Mom's adventure

Today my mom surprised me with an adventure. We hit the trails at the Fort Worth Nature Center - a really cool park on northwest side of Fort Worth. It was great to get out and the trail we took, Canyon Ridge, had a variety of terrain - from prairie to steep hills to wooded.

Here are some photos from our trip...

Don't want to fall into the cacti plants:


















Prairie grass:

















And some old stone structures:

















Thanks, Mom!

Only in Texas

I'm back in Texas for the holidays - a few highlights so far:

• Leaving on a flight 12 hours later and getting a $500 travel voucher from American Airlines - the joys of being flexible
  
• Boy and goat in the bed of a truck on a highway on Christmas eve
  
• Drive through beer/liquor barns
• My dad's Christmas gift to my mom: a 22 (rifle)
• Shiner - my parents went to Shiner, TX earlier this year (where Shiner, my fav beer, is brewed) and got gifts for everyone - t-shirts, hats, visors
• Mexican food for 2 meals so far - delicious
• Brisket - my dad made 20lbs of brisket - LOVE this
• Geckos in the house - my parents love geckos - the other night they saw one by a potted plant outside, grabbed the little gecko and brought him INSIDE so he wouldn't freeze overnight - who does that?! (this is their normal house out in Fort Worth, not the ranch)
• Plus seeing some of my wonderful friends (and Neighbor) in Dallas - I really have missed these guys

If anyone ever gets me a rifle for Christmas...wow, I don't even know how I would react.

And here's some of that brisket:

















More to come as my trip continues for another week!

Fortune: 12/22/10

My lunchtime fortune cookie:

















Tell me about this "love" you speak of.

Dream Job

Ever think about what your dream job is?

I've finally figured out what mine is...
Vanna White.

Any chance they'll be replacing her soon?

Welcome

I'm giving in and starting a blog. I hope you enjoy.

I hope to discuss the following:

• Important news relating to dinosaurs and outerspace
• Hopefully talking about running/training for races (this means I need to get back on track running...)
• Delicious foods and restaurants
• Random fun items
• Occasionally venting (because really we know it's going to happen)
• Events that are coming up that are amazing (Krispy Kreme Challenge, BeerFest, etc)
  

What else would you like to see on here?