Happy Halloween!!!
Matt and I went to some halloween parties on Saturday night and it was alot of fun to dress up. We decided to do the cheap dress up thing, rather than spending alot of money on costumes. It was fun and we got a great reaction.... Guess what we are?:
Oh yeah, Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. His shirt says "I'm with Britney." Doesn't he look so much like K-Fed?
Here is a picture of Kim and Kristin too.... Kim was Betty from the Flintstones and Kristin was a starbucks girl (she just got off work...)...
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You can also see my brown hair a little bit...
Hit me baby one more time!
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p.s. in the spirit of dressing up, i can't resist putting this picture up..it's a co-worker's daughter wearing a rocker/mullet wig - SO CUTE:
Perseverance!
So, I am about to start week 3 of training for this marathon. This is a tough thing that I decided to do. I am thrilled about the marathon, - - but training and running has been a major obstacle. I knew it was going to be hard, but I honestly didn't realize how hard it would be just to get motivated for the runs. Like this weekend, I kept postponing my long run until it was Sunday afternoon and time was running out. So finally, just as I start running, (after 2.5 miles) it starts raining and getting cold. My new warm running gear isn't really keeping me warm in the rain and cold! So I move to a gym and finish running on a stinkin treadmill. Running in place for 5 miles is not something enjoyable. And to top it all off...my foot "pronation" caused my "plantar fasciitis" to hurt. yeah, whatever that means....but my foot feels hurt and bruised....
so the quote for the day is:
"... We rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us...." - Romans 5: 3-5
I have got to stay motivated for this thing! 16 weeks to go!!
I'm gonna be a bear
My mom sent this to me an email and I thought it was funny. I think it is even more funny because I said I was a bear a few weeks ago. Now I want to be a bear after this....
I AM GOING TO THAILAND!!!!
Okay, I am kidding (kinda - the subject was to get your attention), but I am interested in helping Thailand women however I can. I have recently been connected to a ministry in Thailand, called NightLights, with a vision of "Guiding Women and Children into the Light."
Here are some facts about Thailand:It is estimated that 500,000 children are forced into prostitution each year (7 years old and up)!
There is estimated between 300, 000 - 2.8 million women are involved in Thailand sex prostitution industry.
The sex industry in Thailand generates an estimated U.S. $1.2 billion yearly!
60% of women coming to Thailand participate in the sex industry.
75% have either been raped/beaten during their profession at some time.
80% of prostitutes want out, but can not because of money & jobs.NightLight ministry has created a way to help these women by providing jobs for them, making beautiful jewelry. The cool part is
100% profit goes to the women in Bangkok trying to stay out of prostitution. They started making jewelry 6 months ago and it has exploded in the U.S., as we Americans love our jewelry and material things....
They provide ways to help and an easy one is hosting a jewelry party. In fact, I am hosting one November 11th along with a Spa Party! I have never hosted a thing like this ever before, nor have I ever been to a jewelry party, but I am excited because I want to help the women of Bangkok, Thailand.
Anyone can get connected and host a jewelry party, just let me know. I just got off the phone with them this morning and they are needing help getting their website up and developed. Let me know if you have experience with that and want to help an AMAZING cause!
And Family, guess what you are getting for Christmas now????? :)
Posting Comments
Due to some inappapropriate comments on my blog from "anonymous," I have disabled the comments from appearing for a while. Why does one weirdo have to ruin all the fun????
But I love to hear comments and enjoy them, so now you just have to email me for now. If you don't know my email, I have an email address listed in my blog profile that you can use. Hey, and I can even post your comments if you'd like.
I like having a blog out and my family & friends able to see what is going on in my life, but I am looking into password protecting this or having more security measures. I am still researching..... just to let you know.....
It's Fall!!!
I just wanted to further procrastinate my evening to post some pictures of the Fall trees in Denver. This was taken after the first snow fall here...so you can see the start of snow on the mountains as well as the trees changing colors. I drive on this road every day going to work and it is beautiful! I have never experienced or appreciated Fall until moving to Denver. Just wanted to share, have a good night!
quick update on the hair
I feel pretty dumb to be talking about my hair... but just to update it is not currently a total brunette. Granted, it's pretty dark, especially underneath. But it still has some blond highlights/streaks... I am thinking I need to go back and change it a little because it is rather spunky. I am always spunky with the hair, but I was wanted something more toned down.
And by the way, my hair person is phenomenal if you ever need to go to someone in Denver. She is so cute and does exactly what you say. In my case, I didn't communicate thoroughly to her, nor did I know exactly what I was wanting....
more pictures later.....
AHhhhhh - you are about to not recognize me
Okay, I have scheduled it. This Saturday the transformation begins and I am about to be a sexy hot brunette for the holiday season. I am ofcourse nervous, but excited to see what it looks like.... Uhhhhh...wish me luck????
P.S. This picture is of Jennifer Lopez.....
Room with a view
Oh yes, this is the view of my new apartment. I have absolutely enjoyed living with Julie and the new place. I had many hesitations in the beginning, but I feel so great with everything now. (Just hesitations of distance to work and originally I had thought I was going to live alone.)
We live on the 4th floor of a condo building. Here is the view of our place towards downtown. It is beautiful! And even more at night when downtown is lighted up.
p.s. Pictures compliments of MJ when he was hanging out one day... :)
UGA - - (pronounced uh-guh)
This past week of travels brought me to University of Georgia, or UhGuh as I like to say. I loved the campus and the town. I highly recommend it. Great food, cute downtown, and such friendly students. A co-worker, Natalie, and I trekked all over Alabama and Georgia for work. She was phenomenal and made traveling long hours together a blast. I laughed alot that week and worked alot too!
Here are some pics from our trip. The first is me ofcourse on a bulldog. Weird huh? Well UGA has these things all over town and they are all artsy on them. There were tons. Some really cute ones... and some questionable ones as well. I am pretty sure they stole this idea from Austin who has cows all over the town, or maybe it's all of Texas, I don't know. Regardless, I think it is a little weird and gawdy, but I did have alot of fun riding this colorful bulldog. Okay, that could have sounded bad... sorry... I did have fun finding them all and taking pictures with these doggies. Go Dawgs!
oh and a side note...It is so much fun watching these teams play football (like UGA who is doing awesome this year) after getting to visit the campus and culture. College town cultures are some of the best!
The next picture maybe only Natalie and I could appreciate. We had so much junk stuffed in our trunk - from personal to work things. So on one morning, we came to pop the trunk, and the bag was just hanging on the trunk - that is what the picture is of. We thought it was hilarious how convenient this "accident" was with the bag...we could just grab in the bag what we wanted. I don't think it is as funny now as it was then....but I assure you it made our morning....
Aggie football pregame
Yeaaaaaaa I got to see Kelly!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kelly lives so close...I mean, she's only in Vail. But it is nearly impossible to see this girl anymore. It was fun seeing her for the some of the game. I hope to see her again soon....maybe in Vail now that it is about to be ski season - YEAHHHHH!
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You wouldn't believe how many homosexual Aggies there are!!!!!!!!!...just look below.....
(okay, just kidding...it's good ol' JoJo from Marketing classes and YI!!!! Randomly got to see him in Boulder which was great! Everyone loves JoJo. And P.S....they are just friends...."close" friends)
Gig em Ags!!!! HA
So isn't this every freshmen's dream?? To have a picture with the yell leaders!!! Kristin and I couldn't resist at yell. So here we are!!! We almost got their autographs too! Okay, just kidding... It's bad enough we took this pic. :)
These particulr yell leaders were in 7TH GRADE when I was a freshmen at A&M!!! oh dear...
Time to update you on pictures :)
Okay, lets go over these pictures of events from a while ago. The first is Matt and I at the Jack Johnson concert at Red Rocks. As expected, it was a great experience and fun time. It was a little crazy because they didn't have the "reserved" seating marked vs. the "general" seating marked very good. So everyone was everywhere.... well, we actually had great seats in wrong area. But it turned out okay thankfully. Everyone was in the wrong seats and everyone was just hoping no one would kick them out of their seats... we saw a few get the boot, but most of us lucked out!
The second picture - if you can tell - is from a flood in my old apartment - The Marks. Let this be on the record, they borderline suck. Well, maybe it's Equity Apartments..... but someone there or some system sucks there. This flood happened a week before I was moving out. I walked in and just thought the refrigerater was making noise...but no, not at all....the sink and dishwasher was flooding. Even more gross, it was dirty water with food and gross stuff in it. It turned out there were pipe problems and so anytime my above neighbors ran water - -it was all coming to my sink. LOVELY! It stank the whole last week was there and they even had to lift up the carpet in the kitchen. I don't think the picture does justice at all... So the flood is not why I hate The Marks.... floods and home wear and tear just happen at times and you just have to go with it. I dislike The Marks Apartment because of fees they place on you after moving out. This is where I wish we had a deposit in this situation and I will always appreciate them in the future. No one has money budgeted for this stuff after you move out. But yes, I have had to pay $200+ for one bill...and then another $80 for a utility bill that wasn't mine.... (I am still fighting the utility bill....it's not looking pretty).
i'm back...
I am alive and back home finally! It always feels good to be back home after travelling. I just spent last week in Alabama and Georgia. I love the South - especially the food and the people. I always have a good time there. I travelled with a co-worker from Branson and I have to tell you I have never laughed so much. It was by far one of my favorite trips just by having the fun company with me. It made working super long, tiring days not as bad... More about that trip later...
Last weekend my parents came in town to visit and go to the game. The A&M game v. CU was awful! I think this might be Coach Frans last year at A&M. With Slocum, we atleast had a well known strong defense called the "wrecking crew." But its sad when you don't have an offense or a defense.
It was fun seeing my parents up here and them getting to see my apartment and crazy life. They came up for the game. I was able to take them to my favorite restaurant No-Nos and they even endured watching Desperate Housewives with me. We also went to the A&M midnight yell practice which was great as well. It is pretty weird if you are not an Aggie... MJ told me if I bring him to another yell, to make sure he is intoxicated or something. He was joking... They did ad this new yell something about "Whiiisssstttttteeeeeee.....boom..." or something. It was so weird, and all the old Ags at this yell weren't feeling it at all as they started cussing at the poor young yell leaders about crappy new yells. Pretty funny.
My new apartment and roommate are going great. I live in a great part of town - - a few miles from downtown, a 1/2 mile from Wash Park, and a mile from Cherry Creek mall area. All in all, life is good.
okay, more updates and pictures later. Back to the Broncos game... I have Ashlee Lelie and Bethel Johnson (a former Aggie who plays for Patriots now) on my Fantasy Football team lineup for this week....
love you all!
