The Love of Literature

   Growing up, I always wanted to Major in English Literature and Writing. I was a complete bookworm.One of my favorite things to do was go to the used book store with my mom and find new books to read. I also used to check out a gazillion books from the library, and usually anything I could get my hands on about horses. I would write short stories and poetry and had an imagination that wouldn't stop, and so life goes I entered the field of sciences. Looking back I'm actually not sure how that happened, one day I was trying to decipher Shakespeare and the next I was on an ambulance holding pressure on a stab wound. Working on the ambulance at the tender age of 19 was, I believe, exactly what I needed at that time. It offered a safe form of adrenalin, a fulfilling need to help others and the desire to change the world. Thus leading to my career in Nursing. I never played doctor or nurse as a little girl, yet it is still my calling. I am good at what I do, and although I may not be changing the world, I am certainly changing lives. So I suppose the blog is my outlet for writing, and I am still a bookworm, but how does one embark on such a feat as writing a novel? I read many novels and think 'Wow, what great ideas!' but where do they come from? How do I tap into that girlish imagination again? Have I had enough life experiences, do I have the time, would it even be good? It is something I'd like to accomplish in my life, but until I figure these things out I will continue to write, if even for a very small audience, and if only to keep my loved ones up to speed on life out West. So thanks to you, my readers, for giving me a reason to continue one of my passions.

February 19, 2014

A night....

Fin.

Valentine's weekend

Hey Lovers! We had a pretty swell sweetheart's weekend, hope you guys did too! It was nice that the holiday landed on a Friday this year, so we pretty much had the whole weekend to celebrate. On Friday night we rented red box movies and pretty much binged on chocolate and wine. On Saturday I took the viking to High Tea at The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. I think we got pretty lucky because I put my name on a waiting list because they didn't have any open reservations until mid-March, and someone cancelled so we got in! How lovely it was! The historic hotel is amazing with a stunning stained glass ceiling and a lot of cultural artifacts. We enjoyed afternoon tea in beautiful gold trimmed tea cups, and enjoyed traditional cucumber sandwiches and scones among many other delicious treats on a three tiered platter. We dressed well, and enjoyed the lavish afternoon. Most of you who know me well know I have a huge affinity for tea and I get to thank my English grandmother for that. She was my most favorite person in all the world, and every afternoon at her house we would always have tea and biscuits. Gratified am I that she exposed me to her culture. These are some of my fondest memories.

 

January ski dayz

   January was an extremely busy month. My brother stayed through the first couple weeks and then we had our dear friends from Florida visit us towards the end of the month. Along with the guests, January was surprisingly busy at work. Historically January and February are the slowest months of the year for surgical services. Everyone is in a rush towards the end of the year to get their procedures done because they have met their deductibles, leaving the beginning of the year kind of dead. It has been nice to have steady work, I'll admit. January was also SOOOO COLD! I am pretty sure we hit some record lows, and we have also had plenty of snow which lends to massive ski time for us! We went on two ski trips last month, one to Winter Park with our friends from Florida and one to Steamboat Springs with our friends Nina and Paul. While we were in Steamboat we got more than 30 inches of snow, it was bananas! I have never skied in that much powder, it was fun and fluffy, but I'll admit a lot of work! It takes such a different technique to ski in knee deep powder, and fatter skies. Some exciting news is I have a trip planned to Florida to see my parents next month, I'll be praying for warm sunny weather so I can hit up the beach!

Michelle and I have been friends since the 9th grade, this was their first visit to Colorado

Glad they got some snow!

Enjoying a real fire in Winter Park

We went sledding like kids!

Paul obviously exhausted from snowboarding powder.

Beautiful Steamboat Springs

Soley, Soni and I, girls ski day at Eldora

My life now, ski bum!