To Do's Reflections of 2010

I started this blog to try and get a lot accomplished. To help me manage my time, goals and live my life. Thus I created a list of 100 things for my life and a list of top 25 things for this year specific. I did not get all my top 25 done nor my top 100, but I did a good dent.

Things I know I have gotten done for sure on my list of 25:

• #1 My IMC Certificate - nailed it!
  
• #8 Started a blog - THIS ONE!
• #11 Burning Man - Stayed with Tasty Con Sol Village - Wednesday through Sunday
  
• #13 Long term camping - ATV, plus above BM
• #14 Snowboarding
• #19 Make sushi
• #21Flash mob:

A. Be in one: "Pantless BART"

B. Create one - Frozen Powell - 3/5/10

• #22 Roller Disco - 10/29/10
• #24 Karaoke - not sure forgot to blog it!
  
• #25 Try Trapeze - 3/27/10 - see below
  

Attempted - Success to be determined

• #6 Make a difference in one person's life
• #7 Create a scrap memory album - started online and in person not fully completed
• #18 Tango - started - need new shoes
• #20 Grow a cooking herb garden - started and failed miserable

On my list of 100 things to.. I got some others started and done.

• # 38 Create a YouTube Video

- The Frozen Powell video was created for me!
- The Flying Trapeze (please see above)

and

LUSH LEGEND VIDEO:

Punching bag - Ms. J took it cause she thought it was funny

#61 Throw a huge party - Well I actually threw many.. I didn't do it once, or twice. I did it THRICE1. Date my Friend - 2/9/102. My 27th Birthday Party at Infusion Lounge 8/4/10 3. The holiday party at Mr. Smith's 12/18/10

• # 90 Las Vegas - last weekend of August 8/28/10
  

Attempted

• POI - Fire-dance - learning it and so need to practice
  

Just looking through this I feel happy but wish I had done a bit more. There are things I started but did not attempt again and I am disappointed in myself for this. Like tango, really my shoes are stopping me?

Or like the Wii. I own it and don't use it, BULL! I tried to do bungee and skydiving but they fell through. I never made it to schedule my CPR that is pure lollygagging on my part. Oddly my dad's bags are a mute issue, go figure.

All in all, out of 25 I have completely finished 10 of them and have four pending/attempted. So you know I am not feeling too bad.

THE Holiday Party 12.18.10

If you didn't know, Ms. R and I started talking about the holidays and wanting to do something together. All our events were family, work or something else that was a restricted event. Meaning we couldn't let loose and have fun. This bugging us made us decide to do our OWN party.

Realizing we couldn't do it alone we asked our friend to invite their and even a few to help us organize it. OMG thank goodness we did and WOW did Ms. A pull through. She asked a friend of her's and got us Mr. Smiths.


The venue was swank, it had three floors. The basement was ready for a party and dancing and the bar was crowded and with places to sit. Then upstairs had more seating and a chill out spot to get a little intimate! From the moment we got the place it was all about spreading the word.

Oh did we! There were a 100 YES RSVP's and about 125 MAYBE's on FB. Even with the weather trying to rain us out we had a ton of people and they just kept showing up. So Ms. A and I got there early, and all dolled out.
To our surprise we found a brandy tasting going on and thought it was a nice addition. Soon after Mr. A and Ms. A walked in. They both ran down stairs to get some dancing in before the floor got crowded. While I waited to greet people who came.

People just keep pouring in!


The party is off and so am I thanks to a taami berry, my secret weapon to help me drink. I am sure you remember me telling you how it makes things sweet, it does and I love it. I check my bag and jacket and then am off fluttering around the party. My girls trickle in and so do my boys.

I feel so blessed to have friends that I haven't seen in months come out. Heck one of my girls who disappeared of the face of the planet my twin another Ms.N showed up! The night is filled with drinks and dancing... even more flirting!The phrase " You don't know what you do to me" was getting thrown around. I guess the dress was more deadly than I thought!

It was a funny night that involved me getting picked up twice! Once was to help me get around the crowd by a complete stranger the other was by our own camera man who's pics I am waiting on. Me wanting pics? Weird I know!

The party was just one big blur of happy moments. Bouncing around from friend to friend trying to talk to them all. Hearing my name called and following it. Always searching and being sought.

A truly successful party that just rocked. Everyone is grabbing each other a drink and I some how went from none to two. I am so happy that everyone was able to make it out. Plus got to cross off the big party from my list.. I am sure their will be many more, this must be repeated.

BAYPAC 12.10-12.12.10 trip

Once again after work I am off to go to Tahoe. Myself, Ms. Chilli, Ms. N, Mr. S all climb into Mr. A's car (who on the trip got fondly named Cricket). The ride up is pretty quick and easy going. With good music mostly the Stone and Nirvana. It is a bit long specially the end with the windy roads.

Once we get there and start checking out the cabin, I am so happy with the choice. It is just as sweet as I thought. The whole time I am grabbing people's secret numbers for a silly FB thing. We all wind down grab some veggies to munch on and pop into the hot tub. The night goes well in to the early hours we before we all crawl off to our beds.
The morning is amazing and I wake up to a lovely view. It is quite nice to have one of the master suites. We take our sweet time but are still out by 9:30 a.m. (UGH!). So once dress and up and out we are just waiting for everyone to get their gear.
Sitting all ready to go and Mr. A out of my line of site gets the camera all ready and focused. Then calls my name and snaps, all I can say is Damn! I am not the biggest picture person.

Off it is to the slopes and I am doing pretty well. Fully getting the hang of things and going off on my own. Even getting more comfortable just going forward and not falling as much. Yet I am seriously getting sick of my behind being cold from all the sitting to get my bindings on.
Half way through the day I stop to get some food and follow it up with hot coco and peppermint schnaps. Then go back out on the slopes for some more. I realize I am tired and think that quitting earlier than later makes sense.The night goes great. Mr. A and I go and grab food and I make a nice big meal. I have Mr. A and Ms. NC helping out and the rest of the crew is playing pool or card games. We are listening, cooking and dancing meanwhile singing. It's a blast. Before you know it the food is done and we are all eating. After, I go and study. Shh I know lame but I have a test on Monday.

Half the group goes to the Casino, the other half chills and passes out. I study and then try to hot tub a bit. HA that works out badly. I slip on the stairs get a great bruise and end up goose bumps in the hot tub. How? The top was left off and the heat out! Grr. I relent and take a way hotter bath.
The next day is actually a lot of the same, but I am messing up a bit more cause of being tired. I am smart this time and use my hand/toe warmers in my back pockets. Hey it kept my butt warm! (Doubt the above is me but might as well be, as I was in all black)

I ride for like four hours go to get food eat lunch and pass out in the sun for like an hour. It felt great. After I got my hot coco with peppermint schnaps and meet some cool guys to board with more.
We board for some more hours and then start to head down the mountain to go home. I am messing up the whole way, just exhausted. Yet the light is amazing and I have to thank Mr. A for catching some great shots of the scenery.

The drive back we are all exhausted and cannot help but take a nap. We stop for food and keep trucking sooner than later I am back home and changing. Not being able to help checking out the damage I do.

Oye, I am beaten up something fierce. There are bruises on bruises, my body aches and its hard to get into the shower. Yet I am elated. I know stupid but I am getting how to board.

BAYPAC 1st Tahoe Part 1

Who is crazy for Tahoe and boarding? I AM! Good all I wanna do is go snowboarding as much as I can this winter. The best way I know how is make it happen, to do that you organize it.

So I did. I decided to go out swank this time. So when I found a cabin less than 10 minuets to Heavenly that had a custom pool table and a sweet game room.Not to mention it could fit 8 to 10 easily.
With the rooms set up for privacy, and a custom kitchen that is made to cook and dinner. This cabin is ready to chill and have a party. Everything is set up for us to just show up.

Not only that but what is a Tahoe trip with out a hot tub? Ugh not a trip I would go on! I learned from one bittersweet trip just how important a hot tub is. After a day on the slopes all I will want is to sink into a hot body of water.
I am looking forward to this first group trip. I got two of my good girls with me Ms. B and Ms. C (N - long story we share the same name). With Mr. A and Mr. K plus his two friend Ms. V and Mr.V plus BAYPAC's Mr.S and his girl who will be staying for a day. Half of us are early birds who are going up at like 7am tomorrow are Mr. K, Mr. B and the two V's. The rest of us have to work (UGH!) and are leaving after around 7pm.

How to buy a pair of shoes

Shoes, often a woman's "best friend" or rather its their "addiction". I have never really got it. I mean why would I want to wear something that hurts and kills my feet? Why do I want blisters and more. For what fashion?

I will admit I have been this stupid, I have some incredible shoes but I can't wear them comfortably for hours. So what is the point?For them to sit in my closet and me to look at them! I think not. Thus the war between shoes and my feet was started years ago.

After 27 years, I figured out how to buy shoes. I've a fool proof way to buy shoes. You got to promise not to tell. Heh. Tell away. You know me never keep a good thing to yourself.

The trick is, only buy shoes when your feet hurt. I mean hurt. They need to be &itc#ing at you. When all you want to do is put them up, soak them or something. That is when its best to buy shoes, cause they will not let you put them in anything that pinches. You will not think, oh I can wear that in... just needs to stretch here.

Killer, knock them down, break my heart shoes of style I cannot promise you. Shoes you can be in all day and night, I can.

First "surprise" trip to Tahoe

This is going to be short, hopefully.

I got invited up to Tahoe, Northstar Village at Tahoe, by a friend of mine. Told Ms. C I probably couldn't come I worked. She was all about well what about Sunday? Yet I was prepping her that without a car I couldn't, but would try to find a ride.

Find a ride I did! I grabbed one with a friend of mine, yes a boy and no I won't give you ALL the juicy details. Sheeze... So after work he picked me up, this was after being a doll and helping pack my bags for me as I ran to work. Granted I left most of it out... though we did have a few calls/texts about where things were.

So ten minuets after I am out of work he his picking me up and we are headed to Tahoe. The closer I get the more kid-like I feel and even act. To the point that it is mentioned I am like a 12 year old kid. Yea? So what. Sue me. I am happy and excited, roll with it. The drive is going smoothly until hunger hits.

This is when we stop, at first we don't know where till I ask and find out we are in Old Sacramento. Let me tell you, it is CUTE! So adorable, especially for the holidays. They had a Theater of Lights, with was buildings light up, to a real steam engine. We grabbed a nice (too leisurely) dinner that was fantastic. It included shark, which I liked who would have guessed and Kobe Beef. MMMH.

After we are on the road again and things get bumpy. We have to put on chains and this is not to bad but it is all about figuring out how they work. Things are going smoothly until we drift over 30 and a link in the chain breaks. We start hearing a weird noise. This starts a bunch of issues.

What issues? Well while we were only like 45 miles away, we can't really go above 15 miles. If we do the chain busts again. We are trying to repair it, with well what ever we have at hand. What we have at hand is safety pin on my sweater. Thank goodness I was in a punk mood and wore that sweater. After exhausting all safety pins and even a key ring we make it to Northstar at Tahoe. Let me tell you, the key ring was the best fix.

Once there we get walked by nice security guards to the correct spot. Got up to the room, set everything up got to hang out with Ms. C for a quick bit and then it was crash time. All too soon the next morning was upon us, ok actually the kids were.

Crazy how babysitter/mom mode kicks in instantly. Kid comes out and I am like what do you need sweetie. In moments I am getting water and trying to figure out food for this little one. Me figuring out FOOD in the AM when I feel sick to all hell? YUP!

So when I realized the kids didn't like eggs, then it was hmm. I remember something my mom would make, toast with butter and sugar. Sure enough it worked on them like it did on me and as more little ones piled out, so did more toast.

Then it was out on the slopes. I was doing really well or I felt like it till the last run and half. What is a run and a half, you ask? Well I went on what I thought is my last run. I go to ask how to get to bottom they say their is no way that you have to take the lift up again and come down another way.

Let me say when I heard this. I wanted to cry. So I take the lift back up, utterly exhausted and try to brave myself to go again. I really wish I hadn't I was way to tired to control anything. By the time I got to the end, I fell so many times I was laughing so hard I sounded like I was crying.

Once everything was returned as we head to the car, I call Ms. C to see whats up. She being stuck in mad traffic tells us to go eat first then leave. So we do, and grab sushi. The last three hours I am just frozen and looking like a wet cat, miserable.

The ride back is actually really quick and quite fun. We make it home in like a little more than four hours. I wish I took some pictures, and sorry this wasn't that short.