Poetry night at GMans school.
Warming up for St.Particks Day
We did a dry run for St.Patricks Day, boiled dinner!
You can never have too much….yum. By the way corned beef and cabbage is not the real thing. Boiled ham, cabbage and potatoes is the way to go….IMO. What do I know….I’m just off the boat!
JMan cooking class
Today JMan made a 3 layer dip, salsa, cheese and sour cream.
Its good stuff!
History Day
GMan and a classmate took third place at regionals History Day today. They’ll be going to states in April!
On the way up…..
And the way down….you try getting a teenager to pose!
Hugs all around. We are so proud of his achievement.
Pizza after…..well, iPod/iPhone time.
Snowshoeing
JMan and I rented snowshoes from EMS and hit the woods.
JMan leading the way.
Not sure if this is an official skidoo trail but someone sure make our jobs easy as the trail was well packed.
However, going off trail proved to be more work, non the less it was easy to stay on top, and a whole lot easier than doing it in boots.
JMan lot his head of steam a little over 1/2 way. I’ll admit we did climb a few good sized hills and where the boots made it possible it requires a fair amount of work.
JMan taking a much needed rest.
Above and below are a few selfies on the trail.
All totaled we did 1.3 miles in 45 minutes. That’s a good pace for JMan legs.
Friday boarding
Hit the mountain early today then picked up GMan and hit it again.
By my calculations every run so far cost $5.54. That’s $299 for my pass divided by 54 runs so far this season. When you add them up it’s not a big number, but my body sure thinks differently!
Update, 4 more runs….so now I’m at $5:15 per run. Pretty soon they’ll be giving me money…..not. Not that I’m counting here but today was 18 runs.
BARCH VDAY CARD
BARCH VDAY CARD = Bachelor of Architecture Valentines Day card. Might as well get some value out of my degree! Made this one up for Jess, mounted on foamcore, like a true architectural board.
Friday boarding- night 6.1
Actually it’s Sunday boarding. All schools are closed tomorrow so the boys and I headed to Wachusett for a few runs.
Conditions were….well work, but it was a blast.
Route 2 was a mess on the way out but my top speed was under 30. Ru is good in snow as long as you don’t panic stop.
Boys on the way.
Nice empty parking lot and where did the lodge and mountain go!
We hit the bunny hill for a few, but again by the chair lift. We then headed to Ralph’s for a few.
Mick gangsters!
Mick gangsters with goggles!
I beat my all time speed record on some fresh corduroy maxing out at 37.9 mph.
All in all it was a great evening/night of boarding.
Artisan Tart
Spotted at Starbucks. So is an “Artisan Tart” a crafty nubile young temptress, who dresses teasingly and provocatively? The real question is…..how does she taste!
Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy (early) Valentine’s Day Jess! Love you so much.
Posted early as it’s hard to hide a giant heart in the front yard! Lots of X’s and O’s.
alan j quinn 
