Grandma wants to start adding things to the 'bog' so we'll add some posts every so often and have started her an Adventure Book (after watching the movie Up). Check out her adventures to the right. Yesterday after Arn and I got back from our hike we got Grandma outside to enjoy the snow. She said she had never made a snow angel (she's 84) so we helped her down to the ground and she made one. It was fun but didn't turn out great due to all of the foot traffic. We also walked around the house in the snow. She still tires very easily so it was back into the house to rest by the fireplace!
We finally got some snow - about 8-10 inches I think. Arn, Mag and I took off to Spruce Mt.(5.5 mi. total) for another snow hike yesterday. It was absolutely beautiful and a light wind jacket was enough. We saw about 20 people on the trail (cross county, snowshoes, sledders, and hikers). The trail was pretty packed down on the way up to the top but the top loop was a workout beause of all the snow. Hopefully we burned a few more calories due to the snow. Loved the snow on the trees and the icicles forming as the snow melted. Notice the unpacked trail. Arn made a snow angel off the side of the trail. Of course Maggie wanted to walk all over it! Looking out from the top of Spruce Mt. out toward Ben Lomond, Mt. Herman, and Pikes Peak off in the distance.
Hoping that everyone had a Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I spent the day skiing at Keystone, Arn went golfing at King's Deer here in our neighborhood, and Grandma went to Stan and Bea's for a great dinner of corned beef, cabbage, and green beer. I did wear green under my ski jacket. We finally are in the midst of a winter snowstorm. Arn and I have been out to shovel the drive twice so far. A pot of soup is on the stove and we are warm and toasty inside by the fire. It's supposed to get up to 6o after a couple of days. Meredith and 3 friends just stopped by on their way to the Grand Canyon (they are doing Havasupai again this yr.) I'll try to post one of her pics when she gets back. Tyler is going to New Orleans for a couple of days for his spring break get a way. We are still working on using up our ski passes before the end of the season so we'll probably ski again next week. Again, hope you had a 'lucky' day this past week!!
Make this amazing cake! It's the best cake I've eaten in a long time, gotta love a somewhat soggy type of cake though. Find the recipe over at the right side....Go to Pioneer Women..recipes...desserts. You'll love it! Forgot to tell you name!! It's Tres Leches Cake and it is great!
I've been a little lax when it comes to posting lately, sorry. I think it's been due to several things such as ACLS study (I always spaz out about it), the hiking we've been doing has been local repeats that have been relatively icy and muddy(the weather has been mild for most of the winter so far), we started doing our taxes which eats up a lot of time with organizing and data entry (refund looks promising so far tho), and I guess we just haven't been doing that much that is that exciting. Arn has been able to golf a couple of times a week for most of the winter. Do kind of wish we would get a couple of good snow storms so I could break out my snowshoes at least once or twice this year.
Mom and I did get a baby quilt finished (jars of bugs with a flannel backing) and we are going to take it to the machine quilter tomorrow so I'll post a pic when we get it back. It's kind of been a type of therapy for her and it's something we can do together. I'm also working on a challenge from my quilt group which is called a paint chip challenge. You get three paint chips (one for each of your initials), pick out fabric to match, and make something by the beginning of May. Luckily I like my colors even though they aren't my usual choices.
Mom also sent for her 'blanket brigade' sewing so that keeps her busy along with her crocheting. We're getting her signed up for 'talking books' because she really misses reading. Mom wants to try going back to Ohio for the summer. I don't know how that's going to work but it's going to take some planning.
Not much else is going on......just waiting for the new season of DWTS too.
The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get.
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. Willie Nelson
Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet. - Bob Marley
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren
Opportunity is missed because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
The previously mentioned patty pan squash that were produced were about the size of a quarter! and only had a half dozen.
Garden Updates 2009
1. Started a composting box. 2. Adding triple mix dirt to garden and flower beds. 3. Still trying to get rid of voles. 4. Trying to plant things that voles won't eat. 5. Buy veggies at Farmer's market due to short growing season. 6. My seeds have come up - yeah! 7. Found some pattypan squash seeds that I need to get in the ground (childhood fav) 8. Harvested lettuce, using fresh mint, chives. 9.Hail Damage, hope everything survives. 10.The pattypan squash seeds sprouted, neversurvived due to major rain and hail. 11.Sunflowers are blooming!!! 12. My green beans are getting baby beans but the voles have discovered this too and my row of beans is slowly dissappearing from below. 13. Well, my row of beans has almost completely dissappeared. Now the voles are starting to work on the row of sunflowers (which did quite well). Today I found a sunflower stalk sticking out of a vole hole..... it was too long for the vole to get the whole thing into his hole. 14. Did harvest 2 jalopenos and 1 onion. Something has been eating my peppers too. 15. 10/10/09 Temp. 18 degrees. Everything is covered in frost. Goodbye garden. Will try to harvest some flower seeds. Brought a lot of seeds from Mom's flowers in Ohio. Hollyhock, zinnia, black eyed susan, morning glory. Will see if they grow next yr. Will also give some to Val to see how they do in North Dakota.
Grandma wants to start adding things to the 'bog' so we'll add some posts every so often and have started her an Adventure Book (after watching the movie Up). Check out her adventures to the right.
Yesterday after Arn and I got back from our hike we got Grandma outside to enjoy the snow. She said she had never made a snow angel (she's 84) so we helped her down to the ground and she made one. It was fun but didn't turn out great due to all of the foot 
We finally got some snow - about 8-10 inches I think. Arn, Mag and I took off to Spruce Mt.(5.5 mi. total) for another snow hike yesterday. It was absolutely beautiful and a light wind jacket was enough. We saw about 20 people on the trail (cross county, snowshoes, sledders, and hikers). The trail was pretty packed down on the way up to the top but the top loop was a workout beause of all the snow. Hopefully we burned a few more calories due to the snow.
Loved the snow on the trees and the icicles forming as the snow melted.
Notice the unpacked trail.
Arn made a snow angel off the side of the trail. Of course Maggie wanted to walk all over it!
Looking out from the top of Spruce Mt. out toward Ben Lomond, Mt. Herman, and Pikes Peak off in the distance.
Hoping that everyone had a Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I spent the day skiing at Keystone, Arn went golfing at King's Deer here in our neighborhood, and Grandma went to Stan and Bea's for a great dinner of corned beef, cabbage, and green beer. I did wear green under my ski jacket. We finally are in the midst of a winter snowstorm. Arn and I have been out to shovel the drive twice so far. A pot of soup is on the stove and we are warm and toasty inside by the fire. It's supposed to get up to 6o after a couple of days. Meredith and 3 friends just stopped by on their way to the Grand Canyon (they are doing Havasupai again this yr.) I'll try to post one of her pics when she gets back. Tyler is going to New Orleans for a couple of days for his spring break get a way. We are still working on using up our ski passes before the end of the season so we'll probably ski again next week. Again, hope you had a 'lucky' day this past week!!
Make this amazing cake! It's the best cake I've eaten in a long time, gotta love a somewhat soggy type of cake though. Find the recipe over at the right side....Go to Pioneer Women..recipes...desserts. You'll love it! Forgot to tell you name!! It's Tres Leches Cake and it is great!
