Wordless Wednesday-A Friend's Baby Shower

Pictures I took at a friend's baby shower:

Wordless Wednesday-Big Dog, Little Chair-Really?

"Wiz--Bet"

My nephew used to call me Auntie "WIZ".  My sister has been teaching him to say my full name and I am now Auntie "WIZ--BET".  He's pretty stinken cute :) They recently came over for dinner:  Tater Tot Casserole, green beans, jalepeno-apricot-cheese dip, and some delicious apple "things"!

Below he is proudly wearing his Elmo backpack.  Apparently, once he has it on he does not want to take it off!

Arizona State University

This weekend we went and watched a friend's daughter play in a high school basketball tournament at Arizona State University.  They played hard and had a good time.

Go New Mexico Elite!

Wordless Wednesday-Front Yard Flowers

Wordless Wednesday-Mainstreet, Mesa, Arizona

Spring in the Desert

Happy Easter! 

This weekend TJ and I went on a little hike at the McDowell Mountians.  Its rained a lot this year so the mountains were full of wildflowers!  We hope to visit some more of the local mountains before all the green turns brown!

Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday to my sister, Jennifer!

May you have a wonderful day and an awesome year!

Graduation!

On Friday, December 11, 2009, the 16-month journey comes to an end.

I will graduate with a

MBA in Global Management

from

Thunderbird School of Global Management.

(www.thunderbird.edu)

Whohoo!

It's been an interesting, amazing, exciting, and adventurous learning experience. I have a new outlook on different cultures, global politics and the global economy.

Our class of 50 represent 10 countries (Belgium, Canada, France, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland and the US). We've had the opportunity to travel to Switzerland; Russia or Dubai; and China or Chile/Peru to experience new cultures and learn best business practices. And we've all made 50 new friends!

Thank you for your support and patience during this program!

What will the next journey be? Only time will tell....


Graduation Info:


Friday, December 11, 2009 at 2pm (AZ time)
Renaissance Glendale Resort
Gendale, Arizona


If interested you can view a live stream of graduation (starting at 1:45PM AZ TIME) at:


http://www.thunderbird.edu/about_thunderbird/events/graduation.htm


scroll down to "Virtual Viewing", then click on view live.

Juice

On most Sunday nights while I watch Desparate Housewives or Brothers & Sisters I make a batch of "green" juice to drink throughout the week. I use four bunches of kale, 8+ cucumbers, 2 bunches of beets, 8 green apples, 2 lemons and ginger.

The juicer I used now, Green Star, uses gears to grind the juice out of the veggies/fruit. It can also be used to make nut butters or apple sauce, etc. This is my fourth juicer. I've killed two Juiceman Juicers and another type.

Juicing the Kale.

Juicing the beets.

Everything juiced, not so "green."

Depending on how many of the veggies I use I get 6-12 jars worth of juice. I use canning jars to store the juice in the fridge or freezer to keep it pretty fresh throughout the week.

Wordless Wednesday

Two

Happy Birthday to my nephew! He turned 2 years old today. My sister invited me and Terrill over yesterday for pizza and cake for him. She blew up a bunch of yellow balloons-who knew they would be hours of fun!

Network Marketing

Over the years I've been approached by people regarding joining network marketing (formerly known to me as the Pyramid Scheme.) Various networking products include: Video Phone, health supplements, cosmetics, health juice, travel programs, and self-improvement products. The other day I was approached by a classmate whose wife is involved in network marketing.

The product, women's sanitary supplies (ie, sanitary napkins.)

Who knew?

Phoenix Zoo

I went to the Phoenix Zoo with my nephew and his mom, my sister, this past Sunday. We had a good time wondering around during the animals' naptime.

He really enjoyed petting the goats and walking the trail.

My sister and I really enjoyed the kettle corn.

Off to Chile and Peru...

I'm off, headed to Santiago, Chile and Lima, Peru for the last of my Thunderbird MBA overseas modules. So far my travels have been interesting. We left Phoenix for a connecting flight in Houston, only to be diverted to San Antonio due to a hail storm and low fuel. Its funny to hear everyone's version of what happened, the stories get really juicy! When we finally got to Houston we missed our flight to Panama by almost 1 hour. We are now waiting on a flight to Buenos Aires and then arriving in Santiago about 8 hours later then orginally planned. No worries, hopefully we'll get some good views of Buenos Aires in the airport tomorrow morning.

Eating Fire

Have you ever eaten fire? And I'm not talking about hot green chile, texas chile, or hot sauce-I'm talking REAL fire? We'll I did. Thanks to a friend of mine, I attended a motivational seminar a couple of weekends ago where we ate fire and even hypnotised ourselves (some better than others.)

We had a great time, POWER!

Is it Hot yet?

Is it getting warm? I dont think I've every seen the car temperature reach above 130 degrees. Granted I have a black car in Arizona, whose idea was that?

Wordless Wednesday-Arizona Storm