The Big Chop

Yesterday afternoon I made a major life change...well maybe not major, but definitely a life change. I cut my hair! And not just a trim....I cut off almost 8 inches! Here's me on Wednesday, holding my office neighbor's adorable lab puppy. As you can see, my hair is about halfway down my back:

Here's the cutting room floor:


And here's the final product:

I have to say, I feel quite liberated :) It's definitely a new look for me (I don't think my hair has ever been this short....ever) but I'm getting used to it and I'm excited/nervous to figure out how to style it myself!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today, because it's St. Patrick's Day, and because I have a husband who loves me and is going out of town for the weekend, I got a special breakfast treat - biscuits and gravy!!!

Biscuits and gravy is one of my favorites, and when paired with some delicious canadian bacon...yum :) Here is my wonderful husband hard at work in the kitchen this morning - he woke up extra early to make me breakfast before I went to work!


He even made the biscuits from scratch (i.e. from Bisquick, not the pre-made refrigerated ones) - way to go babe! And happy St. Patrick's Day everyone - especially Jennie, and I know this is one of her favorite holidays (hehehe)!

Shreddin' some pow-pow

The title of this post was the catch phrase from our first ski trip - Scott even made us t-shirts with the phrase for Christmas!

Last weekend Alex and I went skiing at Deer Valley in Park City, Utah! It was a work trip for me, but honestly it was more fun than work :) You see, I love downhill skiing - I'm not great at it, but I'm good enough that it doesn't take me too long to get back into it and really enjoy it.

Alex learned to ski for the first time in December when we went with my family for Christmas, so this was the big test to see how much of his skiing knowledge he retained. As it turned out, he did great! He got back into it really quickly and we were skiing some tough blue runs in no time.

Here we are on at the end of the second day - the first day was sunny and beautiful, and the second was snowy. The first had better views, the second had better powder - I liked that we got a little of both!

You'll notice we're both wearing really attractive helmets - I skied with a helmet for the first time at Christmas and I will never go back to a hat, no matter how ridiculous we look with our giant heads that require giant helmets. They're safer AND warmer AND they keep the goggles from giving me a headache. Yay for helmets!

We can't wait to go again next year - although I'm psyched for summer to come, I'm sad to say goodbye to skis for the season!