Joining the world of blogging

My friend Penny put me onto the world of blogging....I've been watching her stories for the past few weeks and had a blast. I figured that if I enjoyed reading regular news of a friend then family and friends that I know would probably enjoy it too. So, here goes.

I can't promise that I'll post every day - if i do that I'll probably break the promise within a week:)

What a great time to start posting - it's the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. We're off to Boulder (near Denver and the Rockies) with Rachel to meet up with Peter. Carrieanne has to work over the holidays which is a shame...but we'll have a drink for her (well, several probably). We're driving to Denver on Tuesday - we leave about 3pm. Apparently it's about a 12 hour drive......yeah!!!! NOT! I'm am so not looking forward to the drive - never in my life have I travelled 12 hours in a car. i think the max I've ever done is 7 or 8 - that was London to Stranraer (to get to Belfast). I guess i've done Cedar Rapids to Chicago in a day (to pick up Mum and Dad) but it just seems worse than that..... I'm sure it won't be as bad as I think. there's 3 of us driving and we're taking the Lexus so we've got the GPS system to make sure we don't get lost.

Apart from the drive, I'm really looking forward to going to Denver. Peter's cooking Thanksgiving dinner (think English Christmas dinner...) and we get to meet the love of his life - Bethany. He sounds so happy and smitten......how cute:) It's a shame she won't be there for Thanksgiving but it's great we get to meet. Being near the Rockies we plan on ski-ing at least one day - and I know that I'll definitely be on the lookout for outlet shopping malls. Can't wait. The other thing is that our friends Sanya and Jeff live in Denver so we'll be able to meet up at least once or twice. It'll be a great break from work.

This weekend has been pretty lazy - we did a bit of shopping, got massages (fabulous) and went to a comedy club last night. Had a great time. Today (Sunday) had my butt kicked in the gym by my trainer, Jim. For those that are not aware, a year ago i decided to make exercise a priority so I hit the gym at least 4 times a week, sometimes more....so expect a lot of complaints and moaning about what body parts hurt. Today, my butt hurts- have to say that one legged squats hurt like hell....and 4 weeks later they still hurt!! Oh well, I'm sure it's doing me some good..... I'm certainly healthier than I was a year ago - although the magical cure for slimming down never happened. Oh well, at least I could run a mile if i needed to.

The other thing that happened this week is that the tooth that has been giving me grief since July finally bit the dust. For some history, I went for a check up in July, got a filling, it hurt, complained, changed dentist in September, told I need a root canal, referred to a specialist (dentist #3) who tried twice to numb my face for the root canal and failed, referred to a 4th dentist for sedation for the root canal. A month ago this dentist (who is fabulous!) knocked me out and removed the infection and nerve of the tooth. I was letting it settle down before returning last week to have the root filled. Sooooo, I was knocked out AGAIN but half way through have avague recollection of need to remove the tooth. That was Weds last week - it's been a bit sore but I think it's on the mend. We found a bruise on my face today.....so it must be getting better!! hey ho....

Ok, so that's my news for now.....watch this space for more news.