Blizzard 12-28-06 Round II

I cannot beleive this, its ROUND II! We are supposed to end up with more than the last storm which left us with 30". We had already about 20" on the ground, with some melting from the previous storm...with new addition of snow we are back at where we were, and more in on the way! we may have 40+" on the ground when this is all said and done. The picture is looking towards the front of the house and my car with all the new snow on top!

More Snow

I perhaps thought that we may done with snow for a while, but as I prepare for Christmas Eve I look out my kitchen window and to my surprise it is once again starting to snow. What a great way to begin Christmas, a light snowfall to blanket everything. Does not look like it will be quite the snow accumulations we had earlier this week, but enough to make the season bright. Merry Christmas! Cheers!

BIG SNOW

HUGE snowstorm! We already have 16 inches and we are supposed to get that plus some by this time tomorrow! Its INSANE! Two SNOW DAYS! WHOO HOO! Winter Break came early this year! Can you beleive it??

BIG NEWS...

As of right now, I have finished all my course work completing my bachelors degree in English! I just got home from my final class about 2.5 hours ago, and my final paper is already written! It is like this HUGE GINORMOUS weight has been lifted from my shoulders! It feels so good! Cheers!

Yahoo!

Its over! After a few weeks of eating, sleeping, breathing and being at one with James Joyce, I have finally added the finishing touches to my research paper! Its done! 13 grueling pages later, I feel like I have really accomplished something! It feels good to be done! Along with all of that, I worked my first day with Colorado Ski Academy on Wednesday, it was awesome, we went to Eldora and the only issue was 1 bus broke down, and the chair lifts broke down, but other than that, it was a SUPER day! Ate a lot of turkey on Thursday, it was great to have the whole family together, and even a couple new members, it was so intimate having them there, it was a great day! Got the lights up on the house for the holidays, got up early on Friday to start some shopping and do my part to support the proceeds of black Friday! All in all it has been a great break, I needed it, I needed to regather my thoughts, finish some things up, and now I can focus on the end of the year! Well, I am gonna run for now, see you all very soon! Tis the Season! :)

It is time...

I finally have started to get in the holiday spirit, I figured that I better jump start my holiday spirit drive because Thanksgiving is less than a week away!!! AHH!! Where did the time go??? Anyway...I have begun the tradition of holiday music as well (which truly can calm the soul and open it up to partake in the festivities) and no better music that my KBCO Happy Holidays CD. Love it! I hope they send out another one this year! That would be great! Its been kinda a rough weekend, I am ready yo go back to work and not be at home. My family has been remodeling their kitchen and it has been a very stressful project although its going to look amazing when its complete, getting to the complete point is hard stressful work. So, needless so say I am ready to take a break from it, and go back to work! I am looking foreword to Monday! Other than that, things have been great, spent a lot of time on the phone lately catching up with people, and its been nice to hear their voices after not speaking to them in a while! Well I am off, back to the kitchen, till next time, tune in some holiday music.

You Live, You Learn

So in case you wanted to know again, I LOVE my job! I probably learn more from the kids than they learn from me, and that is a good thing! I was called out today by a friend. She told me that I goofed. I always joke with her, and when she joked with me today, I was not accepting of her joke, and she did not like that. You know what? She was correct. I did not take the joke like she does. I was glad that she called me on it, she was correct and I was not. We talked for a long while, and we were able to come to an understanding, but when we talked I told her that her joke was just not something that she would normally say. I am just glad that we were able to talk to each other and work through the issue. I love the fact that she pulled me aside and said that she was upset. After we spoke we had the best afternoon playing sports in the field! It was so much fun, I did not want to go inside. We need to remember that we too can be at fault. So, until next time remember that we too make mistakes and we need to be accepting of those mistakes.

Life

Oftentimes our lives take on new paths all their own. Last weekend I had the joy of meeting my friends new addition to their family, Koa. As I was holding this precious baby boy I realized how special and precious life really is, and how all too often we stress and and take that life for granted. I had an amazing time (as I always do) in Glenwood last weekend, not only did I get to meet Koa, and do some snowshoeing and see my friends new house, I also was able to reconnect with my friends who had the baby. It was great seeing them, and sharing with them their special little guy. He was such a cute baby, and they are going to be amazing parents, something someday I hope to be. I have had a truly great week this last week, between the kids at school being so precious and just everything. Yesterday afternoon my friend and I got to talk, which we never do, but we did not just talk to talk, we talked to know. We reconnected with one and other, which is something that we needed, and something that our relationship had been missing. It was so comforting to sit there at dinner and know that even though our words to each other were few and far between that we were there for each other on a much deeper level than burritos and tortillas. Its been quite a ride this past week, and ride I hope to have happen again! Till next time "Live Strong".

Brekenridge

Okay - so I had another adventure last weekend, my friend Kaley and I drove up to meet our friends in Brekenridge for the day! We had the best time ever! We got up there, met up with our friends, snowshoed sledded and laughed till we cried! I did not think you said Preci hair! Welcome to Starbucks. Here's your juice! The funniest things kept happening to us this weekend, it was so weird! So then we are driving home, we see our friends go check out of their condo, and we are driving along I-70 when all of a sudden they pass us doing Mach1!!! I was like what the heck! They had to check out, so we should have been way ahead of them! It was weird, so of course we called them and were like, whatever! It was fun! So here I sit tonight handing out candy to all the trick-or-treaters! It has been so fun at school this week with the kids! We have had a lot of fun, and the halloween parties today were great! It was so neat to see almost all the kids dressed up in something! Well, the doorbell is about to ring, so have a safe Halloween and see you soon PS: The picture this week was taken while snowshoeing behind the ten mile range near Brekenridge, Colorado.

A Lot to Catch Up On

Its been a crazy few months, my apologies for not making more posts! There have been some changes in my life since my last post, things have happened not only with me but friends and family. Lets start with me. I started the school year with a bang! I love every class, plus we get longer time together, which is amazing to be able to get done what I need to get done! I am finally wrapping up my education with the official word that I am student teaching in the spring. I bought a new car this fall...kinda a weird deal but I love it and it fits my lifestyle much better that the Acura ever did. My family is doing well, I cannot beleive that my brother is a senior I have been working with my dad doing handyman work, he has been really busy. My parents new project is remodeling thier kitchen, which is coming along really well. My friends after a few trys finally had thier first baby, a baby boy!! My other really good friend got married in San Francisco a couple weeks ago, and myself and a few other people from work were able to go to San Francisco to share in her day! It was an amazing trip! Lets see, oh yah, I am starting to work on weekends starting in November for Colorado Ski Acadamy. That should be a lot of fun, I am really excited about it! I took a few camping trips in the early fall to Steamboat Lake and Rocky Mountain National Park with my Dad, which was an amazing trip! We had a lot of fun! The picture on this post was taken in a heavy downpour in Rocky Mountain National Park in September!