Friday, March 18, 2011
Vail
I'm in Vail with a few friends. We're having a lot of fun, we had 9" of new snow this morning, and bluebird conditions.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Keeping current
Trying harder to post...
Last week's big storm fizzled out, so no snowboarding stories, and the brand new snowboard still sits virginly in the living room. I'm leaving Thursday for Vail for four days, but it doesn't look like we'll get much new stuff.
Friday night Kristen hosted nephew Maddock at the house. Meanwhile I had another LAN party to go to. At some point the router blew up, so the LAN party turned into just a "party" with 20 socially awkward nerds. Luckily that only lasted for 20 minutes.
On Saturday Kristen, Maddock, and I spent some time doing yard work. I've discovered that you can't get a lot of work out of a four year old.
Later in the day we headed into town to see "Rango", I think Kristen and I enjoyed it more than Maddock did.
After we returned Maddock to his folks, we met up with Tracy Zedeck who was in town for a few days. We headed down to the Med for dinner. You can tell spring is just around the corner, Pearl Street was really happening. It was fun seeing Tracy and catching up with all the crazy things she's been up to.
Sunday involved house work for Kristen, and a long day at the office for me.
Last week's big storm fizzled out, so no snowboarding stories, and the brand new snowboard still sits virginly in the living room. I'm leaving Thursday for Vail for four days, but it doesn't look like we'll get much new stuff.
On Saturday Kristen, Maddock, and I spent some time doing yard work. I've discovered that you can't get a lot of work out of a four year old.
After we returned Maddock to his folks, we met up with Tracy Zedeck who was in town for a few days. We headed down to the Med for dinner. You can tell spring is just around the corner, Pearl Street was really happening. It was fun seeing Tracy and catching up with all the crazy things she's been up to.
Sunday involved house work for Kristen, and a long day at the office for me.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
A few missed posts...
We've been busy doing everything but posting to the blog. Here's a short recap of a month's worth of weekends. We just recently found the camera, so we only have a few pictures here and there.
Four weekends ago?
Kristen and I headed down to the Home & Garden show with the Nedrows. We spent a good number of hours looking at an untold number of booths trying to sell concrete curbs, solar panels, and tile. I eventually settled down to watch some poor guy try to sell cookware. The sales guy asked the big guy in front of me what he thought of when he heard the word "Salad". The big guy answered: "Yuck!".
On Sunday, I put together Kristen's cold frame I'd promised her at Chistmas, or as I refer to it: "Kristenmas".
Three weekends ago?
Kristen and I headed to Grand Junction to visit Katie and Jordan. While the girls hung out and cooked, Jordan and I ventured out for a day of snowboarding. It was Jordan's first, and I had forgotten how truly painful it is to learn to snowboard. Jordan was a trooper, and didn't complain too much. We went out for a big sushi dinner afterward. Luckily, no trivia was played. I have a lot of video of Jordan "eating it" on the snowboard, there's a highlight clip just waiting to be created.
Two weekends ago
Friday I headed to a LAN party to play computer games with a basement full of nerds. It was fun as always. I was definitely one of the leased skilled people there. Back in my day, I would have shown those whippersnappers how to play Quake, but unfortunately those days are way behind me.
I took of the next morning to Winter Park with Eric Telingator. We spent both Saturday and Sunday snowboarding. I ended up with a broken board and a slight concussion, a first for me. We still managed to have a lot of fun. I made a great run with a group of "old guys", they showed me a few parts of the mountain I'd never seen before.
Kristen meanwhile headed to the "Alpaca Extravaganza" in Longmont with Christy Nedrow. They looked at a lot of Alpaca, but thankfully didn't bring any home.
This weekend
Kristen and I headed into Longmont on Friday to hang out in a neighborhood we almost moved to. It was fairly happening, and we had a good meal.
Saturday involved putting the finishing touches on the Cold Frame, and heading up to Nederland for the Frozen Dead Guy days. It was a bigger event than ever before this year. Unfortunately we didn't quite dress warm enough, and headed back to Boulder earlier than we'd like.
Sunday involved shopping for a new snowboard, and a few hours of going into the office.
I'm hoping to play hooky on Tuesday, a giant storm is moving through the mountains tomorrow night. Hopefully it'll make for one last great powder day.
Four weekends ago?
Kristen and I headed down to the Home & Garden show with the Nedrows. We spent a good number of hours looking at an untold number of booths trying to sell concrete curbs, solar panels, and tile. I eventually settled down to watch some poor guy try to sell cookware. The sales guy asked the big guy in front of me what he thought of when he heard the word "Salad". The big guy answered: "Yuck!".
On Sunday, I put together Kristen's cold frame I'd promised her at Chistmas, or as I refer to it: "Kristenmas".
Three weekends ago?
Kristen and I headed to Grand Junction to visit Katie and Jordan. While the girls hung out and cooked, Jordan and I ventured out for a day of snowboarding. It was Jordan's first, and I had forgotten how truly painful it is to learn to snowboard. Jordan was a trooper, and didn't complain too much. We went out for a big sushi dinner afterward. Luckily, no trivia was played. I have a lot of video of Jordan "eating it" on the snowboard, there's a highlight clip just waiting to be created.
Two weekends ago
Friday I headed to a LAN party to play computer games with a basement full of nerds. It was fun as always. I was definitely one of the leased skilled people there. Back in my day, I would have shown those whippersnappers how to play Quake, but unfortunately those days are way behind me.
I took of the next morning to Winter Park with Eric Telingator. We spent both Saturday and Sunday snowboarding. I ended up with a broken board and a slight concussion, a first for me. We still managed to have a lot of fun. I made a great run with a group of "old guys", they showed me a few parts of the mountain I'd never seen before.
Kristen meanwhile headed to the "Alpaca Extravaganza" in Longmont with Christy Nedrow. They looked at a lot of Alpaca, but thankfully didn't bring any home.
This weekend
Kristen and I headed into Longmont on Friday to hang out in a neighborhood we almost moved to. It was fairly happening, and we had a good meal.
Saturday involved putting the finishing touches on the Cold Frame, and heading up to Nederland for the Frozen Dead Guy days. It was a bigger event than ever before this year. Unfortunately we didn't quite dress warm enough, and headed back to Boulder earlier than we'd like.
Sunday involved shopping for a new snowboard, and a few hours of going into the office.
I'm hoping to play hooky on Tuesday, a giant storm is moving through the mountains tomorrow night. Hopefully it'll make for one last great powder day.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Steamboat
Last weekend was the annual Steamboat trip. We hit amazingly good snow this year, 20+ inches in a few days. It's going to make the rest of the season seem pretty tame.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Quick Update
Last weekend I headed up to snowboard on Saturday. Jeff Nedrow and I got in a pretty good day at Winter Park, finding some good snow over on the Cirque. It's been closed all year, the weather was beautiful, making the hike enjoyable.
Kristen and I relaxed on Sunday. We did a little work around the house, including taking down the Christmas lights.
Things really cooled off Sunday night, we had several nights in the -10 range. The highs only got into the single digits on Monday and Tuesday. It looks like Cody and Rapid have had it worse.
I'm heading off to Steamboat tomorrow morning for the annual Super Bowl weekend ski trip. It's the only multi-day trip planned this year, so hopefully the snow gods smile down upon us!
Kristen and I relaxed on Sunday. We did a little work around the house, including taking down the Christmas lights.
Things really cooled off Sunday night, we had several nights in the -10 range. The highs only got into the single digits on Monday and Tuesday. It looks like Cody and Rapid have had it worse.
I'm heading off to Steamboat tomorrow morning for the annual Super Bowl weekend ski trip. It's the only multi-day trip planned this year, so hopefully the snow gods smile down upon us!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Lots of Driving
I had a whirlwind tour of Wyoming and Montana this last weekend. On Friday I headed to Cody, arriving around 11 pm. Lena slept through my arrival, not a single bark emanated from the storied watch dog.
I visited w/ Ma & Pa for a few hours in the morning. I did a little tech support, toured both shops, then jumped in the car to head to Red Lodge Montana. I unfortunately picked a bad day to snowboard, all the locals were saying it was the worst day in recent memory. The snow was poor, and the wind was really blowing. I did manage to ride the lift up once with Dan White's daughter. Dan White was my biology teacher in high school.
Due to the wind, I only lasted about 3 hours, then headed off to Billings for Joe Stringari's birthday party. That was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with Joe, Jack Ford, and Juli Hinze for most of the evening. I hadn't seen Jack for 15 years, and have only seen Joe and Juli a few times since college, mostly at high school reunions. We really had a lot of fun, it could have been 1993 for all I knew.
The next morning I headed back to Colorado, stopping in Casper to visit with Brent and Trudy. They were doing well, we had a good hour visit before I headed back to Boulder.
Kristen had stayed behind, planning the glorious gardens of the spring. Many of the seeds she had ordered showed up in the mail, which only fed the fever. I think we're going to be plenty busy come May.
She also visited with her father, and brother and sister in law. The big news there is that Clay and Shana are expecting a baby. Kristen also whipped up a loaf of applesauce bread, and a loaf of banana bread.
Unfortunately Kristen and I didn't take any pictures, so you'll have to use your imagination.
I visited w/ Ma & Pa for a few hours in the morning. I did a little tech support, toured both shops, then jumped in the car to head to Red Lodge Montana. I unfortunately picked a bad day to snowboard, all the locals were saying it was the worst day in recent memory. The snow was poor, and the wind was really blowing. I did manage to ride the lift up once with Dan White's daughter. Dan White was my biology teacher in high school.
Due to the wind, I only lasted about 3 hours, then headed off to Billings for Joe Stringari's birthday party. That was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with Joe, Jack Ford, and Juli Hinze for most of the evening. I hadn't seen Jack for 15 years, and have only seen Joe and Juli a few times since college, mostly at high school reunions. We really had a lot of fun, it could have been 1993 for all I knew.
The next morning I headed back to Colorado, stopping in Casper to visit with Brent and Trudy. They were doing well, we had a good hour visit before I headed back to Boulder.
Kristen had stayed behind, planning the glorious gardens of the spring. Many of the seeds she had ordered showed up in the mail, which only fed the fever. I think we're going to be plenty busy come May.
She also visited with her father, and brother and sister in law. The big news there is that Clay and Shana are expecting a baby. Kristen also whipped up a loaf of applesauce bread, and a loaf of banana bread.
Unfortunately Kristen and I didn't take any pictures, so you'll have to use your imagination.
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