Hello, hello, bonjour, bonjour, hola, hola, konnichiha, konnichiha-ha

This was a typical week, for typical people. Meetings, back pain, business lunches for weight gain, PowerPoint madness, driving the sales road, paying bills... Okay, we could never be totally typical. There was also some happy making "hang-boarding", gorgeous, peaceful cross-country skiing, spectacular "favorite-time-of-the-day" (cuddling/film watching), and other types of living our life.

Boring Week collided with Best Week on Thursday when hours on the sales road meant hours of talk radio. And what did I hear? Something about a free Michael Franti concert on Main Street Park City? Yep! Edwards confirmed online, Free concert! That very night! Top five favorite artists!

No big deal for the people who already knew and planned for this, but this is why I love our life! Me: Ski first. Edwards: Hangboard first. After: rendevous (with the dogs) in Park City for pizza (Davanza's, Tuco's favorite) and an evening outdoor concert in the middle of winter in the mountains with MICHAEL FRANTI!

Our pictures are as fun as the concert in that blackness doesn't facilitate knowing what you are going to end up with, so you end up with this. The sea of knit hats says it all! It was a throwdown!

When life and "our life" collide like this in one week, it wears a body out. Friday ended in a sick day. Saturday, the same. Sunday... we'll figure out a way to get back at it. We'll start by downloading the new Michael Franti and Spearhead album and dancing around to the Obama Song! "Barack Obama. Yes We Did!"

Best New Year's Eve Ever

Edwards is really having quite an influence over Romney when the best New Year's Eve EVER is comprised of running. Usually I put on a fancy dress and fake eyelashes and have a night on the town. Not this year.

For our First New Year's Eve together we decided to take part in the Salt Lake Track Club's "Beat the New Year" 5k race. It begins at 11:30 p.m. and the goal is to finish the 5k before midnight. We did a pre-run this week to make sure I would be capable of jogging for more than the few stumbles it takes to recover from tripping off my high heels. I can.

New Years Eve came and we made the extraordinarily bad decision to eat a plate of nachos and drink beer before the run. Because of this, Edwards had made noise about possibly running the whole thing with me, which was sweet. However, he got injured on our warm-up lap and he had no choice but to hobble along beside me. Of course, this made the whole experience much more fun. Additionally, Edwards isn't as concerned with "the rules" as I am (and really there was no expressed rule against this) so he decided to bring Beata along. Beata is the cutest, most focussed little 5k'er in the world! She doesn't even mind being on-leash.

Every now and then I'd have to remind him that I'm not really a runner and that he was going too fast, but mostly we just trotted the course together and came in with 3 minutes to spare! Just enough time to meet our friends who also ran and grab a bottle of champagne out of the car. With a big cheery slug straight out of the bottle and a nice wet smooch, we toasted the New Year.

Sadly, no pictures. No proof.

Kick, Glide, and Giggle!

To avoid the holiday hazards of too many tourist on the mountain, we've been cross-country skiing this season. We spend the odd calendar days at Millcreek Canyon dodging dogs, hikers, snowshoers, and other skiers on a silly, icy, snow covered road that really doesn't get nice until after the first 1.5 miles. On even calendar weekend days, we can go adventure a bit... Today we went to my favorite hiking trail, behind Jeremy Ranch, to see if it was skiable. We weren't even sure there would be road access miles out, but there was and the trailhead only had TWO cars at it. Two cars is quite different from the 50+ cars parked at the Millcreek Trailhead. This place was car to car skiing, and easier terrain for Tuco. We only saw one guy, one dog, and one small family out there today. Silent, beautiful, snow covered forest was our lot. Plus, Edwards got to learn lots of things about x-country skiing, because the variable terrain made him practice all the little tricks to controlling your skinny skis!


All our friends and family are invited to join us any time they want to come out! Edwards can't believe he found something that Romney loves to do so much! And I do, I do love to x-country ski!

These pics aren't from today, they are from our hike in the snow yesterday, but close enough!

Sadly, families like these are the reason Edwards and I cannot have children.

In the news today was the headline "Woman in Arkansas gives birth to 18th Child". One mother, one father, 17 other smiling children. A simple google search revealed this story from July, "Canadian woman gives birth to 18th child." Two families; one westernized world.



At this rate, it would take Edwards and I, and 17 other couples not having children, to counter-balance the decisions these two families alone have made. Now, add in everyone you know with more than 2 kids, then imagine the people you don't know and the developing world, and try to figure out how many committed non-breeders it would take to bring the world in balance. I only know three other couples like us...

This is nonsensical. We must rise above our most basic animal instincts and bring reason to bare on our decisions. Is it not our reasoning skills that sets homosapien apart? Is it not unreasonable to insist that our species overwhelm the carrying capacity of the earth?

All I can say is, at least I'm not leaving anyone behind to live in an world overpopulated by people. To parents of one or two children, you should be even more disturbed by these burgeoning families... don't your kids need resources?

“I finally got the venue I’ve been looking for."

That's right, I'm performing in an early holiday voice recital!

Keith Trickett, Lisa Romney and Danny McDonnall
Accompanied by
Chris Smith (piano) and Charlotte Bell (oboe)

Monday 10th November 2008
@ 7:30 pm
First Unitarian Church
569 S 1300 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Admission Free

Please join us for a reception after the concert

This concert is a charity event. The aim is to raise $2500 for the Peoples Health Clinic in Park City. Members of the audience and well-wishers are encouraged to make a donation. This means, admission is free, but you have to pay to leave. Okay, you don't have to...

Pink Helmet

This photo is a follow-up to my "Mean Boy" blog. I am a brat and my husband loves me anyway!

A Change in the Weather

Things have been a little cold and wet around here. We're all getting a little bored.