January 2005-The Beginning Got Bigger

Ok, the first of the month last year I made a commitment to myself and my business. I was going to go to the next level - professionally by defining what it was that I actually did and then creating the system out of it. I redesigned the website and learned to program flash to make it happen....hmmm, I guess that's work, huh! Personally it was by taking better care of myself by eating healthier, actually cooking and playing with the pups more.

We had a great snow year so for fun I skate skiied a bunch with my husband. We also got some great turns in the backcountry in. I snowboard so I hike up the mountain with my snowboard on my back and then but my little skis on my back, along with my poles, and then I jump on my board and head down. Lots of fresh powder in beautiful terrain. I'll try to get pictures of us doing it this year.

The highlight, as is the highlight every January, was my birthday!! I turned 35. I was born on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. and Joan of Arc. I used to think that made me destined for great things, but know I realize that hey - these guys were martyrs too and that isn't my idea of a good time. So perhaps I will be so lucky as to combine my desire to help change society for the better with my spiritual and mystical inclinations (the best of King and Arc), blazing my own path of betterment and getting to live a long life too.

Anyway, back to the party: I'd post a picture but it was just too scary. We did a disco murder mystery with costumes REQUIRED! My husband wore a carpet on his chest underneath a Neale Diamond shirt (think silver, think shiny, think blinding - actually you wanted to be blinded by this) and leather pants. Both of these treasures he picked up at the local Sun Valley/Ketchum thrift store: the Goldmine. Alas, I wore a silver sequined tube top with shiny silver hip hugger pants with that beautiful bell bottom flare. The makeup was blue eyeshadow and the old Farah Fawsett hairdo. On the radio - DISCO baby!

The murder mystery game was ok - too scripted for my taste - but, I came to find out that I was the one who had done it and that wasn't too bad! The food was swiss cheese and chocolate fondues. And the special treat was my birthday cake - the same as our wedding cake (just not as big - only 12 folks were over).

A wonderful month and exciting way to start the new year! I could hardly wait for February.