Car Insurance

Is there some kind of magical wisdom that is bestowed upon drivers when they reach 25 years of age? Why else would my car insurance be reduced by over 50%? One must be given some kind of sixth sense as that internal clock ticks closer to the title of "old maid."

Though the timing might just be extremely lucky. Perhaps its actually some kind of compensation for gas being $4.38. The insurance companies might be thinking that we Americans will stop to use our cars if insurance goes up too. (yea right!) But just to be clear...I'm not complaining. Less money in their pocket is more money in mine, right?

In any case, if there is some kind of almighty knowledge given to those of the ripe age of a quarter century, then by all means, bring it on! I can't wait to see what else 25 will bring!


~ 314 days until I graduate!~

Take a moment...

Could I ask a favor?

Please pray for our soldiers in Iraq and their families.

Thank you!

Pictures...as promised!

You know the saying "A Picture is worth a thousand words?" Well, get ready for a novel...

Water World - 21 June 2008

A fun trip with (back) Evan, me, Heather, Kyle, (front) Shannon, Bill Tandy, Abbey, Alayne, and Lindy.






House in Glenwood Springs
Here's a couple pics of my mansion in Glenwood Springs (rent free!! Thanks to the company I'm working for) It's a $699,000 house! Plus a pic of Mt. Sopris that watches over Glenwood Springs... and some hiking pics where you can see all the way from Aspen Snowmass to Mt. Sopris.








(please forgive me not stitching this together)


Estes Park
Some neat photos I took in mid-May in RMNP. Farin invited me to her boyfriend's sister's husband's family reunion. ( I'm a little amazed I still remember that brain twister!) And yes, I was hiking in my pj's. I missed judged the weather and brought only shorts.







Rafting Photos ...
...will be coming. Unfortunately, I keep forgetting to pull them off my computer at work. My co-worker was the one who took them. But that trip was incredible not for the rapids (which were rather dull) but for the wild life we saw. A bald eagle decided to give us one heck of a show. There were others that showed off too but I don't reacll they're names... Blue sparrow...swallow??? It was too big for a sparrow.... Oh well, I guess someone will tell me what is is when I post the pics.

And one more thing!
I just wanna add a quick CONGRATULATIONS to my friend and avid reader misskate211 who recently got a big rock attached to her ring finger!!!!!!!

Thoughts

Hmmm.... What to talk about?

Thought #1
I'm wishing that I could be done with school and continue forward with life.

Thought#2
I went back to Boulder last weekend. Here's why... It was stake conference for the Glenwood Springs ward. But the stake center is 2.5 hours away in Craig. So it was either 2.75 hours back to Boulder to visit with friends and be in a friendly familar environment or 2.5 hours to a conference where I would know no one and the chances of me meeting anyone I would actually see again were slim. So I chose the easy and safe solution. I'm glad I did cause I went mini-golfing and went to breakfast (at 1pm!) with a friend and had an overall good time. It gave me a little bit of homesickness. The homesickness is a result of me having trouble meeting new people to hang with. This ward has an FHE activity for the YSA every Tuesday. I went last week and I brought my roommate. My roommate and I were the only ones there for almost an hour before anyone else showed up. And that was just because the lady who hosts FHE called her grandson to have him come. I felt really bad for her because she made a really fancy ham dinner with all the trimmings. Oh well, hopefully it'll be better tomorrow...

Thought #3
I love summer.

Fascination with TV?

Having new roommates, I have to become accustomed to new habits of life. But I will never truly understand the fascination with television. Here we are in beautiful Glenwood Springs and all my roommates do all weekend is sit and watch the big HDTV or mess around on the computer. Me?? I went river rafting and hiking and biking and shopping and went to church. It was a fun! Though if I had people to do it with, it would make it all that more enjoyable. I guess I have to cut them a little slack. After all, one of them just came from sea level and has to acclimate before doing anything too crazy.

The Beautful Land of Glenwood Springs

I have now officially moved to Glenwood Springs after over a week of preparation. And I have to day that as of today, I couldn't be happier with my decision. The house is great, my job has promise, Glenwood is beautiful and find myself excited to explore a new town. Although, I'm going to have to adapt to working 8 hours every day before I'll have enough energy to do more than find the grocery store and other necessary places.

This morning on my run I discovered that there is a bike/run trail that runs all along the river just like the Boulder Creek Path. Its like a little piece of home away from home. :) I can' t wait til the weekend so I can explore the trails a little more. Plus, I'll be able to go to church and meet my new ward family. Part of me just wants to show up at the building to see if there are any activities going on. But then I remember, that I'm exhausted and probably wouldn't be very social.

Did I mention just how gorgeous our house is. I've never lived in such a nice place. Making the transition back to boulder will be quite difficult. I'll try to post some pictures soon.

Thats it for now. I wish all my readers a wonderful week!