All Aboard the Blog Wagon

It is quite possible that I am the worst blogger in the world. The weather here in Denver today is more like Summer than October so maybe I can use that as an excuse for not posting in so long, if it still feels like Summer than the fact that my last posting was in the Summer doesn't make me look so bad! A few things have happened since my last post.

For one, the Bruins won Lord Stanley's cup....YEAH!!!!!! I'm sure they enjoyed their off season, as brief as it was and now they're ready for a new season to start. Hopefully Tim Thomas and the rest of the team are just as impressive this season as they were last.

I went to my 15 (yikes!) year high school reunion. Where we had a Bruins themed float in the big parade.


Silas and Amanda got married and we had a great weekend in Keystone celebrating.


I was able to get in a few days in Wellfleet. I do miss being able to spend the weekends at the beach. We had a bit more rain than I like on my vacation week but I did manage to get in some quality beach time and to make a miserable attempt at water skiing.




I departed Cape Cod and headed south for a taste of Georgia in August. There are very few people I would be willing to go to the South in August for but Sara is one of them and I wouldn't have dreamed of missing her wedding...even when my flight from Charlotte to Savannah got cancelled! We had a great and busy weekend and I'm so happy for her and Billy!



All in all, it was a great summer. Very busy but lots of fun. Now that it's fall I'm turning my attention to colder weather activities. Football, apple pie, chili. I'm not as focused on missing water and I'm looking forward to lots of it falling from the sky in the form of snow so I can test out my new skis. Still no condo for the winter so that may impact the number of days I get on the slopes but I'll figure it out! I'll try to update a bit more frequently!

Things I'm Loving

Here are just a few of the things I'm loving right now.
1. The Bruins....because they're in the Stanley Cup finals, they're my home team (since the Whalers left Hartford long ago), Tim Thomas is an amazing goalie and went to UVM, and I can almost feel the emotion in the Garden through the tv!

(I snagged this photo from the Bruin's website, hope they don't mind...but just in case, I'm giving props to Getty Images)

2. Foam Rollers - In general these are great, they are the best thing (aside from a good massage) for loosening muscles. I have a small one from Target at home but this one from Stott Pilates is the best cause it has little nubs on it. (The one from Stott really is wonderful, I use it at the gym, but it cost about 3 times as much as the one I have at home).

3. SUMMER! Just because now it's warm and I can wear flip-flops and that always makes me happy.

4. My New Market Tote- Made yesterday in a sewing class at Fancy Tiger.



I think I'm going to make a million of these bags! All that is stopping me at this point is that I need to go buy fabric and pre-wash it but I've already done that for a different fabric for the next project so market totes will have to wait. For my next project these two fabrics

Will magically become this bag

(The purple will be the outside, the green is for the lining)

Botanic Garden Pics

Photos from the afternoon at the Denver Botanic Gardens with Terri.









Someone was getting married with this view that afternoon, not a bad choice.

Memorial Day

Three cheers for three day weekends! One of my friends came to town to visit and we had a blast doing...not much HA! It was very low key: brunch, dinners out, a movie, the botanical gardens and cocktails on my balcony while eating pizza. It's great to spend a weekend with a friend and just relax.

The Denver Botanic Gardens are beautiful (I promise to post pictures later). With all the rain we have had lately and then a few quick days of sun, everything was in bloom, including a giant section of Lilacs. Lilacs are some of the best smelling flowers ever and I could have sat there smelling them pretty much all day. The only down side to the gardens was that it was a little overcast when we left the house so I didn't have on sunscreen...it's not a bad burn but I defiantly "got sun".

The weather man is calling for 90s by Thursday so it appears that Memorial Day is going to live up to its reputation as the unofficial start to summer. Bring it on!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day!

Bobby Visits

My uncle Bobby was in Colorado for a couple weeks and spent a few nights with me. On his last night in Denver (before his late flight) we took in a Rockies-Mets game. It was a warm night, our seats were great (thanks to our law firm!!!!) and the Rockies won!

Odds and Ends

A few odds and ends...

I finished my elephants, here are the finished products, they now reside with two (in my opinion very lucky) little girls.



Amanda's Bachelorette Party - Vail
A few quick pics from the weekend. Amanda and her bridesmaids - Megan, Sally and Tammara

Let the party begin!

Vail, April 30, yup, last day of April and it was snowing...

Home For Easter

I went home for Easter, it was great to see my family and some of my friends. It was too short of a trip to see everyone (sorry Boston peeps!) but at least I got in some Vermont love.
I got to visit Grandmommy.

I enjoyed some delicious Switchback at PK's


A few "shots" from Easters




And some Easter Art