Dyson- How I love you!

Pictured above is my new love and my lifesaver, it may even have soulmate status. I love my Dyson!

Allison always raved about her Dyson, so I was on a search for a used 220V Dyson. Back in November, I finally found one. If you have never used one, I highly recommend it! I always thought that my old vacuum did a pretty good job. Not now, I can't believe how much dog hair the Dyson can "find".

I have a huge fear that when you walk into my house it will smell like dog. I ask everyone if it does, thanks to my trusty Dyson, the answer is always no.

If you have the money, buy one, you will not regret it!!

Thanks, Allison for the tip!

"I didn't fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover."Germaine Greer

Room for two (2)!

When I bought my living room set a few years back, I wanted to make sure there was room for 2 "people" to lay on it together. There is nothing worse than a numb arm, totally ruins the moment. This is the main reason why I ended up with a living room set that may not work when I PCS somewhere smaller. You can take the back cushions off and it is the same size as a twin size bed. While I was recovering from my "dirty thirty" I took a quick nap.

Not exactly the prince charming I envisioned sharing my large couch with. I love her anyway...

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." ~ Roger Caras

Resolutions...

So, yes, it is that time of year again... New Years Resolution time. The gym is full, Facebook is full of high hopes to loose any where from 15-110 + lbs, well really more like 15-49+, but still I think, that's a bit overboard. Come on people start with the basics. Take care of yourself everyday regardless of what the scale says.

When my mom and sister were here they couldn't believe I didn't own a scale. I guess it is because I am not a skinny mini and I can tell my weight by the pants I can fit into. :)

I found this Nike ad on pinterst.com I loved it an felt it was appropriate to post when talking about health.

So here is to another year of good health and feeling good in the bodies we were given.

I always end blogs with a quote. This one is from my mom when she was here visiting. A little background; one morning while I was walking around my house in leggings, before putting on my long sweater. She said...

"Where did you get that booty?... You know I smelled some Beyonce perfume yesterday, it was pretty good." :) We both laughed. I love my mom.

Here we go again....

My old Macbook finally died. We had a good ride and I can honestly say that I doubt a PC would have made it through as much as my macbook did.

I hardest part about the "Death" was I lost all my pictures and music. I know, I know, I should have backed it up. I did of course BEFORE my trip to Iraq. So, alas those pictures are gone, just for now hopefully. My co-workers husband is a Mac geek and thinks he can recover everything. Tomorrow will be the telling day, he was going to work on it this weekend.

I hope to recover my pictures a lot of them I would like to blog about. Time will tell.

Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.
Louis Gerstner

Blindbooking-Switzerland!

I am all about blindbooking, it is a cheap fun way to see places you may not otherwise travel too.

Over Columbus Day weekend, my co-worker Carol and I decided to do a blindbooking and got Zurich, Switzerland. We had a wonderful time. We left on Saturday morning, due to our early flight we left home at 0430, so early... We got to the airport without any issues, by 0800, we were in Zurich. It was POURING down rain, we were pretty bummed, but we decided to make the best of it.



We got to the main train station and set out to find our hotel. On the way we got off the tram and went into a Starbucks, so American, but it was perfect in the rain. I had booked a hotel at hotels.com, and got the Crowne Plaza, it was a nice hotel, but they wouldn't let us check in early, so at noon, we were finally in our room.

We slept for a few hours, then went out to walk the city. Zurich is a beautiful city, even on a rainy day it was enjoyable. We wandered, had a traditional Swiss dinner and ended up at a little hole in the wall bar, Aelpli Bar. We met a nice Swiss couple, drank some special swiss milk with alcohol, we are still not sure what was in it. All they could tell us through their broken english was it was "this house only", so it was a special drink in that bar. It was not my favorite. Later, a group of younger guys came in, when one heard us talking he came over and told us he was raised in Texas, it was random, but fun.


The next day, from a suggestion of my cousin Johnny, we set out for the town on Einsiedeln, which is a beautiful town in the Alps with a very special Abbey with a Black Madonna. The Madonna was beautiful, you could not take pictures, it was amazing.

It was a great trip, Zurich was a beautiful, I would go back in a minute.


"Travel teaches toleration." ~Benjamin Disraeli

Old Friends and Good Times

The first weekend of October, I got a wild hair and wanted to travel somewhere. Aimee "Pang" a good friend of mine from Kwaj, just moved to Europe and is now a CDC Director in Stuttgart, Germany. On a Thursday night I was Skyping with her and told her I night come visit. I hadn't asked my boss yet, so I told Pang I would email her if I was heading that way. I asked my boss at about 12 pm, at 2 pm I bought train tickets, and by 4 pm, I was in Aachen Germany waiting for an ICE train for Stuttgart.


We had a wonderful time, drank good wine, saw the sights and just hung out. I really like Stuttgart and it was fun to hang out with Pang.


"I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. " ~Robert Brault

An Evening in Narnia

My backyard is commonly called Narnia. It is a very long, narrow, large, and somewhat overgrown. My landlords are suppose to care for it, but only do occasionally. What I love more is how is feels like nature just out my backdoor. One morning I just stopped on the way to the garage and listened to the birds in the trees.

The other night I had dinner and wine out on the patio, after rocking an awesome purple dress at work.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Lou Holtz