Month: October 2011

Sharing Some Art!

Sharing Some Art!

Good evening! One of my favorite things about going back to Wisconsin for computer training is that the place they send me to has the most interesting collection of art. I thought I would not do much talking this evening, but let the art speak 

Finally Home!

Finally Home!

Good evening! I am so happy to report that I am finally home!! WHOO! HOO!! Yesterday was the last day of my computer training in Wisconsin, so naturally I started the journey home yesterday afternoon. Who knew it would be such a LOOOOONG journey!! πŸ˜‰ 

Up Insanely Early!

Up Insanely Early!

Good morning!

Today is my last day of computer training here in Madison, Wisconsin! So far the trip has gone rather well, especially for someone who really has a hard time with flying. Ok, maybe that is sugar-coating the truth a bit! I am terrified of flying!!! Thankfully, I have special medication that I am able to take that helps soften the fear-factor quite a bit, and just makes me rather sleepy! I am also rather impressed by the Economy vs Economy-Plus upgrade that you are able to purchase. It costs me a little over $50 to upgrade both of my flights from economy to economy plus, and I am able to enjoy more leg room, and earlier boarding – YEAH!!!

I am up really early this morning, about 3 am, my time, 5 am theirs. This hotel room is so warm, and I JUST NOW figured out how to use the dang thermostat! SHEESH!! πŸ˜‰ I guess I am using too many of my important brain cells in class, that by the time I get back to the hotel, they are all mushed-out!! πŸ˜‰ Anyway, I am so thankful that the fan has finally kicked on, and seeing that I am going to be go-go-go until about 1 AM tomorrow morning, I really should be trying to sleep at least another hour, it ain’t gonna happen. SO, I thought I would take the extra time this morning to get my daily post out, which means I can know that I am still on target with my goal of writing one blog posting everyday for a year by 12/20/2011, and I won’t have to worry about it all day, if I don’t want to! πŸ˜‰

Oh, I also wanted to let you know that I will have a lot of pics to share with you tomorrow from EPIC. The place where I am having my computer class. They have a HUGE facility, which I am sure has to be worth billions, and they have an extremely large art collection. So, both yesterday and today, I am making a point of walking around and getting as many pictures as humanly possible without missing any of my class! They are quite spectacular, and I can not wait to share them with you!

Change of subject – I really can’t wait to get home to my sweetie today! I really miss him!Β  We are very close, almost co-dependent maybe, and it is quite the adjustment for either one of us when one or the other goes out of town. He is lover, husband, confidant, counselor, protector, boyfriend, playmate, and best friend!! I always look forward to his messages and pics that he sends when we are apart, it makes me feel like I am just a short hop, skip, and a jump away from him; and I really can’t wait to just climb into his arms this evening!!Β  I love you, B’Spoon!! πŸ˜‰

Anyway, I am not sure how else I am going to spend my extra free-time this morning, but I am sure that I will packed, and re-packed and ready to go long before I really should be!! But, that is alright with me!! I leave class at 4 today, on my first of two planes by 7 pm, and back home by 1 am – it can’t get here fast enough!!!

Have a FABULOUS day!! πŸ˜‰

The Life of My Dreams?

The Life of My Dreams?

Good morning! “Who you’re meant to be evolves from where you are right now.” ~Oprah Winfrey Since I have have to get going to class today, and am not sure how mentally exhausted I am going to be when I get back, I thought I 

A Day of Flying!

A Day of Flying!

Good evening! I am in Madison, Wisconsin this evening! I feel like I have either spent the whole day flying or waiting around in airports, no wait – that is EXACTLY what I did!! πŸ˜‰ I am out here for some more EPIC computer training 

My Weekend!

My Weekend!

Good evening!

I thought I would take some time this evening to share some pictures that I was fortunate enough to take from my relaxing/rejuvenating overnighter at the coast!! We got the opportunity to spend the night over in a little tiny town called Neskowin, Oregon.

Here are all of us girls! Jennifer, Ronita, myself, and Lynette! We are standing on the balcony of the beachfront condo!! (Neskowin Shores.)

Check out this SPECTACULAR view!!!

Next up wereΒ  manis and pedis!!! These are mine fingers! πŸ˜‰

These are Lauren’s!

This is Megan waiting for her finger and toenails to dry!! This is the pose of the PERFECT LAZY DAY!! πŸ˜‰

Here is Lauren waiting for her digits to try too! She is just getting so big! πŸ˜‰

After sufficiently drying, it was time to go down to the beach and get some playing done!!! πŸ˜‰

The KIDDOS!! Morgan, Jason, and Megan! We were all so wet and sandy when we got back to our apartment, but we really had such a FUN TIME! πŸ˜‰

Morgan investigating the barnacles!! Heaven forbid if he actually touched one though!!! HE SCREAMED LIKE A GIRL!!!! EEEK!! πŸ˜‰

This environment was so beautiful, it put me in such a zen place.

AAAAAAH!!

I can NOT wait to get the opportunity to visit this mini coastal town again! It really was such an invigorating overnighter, and it came at the MOST PERFECT TIME!! Jason and I have decided that this is our new coastal vacation spot!!

Tomorrow, when I will be blogging again, it will be from Madison, Wisconsin – yep, more computer training!!! WHEW!!! I will be heavily medicated, because I still HATE flying, but I am going to pretend that I am on an adventure!!

So, until then…

Have a FABULOUS evening! ;-)

What a Difference a Day Makes!

What a Difference a Day Makes!

Good evening! Really! Good evening! What a difference a day makes, check out the view from my beach front condo: MAN, OH MAN!!! My sweetie has brought me out to the coast with her sister and our niece and nephew! We are HAVING A BLAST, 

Feeling Grumpy!

Feeling Grumpy!

Good evening! How deep do I let myself get? How much do I allow myself to share? Well, the reality is, is that I am a very spoiled girl who lives exactly the life I have worked hard for, but I am sooooo not happy. 

Hmmmm…

Hmmmm…

Good evening!

Ok, so my mind is racing and I am stumped as to what to talk about at the same time! πŸ˜‰

So, let me start, by telling you about my day…

I got up, super early for some unexplained reason, wrote my morning pages for about an hour (which felt pretty dang good, if I am being honest), got ready for work, went to work, and then got off work, and came home. Ok, so that wasn’t too terribly exciting!

What else?

Well, it is a cold, rainy, and blustery day outside, which I ABSOLUTELY LOVE being an Oregonian, by birth, so as soon as I got home, I slipped out of my work clothes and slipped into my hubby’s GINORMOUS bathrobe!!! SINFULLY DELICIOUS!!!

I am planning on spending my evening reading some more of the new Rick Riordan book, The Son of Neptune. My sweetie and I are both reading it at the same time, and he has more time to read than I do. What that means is that if I don’t hurry and catch up to him, he will finish reading the whole book and be off to another one before we even get a chance to speak about what happened! So, I am DETERMINED to catch up!! πŸ˜‰

What else? Oh yeah! I had an idea yesterday that I could sell most of my belongings, put the rest in storage and RV around the US for the next year. I thought it was a fantasy brought on by a stressful worklife. Well, when I casually mentioned it to Jason last evening, he TOTALLY LOVED the idea, and now I can’t seem to stop thinking about it. I want to look for RV’s, figure out how much storage will cost for at least a year, etc., etc., etc.! Ok, so I am sure that it may be a fleeting-random-thought!! but just in case, I may have to go check out some RV sales!! πŸ˜‰

Ok, so you were totally forwarned that my thoughts were racing.

Dinner tonight doesn’t help! I started dinner with some string cheese, and some carrots. Then about 20 minutes later I had some tator tots. Now I am waiting for our chicken to be finished, whenever that is gonna happen!!

Sheesh! It is a rather a-typical night around our residence, if I must say so myself!

Anyway, I am going to close up shop here and get some reading done!!

Have a FABULOUS evening! ;-)

Chunky Dunkers!

Chunky Dunkers!

Good evening! Tonight is Chunky Dunker night, an online fitness/weight loss support group. We are always happy to have visitors so please feel free to stop by the comments section and let us know how you are doing with you weight loss/fitness goals, and please