I'm back!

My trip to Denver was fun.....a bit different than my last visits there. I saw all my same friends, which was awesome. I sometimes forget how well I get along with all of them. This time, however, the visits were baby-filled. My friend, Emily, and her husband Jeff have two little ones. A 6 week old and a 1-year-old. The top picture is of me and Mason, the 1-year-old. The other is of me and Riley, the 6-week-old. My other friends, Jen and Silas, are 6 months pregnant. So, we did a lot of baby feeding and baby shopping.

We did get to go driving into the mountains, though. I absolutely LOVE going into the mountains and seeing the stunning views. This is one of my favorite shots from that day. It's looking out onto a town called Georgtown right in the middle of the foothills. It was breathtaking.

Vacation, here I come...

Hey ya'll, I'll most likely be sketch with my blogging over the next week. I'm leaving for Denver tomorrow (Saturday) and won't have much computer access until I return on Wednesday. It should prove to be a very baby-filled trip. My friend, Emily, and her husband, Jeff, just had a baby. And they also had a baby that is 1 year old that I haven't met yet, either. My other friends, Jen and Silas, are pregnant. I'm going to be the godmother of their baby, so we are going to be shopping for a baby-gift while I'm there and doing whatever else I need to do in order to fulfill my Godmotherly duties. Pictures of the trip to come!

The draw of softball....

I'm not exactly sure what it is about me and softball. Here I am, 30 years old, completely lacking of experience in playing sports, and softball keeps showing up in my life. Last summer was the first time I had ever played, really (except for that one time in high school). And now I'm the "coach" of our softball intramurals at work. And just today, after volunteering to help out with volleyball in the Indy Special Olympics, I got asked if I could coach softball instead! I think I might actually do it, too. Let's see....other sports I've played:

• Volleyball
• Kickball (yes, it's a sport)
• Cornholing? Does that count?

Uhmmm...yeah. I just sat here for several minutes trying to think of other sports in which I've participated and it just wasn't happening. Unless bike-riding and running are considered sports??

Whopee Cushions Never Get Old....

My friend Rachel got me a whopee cushion for my b-day. It's one of those self-inflating ones, which make it oh-so convenient to keep having fun over and over again! I brought it to work and the sheer delight of my coworkers over this child's toy is hilarious. One guy - it didn't matter how many times I "flarped" it or how close of a "flarp" it was to the last "flarp - laughed EVERY single time I did it. It just doesn't get old!

OK, so what other stupid toys just don't get old? Any ideas?

SICK as a DOG!

Anyone else get that flu virus that is going around? I guess that's what it is, anyway. On Tuesday morning I woke up at 3AM with stomach cramping. I couldn't sleep and after up-chucking, thought it was food-poisoning. The next day was the worst day in my life.....I have never been so sick. Basically, the symptoms seemed like a cross between severe food poisoning (I think it's more tasteful to describe the symptoms in this way) and a bad case of flu. I spent practically the entire day laid out on the bathroom floor. It's now day 3 and all I can eat are Saltines and drink Sprite. So, needless to say, my b-day party is cancelled. Hopefully I'll be able to reschedule it soon. Can't believe I'll be spending my 30th birthday sick!! How unfair!

Oh well, I guess it's a good story to tell. Wheeee. :)

Mona and Church....wait, isn't that a contradiction?

My churching history is fairly feeble, consisting of me attending on 3 or 4 Sunday's during middle school after spending the night at a friend's house. Or me entering a church for an event, such as a family reunion, a wedding or a funeral. I've never actually gone "just because".....until this year. I'm not a super-religious type, but I am spiritual and so I figured I'd give it a go and see what all the hub-bub is about. I went at Easter this year and it was OK, so I went with some friends to a different church yesterday to check it out. I thought the church at Easter was more my style....the dude was much more inspirational and had a kinder, gentler message. Whereas the guy yesterday started off by "bashing" The DaVinci Code, which I don't think is cool. Anyone who starts telling a group of people how we should be concerned about a movie, a book, or anything of that nature just completely IRKS me. Maybe I'm too much of an independent thinker? I read that book and I watched the movie. I liked it a lot and I even thought it might have some plausible theory to it. But that didn't, in any way whatsoever, take away from that spiritual part of me. I don't quite relate to the concern that religions (not just Christianity) have over this sort of thing.

Anyway, next week we are going to go to an "Urban Church." We'll probably be the only white-folk in the church surrounded by a lot of dancin', singin', hootin' n' hollerin'!! WHOOOO! That should FUN!

Let's Celebrate! Woo hooo!

So, I decided that I'm throwing a birthday party for myself. Is that lame? Or is that acceptable? I've never done it before, but with me turning 30 and all, I decided that I wanted to do something somewhat memorable. So, I'm having some peeps over for an Aloha Game-Night party. I know, kinda random theme......but I wanted to do something fun and what's more fun than mixed foofy-drinks, Hawaiin shirts, Monopoly and Euchre? I mean, COME ON!!! Of course, if any of your out-of-towners would like to go, you're invited. I just thought you'd probably not want to travel 2+ hours to go....although I know how tempted you are given the exciting and alluring party-theme. :)

My Cornhole skilzz suck....

I love the title of this entry. If you don't know what Cornhole is, it sounds a bit dirty.

Anyway, I played in a cornhole tournament this weekend. For those of you unfamiliar with Cornhole, it's sorta like a bean-bag toss game. You throw a series of 4 bean-bags at this piece of wood with a hole in it. If the bag lands on the board, that's a point and if you get it in the hole, that's 3 points. I had never played Cornhole before in my life, and while I didn't play very well compared to the other players, I think I did alright for it being my first time. Although my partner, Rob, and I lost miserably. I think we played 6 games and for 4 of them, we only got maybe 3 or 4 points (the first person at 21 points wins). The picture is of my partner practicing some tosses and of us feuling up before the game.

My favorite part of the day was chilling out in a hammock over at Rachel's house after the tournament. Man was I tired after a full day of Cornholing. Tee hee. :)