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Life in the Fast Lane

HAppy NEw Year! CHeers to 2009!
I have been busy shoveling snow! This has been one of the worst winters for precipitation. I think the week of new year's we had record snow fall, frigid temperatures, then it warmed up and rained with flood warnings and oh by the way, tornado warnings too! Crazy! Now it is just snow, snow, snow!!! Feels like MN!

Work has been good. Almost been there a year already! Can't hardly believe it. I read through everyones blogs and i too am setting some goals for this year. One of them: I am going to do the Breast Cancer 3 day walk in Chicago this August. I have thought about it, discussed it, and now I am finally going to commit to it!!! If anyone is interested in joining in... the more the merrier! I am planning on some big fundraising and can help anyone out with the somewhat intimidating $2300 each person has to raise. Just let me know!!!

Merry CHristmas!

I hope all my dear friends and family had a wonderful Christmas this year!
As the year comes to a close... i can't help but be a little nostalgic. How fast the time flies! I am going to make a New Year's resolution to see my friends more often.. I don't think I made it up to MN once this year, nor TX either! I do appreciate ALL of you and will try to do better in 2009! Please take a moment and look around you. Count your blessings! I just got caught up on all the blogs and am so glad everyone is doing so well!!! God Bless!

Holiday Festivities!

First let me start off with 10" of white fluffy snow on Tuesday morning!!! Boy was I surprised! Lake effect... didn't really know it was coming. I guess the weather person warned it "might" happen but 10"!!! Crazy! It looked so beautiful! Would have been perfect for snow angels but first thing on Tuesday morning ... not so good! Took me an hour of shoveling to get a path so my car could get to the street! Quite sore the next day.
Here is a picture from my first holiday party of the season! I was well-behaved! Can't say that for everyone else who was there. It was nice to kick back, relax and enjoy fellow co-workers.









Here is a recent photo of my brothers, sister-in-laws, and all my nieces and nephews!

Trials and Tribulations

Well Hello! Life sure is interesting... here is an update on me.
My love life is in mass confusion and maybe I am having a commitment panic?! or midlife crisis of sorts. I have been told that I am an "over-reactor" and this might be true... I do love to exaggerate!!! Anyway - this past week was horrible. If you think yours was rough - just wait. My house has a leak, my computer is broke, my dishwasher and other appliances are not working quite right, my car has a power steering leak, i lost my new and very expensive watch, fender dented my car, and the packers lost by ONE point!!!! UGH!

So- I need a new laptop.....any suggestions? Going to buy a new one tomorrow!

Paddle for your life

All Fun and Games

I was down in West Virginia last weekend doing some white water rafting! Whoa! It was awesome!!! Check that off my list of things I wanted to accomplish this summer. I am so glad I went - even though it was exhausting!
Man- the raft guide scared the crap out of me with the survival instructions for each rapid, but once you were through it- you felt like you owned the world! Very exhilarating!! I will post some photos soon. THe photos crack me up too!

Anyway- I was suppose to finalize the old employer BS on Monday but somebody didn't complete their end of the deal! Imagine that! Utterly disappointing! And frustrating!

Also disappointing was the packers vs cowboys football game on Sunday night! Ugh! Didn't get to watch it but I listened to it on the drive home....made me sick! My team has got to do better than that!

It is officially fall but up here in the north we are having an indian summer! 80 degrees all week!!! MAkes me think of that Kid Rock song "all summer long" Good theme for this summer!!!