Hi all -- we're off to Mexico tomorrow, so no posts for a week or so.
Adios!
Friday, January 9, 2009
BOW
I just sent in my registration for the 2009 winter BOW session! Almost all of my girlfriends have taken part in Becoming an Outdoors Woman - 4 of us participated last year and a couple others did it the year before that. This year we managed to get a group of 8 or 9 together for the weekend. I feel sorry for anyone else sharing our cabin.
It's a blast - basically women of all ages can come and learn outdoorsy skills through four three-hour sessions. Last year I took archery, firearm safety, fly fishing, and intro to shotgun. By now everyone has heard me rave about the shotgun session -- I loved it! We got to actually shoot at moving clay targets. This year I signed up for snowmachining, dog sledding, smoking/pickling fish, and rifle markswoman. BOW isn't until mid-March, so it's a long wait until then.
My profile pic for Blogger is from last year's BOW -- here I am posing with one of Lance Mackey's old sled dogs (he won the Iditarod last year).
View from the door of our cabin...
We stopped on the way home from Chickaloon to take some photos -- so pretty.
It's a blast - basically women of all ages can come and learn outdoorsy skills through four three-hour sessions. Last year I took archery, firearm safety, fly fishing, and intro to shotgun. By now everyone has heard me rave about the shotgun session -- I loved it! We got to actually shoot at moving clay targets. This year I signed up for snowmachining, dog sledding, smoking/pickling fish, and rifle markswoman. BOW isn't until mid-March, so it's a long wait until then.
My profile pic for Blogger is from last year's BOW -- here I am posing with one of Lance Mackey's old sled dogs (he won the Iditarod last year).
View from the door of our cabin...We stopped on the way home from Chickaloon to take some photos -- so pretty. 
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Cold, cont'd
Still below zero here, and I still have a nasty barking cough and sore throat. Cross your fingers that they both will disappear before we leave this weekend.
At least we don't live in Fairbanks...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Cork trivet - DIY
Ugh, I caught a nasty cold and it has waylaid me for the last few days. It's been rough. I dragged my sorry self into the office today to catch up on work since I'm out next week (Mexico, yay!)
I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the new year. We played Rock Band on our friend's Wii -- it was fun, although I won't be asked to play drums in a real band anytime soon.
This past weekend I also had a chance to start on a project I've been wanting to tackle for a while now: wine cork trivets! One of the physicians I work with drinks a LOT of wine so he brings me a bag full of corks every couple of weeks.
My fancy collection center is a wicker basket in the kitchen...
I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the new year. We played Rock Band on our friend's Wii -- it was fun, although I won't be asked to play drums in a real band anytime soon.
This past weekend I also had a chance to start on a project I've been wanting to tackle for a while now: wine cork trivets! One of the physicians I work with drinks a LOT of wine so he brings me a bag full of corks every couple of weeks.
My fancy collection center is a wicker basket in the kitchen...
I dug through to make sure the lengths and widths of each cork would match up to my design. Then it's basically like putting together a puzzle. D cut a wood backing and some nice mitered-edge trim for me and after some minor glue incidents, viola! I present a cork trivet -- ready for use as a hot plate holder.
Monday, January 5, 2009
TV star
As promised, here are the two tv commercials that Drift has been a part of. There is talk of another spot, but Drift hasn't been booked yet...
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