Had Enough?

My mailbox is surrounded by almost 4 feet of snow. We got over a foot this morning. I don't mind the snow really, I just mind the lack of plowing that gets done. We knew we were getting a storm so why don't they plow? Not just my road but the main roads! It is just a pain in my neck.

Ah, Isn't it Funny?

I am amazed today. I checked my friend Liv's blog and she got this comment that just made me laugh! I laughed because it was oddly similar, yet different, to a comment I recently received. Go check it out on her blog to see what the fuss is all about.

I, like many others, believe that my blog is my little piece of Internet real estate that I get to write and share what I want. My ability to share good and bad times and bits and pieces is completely mine and I am happy with that. People who try to sensor what you say and post on your blog are not worth the time. You have that all amazing power to do something, not read it. If you don't like what is being said or talked about, don't read it. Don't feel the need to go crazy and complain about someone else's feelings and thoughts. Everyone is different and there is nothing wrong with me or anyone else voicing those opinions.

On a lighter note, we got a ton of snow today. A ton. Roads were icy and scary this morning and into the afternoon. The plows have been going but they haven't kept up with the load. I spent many an hour today shoveling driveways and sidewalks.

And my bit-o-Christmas today was coloring Christmas pictures at work and watching with a bunch of 5 year olds The Santa Claus 3. Christmas through the eyes of children is amazing.

30 Degrees

I took a pictures on my way home from Work on Monday evening. One of the things that I love about the falls in Utah is that the mountains(said with the Utah accent of 'mounains') turn red, orange and yellow and look like they could be on fire! So beautiful. I love to see them in the fall. So I snapped a picture. Isn't it beautiful?

So on Tuesday afternoon this is what those same mountains looked like. Suddenly it was winter. I enjoyed the first snow fall of the year, it is the best kind, it is pretty and sticks for a few minutes but melts before it can really pile up and the roads stay nice and clear. More winter like that please.

I love the changing weather but a 30 degree drop and tee shirts and shorts to snow and boots was a little much for me.

This Morning

This was the view from my "office" window this morning. After I doused my car locks with hot water and chipped the ice out of the locks so I could get to work today. Geesh.

At least it is pretty.

Ah, Cold

It is super cold in Utah right now. And I mean cold. It is 8 degrees outside and it is supposed to get colder still. Gotta love the cold, right?

It has been a crazy week, full of changes and friends and work...lots of stuff. Courtney, my new roommate moved in this week and I am loving it. We did some heavy cleaning and redecorating. A new start for the house and I am happy about it.

Also, I am starting my training this week to run in a 5k this spring. I am so oddly excited! I just have this burning desire to do it, so I am. :)

Just watch, this year is going to hold a lot of surprises for me. Including some amazing hair! Check out the natural curl...some days it just loves the curls. Thanks for that Dad.

Out like a lamb?

Well old man winter wanted us to know today that

he is not quite done with us yet.

We woke up to this.
I am dying to start my spring planting. We have all kinds of plants and seeds to go in and the idea of planting our garden is enough to make me go crazy! We have planned and can't wait to get our fingers in the dirt. I started my indoor herb garden and that is giving me a little relief, but only a little.

Winter Wonderland?

I love snow. I always have. I like how pretty it is, I love the cold, I love snow. But even I am begining to wonder at this point. We have had blizzards for the last few days. They cancelled school on friday because there was a point where we were getting 2 inches a MINUTE! can you believe that? it seems crazy even to me, but it is true.

It was so bad that today they even cancelled church. We have shovelled once today and we are almost ready to go back outside and shovel again because since we got done shovelling at 1:30 and now, 4pm, we have 3 inches. We are expecting another foot tonight and another tomorrow. The piles of snow are as tall as my roomate who is 5' 1". I feel like I am walking through a tunnel to get to my front door because there is so much snow. I can harly believe it, but I LOVE it.

Here is a video of a few seconds of the snow, just so you see what we here in Utah (at least here in Ogden) have been dealing with the last week.

Wintery Wednesday

Today is a snow day. We got a couple feet of snow last night with no end in sight. There is so much snow here. Classes were cancelled and I am content to stay in my house warm and cozy.

I enjoyed my favorite, eggs with spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, cheddar cheese and a glass of OJ. It was so yummy! I am sure I will miss just enjoying a snowday and enjoying comfort food. So, I thought I would share my lovely lunch with you today.

I love the snow and I am excited about the world being white and beautiful.

Also, today I have an interview for this perfect job for me. I really want it and I was great in the phone interview, I just hope I can get out and to the place for the interview. So keep your fingers crossed for me. I want this so much.

Car Accidents, Sisters and Snow

Well, there has been a lot going on in the last few days. I will try to quickly sum it up, but some how I do not know that a blog post could even do these days justice.

I slept in thursday morning since thursday happened to be my day off so to speak. I woke up about the time that my friend Laura got into a pretty serious car accident. She called me and I ran to the scene of the accident, to see her fairly new car totaled and her in shock. Not a great way to start any day. I spent the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening at the hospital, getting perscriptions and making sure she got home ok. She was lucky that she is ok, except for the bruises and pulled muscles. This reminded me of how quickly things change and how much people really love you. There were people coming out of the woodwork to help, bringing diners, helping with laundry, and anything else that might need doing. It was a great way to see friends in action and I am grateful for a ward family who steps up to help when things happen.

I had a chance to see my sister this weekend. I have been terribly homesick the last few days. I called my mom and sisters to complain about it. My Mom seemed to sympathize before she bought airline tickets to go visit another sister that she just went to see in August. When I haven't seen her since the begining of May! Jessica has kids, so they are more important the the TWO daughters that are living in Utah. :)

But, back to seeing my sister...We went shopping and apparently all went on a shopping spree! My friend Ashley and I went down to visit, because Ashley's sister lives in Provo also, so the four of us get together on occasion. We had so much fun! I loved seeing Robin and it gave me a chance to get a little piece of family for a few minutes.Plus, it is always fun to watch her try stuff on, she bought some pretty fun shoes and a totally cute skirt and sweater. I know there was more, but t was fun to watch the fashion show of all of us coming and going and getting advice from everyone who was with us. We all have different styles, but it was a blast! It was good to see my sister and have a little bit of family time. It was what I needed, but Christmas seems very far away.

I was also introduced to the gas station drive-thru this weekend. Now, apparently here in utah this is normal! I have never taken notice or have never seen one. But to prove the point, my dear friend Jessica took me through one this weekend and we got GINORMOUS bottles of water. It was an experince. Now I can say, "Well when I went through the drive-thru at the gas station..."

And, as always I was working on the Nearly Naked Mile stuff. I am so glad that it is this week! I am ready to be done with it, and excited all at the same time! It is a wondeful thing, but I am very ready to not have to worry about it any more.

And then came Snow. It has snowed here a few times, where it didn't stick but this is the first snow that actually stuck for real! I am sure it will all be gone soon, but I to share with the friends in Texas and AZ what fall is really like...not 70 and 80 degree weather! ha ha ha! So enjoy with me, the first snow of the season...

Random Thoughts

Well today was full of odds and ends. I feel much better about today than yesterday. Today was by extension a part of yesterday, but it is all a part of my story, so sit back grab a drink and be ready...

Well it is the end of the semester as you all know and if you don't then you are new to me or the blog. I have been studying up a storm. Or at least trying to. Last night I just got into the groove and before I knew it I looked up and it was 2:30am. Yeah, I was a little unhappy about that. So I cleaned up my mess, or cleaned is not the right word. I rearranged my mess to make myself think I had "cleaned" and then headed to bed. I have a 10am class on Thursdays so I set my alarm for a lovely 9am wake-up call. So who wakes up and a bright and early time of 7:30am? If you guess me, you are right.

I do make it to class after scraping the nights snow off my car. I get to class which is Organizational Communication and we begin discussing parallelism in organizations as well as business strategy. Lots of fun! I actually really do enjoy it. I love my professor, he is the best professor I have had at WSU. He asks me hard questions and expects me to know which seems like it would be annoying but really it isn't. I like that he thinks that I am that smart. We get talking today about how stem cell research is a form of communication (you really don't want to know how we got there). Let me just say the class was in an uproar! Half the class was for it and half was opposed to stem cell research and it got crazy. But it was wonderful too. There is something about being involved in an intelligent debate about important and relevant issues. I loved the feeling, and those who know me will laugh, of stepping between the two sides and giving quick to the point synopsis of what the other side is saying and bringing it back to personal choice and aren't we all glad that we have it? There is something about being in that moment with the words just barely rolling off your tongue and the looks and the feeling of the group. I wish I could bottle it up and sell that feeling. I would buy it.

Then I went home and more studying awaited me. I did take a break to water my plants and I was excited to see my basil popping its head out. I have been waiting for it to show its self. I love new plants.

I went outside for an afternoon walk and came home to fall in love with the flowers in my flower bed all over again. I ran to the post office to mail some bills and then to work. How loverly! Why is it that I like to put "r" in things? I call my friend Ashley, Asherley because I like the way it sounds. Would it be odd to name a little girl that? I hope not.

Winter Reprise

Well today about 10:30 it started snowing. It is still snowing. This is not out of the ordinary just crazy. I did not enjoy having wet shoes and having to scrape my car again. I also did not like the fact that I am peeling from the sunburn that I got about a week ago. It seems a little odd to be peeling in the snow. Not that it matters really, it just seems odd.

Do you ever have one of those days that just seems to float right past you? No medicine involved just the all natural feeling of the day floating past and you almost don't even realize it. I had a meeting this morning at 7am. That is early for me. I am waking up between 7am-8am, so to be out and about that early is a little nuts to me.

It was a very productive meeting though. We (the student alumni organization) got a lot taken care of for next year and that was a huge benefit. I have been on a recruiting spree and have found some great people to head up some committees and to be our web designer. That is wonderful! I really was worried about that job.

I got a call from an ex-boyfriend a few days ago. Monday night I believe. It was good to hear that he was doing well and to chat with him for a few minutes. I obvious cared about him so to hear from him was nice. But then he proceeds to ask me if I ever think about what it would have been like if we had stayed together and had gotten married. I was speechless. This is a nice guy and there was a time when I would have thought the same thing but a year and half after we brake up isn't one of those times. I moved on and I am ok with what happened with our relationship. I guess I am torn between feeling flattered and frustrated. I love that he realizes that I was worth having around but annoyed that it took him this long to realize that he has just realized this.

I guess in the process of the phone call, the snow, the early morning meeting and the mush my brain is at finals time the day is just slipping away. Maybe work will be better, maybe not. We will just have to wait and see.