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    That look! Yes, you can have anything you want!



    Oh that look!, originally uploaded by Random and Odd.


    We got to have our little man for the night. I had to share him today, but not before taking him to the park!

    But this look! OMG this look!

    He was working the room the other night and all I could think is, “You’re going to break hearts left and right, little mister!” He is! For realsies…this kid is the most amazing, handsome, smart, big hearted and cuddly person on the planet.

    I’m so lucky! :)

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    Holy Hell Batman!


    The last couple of days have been amazing!

    My BFF Wendi and I went and got massages on Friday and the hot stone was awesome.
    I was all relaxed and decided it would be good idea to go work out. 3 miles and the weights kicked my ass. Dan makes up for Wendi’s lack of ‘push’. He made me do 60 sit ups with a damn medicine ball. On the third set I was going against my new rule of not burying people in the backyard and trying to figure out where his plot would be.

    This morning Dan and I got Alyx and Shea out on a trail that we had not ventured yet. It seemed pretty easy…and then after a mile the trail got narrow and went straight up…for another two miles. At the top we turned around I managed to jog back down without falling off the cliff or twisting my ankle. The girls of course decided to prove how out of shape we were and ran BOTH ways.

    Six miles later we got back to the car, where Shea managed to take a digger right behind the truck and scrape up her leg.
    We used some water from the CambelBak and cleaned her up.

    Alyx was passed out before we even made it back to Rocklin.

    I thought I was going to be okay, but as soon as my head hit the pillow I passed out. An hour later I got a text from Rina saying they were on their way over.
    My little man brought me a Valentine balloon and Tabitha brought me a bottle of wine and some chocolate (which I won’t eat, but they were received with much love.)
    Now I have my “family” on the couch after hours of visiting and laughing.

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    Whoa…

    And Greg takes it a step further by jumping out of an airplane without his rig on.

    I want to crack a joke and say, “Well, at least he didn’t have to worry about his leg straps getting twisted…” or “Forget the fact that he isn’t wearing his rig! He’s not wearing SHOES!”   but this video is a no joke.
    In the past Greg did a airplane to airplane skydive. The first time I saw it I was in awe.  The planning he put into that must have taken forever. This too must have taken a lot of prep work.
    After watching this video you won’t agree with me, but this skydiver is actually very safe.  Okay, it was really hard to type that because the video…IS INSANE.

    I complain about wearing a helmet.  Silly me.

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    Using rear risers to plane out the swoops



    *evil smile*, originally uploaded by Suddenly Single.


    I swear, I should just start a fan club for Bill. I post more of his videos here than anyone one else.

    “Downfall” parody of Hiltler with Mad Skillz in skydiving / swooping can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3y_7y2TxVU

    I was crying laughing from start to end!!! “Hey girl, he’s alive…for now” I had to stop the video I was laughing so hard!!!

    and the ending, “i’m going to jump a gopro”.

    Way to go Bill! you captured it PERFECTLY!

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    P….I….T….A….


    I spent my lunch break looking up the next trail on our list of trails. It feels good to finally have some focus. I was flip flopping around on what I wanted to do in this body that is getting stronger.
    It’s hiking.
    Dan had to go get new shoes because his everyday shoes just weren’t cutting it. I bought my hiking shoes at the beginning of the year when I got my CamelBak. I finally understand all those granola eating, tree hugging, hiking people and why they wear clothes that look like they just got off a trail. This shit is comfortable!
    These shoes…I just want to cuddle up with them and snuggle. The pants, I could sleep in them. I am working on getting me a shirt that I love too.

    For those of you that have been keeping track over the years, Dan is the first ex-husband. He bugs me to death and there are times when I want to punch him right in the throat…but he is the guy that answers the phone at 6am on Saturdays, gets excited when I send him a new trail map and pushes me to do more at the gym. So as much as I want to push him off those trails into the ravine below..he’s also the guy that would make sure I don’t get bit by a snake or take on too much and get lost. (Directionally Challenged as I am)

    This weekend is a 12 mile hike. I researched it and realized that my car won’t make it back to the trailhead. I whined and complained and then I remembered something…he has a truck.

    Here’s to hoping he answers the phone at 6am on Saturday!! :)

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    Natalie…

    My friend Natalie came to Lodi this weekend to get in some cheap jumps.  She ended up doing 17 !!
    I was bummed that I didn’t get to see her while she was here, but i’m sure my skyfamily took care of her.

    There is this cool camera for sports called the GoPro.  I don’t have the money to get one, but it’s on my list after the container, canopy, aad, altimeter and suit.   Natalie, of course, owns one and she said she got some good footage.   The weather was perfect this weekend and I am SO happy she had a chance to get out of the rain and bring her friends down to play in our playground.

    Another friend posted a picture of Blane in free fall that is just sick, if you’re on my facebook you have to check it out.

    Anyway, if the video is good, i’m going to show it to Bill and she will have to come work at Lodi.  I somehow don’t see her living in the bunkhouse though. :)

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    …when you step off the cliff all those questions go away

    I am SO proud of my sky friends and how they are finally being recognized for the amazing strides they have made in the sport of skydiving and wingsuiting.

    FINALLY the segment in Courage in Sports is up on TIV’s Vimeo page: http://vimeo.com/19647744

    There is something that Brian says about how when he’s standing on the edge and your mind is screaming ‘don’t jump’ but you do it anyway.  How many times in my life my mind has told me that…”Don’t…” and how many times did I listen?   I’m tired of listening to that side of myself because in the past year I stop listening to ‘don’t’  and I have seen, heard, experienced some AWESOME things because of it.

    Again, the amount of pride I have in these guys is unmeasurable. They are great guys and deserve the recognition they got.

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    Colon Capital D.

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    What an amazing weekend this turned out to be!

    The best part of it was getting people involved.  Yes, I had to lie to Jessica about how far the hike was, but she showed up and had a blast.
    I have so many plans for this year and each weekend involves a hike somewhere.  Today I realized that is probably my passion in the whole ‘moving’ part of my life.  I hate running, I hate biking…but hiking is amazing.
    On Saturday as I wound my way around Lake Tahoe all I could see was hiking trail signs.  At the dam we ran into seasoned hikers and I was asking them questions and they were happy that they had newbie on the trail.  I’m happy to have finally found where I fit.  The greatest part is that anyone can be motivated to join in.
    Dan and I got Shea and Kara to come along.  Shea’s energy is astounding.  Kara is just like I was at her age, but I am happy she went.   My friend, Jessica brought her daughter who is nearly four.  I’ve decided to hire that little girl as my personal trainer!

    This week I’ve done good with relaxing and wearing this stupid calf sleeve and IT WORKED! all better!!  It also means that I have spent a stupid amount of time watching the first season of Glee on DVD.   I finally understand why people think Rachelle is so annoying.  GET A CLUE, WOMAN!  I’m hoping by the second season her WAY open mouth open singing and ridiculous dancing around isn’t as bad.
    There is one line in the show that I swear had to be a callback from Nip Tuck because the woman playing Will’s wife was on that show as well. Her sister is trying to calm her down and says something like, “What!? are you having a black baby!?”  (On Nip Tuck her husband was white, but the season clincher was her having a black baby)
    The show is good, but I hate how 90% of the show is the ‘destruction’ of the club. I hate that. I’m not a fan of people trying to make other people look bad.

    Speaking of TV, isn’t there something really important on today? HA! NOT WATCHING IT!!! going to hang out with my Lil’ man and Tabitha because thanks to Facebook I have already seen the best commercial being played.  VW wins. ;)

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    I need to listen to my sister….



    , originally uploaded by Suddenly Single.

    I had a long talk with my sister the other night about a choice I had to make.
    The things I have done in this life that are scary do not come to the magnitude of terrifying as the choice I made.
    Dropping 100 feet under water, not a problem. Stepping out of a plane over and over, yeah, scary as fuck…but not terrifying.

    “Go for it. Give it 100%” That was her advice. Now my sister is the smartest person I know and she has never pointed me in the wrong direction, but this is…it’s fucking scary! It’s stupid and it goes against EVERYTHING I have been preaching for years and years.

    I watched an interview with the queen of daytime and she said, “Love shouldn’t hurt.” BIG RED TRUCK! It should be fun, familiar, comfortable and not scary.

    Tabitha’s voice is running through my head too (which is not conducive to anyone being able to think clearly) “all or nothing, bitch…all or nothing!”

    I’m going to try. No, I’m trying. NO, I doing. I’m doing this. HOLY SHIT, i’m all or nothing and I really have no damn choice do I? I need to just let go and just risk it…again!

    Thanks, I needed to just write it out, I feel better now. Carry on.