Sunday, December 26, 2010
Moral Quandary
DPP - Day 25 - Shots from the Plane Window
Friday, December 24, 2010
DPP - Day 24 - Snow
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
DPP - Day 22 - The Great White North
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
DPP - Day 21 - COLD!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
DPP - Day 19 - Best Christmas Present Ever!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
DPP - Day 18 - Christmas Present
Friday, December 17, 2010
DPP - Day 17 - Some mountains I've ridden my bike to the top
Snowy Range, Wyoming
Rabbit Ears Pass, Colorado
Thursday, December 16, 2010
DPP - Day 16 - The stockings were hung by the chimney with care....
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
DPP - Day 15 - BUNCO!
Tonight was Bunco. It's a dice game, played with 12 people. It's amazingly fun. Everyone in the group takes a month to host and buy the prizes. We have dinner first, and then we play the game. Everyone gets a prize, but there are 4 big prizes that are very coveted. I won the second biggest prize tonight! VERY EXCITING
The other ladies are all nice and interesting people. When I was asked to join the group I was somewhat apprehensive, however they tricked me into joining as a permanent member by mentioning that I would get to host. I LOVE hosting and cooking food for groups of people. Buying prizes that everyone would like is a challenge, however. It was very hard last year and I spent a lot of time thinking. I host in January and all the prizes but one are purchased already! It was very easy this time. I'm not giving any hints though! It's a big secret.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
DPP - Day 14 - Newest Shawl
Today I am wearing my newest hand knit shawl. This one is a real accomplishment! I dyed the yarn myself, (I took a class.) and I created the pattern myself. It's a pretty simple design, but it was necessary to really show off the beauty of the yarn. I knit about 4 different patterns with this yarn before I gave up and created my own. Shawls are really one of my very favorite things to knit.
Monday, December 13, 2010
DPP - Day 13 - Baking Day
Sunday, December 12, 2010
DPP- Day 12 - Ice Sculpture
Saturday, December 11, 2010
DPP - Day 11 - Wine Whine
Waa! Ben is on his way to the liquor store to get a bottle of wine. He'll probably get a delicious Shiraz or Riesling. I'm not going to have any. It's rather disappointing, but I suppose wine and mochas are how I put on a lot of this weight. It's not a good idea to drink your calories! Of course, I know a lot of portly LDS people who don't drink alcohol or coffee, so it's not a panacea. (A thousand pardons to all my Mormon friends) It doesn't help that I like to cook and LOVE to eat either. All this diet business is a lot of work... Especially during the holidays.
This is an old picture, but it went so well with what I wanted to talk about that I decided to use it anyway. I just love the refraction of light at it passes through the wine in the glass.
Friday, December 10, 2010
DPP Day 10 - View from my street
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Socks.
These socks were hand knit by my mom. They are some of my very favorite socks even though I now can knit my own.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
DPP Day 9 - Socks
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
DPP - Day 8 - Babies!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
DPP - Day 7 - Olympic Sweater
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
DPP - Day 5 - Riding the Trainer in the Basement
Saturday, December 4, 2010
DPP - Day 4 - Mountain Stream
This picture was taken only two miles from my house. It's so nice to live in a place where the mountains are really only a short bike ride away. I really feel that I get to live in the best place in the world. Of course, everywhere has its faults (like the beer here), but the greatness outweighs the negatives.
Friday, December 3, 2010
DPP - Day 3 - Icicles
Thursday, December 2, 2010
DPP - Day 2 - Belated Thanksgiving Feast
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
DPP - Day 1 - Christmas Quilt
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Blizzard!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The Tandem in the VAN!
Getting Ready for Thanksgiving at Lake Mead
Ben has been working on the cabinet for the rest of the gear and the bike rack. We also got the new seats into the van and swiveling!
The best news is that Ben ordered and installed the door handles for every door that didn't work right. The passenger side door handle worked going out, but not going in and the sliding door worked going in, but not going out. Also, the sliding door couldn't be closed from the inside unless the van was on an incline to help the door slide closed. The passenger door would sometimes not close properly and either bounce right open after you closed it or open randomly some undisclosed time later... Like while driving down the interstate. This was somewhat frightening.
We can really start to see the end of the project. Doors and drawers are Ben's project for Christmas Vacation.
Friday, October 8, 2010
The Van Comes Home
We got the new captain's chairs with swivels, but they sent us the wrong swivels! They are missing seat belt brackets. They are sending us the right swivels, but they will arrive too late for Fall Break. There will be many more photo opportunities this weekend, so stay tuned!