alvin and the chipmunks

yesterday i ended up taking the cluff's for a few hours. as always, it was a lot of fun. we got haircuts, chased ducks at the park, and went to the dollar movies. not a bad saturday if i say so myself. -- the movie we saw by the way was the revamped version of alvin and the chipmunks. it was pretty good, but i think i mostly liked it because it took me a bit down memory lane. i loved watching alvin and the chipmunks all growinig up. in fact i still remember sneaking and playing with travis' simon stuffed animal when he wasnt looking...sucker.

i pod tag...sort of

kelsey invited me to do an ipod tag a bit ago, and since i really dont have anything better to post about right now, i thought i better get on it. the only problem is that i dont have a "top 25 played" playlist anymore on my itunes so i cant really do the ipod tag like im supposed to. as a result, ive decided to improvise and just list a few of the bands/artists ive been listening to recently...that will work right kels?

...and these appear in no certain order:

DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS - these guys are really good and not very well known, so check em out

MATT POND PA - i just discovered these guys and i really like them

BEN FOLDS/BEND FOLDS FIVE - always a good listen

CHAD WOOLNER - guitar church music...i stole it from my little brother's missionary collection

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - the unintelligible lyrics are actually pretty cool

BAND OF HORSES - just good all around

THE EARLY NOVEMBER - i especially like to listen to The Mother, The Mechanic, And The Path [Disc 3]

HELENE BOSCHI/GERMAINE MOUNIER - Musique Pour Deux Pianos...really good study music

THE HIVES - i actually forgot about these guys for a long time and have just recently began listening to them again

DIERKS BENTLEY - i always listen to his albums

OLD 97's - good alt country kind of stuff

THE WRENS - especially "hopeless" from the meadowlands

WILCO - i got these guys from jeff...like most of my music...and lately have been getting to know them more.

MICHAEL BUBLE - i actually never get tired of listening to him

JAMES TAYLOR - i like to listen to him when im just calm or hanging out

EVERCLEAR - basically i have never been able to let these guys go from the high school days

ALAN JACKSON - he and george strait are probably my favorite country artists

GEORGE STRAIT - see above

...well thats probably good for now. too bad i couldnt do the top 25 option. oh well, this should give everyone an idea of what i mostly have been listening to.

snowbird

here are some skiing pics from last weekend. heidi finally grew up and decided to return to skiing...she still sometimes thinks she's in high school and wants to be a snowboarder...silly heidi, snowboarding's for kids! just kidding. anyway, the whole trip was a blast. miche, her parents, lee, and the bady were so fun to hang out with. thanks again for having us up!

p.s. heids should be getting back on the ball and updating her blog soon. im pretty sure she'll want to talk about our guestures experience at the condo...so beware!

happy valentines day!

yesterday was pretty cool. heidi was a little sneakster and surprised me at work with a bunch of valentines goodies and cookies. She came by the office early in the day while i was out in the field and covered my desk with sweets and presents. it was awesome. the only problem was that i got stuck salting and snowplowing the city roads all day so i didnt get my surprise until like 5:45. it was funny because everyone in the office was getting anxious for me to get back and see my surprise, so my boss called me at like 5:00 and told me to stop plowing and hurry back to city hall...and its good thing he did since i was scheduled to be with the plow crew until like 7:00. so not only was i pumped to get my surprise from heidi, i was also really pumped to not have to stay late at work!

anyway, after work i snuck over to heidis apartment while she was out teaching kick boxing aerobics and set things up for a nice little valentines dinner. i ordered take out from the bombay house and set up her table all nice so i could surprise her when she got back. it turned out pretty cool...and more importantly, our indian food was amazing. afterward we just hung out and watched a movie. in all it was a pretty laid back and fun valentines day.

tonight we're heading out to a cabin/condo at snowbird with some of heidi's friends and are going to hang out for the night and then go skiing in the morning. im really excited, it should be a really fun time. i guess heidi's friend's dad built the condo's or something and so they invited us up to cook dinner, play games, and then go skiing. pretty cool eh!

clemens'ed out

it seems like all i hear lately on the radio at work is about roger clemens and his alleged steriod use. personally i think that its incredibly naive to think he didnt use them. anyway, i thought it would be cool to look up some photos of him throughout his career and compare visually his growth. tell me what you think.

happy groundhog day

he's gotta be stopped...and i've got to stop him

this literally is one of the funniest movies of all time