Sunday, January 31, 2010

Lethal Weapons

This weekend one of Rob's colleagues invited us to attended a Combat Hapkido Clinic. We've talked about taking Hapkido lessons for some time, but just never actually did it.

There is a martial arts studio near our home that was hosting a well know Hapkido master for the weekend, so we thought this would be a great opportunity to get started.

It was really fun, and a work out different to anything we have done before. Especially when Rob punched me in the face. Seriously.

The master reminded us that it was a 'training accident' (that stays on the mat and doesn't follow us home), and that I should have been blocking him anyways. True.

Rob was really sorry...although I swear I saw him spit out a chuckle. But so did I. I managed to get it a few good jabs myself too. ☺

We are now toying with the idea of taking the more advanced course on a regular basis...I just don't like the idea of having to wear a gi.

So now we are both I am pretty sore from being thrown on the ground over and over again...but also prepared to fend off a mugging or two. Don't mess with us, we are now lethal!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Snuggie who?

Move on over Snuggie, you're yesterday's news.
The UniLazy is what's happening now!



Yes, it took me a long time, but I finally became a believer in the Snuggie. Now that I've seen the UniLazy, I won't make the same time-wasting mistake again.

I will take one.
In every color.

I definitely draw the line with The Drop though...sew that zipper up!!
Hmm...I wonder if they make them for pets?? ☺

Sunday, January 10, 2010

From '09 to '10, Utah style

OK, so I have finally gotten around to posting about our little jaunt down to Utah to celebrate the new year. I flew down to Utah the day after we returned from Canada while Rob responsibly returned to work before joining us at 'Party Central' down in Utah a few days later.



The morning after the big snow (Tuesday AM maybe??) we ventured out into the white mess to have breakfast at Beez Cafe. I was nervous about driving in the snow, so Jordan carefully chauffeured me around.


Originally Rob and I planned to ring in the new year in Park City, but we got frightened off by the idea of driving in all the snow that had fallen up there, so we cancelled that reservation and re-booked at a hotel down in Salt Lake, a land of less snow. But alas, more snow fell all around and we wussed out of our Salt Lake plans as well.
Lucky us, we ended up spending New Year's Eve at the party house with my family making homemade pizzas, playing games and bangin' pot n' pans outside at midnight. It was fantastic...although I had to get my NYE smooch inside, because Rob was too cold to come out and celebrate with us in the snow. I don't know that he'll ever get used to the snow. ☺


After sleeping in, we all celebrated Mom's New Year Day Birthday with a yummy lunch and then an evening of Galactic Bowling...oooooh! It was lots of fun and I almost broke 100. Almost. I think that there was more goofing around and picture taking than actual bowling taking place.



Erika thought our goober car was super cool and wanted to ride along with Rob and I wherever we went, so she also got roped into a grocery stop. It actually turned out to be pretty fun because they had mini shopping carts and she was all business about loading it up. She found a juice that had Hannah Montana on the front of it and just had to get a picture with it!

We spent a lot of time just hanging out at Ryan & Melanie's. It was really nice to just relax with everyone! We sure did miss Jason & Courtney's family though!!
A few noteworthy but picture free highlights include:
  • A double date with Ry & Mel. Dinner at Tepanyaki and saw It's Complicated. SO funny!!
  • Discovering the deliciousness that is Cafe Rio with Tyler. Yum-my. I wish we had them in WA!
  • Playing The Game of Things...thanks for introducing us to it Anne!
  • Melanie and I had a girlie night...dinner and New Moon. Yes, I saw it again. And will probably see it another time or two. ☺
  • Going through some boxes of stuff I left at Mom & Dad's when I moved out. Great finds, I tell ya...old clothes (Oshman's and Dilly Dally shirts), dance pictures (eek!) and a Leonardo DiCaprio poster.
    Good times, good times.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Spoiler, sort of

Sorry for those of you who haven't seen Avatar yet. Maybe stop reading now...

For all of you who have seen Avatar, or just don't care about spoilers, you HAVE to click on and read the image below...it's hilarious!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Thrifty must hate me

I've been meaning to post about our UT trip we took after Christmas, but I've just been too lazy busy to get around to it. I will however tell you that it didn't start out on the best of notes.

That bad note being this goober of a car, also known as the Chevy HHR. They were sold out of all the cooler, more appropriate cars, so this silver nerd was mine for the week.
It was dubbed the Loser Mobile by a loved one. At the time I thought it was funny, but now I realize that since I was the driver, maybe they were talking about me. No, that can't be right!
She (yes, I decided it's a girlie) does NOT handle well in the snow. But thanks to my mad snow driving skills, we all made it through unscathed...well mostly. ☺