3 days is not enough...

i was sooooo looking forward to august 16th. just push through a few busy months....

colorado camping trip; start new job; san francisco trip; los gatos trip; run a half marathon; vancouver trip; turn 30; jenna & lauren visit; chicago trip; san francisco trip; landmark in sacramento; epic wanderlust festival; 3 year anniversary!; open the showroom; vancouver trip (again); run a half marathon; then ahhhh....i can relax a little and "get back to life" you know- things like watering the flowers, taking care of the dogs, cleaning the house, adventures with Colin, returning phone calls and touching base with the people i love most.... so, what's the date? oh. crap.

Colin just left for Minnesota and now his travel schedule is picking up.... it seems like these "busy few months" are kind of a pattern in life (ahem- diving season?) so, this IS life? you don't ever "get back to it"?

time for a shift. i love my life. i love my husband. i love the travel. i love my home. time to learn how to manage the "busy seasons" because sometimes we only have 3 days. they need to be really really good ones.

 

happy fathers day...

happy fathers day dad! i ran a half marathon just for you! ok, i ran it for myself, but i finished it and drank a sierra nevada just for you. *sigh* if only it were an old style...
it actually made me remember all of those gymnastics and diving meets you were there cheering me on & being the loudest parent in the room. though i was embarrassed at times, it makes me look back and smile today. thanks for that :)
love you & miss you. see you in 2 weeks!

the perfect day...

happy mothers day, i love you mom! i wish i could be home to spend the day (or week) with you...
first, i would shower you with flowers and a witty card...

 then we'd go running...

you would wear the new lululemon shirt i got for you...purple of course.

cool down with a little yoga... yep. we look like that.

 and before the headaches kick in... coffee and a magazine. preferably enjoyed outside in the sunshine.

followed by a calorie free breakfast of champions.... remember when we actually ate these for breakfast?!

after that, we'd probably need to move around- we don't want to repeat christmas break! 

bike ride to a farmers market (or any other form of retail therapy, as long as we can fit it into our bike baskets) then stop for manicures...

yikes!
after that i'm sure it's wine time...mmmm

mmmm... perfect day. it makes me smile just thinking about it. love you momala. thank you for being you. miss you! call you tomorrow :)

new job...

over the past few months yoga and running have become my obsession. maybe i am my mothers daughter? it also helped that i started volunteering at my yoga studio (checking people into class in exchange for free yoga) so i really had no excuse not to participate- i mean i was already there. it's been amazing. a couple weeks ago one of the yoga teachers told me lululemon wanted to open a showroom in lake tahoe. if you haven't heard of lululemon, they are an athletic clothing company that specializes in yoga and running gear. they are amazing and expensive and from what i hear, a great company to work for. SO, you can imagine my excitement! i immediately got online and searched for a job posting. found it & applied. 1 phone interview, 1 in person interview, and 10 days later, i have an offer. accepted!
the showroom is scheduled to open august 2. i need to find the location, design the space, and oversee all operations. we will be open thursday, friday, and saturday. the rest of the time i need to be participating in yoga classes, playing an active roll in the community and meeting new people. living the lululemon brand. um, ok!
in the meantime, i am getting sent to san francisco (next week!) and vancouver for training. eeeeeekkk

so, goodbye unemployment. it was fun, but this sounds a little better :)

lululemon's manifesto...



www.lululemon.com 

april already?

time is flying by over here... unemployment is treating me well :) i'm so grateful for the time i got to spend with all of our winter visitors (jenna, ryan, steve, sonia, cheryl, jk & girlfirend, seebock & co., jenna again :), gary, scott). 'miracle march' has brought us more snow in the past month than we've had all season- somewhere around 14 feet. It's really not that much especially by our house. we get snow, then the next day it warms up and the sun melts most of it. case & point...
april 1st

 april 2nd

we've been really lucky with colins travel schedule the past few months. he's had one trip to san francisco and been home for almost 3 months :) hooray! birthday snowboarding 3.16.12

 
we also went to a charity gala event that benefiting the shane mcconkey foundation. invite only. we're kind of a big deal. (ORRR we just happened to know the right person) either way, i felt pretty cool.

it was moulin rouge themed. we looked GOOOOOD. and those are fake cigarettes. which are equally disgusting as real ones. and finally, the night would not be complete without many glasses of wine and a burlesque show. AHHHHH....

they brought this guy out first. the crown had mixed emotions. then they brought out the ladies.

snow pretty...

sorry for slacking. i don't know what happened to february! there were some warm days with sunset walks on the beach...

afternoon lunches on the deck (chewie is very tolerant of belle)...









then Jenna and Kimmy came to visit...

 we made Kimmy go for a hike. she was less than thrilled.

and of coarse no girls weekend is complete without a trip to the winery!

 after a few tastings Jenna and i entered into some intense board games.

 i won.

after Kimmy left Jenna and I snowboarded 6 days straight. still no new snow at this point, so the conditions we just ok. we made the best of it. at least it was warm! we ditched the helmets for fear of overheating and experimented with a little gondola yoga :)

 and ended jennas visit with a little gambling on the mechanical ponies. she won!

next up: Gary's visit

 i made some flare for gary's ski pole (www.poleflare.com coming soon)

and finally we enter march with a crap ton of snow. i believe the totals were somewhere around 4 feet

 just lovin it!

 can i please go swimming??