Valentines day week in Aspen...

Twas a fantastic Valentines day... worked then sledded then went to the Blind Cafe with Brad and friends. Read about it on Bridget's blog. http://mountain-musings.blogspot.com/2012/02/aspen-blind-cafe.html Also had a huge surprise in the paper... had a busy week at work, heard a friend who is one of the best pediatric oncology nurses I have ever met just got diagnosed this week with 2 cancers, Hodgkins lymphoma and a diffuse large B cell lymphoma... am sending him LOTS of positive vibes through the internet and ethernet... cross country skied with Clifford about 7 miles today in BEAUTIFUL weather, ate at a new Thai Restaurant in Aspen and it was fantastic and included sticky rice with mango... etc etc etc... Next week is incredibly busy for me but this week was pretty darn good for me (not for Patrick... but hopefully now that he knows what he's got he can kick butt with some CHOP-R to get on the road to recovery)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

winter sports

So this week consisted of work, hiking, skinning up Buttermilk and a bit of bike envy... My friend has a new bike for winter/sand dunes and she rocked it the other night for a late night after work bike/skin up the mountain. Clifford loved going with us. Shinta is looking at buying a new house for her and her growing family. Not much else new this week other than Sarah is cooking rocking healthy food for me, going to an English in Action dinner tomorrow night and life goes on. Well, unfortunately, not for a great singer who passed away. Whitney Houston who had a most spectacular voice until she got into drugs/etoh died tonight. That was one of the most unfortunate, avoidable losses in the music industry lately. She was so talented until... Very sorry to hear that.

another typical week with a cold...

started the week going to mom's favorite resteraunt that she has never been to... a fantastic meal... then work as usual and Sarah making me great food (someone has to) which has lots of vegies to help me eat better... got a cold and have had a wonderful weekend of DOING NOTHING... in fact Fri night came home from work at 7pmand slept from 8pm-7am... twas great to be able to do that!
hope you all had a happy and healthy week... tis back to work again tomorrow with a busy week... so much fun :)

A typical week...

work, some hiking (including a great skin up and ski down at night), some hanging out with friends... spent the weekend doing PALS (pediatric advanced life savings) and Taxes in between hikes... then went to a great burger/sushi joint with our neighbors on Sun night and ate next to the male ski freestyle xgames gold medal winner... fun...

Dad's visit...

Well another week has passed. Dad came and spent 4 days skiing up a storm. He was a stud and did great! We even got him some snow. During his visit I had some busy days at work but got to spend some evenings with him. Last night was on call but had a no-hitter so got up today and went hiking at Smuggler in town and this was at the bottom. All of those animals were photographed on Smuggler within the last several months. Pretty cool to be hiking with deer, bear, cayote, red fox and mountain lion... although the mountain lion does scare me. It is supposed to dump today and since I have tomorrow off will likely board and then it is another VERY busy week ahead. Hope you are all healthy and happy!!!
Love and Peace, Me... (written Sat)

PS today (Sun) was the first real powder day of the season after 12 inches last night... see the line at the gondola that i missed since i went to 2 creeks instead... there were reports of great skiing on all the mountains from friends who got on each (Brad did Tihack in the am then Aikido then met me on Snowmass and he is now SLEEPING)...

1/12/12

Happy Birthday to ME!!!! Visiting with M and D in Carmel (enjoying hiking, spa services, cardiology conference and THAI FOOD)... tis cold but they are staying at a great place and have had time to walk the beach with mom and meet dad's colleagues... been fun...

week 1 of 2012

no pix but a good week...
1. work... lovin jenny and our staff
2. social... clifford is purring :), doing a lot of hiking since no snow until today but today did get out on the mountain in some powder
3. my bday... brad brought me to zocolito tonight for my bday dinner since will be out of town for my real bday... twas an excellent meal with awesome service... really a pleasure

Not a bad way to start 2012 :)