i can hardly wait!

18 days until Kauai!!!!!!!!!!!!!

snow.friends.snow.fun.snow

Such a fun weekend! Saturday I went snowboarding with some friends at The Canyons. My roommate saved me the $70 lift ticket by scoring a couple of free passes - nice! It was my second time on the mountain this year. By the end of the day I had found my 'boarding legs' again. I'm still a nightmare getting off the lifts. I don't have much control so I usually tell my lift buddies "save yourselves!" I most likely won't be looking out for them- it's all about keeping ME on my feet.

Saturday night ended with a trip to a hot tub with some of my best girls...ahhh!

Monday school was closed so I was free to play (I am LOVING a teachers schedule - too bad the pay is just pennies). I met up with SheRoos & HeRoos for some lunch at the Porcupine Grill. It was a perfect place to eat after a big snow storm and the company was even better.

I had Tuesday off too - Teacher Development Day - which I translate to mean another day to play. Seriously...I love this schedule! I did squeeze in a little work in the morning before heading up to Brighton for another fabulous day of snowboarding. The powder was so much fun!! I'm a chicken but when there is powder I get a little more daring. I did eat snow once - and went rolling but I smiled the whole way :)

What a great weekend!! I'm a lucky girl to have such fun friends - I wouldn't trade 'em for nuthin'! Can hardly wait for next year's snow adventure!!

Plans gone bad...

I had a plan. A plan for how I was going to accomplish the extra jobs, school and training I’ve taken on in 2008. Monday was great. Tuesday things started to unravel. Thursday I had a minor meltdown on my way home from job #2 wondering if I had possibly taken on more than I could handle. By Friday afternoon I found myself sick in bed and in quite a pissy little mood. This was NOT how things were supposed to go this week. So much for all of my new year’s resolutions – and my plan. I finally fell asleep though and woke up a lot less distraught then I had been a few hours earlier. So what if things didn’t go the way they were supposed to? Life doesn’t always go according to plans…right? Sometimes the most memorable and fun experiences don’t come from a plan…but from throwing out the plan and “living in the now”. I’m someone who always likes to have a plan but this year the plan is to be a little more *bendy* with those plans. After all didn’t someone once say that life is what happens when you are making other plans??

Ok – so about this blog thing. I am addicted to reading blogs!! I couldn’t resist starting one. I realize that most people won’t read it – losers. Just kidding! But seriously, I’ve been accused of not sharing what is going on in my life so for those that really are curious this is for you. Shout outs to Just-Jackie for helping me find a name. It is so fitting for my state of life right now J. And a shout out to nancy4wood for the awesome pic. Thanks for capturing a compli-KATE-d moment. Glad I could provide some entertainment for the Zion’s 2007 crew.