is this thing on?

$599,000 Property Features Area: Frisco # Bedrooms: 2 InteriorSqFt: 748 # Baths: 0.0 PropType: Residential Loft Y/N: Yes Prop Sub Type: Single Family Zoning: Single Family Approx Lot Acreage: 1.46 Water Source: See Remarks Year Built: 1954 yep, this is for real. i was looking at real estate for fun and in the midst of all the million dollar homes, i found this ugly house that doesn't even have a bathroom and has boarded up windows. can you believe it's over a half a million dollars to buy this thing?! maybe it's because it comes with a picnic table. ah...summit county.

a "skier's blessing" at the conclusion of our church service.

i'm dying. will winter ever end? i think the skiers and boarders need to quit being so selfish and quit praying for more snow. they've had a GREAT winter and they need to give it up. i'm a small person and there's only so much willing within me to combat these people's wishes for more snow. it's march for crying out loud. humph.

me and some of my co-workers "with" mike today was my last day as an optomologist's assistant. definitely bittersweet for me as i don't particularly like going to a new place, with new people, with a whole new job to learn. i was pretty comfortable there. one of the people i will miss the most though is mike, our DHL delivery guy. he would often come bearing gifts (well, BESIDES the packages he was delivering) such as olympic collector pins that he stole for us from the competing eye doctor's office, a DVD chock full of DHL commercials, and even jars of his homemade jelly that is quite delicious. he brought me some jelly today as a going away gift and brought in his camera because the thought i might like to get a picture with my co-workers before i go. is your DHL guy as thoughtful as that?! i didn't think so. and when i got home from work, the picture was already waiting for me in my inbox. so, this is a tribute to mike for all his thoughtful words of enco...

so, i'm sick. really, really sick. thought about calling in sick to work yesterday but felt guilty because, i'll be the first to admit, i struggle with putting myself first sometimes. so, i dragged my sorry butt to work thinking that if i didn't feel better i'd just leave early. my boss comes in and tells me that my other co-worker has called in sick. if i left i would be leaving two new people, who don't know bunk, alone to fend for themselves so i stuck it out. i got up this morning and felt like i had been hit by a truck, and a big one at that. i was getting ready for the day with this running through my head, "just call in sick...no, just go...no call in sick, screw them...no, i can't..." then, my phone rings and it's my boss, telling me that my co-worker has called in sick again and that he needs me to stay later and close for her. as he's talking to me and i'm agreeing to do it, he realized that i didn't sound so good myself. by ...

Gaper: (pronounced 'gay'-'per') you know those people on the slopes who wear neon, one-piece suits, starter jackets, jeans, etc? those things will qualify you as a bonafide gaper. If you like the idea of mocking those who embrace gaperality and want to find some entertainment, go to this site: www.gaperhunter.com gaper. it's the new mullet. as a warning: when one lets people post their own pictures online, someone is bound to think it's funny to post a naked picture of a girl. there is one such picture on there. don't let it take away from your gaper experience though.

well, today i'm writing as the newest employee of Colorado Mountain College. yep, college of the mountains; where people go to get their degree in mountainman-ness. where all the classes are outdoors and i will work in a cabin.... nah, just kidding. it just a normal college that just happends to be in the mountains. anywho, i applied, interviewed, and just got the job today. i'm excited because i'll be making almost $10,000 more a year than i am now with actual benefits! i've even heard a rumor that i get the week between christmas and new years off...paid! i never thought i'd ever see an inkling of a christmas break again. brian and i are already planning on what we'll do that week. a cruise maybe? florida? i don't care. if i'm going to be staying here through another winter, i just want to be somewhere warm for my break. i don't know how excited i am about learning a new job and meeting new people because i've learned over the years that i real...