Wow, it's my 51st blog post! Incredible! I just want to wish all you readers a merry christmas and happy new year. I'm excited about my newest additions to my ever-growing shoe tree. You've heard of those, haven't you? This year's additions are the green wedge heel, the red glittery heel, and the silver and gold heel. The high heeled boot and the leopard print heel are just little tiny ones so they hardly count. Oh wait - I added a purse this year too. I might need to get a bigger tree next year, or perhaps a second tree so I can start to collect purses too :-) Tonight I'll likely dream of the shoes becoming life size and being able to wear them. Wouldn't that be fun?! Yeah yeah, I know ankle straps are a no-no if you're short but hey, a girl can still dream. I hope Santa found each one of you and I hope you were good so you didn't just get socks and a pile of things to return. The highlight of my day was watching the boys opening their p
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Photos from the pharmacy christmas party last Friday. It was snowing so I waited until I was inside to put on my crazy high heels from Chile to avoid broken bone(s)! Perhaps the best gift of all was simply seeing Linda doing so well. She was a pharmacy technician for 20+ years and was critically injured in a horse accident (landed right on her head) in March. The prognosis was grim, and it was especially sad because she was at such a high point in her life prior to the accident. Anyhow - she's a fighter, she's not only managed to simply wake up and exist, she's already able to drive and come January 7th, she will start back to 'work' as a volunteer!!
Bowdrie turned 3! I went up to Montana to help celebrate the big occasion. I continue to be amazed by how many words he knows and how he just talks and talks and repeats everything you say. He continues to be a vegetable-loving, fruit-loving little kid, while Carson just inhales anything he can get his hands on. They're sure good little boys and although they leave me exhausted, I miss them. Bowdrie's already learning how to negotiate ... he wants 3 pieces of candy, I tell him "mama said only one.", so he looks really sweetly at me and asks, "two?" Oh well okay! :-) I read him to sleep one night and just before he fell asleep, he whispered, "first tracks powder" - he'd gone skiing (sort of) behind one of the buildings at Whitefish Mountain Resort and he got to make the first and only ski tracks with his teeny little skis. Very exciting, apparently! Here are some of the pictures:
My thoughts are going out to poor little Lucy, mom's dog. They're not sure what happened but from when mom went to work to when mom got home, Lucy was no longer able to jump up on the bed, she just sits there, doesn't want anyone to touch her, and most worrisome, she doesn't even want to go to Velva's house. Send happy jumpy thoughts her way!
Shannon - you'll have to show Javier this other view of Mount Rainier~ These are just some initial photos from my weekend trip to Puyallup for my 10th High School Reunion. On the drive over, I decided to take Chinook Pass because it will likely be closed soon (normally it's only Memorial Day to Labor Day). The mountain was simply beautiful and it was hard to belived that that pretty hike from a couple months ago is already covered in snow. I know, I know, it's dorky, but I found my high school letterman's jacket and it still fits, so I wore it to the PHS vs Rogers football game at Sparks. :-) It's wool, the night was cold, and when else would I wear it?! It was really fun seeing Shannon, Chrissy, and Viju again, as well as many other former classmates. I'm having trouble uploading the pictures from the actual reunion night but I'll work on it more tomorrow after I get some sleep.
Time well wasted I didn't seem to have anything better to do tonight so I went to blogthings.com and found out all sorts of things about myself thanks to their quizzes!! I am too picky and too choosy, which is apparently why I don't have a boyfriend. I could still pass 8th grade math, science, and geography. As a pinup I'm most like Betty Grable. I'm a purple crayon, yet my lucky love color is black, and my inner color is yellow. As a woman's shoe, I am a big black heel. I'm not quite sure how to interpret that I'll meet my "dream guy" where I least expect it - duh, right?! You Are Left Brained In Love Cool and clearheaded Tend not to get swept away Dependable and trustworthy Able to look at thing objectively Honest and direct in relationships Rely on standards when picking a man Good at solving relationship problems Ready to compete for your sweetie's heart Articulate, a good conversationalist, and witty Think overly romantic displays are
I went to Montana again this past weekend for a very special reason. When Bowdrie was at mom and dad's house, he said, "Velva beautiful", "Grandma beautiful", so I went to Montana hoping to get a "Janell beautiful" out of him. :-) It took NUMEROUS attempts, and it didn't come until my final night there, after hearing about "bulldozer beautiful", "backhoe beautiful" etc. That didn't lessen the victory for me. Bowdrie also said, "Wuv you, Geee-nell" my last night there, right before he fell asleep- aww, how precious is that?! So I'm loved, AND I'm beautiful! Aah, what a great weekend. His vocabulary is growing rapidly and it's so incredible to watch him learn. He's a great backseat driver-- 'papa dwive cwazy", "straight ahead", "turn right here", etc. We had the coin jar out in the morning and he was learning quarters and nickles and dimes and pennies and we made u
I went hiking again today - this time up on Chinook Pass. I seem to have reached another milestone on the "Things I Never Thought I'd Do" list -- using OFF! bug repellent as perfume after the hike, prior to going out for dinner!! In my defense, it was the orange bottle and it does smell pretty good. I'm still shaking my head over that one!
Last weekend I enjoyed a beautiful weekend playing (kayaking, hiking) in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. I have always wanted to see Many Glacier, which is sometimes described as America's Alps. there are more pictures available if you follow my link over there (-->) that takes you to my Webshots. Great news - not one blister despite wearing brand new shoes! I even hiked through a waterfall - not just behind it or far enough in front of it to avoid getting wet -- nope, right through it because there was a steep dropoff in front of it, so we all got drenched, but it was 95+ degrees so it actually felt good once we were out of it! My hair was ruined by that's what hats are for! :-)
San Francisco / San Jose / Sunnyvale I took a spur-of-the-moment trip to California last weekend to see my cousin Nate. It was fun seeing the city again as a grown up and the one particular draw, since he lives so close to it, was to see the Winchester Mansion. Another highlight was seeing the Google campus - sorry, I didn't have my camera along that day. We did the usual touristy things, thanks in part to our helpful GPS system, which I named Priscilla. She got a bit prissy from time to time! There are a ton of pictures so I will post them at community.webshots.com/user/upsadaz
