Just feel like blogging tonight

I'm not sure why but after reading some others' posts tonight, I just feel like putting in an entry tonight. I am watching Biggest Loser tonight. Sometimes I wish I could go on the show, but I don't think in this economy and the way things are that I could take the time from work. And heck, who knows if I could get even get on. I lost a bunch of weight years ago, and was down to 150 pounds. Then, well, life happened. I regained memories of traumatic events in my childhood, and I ate for comfort. I still eat for comfort. But also, weight loss requires money. Eating healthy is not cheap. Any kind of work out that I am interested in costs money, and well we don't have it. At some point, I think I will make an effort again to lose it, but well that time isn't now. For now, I am mostly just trying to get out a little more. Stay active enough to not end up entirely out of shape. And maybe sometime soon, I can get that Wii and at least get a little bit of daily exercise in.

And now, I just thought I would post a few of my favorite pics from trips I have made in the past.

This is from my 2007 birthday trip to NYC. It was a really great trip. I saw 5 broadway shows, and took in alot of the sites. This photo was taken at the top of Empire State Building. That is Central Park behind me. I would not have gone there. It was last morning and I had a ticket to a taping of Good Morning America. But all the hosts had flown out for a shooting, and only Sam the weather guy was going to be there. So I went to the Empire State Building instead. I was quite happy, if quite cold, with the choice. It was really just a great and fun trip.

This is from a November 2007 work trip to NYC. I love it when I get to travel for work. I took this inside Central Park. I just liked how it turned out with the tree framing the right side of the photo and the building peeking in at the background. I used this as a desktop background for quite awhile.

This is from my birthday trip in 2008. I went to Disney World for my 33rd birthday. This was when my mom and I swam in their aquarium. It was an expensive but totally awesome experience. You stay on the top of the water with scuba equipment for breathing so you can just look in the water the whole time. There are tons of fish, some non-lethal sharks, and turtles. Right before the end of our time, I had a huge turtle swim right under me. I think it was less than two feet from me. I think it was coolest experience I have ever had.


For my 34th birthday, money was a little tight, so we just came here to the Smokies from Nashville. While here, I went on horseback ride. These are my favorite two pictures from that trip. I love riding a horse. If I had a way, I would go every day. I took a horsemanship class in college. It was one of the best classes I took while in college. I really just plain love horses. But it too is just one of those things that cost money, so my opportunity to enjoy them is very limited. We also went to Dixie Stampede for my birthday. A fun show that has a lot of horses. The food is also very good. It is probably my favorite show in Pigeon Forge, which is saying alot considering how many options there are for a show here.





















These three photos are from my work trip to Phoenix, AZ in July of 2009. (Yeah, not the best time of year to visit Phoenix, AZ.) I spent my own money to rent a car and take an afternoon and evening to drive out to the Grand Canyon. It was a totally awesome trip. My pictures do not even come close to capturing the beauty that I saw and felt on that trip. I love living here in the Smokies. But if I had to pick another place I would like to live, it might be Flagstaff. It's too hot in Phoenix for me, but Flagstaff was like 10 or 15 degrees cooler. And there is just a magnificent beauty all around it. A different beauty than here in the Smokies, but just as beautiful nonetheless.

So I have satisfied my urge to blog. I hope you have enjoyed the reading and the pictures.