Wow, Long Time No Update!

Haven't blogged in ages, so here's a quickie update...

Things are pretty great, despite the economy swirling in the bottom of the bowl. We're both thankful and blessed to still have jobs. Visited the Grand Canyon over Thanksgiving -- it was amazing as always. Caught The Train in Williams and rode it all the way up to the Canyon. Hiked Bright Angel trail for a bit, had some delicious chili and hot dogs while sitting on the rock wall there at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Nothing is more beautiful than that canyon. Rode back on the train and walked over to the Williams Christmas tree lighting ceremony right there on Route 66. With the sprinkle of snow and the sounds of Christmas music together with the smell of German roasted almonds in the air, it was definitely a trip to remember.

Finished the first draft of my novel that last weekend in November -- NaNoWriMo worked for me! Now I've been struggling with the edits and rewrites that I need to do to polish it. Planning on doing NaNoWriMo again this November -- it was a great exercise. Tough, but great. The Acer Aspire One was the reason I actually got a chance to finish the novel in November... sooo portable! Chuck bought one a few weeks ago as well. They're great second laptops, especially for the price.

Christmas was pretty quiet, although we did take a Hummer limo to see the Christmas lights with Chuck's family. Dad and Josh came to visit in January and brought me all kinds of ono Hawaiian food :)

February's been busy but we're hanging in there. I cannot *WAIT* to see Cavalia at the end of the month! I remember when I saw the ad on TV back in December, I shrieked with excitement. My wonderful husband bought tickets (and I think spent way too much) and surprised me with them -- we're going on the 28th of February. I've been waiting a few years to see Cavalia and finally it's coming back through Scottsdale.

We got to see The Lion King here at ASU Gammage a few weeks ago -- it's still as magical as the first time we saw it in Tucson. "Wicked" comes to town I think later this year or early next year, so we're going to try for tickets to see it as well.

Anyway, I owe some pics to be posted. I'll get to that, I promise. But tonight I'm off-tanking Obsidian Sanctum and Vault of Archavon -- our weekly farm night so... well... I'll be in WoW. :)