Linda Rokos Watts

1.  Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2.  When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 3.  Follow the three Rs:      - Respect for self      - Respect for others      - Responsibility for all your actions. 4.  Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. 5.  Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. 6.  Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship. 7.  When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. 8.  Spend some time alone every day. 9.  Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values. 10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time. 12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. 13. I...

With Friday just a few hours away, I am already counting the hours till the weekend starts. This week has flown by..... We had our first big snow of the season (woo hoo), some really cold weather (-20 this morning), training, school, races, lots of work, and more importantly some play time too.  I finally finished the tree this week, I tried to keep it simple this year, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.   :)  The tree, the pirate frog, the traditional Czech straw ordainments and our happy little owl.  Some of my other favorite ones. Stella and her BFF Noelle decided to make gingerbread houses yesterday and I don't know how we got from the nice, neat box to frosting EVERYWHERE but there sure were a LOT of giggles in between.  Hope y'all had a fabulous week.  Happy Friday (tomorrow)  Love and Gratitude! 

Every year over the Thanksgiving Break I alway try and get the tree up and decorated. This year was no different except for one or two minor hiccups. I had to wrangle the 8 1/2 foot tree into place and in doing so broke the stand which ended up being a really great thing. I stopped at Walmart and didn't have any luck finding what I wanted, I drove another 10 miles down the road to Lowe's and found this gem below. A rotating tree stand. Best invention EVER. It made stringing light so easy.  Love this thing......I bit pricy (for a tree stand) but soooooooo worth it.   I kept it simple this year.  Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving week. We spent our last day of break today in Beaver Creek watching the women's World Cup GS. It was amazing and Mikaela Shiffrin came in second. Lots of pictures to post from that but I'll save that for another day.  Sending out lots of love and gratitude!