I'm So Very Behind

I really don't know where the time goes, but it does. I've done lots. Really. 

I've also received lovely gifts. These gifts came last week and I have yet to say thank you to the givers. 

So to these two wonderful women I hope the adage better late than never stands.....

Dee made this mini as a part of pay it forward. I. Love. It! Thanks Dee, it brightened my day!

My Sister sent these slippers. She knitted and felted them. I cannot express how comfy they are.

I've hardly taken them off since they got here.

THANKS SO VERY MUCH!

Melancholy

It was a wonderful holiday but it's over and the house is quiet. Normal life must begin again. I am lucky, I have a great normal life to get back to. The problem is, I have people that are worth missing, a lot, and I do. Vacations always make me think of those people even more. I'm not just talking about my darling girl and uber who didn't get to make it, this is for all of you out there who may forget or not even know that I think of you daily. So, until we can be together again, remember that I love you all!

In the meantime, I'll just keep making hats....

BTW I have a new button there to the left. Read about it if you havn't already. If it doesn't stop, life as we know it will change.....

Day seven, White Ring Race, last full day, fun is done

Bright and early this morning we were out in the cold watching for the first person to cross the finish line. The racers start a 9:00 and 45 minutes later they have completed 22km, a circut that takes me a couple of hours to do! It's the White Ring Race. I wish you could have seen the crashes, seriously, they were funny but not. You have to respect a person that can loose a ski and finish the race anyway.... That picture I missed......
Our oldest and I at the end of the day. We are at a place called the BalmAlp. It used to be a cool place. Now it is a place where "cool" people hang out!!! Ha Ha

I have given myself an award this week for most improved skier. I am full of myself for being able to ski with the boys as much as I did. Proud, happy and tired. Really tired.

Lech day 6, or are you tired of this yet?

The view out my window this morning. The three dots on the run are the guys. I'm zoomed in too....

Instead of skiing today, I went up to the highest peak here.

Brinkley really loves the snow. He will dive into it face first.

Lech days four and five

Yesterday I did some skiing. Then I did some sitting and watching for the boys to come around over the mountian a couple of times. It is fun how easy it is to pick them out of a crowd. There are no pictures because visibility was bad. We were skiing blind most of the time. They think it is more fun than I do.... This was taken in the morning. Very strange light. Lech in the evening.

Lech at night courtesy of my DH on his night walk with Brinkley.

Today it was very foggy in the valley. When you got halfway up the mountian all you could see was clouds below with this hazy light. I didn't get pictures until later. The clouds are distant by this time. The light is still funky though.

Always looking for something crafty. The boys call them spoon pockets. They will be getting some as gifts......

Here is a picture of the house we stay in. Right now we are on the second floor on the left. We were downstairs until last night.

BTW, yes, two days ago it was warm enough to sit outside in a tank top. Not today.

Lech Austria 2009

These pictures are backward. Sorry. Having a great time.

We have arrived

We had a nice uneventful drive to one of our favorite spots this afternoon. Our friend K took this for us. We put our skis in to be waxed then stopped at the Tannenhof before going back to the guesthouse for my chili. For those of you who have been here, everything is still beautiful. For those who have never been, you can come here, if you promise to behave. Lech. For me it translates as beautiful. Let's see if I can get up early and ski. Sometimes I forget how.

Christmas in Boeblingen

Christmas was perfect. We missed the people that couldn't be here but had fun with those that could. We ate, slept late, watched movies, played Wii (our son brought his to loan to us) and ate some more. We got the boys a couple of silly things. You should have been here when the helicoptor got stuck on Brinkley's backside!!! My mom and sis sent gifts. I sent nothing and they sent me lovely things anyway. Handmade no less. Mom always sends you know who, Brinkely and Evie a gift too! You can see from the pictures that Brinkley thought all of the gifts should have been his! I hope all of you had as wonderful a time as we did. One day we will all have Christmas together again!

I did manage to finish this hat for a special order. I had to make it twice! The first one was too big. Sizing is hard, I'm just saying.