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Gong Xi Fa Tsai, Xin Nien Quai Le! Won Shir Ru I.

It’s Chinese New Year – the year of the Dog:

This morning we woke up to moderate winds and figured we’d head for the hills for a little swooshing on the slopes. We were rewarded with some fine spring conditions with temps topping as high as 45 and calm winds! We played mostly on the backside as the snow was pretty good and there were no lines! Until… around 10:30 am it started to get a little crowded. So we squoze in a few more runs until it was really time to mosey into Ned for wine and milk. In front of the liquor store was a 3 month old chocolate lab puppy. She was so damn cute, I played with her twice:

We had been planning to have our neighbors and the former owners of our house over for dinner for some time. Originally, they were slated to come over on Friday the 30th of December, but then we had to reschedule because we had last minute visitors. We moved it to Monday, January 2nd, but then Madge and Bondy were sick. So we rescheduled for tonight, but Madge had to work until 7, and Tom had to fill the ice rink at 9… Theoretically, we’re on for tomorrow night. So far, there are no conflicts – and some of the ingredients can only be tossed into the freezer and pulled back out into the fridge but so many times! I just pulled the flourless chocolate cake out of the oven tonight. It’s cooling now and will eventually become a rich, dense, chocolate mass of goodness, that is, if all goes well. I have to stop this habit of trying out new recipes on guests because it’s a little less reliable at 8500 feet. At least the raspeberry coulis tastes good.