Here i am. Waiting in a parking lot. I am bored and have no computer yet i can still waste my time blogging. It was cold today at work. Kind of a pointless day. we just messed around with the tractor until it was un denyable that it would not work.

The new world record elk

heck yes! I have discovered how to post from my phone! I love technology. Not as much as you you see. But i still love technology.

Califorina overrated? I think not...

Wow, so much to say and so much space and time to say it in. As you have guessed I am at work. I really should be catching up on work but lets face it...I never do and I never get here at 8. I will continue on with these habits for the simple reasons that I have never been scolded for them and I like them. Where to start...Thursday the 16Th. Got to work at noon, prepped for a presentation and talked to the Audobon Society. I really like them. If I had to join a "sportsman's" group that is affiliated with the Fish and Game it would probably be them. I just think they have a really good attitude and outlook at wildlife. After the presentation Kori picked me up from work and we headed south. I slept and she drove until she was too tired. Then she slept and I drove until I was too tired. Then we stopped at a rest stop who knows where and we both slept (Kona was in the back...sleeping the whole time). We put an old topper that we found in the back yard on top of the truck so we could keep our stuff safe and so we could sleep back there and feel safe. It was awesome. We had the perfect amount of room and I felt like we could go anywhere. We also bought all of our food with my food stamps before we left and planned it out perfectly. So Friday morning we continued on with our drive until we got to Doheny beach. Their campground was full so we went a little farther south and camped there. We headed straight to the beach. It was 1.5 miles away and the walk was welcomed. It turned out to be a little longer than we had planned though because there was more than 1 trail. Anyways, we got back to the campsite, got some dinner and went to bed. Saturday morning we went to Disney Land!!!! HAPPY DISNEYLAND DAY!! Disneyland really is magical and the happiest place on earth. Where else can you fly over roof tops and mermaids and Indians in a magical boat, or take tours to endor and help destroy the death star, follow a white rabbit while on the back of a caterpillar, watch Mickey battle the forces of evil over a lake, be saved by Indiana Jones, hang out with pirates, go underground with Brier rabbits, bears and foxes, watch Cinderella dance with her prince and give hitchhiking ghosts a ride? All in one day while surrounded my amazing food and such a diversity of people. I think Disneyland is such a happy place because you really can do anything you have wanted to do since you were a kid. Also because everyone leaves everything about the outside world outside. I didn't think about work or money or stress about anything all day! The biggest stresser was deciding if I wanted an ice cream sandwich or a sorbet. After all the fun and excitement was over we stayed the night at another rest stop...not a good idea. That place was soo busy we never got any sleep. You'd think things would die down but they never did. In the morning we went to this cool beach that they let dogs go to and hung out there all day. We walked around the shops, swam in the water and taught Kona to play in the waves. She was soo cute! Then we grabbed the pocked rocket, a box of pasta roni and my guitar. I played while we made dinner. The ocean is soo invigorating. That night we stayed at our old house which is still infested with spiders! I forgot until I killed 4 of them in the bathroom. Yes I got bit 3 times and I am still suffering the effects. The next morning we headed out to Mission Gorge and went climbing. It was almost too hot! I let a pretty cool 5.9 and there were some other good climbs but I would not say that it was my favorite climbing spot. Most of the routes required trad gear which I do not have. I did however get to use my new climbing shoes! They worked great, but they do kind of hurt my toes. That night we stayed with Lizette. What a great friend. She took us out to breakfast the next morning and sent us on her way. It was good to catch up with her. I am glad we are still friends. The drive up to Utah seemed to last forever! Not to mention the fact that it was getting colder and colder the farther we got. I was soo nice in California. 70 and sunny the whole time. I miss November weather like that. Well, we go to Utah and Brian, Sterling, Jared, Marcus, Mary and Tim were all there to hang out with. I like good solid groups of friends. The next morning we played tennis and went slacklining. Kori left to go to her families...or at least that's what she told us...and we ran around doing random things. Tolman gave me that opsprey pack for my birthday hoot yeah!!! and we hung out at different peoples houses pretty much all day. The next morning the ward played football in our yard and Tolman and Tim had to leave pretty early (11am). Well early for Thanksgiving day. We had our dinner-wonderful as usual- I love holidays that are centered around eating...Ok, I know it's really supposed to be centered around being thankful but I'm thankful for food. No actually I am very thankful for lots of things. I'm grateful for my family and such good friends and for those who are more than friends (you know who you are). And for my dog Kona and danger kitty and for the great outdoors and how it can change a person. I'm also thankful for the indoors and our amazing technology. And of course our amazing gospel and our church leaders and the strenght and power that they have. I am thankful for bikes and trails and rocks and bolt lines and water (all types:rivers, oceans, lakes, pools, hot tubs, hot springs, sprinklers, filtered water, slippin slides...ok I think you get the idea)sunrises over the Tetons and sunsets over the beach, good food (did I already say that?) good gear and I am very thankful for my birthday and the fact that I think I got everything that I have ever wanted because if it. Ok, probably not really but it feels like that sometimes. Ok, back to the summary of my week. Yes I call it a summary because believe it or not I could add a lot more detail! After Thanksgiving we helped out in the yard and in the garage (that was mostly Brian) moved some beds around (mostly me) put up the Christmas lights and had some fun planning 72 hr packs for the family. Oh also I spent quite a bit of time shopping with my mom. It was actually fun. Friday night we got to hang out with Angela and her sisters as well as her "friend" Matt and his sister. Brian and Sterling were both there also. We went to Salt Lake and tried to see the Joseph Smith movie, looked at some of the lights and ate at the Olive Garden. It was fun to hang out with a different group. Not that I don't love the group I usually hang out with, but it was just fun to see Angela and her sisters again. Saturday we had a birthday party for me. My mom kind of went all out. Thanks Mom! And thanks for all the gifts. They will be put to good use :) Other stuff happened but I can't remember everything and I'm getting bored with blogging. I will be very surprised if very many people read this far anyways. We came back up to Idaho Saturday night. Sunday was church day and Monday...back to work. Last night was fun. We decorated our Christmas tree.

Pictures to come...

hello. Well I guess I have a few things to report. We had our volunteer banquet last Thursday and despite all the stresses I think it went pretty well. We managed to make sure everyone walked away with something and that's always good. It was a fun weekend too. Kori and I went out to Mud Lake and primed her dutch oven (that she won at the banquet) and made dinner in it. Then we went back to the bunkhouse, watched a movie and made peanut butter yummies. Saturday I spent collecting and spreading sage seeds and discing a field. At the banquet my supervisor presented me with an award. I didn't look at it until later, but it's a $100 gift certificate to Sportsman's Warehouse! whoop yeah! I've already picked out a pair of $99 snowshoes that I'm going to pick up. Also while I was reading a biking magazine I came up with this crazy idea that I have already talked with a few of my friends about. I'm doing AmeriCorps again next year which means I have 300 hours to do a "personal project" that will benefit humanity somehow. I want to get a good cause, some sponsors and bike across the U.S. Well, at least from Canada to Mexico. www.adventurecycling.com has a ton of maps that they have designed to take you on the back roads so you can stay off the hyways. So far this tentative expedition is planned for August of 2007. I am still trying to decide if I should work my butt off (55 hours/wk) for another year and be completely debt free by December 2007 or take it easy (40 hrs/wk)and be left with $7,000 or so, take out a low interest loan against my truck and have "normal" bills for the next 5 years like everyone else.
Other than that...I'm just working on holiday plans. I have to give a presentation this Thursday to the Autobon Society. Then I think I'm going to start my Thanksgiving break.

I keep going back and fourth on life. I really have the urge to move away next year to some new adventure. Somewhere far where I've never been. Like South America or Europe or something and start doing "feel good" ecologist work like saving trees and butterflies by not shaving my legs.

Ok, so to answer a few questions: I don't really plan on hunting with out a lisence. That would be like commiting career suicide. Inside the pumpkin was ground turkey, onions, potaoes and some spices. I think it turned out well. About my job: I'll be "volunteering" part time for AmeriCorps/Fish and Game and I'll get a prorated stipend. I'll be a tech for Fish and Game doing who knows what right now. Here is a picture of a grouse. There are different types of grouse like sharp tailed grouse, sage grouse, blue grouse etc.

hoo wee, I'm sick of not being able to post pictures from work. Then when I'm home I don't have the pictures because they're all on my work computer. This past week has been pretty good. I've worked a lot, but things are going well at work, so I don't mind. It's been really cold and I have mastered layering. It actually becomes fun. I was outside all day yesterday if freezing cold weather most of the time on the edge of a cliff with windchill factors and I was comfortable the whole time. Well, there was this one time my hands got cold, but they warmed up pretty darn fast. And if you know me well that is not normal. I was happy.
The funding did not go through for my job :( sad day for sure. After a lot of thought I have decided that I like my job because of the people I work with, my flexible hours, the respect/authority that I have, the diversity and the benefits. The only con is the $$. I also have told myself I should travel while I'm young and single. I might as well cut the crap. I hate traveling by myself. Why should travel stop when your not single. Perfect example = Fern. Her and Tyler live in Mexico. I've never had a job for longer than a semester before so I'm taking a chance here but I have decided to commit for another year. It will be through AmeriCorps again and I will also be working 6.8 hours a week as a technician to bring in an extra $300 a month. That will give me a total of 45 hours...every week but only for 11 months. I think I'll start working early in January, take a week off in the summer, one off for Thanksgiving and 2 off for christmas.
Ok, I feel like I'm starting to babble and I need to get work done.

P.S.
I'm taking up fishing and grouse hunting. Maybe I'll even start fake bow hunting antelope. Basically I'll hike around with a bow and arrow and look for animals. I'm debating on whether or not I really need a hunting licence because the chances of me killing the animals I find are slim to none. I start fishing on the 13th. We are going ice fishing at Henry's Lake.