Hello 2010

Well I finally got up about 10am...after looking at my watch a couple times then throwing blankets back over my head. Got an email from Forrest just to let me know that Phil took the 5am bus to Logan airport today. Still no messege from Rick and I don't expect to get anymore either..Oh Well.

It's a bright sunny day outside and I hear someone trying to clean the snow out of the parking lot. Gee does that mean someone is getting ready for the next snowstorm? Well I hope the next storm waits until Sunday evening at least. Yavapai Cafe closes again on Sunday, so I should be home around 2pm and then I have Monday-Wednesday off.

Hmmm, what to do with 3 days off:
Go outside & take pictures
make a snowman
organize all my picture files on my computer
vaccum
watch DVD movies
Color my hair

Last year for New Year's Day~Jack & I went to Brenda's to play cards, and the year before I played cards with Brenda & Susan. I have to work today but maybe I should go play cards with Brenda on Sunday when I get out of work.

Goodbye 2009

Well 2009 is almost over & this will be my last blog of the year. It's 11:30pm and I decided to stay home alone this year...compared to last year when Jack talked me into going to the Maswik lounge and I spent most of the time either dancing with Neil or taking pics of everyone. I had fun then but just wasn't in the mood for it tonight.

I guess I would say that 2009 was not one of my better years; but of course there was some good to go along with the not-so-good things this year. But then again there is still plenty I would like to change in the coming year like:

stop procrastinating
be less negative/picky at work
sell some of my jewelry
Do more with the zazzle site
get more organized
save $$/stop wasting $$...need $$ for trip in June
lose weight...about 40-45 pounds
eat healthier
hike into canyon more
keep a better sleep schedule

you know, all the "normal stuff" that people usually make resolutions about....and then break about a month later. LOL

Ok, my back has been aching for most of the day, which hasn't happened in quite some time. I didn't lift anything heavy today so the only thing I can think of that I did differently was spend the night at Brenda's last night. I can't remember at the moment if I had a backache from the other times I stayed over at Brenda's.
Guess its time to take better care of medical/dental issues too...and 2010 might be a good year for that.

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well its now 2010. Time for me to get ready for bed and I'm hoping my backache is gone when I wake up later.

Xanterra's holiday party

Xanterra had their holiday employee bash last night. What more could you ask for then a room full of friends & food. I also won a rice cooker...I've been wanting 1 of those for quite awhile.

Leonard kept trying to run me over with his drink cart.

Setting up for the event

Usually we had a big ice sculpture, but this year we had carved fruit instead.

Desserts~I had some chocolatey cheesecake, that was way to rich & chocolatey. Yes there is such a thing as to much chocolate.

couple co-workers @ Maswik and a few people that live in my dorm.

Brenda and I with Santa. Not sure who Santa was this year as the old Santa retired (in FL, I think)

Winter Wonderland

I always loved the way ice looked hanging down the sides of buildings. Found this down near BA.

Yes, we do get snow down in the canyon. A day or 2 after this pic was taken, it was so foggy that you couldn't see this spot at all.

Look-out studio always makes for a good pic~even covered in snow

Jon (JP) took this picture of the snow-wizard.

Brenda took this picture. Guest started calling it a "Gnome", "Father Christmas", and a "wizard". The next day the wind blew him over.

11 down & 1 more to go

Yup, its December again, almost the end of 2009. We got snow the weekend before December but it pretty much melted now...but still cold & windy....around 50 degrees during the daytime, but when the wind gets to 15 mph like they are this week, it can feel colder and I can still whine when I get cold.



Patty is moving to Parrish,FL tomorrow. So in this pic she is "trying" to teach Bob how to assign stations & breaks for the lineservers. Bob will be Yavapai's new FOH manager.

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The schoolyard was FULL of elk, the whole field must of had about 3 dozen of the critters all at 1 time there. I got this pic as I was on my way to Patty's going away party.

So now that Yavapai is closed again, I'll be back at Maswik for the Winter, working as a lineserver. I have asked for my vacation time to be in December. Don't plan on going anywhere but the time off to organize my room more will be good.

But I told Patty, to plan on me knocking on her door in FL, either Dec 2010/Jan 2011. So Susan if you're reading this...I'll need your address so I can knock on your door too.

About the only thing special this month is the Christmas Bazaar at the Grand Hotel in Tusayan on the 5th (and I'll be so glad when its over) and then the employee christmas party on the 15th...which I have already asked for the night off just so I can go.

1 thing about the winter season~its easier to get days off when you ask for them.

~* almost forgot*~ I actually went christmas shopping today...for my ex in-laws (of all people) so much for my reputation of being a scrooge. Actually I don't even remember the last time I bought them anything. But for whatever reason they have sent me cards and stuff quite a few times this year & last year. Luckily the gift shops have a 40% dicount going on right now. I bet they will be surprised this year.

Thanksgiving

I had to work Thanksgiving night at Yavapai Cafe, but this pic is from e-cafe at about 12:30-1pm. Brenda & I went for lunch there...obviously lots of other people did too.

Missed the Macy Parade on TV...there was a dog show on instead (on the TV in the corner)

Oh yes, Brenda will kill me for this 1...but she ate to much Thanksgiving dinner. She tried to convince me that the pumpkin pie was good this year, But I still didn't try it. I bought 3 pumpkin pies from the general store instead.

She missed out on Thanksgiving dinner last year because she got sick.

This is our unit manager, Adam. He is wearing a "Wizard of Oz" tie. The minute I came into work he started out asking me what the significance was with the Movie wizard of oz & Thanksgiving...anyone who could answer that question correctly first would get a free meal card.

So for the next few hours, the 3 cashiers & I kept passing along trivia stuff about the movie. Guess there is a book called "wicked" that I need to read.

Just some friends who came into Yavapai to eat dinner together.

Overall, it was a pretty good day. Tai even passed out extra food to everyone at the end of the night to take home. He forgot that I don't need tons of gravy on my food though. Oh Well.

Deer Farm

Here's Christine and her husband John. (both are taxi driver's in the park)

They had gone to the deer farm last year...but I have never been before. It cost us each $8.50 to get in which was expensive...then we had to pay for the cups of food (which didn't last to long)

Don't really think Christine liked having all the deer crowding her.

John decided to play photographer here and got a bunch of pics of me & Christine feeding the deer...actually the deer will eat ANYTHING!

They started chewing on the back of my shirt and I even had to get my keys out of 1 deer's mouth.

(obviously this was taken before I hid the keys down inside my shirt...cuz I can still see them hanging)

ok whats a camel doing in a deer farm?

Actually there are wallaby's, llama's, quite a few different birds, mini donkeys and other animals at this place...who woulda guessed it?

Deer kept chewing on Christine's coat and pulling on the tie-strings.
Good thing the deer in the park don't do this...or people would not be able to walk around here. We always say the animals in park are not afraid of people...well believe me it ain't nothing like the animals at the deer farm.

John found a new date as we were leaving...lol

this bird could only say hello...so John stopped to talk back to it.

I had run into Christine yesterday morning in e-cafe and she invited me to tag along with her & John while they ran errands and paid bills....so glad I did.

It was a fun day!!...went to deer farm, 2 thrift shops, had lunch at some chinese food place next to "Dollar Tree", picked up a hitch-hiker on the way to a casino (I lost $10), and then Fry's before heading back home. Which made for a long day.