Ry-Ry loves Tan-Tan

If these pictures look a little familiar to you it's probably because I just stole them off of Stacy's page. Thanks for remembering to take pic's Stace!!!

My dear friends Marc and Stacy just moved up to El Dorado Hills and we could not be more excited about that. They are just down the street from my office now. So, today after work, Ryder and I went to play at the Rogers! Ryder and their little girl Montana, or "Tan-Tan" as Ryder calls her, are just 3 months apart. We had a ton of fun swimming, playing and having dinner. Stacy made this delish french bread...yeah, that's right...home-made, with spaghetti and cobb salad. Have I mentioned what an amazing cook my awesome friend is?

Marc, Stace, we had so much fun with you guys tonight! Thanks for having us over!!

My sweet little boy.

"Tan-Tan" Such a pretty girl!

Stace and me!  Love you girl!

You know you're turning into a "cat-lady" if...

you find yourself crying at Hallmark commercials and/or greeting cards. This one really got me...Thanks a lot dad....

How To Make A Beautiful Life

Reflections for a Daughter On Her Birthday

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Love yourself.

Make PEACE with who you are

and where you are

at this moment in time.

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Listen to your heart.

If you can't hear what it's saying

in this noisy world,

MAKE TIME for yourself.

Enjoy your own company.

Let your mind wander among the stars.

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Try.

Take chances.

Make mistakes.

Life can be messy

and confusing at times

but it's also full of surprises.

The next rock in your path

might be a stepping-stone.

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Be happy.

When you don't have what you want,

want what you have.

MAKE DO.

That's a well-kept secret of contentment.

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There aren't any shortcuts to tomorrow.

You have to make your own way.

To know where you're going

is only part of it.

You need to know where you've been, too.

And if you ever get lost, don't worry.

The people who love you WILL find you.

COUNT ON IT.

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Life isn't days and years.

It's what you do with time

and with all the goodness and grace

that's inside you.

MAKE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE....

The kind of life you deserve.

We love you

&

who you are

Dad and Denise

Pioneer Day

Yesterday we went to our Pioneer Day Stake activity up in Coloma. It was a lot of fun. There were over 600 people there from our stake. They had food, games, booths with pioneer stuff, line dancing, goats to pet, covered wagon rides, and of course, the best part, snow cones and Cotton candy. It was fun not only to be there for all the fun stuff but it was also fun to see so many people there to celebrate our heritage.

I am so grateful for the great sacrifices the pioneers made for us. They had a vision of the future and faith in God that pulled them through very hard times. They endured persecution, harsh weather, lack of food, or no food, the toll of pulling all they had in a cart through the mountains, many illnesses and even death, either their own death or the death of their family members. My ancestors came over from England, travailed by hand cart from New York down to the Mississippi then over to the Utah Valley in the Robinson Company (either the 8th or 9th company). They sacrificed so much for me. I am eternally grateful to not only my family but all the pioneers for giving their all for our sake.

Knowing all the sacrifices made for me I am inspired to do temple work for so many of them who sacrificed so much but never got to enjoy the blessings of the temple. Now it's our time to work for them.

Lindsay and Ryder in the wagon.

Seriously, the cutest face! I love this kid!

Petting the ram.

Enjoying some delicious cotton candy.

Hot dogs, chili, corn bread and fruit.

Swimming in the river with cousin Lindsay.

Yum!

Sprinkler fun!

The other day Ryder told me all day "swim, mommy, swim". So after work we went home and, since we dont have a pool, he ran through the sprinklers.

Sprinkler fun!

The other day Ryder told me all day "swim, mommy, swim". So after work we went home and, since we don't have a pool, he ran through the sprinklers. I don't know what it is about sprinklers that kids love so much but it sure did provide hours of entertainment for Ryder. I took like a million pictures...here's a few...

I Love his little face!

Armed and dangerous

So devious!

Teachin' him early to wash my car.

He said, "I'm clean!".

Adventures in Dating

It's a weird thing dating after divorce in the LDS world, especially when you have a child. This past Monday, in an effort to meet new people, I went to the speed dating family home evening for the Folsom YSA. In general I haven't been to into the whole singles ward thing. I don't really feel like it's where I belong, then again I don't really feel like I belong in my family ward either. But I realize, if I am ever going to get married again I need to put myself out there to meet new people. So, I went. In the middle of the cultural hall there were a bunch of long tables spread from one end of the room to the other. Girls on one side, boys on the other. Becky and I sat right in the middle. Every 2 minutes we were instructed to switch.

I went down the line from guy to guy, they were all very nice by the way, when I came to this cute young lad, named, umm, I cant remember his name so we'll call him Jake. Our conversation went as followed...

Me: Hi I'm Sara (put my hand out to shake, dont ask my why I do this, I guess I get it from my dad)

Jake: Hi Sara, I'm Jake. What school do you go to?

Me: School? I don't go to school any more. What school do you go to?

Jake: I just graduated from Potorosa High School but I am going to BYU in the winter.

Me: Wow, Pontorosa? How old are you?

Jake: 18. How old are you?

Me: How old do you think I am?

Jake: 22?

Me: Yes, Jake, I am 22.

Jake, Awesome, I'm good at guessing ages.

Me: Jake, I'm not really 22.

Jake: You're not?

Me: Nope, I'm not

Jake: 23?

Me: No

Jake: 25?

Me: no

Jake: 24?

Me: no

Jake: 26?

Me: No

Jake: 20?

Me: no

Jake: 27???!!!!!?????!!!!!????!!!!

Me: Yep! I'm 27!

Jake: Holy crap. you're 27?!?! Shut up! (he says to the kid next to him) Hey, dude, guess how old she is. (like I am some kind of freak) (the kid goes through a similar guessing process as Jake and then they both freak out for a minute. Then they ask Becky, who was next to me, how old she was. Again, they are blown away but the fact we are 9 years older then them. So then they ask another fun question, "How do you two know each other?".

Becky: Ummm, we used to, uhem, date the same guy. (she looks at me) Right Sara, we , ahem, dated the same guy.

Jake: wow, you two dated the same guy? Who dated him first?

Becky: Umm, I did, Sara dated him second.

Jake and his friend in unison: SLOPPY SECONDS (followed by childish snort laughing)

Jake: Who dated him longer?

Becky, It was about the same. 3 years.

Me: 4 years.

Jake: WOW!! That long and you never got engaged?

Me: Oh, yeah, we did get engaged.

Jake: Which of you?

Me: Umm, both of us.

Jake: But you never got married?

Me: Oh no, I did get married.

Jake: (his eyes have popped out of his head, jaw hit the table, I thought he might faint) WHAT!?!?! You're married?

Me: No, not any more.

Becky: Yeah, and you know what else, She has a kid too!!!

Jake and his friend are now completely wigging out. I guess they aren't use to meeting 27 year old divorcees with a 2 year old at Pontorosa High School, well, unless she's a teacher. ha!

Gettin around...

So I thought this was pretty cool. On Facebook (online peer to peer website... hmm that explanation is probably ONLY needed for mom and dad ;-D ) there are these applications you can add to your website. This one allows me to add information of where I have been. Pretty cool huh? Anyways... for your view pleasure I'll post the link on here. Some of the cities I've only done quick turns in (my current job) so I dunno if that REALLY counts for me being there, but hey, touching down is entering the city limits, right?



Click on the pic to go to the list.

• Create your own travel map or travel blog


• Visit TripAdvisor.com

Little Miss Me!

THREE JOYS...

1. The Gospel. Having faith in my Savior has got me through some incredibly difficult times.

2. Ryder. Being his mom is the joy of my life. We are all laughs when we are together.

3. The spin classes at 24 hour fitness. I LOVE spin class. There isn't any better work out than the lights off, music up and some teacher up in your face making you push yourself to your limit. I always feel energised and awake after. I love love love it.

THREE FEARS...

1. Anything happening to Ryder (illness, accident, death) It would absolutely kill me to see my baby in pain.

2. Being forever single. The thought of being 35 and single scares the crap outta me!

3. I have a completely irrational fear of Mountain Lions. I live out in the country and have seen one on my street 3 times in the past 4 years. I cant think of any worse way to die than to be eaten alive, can you??

THREE GOALS...

1. Finish my college education.

2. Build up my clientele so I could live just off the residuals that way I can spend more time doing what I love best, being a mommy!

3. Run a marathon

THREE CURRENT OBSESSIONS...

1. My blog! Obviously!

2. The twilight Seres. Oh how I wish I had a vampire boyfriend!

3. Glen Beck. If you dont know who he is, find out. He is a political talk show host who also happens to be a member of the church. I LOVE him. I record his show daily and watch it after Ryder goes to bed. He is a real guy with common sense, he tells it like it is with out regard to political correctness.

Three random facts...
1. I have three tiny rocks embedded in my arm from a freak mountain bike accident when I was 17.

2. I drink Diet Rootbeer like it's goin' outta style

3. When I was 4 I knocked my front tooth out running through the sprinklers and it didn't grow back till I was 10. Yeah, that's toothless for 6 years people!

You're IT!!! If you are reading this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged!

**Sugar Update**

I was finally able to pick Sugar up from the vet on Monday. For those of you who didn't read my "Snakes Bite" post, Sugar, my 3 year old yellow lab was bit twice by a rattle snake last week. Sugar is an awesome dog with a great temperament. She is hands down the happiest dog I have ever seen. She is loving and full of energy that's why it is so sad to see her in such pain. I had never before seen the effects of a rattle snake bite, but now I can assure you, it's not pretty! I am so grateful it was Sugar who was bit and not Ryder.

Sugar is on "bed rest" as the vet referred to it, is taking several medications and has to wear one of those humiliating cones around her head. She has tried pretty hard to chew her way out of the cone. I finally had to put tape on it to get her to stop. The vet said Sugars pain was so bad that she would try to chew her leg off if she got out of the cone, nice, hu? So the cone thing is on to stay until the open wounds heal and who knows how long that will take. In the mean time, the tape on the cone is just adding to the ghettoness factor of the cone, but that's okay, it'd be really gross if she chewed her leg off....

So, not to sound like I don't care about my dog or whatever but the most frustrating thing in all of this is the vet bill. When we initially took Sugar into the vet I was told it would be 600.00 for the treatment. I thought, I can deal with 600, it sucks , but I can handle that. Well, on Monday when I went into pick Sug up I was handed a bill for 1500.00!!!!!!! I was outraged! Speechless. Totally shocked. I thought, How in the H*** did it go from 600 to 1,500??? And why was I not contacted and told that they were doing something that would make the bill go up? At no point did I sign any sort of waiver or give any verbal permission to authorize them to do whatever they saw fit for Sugar. I am a single mom, okay, I cant afford to just be spending thousands of dollars on my pet. I love her, she is part of the family but, she's still a pet. They should have called me and told me the chargers were going to go up and ask if that was okay rather than just doing it then handing me the bill after the fact. I had no choice but to pay it. I was literally crying as they charged my card. Then the receptionist, who was so rude, by the way, said, we want to see Sugar back day after tomorrow and that appointment will be 300.00. I was like, oh, heck no! I am taking her back into my regular vet for follow up appointments now, there is no way I will ever EVER go back to Pleasant Valley Pet Hospital. I called the next day to make a formal complaint to the Vet office and was not given any sort of apology for the way they handled themselves, that's all I wanted, was an apology and them to acknowledge that they should have called me prior to services that would increase the bill. So, I was left no choice but to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. It is my hope that in the future they will have the decency to inform clients of possible charges before they go ahead with procedures and then expect payment.

Anyway, I have included some pictures of Sugar so you can see the effects of a rattle snake bite. Apparently the venom in the snake bite eats away the flesh and tissue, that's why she has these capping holes in her arm. And, really the pictures don't do it justice, they look way worse in person but I warn you they are still pretty nasty...

So, here's what you do...

I saw this on another blog and thought it was kinda fun...so... here's whatcha do....

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember, good or bad! ;)

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.Come on all my blog followers... I want to post something about you, let's see this on your blog!!!

And for your viewing pleasure I have added some oldie but goodie pic's below...

Wow, that's "Super"

So, on my birthday my mom was feeling a bit nostalgic and going through some old things of mine. She came across this award I won in Kindergarten. I was "Super Kid of the Week". Go me!! Check it out. My favorite is the last paragraph where it says I plan on staying single and getting money by giving the bank a check. Silly Super Sara....

The adventures of scoot

Greeting from IND. I got a call the other day from airline ops to let me know I would be covering a run from Columbus to Indianapolis. So 3:00am I get picked up in the lear and leave from C-bus at 5:00am. Arrive an hour and a half later in IND for a "overnight" (I sleep during the day most of the time). As I type, I'm in the hotel waiting for the call from Ops to see if I'll cover the rest of the run that goes to Cleveland, Detroit, back to Cleveland, Columbus and ends at IND. Fingers crossed for now. Hmm

So you may have noticed I threw a music playlist at the top of the blog. I feel those songs 1.Express my particular interest in music and conveys a little more of who I am, and 2. gives me something to listen to so I don't have to hunt for music on my hard drive. Anyways... hope you enjoy. whoever you are. let me know you do. I hope these aren't empty words from my fingers. ha

Hmm this past weekend I went to a shin dig down in Philly with a guy I know from training. He had a get together at his house which for many different reasons was quite entertaining. I would post pictures of the dude who got his face drawn on, but I'll save his public embarrassment for someone else to do. We went to south central philly to chow down on a cheese steak. Geno's was the name of the place and let me tell you. it was sooooo good. I'm glad the dudes I went with gave me the heads up on the correct way to order. If you have seen the soup nazi episode on Seinfeld, you would totaly understand. Say "I would like a cheese steak with..." and you'll find yourself in the back of the line. If not in english, don't bother going to the back. They won't serve you. So I ordered the "Wizz, with" which means cheeze wizz (weird, but the guys said it was THE BEST) and onions. Yummy. $7.50 for the sandwich but the 15 minute wait was worth it.

Hmm other adventures thus far have been going to manhattan. It's not too bad to get downtown from where I'm at. A 10 minute walk to a bus stop, quick trip across the GWB (George Washington Bridge) and the A train to downtown will be suffice. Thus far I've hit up Time sqaure, which was cool. There are a ton of shops, cabs, people and it smells like the back of a dirty restraunt. I can only imagine going there during the new years how insane that will be! Speaking of holidays, I was out here during the 4th of July and was fortunate enough to see the Macys fireworks on the East river. Ya know, the ones they show on tv. So getting down there was a challenge with all the people. The cops were escorting people onto the JFK after doing a quick pat down. IT was PACKED. like shoulder to shoulder. and it was raining. and humid. Okay, so that might be sufficient for most people. Oh no. Not me. I wanted more! There was a seabase for airplanes/docks for fishing boats and a parking garage close by. ME thinks, hey, I'm a pilot so I should be allowed to where the seabase is at. Wander over to the entrance, flash the cops my green license and boom! I'm on top of the garage with a 2 dozen or so other people. while all the other people are "enjoying" the JFK. Sorry for the silly commentary, but what evs. So anycase, thats cool. Oh yeh. I went longboarding in central park.

Work? Works been pretty good. AS a reserve guy (meaning I go when I'm needed, I don't have a set schedule; except for going to the airport to wait for a call that sometimes comes) I've been pretty busy! I covered a guys run that was gone for a while which was a easy ride from TEB-BUF (hmm I'de say looke em up, but I'll give ya these. Teterboro NJ-Buffalo NY) and then on one day, I got a call for a run to Bradley Field in CT. As for checking out the local scene, sometimes I have a quick turn so there isn't time, but if I want, most places have a crew car I can borrow for a few hours to check out whats happening. Hmm. Let see Donald Trumps Helicopter is flown from the airport I fly out of. Haven't seen the trumpster, but who knows. Annnnnd thats all I got. Picture time!


Hooooo K. So the first picture is A barge that has the fireworks for the 4th. There were three of em and they had a lot of firepower! Next we have an inflight view over Central NY. Some lake which I haven't taken the time to figure out the name of looked cool from the sky. My run started at 4:30 Am so I usually watched the sun rise from the air.

The house I'm living in Fort Lee with my recently purchased 30mpg pickup. Best $500 I've spent so far. Geno's Cheese steaks. Yummy! Next we are looking at Scooter in Time Square along with Central Park.

Lastly a video I threw together of me flying into Buffalo. I put the digital camera on top of the dash and splashed a little Daft Punk for a landing.

Ta-da!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

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So, I had the BEST weekend for my birthday! The weekend-o-fun started Friday late after noon, I met up with Becky, Melissa, Matt and Sharon for a little trip to the river for some wake boarding. We got out on the water at about 5:45. Since Melissa is preggers and Becky didn't have the the desire Matt and I were the only two to wake board, more fun for us! But after wake boarding Melissa Becky and I all went out on the intertube together. It was a blast. My friends are nuts. Melissa was standing up on the tube doing cheerleader posses and jumping, she's crazy. After wake boarding Becky and I met up with a bunch of friends at...ehum....Hooters for dinner. Our waitress was funny, she had more boobs than brains (is that mean? sorry.). When she came to take our order we jokingly asked "who the heck orders 50 hot wings?" and our waitress, Jennifer was her name, said "Well, 50 hot wings really isn't that much , I mean, if you have 4 guys that's only 10 hot wings each.". I thought, hmmm, 10 x 4 = hmmm. Anyway, I just kinda smiled at her and noded my head in agreeance. It was funny. After dinner we hit the dance and then a party before heading back to Beckys to call it a night.
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Saturday morning I was awoken at 6:30am by a text then a phone call from my mom wishing me a happy birthday. Thanks mom. I was scheduled to have a massage at 9am but the dudes car broke down on the way to Beckys house, so we rescheduled for Sunday morning, I realize that is breaking the Sabbath but I figured a one time exception would be okay ;) . So Beck and I got ready and headed out to Roseville for lunch at Macaroni Grill and ceramics painting with the girls at Petroglyph. It was so much fun. I painted a yard gnome named Gus Gus. Then we did a little shopping before going Down town to Joes Crab Shack with a few friends. It was a blast. Joes Crab Shack embarrassed the crap outta me making me yell "It's my birthday and I got crabs!" through a mega phone. Our waitress also had me dance all around the restaurant with her. Good times.

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Anyway, all in all awesome weekend, Oh, and by the way, I did get my massage Sunday morning, it was A-MA-ZING! Thanks so much for that Beck!

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Thank you to all my friends for making my birthday so memorable! Love you all!
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So, I'm 27, here's to another awesome year!
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so fun!!!Becky and I out on the boat.Matt, gettin some...
Melissa and I
Stacy and me at ceramics!
Painting fun!

GusGus and Pierre BFF

My birthday desert at Macaroni Grill came out with a lit candle when I was outside on the phone. Notice my empty seat behind it. Nice.

Hiedi and I at Joes. Good times!

Becky and Josh (not my ex Josh!!!!) at my birthday dinner!

Me dancin' around Joes like a fool. I bet people thought we were all drunk. I love not acting my age!!