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Tree Friends

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Every time I see these two trees by themselves in the distance I can’t help but think how they must be perfect friends… or maybe they fight underneath the surface… no… friends… perfect friends dammit.

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Rain

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Rain is always exciting in Southern California no matter what time of year it is. We had two days of some decent rain and yesterday afternoon I got to enjoy this pretty rainbow.

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Vegas

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This year’s Vegas trip was great. We stayed at the Aria which is beautiful place. I gambled, had fun, even worked out a few times, and left with the money I came with… Vegas success. I didn’t take very many pictures, sometimes I can be so bad about that. I managed to get the classy hotel bathroom selfie picture taken and a few other pictures while we were waiting to zipline down Fremont St. The longer zipline, “the zoomline” was fun, not incredibly fast, kind of short as far as ziplines go in general, but FUN.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

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I am in Vegas right now with Gar and his family and will be celebrating the day by going zip-lining this evening. I just want to wish everyone and their family (including your four-legged family) a very Happy Valentine’s Day. I respect those that have their doubts about the integrity of such a holiday but I will take any excuse to tell people I love them or put cheap paper cards with lollipops and fun notes in mail-boxes (you’re welcome co-workers).

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Purple Flowers

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My drive to and from work is so pretty this time of year. On one side, there are grassy mountains in the distance surrounding the canyon I drive and, on the other, there are these sandy hills. That plant in the foreground with the purple flowers is sprinkled all over the hills, very pretty. I’m not sure what it is though. It grows like lavender and the flowers have a little bit of yellow on them and smell kind of like honeysuckle or fruit blossoms. If you’re reading this mom, please excuse my native plant ignorance. I’ve tried to find out what plant this is a few times without finding a definitive answer.

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Super Bowl

Well, tomorrow is the day. I wish I could say that I’m very excited about this year’s game but that’s not really the case. I don’t know who to root for. Gar is siding with the Seahawks and I haven’t decided whether I will join or oppose him. I just hope it is a good, close game unlike last year. Every year I usually do a lot of hors d’oeuvres and have things out to snack on but this year I’m breaking my tradition and doing a taco salad bar and making a five layer dip. Oh ya, and Gar requested arugula grilled cheeses so that’s getting made at some point tomorrow. Let me know if anyone has any food traditions on Super Bowl. I’m thinking that the Pats might win tomorrow but, hey, they are both great teams. One could make a good case for either side.

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Color Run

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A few months ago, I signed up for a 5k where they throw color powder at you as you run and they give you some to throw at each other before the race. I figured that it would not be not fun at the least. When I signed up, my conditioning was ok but I wasn’t sure that I could run 3.1 miles with relative ease. It turns out I can. About a month ago, I started running longer and longer distances and it feels so good. Now I can run 6 miles with relative ease. I’ve never minded running but now I’m in love. Not only was the 5k not not fun, it was really effing fun. I strongly recommend doing a 5k with a friend or spouse even if you are walking the entire time. Lastly, I was also the only person there in black. I’m not exaggerating, every single person there wore white on account of showing the color and what not. I don’t do white. I just don’t like white t-shirts.