We're Engaged!

That's right! It only took me four months to post our big announcement, but better late than never, right? Andy proposed on 08-08-08 and we plan to be married in the Northwest on 08-08-09...one year later (in case you couldn't do the math). I see that I haven't posted on my blog since April and it's kind of hard to believe. But when I think back to my year -- new location, new career, new friends, and now a fiance -- I can see how time just slipped by.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. Much love and many wishes for happiness in the new year!

My papa sent this to me and I had a good laugh...

• DEMOCRAT
  You have two cows.
  Your neighbor has none.
  You feel guilty for being successful.
  Barbara Streisand sings for you.
• REPUBLICAN
  You have two cows.
  Your neighbor has none.
  So?
• SOCIALIST
  You have two cows.
  The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
  You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
• COMMUNIST
  You have two cows.
  The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
  You wait in line for hours to get it.
  It is expensive and sour.
• CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
  You have two cows.
  You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
• BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
  You have two cows.
  Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
• AMERICAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
  You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
  Your stock goes up.
• FRENCH CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You go on strike because you want three cows.
  You go to lunch and drink wine.
  Life is good.
• JAPANESE CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
  They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
  Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
• GERMAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.
  Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
• ITALIAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
  While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
  You break for lunch.Life is good.
• RUSSIAN CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  You have some vodka.
  You count them and learn you have five cows.
  You have some more vodka.
  You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
  The Russian Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
• TALIBAN CORPORATION
  You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
  You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
  You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
• IRAQI CORPORATION
  You have two cows.
  They go into hiding.
  They send radio tapes of their mooing.
• POLISH CORPORATION
  You have two bulls.
  Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
• BELGIAN CORPORATION
  You have one cow.
  The cow is schizophrenic.
  Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
  The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
  The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
  The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
  The cow dies happy.
• FLORIDA CORPORATION
  You have a black cow and a brown cow.
  Everyone votes for the best looking one.
  Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
  Some people vote for both.
  Some people vote for neither.
  Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
  Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
• CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
  You have millions of cows.
  They make real California cheese.
  Only five speak English.
  Most are illegal.
  Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.

Source: unknown

Easter Vacation in the Pacific NW

Parker Posey poses for Mama before Andy & I fly to Portland for Easter Vacation
Cora being silly with her buddy, Andy
Andy & I took a day trip to the Oregon Coast
Cannon Beach & its famous...
...Haystack Rock
Nothing like a night out at Kell's Irish Pub Downtown Portland (Cole & Tif...and her 1st Irish Car Bomb!)
Me and my man
Easter Sunday family portrait
Andy & me with Mom & Dad
Andy gets a Wildfang sista sandwich

Happy St. Patty's Day

John & Sam...who made a delicious corned beef and cabbage dinner for us!
The "Ndy's" and Irish Flag shots
Lisa & Rich...plus one
More Irish Flag shots!
Off to Wyman's and on to Irish Car Bombs!
Lisa & Rich play Guitar Hero on their air guitars
Kamikazes...aaah!
Mmm...red pepper flake and parmesan cheese shots!
Guinness anyone?

Happy Thanksgiving...

...Merry Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day, and now St. Patrick's Day! Whew...it has been a LONG time since I've posted on my blog. Apologies to my viewers who were stuck in a November 2007 time capsule! I'll do my best to not only catch you up with a few photos here and there, but also post on a more regular basis in the future!

The biggest and most pertinent update that you should know about me (which I think most of you do already), I am now a Denverite! That's right, my handsome man and I are finally together in the same city! Whoo! I am loving Denver and looking forward to exploring the city and state a whole lot more.

Andy & I took a trip to Portland in the beginning of November...
This was an evening out at Who Song & Larry's with Karl, Tif, Cora, Mom, & Dad
On to Colorado Springs and a trip up to Pike's Peak on the Cog Railway...
...beautiful views on the way up to over 14,000 feet!...
...it was SOOOOO cold!Thanksgiving with Andy's family...
...and the day after with my fam...
...Cousin Dannielle and fam (Chase, Steve, and Maya) with Tif, Karl, Cora, Andy, and myself...
...Wildfang fam plus one :-)
Andy & I at the Seattle Waterfront

Merry Christmas and much more!

Andy's visit during my Spokane business trip
Holiday party at high school friend, Nick's house...with Mama and Papa Degliantoni
Grams & me on Christmas Eve
My niece, Miss Cora Jordan, and me on Christmas Eve
Me & my honey the day after ChristmasNew Year's "ski trip" that ended up being just a few runs due to terrible weather conditions...Andy & me at A-Basin
Me & Andy outside of our condo
On our way to Breckenridge Brewery New Year's Eve
Andy & Tim during our walk through the freezing cold...all for beer! :-)Our condo-mates: Jen, Tim (a.k.a. Elmer Fudd), Stacey, and PaigeNew Year's Eve at the condo with Paige, Jen, and Stacey
Happy New Year!

Good-bye San Diego Friends...

...and hello Denver!

Last night out with my San Diego friends :-(
Andy meets Aunt Fran...
...and I say good-bye :-(
Andy behind the wheel of the moving truck en route to Denver!
My turn to drive!

It's Denver Time!

Me & Andy grabbing a drink after attending a "First Friday" art gallery in Denver
Paige & Lisa
Lisa and hubby, Rich
We're pretending...just pretending! For some reason Andy wanted a picture of me PRETENDING to be mad at him. :-P
Paige, me, Lisa, and Mendae (Paige's colleague)
Me & Andy at our 2nd Avs game...we won! Whoo! (post-eye surgery)
Forsberg is back!!!
Andy & me grabbing a drink after the big win!