Winter is here !

Woke up this morning to a beautiful sight. Fluffy, light, bright white snow! This give the look of the Currier and Ives version of winter, or a perfect setting for a Norman Rockwell painting.

Skiing is going strong with 12 to 36 inches of snow in the last 48 hours. Wildcat is reporting record skiiers this season and the slopes are wonderful.

With Spring around the corner and summer rapidly following we have many things going on at the Inn. Herb tour in June, the Poker Run in June, Geocaching this spring that will run through the fall season, new adventure packages this summer and we're excited because this year is the Inns 120 th Anniversary.

Come celebrate with us!

Monday morning

Okay, why is it that there is a holiday on the West Coast today for Abraham Lincoln's birthday and not here on the East Coast. Didn't the west coast get the memo that the Presidents Day Holiday was combined with Washington's birthday and it is to be celebrated on February 15th. And yes, they also have next Monday as a holiday as well. What's up with that?

Babbling I know, but what else do you do on a Monday? Clean up any mess left from last nights super bowl party or maybe do laundry. Neither sound very exciting and I would like to have something exciting on a Monday to look forward.

Valentines Day is rapidly approaching and the Inn will be full of lovers. Sleigh rides, skiing, romantic dinners are all on the menu. Hope your Valentines Day is all you want it to be.

Peaceful Winter

I'm glad we don't have an excess of snow this winter at the Inn. It can snow all it wants north or south of here. I don't have a problem with the cold to maintain the snow we presently have. I enjoy looking out upon freshly fallen snow, but I don't need that to happen often.

After everything has been cleaned up and pathways are clear, I will go outside and enjoy the winter, but I don't like walking through the mush and ice. The funny thing is I prefer winter over summer. It's easier for me to get warm than to get cool, if that makes sense.

So this weekend I am enjoying two nights of movie mania at our house. One night Mitch will choose the movies to watch and the next night is mine. He is an action movie nut, one that can watch a night of Bruce Willis movies, or maybe all 5 parts of the Godfather. Me, well I am truly a chick flick lover. One in particular is You've got mail. When it's on TV I will watch either at the beginning or if I find out it's on, I will watch even if half the movie is over. Probably seen it 15-20 times and it will be a movie I have on my list for this weekend. The only thing that bothers me about this movie is: When Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks are at the outdoor market and Tom is buying a mango and Meg picked up three bushes of something - what was it? And Tom paid for it. Maybe I'll figure that out, so I keep watching. Thought I would share, but if you know the answer - let me know.

Winter

Winter is a time I really enjoy in the mountains. Though I'm not a skiier, I enjoy the beauty of snow covered mountains and fresh fallen snow as it covers the lawn. As you can see, I enjoy being inside watching it snow. Not going out in the cold, but enjoying it's beauty as I sit by the fire sipping hot chocolate.





When we have guests at the Inn, I enjoy sitting on the front porch in the morning chatting about what they are going to do that day.

On the verge of a new year !

It's December 30th, 2009 and we are rapidly approaching a new year. 2010 and it's really a celebration for us, because our Inn is celebrating it's 120 th Anniversary. The inn has been run continuiously since 1890 and we are celebrating this winter, offering a free giveaway each month for a two night stay at the Inn.

We're really excited to be a part of such a historic event. Our guests each month will be entered into a drawing for the getaway. There will be 4 drawings: January, February, March and April.

We wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

Snow

Well it happened this afternoon. While we were watching a Christmas classic: It's a Wonderful Life, it started snowing. About 1-2 inches have fallen through the evening. Winter is finally here and it's beautiful.

The first snow is always so pretty. Then when the vehicles run over it and the plows push it aside, the dirt appears and it looks like mud. Yes mud that then gets trampled in the house on your clean floors. A constant battle of keeping the floor clean as well as dry so no one slips when they come in. A never ending task for winter and that's when the snow just isn't pretty anymore.

But the best part of winter is building that first snowman with hopes that he will last all winter. Snowball fights and clean air with a crispness to it. But my favorite thing is remembering the holidays from when I was young. Santa coming, decorating the family tree and being so excited Christmas morning. I guess there really is a kid in all of us. I believe, do you?

Where has the time gone?

Okay, it was just Halloween and now this next week it's Thanksgiving. Time is going by so quickly, that I can't keep up with it. Somebody call and let me know if Christmas will be sooner than I think. Either that or getting older really cuts back on your time. They say that when your young you make the most of the time you have. Your days are fuller because your more active and do more things in a day. But when you get older, you slow down and it takes more time for you to accomplish the things you did when you were young.

What ever happened to having more time for yourself and your loved ones when you got older. At my age, I don't have time to spend with loved ones, I'm too busy trying to find the time for daily chores since I move slower.

Growing old supposed to be more fun than this. I need to feel younger so I can keep up with growing older. Figure that one out.