4 posts tagged “almanor”
Ok, I know it's a few days late, but apparently I've been really bad at blogging lately! Here's the 2008 recap:
January
- January 1st: Shadow breaks my nose. Happy New Years!
- January 13th: I get smacked in the nose again at a CERT drill and realize that my nose really is broken.
- January 17th: I started EMT school - so exciting!
February
- February 28th: My first of many encounters with the neighborhood turkies.
March
- March 8th: Houseboat weekend with Brigitte and Amber!
- March 15th: Mather Air Show Day One: lots of patients to practice on!
- March 16th: Mather Air Show Day Two: more patients!
- March 26th: My hospital rotation - a life changing experience!
April
- April 18th: Rivercats baseball game with Dad, Brigitte and Amber
- April 19-20th: CERT Mobex - disaster drill in Clovis
May
- May 10th: Kati graduates from UGA - Mom, Dad and I flew back for a fantastic weekend in Georgia!
- May 13th: NREMT exam - I passed and am officially an EMT!
- May 24th: EMT party - absolutely hilarious - everyone came dressed as some sort of victim... it was great!
June
- June 10th: Metro's CERT team is called up to help out with the local grass fires
- June 21st: Saved my first patient at a CERT event
July
- July 14th: Visited my customer in Houston. Hot and sticky. Ate more steak than a girl should!
- July 20th: Kati moves home from Georgia!
August
- August 8th: Joanna and Chris come to visit!
- The rest of August - Kati and I go to Germany, France, Italy and Greece... it's the trip of a lifetime!
September
- September 14th: Met Mike! :)
- September 24th: Had a close encounter with a tomato hornworm. Had to call Julie in for backup.
- September 26th: Went to the Neil Diamond concert with Kati!
October
- October 9th: Went to the New Kids On The Block concert with Julie, Mindy, Amanda and Chris.
- October 16th: Selected for the Sarah Weeden jury - little did I know it would last two months!
- October 31st: Halloween party!
November
- November 1st: Went to the Madonna concert with Adam and Eva!
- November 4th: Barak Obama is elected president
- November 26th: Thanksgiving vacation at Lake Almanor
- November 15th: Second Annual Friends Thanksgiving!
December
- December 11th: Sarah Weeden trial ends
- December 30th: Kings game with Mike
- December 31st: Mike's New Years Eve Party - LOTS of pig!
All in all, I'd say it was a fantastic year! Who can complain?!
Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year! Mike's party was a blast - they roasted 120 pounds of pig! It took four of them just a few minutes to cut it all up (lots of practice apparently!). Here's a picture of the pig on the spit:
It was insanely delicious! The party was a blast!
As you probably know, today is my birthday. It's been fantastic... it's 2:30pm and I'm still in my jammies! I've watched a bunch of episodes of "ER" (thanks Mike!) and some "Friends" reruns. It's been wonderfully relaxing!
Those of you that know Shadow know that he can be somewhat of a pickle on occasion (read: pain in the ass), so generally on vacations he heads over to Archie O'Brians Summer Camp (read: the kennel). This Thanksgiving we ended up at Lake Almanor and since there was NO ONE else up there, I decided to take Shadow up to see how he did in the great outdoors. This pup had the time of his life... he sniffed everything, went in the boat, took long walks and just generally enjoyed being a dog. It was so nice to be able to let him have a little fun time too! That said, we had four people (mom, dad, Kati and I) as well as three dogs (Tucker, Darcy and Shadow) in a two bedroom cabin, so after a couple days, it was definitely time for us to go home!
We normally go up to Almanor in the summer, so it was very strange being there in the "offseason". I think the entire time we were there I saw about one other boat on the lake. The water was flat as glass... but a balmy 49-51 degrees. It was killing me not to waterski, but I didn't bring my wetsuit and I think I would need more than a spring suit for that! That said, the weather was beautiful, but cold while we were there. Here's a great picture of the fog sitting on the lake:
It would hover there until about noon and then burn off. Beautiful! Here are a few pictures of Shadow enjoying his time at the lake:
His cute little ears kept flopping in the wind... then he would squish them down to stop them and the wind would sweep under and blow them back. Too cute.
He wanted to see EVERYTHING. The ducks, geese and various other birds really caught his attention!
As with everything else in life, he HAD to help fish!
The fruits of our fishing labors. Dad caught a nearly three pound small mouth bass! That sucker was THICK! Sadly, I got skunked this trip... a couple of good bites, but no fish for me. It's been a long time since that's happened!
It's nice to be back home... today was a day of relaxing for me... I did pretty much nothing all day long! I feel like the next couple of weeks are going to be busy, so I think it's well deserved!
- January 2nd: My birthday. We went to the Kings game with the Mitchells and had an amazing time! Brigitte even bought me a birthday beer!
- January 12th: Justin Timberlake concert - absolutely amazing show. I love him.
- January 19th: My bank account was hacked and $2500 was stolen. Thank God Wells Fargo rocks and covered me!
- February 16th: Weekend trip to Tahoe. We played in the snow, went snowboarding and had a blast!
March
- March 10th: Christina Aguilera concert. It was a blast! We stayed with Adam and Eva for the weekend and had tons of fun at the concert - Christina was amazing!
- March 22nd: I moved into my first house! I can't believe that I was able to achieve one of my lifetime goals this early in life. It felt like it was never going to happen and then once it did, I was scared to death that I'd mess it up! Here I am,nine months later, still managing to make it work!
- April 1st: I got my first dog! I honestly can't remember life without Shadow. I love him so much and I don't know what I would do without him!
- May 19th: Brad Paisley concert. He put on a great show and we got to see Taylor Swift and Kellie Pickler too!
- May 25th: Tiger Jam weekend. I met Tiger's mom, the drummer from Bon Jovi and had a blast with my dad. It was an amazing weekend!
- June 9th: Week-long trip to Georgia. It was a blast and always fun to hang out with Kati!
- June 24th: Cody lost his short battle with leukemia. One of the worst days of my life.
- July 1st: We had a surprise party for Mom's 50th birthday! She had absolutely no idea and actually started crying when she saw her family from the Bay Area! We also got Darcy this day (which is why Mom had no clue!).
- July 7th: My housewarming party! I waited until I had the yard in and Kati was home to have the party. It was tropical themed and my friends did not disappoint! Everyone came dressed in Hawaiian shirts and we had an absolute blast!
- July 20th: Weekend camping trip. We took the boat, a bunch of tents and lots of beer. Who could ask for a better trip?
- Last Week of July: Lake Almanor. The weather was awesome, the lake was beautiful and we caught tons of fish! It was the first time we didn't have Cody, which was really weird!
- August 6th: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert. They're amazing and make you want to find love like that!
- Last Week of August: Lake Alamanor. I spent the entire week really working on my waterskiing. This is one of the first years that I was able to do some amazing spray work outside the wake!
- Sometime in late August: Mom and Dad got sweet little Tucker!
- September 14th: Weekend at the houseboat. Brigitte learned to drive the houseboat this weekend - it was the first time we all went up without "the adults". We had such an amazing time!
- September 25th: Justin Timberlake Concert (yes, the second one). As always, his show was amazing and I'd pay to see a third one!)
- October 12th: Brooks & Dunn/Alan Jackson concert. The year of concerts continues. We sat in the freezing cold rain for this one - it was definitely worth it though!
- October 20th: SCSO Lerner and Lowe concert. As always, the Broadway concerts are totally fun to do (yeah for choreography!) and get us some wonderful publicity!
- November 10th: The First Annual Friends Thanksgiving. We had such a blast! It was so wonderful to have everyone sit down and share a meal. I was amazed at how well the boys cook too!
- November 17th: I graduated from the Sacramento Metro Fire CERT program. It was an amazing class to take part in and I feel honored to be a part of such a dedicated group!
- November 22nd: The Fourth Annual Hullaballo. As always, Adam and Eva put together a fantastic spread! We had the most amazing time! Hooray for turkey!
December
- December 8th: SCSO Home for the Holidays concert. It's one of my favorites each year! Adam and Eva always come out and we have a fantastic weekend together!
I know it's been forever - I guess that's what I get for being busy.
First came a week of the most relaxing vacation I can remember. Maybe it's because I was so stressed or maybe it's because I was just really in the mood to relax. The family and I spent a week lounging on beautiful Lake Almanor. My days consisted of fishing, water skiing, napping and reading. What more can a girl ask for? I should have pictures soon - we took most of them on my dad's camera. I was so happy to have Shadow back home - I swear he grew while I was gone! Mom and Dad took their newest pup with us - meet Tucker Smithson!
Last night I went to the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert. It was a blast, but had some very interesting points. Such as the drunk girl next to me puking all over the floor and the seat in front of her. Nothing sobers up your friends faster than public puking! The show was great - I'm always impressed with the two of them live. In fact, I think I sort of have a crush on Tim McGraw. That man sure knows how to fill out a pair of jeans (oh, and he can sing too).
Tonight I finally drug my lazy ass back to the gym. It felt so good to get back in there and get a good workout in. I've made a mid-year resolution to keep using my gym membership and to make time to work out every day. We'll see how long that lasts...
On that note, I'm off to bed - I got home so late from the concert last night and I've been dragging all day!
