All Girls Weekend!!!! PART 1

OK. I said I would post pictures from our All Girls Ski trip and here they are for your amusement....

Here we are getting ready to leave my house.. We were SO excited!!

We stayed in Salina, KS the first night to break up the drive a bit. 13 hours for those counting. This is Christina & Amy..

Here we are heading out at 6am!!! It was about 12 degrees I think. Please note that Amy has makeup on at 6am and we will be sitting in the car all day.

The scenery in Kansas is breathtaking.. I'm sure you can tell by the background in this picture??

Amy got a hankerin' for some beef jerkey!! Can you tell why we are friends???

Christina is a little more sublime..

We finally make it to Breck! Well, this is the outskirts... but isn't it beautiful??

Here is Amy being Amy! She is hilarious and I think God broke us from the same mold. We think that everything the other one says is funny...

Well, that is the end of Part 1. Stay tuned for very crazy ski pics, wrestling on the continental divide pics, and me being me pics.

PEACE OUT!!!


I will post Part 2 if people comment on Part 1.

Breck is callin' my name.....

Today I am heading out to Breckenridge for a weekend of skiing and snowmobiling!!!! I am going with two girls from work....they are great fun and I am looking forward to the snow!!!!!

My apologies to the Barrett's. If I had more time I definitely would have come to see you. I would love to see you all!

Well, I will post next week with pictures!!!

I am outta here!!!!

Close to Home: Part 1 (Coal Mining)

As some of you may know I grew up in Kentucky. Where I grew up - everyone knows a coal miner. To this day I can number more than 10 men in my family who still work in the mines.

As a child, my dad worked in the mines. He once had a mine cave in on him. Luckily all that happened was a broken ankle. Others haven't been as fortunate - one of my friends in high school lost her dad to the mines.

It's backbreaking work. My brother in law is 6'4" and has worked in a mine that is 48" tall. He basically worked a 12 hour shift while bent over. Most of the time, the miners will not use their protective masks because they are heavy and uncomfortable. This makes them highly prone to black lung. For those of you who don't know what that is..........imagine blowing up a balloon and then filling it with coal dust.

In eastern Kentucky, if you want to provide for your family....you worked in the mines. There weren't and still aren't alot of choices.....

Two weeks ago my brother applied to work in the mines...he needs the money to support his family.