its coming

Do you see it?  You know that white stuff on top of the mountain?  It fell there a couple of nights ago and this what we saw coming down the hill into town today.  What's the big deal you ask?  Well the big deal is "the talk" of all the locals around here.  It snowed up at the ski hill. 

I grew up skiing.  It was one of the greatest family activities that we did together. Too bad I can't find a picture of the stylin' neon one piece jumpsuits we used to wear. They rocked! Especially when you had to go the bathroom. Then you had to take the whole blasted thing off!

I have a lot of wonderful memories trying to keep up with my dad and my brother as they totally left me in the dust.  Or how about the time (basically every time) that my brother pushed me down as we both got up to ski off the chair lift. Yeah that was cool!  I had to make sure that I stood up and got the heck of that thing before he could pull me down!! Skiing where I grew up was quite and adventure.  We lived about 2 hours away from the closest mountain.  It meant that we had to get up at 5am to ensure that we would be there before the lifts even opened.  That was my dad's deal- to be the first ones there, and to get front row parking.  The two hour commute made for a long (stinky socks) ride home too.

I haven't been skiing more than maybe twice in the last 10 years since I have been married.  My husband never learned...and you know it is not very cool to be a grown man and have to "learn" something :).  So, we haven't gone.  However, this year may be different.  After having designed the website and print collateral the last 3 years for our local resort- he is having a change of heart.  Yay! We only live 30 minutes away.  So we could even go for a half-day here and there. Get this- a season pass that includes unlimited lift tickets, rental gear and lessons is only $330.00! Even less for the kids!  It's almost too good to pass up. 

But you know me- I am thinking, "what will I wear?"  Well, I think that I would look pretty awesome in this jacket,

pair it with these goggles:

 

and if I have to wear a sweater underneath it would be this one:

 

(in fact, skip the whole athletic thing...I'll just sit in the lodge and wear this!)

Or, now that Carl is rolling his eyes and saying, "yeah right!" - maybe I'll just see what Goodwill has to offer.

Now to work on my form...better head back to this place, it's been a while.

Bring on the snow!!

Comments

[Kelly]

love love love the outfit! now that i live in Sydney not much skiing in my future, i can't wait to hear about your adventures! -kb

[Jim Hickman]

Sis,

We certainly had a lot of fun skiing. We were the three amigos’ raining terror down on all of the ski resorts we visited. Yes… you were correct, it was important to me to be there early so we did not have to drag all of your ski gear ½ ways up the mountain. Besides, even then it was pretty darn expensive and I want us to get your monies worth.

You endured your brother running over your ski’s, dragging you through the trees and occasionally taking you out when you least expected it. While you loudly protested, you were a trooper and somehow managed to overcome your fear to have a great time. It was… go where we went… or be left behind (she did not have a lot of choice).

Ya know what I remember most of all? Once your brother, Mike (uncle) an myself were riding up the chair lift at Crystal Mountain, at almost the worst possible spot (the highest point from the snow) your brother looked down and his glasses fell off his face and disappeared into the snow below (that was not a good thing). He looked at me first wondering if I was going to get mad and also as if to communicate in his glance the reality of the fact that he could not see without them. While we noted carefully where they had fallen, honestly… we thought we had seen the last of them. Well … much to my surprise, after we carefully navigated down into the steep ravine and after a brief search we actually found them. It turned out to be nothing more then an adventure that we will never forget and something we talk about to this very day.

Some of my fondest memories were of the three of us venturing out each weekend together. I truly miss those times and am excited to see that perhaps our family tradition will be carried on to the next generation. I true hope that you and your family have as much fun as we had. Besides … I am looking forward to skiing with the girls! Far-fig-new-gun! (Inside joke and I know that is not how it is spelled, not even spell check could help )!

[Libby]

was wondering if you would remember the far-fig-new-gun thing-good times, good times.

[melissa]

I think it's great that you grew up doing so many fun things---gold, skiing, etc.

Love the Sundance sweater too....and it would look great on you.

Will you take the big girls skiing this year?