Some older pics...

Here are some pictures from my trip to Utah in October. I went with two friends, SuGen and Elizabeth, and we went to a session of conference and then hung out with friends and family for the rest of the weekend- it was a great time!

Thanksgiving 2008

Here are a few pictures of what I did over the Thanksgiving weekend...

This is what greeted me when I got off the plane and into the car...very dramatic poses.

Here are some pictures from our outing to the train museum in Sacramento.

A Black, Black Day

Well, this past Friday was quite a day, Black Friday did indeed turn out to be quite black. Nothing seems to get us in such a frenzy as the promise of low prices. We've all heard that baseball was America's past time, but man, it sure does seem like shopping is the new American past time!

I was out there on Friday, I first braved the crowds of Wal-mart, and luckily the only misfortune that visited our store was the length of the lines (we stood in line to check out for approximately 45 minutes). Afterwards we made a quick trip (which is relative, because there was one line, and it wrapped around the perimeter of the store, almost back to the entrance!) to Target, and then on to Macy's.

The deal of the day? For my sister-in-law it was the $4 hoodies and pajamas for her kids, but for me it was a pair of Lucky pants originally $94- I got them for $15. What a deal, right? It almost makes dealing with the crazies worth it...

Anyway, I'm sure you're wondering what lesson I learned from my ventures on this, the blackest of shopping days, right? Well I can't remember right now if greed is one of the seven deadly sins, but I have a feeling that it is, and rightly so wouldn't you agree? So lesson one- don't be greedy. And lesson two- keep your distance from crazy people. I know what you're thinking, how do we know who is crazy and who isn't? Maybe you don't, but you can definitely stay away from places where the crazies are more likely to be (Wal-mart)!

Me and the terrible, no good, very bad day

A week ago I had quite the scare. I was getting ready for work in the morning; I had brought my bags into the kitchen and was going to grab some food, when out of the corner of my eye I saw something move on my shoulder. I turned my head to get a better look, and it was a spider! I freaked out- in less than 2 seconds I had grabbed the hem of the dress that I was wearing and ripped it off over my head. My mom was in the kitchen and so I tossed the dress to her while saying something like, “spider- dress, spider- on me.” So I stood there, wringing my hands, while my mom shook the spider out of my dress and then killed it. For those of you who think I am a weenie, this was a seriously large spider. It’s body was the size of a quarter. So I went to work and told some co-workers about it, and they laughed at me- of course- and then asked what I would have done if a spider crawled on me at work, would I have stripped there as well? And I don’t know what I would have done. I mean, tearing my dress off was pure reaction, so while I would hope that I wouldn’t do that, I can’t make any promises. Especially when it involves 8 legged creatures. Ick!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for...what the...???

As I was reading the news this morning I came across the following story:
http://www.wptz.com/news/17539127/detail.html
I’ve always thought that PETA was crazy, but this really tops it all. I am pretty confident that ice cream consumption would go down if Ben & Jerry’s were to follow the advice of these nuts. You can be sure that I would never eat another bite of brownie madness, or any other such flavor!