Diet/Vegetarian/Gluten Free

This weekend I had the opportunity to try Gluten free Brownies - 

(hack)

Ick, seriously like... chalky blah - spit it out! 

My 2 GF's Carrie & Cara are into Smoothies!  

Veggies - grapes, broccoli (eew), KALE, basically anything!

Here's proof I drank a smoothie and, it was pretty good!! 

Thanks Cara!  yumm!

The girls didn't drink theirs... but when offered to come over for dinner and ice cream w/ Grandma & Grandpa M & M (which they've affectionately named my parents), 

They SUCKED those hour old/warmish smoothies down!  

Ice Cream goes a long way :)

IM BACK - to BLONDE baby!

OH What a difference Blonde makes!!! 

I feel like a NEW woman!  

Happy, once again!  

I swear, I will never go another color again!  

Last summer I was loving my blonde herrr... but thought, hmmm...

Here's the process... 

Early November I wanted honey... 

It looks more red!

5 weeks later it was too soon to spend the $ so... 

Christmas:

This is 12 weeks of not getting it done!

That's a long time yo!  Faded, it's ok :)  I was living with it, not too depressing.  

Kinda brassy,

New blonde and bangs... She-BAM!  I love me!  :) :) :)

I REALLY couldn't walk the next day.

Hike From Hell-o

(I didn't name it that, GB did)

6 hours

San Tan Mountains 1/14/2012

It wasn't horrible... 

I just LITERALLY couldn't walk the next day!

and didn't get out of bed till 11 am.  And hobbled around ALL day.

And had scratches from BUSHWACKING! 

But, it was fun.  (no exclamation mark) 

And - Worth It!

It was SO beautiful!! (yes, even in the desert)

But - Been there, done that.  Don't need to do it again :)

GB spent hours GPS'ing this hike - bless her heart.  

She is a mountain goat! 

Mel is a die hard! 

I, didn't wear pants and then coming down my knees hurt so bad - I cried.  

What a dork!

It wasn't the Cave Trail or Peraulta, it was the other side.

We swung out into the green wilderness.  

It was neat because it was different and we were seriously scaling boulders!  

Bouldering! 

(not over the shoulder bouldering tho)

I'm Grateful for Glenda - and for her being a Leader and for putting up w/ my pain!

i mean my pain in her behind!  :)

New Years in VEGAS!

I've heard Vegas is worth experiencing once in a lifetime... 

It was!

SO packed!  But fun energy! 

Mel and I went on a whim and well... GOOD TIMES! 

We stayed at the HIP, RUMOR Boutique Hotel

(you should totally stay there!)

One of Mel's work assoc hooked us up w/ a suite!

This was seriously our room!

It was so fun to get dressed up!  

Of course there were fireworks - MY FAVORITE, all down the strip!

We met up w/ the 'track suit gang' and Danced ALL Night at this Irish Pub -  My Fav, with a live Irish (type) Band!  Ah, SUCH a Great Fun Night!

Happy New Year!!!  

May ALL Your Dreams Come True in 2012!!!


(I will not mention the incident in which we missed an exit driving home and it took 1.5 hours longer, 45 miles but thru Prescott... where I may or may not have gotten a photo ticket - while on my phone.  Oy Vey!)