Voted Cutest Dog in the World (at least in my book)

You can be my wingman anytime.


Can you tell me where the circus is? Dumbo is ready to fly.

Go ahead and take my treat, I'll bite your fingers off!

NOT a Good Night

Monday night Kurt hit a deer with his Tracker, so it will be out of commision for awhile. At least he got a little souvenier from the deer. Sad thing is, is that the deer hopped away.

i'm back for good

Hello my peoples. I am back for good now. Kurt and I finally got internet at the house. Now if I could only have a decent laptop that works. So right now we are running his laptop and a desktop but I'm going out searching this weekend to find a good deal. Anyways, keep checking my blog every now and then for updates. I will "try" to write more often and post more pictures.

Miss me?

After a LONG hiatus, I FINALLY got my computer fixed....now if only I get internet at home....But fortunately for you, I am able to get my blog going again, internet pending on where I am.....

Long time no chat eh?

So it's been awhile since I last posted, and I apologize. It's not like I'm super busy or anything, just not motivated to download pictures and such. Last month was full of bike races on the weekends. October 14th - October 18th, I was out in Denver, Colorado for the College of Optometric Vision Development (COVD) Annual Meeting. I flew out to Colorado by myself and met the doctor out there. My plane was running behind schedule and to make matters worse my plane ride was pretty rough. I met the doctor at my gate and we took a shuttle to our hotel. Wednesday we got settled in and ate some supper before calling it a night. There were quite a few mixers and dinners that we got to mingle with other people. Thursday night after our classes were done, we roamed the area to scoop out some restaraunts in the area. Friday was classes all day, and then for supper we ate a restaraunt called Cool Rivers Steakhouse. It was pretty fancy if you ask me. I had a roast short ribs, which was basically a pot roast, some sweet potato fries, and cheesecake for dessert, and a glass of wine to drink. It was way fullfiling, but very delicious. Saturday we had some classes, but we did get to take some time in the morning and venture into downtown. There were quite a few eateries, but I did get to see some guys playing chess in the a little "park." I got back into Des Moines on Sunday. I was glad to be home.




Friday for Halloween, we got permission to dress up for work. My friend/co-worker Amanda and I came up with being Mario and Luigi from Super Mario Brothers. I of course was Luigi. I thought we pulled it off pretty well. Everybody in the office loved our outfits! Shari, who is wearing purple in the pictures was a fortune teller, and Laura was a psycho Huskers fan.
Also Halloween weekend, we had the last central Iowa Cyclocross race before we head to Jinglecross. The girls dressed up as Rollerderby girls. It was a lot of fun dressing up and heckling the riders. It was pretty muddy the first day and all the riders got muddy. I took a picture of Kurt's legs and his bike. YUCK!!!!!! Also you'll see Kurt's invention. It's a boxed wine w/ duct tape on it to create straps for a wine back pack. Creative isn't he? Well that's all I know for now. I guess I'll post more when I know more.

Chilly October

Fall sucks. Where did our summer or even just cool weather go? I think we went from warm to cold overnight. I took a 3 day weekend. Friday I had lunch with Kurt, then headed to West Des Moines to get my hair cut. I love it! I did try to replicate it, but it didn't turn out the same. I guess practice makes perfect.

The Julies and I went for a chilly bike ride on Saturday. We rode on the Raccoon River Valley Trail. We started at the trail head in Waukee, & rode to Redfield, which round trip was like 32 miles.

the Big 3-0

So ya, I can't believe I'm 30! The gray hair is already showing. I had a great birthday. I took off Friday from work. Despite having to go to the dentist and get a crown put on AND a cavity filled, it was a nice day. After the dentist, I went to the Sahar's Salon and Spa and got a 30 minute massage. It felt great!!!!! I also got my eye brow waxed for the first time. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was. After getting pampered at the salon, I went shopping at Torrid and bought some new tops. After some shopping, I had the privilage of renewing my license. Friday night Kurt took me out to Cafe Fusion for some yummy Pad Tai, then home for some movie watching.

Saturday was the first day of cyclocross racing. Kurt and I woke up and he made me pancakes for breakfast while I got ready for my spa morning with my girls. I got a pedicure and a parrafin dip on my hands. After our pampering, we went out to lunch. When I got home, I hopped on my bike and headed down to Kurt's race.


After the race, Kurt and I rode home and got ready for the night's festivities. For supper every year, Kurt surprises me and takes me out to a nice restaraunt. I've been to Ohana's, Taki's, and this year we went to Appare - Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar. It's alot like Taki's where you can sit around the grill and watch the chef prepare your meal. Kyle, Julie and Alexa joined us also. We ate alot of food: salad, soup, sushi (had the California Roll, Tuna Roll, and Salmon Roll), fried rice, veggies, and I had chicken and scallops. Since it was my birthday, our whole table got some cake. I also got a shot of "chocolate cake" and a sake bomb from the chef who made our food.

After we ate supper, Kurt and I headed over to the bowling alley, where we met up with our friends Amanda and Andy. We did some Extreme bowling.

On Sunday, we had another cross race. Kurt placed 23rd out of 30 I believe.

It was a GREAT weekend and a birthday to remember!