Baby it's cold...er not cold...outside!

I find it interesting that my friends and family back on the east coast are battling freezing temperatures and sleet/snow predictions. Jack and I checked the weather the other day and realized that we were a good 20 degrees warmer than each place our family lives (Wilmington, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Atlanta)! We've been enjoying balmy upper 50 degree temps out here and I even open the two back sliding doors on the condo during the day just to cool things off a bit! The blazing sun here does wonders! However, looking ahead at the forecast they are calling for snow Thursday and Friday for which I am pumped about. Never thought I'd be thinking about how snow fall could affect our weekend. It will be fun to get to board on some fresh snow! Never done that before!!

In other things, just thought I'd humor you with this picture. It sure is hard work blogging, emailing, facebooking, gchatting, skyping, etc...ha!

I headed to the ski hill all on my lonesome today. Let me tell you, that is a HUGE step for me, to do something like that independently. Anyways. Just thought I'd share a few of the funny/interesting things I noticed while there.
1. a man skiing down the mountain with these wing/sail type things attached to his arms, he looked like a butterfly!

It was similar to this but picture it attached to his arms flapping under his arms not behind his back.

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2. a man skiing down the mountain with a single ski pole that was extra long and had a tip on each end using it like you would a kayak paddle.

3. a guy snow boarding down the mountain holding a rake and using it as an air guitar. hilarious
4. there were only about 20 people on the hill at a time. i counted! i loved how not crowded it was!
5. lots of boarders going down the mountain doing lots of jumps, fun to watch.

Anyways, it was enjoyable to go up there and spend a couple hours practicing. Who's gonna come visit and play on the mountain with us?! We're open to house guests! We have our guest book ready and waiting!! Now if I could only get all these boxes unpacked! :)