We've been back for almost a week and I almost forgot to share photos from our adventures.  You can check out flickr for more, but these are the best.  For the third year, we went to Colorado with our friend Tim.  Tim has a condo in Silverthorne which is centrally located to many of the ski resorts and other winter activities.  This year, we had the best snow and weather.  I don't think I've ever skiied in such wonderful powder.

This week I discovered that my favorite PC software, the only software I miss now that I'm on a Mac, Photodex's ProShow Gold has a web version called ProShow Web that works on Macs.  I used it to create the slideshow.  I used the free version, but if you would like more features and options you can pay.  I would highly recommend this software to anyone who is doing a lot of multi-media presentations.

Let me know if you try it and what you think.

• Stocking Stuffers: 7 Unique Pens and Pencils by Mark S. Luckie from 10,000 Words:  I am a sucker for pens and pencils and this post has both.  I was about ready to drop everything and go buy a couple of these, especially the the Sharpie Pencil!
• The Wish List from Small Notebook: The blogger reviews the website, Wish Pot, which allows users to create wish lists to share with friends and family that is not limited to one online store.  Not only does it allow you to share your wish list with others, the blogger suggests it is a good way to track things you want, but are still thinking about.  You can also create gift registries for weddings and babies.
• How to Decorate Your Apartment to Feel Less Temporary and More Like Home from Small Notebook:  This post really spoke to me even though it is quite a few months old.  We've been getting our Christmas decorations out and considering how to actually decorate and organize our house even though we are here temporarily.  I've been wanting to put things on the wall, but don't know what I want to do.  We have these great shelves, but we have to use screws to hang them which means bigger holes in the wall and more take care of when we move again.  Joel suggested we just put up the pictures instead of setting them on the shelves... good idea, but many of the frames are for setting not hanging which means we would need to get new frames.  The blogger also suggested having less furniture that is more comfortable... good idea and we have gotten rid of quite a bit as we made the move to California.  The problem at the moment is that we have a few pieces that have special meaning to us that we don't really use or don't specifically fill our needs, but have hung on to.  I think we need to figure out ways of repurposing them to fit our needs, but I'm not sure how yet.
• How to Build an Impenetrable Snow Fort by Brett & Kate McKay on The Art of Manliness:  This is for all my WI friends and family that are enjoying a nasty blizzard this weekend.  I think this might make the blizzard a bit more fun afterwards.

At Keystone in Summit CountyWe took and extended weekend trip to Summit County Colorado with our friend Tim.  Tim owns a condo in Colorado.  He goes out there at least once a month during season and invited us to join him.  We had so much fun skiing and relaxing.  Joel went back to California for work yesterday and I am back in school as of today.

For the first day of skiing we headed to Leadville, CO to Ski Cooper.  I took my first ever ski lesson which was very helpful and made my Sunday skiing much more fun at Breckenridge.  I really enjoyed Breckenridge because the green slopes were less steep and easier to get to know.  I barely fell!  On Monday my legs were protesting more skiing so the boys skied at Keystone and I enjoyed relaxing at the lodge at the top of the mountain. 

Check out the rest of our photos on Flickr.