Vail Pass, CO 1/15-1/17
Originally uploaded by jafarrell77.
C, J and I went to Colorado for some outdoor sports. Good times!!

We left our house Wednesday at midnight and arrived in Colo. at about 9. Stopped for breakfast at a cute little cafe in Georgetown with friendly owners and good food. Headed to Loveland and commenced snowboarding. The conditions were rough - cold, snowing and really windy. But you just gotta love snowboarding. My gator kept freezing up so I would stop and warm up now and then.

Then we went to the Wildernest office to get keys to our condo (Timber Ridge-clear at the top of the hill!!). Cute place, but fireplace didn't work and had a BAD DRAFT. It was 60 degrees in there the whole time. Maintenance never came. Yeesh.

But the hot tub was loooooooooooooooovely (and the clubhouse was right across from our condo).

Bright and early Friday morning we headed to Breck for more snowboarding. It was a great day, we spent a lot of it on Peak 7. Love those rollers, but getting over there is a pain. I always end up walking. :)

C arranged snowmobiles for us to rent Sat. from quite a character. A guy from Louisiana. First he told C he had nothing to rent him, but he kept calling him back into his shop to look at snowmobiles and then rented him two 700cc and on 550cc__________2007. Crazy powerful, the 700cc has 147 horsepower!! That's more than my car probably. haha!

We had dinner at Murphy's there in Dillon. Crashed.

Saturday we went to Loveland Pass for some backcountry action. It was really cold on the side where everyone else was going, so we went back to the other side and hit it. Good times. I need to learn how to board better in deep pow.

Then off to Vail Pass for some snowmobiling. It was a beautiful sunny day and we took off and just tore all around. I went up a big hill and then cresting it, saw no ground under me. I kept going, kept going, no ground, no ground. "AH AH AHHHHHHHHHH!" J and C said I yelled so loud they heard me over their engines. Fortunately the sled handled the drop (virtually straight down) and on we went. :D

We went up and down some crazy stuff. I enjoyed it, but didn't go nearly as fast as the guys did....
Saturday night we met M and S at Wild Bill's Pizza for some food, beer and tunes. Good times as always. :) The band started playing with the lead singer wearing shoes, then suddenly he was just wearing socks and then he had no socks on! I don't know how he managed all this so discreetly. The shoes, sure, but the socks?? We decided we should go before he took his pants off without getting up from his chair. haha! I'm JOKING!! I'm pretty sure that's impossible. ha!

GOOD TIMES..... @--/------------------

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Best Buds

Best Buds
Originally uploaded by Magpie Skinny.

Seen on MSN: This dog emerged from the jungles of Mozambique after floods with a monkey on his back. The pair has been inseparable ever since. They've lived with the same family for some time now. Aren't they sweet?? The news video said that some dogs in the area tried to bother the monkey and the dog fought them off, now they leave them alone. You gotta wonder what happened to these two for them to bond so tightly. I think they're adorable...

*muah*
Megz

Little Blue Bunny

Little Blue Bunny
Originally uploaded by Magpie Skinny.

First here is a pic of a little bunny I made out of t-shirt fabric. :)

Okay now, I've been tagged by Lauren of Jersey Girl Design. (how exciting, my first tag!)

RULES: People who get tagged need to write a blog post of 6 weird things about them as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog.


Six weird things about me:

1. I'm a computer geek (which in itself is not so weird) except not too many people know that. I'm a secret geek, or a stealth geek. hee hee **shhhhhh***

2. I would love to have long, gorgeous hair, but alas, I look better with short hair. So the other night I was fed up with my long, unluxurious hair and I chopped it off. I cut off 3 or 4 inches and now i have kind of a chin length bob. :) People have actually complimented me on it, sweeeet!

3. When I get a new possession (clothes or whatever) that I LOVE, I save it. I want to save it for the perfect place or perfect use.

4. I get nervous meeting people places, mostly nervous that I'll get there first and have to wait (and try not to look like a spaz). So silly. :)

5. I LOVE big lifted pickup trucks. I don't drive one, nor would I all the time because they are gas hogs, but I like them (C this might be part of why I dig you so much - ha!).

6. One more weird thing about me? Hmm... I guess some people would say my sense of humor. I think a lot of stuff is funny that maybe other people done. Another reason I'm lucky I found C cuz he's got the same weird sense of humor.

WHEW! Now I will tag some people...

Buddies

A pic from my friend D
Originally uploaded by Magpie Skinny.

So it's Tuesday...again. These last few weeks are blending into one another, one bitterly cold day after another. Today it's supposed to get up to 40, which will be a nice change. Maybe the ice will melt off our driveway. :)

Weekend points of interest:
~We watched Kelly's Heroes this weekend - Funny
K brought over Rasteputz - YOWSA
TD brought Schlafly Coffee Stout - yum
~C bought Eve of Destruction (x-box) a redneck racing game - very fun after i got better at driving (C kept laughing at me cuz I say, "go Magpie go" to cheer myself on - ha!)
~C and I went to see Stranger than Fiction. I thought it was quite good. The best movie I've seen lately. I wasn't sure if it'd be good or not because Will Ferrell can be SO over the top, but he was a different character in this movie. Two thumbs up. :)
~Watched the Superbowl. Love the Blockbuster commercial - Click the Mouse. ha!

Magpie @--',------

Frog Softie

Frog Softie
Originally uploaded by Magpie Skinny.

Here is a pic of my work in progress, it's a frog!! I'm not the most awesome of seamstress, but I think I'm doing an okay job on this here frog. Hopefully, I'll learn from this one and future frogs will be easier. :) Hope you like her!

Magpie @--/------------