4 months down and having a good time :)

After all the promises of me doing better with this blog and i've slipped into my bad habits already... i need a kick in the arse!! Ok, so i've been in Florida for almost 4 months now and so far so good... no complaints expect for the fact that at times i wish i could throw in the tray and go lay on the beach that i stare at all day! :)

Another "tough" day at the office

Work is going very well, i'm really enjoying the people i work with and the rich, old people aren't that bad!! ;) It also helps that at Johns Island hard work is appreciated and rewarded... i was given a raise a couple weeks ago, so all is well!

I've managed to squeeze some travelling in as well... went to Portland, Oregon in Dec for a BnA party... was loads of fun and i met loads of very cool interesting people, including one in particular who i will get to shortly. I also ventured to the west coast of FL, to a place called Clearwater, which is the home of Scientology (no, i'm not trying to tell you anything)... beautiful beaches and sunset! :) In Jan i took a week off and spent a very romantic 4 days in Key West and then myself, Julz and Roo jetted off to CO to visit my boys and do some skiing... lots of funness! I have another romantic weekend coming up next weekend in the Big Apple... yipee, so very excited!! :) :)

Sunset in Clearwater, FL

Roo, Julz and myself at A Basin, CO

Ok, so now you are probably wondering about this particular someone and all the romantic getaways... well his name is Stu and we've been seeing each other for 2 months now, he's wonderful, amazing, kind, caring (i hope you are reading this Stu) and i've never felt this way about anyone... he has swept me off my feet!!! One small problem, is that he lives in Zurich, Switzerland... which is a strange way is actually a plus cos i love Switzerland (altho i've never been, but have always wanted to)... so there are decisions to be made, but i know it'll all work out soon :)

Cheese... me and Stu in Key West :)

So that's all my news, i'm in the process of uploading fotos, but you can also check them out on the F to the B!! :)

(USA back track 3) Never eat yellow snow!

OK, so i have arrived in the US of A... been to New York and slowly became accustomed with life in Denver, CO! In the first couple of months in the state, the family took me sightseeing... mostly into the mountains. It was incredible to see the mountains and the ski resort, especially coming from a coastal city. The real excitement came when the white stuff (i'm talking about snow) arrived... as i like to called it, in a truly South African accent... proper snow! I'd seen snow in England, but once you've seen snow in the Rockies, that stuff that falls in England is no snow... it's just white rain.

In December of 2004 we made a trip into the mountains (for a week) to Steamboat Springs for my first skiing experience. I was so excited... had a half day lesson and off i went! Skiing is an amazing experience... the extremely cold wind rushing up your nose and the fear that you might do a face plant any second... it's fantastic! I caught onto the concept pretty quickly and soon i had mastered the green slops (beginners) but was not quite brave enough and my knee was objecting to graduating to the blue slopes (intermediate). Steamboat Springs is a beautiful cowboy town about 3 hours drive from Denver, a great place to learn to ski and have a little fun!

The slopes of Steamboat Springs

My next skiing experience came on 2nd January 2005... went with friends of the family to a ski area called Loveland... it's the closest ski area to Denver, it's not a resort... just a mountain with some great slopes! After doing a few warmup runs down the greens i decided to give the blues a try. Needless to say on my first run down a blue slope i landed on various parts of my body on a number of occasions... but i never gave up and eventually made a run all the way down a blue slope on my skis (however you spell the plural of ski)!

Earlier this year i also ventured into the mountains to part take in a little skiing. I didn't know what to expect because i hasn't skied in over a year and i was skiing at a new resort, Copper Mountain. But as it turns out skiing is like riding a bike... you never forget, to turn you pick the foot that is facing away from the mountain up and that's basically it!! Oh and to slow down (that comes in handy) you make an upside down 'V' with your skis... snow plough as they called it!

What could be better!

Skiing is great fun and a good sport to keep you in shape, so hopefully i'll have the opportunity to ski again someday! :)