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December 2015

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Holiday party anxiety

After five years of living in the quintessential mountain home, we decided to host a holiday dinner party for the first time.   Let the anxiety and panic begin! One of Bryon’s favorite tv channels is HGTV, where he loves to watch Property Brothers and House Hunters.  My personal favorite…

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Surprise snow storm

You know it’s bad, when the snowplow that is expected to keep our local roads cleared of snow ends up upside down in Boulder Creek.  That’s what happened this morning around Nederland and Boulder, when a surprise snowstorm dumped almost a foot of snow in the area.  Boulder Canyon shut…

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Life as a Ski Instructor

The wheel is come full circle.  A quote from Shakespeare that tells us that life inevitably brings things back to us, or repeats things.  Nineteen years ago, I worked as a seasonal Park Ranger during the summer and at a ski resort during the winter teaching kids and adults the fine art of…

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Oh Christmas Tree!

Stringing the lights together, hanging the ornaments, putting that final bow on top, and then finally plugging in the extension cord brought that magical moment — the aaahhh of the lighting of the Christmas Tree.  It’s a moment that I have relived almost every year since the time I was…

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