Linda Rokos Watts

Mollie!!!! Her and two other friends are coming out for a few days for Spring Break! Woot! We are in the planning stages of amassing a huge group to get together and make some turns at Eldo, most of us haven't skied together in about 12 years! Eeeek. This should be a hoot! My sister from another mother! Happy news for a Monday morning! Much Love!

Photo Courtesy: CUBuffs.com PARK CITY, Utah — The University of Colorado ski team first rallied, and then in part to a strong showing in the men’s slalom, cruised to victory here Saturday in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association Championships, which also served as the annual NCAA West Regional. Colorado, ranked No. 2 in the nation behind Vermont, entered the day two-and-a-half points behind third-ranked Utah (down from 12.5 after an overnight scoring correction), took a slim 1.5 point lead after the Nordic classical races and then pulled away after three Buffs finished in the top eight in the men’s slalom. The Buffs won with 865.5 points, with Utah grabbing runner-up honors with 790; the Utes were gunning for its first RMISA title since 2003. New Mexico (777.5), Denver (759) and Alaska-Anchorage (747) rounded out the top five in the seven-team event. Colorado captured its 11th RMISA title under head coach Richard Rokos, the second straight and fourth in the last six years....

A deep *sigh* and a grin...what a day! Stella and I spent the day at home hibernating ! I haven't slept past 5:45 am for at least 5 weeks.....today I slept till 9!!!! Woo Hooo !!! Stella had a massive , wicked cold on Thursday (doc said it wasn't croup..whew) that spilled into today so we stayed home. We watched the snow fall all day long, while the fire cranked and kept the house toasty. The house got CLEANED, the laundry done, oh and there was a HUGE XBox Kinect show down. Tomorrow we'll try and venture out for a bit, hit the gym (steam room) but take it easy so we'll be ready for school on Monday! No snow yesterday and check out what we woke up to! Love Colorado!!! One of the many show-downs.... hang gliding!!! and, in between all the fun...naps and relaxing. What a day! Wish everyone much love, health and happiness!!!

I'm on the hunt for a new sofa and love seat for the living room. I got out and started searching with a good friend (he needed some new stuff too, and had WAY more sucess then me) the other day and didn't come up with anything! I figured when I see the right one, I'll just know! I still don't know what color I want in there, or even the style or fabric. Oy ...I have a feeling this might be a bit of a process. The one thing I do know (or so i think) is that I want a sectional. I have micro-fiber on the couches that I have now, but i don't think that's the direction I want to go in this time around. Who knows?!? Much Wednesday Love!!!

I can't tell you how nice it is not having to lug my laptop back and forth to work and all over the place. I can't say enough great things about my ipad !!! Of course Stella has downloaded a slew of apps for herself and it's made road trips pretty darn fun. Here are a few of our top apps that we've been playing with. Of course there are too many to name but we have tons of cooking apps, game apps, movies and other silly stuff. Some are fun, some are for work but non-the-less, the ipad ROCKS! If you can....GET ONE! Photogene rocks for photo editing, it's a toss up though, between this and photoshop for the ipad. Fruit Ninja! Zombie vs Plants! (Stella's Favorite) Star Walk! Ah- mazing app! Informant keeps my life (somewhat) organized. Flipbook , hands down takes the lead in media landscape and outlook for newspapers. Stones....one of my new favorite apps! Stella loves the djay app! If you get a chance check it out.... hours of fun to be had! Hope everyone ...

I need a full day of the hot sunshine on my face. I love Colorado for the weather variety that we have but, a few days ago we had a 70 degree day and it made me miss the long hot summer days. Then I think to myself that the grass is always greener, because i guarantee you, that if it was a long hot summer day today I'd be asking for snow..... hmmmm maybe a few days in Mexico or some hot beach would be nice! Yes?!? I stumbled upon this picture today while cleaning out my inbox and maybe this is what made me long for a hot summer day. Stella's sun kissed skin! Yum! Much Friday Love....

Great article in the post today! Check it out ... http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_17408263 Much Thursday Love...

What a weekend of skiing! The winds were whipping at Eldora this morning, we got there and none of the lifts were running, except for the training hill and the bunny hill. Stella threw on her stuff and hopped in the training course with the big boys. She had a pretty hard dive at the bottom and took a few people out but everyone walked away. Whew. It's always a heart sinking feeling watching her take major spills. I was standing on the side of the hill when it happen with Matt (the program director, and friend) so I booked it down to the bottom to find out all was okay! Talk about heart stopping!!! Taking a break and a picture after "the spill"!!! As long as she's still smiling, all is good in the world! Much Love!

The day has FINALLY come!!!! Dr. Deda Rokos is back for a few days and it's time to take of this stanky , icky cast! I can't tell you how excited Stella is!!! We can finally get rid of all the cast wrappes...as fun as they were! The final moment! Dr. Deda Rokos operating! :) The first moment of freedon! Sweet freedom!! One happy girl! Even teddy got in on the action! Hope everyone had a wonderful, (warm Colorado) weekend! Much LOVE!

It's a really fun, silly little holiday and a chance (or excuse, even though normally i don't need one) to buy a something little extra special for the people I LOVE! Pretty in pink! What a Valentines day without flowers?!? A new bird house for mom and dad! How great and happy is this piece ?!? Mama bought it for me for Valentine's Day, I had a little hand in choosing it but non-the-less it was still a surprise ! Much Valentines Day Love!

The weather is above 20 degrees so we are BBQing ! We try to have a company BBQ every Friday but with weather the last few weeks it's been a bit tough. So here we are. A beautiful Colorado, Friday, the weather is beautiful and there is skiing in my very (very) near future! Blessed! Much Friday LOVE!!!!

Another spectacular weekend has come and gone...bliss! Two days of big snow skiing, a clean house, all the laundry done, oh and did I mention the skiing!?! hehe Here are the tid bits.....I've been meaning to write about this little red book for quite some time. What it contains is very special and who I got it from is even more special. It just represents how blessed I am to have the people I have in my life. Cryptic enough?!? Ha Another tid bit....I did some reorganizing of my house this weekend and ended up with an empty wall. What use to be here found a better place in the house and now I'm left with finding another really great piece to occupy this space. Until then it's going to remain empty! And, it always comes back to the skiing.... in the trees, knee deep, and happy! Stella and her two favorite coaches. Nate and Elizabeth! Oddly enough, I use to coach Nate when he was a J2 and J1. I was standing on the side of the hill the other day on coaches knoll watching ...

We were driving home the other day and snapped this shot from my cell, how blessed are we to be in such a beautiful spot ! Boulder at its finest! Stella and I on a really cold snow day at Eldora ! Excited about our future, but extremely grateful for the happiness and the opportunities we have RIGHT NOW! Much Love

....make skiing just that much BETTER!!! Just sayin ! Much LOVE!