Almost Gypsy Soul

1. 12 months, 12 massages (6/12) I missed May so I had to get 2 in June....darn. 2. Yearly savings goal Lots of room for improvement here............... 3. Territorial Prison Museum A little hidden gem. Our tour guide was wonderful. I hope that they are able to find additional guests, donations or grants to help restore and keep this place up. It would be a shame for it to become unsafe and lose this historical museum. 4. Glow-in-the-dark Golf Tournament 5. Soldier's Angel 6. Goal Weight I made it! and I've now set a new goal of 5 more lbs. I've started working with a nutrition coach to help me meet my goals and develop a food plan that I can stick with in a maintenance, lifestyle plan. It was a struggle, but so far its really helped me. 7. Complete Les Mills Pump I LOVED this program and am probably going to keep with it for a while longer before shipping it down to CO for Assistant Pack Leader to give it a try. 8. Mountain Bike Trip 9. Maui, Hawai

Disclaimer: obviously I started this somewhere around my birthday and promptly forgot it....so here it is. Better late than never. As I pass my 32nd birthday, yes can you believe it 32 years! I can’t help but think about all the things I don’t have or haven’t accomplished and that’s not good. So I’m going to force myself to take a look at what I HAVE accomplished in my 32 years…..and its going to be 32 things I’ve accomplished in my 32 years. 1. State championship in high school track 2. Made friendships that will last forever 3. Paid off my student loans 4. Bought/sold and bought another house 5. Moved to a new state, completely on my own 6. More than doubled participation in my counties at my job – I call it my Queendom 7. Have 2 great little kids that call me Aunt 8. Traveled to places I never dreamed I would go 9. Learned to mountain bike 10. Learned to snowboard 11. Hiked Pikes Peak 12. Made unconventional friends through Adopt-a-Soldier – I still talk to 2 of

This one was on the original Dirty 30 list (and the whole reason behind the birth of this blog) and I finally got it crossed off the list! I was presently surprised at the museum. Its a very interesting piece of Wyoming history and our tour guide was very knowledgeable. Its in Rawlins and its not expensive to visit. And because I can't remember everything they told me, I copied a little history about the prison from their website for you. The eighty year history of Wyoming’s first state penitentiary, now known as the Wyoming Frontier Prison, is as colorful and elaborate as the plot of a classic western movie. The cornerstone of the prison was laid in 1888, but due to funding issues and Wyoming’s notorious weather, the doors wouldn’t open for thirteen years. In December of 1901, the prison opened and consisted of 104 cells (Cell Block A), no electricity or running water, and very inadequate heating.   Throughout the prison’s operation,

I wanted a red dodge since the day I turned 16. In fact, I got one for my birthday and I believe it was of the 1/32 scale size. When I was paying for my own 2nd set of  wheels, I got an identical red dodge in life size as a junior in college. Big Red and I put on some serious miles. We moved from Colorado to Oklahoma to Tennessee to Wyoming together. We hauled hay, we hauled horses and we hauled college kids. I love this pick-up and I wasn't sure that I could ever physically hand over the keys. But then, along came Loretta. Loretta is a bit of an upgrade from Red and eases the pain of sending Red down the road to her new owner. Loretta is a 2011 Ford F-150 Lariat....in silver. Loretta has many fancy schmancy features that I never even knew that I needed such as a backup camera, power fold mirrors, heated/cooled seats, auto slide seats, bluetooth, dual climate control and 4 doors! Over and above Loretta, the fact that Red is going to one of my absolute favorite familie

This Beachbody program is AWESOME! Its a rep effect, weight training based workout that is killer. Think 5 minutes of squats, 5 minutes of chest, 5 minutes of deadlifts/cleans, 5 minutes of biceps, 5 minutes of abs and 5 minutes of lunges. If you are now things OUCH, you are right on track. The good thing about this workout is that it goes pretty quick and the music is awesome fun. I even really liked the yoga and ab workouts. My results from LMP were pretty good and I was pleased. I've now loaned the program to Assistant Pack Leader, but I'll be doing this one again! So without further ado....proof of my results from LMP. I give LMP 2 thumbs up!

Girlfriends, wine and fruit country of Palisade, CO and our bikes....what more could a girl ask for you might ask. Well in our case sunshine would have been nice. We found a weekend we could all get away to Palisade to bike the vineyards and we were off. Mother Nature was off too and it rained all weekend. Luckily we were traveling with awesome girls and we just made the best of it. We still visited wineries and checked out some local hotspots. We had a good time and darted to some of the closer vineyards in between rainstorms. So although we didn't make the route on our bikes....I'm counting it because I'm not sure when we will all be able to make it back. Plus my biked liked its new Dakine tailgate pad and I actually unloaded my bike in Palisade so it totally counts. And our shirts were a HIT. I even brought home orders for others....I should start a business.

Well, it’s a little late, put I managed to squeeze some time out and get you a new playlist, I told the boss to go to hell, I have a playlist to get out there for the masses! So, here she be! Diamond Rings and Old Barstools, Tim McGraw A Guy Walks into a Bar, Tyler Farr This Time Around, Randy Rogers Band You’re Gone, Diamond Rio Fool Hearted Memory, George Strait  Enjoy!!