Hi All... Nothing like a friend invading your blog to get you to post something. A couple disclaimers for anyone who reads this and thinks... I know that Martha and Mary does not give a Rockinest Employee of the year award. It was the Children's Advocate award. I am proud of it. And no Jenn I did not miss my midterm... well sort of... The banquet was the night before my midterm and my boss told me I had to be there... so my professor let me take the midterm Monday instead of Friday... But I was still pretty mad at the time. 

So yeah ... Spirit Fingers. 

I promise... One day when I have more than 5 seconds to spare I may post more. Many great things are going on in my life... I will take a moment to share them at another time. 

bye now. 

And the winner is....

(picture flashing lights and lots of streamers)
CRYSTAL!!
well, Crystal has exciting news that she should certainly be posting, but as she is not I am going to have to do it for her (and as she is remembered on my computer I can access her account anytime, so let this be a lesson to you).

Crystal has won a very big award (but I can't remember what it is called). But anyways, it is the biggest award you can get at Martha and Mary. Basically she has been named the rockin'-est worker over all other workers for the whole entire year.

yes, they interrupted her schedule and made her miss a midterm but, hey, she is something like employee of the year. And she was honored at banquet in front of all the M&M workers in the whole world (or something to that affect)...

So, next time you see Crystal, say congrats and maybe get the details...or maybe she will be inspired to post on her own blog. Now....

gimme a C!
gimme an R!
gimme a Y!
gimme an S!
gimme a T!
gimme an A!
gimme an L!

what's that spell?
CRYSTAL!!!!
spirit fingers!!!!

Real Blog to Come Soon...

My January Resolutions

With the holidays come and gone and winter break coming to a close, I think I am finally ready to make my resolutions. Any regular reader of my blogs (the few, the proud, and the slightly bored) know that I tend to attempt to make monthly blogs. This is due to my whole attention span of a peanut thing I was telling you about. Just assume that the regular goals are present and accounted for... Be healthy, exercise more, Pray more, read my bible, be a nice person, and I don't know...don't start any major drug dependencies. No I think my January resolutions are going to be more fun. So here goes... please note I am thinking of these as I write them so it is a surprise to all of us.

Hmmmm # 1. Learn to make Pavlova.... This is a traditional and delicious Australian desert made with egg whites that I have come to love... I just got the recipe from my oldest friend, and the wife of a very faithful Aussie. So now I learn to make it.

Let us see #2. Have 2 game nights. One just so I can learn to play Settlers of Katan (I think that is what it is called.) and the second so I can have more people over and they can help me eat my pavlova.

What next #3 Smile more... I have had good things happen lately... I wanna remember that and smile more.

#4 I tend to have this resolution every year and it lasts for about a month... so this year I make it a monthly resolution.... Send more cards. Nothing makes me happier than receiving a card in the mail out of the blue to show me someone was thinking of me. If they are anything like me, it took a lot to get that card mailed. First picking out a card (my favorite part) , then actually filling it out with thought... then getting the address and addressing the envelope, then of course putting a stamp on it... which means buying a stamp, which for me means hunting around to find cool stamps, then actually sticking it in a mail box. Oh the Joy! I want to give some one else this joy.

#5 I wonder how many of these there will be... oh the suspense.... I think 5 will be to cook more.... this accomplishes multiple things... a. I love to cook. B. I have acquired some of the coolest kitchen tools ever in the last few years and would like to use them more. C. This helps with staying healthy and spending less.

#6 Do more fun things... Like in the picture above I spent the day in Seattle with friends and spent less than 20 bucks... this includes Christmas presents, coffee, lunch, and a ferry ride. And I had a blast. We went to an Asian tea shop and had a free tea tasting... we went to the Seattle Art Museum gift shop and just looked at displays in the lobby (that picture is a display representing 9/11 and a car bombing... there are 9 Ford Taurus' being suspended from the ceiling. ) and we just took fun pictures which will be pasted below for viewing... anyway it was fun. I need to have more fun.

#7 I think this is my last one... to keep up on my blog. I still find it therapeutic... but once a month blogging makes them really long.

So there you have it, if you care. See below for fun pictures. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!