Sometimes I wish I were a Cat.....

This is Isabel. She has a great life: no bills, no job, no stress. All she does is sleep all day, get some food when she wants and be all lovey and cute. As I sit here she is laying on the floor acting like she just ran a marathon. When I talk to her, she barely opens her eyes and looks at me like I am disturbing her. Alfred (not pictured) is the same. No worries, just if his bowl is empty. They are great cats, although they have a reputation of 'bad cats'. They don't bark or nip at strange small children or jump up at you when you arrive, but they are still aka 'bad cats'. I still love them....and their lazy easy lives.

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Signs of Spring - Flowers and Taxes

I saw the daffodils popping up this weekend. This must mean spring is on the way. I do however know there will be at least one more snow storm. There always is one in late March or April.

I just finished my taxes. Actually, I finished them last night and when I went to print them off, I ran out of paper! Just my luck! So I went to the Office Depot tonight and picked up a whole new ream of paper. I wonder how long it will last? The last one lasted me over a year I think.

Have you ever gone to the office supply store for one thing and wandered around for things you 'might need?' I swear, the office supply store sucks you in and you think "hey, I really need a 12 pack of sharpies, post-it notes and a couple of 3" binders." Well, I went to pick up my new ream of paper and while wandering, I remembered I wanted to pick up a flash drive. For those who do not know, a flash drive is the latest in media storage. First there were big magnetic tapes, then there were floppy disks, big ones and small ones, then the CD and DVD came along. Finally, the flash drive. It has lots of alias' too: flash drive, memory stick, memory key,little tiny 'lipstick sized' thing. Some people at my office call it by the name on the device...mine would be called the SanDisc Cruzer. After checking out the prices on the flash drives as I was walking up the register, I was finally approached by the sales person...'do you need any help?' Yeah, five minutes ago. Oh well, customer service...that is another topic for another day.
-ciao

Start Training Again!

Sally and I had this crazy idea last year to train for the Salt Lake Marathon. This is our picture after the big day last June. We are sunburnt, tired and sore. I am putting it up for inspiration. During our training, we ran the Ogden 1/2 Marathon. Then, before our "high" wore off we committed to run in the Las Vegas 1/2 Marathon. What were we thinking...so far in the last 12 months, we have run the over 100 miles -- including all of the training time. Well we are beginning to train again for Ogden. I better get a pedicure soon before my toenails fall off again.

Spring is Coming!

Today was a nice spring day. This is a view from Alta, one of my favorite places to go skiing!

The Beginning

This is my blog. Sally has been doing this for months and I have been meaning to get started, so no time better than now.