After watching the news on TV this week, I am disgusted with politicians. It's become the party's platform rather than what's good for the citizens. If I could do anything (and I've posted this before), I would abolish political parties and make each candidate run on his/her own agenda.
I am so proud of myself. I managed to program my laptop via a wireless connection to the new printer Kathy ordered with her new Mac. I didn't have to call my IT people in either Minneapolis or Denver-yet.

Went skiing this morning. I didn't know there was a high school ski meet there the next two days closing my favorite run. They built a terrain park for snowboarders on my second favorite run and turned it into an unskiable ice rink. All my veteran skier friends were complaining. A snowboarder got hurt. No ski patrol so two guy who work at the area raced down on their snowmobiles to provide aid. With all the racers today, the average of someone getting hurt goes up-still no visible ski patrol. It's the last day of Christmas vacation for students so there were quite a few boarders. I finally quit after after an hour and a half. It's said that "...a bad day of skiing is better than a good day of work.." but it was close today.

For all my business friend/relatives-
From the calendar:
"You might be a Redneck if...You've held a business meeting at Chuck E. Cheese's."

Still cold-more reflecting on 2009.
There were only three movies which I remember that I enjoyed from beginning to end:
1. Marley & Me (a 2008 movie but I didn't see it until 2009)
2. The Proposal
3. Blind Side
The last two both featured Sandra Bullock, ironically.

NEW BUMPER STICKER-think about this.

"If you can read this, you are following too close" In braille

It's snowy and cold so I decided to do some reflecting on 2009.
My favorite TV shows. Most are on cable stations and I watch several of them on Netflix (in no particular order-most are mysteries):
1. House
2. Weeds
3. The Closer
4. Dexter
5. Burn Notice
6. Bones
7. 30 Rock
8. Life
9. Castle

David got a notice from the Natrona County Republican Party this week. They are having a big party at the end of January. Tickets are $50 each or you can get a table of eight for $500. Is that Republican math or what? Makes on wonder about financial numbers at the national level.

Went up to the athletic club for the second day. I was even stiffer, ached more, and had less motivation than yesterday. I set a goal for myself years ago and that was that I could always stand straight, glance down, and see my toes. So far-so good but my feet could be flatter too. At the beginning of the workout they announced they looking for the driver of a black Subaru. Apparently it was blocking an older couple who had finished working out. Since the athletic club is located in a mall, people figured it was a mall walker. Some folks just aren't courteous when dealing with others. They should have called a tow truck.

We lost our internet server last night so a computer talked me through reinstalling it.
Went to the health club this morning. It's the first time I had been there since Dec. 24th. I had trouble stretching, legs ached, but I knew I had to gut (no pun intended) it out. I'm still a couple pounds over from Christmas but I resolve to work at it.
You know there is a new generation when you see fathers snowboarding with daughters.

Thursday we saw "Blind Side." I highly recommend it to everyone.
There is justice. As we were driving back to Casper yesterday, a big Suburban doing between 85 and 90 MPH passed us just south of the Colorado/Wyoming border. A couple of minutes into Wyoming the Wyo Highway Patrol had the Suburban pulled over. I laughed. More money for the state coffers.
Went skiing this morning-first time this season. I felt rusty and I definitely don't have my ski legs. I went early and avoided the crowds for the first hour.

From the calendar:
"You might be a Redneck if...You answered you cellphone during your driving test."