The last pictures together till next year!
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Life summary...for now
"Lucky"
Jason Mraz (feat. Colbie Caillat)
Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Jason Mraz (feat. Colbie Caillat)
Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Saturday, July 23, 2011
the NEW facebook
Yesterday I got invited to join Google+ so I joined. For those of you that don't know what Google+ is, it is basically Google's version of Facebook. Don't get me wrong I really like Facebook...especially since moving half way across the country. However, I am really LOVING Google+!! It is still new and only available to people that are invited so if you want an invite let me know, I can hook you up with the latest social media trend! It is so new to me that I can't even begin to explain half of the reasons why I love it...besides the fact that its from Google. I LOVE Google!!!! I do know one of the coolest parts of it is that you can video chat with more than one person at the same time CRAZY, I know!!
I am sure there will be more to come on this as I learn more about it and it gets out of its trial stages.
New Music
I just heard 2 songs by Aloe Blacc and I LOVE them!!! So I am now currently listening to his whole album "Good Things" and it's not disappointing! Here are the 2 songs that made me check out his entire album, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Friday, July 15, 2011
4th of July in Wisconsin
Just in case there is someone out there that did not realize this but 4th of July is my FAVORITE holiday well except for my birthday
This would be the first year the Man would come with me for all of the festivities. I was also extremely lucky to have a few of my good friends join us up in Phillips for the weekend. I hope they had as much fun as I did!!
Here are a few pictures from the first half of the weekend up in Phillips
This would be the first year the Man would come with me for all of the festivities. I was also extremely lucky to have a few of my good friends join us up in Phillips for the weekend. I hope they had as much fun as I did!!
Here are a few pictures from the first half of the weekend up in Phillips
Above: Me and Megan walking by the dam
Above: View of the lake from the dam....I love this picture!!
Above: Me enjoying a cocktail while on a peaceful pontoon ride
Above: Latest family picture...Nicki couldn't make it home this year so we made a cardboard version
After 3 days there we moved to the Eau Plaine to celebrate the holiday with more family.....and boy was I impressed with the fireworks!! I wish I could have taken a good picture of them but it just didn't happen, sorry!
Here are a few pictures from the Eau Plaine
Above: The Cabin
Above: Boat ride with Meghan & Kelly
Above: While on our boat ride we came across this bridge and fisherman
Above: View of the lake from the cabin.....AMAZING!!
Above: View from the boat waiting for the fireworks to start
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Airport Frustrations!
As I promised in the previous post, I am doing a "flashback" post. To get everyone fully up-to-speed I might repeat a few things already stated.....you will just have to deal with it :)
On to the point...
I traveled back to Wisconsin unexpectedly Sunday June 19th and was to return to California late Thursday June 23. Here is how the trip from FAT to CWA went:
- First flight departed at 7:00 am, by 7:30 the guy sitting in the isle seat was telling me a little too much about his life and how he was going to party it up in Miami while being there on a business trip. By 7:45 the same guy bought himself 2 bloody marys and me 1. 8:15 the same guy was now sing and dancing to some great 80's & 90's music very very funny. 9:00 same guy are you noticing a trend on this flight???? bought my a 2nd bloody mary and himself a 3rd keep in mind that he proceeded to tell me that it was on his wifes credit card and that since it was father's day it was ok. By now I am laughing really hard at this guy and personally think he might be going through a mid-life crisis but it doesn't end here. He ends up passing out by 10 am and sleeping the entire rest of the flight.....I went the opposite direction as he did when we got off the plane even though he offered to buy me lunch
- My next two flights weren't that interesting so I don't have much to say about them.....they did however arrive on-time and everything was great in Dallas and Chicago that is where my 2 layovers were
Now for the trip from CWA to FAT:
- Get to CWA to find out that the previous flight from Chicago to LAX was cancelled, so they put me on other flights just in case mine got cancelled as well. Then find out that my plane is delayed over an hour....panic now is setting in because I realize I will have about a 10 min. window to get off of this plane and run to my board my next flight in Chicago
- Landed in Chicago, got off the plane super fast but ended up that my carry-on, which was stowed underneath the plane, was one of the last ones unloaded. So I ended up missing my connecting flight. No worries at CWA they already booked me on a totally different route so I am still good to go just postponed about 2 hours at least that is what I thought! Get to my new gate and go to get my ticket and then learn that now that plane is delayed by 45 min. OMG this is getting annoying!!! I finally board that plane to realize that when I land in Phoenix I once again have about a 25 min window to get to my next flight....Oh wait there is a light bulb out on the plane make that now a 10 min window.
- Got to Phoenix and didn't get off the plane as fast as I would have liked or needed too. So I end up missing that connecting flight by about 10 min too. So now I go to the terminal that I need to be in and they kindly inform me that there are 5 daily flights from Phoenix to Fresno I was extremely excited for about a second but the earliest one they could get me on was at 8 pm on Friday, mind you it is about 11:30 pm on Thursday....that is a long frickin time to spend in one airport! They do inform me that I should be able to fly stand-by and get on one of the 3 earlier flights and that I should be able to go back to the terminal I came from and get a free hotel room from the airline that brought me to Phoenix. So I went back to the other terminal by the way this is not that easy of a process, just for the record and just as my luck would have it there was not a single person working and I was told that the earliest anyone would be in was around 4 am CAN I CATCH A BREAK YET!!!! So I go back to the terminal that I will be flying out of sometime in the next 24 hours to sleep on the floor like a bum. Got up at 4 am and got in line to get my stand-by ticket, went to go to my gate to realize that even thought I have not left the airport at all I had to go through security again. Went to my gate to find out they switched the gate to the other side of the terminal....not cool! First flight to FAT is boarding.....my stand-by ticket got me on the flight!! YAY!!!
- Finally landed in Fresno at 11:30 Friday morning
Sorry that this was so long and maybe even boring for you. It was extremely frustrating for me. Moral of the story always bring a blanket/pillow or even both! Sleeping on an airport floor by yourself is not comfy at all.
On to the point...
I traveled back to Wisconsin unexpectedly Sunday June 19th and was to return to California late Thursday June 23. Here is how the trip from FAT to CWA went:
- First flight departed at 7:00 am, by 7:30 the guy sitting in the isle seat was telling me a little too much about his life and how he was going to party it up in Miami while being there on a business trip. By 7:45 the same guy bought himself 2 bloody marys and me 1. 8:15 the same guy was now sing and dancing to some great 80's & 90's music very very funny. 9:00 same guy are you noticing a trend on this flight???? bought my a 2nd bloody mary and himself a 3rd keep in mind that he proceeded to tell me that it was on his wifes credit card and that since it was father's day it was ok. By now I am laughing really hard at this guy and personally think he might be going through a mid-life crisis but it doesn't end here. He ends up passing out by 10 am and sleeping the entire rest of the flight.....I went the opposite direction as he did when we got off the plane even though he offered to buy me lunch
- My next two flights weren't that interesting so I don't have much to say about them.....they did however arrive on-time and everything was great in Dallas and Chicago that is where my 2 layovers were
Now for the trip from CWA to FAT:
- Get to CWA to find out that the previous flight from Chicago to LAX was cancelled, so they put me on other flights just in case mine got cancelled as well. Then find out that my plane is delayed over an hour....panic now is setting in because I realize I will have about a 10 min. window to get off of this plane and run to my board my next flight in Chicago
- Landed in Chicago, got off the plane super fast but ended up that my carry-on, which was stowed underneath the plane, was one of the last ones unloaded. So I ended up missing my connecting flight. No worries at CWA they already booked me on a totally different route so I am still good to go just postponed about 2 hours at least that is what I thought! Get to my new gate and go to get my ticket and then learn that now that plane is delayed by 45 min. OMG this is getting annoying!!! I finally board that plane to realize that when I land in Phoenix I once again have about a 25 min window to get to my next flight....Oh wait there is a light bulb out on the plane make that now a 10 min window.
- Got to Phoenix and didn't get off the plane as fast as I would have liked or needed too. So I end up missing that connecting flight by about 10 min too. So now I go to the terminal that I need to be in and they kindly inform me that there are 5 daily flights from Phoenix to Fresno I was extremely excited for about a second but the earliest one they could get me on was at 8 pm on Friday, mind you it is about 11:30 pm on Thursday....that is a long frickin time to spend in one airport! They do inform me that I should be able to fly stand-by and get on one of the 3 earlier flights and that I should be able to go back to the terminal I came from and get a free hotel room from the airline that brought me to Phoenix. So I went back to the other terminal by the way this is not that easy of a process, just for the record and just as my luck would have it there was not a single person working and I was told that the earliest anyone would be in was around 4 am CAN I CATCH A BREAK YET!!!! So I go back to the terminal that I will be flying out of sometime in the next 24 hours to sleep on the floor like a bum. Got up at 4 am and got in line to get my stand-by ticket, went to go to my gate to realize that even thought I have not left the airport at all I had to go through security again. Went to my gate to find out they switched the gate to the other side of the terminal....not cool! First flight to FAT is boarding.....my stand-by ticket got me on the flight!! YAY!!!
- Finally landed in Fresno at 11:30 Friday morning
Sorry that this was so long and maybe even boring for you. It was extremely frustrating for me. Moral of the story always bring a blanket/pillow or even both! Sleeping on an airport floor by yourself is not comfy at all.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
cra·zi·ness
the only word to describe the last month: CRAZINESS!!
Let's quickly recap the last month I might have to do a few "flashback" blogs to get completely caught up
1.) Made an unexpected trip back to Wisconsin to celebrate the life of my Grandma Halopka, she was an amazing person and is missed by many!!
2.) Had the worst travel experience on my way back to California to-date
3.) Home for 4 days before packing up and headed to San Jose to fly back to WI
4.) Had an incredible trip home: 4th of July in Phillips & at the Eau Plaine, Brother-In-Law's wedding the following weekend, and was able to see tons of family and friends that I don't talk to enough. there were many people I did not get to see that I really really wanted to, SORRY!!
5.) Flew back to CA after 12 days in WI
So now here I am trying to get back into the swing of things...
Let's quickly recap the last month I might have to do a few "flashback" blogs to get completely caught up
1.) Made an unexpected trip back to Wisconsin to celebrate the life of my Grandma Halopka, she was an amazing person and is missed by many!!
2.) Had the worst travel experience on my way back to California to-date
3.) Home for 4 days before packing up and headed to San Jose to fly back to WI
4.) Had an incredible trip home: 4th of July in Phillips & at the Eau Plaine, Brother-In-Law's wedding the following weekend, and was able to see tons of family and friends that I don't talk to enough. there were many people I did not get to see that I really really wanted to, SORRY!!
5.) Flew back to CA after 12 days in WI
So now here I am trying to get back into the swing of things...
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