Halloween 2008

Halloween this year was pretty much the same as it has been for the last 4 years or so. Party at Brad's house! Why fix somthing that's not broken right?! There were some great costumes this year, and as always, it was so much fun! Here are some pics:

Camping at Brite Lake

For our last camping trip of the summer we decided to go Brite Lake. I had never heard of it, but Charlies friend Scott is the ranger there, so we got to go for the weekend for FREE! It was a cool little place, we were camped right on the little lake which was really nice. We got up there around 4:00 on Friday afternoon, set up camp, made a fire, and got to "relaxing". The weekend was really fun, we did a lot of fishing and caught a lot of trout surprisingly. All in all it was a great weekend, I definitely wouldnt mind going up there again! Here are some pictures:

Sooooooooo Its been over a year since I "blogged" so I thought I should catch up on whats new in my life, which is pretty much EVERYTHING! I have a new job, I currently have been working for JPL/NASA in the Spacecraft Mechanical Engineering Dept. for the MSL (Mars Science Laboratory) Team for almost 8 months now and I LOVE IT! I couldnt ask for a better job. It's close (like 4 exits from my house); which is huge with gas prices these days. I work with amazing, intelligent, cool people everyday and I can pretty much wear whatever I want to work. Which is a big big thing if you've worked in the corporate world like I have. I have had to overcome many obstacles as well since the last time I wrote here. My Aunt passed away from Breast cancer last October and my Grandpa this year in June. :( It sucks losing family members, well it sucks losing anyone, but people that are very close to you, its unbearable. I miss them very much and hope they are both smiling down on me and watching over me, being my angels which I know they are. I also had to put down Larry, my terrier mix that I adopted from an ex boyfriend. It was very sad, but it had to be done (I wont get into the details). On a high note, I got a new puppy last week. Her Name is Mason, I added her to my family after a much thought out decision if I should get another dog after Larry. I can tell already she is going to be a terror. She has already eaten 3 of my shoes and it has only been 6 days. I can tell I'm going to need a lot of patience with her, more so than I ever did with Molly. She has the sweetest face though, and I cant wait to teach her and bring her to all the fun places I always go! Lets see... what else... well my love life is just as complicated as it has ever been. I always seem to fall for people that arent sure what they want out of life or out of a relationship. For some reason though, I'm so attracted to that, I dont know if its that I feel like I can "save" them, or I know they have amazing potential and I want to bring it out of them. Its something... but I've come to realize that maybe its about time I put what I want first, in time I guess I will find my soulmate. They exist right? I'd like to think so.

My parents are still living in Colorado, they have finally finished their house, which is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! Why they would ever think of selling it, is beyond my wildest dreams. I hope I get to go up there soon before somebody finds this beautiful hidden treasure and it gets swept up.

Here are some pictures:

Who in their right mind wouldnt want to look at that view every night when they get home from a long day at work! I'd take it any day! I need to get up there soon, maybe even before it gets really cold!

My brother Casey graduated from CU (Colorado University of Boulder) and is now working as an intern for Spilt Clothing, designing clothes. They have already chosen one of his designs for their spring line, which is very rare for an intern. I'm excited and proud of him. shhhhhhhh dont tell him that ;)

So thats pretty much it.... Life is okay right now. I hope I have many new adventures in this path of life in front of me. Stay tuned! :)

Labor Day Weekend!

So its half way through Friday and the start of a great LONG weekend (I hope)! Tonight Laurie and I are going to see a couple of our friends bands play at the Cat Club in Hollywood. As much as I hate Hollywood and all the people in that city, I'm hoping that tonight is different and it is nothing but good times! Then tomorrow Morning Laurie and I are driving down to San Diego to Hippo's house for his girlfriend Rana's Birthday! Should be super fun times at the beach, plus I'm sure its way cooler down there compared to here! Reno, Nicole and Shax will be down there as well, so that should make it a little more exciting. They are having a bbq and bon fire at the beach, its been a long time since I've done that so I'm pretty excited. We are just going for the night and coming home on Sunday morning to enjoy the rest of the weekend in town. Guess we'll just poolside it Sunday and Monday, which is fine with me! Anyway, so this was my first attemp at a post, hopefully I'll have some cool pictures to show when I get back! Happy Labor Day!