What, Who, me??!!

I have no idea why your flowers are on the deck instead of in the pot Mom...

(the really damning evidence - a muddy snout and front paws - came off during our walk...)

I was just checking to make sure I hadn't put one of my treats in there for safe keeping and suddenly pooouuf!

Poor sad puppy - maybe I'm too good at reprimanding her??

Big Change Coming...

Currently I work at:

But as of close of business on Wednesday June 30th, I will be working for:

Who would have thought when I started at Myriad 13 1/2 years ago when I was about employee 100, that Myriad would grow to almost 1000 employees, have spun off a privately held company Prolexys, and would soon spin off a completely independent, publicly traded company. I was there in the early days of the ground breaking genetic testing, helped to automate a protein-protein interaction system, helped automate and design the high throughput sequencing facility that sequenced rice, corn, and grape genomes, was in awe of the group that helped with the DNA identification of World Trade Center remains after 9/11, and had such high hopes for our Alzheimer's drug that ended up failing miserably in clinical trials. It's been a crazy, wild, and often a really incredible ride. Thanks Myriad and here's to our continued success...

A Little of This, A Little of That...

Wow - summer gets crazy... I always think that summer is suppose to be this mellow, hang out, have fun time, but it never turns out that way. For example - last week alone included 3 softball games (gotta make up those rain outs!), 2 early morning runs of about 3 miles, a weekend volleyball tournament (where we played 9 matches... in a day and a half!), about 45 hours of work (and I took Friday off!), and many hours spent doing church stuff. I pretty much was only at home to sleep. Excuses, excuses, excuses - Any who... a few "treasures" from the past few weeks...

Where's Z-boy?

Right there... it cracks me up how easily little kids are entertained and the most unlikely object becomes the best toy ever!

Salsa's new boyfriend:

Mom, Uncle Gus and my cousin Shawn stopped to spend the night on their way out to California. Salsa really liked Shawn and licked whatever exposed skin she could find - poor guy!

And finally... the bronze medal winning team from the lower bracket at the Utah Summer games (where the 9 volleyball matches happened). So much fun... took so much time to recover!! From left to right - Emily, Anna, Paige, Jen, me and Julie. Sorry for my arm in your chest Julie... but apparently I had to show off that sexy farmer's tan - lookin' good, huh?!

And this picture makes me think of one more thing. I usually run 3 mornings a week with my running buddy Rena. There's only one shower at work, so we take turns going first depending what's on the schedule. Today was just one of those days - I spent the whole day in my running clothes and hair in a pony tail, bangs pulled back (I hate having hair flop in my eyes when doing sweaty things) - no shower (and I bet I smelled sweeeeet). One of my co-workers came up to me and says Rosann, you look different today. I apologized for my lack of shower fresh scent and he said, no it's not that, so I said I just have my bangs pulled back and he tells me "That's it! You're aerodynamic". Oh yeah... that's it... I'm aerodynamic... just like The Flash... or something...

2009 Bolder Boulder

Yet another one of those off the wall Robinson traditions - the annual running of the Bolder Boulder on Memorial Day. This year there were only 4 Robinson participants in the over 55000 runners: Papasan, Luci, Kirk and me:

One of the "perks" of the BB is the photography company that takes pictures along the course:

Not going to be purchasing any pictures with me in it - ugh!!

My goal when I started was to finish in 70 to 75 minutes - one day I'd LOVE to finish in under an hour (I'd be thrilled with 59:59!), but I knew that wasn't going to be this year, and I wanted to take pictures along the course for people who haven't experienced the BB to get a feel of what it's like - unlike any other race I've done or heard about. Well, it's funny how goals can change - I was going OK the first two miles or so and then BAM!! Extreme intestinal discomfort - Holy Gut Bomb Robin!! My goal then was just to finish, hopefully only really sweaty. And I managed that and to get a time of 69:32 - totally got my finish time, gut bomb and all, although I was the slowest Robinson - not a surprise there. As for the pictures, well, I stole some from the Daily Camera website (a Boulder newspaper I think). Enjoy!!

One of two bell dancing groups - Kirk made it on TV one year when he stopped to dance with the belly dancing grandmas... not sure if that's something you really want to see!

There are costumes galore - Santas, gorillas, cows, brides and grooms (this year I heard that there was a bride and her 4 bridesmaids that ran in their dresses), nuns, bananas, etc. I can't even imagine - I was dying in shorts and a t-shirts!!

The course winds through many neighborhoods, the residents participate and provide relief in their own ways -

I love watching the different groups run into the stadium - this year there was a group of "lost girls" from Sudan and of course the ROTC - are you kidding - 6.2 miles and then push-ups??!

And the real reason for Memorial Day - to remember those who have and those who continue to serve and preserve our freedoms - many, many thanks

Race for the Cure

We did it!! I ran an entire 5K for the first time (and with a decent time - about 37 minutes!)... part one of goal - DONE!! Now to recover and build up to a 10K!!

At the finish line with my running buddy Rena!! Go us!!

From Russia with Love...

My Christmas present to myself (how terrible is that?!) was a thingie that converts 35 mm negatives to digital files.  After it spent 4 months in the closet, I finally broke it out and started with my negatives from a family trip to Russia to pick Kirk from his mission.  It was such a great trip - we got to see so many things and to do it with the fam was just so incredible.   

The bad thing is that now I've added another project on my to do list!!  I'm still working on the list I made for Labor Day last year!!

Here are some of my favorite Russia pictures...

Happy Easter!

I get Good Friday as a work holiday (love that!) and Kirk and Luci and the boys came up for a few days - for various appointments and class assignments, but I totally reap the benefits! 

Friday morning Kirk, J-man, Z-boy and I went to The Living Planet Aquarium (not so impressive yet, but their plans for the future are awesome!):

J-man's favorite was the jelly fish, but it was so crowded that we couldn't get a picture, so we settled for the tropical fish

And Z-boy was strapped in the stroller (boy, mobility adds all kinds of issues to outings, huh?)

Friday night we went miniature golfing.  Z-boy, still strapped in the stroller, did his best to get in the action:

J-man was AMAZING - the kiddo had 3 legitimate holes-in-one - more than the three adults put together!!

Ahh...  can you feel the love?  It was a little bit nippy and there were a few raindrops, but we pretty much had the whole course to ourselves.

Luci, graceful as always, demonstrates her sense of balance with flair:

Z-boy finally escaped the stroller, only to be enthralled by the balls, leaving his club behind:

Once J-man figured out we were counting the number of times we hit the ball before it went into the hole (and of course the big deal we made about his holes-in-one) he started chasing our balls as soon as we hit them, catching them, throwing them in the hole and yelling "hole-in-one"!

And, I just had to point out that I got a green handled putter which is for use by people 6'2" or taller - it would have been nice to know I was that tall in high school and college!!

And before they left on Saturday...  like father like son I guess!!

Salsa's treasures

Every now and then during our almost daily walks, Salsa finds some treasure that she just won't let go.  One day last year it was a tree branch that was about 4 feet long and at least 6 inches in diameter on one end - she got it balanced it in her mouth so it didn't drag and proudly trotted home with head and tail held high.  She had cars pulling over and all they could do was laugh and point!  Her treasures the last couple of weeks:

pint sized cartons of chocolate milk - picked up in the parking lot of the high school and carried (surprisingly very gently - only the holes from her teeth) about two miles!