I'm in!

26.2 miles here I come!
Now I actually have to start training!

Navi's text message!

Translation: "I love my Uncle Tanner!"

Call the cops!

Saturday after work, I decided to drive down to St. George for the remainder of the weekend to get a taste of Spring. All this snow has gotten to me and I decided even being down there for just ONE day with nice weather will be so worth it! Brandon, Robyn, Courtney and Navi were down there, as well as Marcie, Brian and Syd. Earlier in the week I told Courtney I was thinking about driving down after work and just staying through Monday morning, and then I told her I decided it was too long of a drive for such a short trip. So as far as they knew, I wasn't going to end up making it. Well I left my place around 6:00 P.M. and arrived just before 10:00. When I was heading to the condo I text Courtney to ask her how St. George was and what they were up to so I could sneak into the condo and surprise them if they weren't there. She told me they just got dinner and dessert from 25 Main and were now just getting stuff at the grocery store. When I heard this, I headed straight to the Albertsons by our condo because that's where I figured they would be. I walked past every aisle hoping to walk up behind them and surprise them... however, they were nowhere to be found. While I was searching the store my Mom called and asked how I was going to surprise them. She told me how Courtney rode down with Syd, Marcie, and Brian and surprised them by getting inside a black garbage bag and sitting in front of the door. Marcie called Robyn and told her that she had left a sack of stuff on the doorstep of things my Mom sent with Syd for our condo. She told Robyn she knocked but nobody answered. So Robyn went to the door and tried to pick the heavy bag up. She couldn't lift it so she then began to scoop it up [Courtney] from the bottom. Courtney then jumped out of the bag and scared Robyn to death.

So after leaving the grocery store I headed to the condo and used the spare key to get in. I was trying to think of what I could do to surprise them. I was thinking maybe just hide behind the couch and when they opened the door yell "SURPRISE!", but that was a boring idea. Then, something popped into my head. I'll make it look like someone broke in! I hid all their valuable items (Laptops, iPod, sunglasses...) and then began to place chairs, barstools, and tables on their sides. I threw DVD's and the couch pillows all over the floor, took off the lampshade and knocked over a few more things to make it look someone broke in. I watched out the front bedroom window for them to pull up. Once I saw them, I ran to open the back sliding glass door, and then hid behind the bed in the back bedroom. I heard them open the door and heard the fear in their voices. "Woah... what?" Then a couple seconds later Courtney yelled "It's Tanner!" That idea was shot down by Brandon and Robyn by them both saying someone had broken in. Their biggest concern was Navi of course. They wanted to get her out and back in the car until everything was figured out.

I was in the bedroom laughing to myself. Then I heard Brandon draw a knife from the kitchen drawer and then they went outside. When I heard that knife I'm glad I was in the spot I was because I was looking under the bed, watching for him so if he did start to come I could reveal myself before he threw a knife at me or something. That would have been bad. They were outside for a few minutes and I was waiting for someone to come back in, but they never did. At this point, I sent a Twitter message saying "I heard the condo got robbed!" Courtney then called me...

Court: "Are you in St. George?"
Me: [laughing] "GOTCHA!"
Court: "Tanner, we just called the cops!"
Me: [still laughing] "You did?! You better hurry and call them back!"

They came in and Courtney and Robyn said they were shaking. Robyn said this is the second time she's had anxiety down here. (The first time being when Courtney jumped out of the bag)
After they were no longer shaking they were able to have a good ol' laugh about it all. The best part is Courtney said the cops asked for my name. Is this going to go on my record or something? Ha ha. If it does... it was well worth it.

Here is the mess I left. I could have done sooo much more, but I had to remember I have to clean this up when I'm done. - (It doesn't show up as good on pictures. You had to be there)

I need to...

blog something!

Cool stuff

Hungry?

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Clothespin memory stick

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3 in 1 marker! Awesome.

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Red dot award: design concept 2008, designed by Lee Sharsha. These days, with so many other things to think about, trying to keep track of food which only stays fresh for a certain number of days can be difficult. The Freshness Indicator changes colour to remind users of the use-by date.

The Freshness Indicator is made primarily of e-paper and is attached to a consumable product with a loop of elastic-like cord. The timer is pressed when the product is first bought, with the number of presses equalling how many days the product is expected to stay fresh. Five presses, for example, would equal five days. Over the course of those five days, the indicator changes from green to red, with green symbolising fresh and red symbolising expiry. This makes it very easy to see if a product is in danger of expiring, and also makes choosing which of any similar products should be consumed soonest if they have been bought at different times. As well as the day-counting function of the Freshness Indicator button, the cord length can be adjusted and locked so it can be fixed on food or food packaging (boxed, bagged or bottled).

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Tiny car!

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Feist

This video never gets old to me. Why? Because I love Feist, and I love fireworks!

iGot

The iPhone. :)

Her Morning Elegance

Ever since Courtney showed me this music video I have been obsessed with it. Why didn't I think of this idea first?! Thanks for showing this to me Court! It's AWESOME!

Check your child's homework!

Dear Mrs. Jones,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told Sarah how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had. Then I found one more in the back room, and several people were fighting over who would get it. Sarah's picture does NOT show me dancing around a pole. It's supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot. From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Smith

And the winner is...

Foggy Friday

Driving home from work on the freeway, I see a caution sign that says "Caution: Fog ahead. 2 Miles."

I've seen these warnings before and it usually turns out to be nothing. To my pleasant surprise... it was thick fog! Even though I sometimes start to feel a little claustrophobic, I still love the fog! Why can't it be foggy more often??

Reading more

So one of my goals for 2009 is to read more. I need suggestions for good books to read. I want to read at least 1 book per month. Not a huge goal, but it's better than nothing!

This month, I have been reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I'm almost done. It's a very interesting book. I have really liked it. Especially shooting down the theory of "If you go to college and get good grades, you'll get a good job and be secure." I'm not saying education is not important, because it is. I just think the whole idea of having to have a degree to get anywhere in life is not really true.

Next month, I'm planning on reading Force of Nature, by Laird Hamilton.

"Laird Hamilton has been hailed as the world's greatest big-wave surfer. His first book, Force of Nature, allows readers a rare glimpse inside the unique philosophy that has created his circumstances, and not the other way around. After all, this is a man whose biological father abandoned him shortly after he was born; whose first job was working on a pig farm; who dropped out of school in eleventh grade. And then the career decision: surfer. Though earning enough to pay the rent as any kind of surfer is next to impossible, Hamilton has ended up in the place we all desire to be: doing exactly what he loves, becoming the world's best in the process, making a great living, being surrounded by nature and family, radiating peak health and fitness, and succeeding by any definition of the word. How did he get there? And more importantly, how can the rest of us join him? Force of Nature is a detailed map to that destination, with Laird Hamilton as the reader's guide. This book is a deeply authoritative and cutting-edge guide to peak fitness in mind, body, sould, and surfing."

Other books I'm planning on reading are: 4-Hour Workweek, and I want to read The Secret again.

If you have any suggestions for a good book, let me know!