I'm a Skiing Superstar!

I'm back, and not on crutches. I consider it a victory. We went to Durango, Colorado and stayed in this huge old cabin full of scary sights like this:

Not to mention this:

We skiied at Purgatory. Not a particularly cheerful name, I agree, but it does convey a sense of danger which my dramatic side certainly enjoyed. Two hours on the bunny slope later I attempted some serious slopes. I fell A LOT. I swore a little. At one point I had to take my skis off and climb down a slope. But, in the end, this is the slope I skiied down:

Yay me! I am a superstar!!

More Snow Pictures

I'm no longer "snowed in" at my parents' house and am about to leave, but I just have to show a few more pictures. This was so amazing, we felt the need to chronicle the event by taking roughly 200 pictures. We even got our Christmas card picture done: Just kidding, here's the real one:

Well, guess you'll have to wait for Christmas to see the real one! So one last dramatic shot of this literally once in a lifetime event for us Tucsonans:

Snow Again

I lied last time I said it snowed. Tonight it REALLY snowed. As long as I've been here, it's never snowed like this. Here's the proof (and apologies, there's nothing nearly as cute as Sophie here):

Monday note:

This is a first. We have a SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!

Post Christmas Post

I thought I'd write a Jo-style post full of details and links to all the exciting things going on in my life. But then as I sat down to write this exciting post, I realized that nothing very exciting is going on. So I will write down about the mundane things going on right now:

Snow
It snowed today in Arizona. I saw it with my very own eyes. If you don't believe me, here's the view from my parents' back yard today.

In fact, they are even issuing a "snow advisory" tonight. I'm sure that means just on the mountains, but... It almost makes me wish we had school tomorrow with the hopes that we might actually have a snow day. But that sorts of defeats the purpose because I already have the day off.

My New Toy

If I had kids, they would totally be orphans. For the last two and a half days I have done nothing but load music on to my new iPod and I'm only about half done. You might be thinking to yourself, Kelly doesn't listen to music that much. Isn't she the girl who hasn't bought a CD since 2004? Why would she spend hours upon hours obsessively loading her iPod? Never underestimate the power, the lure even, of obsessive organization. I have been googling lyrics, finding out exact song titles and album names until my neck is cricked and my eyes are squinting. I am a play-listing fool. It's absolutely ridiculous. (FYI I did have to purchase from iTunes a certain version of "Baby Got Back").

The Holiday

Saw this when I wasn't agonizing over the iPod. This is absolutely everything a good chick flick should be. I knew it would be my kind of movie when the trailers included movies starring two of my faves: Lauren Graham and Hugh Grant (sadly though, not together). So this particular movie has everything this girl could want: British accents, Christmas scenes, some good songs, nicely decorated homes, "fiesty" women... and did I mention...

And in one scene it was my absolute fantasy. Jude Law in bed... editing. I thought I might have a heart attack right there in the theater. See it. It is pure escapism. The male characters are so completely unrealistic and act as every woman wishes every man would. I love movies.