Winter Park

I HAVE HAD THE BEST WEEKEND IN A LONG TIME! I spent Friday night with my 4 friends from school just hangin out eating fondue and having a couple beers. Then I spent ALL day Saturday with my other 4 friends up at Winter Park! It was SO MUCH FUN! We skiied and rode hard in the morning, and then tailgated in the parking lot for Mary Janes 30th Birthday Bash! There was a bon-fire, chili, beers, friends, laughs and definantely good times! Tried a new pizza joint as well called Hernando's in Winter Park, pretty good pizza! I enjoyed myself SO much this weekend! My face hurts from smiling so much to be honest!

Warrenty

So never before have I ever had to use the warrenty or purchased the extended warrenty but last year for Christmas my parents got me a Picture Mate by Epson and they also purchased the extended warrenty for 30 bucks. So I started having issues with the printer. Took it in this time last week to Best Buy, they sent it in and informed me that they would call with any information. Well Thursday night they called. It would cost Epson more to fix my printer than the cost of refunding the original purchase price. Well, as the story goes I got back 200 bucks, which is way more than the printer is sold for today, so I was able to upgrade and still get a Picture Mate, but I was able to get the Delux model with the color screen and all these cool Disney frames that I can add to my photos! I thought that was pretty cool, and yes, again I purchased the extended warrenty just in case! Also this time last week I got a thing in the mail for a no-obligation trial of coffee and a free stainless steel coffee pot, well I signed up for that for 10 bucks, and cancelled my membership yesterday, so I got a brand new 12-cup coffee maker and a pound of gourmet coffee for 10 bucks! This seemed to be a week of deals for me! I also survived the first week back from vacation, which I was nervous about, but as the week went on I eased right into it! It was good to see the kids again, but sad to hear that there were a few who are not coming back to our school! That made me sad, but I wish them the best of luck on their new journies! Well, as I sit here watching the news I hear that for the first time in over a month SNOW is in the forecast, we need the moisture BADLY here on the eastern plains! We have had to water our lawn on a couple different occasions! Well, I wish you all a GREAT week, and look foreward to all your comments, also please check out my 'Peril in Estes Park' blog, I got a DVD about our trek and boy was it good! http://www.perilinestespark.blogspot.com/

Maintenence

Took my car in the other day for a simple tire rotation. I knew that it was coming due for some minor maintence things such as Brakes, Struts and an Alignment. I had no idea that it was due that day! The guys at Big O reccomended strongly that I get all that done, plus my tires were wearing and two of them were in need of being replaced. I opted to do it all, the whole package with 4 new tires! Yikes! They even had to order parts from Texas to finish the job so the car spent 2 days in the shop! They were GREAT though! I would highly reccomend them! They were up front with me, they even let me go into the shop to see exactely what was going on, which made me feel good that I was not getting ripped off, which I knew I was not! But, in the end I had to swallow hard when I signed on the bottom line for $1,463.00 worth of work! Ouch! Oh well, my car is in great shape, its almost paid off and I love it! I even had the engine rebuilt only a few thousand miles ago, and everyone tells me its in great shape for having 85,000 miles on it! That was the expense of my winter break! It hurt, but it needed to be done! Till next time, Cheers! :)

Peril In Estes Park

Ok - I started a new blog: http://perilinestespark.blogspot.com

This is the story of what started as 4 friends grew into 5 friends who each year conquer another mountain! This trip we do each year to Estes Park is a lot of fun, and I have a great time and I am sure that my friends do as well! The picture below is of me on top of Emerald Mountain near Estes Park, Colorado.

Happy New Year

Headed to Estes Park today to celebrate the new year with friends and family! I hope that each one of you has a SUPER weekend! I am wishing all who read my blog a lot of laughs, drinks, good times and love as we begin a new Journey into the year 2006! Cheers...and here is to life!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I just want to wish all my blog readers a Very Merry Christmas! I hope that your holiday is filled with laughter, good times, cheers and love. It has been a great year this one, I have had many changes on my journey from a new career which I absolutely love, to meeting many new people and making many new friends. I have also grown to love my family even more now than ever before! Their support in my wacky year has been much appreciated and I would not be where I am today without their support and love! I hope everyone stays warm enjoys the times, and remember that oftentimes it truly is fate that knocks on our doors! Cheers!

NO MORE CLASSES!...at least for now...

YEAH! Took my last final on Thursday night! I now have about a month off without classes that way I can reconnect with my family and focus intensely on my teaching as well! I am going to also be doing a fair amout of house sitting for a couple friends which will be nice! Now that I am teaching I also get two weeks off here at the holiday season so you know what that means dont you? TWO WEEKS OF MID WEEK SNOWBOARDING! YAHOO! I cannot wait to hit the slopes, no crowds, no lines, its going to be GREAT! I am also headed out today with my friend to add a few final touches to my shopping for the season, it will be great times walking around shopping freezing our behinds off because it is supposed to be super cold and snowy today, not that I am complaining! Well I am off, it is early and I want to lay back in bed and catch a couple more zzz's.

I Will Honk and Flip You Off!

OMG! I have been out shopping this weekend and learned that people have been super crabby this holiday season. It has been a very frustrating experience let me tell you! Between people being bad drivers, bad customers, you name it, it has not been pleasurable. I was glad when the week ended and it actually ended with a bang on Friday night with our holiday party, we had a TON of fun! I got to talk to many people and learn so much about all of the people that I work with, it was a great time! It seems that the past few Friday nights I have gone out, stayed out late, and then paid for it hard on Sunday! Did not make it to the hills this weekend which pisses me off, but I managed to get a lot done around home! So I am guessing that is a good thing! Well I am gonna go for now, I need to get a few more things done as well as get ready for finals this week! Take it easy! PS: What do you think of my new bumper sticker slogan?

FREE iPods

Ok - so I know I should not do this, but, I got an email from a trusting friend and she referred me to this site to get a free iPod. All you need to do is go to the site, register, apply for an offer, anything from just applying for a credit card to design services, and what I did was I signed up for magazines for 30 bucks for 6 subscriptions. Once I get 5 people who joined from my referral then I get a free iPod. You can do the same as well!! So please take a moment to check it out. I was scared at first, but I did some research and all their partners are ligitimate as well as their site. So lets all get FREE iPods! Oh, Yah click on the link of copy and paste it into your browser.

http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=25654347

Parade of Lights

Light the Lights!

Can you believe that the holiday season is upon us with the sales getting better as the days approach Christmas? I had the BEST time last night! I went downtown with my friends Melissa and Mark. We met up with two of Melissa's friends and watched the Parade of Lights. Talk about a neat and fun way to not only spend a Friday night but to ring in the Holiday Season. While down there I got to talk to one of the friends, and we had a really good time and I do hope that we are able to do it again. We spent a good majority of the evening hanging out, talking and getting to know one an other. I was glad that she was able to take me home last night, I really appreciated that. I got up early this morning to stand in line for a Christmas gift, met some great people and hopefully will be contacting them. I felt so brave letting someone who I did not know bring me back Starbucks, but it totally worked out. Tomorrow I get to go see my first Christmas play! My friend Allison and her kids are in a play at her church and I was invited! I am very excited and cannot wait to see it! Have a good night, I am off early, lack of sleep is wearing on me. Please click on the 'Parade of Lights' link at the top to check out the Parade. The image is courtesy of that web page.