Winter...

I just wanted to let you all know I'm still here....

and super busy. But, I haven't forgotten about you all.

I will post pics one of these days!

I'm sad.

So apparently I've aged to 75 since yesterday. Well at least I feel like an old lady. An old lady on muscle relaxers and pain killers. An old lady whose back went out opening a drawer. Even worse than last year when my back went out putting on a shoe. Pretty soon I'll be breaking hips getting out of bed.

So, what....six, seven years ago, I compressed my spine skiing. Left me with a bulging disc in my spine. If I stay active and stretch it's no big deal. If I don't it can quickly turn into a big deal.

Anyway, I went for a fairly strenuous hike and didn't stretch....and the next morning my back went out. Worst yet.

Couldn't stand up straight.
Couldn't roll over.
Couldn't move without gasping in pain.
Cried for awhile before I got ahold of a doctor.
Cried at the doctors.
Doctor gave me percoset and a scrip for muscle relaxers, stopped crying.

Okay, now that I sound all pathetic....

I'm still sore and wincing but the stiffness/pain is improving. And now I can sit up long enough to post pictures of my hike.


Goats

Goats

And MORE goats....okay well, they are all actually the same goats. Not a goat infestation so much.....

Alta....Collins side...Bleak Snowpack.

Alta left, Baldy ridgeline, Snowbird right

Tree...Alta...dirt.

Tree....

And now the REAL QUESTION-


Bangs....or....

No bangs?

Didn't actually cut them yet...just careful, messy hair arrangement for perspective.

Feel free to vote!

Just a few party pics from T-Day night.


Stew


Wally and Dusty


Sam and Jess


Phil showing me love.

Jeff and Carl


Susan


Jess and Wendy


Susie and Stew

That's all....

Well...as some of you know, it isn't snowing in Utah. At all.

Not even a skiff or a trace...well maybe a trace, but that lasts all of two minutes of sunshine.

Alta is closed. Won't open for at least a week...and there's no snow forecasted really.

Anyway, thats sorta my rant right now. Oh, and just to rub my face in it...it has been dumping in Alaska. The place I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE!

Okay, so I've been taking some pics and thought I'd share. Even there isn't snow here the Wasatch remains beautiful.

Mt. Superior from the summer road.



Summer road



Superior again.


The little yellow arrow points to the lodge I am living in this winter.


Cardiff ridge


Backside



The view out my window every morning!

Dorking out on Dogs!
Current mood: loved

So, I have all these pictures I took of my dogs, and I have four days of free time, AND being T-Day, there is no way I am doing homework!

So, while my pumpkin coconut curry soup simmers and I wait for the evening festivities to begin....

I'm posting a bunch of pictures.

Proof Miles has one hundred distinct expressions:

Drowsy Miles


Itchy Miles


Coy Miles


Bored with You Miles

Eat your head Miles


Rawhide Miles


Now what? Miles


Now what's she doing Miles


Oooh that looks interesting Miles


I might get to eat that! Miles


Yea....creepy Miles


Oh yea, right there Miles


I'm watching you Miles


This is boring Miles


I love you Miles.

Now, Charlie on the other hand almost always makes the exact same face.

Case in point:





The variations are subtle.







K, that's it.

Ayla and Sawyer

So my brother Thomi and his girlfriend Megan (pretty much his wife at this point...jeez you guys, it's been like 5 years already) brought their kids out to visit Mom, Dad and I when I was in Wisco this fall.

We went over to a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River to see the colors...and...well the kids reminded me how easy it is for kids to have fun.


River....

There were leaves everywhere....

and you know what kids do with leaves.




























You have to look closely to see why this picture is so funny. See it yet?