Wednesday, October 25, 2006

son of a #@$*! hit my first car today. I just want to say although it was my fault... it wasn't fair! It was a tiny little sports car thing that was parked right behind me and a little to the right. I honestly could not see it! I could barely feel it. I thought maybe I ran over a piece of wood or something so I got out to make sure I didn't run over something that fell out of my truck and discovered that had scraped my bumper down the side of Sven's dad's car! suck! Then, a little confused I got back in the truck to see why I hadn't been able to see the stupid car. I checked my mirrors and windows and sure enough, the only part of the car I could see was the little antennae. And it didn't help that it was covered in snow. Then as if I wasn't feeling stupid enough, I made the mistake of calling a repair shop. The guy there just continued to make me feel like an idiot as he got impatient with me trying to get a quote out of him when I didn't know the year, make, or model of car. So here's the real question though. Do I report it to my insurance? or do I just pay for it myself? Sometimes Wednesdays feel like Mondays. Oh and it's snowing...we were supposed to go climbing today. Also I was listening to my messages at work as I was typing this and I missed someones name so I went to hit REW and accidentally hit DEL. I'm full of accidents today. Not good. I have to teach scouts to build things today.

Monday, October 16, 2006

Hey hey hey. I have a head cold. (warning...this might be gross) In fact I had to get out of bed 3 times last night because my nose was literally draining snot all over the place. However I am here at work. I have decided to get the secretaries to stuff the invitations for the volunteers so I wouldn't pass my sickness to everyone.

Well, the real reason for this post is that I just met with my supervisor. Good news: if I get the job back I'll get between $15 and $20 per hour!!! WHoop Yeah!! Bad news: There is probably about a 30% chance that legislature will pass it give me my job :( son of a! I hate government!

Ok, now for the weekend recap. Fun as usual. Friday we made pizza and watched "dead men don't wear plaid" for Friday the 13th and Saturday Kori and I headed down to Pocatello to bike and climb. Sunday we met up with Marcus, went to church and then headed out to heise to climb in celebration of Sarah's birth. I did a hard lead that had shiny new bolts on it (put up by the guy who helped write the "sweet spots" book like 5 minutes before I climbed) and I got to use my shiny new quick draws. Thanks Tolman :) Then as if my weekend couldn't get any better Melissa gave me a fairly new pair of scarpa climbing shoes. A friend of hers had given them to her and they don't fit. So after climbing we went to get pizza and then headed home where Chris had made us dinner and some really good brownies with frosting and nuts and mint ice cream to top it all off. YUM! We watched "Along Came Poly" and I played with Ian (the almost 4 year old) for a while. I get the feeling he doesn't get played with very much. I pretty much had to teach him how to play 'horsie'. I think he loved it though. We played the swing around game and did flips and he was laughing so hard. Then last night I couldn't get to sleep because someone was walking around up stairs and the floor was creaking soo loud! About the time I fell asleep Mary came home and we chatted for a while (until Kori threatened to leave if we didn't shut up) and then went to bed. We woke up at 6:50 am and I drove Kori to Rexburg (she left her truck there) It worked out pretty good though because I had to go see Bro. Weller. Ok, I don't know why I'm making this post so detailed, but there it is.

Thursday, October 12, 2006






Well, after putting the cat "under" we decided that shaving wasn't really necessary so we got to work with a comb and some scissors.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

I went jogging today...and yesterday...and I plan on going tomorrow. Yes, this is jo. I have officially begun my training for the IronMan race I want to do when I'm 29. I know it's a long time to plan, but I'm only motivated to work out when I'm training for something and this insures me 5 years. Here's my plan: Train for 1/2 marathons for 6 months, then bump it up to full marathons for another 6 months, then train for swimming for 1 year, then biking 1 year, then triathalons for 1 year and then a whole year for the IronMan. I do however expect my training plan to change as I learn more about training for this type of thing and I'm sure I'll have some type of life obstical that will get in the way of part of it...but that's my plan. Also, I got my hair cut...and we're planning on shaving the cat soon.

Saturday, October 07, 2006


Thursday, October 05, 2006

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KONA!!

Today is Kona's 1st birthday. I'm going to have a little party for her...I don't know how many people will be there, but I know at least me, blue and kona will.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

lunch time news

I was in the break room eating lunch and I read the news paper. I know it's supposed to be good to keep up with what is happening in the world but I really want to know why it's important for me to know that some sick milk man in Pennsylvania went into a 1 room Amish school house with a hand gun, shot gun, rifle, stun gun, knife, cord and tape and (after kicking out the teacher and all the boys) lined all the girls up against the chalk board, bound their feet and shot 3 of them "execution" style killing them instantly. Then he severely injured 7 more before he killed himself. This man had a wife, 3 kids and a stable job as a milk man. He was not Amish, nor affiliated with them in any way. So far investigators think it may have been a result of something that happened in his childhood and he chose the Amish school because it was "close" and had little to no security. What the heck! Who could shoot little Amish girls! ...just one more reason why I hate media.

On a brighter note there was a good quote. I cant remember it exactly but it went something along the lines of. "Man should never be opposed to admiting he was wrong, because in other words he is saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."

Monday, October 02, 2006

Fishy business...


This is Jo. She works at the Idaho Fish and Game office. That means she gets to catch things like this rainbow trout, and wander around wearing waders all day, and she buys expensive guns. Sound like fun? You too can live this dream. Just make sure you eat your vegetables, go to college, and invest in camo. Live the Dream.

fun in the sun. love weekends full of sun, water, rock, friends and food. lately i have not really felt like myself. something needs to change. that's part of why i just want to move away. some where far away and just start everything over. i've done it tons of times before and it's refreshing. i just want all of you to know though that after thinking about it for a really long time i have decided to stay in idaho for another year. for the first time i think i have found friends that are not replaceable. (not to say that any of you that don't live in idaho are replaceable...if you're not in idaho you are the one who moved away from me!) plus i feel kind of like i would be running away from life. i have always wanted stability in my life and it's about time i dealt with it. i just need to figure out why i always have this internal pull feeling. like a type of frustration, but not really. i've always thought i could get whatever i wanted out of life. i wanted to work as hard as i could every day until i reached my goal. my previous goals seemed to have been forgotten or fallen apart and now my goal is just to find a goal. i know this probably makes no sense to anyone, but i'm going to post it anyways.