snow wimp

Winter is here, it's been snowing off and on for days. I'm so happy for the ski people. I am driving like an old lady, one fender bender is enough! Maybe I should have a bumper sticker on my car that says "Little Old Lady from Pasadena". But everything is so beautiful, white and soft and very very cold. I met some nice women from Nebraska at one of the inns and one of then offered to drive me home last night, I was so embarrassed. I made it though. Saw one car spin out this morning, scary stuff. What a wimp I am. And here I am going to venture out again into the frosty night. The daughter of someone I know is showing a film she directed, one about a flamenco dancer. Love flamenco dancing, so here I go, not too far.

Happy New Year!

Well, we are already 11 days into the new year and I feel it will be a good one. 2010, a nice solid sound to it. I decided to drop a day at one of the inns I work at, so yesterday was the first Sunday I've had off in a year (besides being on vacation). Absolutely worth the money I will lose. Spent the morning reading my Sunday paper, the Santa Fe New Mexican, cleaning a small corner of my messy office/guest room, walking Cadbury. Then went out on the town! Saw an offbeat movie called "Untitled", a sendup of art gallery owners, esp. the pseudo hip types. Not bad, not great but I enjoyed it. I liked the main character, I mean the actor who played him, Adam Goldberg. A great face he has, what an intense look, serious but funny at the same time.

Then I was invited to a party in town. These two sisters put on a very last of the holidays soiree with tons of people, food, and good conversations. They do it in January to liven up an otherwise kinda boring month. And their house was beautiful, full of books and art. And now today it's some more cleaning up, greeting some neighbors dogs with biscuits, checking on a couple dogs at the Shelter, 3 hours at Stray Arts Gallery, then my regular job at Mabel's. And I now have something fun to look forward to: planning a trip to Big Sur, California (one of my favorite places) with my sister and bro-in-law in March to celebrate my big 60 birthday. I had originally planned a solo local road trip but figured I'd be too depressed "celebrating" on my own, so I'll do that one later on.

Oh shoot, New Years Resolutions, know what they are but haven't written them down yet. So I will do that here, then I can't back out, they're public! Go to Curves 4 times a week (well, I made it 3 times last week), lose 10 pounds, walk dogs at the Shelter at least once or twice a week, keep learning Spanish, create a budget and stick to it for pete's sake, hike more, and some too personal to publish.

The photo is of a ceiling at El Monte Sagrado, a beautiful local hotel.