This might be a long story.. sorry... there is a point..
Prologue:
My great grandmother IDA MARY had a childhood friend named ALTA, she liked the name so she named one of her daughters ALTA. ALTA was sister to my grandmother IDA MAY. Supposedly when IDA MAY was on her way to the hospital to deliver my mom, my uncle (4yrs old at the time) pipes up and says why don't we name her ALTA JEAN. So now we have ALTA #2. Obviously...me being ALTA JILIAN, I am ALTA #3. So there you have. 3 crazy women named ALTA, who all surprisingly have very similar personalities.
Prologue 2:
(ALTA, the storyteller, tells this story way way way better then me!)
ALTA #1 had a step son George. Who I have heard nothing but good things about. A real character, charming, etc. Once upon a time, I think in his college days he happened upon these square rings, they made him think of ALTA and her square personality (or something like that/whatever that means) and he bought them for her. He passed away maybe 15 years ago in a construction accident. Anyways.. his reasoning for buying these crazy rings reminds her of who he was, and they are special to her. You get the picture.
Story:
Well a couple years ago she gave a ring to me and a ring to my mom. So each ALTA has a square ring :) I love it. And it always reminds me of family. Just one of those special things I own, no material value, but a world of value to me. I wear it almost everyday!! A couple months ago I went to put it on, and it wasn't with my rings. No worries, I looked a couple places. At work, at my parents house, though all my jewerly, everywhere! And no ring. Really sad :( I have kept an eye out for it hoping I stashed it somewhere.. and just forgot. Somewhere safe :)
Ok here's the point of the story... This morning as I was leaving for work I grabbed my keys from the basket by the door.. and did a double take. Is that my... YES IT IS!! My square ring!!! What a way to start a monday morning!! It made my day!!
In addition it's sooooo warm. I think 33 degrees when I left the gym. That's a heat wave compared to the single digit temps at Snowshoe this weekend!!
get ready...
Posted in on 1:16 PM by Jilian
... this is the most bloggable weekend I've had in a while....
Let's see it all started at the Wendy's parking lot in Princeton WV. Wild and Wonderful WV that is. Jill pulls up next to me laughing.. and proceeds to tell me one of the guys was trying to pee in a can in her car and couldn't stop.. so he overflowed all over himself... YES, Jill brought with her a bunch of wild fun rednecks from Galax :) haha. They could quote all of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour :) I don't care who you are.. That's Funny! They were so loud I'm surprised Applebee's didn't kick us out!! It was fun though :)
Saturday they had some demos set up at the bottom of one of the mountains. Found out they'd switch your bindings and you could ride a brand new demo board for 2 hours free... FREE... sign me up :) I rode a Salomon AMP 154. 'AMP - built on the new era concept, the AMP delivers extrenal flex separation for better freestlye riding' Whatever that means :) Anyways.. the board was stiffer then mine... so it responded way faster. I liked it! Plus it was cool to try out stuff for free!! Then I went back to the love of my life.. my K2 Luna 155 :) Either I was way worn out... or the boards were just that different.. it took me a second to remember how to snowboard :)
I played around with the setup of my bindings which was fun. I am learning more about them and how to change them for my maximum comfort/performance :) Very fun! Makes me feel like I'm not really a beginner anymore!
Even though all my muscles are spent, and something hurts with every movement, it was another great weekend of snowboarding :) And I am getting better!
Let's see it all started at the Wendy's parking lot in Princeton WV. Wild and Wonderful WV that is. Jill pulls up next to me laughing.. and proceeds to tell me one of the guys was trying to pee in a can in her car and couldn't stop.. so he overflowed all over himself... YES, Jill brought with her a bunch of wild fun rednecks from Galax :) haha. They could quote all of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour :) I don't care who you are.. That's Funny! They were so loud I'm surprised Applebee's didn't kick us out!! It was fun though :)
Saturday they had some demos set up at the bottom of one of the mountains. Found out they'd switch your bindings and you could ride a brand new demo board for 2 hours free... FREE... sign me up :) I rode a Salomon AMP 154. 'AMP - built on the new era concept, the AMP delivers extrenal flex separation for better freestlye riding' Whatever that means :) Anyways.. the board was stiffer then mine... so it responded way faster. I liked it! Plus it was cool to try out stuff for free!! Then I went back to the love of my life.. my K2 Luna 155 :) Either I was way worn out... or the boards were just that different.. it took me a second to remember how to snowboard :)
I played around with the setup of my bindings which was fun. I am learning more about them and how to change them for my maximum comfort/performance :) Very fun! Makes me feel like I'm not really a beginner anymore!
Even though all my muscles are spent, and something hurts with every movement, it was another great weekend of snowboarding :) And I am getting better!
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