Linda Rokos Watts

I seriously had the most lovely day today. I got Stella and Troy off to training this morning and then sat in peace, had a cup of coffee, watched the morning news and caught up on some emails. At about 10 I moseyed out of the house for a 10:30 massage. It was AMAZING. Stopped by the boutique to check in and to drop off a few things, then the grocery store, an hour and 1/2 hike with Gus (it was 50 degrees and beautiful), an hour at the office, then dinner cooking time. I kept it simple tonight and made some chicken, broccoli and coucous.  I found a recipe online that I've wanted to try so after dinner was prepped I went for it!  Probably the simplest, yummiest, healthy soups I'm made in a while. Organic butternut squash soup. It only takes 5 ingredients, butternut, onion, fresh ginger, garlic, and chicken stock.  Started off by chopping up 1/2 a white onion, about a fingers length of ginger and a clove of garlic.  I sautéed the onions for a bit and the...

Overpalyed at this point but Stella and I LOVE this song..... Love is the prize!  Love and Gratidute

Essential "mama" ski gear.  With the ski season ahead of us I've been preparing. Here are a few of of the mix and match options I have so far. We spend so much time on snow it's hard to not have several options. Plus there is always last years gear to add to the mix!  I have a bit of an obsession with hats. It could be worse.......at least it's not an obsession with jewelry! I count my husband lucky! Hehe! The Volcom Logic Pant. It's my lighter weight option. Just a shell, super comfy and I love the color.  LOVE Skea.  If you're in need of some awesome ski gear, check out  Skea . Diane the owner is absolutely lovely, it's a local Vail, CO company, it's warm, it's functional, it looks fabulous....need I go on!  :)  I gave Stella my last years Skea that she was trying to steal all last season, needless to say she's a happy camper!  Yup, another hat! Maybe one day I'll do just a hat blog. Literally there are to...