View the Steamboat pics for more fun details, or if you just want a nice slideshow with none of my rambling, click here.
If you want a good laugh, we took some pretty bad video of:
Elk in Rocky Mountain National Park
Wendy crossing Devil's Causeway
Greg crossing Devils Causeway
A very bumpy horseback ride at Steamboat lake
After a week of blissful relaxation and fun in Steamboat Springs, Greg headed home as I took another flight to Los Angeles for my second Adobe Max Conference, October 5-8. LA was a ton of fun as well, as I ran around with the usual trouble makers taking endless flex courses, bowling at Lucky Strike, hitting the grammy museum, and learning to salsa at the conga room. Even got to see John Mayer in person, which was to say the least, very cool, and I learned a lot from all the classes. Photoshop till you drop baby! Melissa, my co-worker, has way better pictures than me, so i'll put a link up to her photos soon. View LA pics
I Bolt Bus-d it up to New York City to catch up with my friend Doug, and we decided to stop by Carrie Bradshaw's pad on Perry street in the village. I had so much fun catching up with Doug and hanging out in the big apple!
I finished reading Pretty in Plaid, by my favorite author Jen Lancaster. She is my idol and oh so funny, however this book was not as funny as her usual. She did have some shining moments in the first chapter and then I was spitting up my water when reading the epilogue on the bolt bus coming back from NYC. But other than that, it's definitely no "bitter is the new black". Jen, make up for it next time.
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We have been painting the condo like bandits - doing every room but the guest room and guest bathroom. I never thought our little 3 bedroom 1250 square foot condo was so big until now. But we are fixin' it up, got a new floor mirror, new bookcase, new lighting in almost every room, etc. It's starting to come together. We've got a few more things to get, and one more closet to paint, but we are pretty much done!
Greg turned 36 on June 26th! We went out to a nice dinner and had a quiet birthday to celebrate, just the way he likes it. Just us and a few others, some Sakoontra and some coconut cake - lord, that's all ya need!
I went to a Rascall Flatts concert with Shelli and Julie, since Greg would rather eat dirt than listen to country. We knew all the words and appeared to be the most sober people there, as people were falling on our blanket from intoxication, but it was entertaining at least.
I got my redneck on at the prince william county fair with my parents this year! It was so much fun riding all the rides I loved as a child and some new ones. I won a sad little penguin, contemplated buying a cowboy hat, and was severly disspointed that there were no pig races. However, mom still showed me the cows and minature horses before running off to see the Elvis personator (that's right folks, TRUE STORY). I had such a good time, especially on the twilt-a-whirl with dad. Put some more weight on it! I felt 13 again...
Greg had the stinky boys down (read..the usual suspects) to our place for the big fantasy football draft, and this year, I was asked to "Vanna" the board while 15 men or so shouted out their requests. (insert inappropriate joke here) I think I did a good job, but I kept having to ask them which position the guy played. Was lots of fun at glory days and the draft was a big hit. I don't know how vanna doesn't get tired walking back and forth like that, perhaps she wears dr. scholls for her cushion pads in her heels, i'll have to remember that for next year.
My niece is doing really well, I don't get to see her as often as I'd like, but we did get a bunch of pictures taken together with the whole fam around Mother's Day. Was funny to try to keep her occupied with tigger and try to not completely annoy the photographer.
No pictures yet, but I threw a funky "ladies-only" brunch for my mom's big 65th birthday! She seemed to enjoy herself, and we all had a blast playing name that tune from 1944 (okay me, not so much on that one), give the old lady a cane (a version of "pin the tail on the donkey" but after drinking spiked mimosa punch), and musical chairs, my those old bitties can get competitive with their hip checks. A wonderful time had by all, and I was proud of my blueberry stuffed french toast.
I am still working at the Federal Reserve, but simply switched units on July 12th. I'm really liking my new unit and the projects that I'm getting, so I'm excited about the change and hopefully a less stressful level of work, less blackberry, and more design and project lead stuff, so that has kept my hands full over the summer as well!
I'm sure there is more to tell, but that's all I got for now.
