First lift ride up the mountain

Montana - Bridger range

Jay and I took a drive around the area last night after my plane landed.

This is my first look at the Bridger range.
Today we will be skiing at Bridger Bowl somewhere in these mountains.


Great sunset - looks like fire on the mountain.
Today it will be sunny and 40 degrees as opposed to -21 (air temp) in
Minneapolis. I told the people on the airport shuttle yesterday that I was
going someplace warm. They were going to Mexico - I think this is way better.

Last night we had dinner with Lisa and Greg in Livingston
at the Rib and Chop House.
After that is a blur.

Bozeman - a warm, winter vacation

I found this map of ski spots around Montana. We will be skiing at Bridger Bowl and Moonlight Basin - don't think we will make it to Big Sky, but we'll see how the week goes and how my legs hold out. More pictures to come - stay tuned! The weather is 35-40 degrees in Bozeman with sunshine and lots of fresh snow. I'm told the ski conditions are perfect. I'll let the pictures tell the story.

Daisy's are about to arrive

Pre-party - ready, set, go....
Everything is all set with minutes to spare.
I am woman, hear me roar! :)

Christmas is over, but....

2008 has come and gone, I've thrown away left over Christmas cookies, taken the left over candy canes to work and am basically working on becoming 'sugar free' again. I'm like a crack whore when it comes to sugar. Candy canes and gourmet jelly beans are my hidden addiction and I'm working on eradicating them from my diet. I like them in the morning - kinda helps me get going. But, I'm already back the Y for regular workouts and am slowly cleaning up and improving my diet after what seems like a very long holiday season.


However, I'm not ready to part with my Christmas tree yet. It's pretty. It gives off nice light in the living room and I'm wondering when the neighbors will start to whisper about the person who still has Christmas lights glowing from inside and outside of their house. Can I get away with it until February? Anyone have a ruling on this?

I know in time I will tire of it and want to put it away, but that time hasn't come yet. Maybe it's because I don't feel like messing around with all the boxes. I don't know, but this year I'm rather attached to my little tree and the angel that sits on top.

When do you take your Christmas tree down? In my family the rule of thumb use to be that the tree didn't go up until after Dec 15th (my brother's birthday), but I don't remember when we took it down. I guess in those days we had a real tree and by this time it would be dropping needles. My tree is artificial, although it is real to me :) and I like the silvery sage bulbs and the little white lights.