got shut out.. I didn't get tickets though the team, so now i am starting to look in other directions..
I have a feeling i will be at home celebrating alone with some pizza and beer... just the way i want to spend my world series..
I know i am being a "sour grapes" but i am really upset. I was really hoping against hope that i would come away with one ticket to one game. But i am guessing that i won't be seeing the boys in purple playing the end of the season out.
This sucks and i am very sad. This will take some time for me to get over.
:(
Go Rockies, still!!!

The new word

Rockies World Series Ticket Onsale

This morning the Rockies' ticketing provider Paciolan experienced a system wide outage that is impacting all of their North American customers. They are working hard to resume service as soon as possible and apologize to their customers and all fans for this impact.

WOW!!! good job guys...
http://www.paciolan.com click the "contact us" link and let'er rip..
seriously???? comm'on...

SUSPENDED?????? are you kidding me...

OK, so WTF????
of course the servers failed...
I wish they would have talked to a music company or a national touring band on how to sell thousands of tickets on line and see how to see them without the servers failing.. UNBELIEVABLE!!!! i have seen more than 18,000 tickets on sale and gone in less than 20 minutes, why can't they sell them the same way though MLB??? and yeah only 18,000 tickets to be had by fans in a baseball stadium that holds roughly 60,000 people. Well they say that over 32,000 tickets are going to season ticket holders, players and sponsors. Boy i wish i knew a player now...:)
So, they have just announced that tickets are not being sold right now. That only a few hundred were able to be sold today and they will let us know when they are going to resume ticket sales.
I wonder how many people waisted their work day hitting refresh like i have :)
GO ROCKIES!!!!
I will update...

ROX and SOX

I will let you know how i do on getting tickets monday morning..
GO ROCKIES!!!

Cows on Film

Just a little ditty to see if i could put a video up. Well it took me all day, but i figured it out.
I do hope you enjoy my 'Cows on Film".

Birtha never ever talked too much, Had those television eyes

Sorry for the doubling up on the Rebirtha lyrics, but i just got an email from friend and apparently we freaks that can't get enough Widespread Panic aren't the only ones.
So last night the Indians and the Red Sox went at it again for the 6th game to see who will play the HOT ROCKIES in the World Series.
There must have been some major Panic fans working the music at the game because this is what went down at the inning breaks...

Surprise Valley - 1^st inning break (this song has been a blog title for me "spirit move in all things")

Disco - 3^rd inning break (this is an all instrumental otherwise I would have used anything from this wonderful song!!)

Action Man - end of the 5th inning (one of my favorites to see live and we did get in this past weekend " Fire inside, blaze of glory, space in time.... Hearts of gold, limbs of steel, man-of-war"

Surprise Valley - 6^th inning game summary (again, they must really like it)

Thin Air – 7^th inning break.(very appropriate seeing someone will be coming to the thin air, i guess after tonight's game...")

So keep your ears out, i am sure there will be more panic played tonight..

Well something else special happened today. I woke up a little early and Watson, my dog, wanted out. I let him out the back only to be greeted by falling snow. When i looked out it was only falling but nothing was sticking, but when i got up about 30 minute later to let him back in the grass was all white.

i don't expect it to stick around like last year as we are going to get back into the 70's next week, it is pretty to see and hopfully enough to scare those sox into loosing to the Indians.

Since it is snowing i got the fixins to make a slow cooker chili this afternoon and i also got a few pumpkins to carve while sipping beers and watching baseball.. LOVE THE POST SEASON!!!!

I also have some plans to put up some great pictures i took from my parent's visit a few weeks ago. There are some great pics i snapped that i would like to share. And one more goal for the day is to figure out the video on this thing so i can share some great stuff i have in that department too. Who knows you might be able to watch Panic playing Surprise Valley as i shot that song in Vegas this time last year...

Off form morning rituals :) and then my day can start..

She said, "I know a town where real life's a game

Baseball's all that's real
At night all the faces light up
As the HEROES take the field"

This is my mantra for the next three days until tickets go on sale. I am going to try for one ticket to the second game in Denver, so that would be the fourth game played. Might be the night The Rockies will will the World Series. Right now in this town, Baseball is what is really real. No one is talking about the Broncos that will be playing the Steelers this weekend. No one is even mentioning that the Nuggets start soon (that's our NBA team) and i have not heard word one about the Aves yet...
this is a BASEBALL town..
So, last week they changed the rules for buying tickets. There was, at first, going to be a lottery line that fans could get in and then see if they get a number close to the one called that will start the line. A lot like what they started doing for Phish tickets toward the end. But now they say that everyone has to go online to get the tickets. So, at 10am 50,000 fans will be swarming that site to get their hands on either a very great investment or a chance of a lifetime to see a World Series game played in out back yard.
(hopefully not once in a life time if we can hang on to the line-up over the off season- but you know what I mean).
I am not sure what i am going to do. I had some sudden expenses that have come up that might keep me from being able to afford one ticket. So we will have to see on monday what i can do.
I started to relax the last several days and even was able to sleep a little the last few nights, but that will all be gone sunday night again.
HOW FREAKING EXCITING!!!!
GO ROCKIES!!!

The Waiting is the hardest part..

OK, i know i used that line before, but GEEZ!! waiting for the World Series is taking all my patients. To be honest i don't care who we play. Have you seen what we have done to the last two teams that have worn red in our Stadium??? and one team we swept TWICE!!!!

But my dad would love for the Indians to be in the games. I will watch tonight to see if they are going to clinch it tonight or if we have to continue waiting.
So, they are making the tickets really hard to get by selling them online, only. I am soo afraid that hackers are going to get in and scoop up all the tickets, then the fans are forced to pay upwards of $500 just for the crappy seats, when they are actually on sale for only about $65. That sucks!!!!

Saw some of the guys practicing last night on the news.

Other than that, i am just working and worrying about cash flow, but that is life huh???
More on snack time later, i am still waiting for my lunch!

WORLD SERIES BABY

The guy in front of me.... SO TRUE!!!
Tulowiski is no. 2 and Holiday is no. 5.













SWEEP!!!!















The boys celebrating....















This guy was on the lite rail with me and had mountains on his hard hat!!! perfect!!











WERE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES= PRICELESS!!!!!!

Start wearing Purple, wearing purple

Time to jump on the bandwagon, why not everyone else is, but the Rockies are on FIRE!!!! did you see that hit my Toryalba last night, are you kidding me. That's our catcher!
So, i will be up at the top of the stadium tonight, but at least i will be there. I was offered a Face-value ticket last week and took it with no hesitation. And tonight will prove to be an exciting one, that is for sure.
Our team still looks strong. We are ready to take it all the way tonight.
So, here is the low down from the great weekend that was. The Great American Beer Fest was all what i expected. We had some wonderful beers like Bell's Two Hearted Ale, Green Flash West Coast IPA and New Galarus. They are all good. We did find new great IPA from Steelhead. It is the Double Play IPA. Great beer!!!!
So the best part of thursday was drinking Bell's beer while watching the Rockies in October.. that was great. Then friday and Saturday we saw WIDESPREAD PANIC. Jimmy Herring is the man, Jojo is getting balder, JB is still FUCKING HOT!! Schools is a house, Suny doesn't ever stop smiling and Todd was, well Tedd.. They set lists were good, but Saturday was a better show overall. And i got a Jack. i love that song. But it was strange leaving a little early Friday to look for some TV sets around the stadium to check the game. I can't believe we won by a walk. Panic is big into baseball too, so the next night they played Walk On in the first set. I know it was for the game winning walk..
Yesterday my boyfriend and I drove up to the mountains to eat some crab legs at one of the casinos. We watched it snow the whole time. so cold.
And the Rockies are one win away from sweeping the Diamondbacks. Last night they played in the cold and rain... and most media outlets are playing off the "And it was Foggy last night" because our pitcher that did a great job starting was Fogg. so heehe, very obvious, but there you go.
SO, i will report tomorrow that we will be going to the world series...
Wear your PURPLE!!!!
GO ROCKIES!!!!!

Spirit moves in all things, the spirit moves in all things

Hey all,
well the weekend is upon us and I am so excited to see the Panic boys back in CO. The only problem is that i know there will be no tv there tonight. Last night was great, because the coors booth had two flat screen tvs that we watched the Rockies win on. that was great. Drinking Bells beer in Denver, while watching the Rockies in October, is great!!!
OK, i am calling it a short day and going home. I need a nap before the festivities begin tonight...
GO ROCKIES!!!!
have a great weekend...

I know it may sound funny but how dare you show up on time...

OH my Oh my oH my!!!
one hour until i am leaving work and heading home.. Tonight is going to be a crazy one. We want to get to the Great American Beer Fest before the doors so we can get our badges (we don't need to stinkin' badges) and get inside to take some photos of the start of the GABF. Then it is run to New Galarus, and then to Bells and then to the Dog Fish Head booth to get a few 120's. Then to find Green Flash and have a few of them.
My only MAJOR concern about all of this is that the ROCKIES are playing and i don't know that there will be a TV in the convention center to have it playing.. That means that after a few beers it is off to a near by bar, check the score and then back to the GABF for a few more rounds.
I might be a little late coming into work tomorrow, so don't wait up.
GO ROCKIES!!!
snack time was Nutty Butty kind of ice cream cones... I said no thanks. I didn't want to run an additional three miles just to work it off, i will be drinking enough beer to more than make up for that.
GABF=Liquid love, one once at a time...

Put me in Coach, I'm realdy to play!!!!

Sorry if you are not a baseball fan, you are screwed reading my blog for at least another run.
So i got a call from a friend, and you know who you are, that they had a line on 'at-cost" tickets for monday's game.. So, of course the sucker that i am for my Rockies, I just shelled out $70 for upper level seats to the game monday.
OK, here is my reasoning. If you know me then you would know that about this time of year, I would start making plans to see String Cheese where ever they were playing New Years, or even Halloween. Since they are no longer touring, i am not buying tickets, air fair, hotel stays, rental cars, etc. Therefore i have to have some cash that i can spend on the rockies... right???
And I can wear my new shirt to the game and my wild card hat!!! love getting decked out in Rockies gear...
So, This weekend just got longer and extended into next week. They BETTER have a TV at the Grreat American Beer Fest tomorrow night.
On another note. did you all see Mark Cuban dance on Monday.. What do you mean NO?????
well then i wont thank you for helping him stay in the game by voting... But as of last night's results show, he is still dancing.
OK, lunch time and i am starving..
GO ROCKIES!!!!

Doctor, Doctor, give me the news....

OK, so i went back to the doc today. she gave me my report from my blood draw that the lady hurt me on. And i am healthy as a horse, what ever that means. She says that all my levels are Fantastic!!! Sounds great to me. That's what i wanted to hear.
Sounds great to me..
Well, this week, i am anticipating it going very slowly because there is a TON of stuff going on this weekend that i am super excited about. This is in order of activity, not necessarily in order of my excitement level for that particualr event, although all are going to be great!!!
First, Thursday is the Great American Beer Fest. And this is a massive event at the convention center. We are excited because this is the first year we are able to ride the Lite Rail to the event and not have to worry about cabs and driving... perfect! This event is big in the beer world because it is the only fest that awards their awards by blind tastings. Meaning that the judges don't know the brand of beer they are drinking when judging. All beers are judged on how they fit to the exact specifications of that particular type. For example lets say we have three Porters (dark, black heavy beers) and lets say that beers one and two are brewed with a slightly different taste than what a perfect porter is supposed to taste like and the third one is on the money. Maybe beers one and two are a crowd favorite, but they didn't have the specifics, then three will win.. SO, it doesn't matter, except for crowd favorite award. So, some breweries really like it and some don't but it is the truest, non biased tasting there is...
But for us, plain old festival goers,. we can see what we are drinking and pick for ourselves... WEE go on Thursday but the event goes all weekend.
Then Friday and Saturday is WIDESPREAD PANIC BABY!!!!! Can't wait to see the boys again and hear some head bending tunes with Jimmy Herring.. SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!!
Then starting Sunday, the baseball boys are back in town to hopefully clinch the league series.. we will see. I am thinking i am going to be soo worn out by Sunday i won't be able to get off the sofa, but i would like to think that i would go try to get a ticket downtown. If i don't go on Sunday, i will most likely try for Monday's game.. I will go alone, but i am OK with that...
So, that is the deal, oh snack time, string cheese and mini éclairs. I have been walking at the gym every night and i think i am going to stay away from both. Good habits come from good decisions. right???

Monday monday....

Today is a slow one for me. We have had two very busy weekends with parent visits. They were all great, but just lot of activity all weekend. So it will be nice to rest tonight and have no obligations.
I am going to hit the gym and then have an easy night.
Rockies start the next run on Thursday. Which isn't that great of timing for me. We are going to be at the Great American Beer Festival. That is one of the best events of the year. I sure hope they have a large screen TV to watch.
Then Friday and Saturday is WIDESPREAD PANIC!!!!!
Hell yeah!!!
so, pardon the short update today. I am tired...
oh- Animal crackers for snack..
have a good monday night and watch Dancing with the Stars and vote for Mark Cuban....
he needs our help!!!

Always look on the bright side of life..

Hey, Great news. A Friend of mine that i used to see a ton of baseball games with is in town for the game tonight and he had an extra!!!! Yup, you read correctly!!! he had (i guess technically, still has) an extra for tonights game.
ok here's how it went, so earlier yesterday a different friend told me about this ticket give away on the Rockies website, so i entered. Long shot, but what the hey.. i'll try, I REALLY want to go to this game. So they say they will call you if you win sometime after noon yesterday. So I never answer my cell phone unless i recognize the number- side bar. So it was about 3:30. I am totally preoccupied with how i am going to get a ticket to even try to work, that my phone rings. It is a 303- number, meaning it is coming from Colorado. I don't know it, but maybe I won.. so this is the conversation.

Me- hello????
Voice- so, you really want to go to the game tomorrow night?
me- yeah.?.?....
Voice - well you are in luck, i have a ticket for you...
the i recognize the voice as my friend in Portland. and he tells me that his brother in law is coming to denver for business and was going to go with him, but he wasn't landing until about 8:30 saturday night, the game starts at 7:30 and the airport is at least an hour or two away when you consider getting luggage etc.
So he wont be able to make it and my friend had an extra!!!!
SO, I am in!!!!! and the best part, they are great seat!!!! section 107 in the right field above the small "out of town games" score board!!! I am PSYCHED!
GO ROCKIES!!!!

The weekend's here and the time is right, for dancing in the streets

So happy friday to all who stumble on this blog and for the few unfortunate regulars. Weekends are the best part of the week and this one is no exception. I feel very fortunate to be living in the mile high city this weekend. Tell me where else are you going to see the Wild Card winners clinch the National League Division Finals??? huh??? where else??? well no where else, because it is going to happen here in Denver tomorrow night. GO ROCKIES!!! and if you have a line on a ticket, i am still looking.
So, this sunday is kinda of a cool, unique things also. How many other major cities can you do a sport tripple header with three of the top performing teams in professional sports. Some die hards, I am sure, are going to try to pull this off. On Sunday, only in the city of Denver can you wake up early and run a marathon for Breast Cancer, ("run for a cure", brings over 100,000 people alone into the city) then at 2pm catch the Broncos at Mile High Stadium, at 5pm, dash over to the Pepsi Center to watch the Avalanche play one of the first games of the season, then at 8, if need be, the Rockies will try for the National League Champs if they didn't do it on Saturday night.
Now that is a good day/night in Denver...if you like sports.

My boyfriends parents are coming into town this weekend, well should be here now, i guess. Tonight we are doing an art walk in Denver, then Sunday the Art Museum, so a weekend full of culture and expanding my brain. then next weekend is a weekend for killing some brain cells as PANIC will be back in town for the weekend.

My doc called and all my levels are good from my blood draw yesterday, so i am as healthy as one can get, according to my blood. so that is good.

So have a great weekend all, and don't forget to CHEER FOR THE ROCKIES!!!!
(and the indians for my dad).

(PS- snack time was trail mix- nothing exciting, but good for you)

I don't want to work....

I just want to watch baseball all day...
ok frist lets all say this together...
GO ROCKIES!!!
i got my hat today and i love it..
We watched the game here at work yesterday and again today. I would love to see the Rockies come to Colorado with two wins would be wonderful!!!! I am still trying to get a ticket for saturday.
Ok, they are back on, o gotta watch my boys win..
GO ROCKIES!!!!

walk like an Egyptian

So, today i am back to wearing my pedometer. I am at 2718 after my afternoon walk. i think i will go around the building a few times at snack time to get the count up a bit.
Yesterday snack was check mix baggies. I took one but brought it home instead of eating it. that way it is less for me if Jeff eats it.
that's all, just thought i would share my pedometer number

Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the Ball....

Ok a little Homer Simpson lyrics for you, but OMG!!! did you all see the game last night?? The ROCKIES WIN to clinch the Wild Card slot for the NLD!!! that is AMAZING. I didn't get tickets to that game so i watched with bated breath while the game went to extra innings tied at 6/6. Until the Padres guy hit a home run bringing in a runner on second at the same time. They were leading by 2 though the whole half of the 13th inning until Troy Tulawitski got up to bat after Matzui got to second. He hit a double bringing in Matzui. Now we are only down by one when Matt Holiday takes to the plate. He swings at the first pitch to hit it on to the outfield wall and bounce it back it. The race was on to the plate after Troy ran in the tieing run. Holliday came accross and the Ump called him safe at home plate. The game is over and ROCKIES WIN!!!!
OI quickly went onto the Rockies website and got a Wild Card Rockies hat that all the ball players got at the end..
So, now we are in the post season and i am still trying to find a ticket to Saturdays game against the Phillies at Colorado!!
The town is on cloud nine!!!!

I want to rock and roll all night...

Hey all- well they are on their way. My folks just called from the airport and they are ready to get on the flying machine and head west.
I am really excited to see them. I have the wine request, and i am going to get my fixed car washed. After that i think i am going to hit the gym to give me something to do. Other wise i am just going to be pacing the front room waiting for them to get here. I am so excited.

Today we had some apple pie with nuts sprinkled on the top for snack. I didn't get any. To me there is no reason to ruin a perfectly good apple pie with nut on top.
but they did and that's what they served us.

Survivor is on tonight and don't say anything to me about Kitchen Confidential, i haven't seen it yet. that will be while i am waiting.

We are going to take a drive to the Mountains tomorrow and see some aspen groves changing color. Then I will show them the small mountain town that i used to live in.
Pictures will come, i promise...
See you in a few days...
Have a great weekend!!!

Get out of my dreams,get into my car

my poor car is at the doctors. I took it in last week because the back was making this god awful noise. The couple that own the shop said that they would take a look. Well it ended up being the struts. All of them are bad and the guy said that driving it felt like a "boat in the ocean" so i guess that is bad. Personally i like boats in the ocean, but i guess you car is not suppposed to feel like that. So it is getting fixed. again.

It is tuesday and i have to report that i am wearing my pedometer again. I am no where close to the 10,000 steps a day that "they" say you should be taking. but i am getting there... I started wearing it saturday and as you can tell from my post of that day, i didn;t rack up too many steps. Only about 2500.

Sunday was a little better, but not by much. i think i got it up to 2700 that day.
Yesterday i rejoined my gym and walked 1.5 miles on the tredmill and only got up to 5400...

So, today so far i am up to 3304, and that is counting a lunch time walk. not bad... and at least i am trying and at least i have a goal. everyone needs a goal.

Sugar cookies and Chocolate chip coookies are on the table for snack time today. yesterday we had individual packets of the dangerous Cheez-it crackers. I only ate half the bag when i saw the calorie count on the back and new i would just have to walk longer to work it off. Same with the cookie today.
Speaking of cookies, my sister told me that she made me some home made cookies for my parents to bring out to me.. I hope they let them on the plane. Otherwise i can see both mom and dad eating them all before boarding as to not waste them... :)

OK, back to work..
You know, if you read this you can always leave me a comment. I love getting them (thanks sis) and sometimes i even answer them back in the comments area. so check it.

hail hail the gangs all here

It is HAILING out right now... they are just little pea sized hail, but still it is falling..
The weather lady said there might be snow in the foothills, (anything above 8500 feet) but i wasnt expecting little white things to be falling here.
But this is the strange weather we get out here.
thought i would share.

I'm A smooth operator...

OK, so, first i have to apologize for not having any new pictures up for you to see of the Lips show. I spent about three hours yesterday fixing all the one that needed to be turned and such and started uploading them to the site. Then my photo program crashed and all my fixed photos were lost. ALL OF THEM. I was so upset that i left the computer to go pout and watch some Bronco's football.. (we lost :( ) It was not an operator error, it was most definitely a computer error.
So, i will try again tonight to show you some. There are some really good ones, so that is why i am trying so hard. Most of you probably don't care, but i do, so i will keep trying.

This weekend was everything i had hoped it to be. On Saturday we got up and had to go to a kids football contest for my boyfriend to take pictures of for the paper he edits. But after that we went to Target, and a few furniture stores to see if we could find a new sofa. Ours is hurting and is totally on it's last legs. not to mention doesn't go with anything else we own. so we thought we might try to grow up and not look like we are still living in a dorm. But not this weekend. So, then we came home, ate lunch and took a long nap. it was sooooooo needed. felt great to sleep for a while. so, when we got up we cleaned a little and had some dinner and watched some tv.

Sunday was a little more relaxed, if that is possible. We didnt go anywhere, which i always good. well, except Rite Aid on our weekly sunday visit. and i got a few things. Then we went home. and that's about it. I cleaned my room a little more. We had my favorite dinner, TACO DINNER!!!!!
and went to bed..
Have you all been watching the Rockies? probably not, well we are only 1.5 out of first place to get into the play offs.. I am thinking i will make my parents go to a game with me saturday night, It is fan appreciation day.. and i am a fan!!! Helton has been playing great, Atkins had an in-park home run... etc.. we are doing great!
and we are not talking about the Broncos game. We will see how they do next week against the Colts.. ok, shut up, i can still wish...
out for now..

Thank God it's... friday....

I have been waiting for this day all week. I feel that i need some time off and a good sleep.
So, last night we went to an event is the swanky part of town where my boyfriend works. This area is specifically covered in the newspaper he edits, so we went to get some good pictures for them to use in the paper.
The event was a "taste of greenwood village" and boy do they have a ton of great restaurants and stuff. I had one of the best seafood enchiladas i have ever tasted. Even had real crab meat in it, not the imitation crap.. i mean crab.- slip of the finger..:)
but this was really great. We had some awesome sushi, really good BBQ shrimp that my boyfriend had. I didn't get any because it was wrapped in bacon, but it looked really great.
We also were looking down the silent auction stuff and saw that there was a pub that we have been to once and had a very good meal. Well they were auctioning off a $50 gift certificate. The bid was at $30, so my boyfriend scribbled $35 at the last minute and we got it.. It is very close to his office ad at least twice a week he has to work really late. Since he is the cook of the house, when he works late, we dont eat well, so this way, i can go meet him at this pub at least twice over the next few weeks and have some good dinner with out worry.. i like that.
Hey, did i tell you guys about a gift card that i found? well at my last job, for Christmas, my boss gave out King Sooper gift cards, *(that is our local grocery store). I have had this card floating in and out of my wallet for three years. I relocated it about 4 months ago and didn't think anything of it, I thought that maybe it had about $10 on it or whatever.... So, i finally had it in my wallet the other week when we went shopping. This shopping trip happened on the same paycheck at rent, so we were both kind of hurting for cash. When we checked out, i remembered the card and handed it over to the cashier. It was worth $25!!! we were both so excited. It is like finding free money.. can't beat that.

Next weekend my parents come to visit and i am jumping out of my skin excited. I can't wait to show them where i live, the city, the mountains, the little towns and my work place. I have seen them a lot this summer with the frequent and some times unplanned trips back east, but there is never too much visiting for me.
Ok, gotta get back to work.. look for some picture posts this weekend. I got a bunch of Flaming Lips i want to share and other photos that haven't made their way up here in a while. I used to post photos with every entry... well i will give you one good blast this weekend. Be on the lookout and have a great weekend.

Look at what the cat dragged in....

So, i wasn't sure what i was going to write about today. I can tell you that there is a guy here at work that likes to sing crappy songs so they get stuck in my head and today it is that Cold December song. As i am typing this it is playing in the background in the dub room UGH!!!!

ok, so i was emailing with my sister this morning and asking what to write about on my blog and her suggestion was kitty cats. At first i was taken a back because i don't fully like cats. No offense to all those feline lovers out there, but i am not one of them. I am a dog girl though and though.
The first thing that came to mind is "i wonder if there is anyone on the planet left that calls them pussys? i mean, that isn't the best word to use to todays vocabulary, but pussy cat always made me chuckle. I think my dad would call them that at times, but not often and not since my sister and i had become teenagers. Just not appropriate any more.

Then a few minutes ago, i was sitting here at work, wishing that is horrible song would end, and the IT guys were talking about something and one said to the other, "if you do that i think Paul is going to shit kittens". Now that made me laugh and the visual is great. We both said that we would love to see that on YouTube... funny...

I grew up with a cat named Spice. He was a good cat. My mom had a story of when we lived in an old house, spice would knock on the upstairs bedroom window in the night to be let in. One night, she went to the window and let the cat in except it wasn't the cat that came in but an Opossum... seriously!!!! i was very young, but i know the story well... One more reason not to own a cat.

And the last cat story i have is that my boyfriend had a cat when we first got together. He was a good cat and i didn't have any problems getting along with the cat. It actually acted more like a dog and the dog that we have that lived with the cat acts more like a cat, but i digress. So, one night, he let the cat out like normal, but didn't hear his asking to come back in. that was the last we saw that Mr. Kitty, I was starting to call him Mr. Chuckles. maybe he didn't like it.

It cracks me up when you see "Missing Cat" posters up in the mountains. are you kidding me??? If that cat didn't come back that night, it is gone. No one took it, no one is housing it and waiting to see your poster. There are mountain lions, coyotes and bears; common, if you think your little pet kitty lasted more than one second after being spotted by any of these animals then you are delusional. sorry..

the moral of the story is Colorado is not the best state to own a cat. and there you have it, sis...
:)

If you could blow up the world with the flick of a switch... Would you do it?

What would you do...
with all your power..

Ok, so, if you are not sure what these lyrics are I will tell you. The Flaming Lips came to red rocks this past weekend. this was the second time I have seen Flaming Lips at that venue. They were great, again. but this time instead of starting all the balloons at the stage and kicking them into the crowd, the litterly poured green balloons all over the crowd from the top of the venue. very cool. I have never seen a band pour stuff over the crowd.
They are all dressed up and have fans flank the stange dressed and santas and aliens that just dance on the sides. Wayne Coyne (pronounced: Coin) has a smoke machine he plays with, confetti guns, confetti cannons and stuff that he usually plays with all show.
We ahd press credentials and got to shoot pictures of the show, well first three songs from the pit. And those were the only songs that he played with any confetti and stuff. After the first three, we went back a ways to get a good view of the stage and the city in the distance, and not another handful of confetti was tossed. strange. But at least all my photos have confetti in them.

My family will be pleased to know that i go to the doctors tomorrow for a physical. I will have updates news on my personal well being in a few days... keep your fingers crossed for me that i am healthy and breathing tomorrow..

waiting is the hardest part.

So, i flew back west on Tuesday night. I got to the airport in Richmond and all was good. I was sad to say good bye to my mom and step-dad, but i know they will be out visiting me soon.
I got to Chicago. got some McDonald's because i was starving and didn't want mancu wok. I got my food, found my gate and had a seat. The board was showing the flight on time to leave at 9pm. With in a few minutes a saw a few people get up and start walking around. I looked at the board again and the time had changed to a departure time of 9:35. Not too bad since it was getting closer to 8PM at this point. I figure a few more minute was all it was.
I started watching Flushed Away. Cute movie by teh makers of Wallis and Garamet, which i love. So, i thought it was getting close to start hearing the boarding procedures. I looked at the board again and the flight was changed to a 9:55 boarding time. Ok, more delays but not getting upset yet. I got tired of the movie, and decided to take a walk to get my blood flowing again.
when i got back from my jaunt to gate H10 and back, the time had changed again. this time 10:00.
Well the airport lardy came on the loud speaker and said, we are going to try to board you in about 10 minutes but maintenance is looking over the plane. Not what you want to hear when about to take this large piece of metal into the air.
About a half a second later a maintenance person shows up, talked to the airport lady and then returns down the jet way. This didn't look good either.
We were finally told that we would be leaving from another gate, in another terminals and to go there now. When we got to the new gate, we were told that we would be boarding in 30 minutes.
So for a flight that was supposed to take off at 9pm, we finally left the airport at 11PM.
ugh.

Good day sunshine

well the day that i have been dreading since my father passed away a year and a half ago, has come. My mom called me yesterday to tell me that my grandfather has passed. The heavens have got a new saint in the house. He is the most patient, generous, kind, caring, did i mention patient man i have ever known. My grandfather has set my standards for men and to be honest, no one i have dated previous or presently holds a candle to my grandfather. He is a true gentleman at the very sense of that word.
I will be gone all weekend back east to be with my family and extended family.
I love you Poppop!!!!!!

Sing a new song....

So the new iPod was introduced. It appears to be simular to the new iPhone but without the phone and camera. But you can still access the internet, so i guess you can just download straight from the internet and not your computer. I don't know who you would have to get your internet through, though...
I have been trying to add a picture of it, but i can't get it to load on this computer at work, so i will try and update this when i get to my mac at home...
Now, i read the stats on this new beauty, and it is only about as big as the iPod nano. So i am not even thinking about turning mine in yet. I have over 7,000 songs, 5 or 6 full length movies and about 5 tv shows, not to mention the 250 photos i still have on there...
Nope, not giving mine up yet.
You should be able to see new iPod news on the right on this screen, below my weather girl.

If it looks like rain....

Happy September everyone.. Today is the 4th, but who's counting..
So, we are only days away from the full on Autumn season. Time to put the bathing suits away, the swimming pool gear and all the hoses for grass watering.
I like this time of year. Fall and Spring are my favorites. I think in the Spring you are just waiting for the first day of not wanting to wear your jacket and for the Fall i am just itching to pull it back out. (or maybe spring for a new one)
Well before we get into cold weather talk, lets talk about Labor day weekend..
Hope everyone had a safe one.
Mine was a little less than desired, but i wanted to get the sofa cleaned and do my laundry and both those things did get accomplished. As well as my least favorite task in the world. See my boyfriend delivers this music magazine around Denver every friggen month. he gets a little money for it, but not much. So, every month i get roped into driving him around so it is easier for him to get in and out of the car and not having to park legally to make the drops.
It is my least favorite task because all the deliveries are in pain in the ass places and it usually intales me making a wrong turn, getting yelled at and then cussing in my head for the rest of the trip.
Well this month, we stretched it out to three days of delivering. By the second day i was SOOOO over it. but we were going to see a band that i don't like that night at Red Rocks. If you have read any other of my posts you would know that i am kind of sick of that venue. and especially now. So, we did the deliveries, i got yelled at and we went to the show. Well dont you know that it rained from the frist second we stepped foot in the venue (no, you cant re-enter) and didnt stop for over an hour. I had some rain gear, but it was all water resistant, not water proof, so i got wet. and cold and was even crying at one point that i didn't even want to be there, hated the band and way over the venue. Needless to say it stopped and the band did play. i didn't like it and will be sure to remember that before i get a free ticket. so, yes, even with a free ticket i will not be seeing them again.
So, here i sit at work, with my throat getting scratchy, coughing more regularly than this morning and feeling like i could take a long sleep..
so, off to rest and see you all tomorrow
Snack time was Otter Pups, the frozen tubes of sugar water.. i had a cherry. figured the sugar would help me though the rest of this day.