Happy Birthday, my friend

Happy Birthday to my friend, S.

She is my rock, my shoulder, my friend. She encourages me, cries with me, laughs with me, and she is always there for me. My life is better having her as my friend, and I am so lucky. I hope she has the bestest birthday ever.

I love you, S!

A True Conundrum

Why do they even bother making "regular" size rolls of toilet paper? I mistakenly bought some, and all you do is change out the roll. I have to make sure to only buy the big rolls.

Those are my deep thoughts for today.

New Book

I started reading the book The Secret .

Have any of you read it?

I am not sure if I am grasping what I am to get out of it yet. Any suggestions?

Wednesday Thoughts

Good morning!
Biggest Loser was pretty good last night. I liked that they promoted team work and no one had to go home. It seems like they are coming out with more products and commercializing it more, but I guess...I'll just focus on the people anyway. I don't have a favorite yet. Do you? And, I don't think I could walk across even that widest balance beam.

I watched "The Good Wife" premier last night as well. I liked it. Anyone else try it? I liked her when she was on ER, but I think she is more attractive now. It'll be interesting to see how this one goes.

It has been cool and wet here all week so far. Brr. It is supposed to be warm and sunny over the weekend and into next week. I guess Denver was supposed to get a snow storm? I didn't watch the news this morning to see if they did or not.

Have a gread mid-week day!

Random Thoughts for today

OK, not to dwell on this horoscope issue, but gee, they are telling me things that are right on, as we are dealing with an issue with our youngest daughter that is hard. Hmm.

Leo July 23 - August 22 Tuesday, September 22 Today could present you with a few challenges, particularly on the home front. And it could be a good time to let go of a few things that may have been bothering you about your home or family. Just remember that holding on to things is only likely to make matters worse. So try to make a fresh start if you can right now.

It was cool and rainy yesterday, and we had to shut the windows last night. I would have left the bedroom one open, but hubby shut it. I love the fresh air even if it is brisk. Fall is in the air. Leaves are falling.

Work is busy as ever, and keeps my mind working.

I miss my Chloe and Brooklyn. I miss my kids. I miss my parents a LOT. I miss my mom in law. I miss my sisters. I miss my sister in law and brothers in law. I miss my grandparents. I miss everyone today.

Do any of you watch "Big Bang Theory". Those nerds are funny.

Biggest Loser on tonight.

Have a good day....my brain is very scattered...what are your random thoughts for today?

Horoscope

I always get a kick out of MentalPause Mama and her horoscope.

Mine is pretty fitting today:



Leo
July 23 - August 22 Monday, September 21
Today could present you with a few challenges, particularly on the home front. And it could be a good time to let go of a few things that may have been bothering you about your home or family. Just remember that holding on to things is only likely to make matters worse. So try to make a fresh start if you can right now.

Sammy Sighs

Hi. It's me...Sammy

I wanted to tell you about my super fun weekend. Well, it was mostly fun. On Saturday I was hanging out with Mom on the front porch waiting for Dad to come home.... don't I just look pitifully sad?

On Sunday, though, Mom went on a bike ride. I was pretty worried about that, hoping she is not going to have any more accidents this year.

Well, anyway, when she got home, she said "let's go to the dog park". I didn't know what she meant, but it sound pretty exciting. She put on our harnesses and off we went walking. After about a mile, we "arrived". Our dog park hasn't been open very long, and this is the first time we have visited it. You go through this gate area and then you are IN! It is big and wonderful, and Sissy and I had a really good time. We made lots of new friends, and Mom was really proud of us because we were everly so friendly to the other pooches and their famblies. I even jumped up on one doggies' owner's lap just to say hi and make sure he knew I was nice and could get along with everyone. There were lots of dogs there and mom went a little nuts taking pictures.

You can see them all here: Dog Park - September 2009 Be sure and read the captions, so you know what she saw. I was so busy running around and making friends it was hard for her to get some photos!! Sissy and I ran back near Mom a lot to just reassure her in case she was nervous about meeting everyone. It wasn't because we were nervous at first at all...really, honest!

There is some fun playground equipment there too, I jumped over the one low hurdle a couple times just to show mom I could do it, and both Sissy and I went through the plastic tunnel. I think Freddie was the best friend we made. I am putting his picture on here. But, I hope you look at all of them on the link above, because we made lots of fun furry friends.

When we got home, Mom gave us both baths and then we took naps because we were so tired from all our running around. Then, we got to share a dish of ice cream. Pretty much this was a perfect dog day.

Thanks, Mom!

Bike Trip

Our annual bike trip to the Mikkleson Trail in South Dakota was last weekend. We have an awesome group of friends that we go with. This year was a "wash"..literally. It poured rain, and we were unable to ride.

We still had fun, though...we toured Mount Moriah Cemetary, as I wrote earlier (see here).

Then, on Saturday, we toured two wineries...go figure that I'd enjoy that! It was awesome! Then, we gathered to watch UW play football on TV. I went with three others on a hike that afternoon, as it cleared off some. It still would have been too bad to ride on the trail. That night, supper at the Alpine Inn at Hill City, famous for their filet mignon. (It's all they serve in the evening.)

Sunday morning was more rain, so we enjoyed company for a bit, then headed off in different directions. We went to Rapid City for a while with friends and headed home.

It was disappointing to not be able to ride, but a great time with good friends. We may have to change up to an earlier date next year, as we have had rainy cool weather the past three years.

Bike Trip 2009 Photos

Bike Ride 2008

Bike Ride 2007

At least I had NO ACCIDENTS! :-)

The Unfortunate Accidents

I guess I never brought you up-to-date on my "unfortunate accidents" of the summer. You probably recall my unfortunate jackalope accident in July. Then in August, I had the "unfortunate bicycle accident."

I still even have a little bump on my head from the Jackalope Accident, although it is very small now, slowly disappearing. I had a huge lump in my thigh from the bicycle accident, but it is almost all gone now. I still have a "nob" on my knee and it is still discolered. My chipped teeth are fixed, but still feel "not normal" to me.

Over Labor Day weekend, I had what I now refer to as the "unfortunate dance accident". I fell again!! I hit the back of my head, and hit my elbow. My elbow is still sore. Luckily, the head was only sore for a couple days. My elbow did bruise above and below it...very pretty green yet. I was dancing with a friend of my sisters, and truly having a great time...I said "I'm dizzy", and down I went. Good grief! We did have fun, though, and I was ok.

Maybe it was a good thing that it rained all weekend over our recent annual bike trip. I was truly disappointed we couldn't ride, and we did have fun with our friends...more to follow on that....

Thankful for Good Friends

My good friend, S, wrote a blip on her blog about me the other day: Read it here.

She is such a great friend, and I don't know how I'd get through some days without her! I did have a particularly bad couple days at work, just due to a big amount of stress, deadlines, and overwhelming craziness here. I even wrote on Facebook Monday that I had had a "day from hell" and I had some friends comment on there, too, making me feel better.

What would we do without good friends? I hate to think about that one....

Biggest Loser-New Season

Well, I didn't know the new season was to start last night. I am ready for new tv, for sure! It was a pretty emotional episode. I feel bad for them, as I can't imagine being as heavy, especially as the largest gal. I feel like I am so big, and know how hard it is to lose. I do find it unreal how much they lose in a week, but know their conditions are different than those of us at home. They are constantly training, under specific rules and diets and really no access to our temptations of every day life. I wish them all luck.

Does it seem to you that Jillian and Bob are getting meaner? I thought maybe they were? Or maybe I just felt bad for everyone. It'll be an interesting season, I am sure....

A Good Read

Last night I finished the book, The Shack. Have any of you read it? It was different from most books I read, but I highly recommend it. It gives a very unique perception of our relationships with God. If you have read it, please comment below and tell me your thoughts. It was very much a thought provoking book, don't you think?

Have a good day!

A Day Away...

We headed to South Dakota today for our annual bike ride on the Mikkelson Trail. We did not ride today, but just enjoyed the day. We will ride both Saturday and Sunday.

Today, some of us went to see Mount Moriah. (It is Deadwoods' historic boot hill cemetary, where "Wild Bill" Hickock, Calamity Jane, Potato Creek Johnny, among so many others were buried.) It was really interesting and also a good hike. The cemetary is on a hill, and is quite a bit of walking. We really enjoyed it.

Here is a slideshow, be sure and click so you can read the captions about the photos. If you want, you can go to the photo page and view instead: (Mount Moriah Photos).




After, went to the crab legs and prime rib buffet at the Silverado, and ate too much. It was quite tasty! We walked for quite a while, stopping in various stores to look around and casinos where I played a whole $2.00 on the nickel machines, and then headed back to the motel. Tomorrow, up bright and early to peddle....

Labor Day Weekend

I went to my hometown over Labor Day weekend. I am going to make some posts of my trip, but first of all, I wanted to show this photo. My sisters and I got to spend some hours of one day all together. Other parts were with some of us, etc. But for a while Sunday, we were all four together. It was wonderful to be together.


It had been a whole year since we gathered last. We gathered last year to surprise my parents on their anniversary. Here is the photo from last year.


Do you see any changes?

How about from 2007?

Time...

Where does the time go? Lately I have had no time for blogging, let alone Facebook or Twitter. I do like to blog, so I hope that soon I can get back into my routine. I have been able to read, barely, my favorite blogs, but haven't even put any comments out there.

I resolve to blog. I resolve to comment. I resolve to take time to do what I enjoy. I hope you have a good day!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Happy Anniversary to my parents! Love you!!!!