IU Girls Weekend in Bloomington

As tradition would have it, some of my IU girlfriends and I were able to reunite. This year, sans kids and husbands for a girls weekend in our old stomping grounds! We tried to re-do it, college style. We mixed cocktails in the back of my car and put them in Red Solo cups and we took in a rainy game. And the Hoosiers knocked off Penn State for the first time in history.

Hoosiers: 42, Nitany Lions: 24

Thankful to see my little sissy at her sorority house!

After touring Emma's sorority house, we went out, to take on Bloomington! We enjoyed a fantastic meal at Uptown Cafe. We chatted, we were served upscale drinks, we had a grand time. And during this time we soon came to realize we were 35 years old and getting beer sloshed on us, stepping on a sticky floor, yelling over loud music and drinking cheap drinks somewhere lost its appeal. So we stayed put and had more $10 martinis and enjoyed each others company. Why? Because we could.

"Sex And The City" as deemed by our favorite Uptown bartender, Logan

And to end the weekend on an upscale note, we bypassed Denny's and had a fantastic breakfast at FARM Bloomington.

Breakfast at FARM Bloomington

Park City, Utah!

Tire Rack recently became a sponsor of the USSA and we were offered a chance at a VIP trip for two to Park City, Utah for 3 nights. Included was lodging, lift tickets, meals, ski rentals, happy hour, and VIP access to the events. After Matt said he didn't care too much about going, I called Sven. He was in. I put my name in and won! Sven bought our plane tickets with his mileage and we had the most amazing free vacation!

As we checked in and received our VIP package (Burton ski jacket, backpack, hat, shirt, pins, knitting kits, wool socks, snacks, etc) we were invited to tour the course in the morning. Not wanting to be a bad representative of Tire Rack, we accepted. Then we took off for our first 1/2 day of skiing.

 We reported at 9am for the dreaded course tour. OMG! The tour was amazing. We skied to the starting gates then skied down the course (at a very controlled speed). We checked the the audio/video booth, viewed the jumps and turns close up, and left with a true appreciation for the skiers and snowboarders who race down it at 45 mph.

The rest of our vacation went a little like this: ski, VIP lunch, watch ski event, ski, happy hour, sleep, ski, VIP lunch, watch snowboard event, ski, happy hour, sleep, home.

 

 I LOVED my welcome home sign so much, I left it up for weeks!

Addicted to Instagram!

My Nikon used to be my buddy, my pal, my friend who was never left behind. Now I sit down to download the pictures from it and find I did not take a single picture in January. That is just not like me. But fortunately I have many digitized memories from the month. But they are via my new loves. My iPhone and Instagram. Here are some of my favorites from weeks past...

 

 

Not Instagram but the cool panoramic feature on the iPhone