Dublin Via JFK

So this week I got to go and meet my new little buddie.. Truman.
We did get some giggles in but mostly just spent the day napping..
His mom sure loved this because she got to take her own nap and run a few errands as well. We only got to hang out for a few hours but dang if Im not going to be doing that often!!

So after a nice little nap with Mr Truman I was off to Dublin with my friend Dan from work. Sure it was a quick 2 day trip but it was a lot of fun. In an effort to save time with the pictures I tried that slide show thingy.. Heres to hoping it works!!!

No foolin!

This is a pic of me in my hotel room in guess where! DUBLIN IRELAND! That's right, no sittin still for this kid.. (Only cause my innards are sqeaking like a badly oiled machine) darn dairy! Anywho much love to ya all and ill be back in 2 days.. Xo

Napping with Truman in NYC

I'm on my way out to dublin ireland but I wanted to stop off and see my new little nephew. So I flew out a smidge early and popped into the city and caught a few winks while liz was able to have a nap herself and run to the bank. Dang if he isn't a good little snuggler! Thanks for the super cute nephew Liz and Mark...

Seeing the Aurora Borealis in Fairbanks (updated)

Monday Mar 24th, I flew up to see Pam and Verdi up in Fairbanks and to see the northern lights. I took our non stop flight on Anchorage and then missing the last connection to Fairbanks I got to sleep (liberally used word) in the airport.

Pam was SO excited to see a friendly face, not that the people of Fairbanks are not friendly cause they totally are, but come on.. Look at me.. Im SUPER friendly!..

So I was taken on a tour of the city. They just had the World Ice Sculpting competitions there and so I got a few pics of what was still standing. Some had melted but not all of them.


We went and had lunch at a super Yummy chinese food place in.. GUESS where! North Pole Alaska! It just goes to show that you can find Chinese food anywhere! We ate at the Pagoda and I gotta tell ya, It really was good! But the real reason we went to North Pole was to see Santa's workshop.


But they were closed! Now I know what you are thinking. Santa's Workshop NEVER CLOSES! But they were.. I think they were on vacation after working a hard Christmas Season this year. After all the human population is increasing exponentially!

The next day we went out to see the Alaskan Pipeline. It runs the oil from the Northern Alaskan Oil Fields all the way down to Anchorage so then it can be shipped to the 'Lower 48'.


Yes Pam and I are 'surfing' the pipeline.
Here is a 'Pig', for those of you who have seen the James Bond movies, this is what he crossed the border accept he was in Russia or Germany.
The Pipeline is raised off the ground and there is Permafrost under the ground all the way there.. Go look up Permafrost cause I'm still a bit confused on the whole issue.






We totally scored and had a great view of the lights. I dont even know how to describe right now how amazing they were but don't worry ill get back on and update this blog. I'm just totally wiped out from traveling and have to work 11 hours tomorrow.

Pumpkin park with the Peanut

Katie and I took eliza on a walk while mamma ali and baby henry had some peace time.. She had so much stinkin fun riding the horses. She loved getting up on em and really moving.. She is so much fun. I think her favorite part was the swings. She just kept saying,'Yay!'

Springtime Snow

So I woke up to a nice puffy 5 inches of white stuff today. here I thought springtime was enroute but oh no there needed to be more snow.. But its ok cause it was really wet snow and we needed that..

Where is my maid?

Can I say that I hate cleaning?
Actually I just hate cleaning up after myself. I really don't mind doing the dishes (if it wasn't me that cooked) and picking up after the nieces or nephews. I really hate cleaning up after ME. The biggest slob in the world? Maybe.. I think its just the fact that as I clean up after myself I am forced to reckon with the fact that I make a bigger mess than those cute little munchkins that come and play at Nanna and Bubbas house. Do I really just rip off my clothing and toss it in a corner? Do I really have THAT many tee shirts? Who needs 14 pairs of jeans? and why do I have 35 button down long sleeve and twice as many short sleeved shirts? Am I a compulsory shopper? Do I need all this stuff? Ok lets be honest here, I do look great in all of it. BUT I live in my work uniform and my pajamas! Sure I get the occasional escape to the normal world on my days off but that is 2 days a week! 8 days a month!
With all that said. Its spring cleaning time chez mike. Yes Ive loaded up all the crap that I haven''t worn in oh what 2 years and tossed it out. Thanks to my inspiring baby sister I feel like I need to do this. Katie Ann has adapted a policy that is she buys one thing she has to throw something of the same out. A sweater for a sweater. Socks for socks and so forth. It really is a liberating feeling! Now if only I could convince myself to do the same for DVD's.. JUST KIDDING!!! they stay!
Ok Now I can get back to cleaning my room and doing my laundry...
Deep breath!

Hallers n uncle mike

This is my cute little buddie ms halle jae.. She is getting so big. She got over four pounds in the last week and she is doing so great. She is gonna have such a wonderful support group and all the love she can handle. This is the first time we get to snuggle. Halle first

Then here is Henry David Flegal

I get to go see Truman next week! Yay babies!

Pass the LOVE...

How much do I love my cute family.. OH a LOT..
I just don't feel like I tell you guys enough how much you mean to me.. SO here goes..
Sara et all.. I love that you guys have such a cute family. Your children are so well behaved and love each other. It is evident that you and Paul are great parents. Thanks for raising the noodles right.. I love you ALL..
Liz and Marc and True make three. I love you guys. I can not wait to come out and meet your little bundle of joy and see the beaming smiles on your faces.. Ill hopefully be there next week.
Andrew 'n Crew.. I love that you guys live so close. I love seeing me Eliza every week and playing with her. Heres to hoping you guys stay close and baby "forest" and I can be awesome buddies.
Katie Anne.. I love being your roomie.. I'm so glad that we get to see eachother all the time and hang out when we can. I'm so happy that your life is intertwined with mine. I look forward to what the future holds for you and to holding your little bundles of joy one day.
Parental UNITS.. I wouldn't forget you two! You guys have saved my bacon letting me live with you up until my 'gulp' thirtieth birthday. YA I really need to fix that but I LOVE living at home with you guys now. Its great that we can be as friendly as we are. You guys have the greatest unconditional love Ive ever seen. Thank you for being such great examples to us all.
There you have it.. I'm good for another week.. SO if I don't see you.. know that I love you.
Mike

Congratulations to Liz and Marc..

Welcome little Truman Marc Thomas Green to the world..
Just FYI i AM your favorite uncle Mike so lets just get that right from the get go..
Im sure liz and marcs blog will have pics soon.. since even I dont have them yet..
Love You guys and cant wait to meet mr True..

Good morning Shadow

Its been so long since we've seen eachother. We all know I'm not much of a morning person, especially when it comes to work. 2 days in a row now I've met the morning head on and worked extra hours at work. Now if only I could hold these kind of hours....

LIFE UPDATE!!!

So. Here I sit in the basement bedroom. Yes Im still in "UTAR."
I was all stoked on going to atlanta for my inflight training but I hit a snaffu. Its been 10, count them, 10yrs since I was in Paris last. The only other french I get to speak is with my siblings at random and that isnt the heaviest of converstations. So I took my french test over the phone. Ya, not an easy task. One of the random questions I was asked was, 'Tell me the history of computers for the past 10yrs IN FRENCH' I wanted to say honey how in all that is holy does that pertain to me being a flight attendant?
I couldnt really mouth off so I answered as best I could.
Needless to say I didnt pass my language exam. AND my job was riding on the line.
So Im not going to be a flight attendant.
Suprisingly enough Im not all that sad about it. I thought I would be major upset but when I got the word I was just like, OK.. and on I went. So I figure its just not meant to be. If I want to reapply again in 6 months I can do that. Ill just have to see how I feel in that time.
So thanks for all the well wishes that I was receiving but Im still sticking around. You know where to find me..
Same bat time, Same bat channel.
xo

Skiing with Tom and Steve.

Sadly I do not have pictures of this fun day because my camera was in the shop and my cell phone was totally devoid of power. BUT, we did have OH so much fun. The boys flew in saturday night and we went out dancing and shaking out booties. Sunday we had brunch with some friends, picked up our ski rentals and headed up to ALTA for a day of skiing in the beautiful sunshine. It was such an amazing day. The sun shone all day and it was picturesque. (dang broken camera) Monday we skied again but this time at SnowBird. I was really excited to ski there cause they have this cool tunnel through the mountain from one bowl to the next. HOWEVER! Mother nature in all her glory had the wind blowing so hard up at the top today that they closed the back bowl and so we didnt get to experience the tunnel. We did go up there though and DANGITALL if the wind wasnt blowing so durn hard that it was like ice pelts being shot at your face. IT was blowing so hard that it slowed me down going downhill.. We ended up staying mid mountain the whole day which was just fine with me. I had a blast.. My thighs on the other hand are gonna be singin a painfull song tomorrow when I go to work.

SIDE NOTE FOR ALL YOU READERS.....
I have not heard anything from DELTA concerning my job in 2 WEEKS!!!!!!!
Frustrated much? I think so!! so since I am supposed to be starting a week from tomorrow I thought I might call him again tomorrow and just try to weasel the travel plans outta my recruiter. Pray that I will have the patience to be kind.
love y'all and thanks for your congrats..

Relle take a tumble..

Sara runs to drop wickman off for 2 seconds and I end up with a baby with a gusher headwound. She fell over petting the kitty and bonked her noggin on the seat outside. As I picked her up I saw all the blood and kinda freaked out, before the fear could overtake me I remembered that headwounds bleed a lot. So I thought she might just have a small wound. I held her over the sink with a papertowel on it until it stopped bleeding. Minor crisis averted.. But I might be scared for life...

Oh crap am I tired!

Its 600am here in lovely phoenix arizona, I'm still up from yesterday. I came in to work at 10pm and we've worked through the night. Ill be here till at least five this evening.. Talk about a kick in the pants.
The game was great to watch though and its good to be with my friends. We will see how I feel in a few hours...

UPDATE-- a few hours turned into 17.5 hrs straight at the airport dealing with flight delays and all that JAZZ. Thank you mother nature for that little hickup in my day of fun.

Who's so happy!!!

That's right y'all I have reason to be super happy today. I got the call from inflight that they want me, YES ME, to be a flight attendant!!! I'm so freakin excited.. Can you tell by my smile? So if I didn't call ya I'm sorry but thanks for reading cause this will be the new form of communications for me!!!

this is where id rather be..

After checking out my own photos from skiing I got a sudden chill.. I needed to see something warmer so here it is.. A flash from the past..

Skiing with Bubba

Dad and I decided to go skiing up at Brighton since there was a bunch of new snow. I only wish I had taken more pics of us in the actual snow because you wouldn't believe how much there was. We hit powder areas that were up to our knees or more and that was right on the ski hill! It snowed the entire day and we had a blast on the mtn.
Enjoy the pics..

And yes these are icicles not snotcicles!

Raw and Real... Kind of.

I know how much grandma really liked that picture of her before. She likes it because it isn't up close and personal or really in focus. Here is what we really looked like after our trip to Lihue. Granted I was the one in coach and SHE was the first class passenger. So I took off the blemish on my nose so I didn't look too much like Rudolph the Red Nosed Grandson for the picture. I think its a really good picture of the G-ma.. She just felt she should have re-dyed her hair before any photos were take of her. Too late.. here it is...

Monique was nice enough to take a picture of the three of us upon arrival at the Miner homestead. (red eye reduction was all that was used, oh and my nose blemish)

I tried to capture her photo but she must be lighting fast. "I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!"

Aloha oi!

Grandma and I just landed at the lihue airport and were waiting for melanie to come fetch us. So we just thought why not make you all jealous.. He he. Aloha and mele kaliki maka

My Carol...

Would be much like the one shared by Michael McLean tonight at the Forgotten Carols. Stand up and do something so that people know who is in your heart. I think that is something that I have always had in my heart. Everyone always tells me that Im maybe too nice, or too understanding. But I think its my hearts way of showing my love for people, my brothers and sisters on this earth.

Thank you mom and dad for taking me to this wonderful show tonight. It was a great reminder of why I am who I am and why I do what I do.
Love to you all this holiday season..

Check List update...

#1- I cleaned my bathroom and am working on the bedroom. It will be done by the time sara and paul show up tomorrow night
#2- Ok so I didnt get any laundry done that night but Ive since done quite a bit.. so uh.. check?
#3- havent even started. But dont worry andrew.. you will be the first to know
#4- Computer desk is ALMOST there..
#5- grr.. she lives 3 streets away and ive not seen her in like 6 weeks.. whats my major malfunction?
#6- this is an on going project that I am going to need help from all the cousins on. We are going to make her a DVD for her birthday with pictures and video. Pick some of your favorite pictures and email em to your cuz..
#7- uh.. maybe after thanksgiving
#8- I should have made phone calls but Im trying to be good about it..

there you have it nat.. so far.. so good

Uncle Mike has big hair..

That's not the impression I'm wanting to leave with the noodles this holiday season.. Its just something that has happened, and thanks to the wonders of hair gel I am able to tone down this mop to something more presentable at work..I also found some super attractive shades to wear in the car. They fit over my glasses.. Novel eh.. Oh well so what if I look like Ray Charles.. I can see

An Ode to Natalie...

So cousin, I read your blog where you said that you make lists.
I have a dirty confession. I fly by the seat of my pants, I havent made a to-do/checklist in I cant tell you how long. I could have still been in high school the last time I took the time or had the notion to sit down and make a list.
But I gotta tell ya. Im feeling inspired and renewed. So today Im going to make my first to-do list and its going to go right on my blog..
1. Clean your room you lazy slug!!!
2. Do as much laundry as you can before bed
3. Purge your closets of unused clothing
4. Organize your computer desk
5. Write a letter to gma flegal
6. Work on gma flegals 90'th birthday basche video
7. Wrap christmas presents already purchased and label them
8. Tell my family I love them at least one time today..

Not a bad list eh!! Aside from sitting down with the worlds leaders and hammering out world peace I think that went pretty well..
Ill update you all on just how well I did.. ttfn
love ya!!

My Buddy and Me..

Is this not the cutest little puppy that came to visit me today? I have no idea what his name is but I did need a lint roller once he was done giving me loves. Such a sweet little dog that I'm sure will one day be a sweet BIG dog. Everytime the girls bring me a puppy I fall in love with them all over again. I need to find a friend with a dog and just go get my fix with their dog instead of getting my own then never being home, mom would love that!!
Anywho just thought you all might like the pics..

Sometimes my eyes Bug-out..

So I went to pick up gma for our pool date today and found these sexy new glasses. I think if I had these for myself I might wear them to work just to throw people off.
Did a huge clean up on my room and am excited with how its turned out. Ill post before and after pics probly tomorrow when I put the finishing touches on it all.
Well I'm at work and mobile blogging so I'd better get back to it.
Peace

My On-the-go..

So I'm trying out this mobile blogging stuff.. You all know what a nerd I am with my fandangled technologies, so I thought me and my new 2, I know its small, megapixel cell phone should keep you up to date even more. Here's to hoping this works..
This is a pic of my drink from lunch. Thanks to Lucas for getting me hooked on tea's again.
Mike

its 3am.. do you know where your brain is?

Mine is wandering. Ive watched the newest episode of Heroes and think I might explode with anticipation for next weeks.. THEN I watched the newest episode of Smallville.. THAT was my mistake. Now I'm totally thinking about it. Wondering what is going to happen, Its enough to make you tired.. BUT IM NOT.. NO.. Luckily tomorrow/today is my day off. I did get the garbages out when I came home from work so at least I can sleep in in peace.. I HOPE.. Gma Helen and I are new BFF's and are hitting the hospital (blood test) then lunch, voting and then maybe even another dip in the POOL.. thats right.. Mike isn't doing anything so lets just hang out with him.. We also have plans to go to the.. wait for it.. Library to find another book on tape. She is fit to be tied she is so excited. Im happy to see her happy as well.. She gets this light in her eyes and a big smile on her face when she is moving in the pool. Reminds me of when we were younger and she would take us all to the pool. Its good to be her friend again.
Zoinks.. just typing all that made me yawn!! YAY..
I guess sleep is coming after all..
Good luck to AJ and ALI tomorrow with their findings.. I want a text message asap!!!
xo
me

All your Blogs sound fun

Mine however I find to be on the Mundane.. THANKFULLY andrew and ali invited me up to the condo with them. I was happy to go since my trip to Maui, yes in the hawaiian islands, had be summarily cancelled thanks to full flights. My friends missed me and I was sad I wasnt on the beach but we had fun. I took some cute pictures of the peanut and family for them. Ali and I had fun shopping at the outlets, Andrew and Eliza on the other hand didnt love it so much. Al's when you go back to do your exchanges let me know, I need to pick up a few more gifts.
Today is my friday and I know not what the next two days off will bring. I know mom is hoping I will Finally put all my laundry away.. Maybe I will.. maybe I will..
Love you to all the family
xoxo

Panini and Pearls

My friend Steve came to Utah to visit last week. I had fun showing him around downtown. He wanted to go and look up some geneology so we hit the Family History Center. He put in his great-grandmas name and traced it back to 1310 in england. He was pretty excited. Well we had so much fun that I followed him back to phoenix. Tom's company was sponsoring the Panini and Pearls party again and so I went down to attend. Lots of glamorous people eating and drinkin and having a good time. We met up with a few friends and just had ourselves a fantastic time.
Here is a pic of me ready to go out...

and then a pic of a guy I just couldnt keep my eyes off.. I totally stole and cell pic.. hehe

Rx Cafe Rio

So I had called my doc on wed to let her know I was sick.. Thinking she could wave her magic wand over me or give me some magic potion.. They called today cause they had a cancellation so I went in and saw her.. No magic wand needed now that I feel like a normal human being. Granted a much skinnier Human.. She weighed me just to see if I was over exagerating about the weight loss. In my jeans and shirt I weighed in at 144. I havent weighed so little since I came home from my mission in 1999.
So I told her I was going to Cafe Rio for lunch to get a pork salad, black beans house dressing, she suggested I go for the burrito and that maybe I should eat there twice today. HAHA..
Anywho thats my update for the day.. I have a date with my laundry today..
love y'all

How to loose 25 lbs in 4 days

First off let me preface this with this statement. Loosing this much weight in such a short time leaves you very weak.
I came down with the flu sunday night at work. Thanks to the projectile vomiting they let me come home. I think that was the last time I ate.. With the night sweats (yes my sheets were soaked) and the high fever I went from 170 lbs to 144. Nasty I know. I can barely walk around the house but finally I dont feel like I'm going to die.
Here is the worst of it. Mom and I had been planning to make a trip to Paris monday morning.. It never fails.. I try to go to paris and something always impeads my journey.. One of these days Ill get there.. Soon I hope.
Im feeling better and and holding food down..
Love you all