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::insert family guy reference::

So we had a great weekend. The hubs and I started Saturday out by going to my yoga studio's running club at 745am. I ran 2.5 miles, Arni ran 5 and then we finished off with 1.5 hour hot yoga. Great healthy way to start off our weekend! Guess we are preparing to be one of the granola folk out in CO! I do yoga almost every day that I have off, while Arni only does it occasionally with me as he loathes the heat ;) Well, yoga is good for the body and good for the soul, BUT there are some peculiar people who do yoga. So Arni always gets some new experience when he comes with me. For example: there is this one guy, maybe mid 20's who feels the need to yell "CHATURANGA!!" every time we do a chaturanga, he also wears prayer beads and drinks from a camel pack.... see peculiar. So Saturday we had a new experience that was not only annoying but mildly amusing. A woman, mid 40's, decided to take the "yoga breath" to an extreme. Just for some background, yoga is very much about the breath and controlling and warming it. The instructor encourages you to breath in and out through yours nose, and to warm your breath with the back of your throat. When done correctly, it produces  a soft breathy sigh. This is actually a difficult thing to do as in vinyasa yoga, you breath heavily because your heart rate is up. Well, anyway this woman we will call her "Huffy" was breathing in and out so incedibly loud that she sounded like a dragon breathing fire! My husband looked over at me in the mirror and gave me the "Are you kidding me!?" look and I all but lost it! The thing that kills me was she was the ONLY ONE who was breathing like that out of a room of 25 people! Seriously lady, don't you hear yourself?? I have been practicing yoga now for about 5 months thanks to my good friend Debbie, who took me to my first real class. I still have so far to go, but I find myself getting super excited when suddenly I can do a pose that I couldn't do before, even if I am doing it horribly! My first mile stone was the headstand. Not that I was ever lacking strength for this, but I had to get over the fear of falling. Once I let that notion go, I was successful! Since that defining moment I have tried more things I was scared to do. I held a crow for like 3 seconds, and got into a halfway bird of paradise on the right leg.. SUCCESS!! The point of this is that sometimes it takes mentally proving to yourself before you get there physically. Yoga has seriously changed my life, and I'm so thankful for the time I get to spend on my mat =)

As for the rest of the weekend we went to a bonfire Christmas party with my coworkers, drank to much, ate too much, had some good laughs, rode a four wheeler and electric triceratops, and lost Tessa in the woods! Hell of a party! On Sunday our sweet friend Beth had a Spiderman themed birthday party for her son Ben, who turned four. Beth is one talented lady, as you should have seen the amazing Spidey cake she made! Arni and I made the mistake overestimation of buying Ben a real life web thrower, equip with blue "web" aka silly string. First off let me say my poor Icelandic husband had not one clue what silly string was! Sheltered I tell ya! Anyway Ben thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, ESPECIALLY when he was shooting it all over Beth's ceilings.. oops! Sorry Beth! At least she thought it was funny, and Arni cleaned off her ceilings after Spiderman was all out of web. However there may or may not be a permanent blue stain on the ceiling >< 
We also made traditional Icelandic pancakes Sunday morning for our friends Ally, Joe and Joe's son Jacob. Jacob is I believe 5 or 6 years old. He has met me many times before, but usually plays shy and doesn't talk to me. Not the case this time! He was a little chatterbox! More proof that the way to a mans heart is through is stomach, or through pancakes more specifically! We just had a fantastic weekend overall! We have such amazing friends who we are truly going to miss dearly. Hoping  they will all come visit us to get their snow fix!

Oh, and this is my LAST week at work. Thursday and thats it!

Go with the Wind!

The holidays are here! Our last holidays as Florida residence. I started off Turkey day by doing a 2 hour hot yoga class.. holy moose tracks that was the hardest thing I ever did! I went back and forth from feeling nauseous to light headed back to some nausea to seeing stars to being DONE! It was awesome! Thanksgiving was uber good, dinner at my parent's house included a lovely bird with all the traditional sides! This year I made my famous apple pie, always successful and I decided to try an orange pecan pie. Hmm, was okay, but not quite the consistency I was hoping for. Eventually I will master the pecan pie. My sweet potato casserole was smack yo momma good! Really Paula Deen herself would be jealous... After stuffing ourselves silly and learning what a "Douche bag Delux" was on Urban Dictionary (teeheehee) the family all retreated to the sofa for a 007 marathon; the boys were delighted. I surpassed all Black Friday shopping this year in exchange for a smashing good time in Ocala, FL for a Cross Country horse show with my crazy silly but OhSoFun horse friends. There is nothing like the feeling of a full out gallop through a field and jumping crazy jumps along the way. There is always that air of danger that makes it so exciting. This is an event that in order to show, you have to wear a safety vest, helmet, and wear an arm band with your health info and blood type on it; ya know.. in case you get thrown and knocked out =P So it was not only my last show for the year, but possibly with my friends and the last one for a long time. Not sure how often I can afford to come back to FL to show. Plus I eventually want to move my horses out west with me. But it was a good show none the less! We all learned some very interesting things whilst camping... haha ha, most of them referencing from Jersey Shore. I'll try to post some pics of the show later. Much to Arni's protest, I got our Christmas tree up and decorated! He says "It's not even December yet!" I say "Who cares Thanksgiving is over!" Of course I won that one ;) we may not go all out on house decorations this year because I really just can't see us having time. I have officially 2 weeks of work left and like 5 weeks until we move! Crazy!!! We are flying out the 3rd week of December to find a place to live. We'll have 4 days do or die! No playing around or being picky. I've also arranged to tour some farms while Arni is at work. Here's to hoping the weather will permit that, and that I will be able to DRIVE IN THE SNOW! Not gonna lie, a little nervous about that, but I figure Hey I'm a Florida girl, I can go 70 mph in a monsoon while the tourists do 35 mph with their flashers on, I should be able to handle a little snow! We may have to upgrade to a 4x4 but we will see if I can get by with my truck for now. So some more updates on the job hunt: I mailed my resume directly to 3 managers at a Boulder hospital and applied for two travel agencies today.  I am going to see what they have to offer me. Would be nice to get a big pay check AND a living compensation! Staying Optimistic! Cheers!

I'm walking on sunshine!

So I had a FABULOUS day today! Well, let me back track.. I've had a fabulous week! (No, not because my husband is out of town either..hehe) Anyway I did the annual heart walk yesterday evening and had a super great time. Not only was I doing a community event and raising money for the cure of heart disease, I was cutting the fool and having a ball with some awesome ladies! It started off with receiving a T-shirt 4 x's too big, and it was a neon green.. yep sexy! So I eighty-fied it and chopped it up to make a cute off the shoulder mini tee! Leave it to me to want to look cute at a heart walk! Anyway I had a great time, saw a bunch of people I currently work with and some from when I worked on the ambulance.. a few of us met for adult beverages afterward, and laughs were had by all! So today started off great with a Zen Yoga class (also taught by a respiratory therapist I work with- she is a FABULOUS lady!) and left feeling super spiritual and super limber! I am SOOOOOO addicted to yoga.. I'm telling you with the sudo-vegitarian lifestyle and my love of yoga, I'll fit right in with the mountain hippies! After yoga I got to do one of my favorite things with one of my favorite ladies; I went horseback riding with my very funny and super cute Finnish friend. She brought me back Finnish chocolate (mmmmmm) and the most AWESOME plaid breeches I ever saw!!!! I heart her =)  Anyway the weather couldn't have been more amazingly perfect, and I have been floating on cloud 9 all day ::sigh:: Now off to pick my hubby up from the airport and find out how his trip to the big CO was!