Yesterday's Events

The Tour de Georgia came through again this year - here's the lead of the Pelaton.

Last year they were just releasing one at a time, so this was more interesting to see. There were SO MANY.

It's funny how here, there was security everywhere - you couldn't go out into the street to cheer them on. You couldn't even cross the street when they weren't around. In Europe, they're crazy - jumping out in front of them with flags and such.

We're talking about going to watch one segment of the Tour de France this year, but it will depend on a few things. Most importantly, it will depend on the buying of the house. I don't think I've said that on here yet, but yes, we're selling ours and buying another...in Knoxville. I was hesitant to say anything about it bec of the job situation but that has worked out. My boss announced it to our little group, but I'm not sure if people up there know about it yet or not.

We've had some difficulties so far - but we'll find the right one when it's time.

Man. I hate it when popular culture takes something cool and uses it and then it becomes so typical. I used "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)" as the quote on the program at the wedding - thought about having it read. Love the poem. Love it. And I just watched "In Her Shoes". Ugh.

Also watched "Walk the Line" this weekend. It was good. Didn't know June wrote "Ring of Fire" (played at wedding - haha.) And she gave Johnny a copy of "The Prophet" ('On Love' and 'On Marriage' were read at the wedding.) I swear I did not pick these things because they were introduced to me by popular culture.

Anybody else loving Lilly Allen & Amy Winehouse? And of course the cat's music is super cool. Hehe.

We've been busy preparing & shopping. It's time consuming. I'm not ready yet, emotionally. I suppose there's no turning back though.

Nail biting frenzy going on. Must.Quit. Will be a really busy day at work tomorrow.

I have a secret! It's a good secret.

"always claim they know me, comin' to me call me Stacey"

Have I said on here yet that Fergie is trying to help illiterates one word at a time? They can now spell "taste", "delicious", and "glamorous". I could have said this already, I'm not sure.

Anyway, so has anyone else seen the newest Verizon commercial featuring the razr's and crazr's? Well, they feature a song by Mika. :-) Mika has his own music - I never knew. I had to check it out. You can see him on myspace.

Things are moving along. We've still not made that big purchase we've been working on - but we're still working on it.

I made chocolate mousse tonight - it was yummy. I also made jasmine rice - it was "eh". Next time I think I'll try ginger rice - hopefully it will be better than "eh". I've grown addicted to the seared ahi tuna with ginger rice at bluewater. Yummy!

Good session of pilates tonight. It seems my long runs are causing my body to fall apart, so I'm taking a break and doing some stretching.

AAAAAAAAAACCCCCHHHHOOOOOOOO!

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AAACHHOOOOO!

Colorado makes me sick!

Seriously.

Upon my homecoming, I once again managed sinus infection status. I just had one 3-4 weeks ago. I went to the doctor yesterday who said that from now on if we are to have an extended stay out there, I need daily nasal sprays and a humidifier.

Being sick stinks. I have tons of work to do and had to take another 2 days off. I'm not sure skiing is worth the green mucus (sp?), sneezing, sore throat, stopped up ears, extreme fatigue, etc that stems from it. There was talk of an April trip, but I think that's no longer in the works.

My hands look old from lack of moisture. Must remedy when feel well enough.

Apparently someone made Sonic aware of the fact that people were noticing the fake seatbelts - and that seems to be fixed now. And it's sad that I am so cut off from the world that I can only discuss sonic advertising...which I really could do at length. Please let me get better soon!

Discovered new & delicious soup for sicktime eating.

Finished new book by Lauren Weisberger.

Oh, we had snow yesterday...that is definitely worth mentioning. I think I've only seen snow here 3 days (including yesterday) in the six years I've been here.

I believe there were some other topics that I wished to address last evening, but the drugged up haze I was in made it difficult to do anything but lay on the couch.

I can't wait for Ben to come home so I can have some social interaction!

Oh...bought 3 new pilates dvd's...but was only able to do one of them before hellish sickness set in. It was a good one.

My life is currently at a -2 on a 1 to 10 scale.

haha. Just kidding. I may be sick, but I'm still grateful enough to know that I have a great working environment that allows me to take off when it is very much needed, enough money to allow for doctors visits and pharmaceuticals, as well as friends and family who are always there for me. I'm a really lucky girl.

I think I'm gonna go back to sleep now...

Candy & Robert taking a break...

One minute, he's up...the next he's down

Ben is such a fantastic boarder...just a goofy moment after he had already strapped in.

We saw these two drunk women who "forgot" to get off the lift...and they just died laughing as they rounded the dropoff and the guy had to stop it, take off their skis, turn it back on, let them hop off & get out of the way, then start it again. They giggled during this entire charade... maybe they were high. It was pretty funny no matter what they were on - it sucked for the people stuck on the lift though.

Feeding each other the traditional hamburger....hehe...

We thought about singing Rocky Top on the way down...but we refrained.

Introducing our new nephew, Andrew....

We had a wedding while we were there!

Poor Robin...hehe...I made her wear a veil of blue & white tulle to match her ski gear. It was so pretty!

In front of the Collegiate Mountains...

...not sure which one this is though. I'm always so uncomfortable in front of a camara!

At Breck once again...

Taken at the base of Peak 9.

Good trip - for some reason much better than the last trip to Breck even though I can't say anything bad about the last trip. Finally home today - we had to stay in Nashvillage last night because our luggage didn't make it in until 12:30 AM even though we arrived at 4:30 PM. It wasn't too bad - got to get a cheeseburger at Rotier's and a few beers at the Greenhouse which is always nice. Sometimes, it's good to be "home".

Ben and Paul both had bowling neck injuries...

Bowling Birthday...

Fat Man's Squeeze

Good quick trip to Colorado for a bit of skiing over the holiday weekend

I had a bit of a disappointment this morning. Other than "I hope that it will be corrected in the coming months", that's all I am going to say about that.

I was also reminded today about my negativity in last night's blog...and thought I would elaborate a bit. I think I was just a bit scared by the twinge of wanting a child - it's a defense for me if I keep reiterating how much I do not want one, cannot have one, etc, etc. If I say it enough and say it passionately enough, I can still keep convincing myself.

Otherwise, life is grand. We have wonderful plans for this week and I cannot wait to get to enjoy them.

I bought a china cabinet yesterday. Thank goodness I found one - it was getting a bit old storing our china in the boxes on the dining room table. I've been needing more storage for all of my serving pieces for years, but could never convince myself to buy one until I was married and had china.

My dining room table doesn't match, but I need to buy a new one anyway. I do love this one but I was unable to get one with a leaf in it at the time, so we will quickly outgrow this one in the coming years. (That doesn't mean I want children - instead, I mean that I want family to visit us on the holidays for a proper meal at some point.) The china cabinet is dark walnut (goes much better with all of my dark walnut everything else than the current light cherry one), so now I have to decide if I want to get the matching table or if I want to just get another walnut table & chairs. They didn't have the matching table at the store we went to, so I had to look at it online today. It's ok. I think there are some at Crate and Barrel that I like better.

I feel sort of shallow for blogging about this. There are so many more in depth thoughts constantly racing through my mind, but it's hard to allow others into my most private thoughts. So much is controversial, too. I've never been one to back down from my beliefs, but at the same time this was intended to be a light-hearted blog about a wedding...not a dissertation on how I would run the world if allowed.

In reference to the sentence above, I have actually had some motherly feelings arise in me in the last couple of weeks. But, I'm still far too selfish for children. I'm even selfish in my motherly feelings - they are arising because of a need for a subject for me to photograph. I am wanting to get a nice digital SLR, but Ben keeps discouraging it because he doesn't think I will use it. Hence the motherly feelings. If you have children, you always have a subject to photograph...and unfortunately, the cat does not make a good replacement.

*But* you also have to go through that whole pregnancy thing which seems downright miserable - and oh, yeah, the ruin of your stomach, thighs, breasts...well, you get the picture....to deal with. And no sleep or time for yourself, constant crying, screaming, dirtiness, expense, zero freedom, etc, etc.

Yes, I am very selfish. Maybe someday I will change. It's going to take a lot more than the desire to take photographs, though.

Random...

Has anyone else noticed on the Sonic commercials with the two guys talking in the car that they are wearing seatbelts as part of their costume? Let me explain - the "seatbelt" is just glued to their shirts...it's not actually a seatbelt - it just continues over their shoulder and down their back. So when they bend forward, sideways, etc, it moves with them. Ben pointed this out to me...and I just saw it for the first time tonight. Weird. Doesn't seem like making it real would hinder their movements.

Do you guys see the same people driving home everyday? We live in a fairly large city - there are between 300k and 400k people here I think - and I think it's funny that I see the same people driving in to work and back home again fairly often. Oh yes, I see you "3GR8KIDS" and "DODD2". Lady with the white sentra that has the nasty exhaust stains on her bumper, oh yeah I pass you too - I always think that you need to clean your car. I read the "BUSHIT" and "You can find dirt under every bush" on a couple of cars regularly. There is this one smallish SUV that has a tiny sticker on the back supporting a candidate and I always try to read it, but alas it was not a smart marketing expense - I have excellent vision and cannot figure out what the name is or what they're (were?) running for. There's jacky, a guy that I went to college with - I pass him in the mornings, usually. Sometimes, I wave - it threw him for a loop when I got my new car.

Oh, speaking of vision, did I ever put on here the troubles with my eye and the fact that I had to wear glasses for a few months? Well, anyway (knock on wood), I *think* I'm finally back in contacts for good. I've gone almost two weeks now. Thank goodness. I was having an identity crisis while in glasses. Plus, I couldn't see my food when I looked down below my frame to spoon or fork it up. That sucked. What especially sucked was the one day on my honeymoon when I couldn't wear contacts out on the beach, but couldn't go without sunglasses, so I just had to be blind. Yeah, that was not so fun.

And now it's time to go to sleepy-town....