BYE BYE Winter!!

I would like everyone to know that I have officially said good-bye to winter. I only hope that winter says good-bye back. As many of you probably have I have been enjoying the nice spring weather we have been having the past couple of weeks. I started spring cleaning, running outside, not wearing a coat, wearing sandals, stopped snowboarding, etc.

That is why I was very depressed Sunday morning to wake up to SNOW. Snow on the ground in the valleys on March 30th? Very depressing. Well since it pretty much snowed all day Sunday and then more Sunday night/Monday morning I thought I would officially say good-bye to winter by going snowboarding this morning.

I checked the snow report this morning, saw that they have a foot of new snow & promptly emailed work to tell them I would be "late" meaning 2pm late....LOL! I will say that I completely enjoyed snowboarding all by myself (with my iPod of course). The snow was awesome, powder up to my knees, fresh snow on all runs (no groomed since it snowed overnight). I did fall a few times because my board was buried in snow and I couldn't lift it! The resort was empty so I also got to make fresh, new tracks on at least 8 different runs. I mean fresh. Nobody had been down any of the runs including Bishop's Bowl. It probably helped that I was there right as they opened. This is why I didn't make it to work until 2:30. I just couldn't leave all that great snow. I kept saying "last run" but when I was going down I kept saying "one more." I shouldn't have come to work at all, but my legs told me it was time to leave & I did have a 3pm meeting to go to.

So on this great snowboarding day I say GOOD-BYE WINTER! I'm done with you. I'm ready to swap the snowboard for a wakeboard, my heated blanket for a pool floaty and most of all my white, white skin for a tan.

A NEW CAR!!!

Since I recently paid off my student loans, my life felt empty without any debt. So I thought, why not buy a new car??? Ok, really my car was starting to show signs of age & according to consumer reports was not going to last much longer. It needed about $1300 in work done which seemed like a lot. I thought that while I had some money and my car was at a higher trade-in value that I should get a new car that would last forever. Well after doing some hefty research to make sure the salesman couldn't screw over the "dumb girl," I was off to the lots to test drive.

The first stop was the Honda dealership. I was trying to go cheaper and possibly Hybrid so I test drove a Honda Civic. I did not like the Civic AT ALL. However, it apparently does go faster than I thought as I got PULLED OVER for speeding on the TEST DRIVE. Thankfully I did not get a ticket, although Nicole & I thought for sure I had one coming as the cop was not very nice. He did have mercy on me though!

After that I drove an Accord, Camry, RV-4, Prius, Sonata (on different days), but I was most in love with the Accord the whole time. So I haggled away with the Toyota & Honda dealers in hopes of getting a good deal between the 2. I liked the Camry, but felt I was too young to drive a Camry. I need 4 kids to drive a Camry, but not a sporty Accord. I felt I actually got a good deal and I didn't pay any "extra" fees they make you think are nonnegotiable, but I negotiated my way right out of them. Good thing I did my homework & now I have a new car!

Here is a picture of me with my sexy (and long lasting) new car. It is a 2008 Honda Accord with only one owner (ME!).

Birthday Help!

Many of you read a few posts ago that I have really sucked it up at birthdays. Because I am now officially losing my mind and getting old I have signed up for a birthday alarm service.

So for all my friends (I figure the ones I most care about are reading my blog) please go to this link & enter your birthday. Then I can let technology help me where my brain is apparently now gone.


http://www.birthdayalarm.com/dob/82374767a219569362b362

I'm one of "those" people

So many of you may or may not know that I love to listen to sports talk radio. I'm not a man, but I think they are funny and the local 1280 the Zone always makes me laugh. I listen to sports talk radio most of the time when I'm in the car. However, now in addition to listening to sports radio I am one of "those people" who calls in and plays their silly games.

Well on 1280 The Zone they have this weekly segment called something like "Bark like a dog, quack like a man" or something like that. Basically the premise of the segment is that women don't know anything about sports and can't answer simple sports questions that any man would know the answer to. They have 3 women call in and answer sports questions (really, they are pretty easy questions about local stuff). The 3 women on the phone are given an animal sound to "buzz in" since we are all on the phone. Most of the time the women say stupid answers or giggle while trying to remember and the guys can laugh and feel how smart they are and how dumb women are. Anyways, I decided to call in last night as I was driving home.

I was awarded the sound of a duck (quack, quack) in order to "chime in" with my answer. This meant that when I thought I had the answer I had to quickly say "quack, quack" before the other girl "barked" or "moo'd." Whoever was heard first making their sound got to answer first.

To make a long story short I actually had a girl who was pretty smart & quicker than me with her "Moo" (instead of my "quack, quack") on a few answers. We had to go into a tie breaker, but I WON. Of course since we are women we don't win Jazz tickets, we win massages, but I really like massages so that is ok I guess, although I would have preferred Jazz tickets. I'm a little concerned that the massage is at "Massage Envy" where the pervert was recently found in the news. I guess we will see how that goes.

The funny part was that my Dad was actually listening and heard the whole thing so he can validate this story.

For all of those who are wondering, here are the questions I answered correctly (that I can remember, I can't remember them all):

1. How many teams are in the mountain west conference (answer: 9)
2. What is the first name of Utah State's head basketball coach? (answer: Stew)
3. The Air Force/San Diego State game just ended....who won? (answer: San Diego State)

Tie Breaker question: What former Ute basketball player did the Jazz play last night? (Answer: Andrew Bogut)

Questions I wasn't "quick enough" on & didn't get to answer...although I knew the answer except for the Rat Pack one:
1. Who leads the current NBA standings? (Answer: Celtics)
2. What conference does Weber State Play in (Answer: Big Sky)
3. Name 2 people from the "Rat Pack" (I had heard of them, but really....is this a sports question?)

So now I am one of "those" people that calls in the radio. What has become of my life? Do I need more friends? I may have to call in weekly depending on how bored I am or how nice that massage ends up being!

Why isn't it spring???

I am dying that it isn't spring yet! As much as I have tried to force spring to be here by not wearing a coat and wearing sandals I am reminded when I freeze outside that it is, in fact, NOT spring yet. I look out my window at work and day dream (pretty much all day!) about going somewhere warm. I thus decided to make a list the top 20 things I love to do in the spring & summer (you can tell I'm bored to tears at work):

1. Lay in the pool with my floaty.
2. Wear capri's
3. Not being at work (ok, this is during any season)
4. Going to Jazz playoff games
5. Playing softball
6. Eating lunch outside
7. Driving with the windows down
8. Flip Flops
9. Hiking
10. Roller blading
11. Sunday walks
12. Running in the morning (yes I said running)
13. 4th of July (I love that summer holiday)
14. Wakeboarding, being on a boat (if only I had my own)
15. Golfing
16. Baseball games (attending only)
17. Being tan
18. The sun setting at 9pm
19. Eating outside at restaurants.
20. The sounds of people playing in the park behind my house

How am I going to survive the rest of March?

Lame post I know, but I'm so bored waiting for spring to come that I have nothing else to post about in my life.

Help! I can't stop!

I have a HUGE problem. I can NOT stop eating Cadbury Mini-eggs. I have eaten an entire 42 oz bag in ONE week. That is 130 servings and I won't tell you how many calories, or fat grams, it is WAY more than you think. Let's just say it is well over 10,000 calories. So if you need to reduce your caloric intake by 3500 calories a week to lose one lb....I just ate 7 lbs.

Okay, so it hasn't manifested itself yet on the scale, but seriously there is something wrong with me. I wonder why I have to go to the gym everyday.

And now Stacy tells me that my girl scout cookies are here. I'm going to be 400 lbs by May!

I may not be a pro-snowboarder

I have learned a sad, sad lesson. Unfortunately this one is backed up by video proof. I thought I was nearly a pro-snowboarder, but after watching what the pro's do on skis I think I'm far from turning pro! LOL!

A few weeks ago we went to the World Cup Moguls at Deer Valley. These are the GIRLS doing their tricks off of the jumps AFTER they have already gone down the mountain with icy moguls with incredible speed.



Now this is me going off a jump at incredible speeds and with AMAZING trickery. Don't blink you might miss me.....oh wait, maybe I could RUN down the hill faster! (I promise it is a video, but it doesn't show a "preview")



I seriously thought I was going faster than this off this jump. I'm very disappointed that my speed appears to be not even enough to make it over the jump. Although you will see the speed is apparently fast enough to make me not land the jump on my feet. Also note the young kids (14-15 yrs old) that were sitting up on the hill above me. They did BACK FLIPS off this jump....apparently you can do many tricks when you hit the jump with some speed. I also enjoyed that when they talked with me up on the mountain they said "It is ok, we've probably been snowboarding longer than you and are much younger than you!" I'm apparently past my prime.....at least to some 14 year olds. I still feel I "have it."

However, I now realize that I have many more years ahead of me of having a season pass before I can claim to be a great/pro snowboarder. I also don't think age is on my side unfortunately. I believe I will be getting older, not younger.

I am losing my mind!!!

I really must be getting older now. In the last year I have forgotten at least 4 of my friends and families birthdays...probably more that I can't even remember right now (sorry Jenna, Jamie, Stacy, & Ryan) I remember them the day before or late the day off, but of course do I remember them at the right time....NO!! Since I have found I have this problem I have started setting up reminders in my email so they will flash at me at work. In theory this would work, but my first trial run appears it did not....at least for a weekend birthday.

The most recent forgetfulness came on Laura Gardner's (Bates) 30th birthday this past Saturday (3/1). I remembered weeks ago, set up a reminder in my work email system to remind myself to set my phone alarm for the day of so I would call her (since it was a Saturday). Well I set the alarm but didn't ENABLE it so it didn't go off. Thus I remembered at 11:30pm. I didn't think she would enjoy being woken up on her birthday! Seriously....what is wrong with me?

So in advance I apologize for being the worst friend/family member EVER! As for my next birthday I won't be offended if nobody calls me. I totally deserve it!

And for those who read my blog.....Happy belated birthday Laura AND Happy Birthday Sharon (on March 16th).....see I know it's coming, but somehow I suck the day of.