The Aspen Snowmass Kind of Celebrity

(Friends will be friends. Photo lifted from their Facebook page) It was one of our last Saturdays to ski alone together, Wade and I. The boys were in ski school, it was a bluebird day and we were looking forward to a day to ourselves. I told Wade I would be right back and went in to the Two Creeks ticket...

I Won’t Back Down

My oldest sister Melanie-Mouse, of whom I completely adore and admire, did not read my blog for an entire year. But knowing that her life is so much more interesting than mine, I was okay with that. Then something happened, she read my post, A Letter From My Ten Year Old, and she felt the need to go back...

Blogging Awards and New Year Resolutions

I’m not going to sugar coat it, I love giving…and receiving… gifts. In this tough economy we all could use more love and gifts but I have to become more creative with my ideas. In the past month I have received two awards from friends in my social networking world which have brightened up my...

What Would We Do Without Our Friends?

I was sitting at my desk numbly staring at my computer screen trying to break my way through the hump I was in when Wade came in and dumped the mail onto my desk. Sticking out in the middle of the mundane pile of bills and catalogs was a small blue envelope addressed to me. My heart fluttered as it always...

All Parents Need Alone Time

I was singing like a bird yesterday morning with everything moving like clockwork. It was going to be my first day spent without the children. Coffee was brewing and pancakes were steaming. Axel and Brevitt woke up early so that they could get to Mountain Boarding camp on time and Tucker had gone to sleep...