This year, setting aside my desire to not set foot outside once, I bundled up my turkey kids and then myself and was out there ready to ride.? To my complete surprise, I didn't freeze my *** of this year! Lots of snow and warmish weather = a tolerable event for Mel. And I enjoyed it. I faced my own death on every corner we turned, but other than that, my thumb warmer was hot and my bod nice and toasty and my previous aversion to winter weather melted away. This pleases Steve very much as he is an AVID snowmobile fan and talks to me about it all year round. He reads magazines about it and shows me dumb videos on youtube. One video was a guy snowmobiling really fast to the song "Just Breathe". What the??? Anyway, when Steve and I agree on anything or find common ground on anything, this is a big deal. So, in light of this new discovery we had fun!
The girls were born into this, you know. So they were out there like champs every day. No problem. 8+ hrs of snowmobiling? Sure. Not a flinch. I'll just take my nap on the snowmobile. You can tell they've fallen asleep when they are suddenly limp and sliding off the unlucky driver's leg. We check that there's still fog from their breath on their masks and continue on our way. That being said, I am NOT their driver. Like I said, this isn't my thing, although I do get pretty cocky at times say at an open field or something when I break 40 mph. I think I'm a big deal and sing action adventure songs in my helmet and lean down a little to look more aerodynamic. But not good enough to put a little 40-50 lb. body in front of me, obstructing my view and interfering with my near death turns. But those little punks eat it up.
So, we're back from vacation and back to near normalcy around here. With a house that NEEDS to be organized and me ready to buy totes, and a new found love/hobby in sewing (thank you Mom), I'm set to face the three most boringest months of the year...the rest of winter. I'll let you know when the videos will work. I think it might add another dimension to the blogging world. People already do it, just not me. :) Until then.....
Mel
Strike a pose Livy
Sewing danger
Sophie and cousin Gabe, taking a break
Sleds of all sorts
Olivia as a model for snowmobiling
The ONLY time the kids got a long all week.
All dressed up and ready to go
Bright and beautiful day outside the cabin
2 comments:
Looks like you guys had fun!
LOVE the picture of you sewing. You are a hot sewer. Hmm, is it just me or does it read like I just called you a steaming pile...?
Bottom line: your new endeavor is insanely cool and you look *hot* doing it.
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