Category Archives: The Good Life

Embracing My Introverted Ways

07 Tuesday Feb 2012

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I expect most people consider me an introvert. I don’t think my preference to be alone is bad or strange, I’ve just always enjoyed doing the things I love on my own time and according to my own whims. For 30+ years I made many financial and social sacrifices in an effort to balance the expectations of being “a loyal friend” with how I would prefer to spend my time but now I’ve finally reached the point where I feel no obligation to trade my favorite pastimes for the social needs of others and as a result I’m really loving life.

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Winter Hut Trip 2012 via Winter Hut Trip 2009

27 Friday Jan 2012

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Beginning the climb to Sangre's Hut

The smiles are always big at the beginning of backpack trips...

So excited to have another back country Hut trip on the horizon!!  We head out next week and because I’m too excited to wait (hence the excessive use of the word “excited”) I thought I’d post a quick travel journal from our last Hut trip… just in case we don’t return from this one due to bears, mountain lions or/and  “mother nature” (just a little stress for my mom).

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Snow Day!!!

24 Tuesday Jan 2012

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The Ideal Shops see the first snow

The Ideal Shops are on my walk to town, you can see the snow slowly making it's way over the Flatirons and into the city

We’re expecting snow today so I thought I’d share a few photos of what it looks like when snow comes over the mountains and starts to blanket the town. It really is lovely.

After 6 years in Boulder I still get crazy excited about snowy days. I’m sure it has to do with living in the South and seeing snow maybe 4 times in my life, which, by the way, equates to exactly one day off from school in 12 years …a little jab at my father, the Superintendent of Decatur City Schools and his firm stance that students are always safer IN SCHOOL when it’s cold outside.

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Loving Boulder today!

19 Thursday Jan 2012

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Winter photos of Mount Sanitas, Boulder Co

A winter photo taken from the base of Mt. Sanitas

To this day I can still get little misty-eyed by how amazing it is that I get to live in Boulder Colorado.  This is a photo I took a few days ago while hiking about a half mile from the house…I am truly blessed!

Here are a few more of my favorite Boulder scenes:

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Happy New Year!!!

01 Sunday Jan 2012

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Holly Golightly knew how to treat a morning

Sleeping late on New Year’s Day is one of the many pleasures mommies never get to enjoy…2012, you’re already my oyster!

Happy New Year, kitty cats! May your days go lightly and may all the weather reports bring you prosperity! And if you don’t know what I’m talking about when I say “weather reports” put Breakfast At Tiffany’s under your resolution to be a better person, it will definitely do the trick!