February 4, 2008
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Week End Hike
Since I’m working on changing over my site, I need some pictures to create a new header, although I must admit, I love my Maui header. So… I took my cameras and headed out this weekend. I had hoped to get downtown and to the zoo as well, but no such luck. Hubby and I took a nice hike in the Sandia Mountain area. It was quite a shock to us both. We are used to taking off and being in breathtaking scenery right away, this hike however we walked for about 1/2 hour in nothing but brown desert – and I began to wonder if I should have bothered bringing my camera. Eventually however, we happened upon some winter beauty. I can’t wait to see this area in the spring and early summer when it’s green!
Here is some water, rock and ice — I loved the color of the rock underneath the water in the first one!
New Mexico Glaciers:
Here’s a rock formation, that from one side looked like a giant dog carrying a hat — and hubby
The sun was just in the right position to make these clouds have rainbows in them, and then a shot of Albuquerque from on high.
As we were headed back the clouds and sun created a unique pattern, I took several shots, and several in B&W –Pretty cool huh?
In other news, hubby will be in and out for the next month. He has conferences in Monterrey, Orlando, and Maryland. The good news is that he will be here for the RUSH concert (which we just bought tickets for) and for another ski trip to Red River (which we already have reservations for) – so that’s good! I’m looking forward to Rush, and to skiing of course, but Rush was probably my all time favorite band growing up, so this is pretty cool. I saw them once when I was a teenager, but it was in their sell out phase and they really weren’t that great! Hopefully, this one will be much better.
We are also running regularly in order to train for a 5k, then a 10K, then a 1/2 marathon with the ultimate goal being a marathon. I’ve been running 1 to 1 1/2 miles just about every night. Now mind you, I’m in round shape, so my mile takes a LONNNNGGGG time, but hey, I’m doing it! Yesterday we went to the gym (to avoid the weather) and I did 2 miles on the treadmill — I walked 1/2 a mile of that in warm up and cool down, and ran the rest with no stops — now that’s something for me!
Several people commented on my phrase the other day “I’m off like a herd of turtles” — that is a Jimism, taken from my Father in law, who passed away too soon. He had lots of those. He was a good ‘ole Texas boy, and he really could turn a phrase. Boy do we miss him!
I think for the previous question of the day there was a general consensus that while many people regretted some of their choices, they wouldn’t change them because they made us who we are today, I have to agree with this. I had to go through everything I went through to get to where I am today, and I can’t regret any of it, because I’m very pleased with where I am today.
Question of the day: What is your favorite phrase? And did you borrow it from someone or is it your own creation?
Comments (19)
Oh wow, we love Rush!! Jeffrey watches You Tube all the time where they do the new Tom Sawyer thing with South Park. Have you seen it? They have a big screen behind the stage, and they show a short clip of “Little Rush.” Then you get the South Park gang with Cartman singing “Modern day warrior named Tom Sawyer! He rode down on a river on a raft with a black guy!” OMG it’s so funny. Look it up!!
I have a couple of phrases I use, the most frequent being, of course, Oh my gosh!!! That one is pretty popular. Another one I use a lot is “What the frig?” I inherited that one from Ghost Hunters. The TAPS guys are always saying that, and I love it. lol Jordan likes Jeff Dunham so he runs around saying all the time “I keel you!” I try to tell him that not everyone has seen Jeff Dunham and may take that as a threat. lol
Cool pics, I’m a closet rush fan!
I just heard this phrase and it shot up to the top of my list. “You can’t fail if you don’t give up” so true, so true
I’ll send you an im from yahoo when I load it on to my laptop :so-cool:
RYC: when I was in Hawaii, I heard many times “Hawaiian time” lol!
great pictures!
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COW.
i don’t have a favorite phrase. i have some that come out at inopportune times that do not put a bright light on for me. mostly they sound like redneck sayings. i just can’t think of any of them right now *sigh*
love the pictures we never get snow. just ice and you usually can’t see the ice cause it’s on the roads being a hazard.
Wow, what beautiful pictures! You did a great job. I especially loved the last two. Enjoy the Rush concert. I’m not a big fan, I just like some of their songs. Congrats on the running. Sounds like you’ll be running long marathons in no time. Keep up the great work! Hmmm, favorite phrase. I don’t really have one, but the one that I hear a lot of here in CA is . . . “It’s all good!”
@thefoursome - SILENCE!!! I keel you. lol — love Jeff Dunham and Achmend!
@NightlyDreams - I hate it when that happens don’t you!! Arghhh….
@MAMA2GRLS - We heard that all the time in HI too, with the addition of Brah on the end…. lol
@Silver_Fangz - Technically, it’s MAH cow!! lol
Great for you running! My favorite phrase is an inside family joke. We called my gradma Nawn. When she was in her later years, she was seemingly unable to pull her pants up the right way. Thus she spent the bulk of her time with her pants twisted over to one side. Instead of saying, “well, I’ll be darned” when something unusual happens, we say, “Well, twist my pants and call me Nawn.”
RYC: LOL! I never realized how much Hawaiians say, “Brah,” at the end of almost every sentence until I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter. LOL! The show is one of my favorite silly shows to watch sometimes, but now it’s off the air . . . brah.
I like the one of the clouds! Phrase I use in golf a lot ” Same old Same old!” Have no idea where it came from!
I love that your blog is powered by hamsters.
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You got some great pictures, the first one is my favorite. :camera:
Congrats on training for a marathon! That’s hard work.
RYC: Thanks for the kudos on my Feb. layout. I recently became addicted to Digital Scrapbooking.
Please, get checked by a doctor before doing too much strenuous stuff, remember Sunnycaligurl! Ed probably thought he was in great shape.
Like the pics, the clouds especially. I love seeing rainbows!
Favorite phrase, “same sh*t, different day”, or “just take a chill”.
These photos are awesome.
@oh_mother_may_I -
Thank you!