Happy New Year!

Jeremy and I were thrilled that we actually had plans for this New Year's Eve. Granted these plans required us to actually purchase some winter gear...boots, gloves, ski pants, hats, coats, etc. but it was worth every penny. We headed up to Silverthorne to spend the night with Bec and John at his ski house. We went tubing at Keystone then had great steaks at The Mint followed by some board games and champagne toast.


I highly recommend tubing at Keystone, aside from the covered moving walkway to get you back to the top, the hill was perfect to pick up some speed. We'll definitely be headed back up, besides we need to get our moneys worth on the new equipment!

A Must Post

Disclaimer: I have to post this so I don't forget 2 months or even 2 weeks from now when the snow falls again the pain of shoveling a driveway.

Last week was the first big storm of the season, a good dumping of 2' in 48 hours. What's a girl to do while her husband is in Florida? I'll tell you:

I took the truck to work at 5 AM on Wednesday to miss the traffic then hightailed it home at 3 that afternoon. I had every intention of shoveling the driveway, which is the longest on the block, Wednesday afternoon/evening. After working for an hour it was apparent that it was a futile effort and simply not worth my time. So, by the grace of a very sweet neighbor, my driveway received a quick visit from the snow blower. I thought to myself at midnight, this is great, I can get up early Thursday and head into the office. (After all, I have two conference calls and I have to get to Jeremy at DIA Thursday night.) The plan sounded good in my head but didn't take into account that the snow kept falling and the City snowplow came up the street and boxed in the driveways. So Thursday morning at 5 AM it became very apparent that I'd be working from home and putting in a serious workout to clear the driveway. I couldn't tell the difference between the lawn and driveway and it was a long ways out to the street from the cul-de-sac. So after my calls I got to work at 11:30 AM shoveling. 3 HOURS LATER AND IT WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR!

A shot I sent Jeremy at 5 AM

The accumulation by 3 PM Wednesday.

After 30 minutes of shoveling on Wednesday - I gave up shortly after this shot!

It wasn't worth the effort, I couldn't keep up with the falling snow.

I love the snow drifts we get off of the front porch - they are gorgeous at night.

1-hour into my Thursday shoveling efforts.

3-HOURS LATER AND IT'S DONE!

I successfully had a clear driveway at 3:30 Thursday and was ready to head to DIA to retrieve the hubby. The drive out there was not fun (took 2-hours) and in the process of changing seats with Jeremy I lost my work phone in a snow bank. Big oops! After I realized it was at the airport we were too far into the drive home to turn around.

I was thrilled to see the snow melted on Friday from the street but I sure felt jilted from my efforts. Next time, I'm just going to wait for the snow to melt.

Red Rocks

A summer concert at Red Rocks with Augustana and Counting Crows sounds amazing, right? What should have looked like:

Actually looked like this with 50 degree weather and constant rain:

(Notice the waterproof Titleist cap I took from Jeremy.)

(Counting Crows w/Augustana)

Spring Fever

After receiving a foot of snow and some good rain, I'm ready for green grass and leaves on the trees! The moisture is great and I'm thankful that the timing worked out with our TX swap weekends. Although my second tournament was snowed out again, there is hope that we'll start our season May 2nd - fingers crossed! A few photos snapped on Friday night.

But just as fast as the snow and rain fell, it will be gone with temps in the 60s and 70s all week. Gotta love Colorado!

The preparations for Jeremy's golf weekend (CCC '09) are almost done. I'm getting the house ready this week before I leave for Dallas to visit dear Katy. As long as Jeremy can tackle the exterior, I'll have the inside ready for our guests from TX and all of their gear. Having this many guests is a treat since the only official guests we've had are Bec, Katy and Jeremy's dad. As part of this marathon spring cleaning I've been tackling since March, I've redecorated a few rooms. I'll post those images at another date. In the meantime, here are the beautiful flowers my dear Jeremy surprised me with for Easter. (Love the green bunny from Pier One.)