My birthday was January 13th and it was a week of fun. January 11th was Peter's birthday (our neighbor from Germany) and we went over there for a yummy dinner. On the 13th Hank took me to PF Changs for a great dinner. On the 14th I got together with Joan and Karen for a girls night out at Karen's house.
SNOWSHOEING WAS FUN!!
Joan, Karen and I took a day trip to the Tahoe area and went out for a day of adventure. Of course I was completely clueless on not only what to expect, but what to wear and what to bring. Karen is the experienced person of the group so I leaned on her for guidance. I had so many stupid questions that we were peeing in our pants over my lack of knowledge.
The first thing I had to get was a good pair of snow boots, so we had to wait a few weeks before I found a great pair on Craig's List. Once I had those, we planned out our day. I had a pair of snow bibs from the 70's ... LOL!! After finding them and dusting them off, the great thing is that they still fit!!! A little snug, but I could wear them. I had 2 layers of thermal underwear, a turtle neck, a heavy fleece pullover, gloves, & a jacket; I also wore jeans under my bibs. WTF was I thinking?!?!?!? Karen said we would work up a sweat and she meant it... guess I didn't believe her... the fool I am. It was a beautiful day and I quickly found out that snowshoeing is HARD WORK!!
This is right before we left for the snow
We had "girl" food and it was yummy
This was the first hill we walked up. It was a lot steeper than it looks in the picture. I was afraid of it, but I did it!
Our prints after walking down this hill
Karen, our leader
Karen's puppy wanted to go with us to the snow
Here's our gear and we were ready to go!
The week of February14th we babysat Joey in San Ramon. The poor kid was sick and he couldn't go to daycare. We made dinner for the kids every night so they didn't have to worry about it.
Tuesday morning we had a flat tire... bummer, but thanks to American Tire Company they fixed our tire for free.
By the end of the week Joey started feeling better and was "helping" in the kitchen
GNO ROCKS!!!
We had another Girls Night Out at my house on February 18th. Karen brought over this interesting bottle of wine because it reminded her of me being called "Vovo" by my grandchildren.
Bubo is close to Vovo; it's the Latin word for owl... what are you trying to tell me Karen??
Joan & Karen are so much fun to hang with
This is the wine that Joan brought over to share. I actually custom made the labels. The name "Joanercise" is what we call our weekly girl workout derived from Jazzercise. Same thought of working out hard, but Joan creates the routines and we follow her lead.
Here are a couple cards I made this month
Here is a video clip of Joan right after she slipped and scooted down the hill into a tree. By the time I got the video going, she was already getting out of the hole. No, we didn't laugh... nothing like that!!! Hee-hee-hee
This is a video clip of us snowshoeing
Here we are resting during our lunch
