HOPEFUL

I AM SO SAD BECAUSE MY COMPUTER IS IN THE SHOP. I CAUGHT A VIRUS AND IT KEPT SCREAMING AT ME LIKE A SCARY HORROR MOVIE. SO IN THE SHOP IT WENT. TODAY WHILE I WAS AT WORK I FOUND THIS MOTIVATING QUOTE THAT REMINDS ME THAT SPRING IS AROUND THE CORNER, THAT THERE IS A TIME FOR ALL THINGS. AND I THINK IT IS TIME FOR SPRING!!

JUST SO YOU KNOW I WASN'T SLACKING AT WORK, MY DR. IS ON VACATION AND SINCE MY COMPUTER IS IN THE SHOP AND I CAN'T WORK FROM HOME, I AM AT WORK ANSWERING PHONES AND JUST DOING RANDOM WORK.

FIRST DAY OF SPRING

JEFF AND I SPENT THE WEEKEND AT BIG SKY SKI RESORT AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. LAST YEAR WE WENT TO SUN VALLEY FOR A SPRING SKI WEEKEND AND I THOUGHT THEN THAT SUN VALLEY WAS MY FAVORITE RESORT, BUT THAT ALL CHANGED THIS WEEKEND. AS OF TODAY BIG SKY IS NOW MY NEW FAVORITE SKI RESORT. IT IS SUCH A GREAT RESORT WITH A LOT OF GREAT MID-LEVEL TERRAIN AND THAT IS JUST UP MY ALLEY. THE DAY STARTED OUT SUNNY AND BEAUTIFUL, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS FIRST DAY OF SPRING ON THE CALENDAR, MOTHER NATURE IS NOT ALWAYS ON THE SAME PAGE. WE HAD SUN, GRAY CLOUDS, LIGHT BLIZZARDS AND WIND, BUT IT WAS STILL A FUN DAY AND I AM SO GLAD WE WENT. I TOOK A LITTLE BREAK AND WENT IN FOR A SHORT BREAK AND SO JEFF TOOK A COUPLE RUNS BY HIMSELF. HE WENT OVER TO THIS BIG BOWL ON ANOTHER PART OF THE MOUNTIAN. (You can see the arrow pointing at it just below the peak and above the trees). THERE IS ALSO A TRAM THAT GOES TO THE TOP OF THAT PEAK, I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN THINKING ABOUT SKIING OFF THE TOP OF THAT MOUTAIN, BUT I GUESS THERE ARE A FEW CRAZY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DO. GO FIGURE! IT JUST LOOKS SCARY TO ME.

WE HAD A LITTLE TIME TO KILL THIS MORNING AND SO JEFF AND I SAT DOWN BY THE FIREPLACE AND TRIED TO PLAY A GAME OF CHECKERS. NEITHER ONE OF US COULD REMEMBER THE OFFICIAL RULES, I THINK JEFF WON, BUT WHO KNOWS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR ALL I KNOW, MAYBE I WON! :)

BEFORE WE LEFT I WENT FOR A MASSAGE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO. WHEN I GOT IN THE ROOM I WAS A LITTLE FREAKED OUT, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T CLOSE THE CURTAINS ON WINDOWS THAT OVER LOOKED THE SWIMMING POOL AND I COULD SEE SKIERS ON THE HILL. THE GIRL TOLD ME IT WAS OK AND THAT NO ONE COULD SEE IN, RIGHT! SURE! NO PROBLEM! I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER AT ALL, SO I PRACTICALY CRAWLED ON THE FLOOR TO GET TO THE TABLE. BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT, A GREAT MASSAGE FOR MY TIRED BACK.

MY LATEST CRAFT STORE ADVENTURE

LAST WEEK I WALKED INTO THE CRAFT STORE TO GET SCRAPBOOK PAPER AND SAW THIS CUTE BRACLET AND KNEW I NEEDED TO MAKE ONE. IT WAS SO EASY AND CAME OUT PRETTY CUTE IF I DON'T SAY SO MYSELF.

TIRED OF WINTER

WE WOKE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW THIS MORNING AND I HAVE DECIDED THAT I AM TIRED OF SNOW AND I AM TIRED OF WINTER. IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG WINTER, WE HAVE HAD SNOW ON THE GROUND SINCE THANKSGIVING AND THAT MAKES FOR A LONG WINTER. SO I THOUGHT IF I CHANGE MY BLOG BACKGROUND TO SOMETHING "SPRINGY", MAYBE, JUST MAYBE THE SNOW WILL GO AWAY. WELL, I AM PRETTY SURE THAT WON'T DO IT BUT IT IS WORTH A TRY AND IT GIVES ME SOMETHING CHEERY TO LOOK AT.

A FACE ONLY A MOMMY CAN LOVE

SINCE MY BACK SURGERY ABOUT 10YEARS AGO I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENJOY A PRETTY HEALTHY BACK. I ALSO STARTED SKIING AGAIN. I THOUGHT ALL WAS FINE, HOWEVER,THE LAST TWO WEEK HAVE NOT BEEN FINE AND OH MY ACHING BACK IS BACK AGAIN. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY OR WHAT I DID TO MAKE IT FLARE UP AGAIN AND BECAUSE OF THIS I HAVE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS LAYING IN BED BECAUSE CAN'T SEEM TO GET COMFORTABLE ON THE COUCH AND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ALONE, MY FURRY FRIEND LEXIE HAS BEEN MY BUDDY AND BY MY SIDE EVERY TIME I HAVE FOUND MYSELF IN BED. THEY SAY THAT DOGS ARE MANS BEST FRIEND AND THAT ANIMALS ARE HELPFUL IN THE HEALING PROCESS, WELL... I KNOW THAT SHE HELPS ME FEEL BETTER AND MAKES ME SMILE WHEN SHE IS TRYING HER BEST TO SNUGGLE UP CLOSE. THE OTHER PROBLEM WITH NOT FEELING WELL IS THAT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING AND SITTING AT THE COMPUTER IS NOT VERY COMFORTABLE THAT IS PART OF THE REASON I HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING LATELY. SORRY, I WILL BE BACK WHEN MY BACK FEELS BETTER.