Cohort 9.0

Cohort 9.0. Hopefully this will be the Class of 2012. Us, on our last day of class for this semester.

Little blue box

It's a new year, and I was so very, very, Very, VERY excited to end my day with this: A little blue box. Anyone recognize the company? Hmmm???? I was sooo excited to open it and try what was in it on! Hensley was pretty curious as to what was inside.
Aren't you?

Inside the little blue box was another blue box, with a harder shell this time.

Is the suspense killing you? Alas, I shall show you my new accessory:

Glasses. Yes. Glasses. New year, new glasses. And, no, I am not going to post a picture of me in them. I do believe they make me look smart (beware, looks can be decieving), but not quite as smart as my old pair, which I loved.

Next time I open a little blue box from above company, complete with "return to" enscribed, I am hoping for something smaller, sparklier, and not as heavy. Ok, maybe as heavy, if it's a bracelet!

It's good to be me in my new Tiffany's.

Winter retreat

I was determined to find some California Snow; you know, the kind that forms on the ground, instead of frighteningly falling from the sky? (You northerners, and you know who you are, think it is a natural, normal process, to have frozen water falling from the sky!)

Well, I found some good-old-fashioned on-the-ground kind of snow. I have heard it referred to as ice, but I like to think it grows. ;) I went up to Julian, thinking it would have grown snow, but it hadn't. Yet. I was lucky to have spotted this little bit growing on the street!

It wouldn't be California without a little bit of color, and these berries nicely did the trick.

I wouldn't have been a proper "vacation" without getting to meet a new kitty cat.

I simply loved wandering through the California-version of old area. So, maybe 50 years old? Ancient! Ha!

The selection of jams and jellies had my mouth watering, and my camera clicking away.

Between the candy and the honeys, it is a wonder I didn't develop a cavity right then and there!

I did get a few honey stick, a weakness for me. Did I mention it was cold???

Yes, I got my "winter holiday fix" in when I saw these icicles. BRRRRR!!!

See? That's what happens to bad water that tries to fall from the sky!!!

I tried to post this picture multiple times, and it finally let me. It is of the path I took on my hike the same day. I was worried about mud, but only because I was wearing my cute new running shoes, as previously pictured in the last post.

And just in case you were wondering, yes, I know snow falls from the sky, and that is a natural part of the orderly cycle of life. It's just so much better and good to be me when it stays put on the ground. Far away. :)

Starting off a new year

The beginning of the year, in my humble opinion, should start off with a bang; something out of doors, adventurous and active. I started it off with a hike just outside of Julian.

It was bloody cold, and apparently it snowed about 2 hours after I left.

I was glad to have gotten out of the house and enjoy the weather before it got bad.

I can only imagine how these trees would look covered in snow...

....and was very glad to not find out!

From the top of the rocks, I could see the river bed. Being as how I am certainly not afraid of heights, I took my time sitting at the edge of the rock, looking down.

It reminded me of dangling my feet over the cliffs in Ireland. Sigh. I miss that trip. It was wonderful.

A very delayed Happy New Year! I hope your 2011 is full of adventure, good times, great views, and even better friends and family!

Grandma's reaction

OK, so maybe it wasn't this exact picture, but similar. With "Philip Rivers BUTT!!!! Merry Christmas!!!" written on it. Framed. Uh huh. Yup. I know you are jealous. I was.

Yup, I gave them both the same thing. Who wouldn't love it???

Grandma's Tight Buns Reaction

Had to share with you all, since you couldn't be there, this is the next best thing! A woman after my own heart!

Front Page!!! Again!!!

I don't know how many times my mother told me not to go out of the house without makeup, ok, well, my mother never told me that, but somebody did, because sure enough, after running a 5K back in May, with sweat pouring down, and no makeup on, and only my glasses on, with my hair not brushed back in a pony tail, yes, at 5 AM, that is the EXACT time people want to take my picture and put it on the front of a nationally published magazine. Again. This time my name didn't make it, but my cheezy smile did. On the right. Ugh. This time it was on the ONS (Oncology Nursing Society) Foundation Newsletter. Volume 17. Number 2. Fall 2010. Just in case you wanted to look it up. It's good to be me. Better when I'm not all sweaty, but hey. What's a girl to do?

(OK, so really, I like it. But next time, crazy world, wait to take my picture in something a little more flattering, eh?)