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just like the picture says….. 🙂

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So happy new year to everyone. It’s been quiet on this blog because of moving to a new host situation but now that’s taken care of, so we’re back in biz!

Went skiing for the first time yesterday at Stevens Pass – great day! Sunny, decent snowpack with minimal ice, and my legs held up pretty decently, although obviously I need to hit the exercise bike a bit more. When we were leaving, my fellow skiers were up at the lodge, so I went back to the van to change and then drive up to pick them up.

As never happens (:)) there were some ‘issues’ of course – I had to (try, not really successfully) to scrape the INSIDE of the windshield so I could see out. I threw my skis on the roof rack, got changed and then drove slowly up to the front steps/pickup area, but on the way, due to a dumba** driving the wrong way had to make an abrupt turn around a parked car, and heard a weird noise down on the left front side. I kept on driving up to the front, and when I got out, Karri was pointing to a cone I had picked up along the way, that just kept dragging along with me – see pic below. I also was pointed to the fact that I never *locked* the skis down on the roof rack, so they were just sitting up there, thankfully didn’t fall down (you can see this and the non-see-through windows in the pic too).

So after removing the cone and loading up, we spent the next 10-15 mins scraping windows (again, the inside of them) – it was a multi-person effort! 🙂 and drinking some Lambrusco – delicioso! Then we lit out for Seattle.

A great start to the ski season! Hoping we get a late one like the last couple years that lasts all but into April again!

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and arguably the best one:

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A fundamental society axiom, I might add…. 🙂

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but with only TWO cats!

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Ok, so I’m a few months late on this, but, Atari is still 40 years young as of June 2012…! Take a look at that timeline, and chart your own wallet draining of quarters, dollars….. 🙂

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poor dog – but this is so funny! Ah, cruel humans… 🙂

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