Monthly Archives: October 2010

Making Assumptions

I’ve decided I’m allowed.

Friday Fives #17whatever

Five Things MIL’s HOA Taught Me

  1. Making a list for my MIL, then a letter, then another list, to help her fight a terrible idea is tedious.
  2. Everyone anywhere near my age is naming their children terrible things.
  3. If you don’t like being called a “Home Maker”, apparently you put “artist”.
  4. People still use super outdated websites for their email.
  5. Being rich doesn’t make you smart.

Halloweens

I’ve never just sat at home and handed out candy (am I that anti kid?) but I have overall had some very terrible/boring/cheesy/weird Halloween times in my past.

That all changed when I learned that the Las Vegas Hash House Harriers have their Red Dress Run every Halloween. It’s still 79 degrees and sunny during the day, Vegas is close, and yeah, I love celebrity hashing.

Can’t wait! This will be our second year, and we’re bringing buddies! :)

What is a good Halloween to you?


Yoga Newbie

I’m not really a newbie, not anymore. But yoga is making me a NEW me, so that’s what I’m thinking about today. Being a newme.

Wanted to just share some things I’ve been spending my time lately thinking about.

“The thought manifests as the word, the word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit and the habit hardens into character. So watch the though and its ways with care…let it spring from love.”

Stepping back and simply observing the world without passing judgement makes it easier to tolerate change and allows you to let go of old ways of thinking and accept new ones.

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our past action, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

 

Now, let’s be honest. I’m pretty awesome :) . So I’m not all trying to recreate me, me has a lot of good baggage I can be proud of. But starting a new thing, whether it is a commitment to work out or eat more chocolate, whatever it is, most people I see fail. Or at least to not be harsh, have many hurdles to overcome to be successful. Remembering strong suggestive thoughts like these can remind you it can be easy to do that thing, make that change, grow and bloom into someone who isn’t talking about what they should be doing. It’s also helped me not want for anything, by starting to realize I have so much more than I need.


Winter Is Here

It’s a little funny to fight with MH about just how excited we are for winter. He used to be a ski instructor, but he doesn’t live for the winter here – he has a real job! We aren’t those people that pray for snow, but let me tell you about my weekend:

  • finished up the outside housework
  • put skis in ski swap
  • attended ski swap
  • sold skis at ski swap
  • saw Warren Miller’s Wintervention
  • went to another ski swap
  • bought gloves at ski swap
  • got MK new coat
  • picked up ski money at ski swap
  • read Ski Magazine buyer’s guide to pick out new skis
  • tried on all our new ski gear
  • attended Park City Girls Pub Crawl and talked about skiing

So as you can see, I’m kind of a junkie now. And I’m tweeting it – in case you didn’t see the picture, all my hard snow dance work paid off and it snowed overnight. Everyone in Park City is talking about it – except MH. I’ll keep working on him. ;)

Let it snow!


Come On

It’s about to snow, so we’re keeping the ski theme.

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Five Things People Are Actually Telling Me Predicts A Snowy Winter

  1. How much you see the moose eating.
  2. How much domestic animals are shedding.
  3. How ashy your skin is.
  4. The Farmer’s Almanac.
  5. A Meteorologist, ha!

Two moose stopped by yesterday


I’m Allowed

At best,  I get to say hi five times a week. At worst, you wonder if I’m under 100 feet of snow. Blogging was always my favorite, and I always aspired to greatness and recognition in the world of social media.

So today, I’m linking you to my first blog post for Ski Utah. Be impressed with me over there. Unless you don’t think I’m impressive. But in that case, what are you doing here? Silly reader.

HERE IT IS. I think it’s funny. I hope you do too.


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