Fall Break

Last weekend was Fall Break for me, a badly needed break and boy was it glorious! I had Thursday, Friday, and Monday off of school. It was a perfect weekend and I had a lot of fun. Great weather, reading, going out to eat, seeing old friends, hiking, bike riding, carving pumpkins, watching movies, anything relaxing. I spent a good deal of time outdoors with Lisi. We hiked the Y one morning...I love the view from up there! I love my face in this picture....classic! Don't you like the outfit?



My favorite thing, though, was riding a bike (I have really wanted to buy one for a long time now...I'm still saving up) up the Provo River Canyon trail. Who knew it could be so fun? With fall colors in the trees and the sun shining down, it was perfect! A good enjoyable workout. I'm excited to buy my own bike now. Here's Lisi and I - I was the irresponsible one riding without a helmet....

Twilight

I did it. I read Twilight. I was stuck on the whole falling in love with a vampire thing and really had no desire to read it. Everybody always talks about it, though, and now the movie is coming out so I decided I would only read the first one, that's it. I actually liked it, but a few things bothered me like.....

-Edward didn't even bother to hide what he truly was. He just straight up answered Bella's questions. That's no fun.
-She wasn't even scared of him in the least bit. Kind of odd don't you think? Even when he kept telling her he could kill her any time he wanted (didn't like that either).
-The romance was more of a college level romance than high school.

Other than that I really enjoyed it! I won't be reading the rest though, mostly because I have no extra time to. I had a good friend give me the synopsis of the other books.....Hey, I was just dying to know if she became a vampire or not!

Ode to Candy Corn

A pure bundle of goodness
But why oh so good?
All you are is pure sugar
Disguised as something more
Really not very appealing
But oh so addicting!!

I really have NO idea why I like candy corn & candy pumpkins so much, but at least I admit it. All the rest of you are too cowardly to admit it....joining in on the candy corn bashing. Ha! You really don't know what you're missing out on! Plus did you know what the secret ingredient is? You'll have to ask me....!!

Moonlight Ski Lift Ride

So this is probably one of the funnest things I've done in a long time! I've never been skiing or snowboarding, sadly, so therefore never ridden on a ski lift. I WAS SO EXCITED!!! At Sundance, they have moonlight rides when there's a full moon. This week was the last time so Allison, Amy, and I all went. I had so much fun, and I'm not gonna lie....I was a little scared at times. Especially coming down that huge steep mountain. Oh boy!! What a thrill! I think we were the loudest ones around for sure.

It was so pretty with the snow on the mountaintops and even getting to hang my feet down so far above the ground. I can't even imagine skiing down those hills. I had a great time with the girls! So thanks to Lisi & Snowb for telling me about it. Can't wait til next year rolls around....

Happy Columbus Day!!

Well, I guess that actually depends on which perspective you take....some think he was a hero and great explorer, but others think he was a conquistador and exploited the Native Americans. I showed these VIDEOS to my Spanish classes today to give them more of a background on the famous Christopher Columbus. They provide some great information. Do you know the Americas where discovered on accident?!

Did you also know that the actual day of Columbus' landing on land is October 12th? We Americans celebrate it every 2nd Monday in October, which happens to be today...the 13th.

Politics Schmolitics....

This will be my one and only post about the upcoming elections since we hear enough about them. For those of you who watched the Presidential Debate this last week THIS is a must see! The best reenactment ever....

After watching the debate, I didn't want to vote for either Obama or McCain. All they did was blame each other and say he did this or he did that. Why can't they just answer the question already!? I don't want any leader in the White House who can't stand up straight and tall.

Oh no....I got my voting ballot in the mail today. What am I to do?

Shark!! Aaaaaah!

Last Friday night I ate shark for dinner, believe it or not....
My cousin who lives in Alaska caught a shark fishing this summer. I don't remember exactly how long, but approximately 7 ft. or so. He had the coolest pictures too! I wish I could post some on my blog. Anyway, he came down to visit for my Grandma's 90th birthday party and brought some shark meat with him. I thought it was pretty tasty, almost like pork (the consistency), but a little fishy. I'd eat it again though.....

I've eaten many things (frog legs, snails, octopus, baby squid, baby eels, chicken heart, hair-covered meat, pig skin, oysters, and cactus to name just a few...), but shark wasn't one of them. I didn't even know you could eat shark!

So we had a shark/halibut dinner Friday night and then the next day a rockin' party to celebrate my Grandma's 90th birthday! Amazing! She is such a great lady and a great example to me of how to live life to the fullest. The whole extended family, including my parents from AZ, came to celebrate and have a good time together. Happy Birthday Grandma!