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What happens when you combine a luxury cabin, 20 people, snow and lots of booze?  The First Annual Winter Snow Break in Wisconsin!

Thanks to our friend, Beth, who must have been a travel agent in another life, we had a sweet posh cabin in the middle of Nowhere, Wisconsin.  Besides the lack of cell signal, the location was GREAT!  We were loud and crazy every night and nobody called the cops…excellent!

The group was quite a mish-mash of people…some of our close friends along with a lot of Mike and Beth’s co-workers from Chicago.  Even though we didn’t all know each other, a few beers took care of the inhibitions, and some serious partying ensued.

Some people chose to ski or play in the snow.  I, however, spent my time lounging around this incredible cabin, drinking and taking looooooong showers in the fabulous steam shower.

Even though I really hate winter, I have to say that the fireplaces and alcohol kept me warm, and I would totally do this again next year…what a blast!

So, I recently had a very intersting and wonderful experience throwing a baby shower for my sister-in-law, Lisa.  I have never planned a baby shower before, nor have I ever ATTENDED a baby shower, so I knew that I was in for a lot of researching and hard work.

First of all, do you realize how many baby websites there are out there?  I had no idea how many baby names, baby games and baby tips you could find on the internet.  It was all a bit overwhelming for me, especially because it seems like everything for baby showers is so TACKY.

Luckily, my sister-in-law, Amy, is a great cook, so I knew the food would be taken care of…and it was.  Beautiful quiches and fruit salad accompanied by to-die-for caramel muffins made by my mother-in-law, Carol, and of course BETTY CAKE!

Overall, the shower was a huge success…everyone had a great time, and John and Lisa went home with a ton of great loot!  It was a fun experience, but needless to say, I’m baby-ed out for a while.

So, everyone’s got to have a New Year’s resolution, right?  The past few years I haven’t made any resolutions because then it is much easier to not break them.  This year is different and I’m going to try my best to stick to one…

I’m going to take at least one picture each and every day.  I’m going to use the blog to post the photos and share them with everyone… now don’t jump on my case if I don’t post them every day but I’ll do my best to post them at least a couple times a week so that I don’t get too backlogged.

 So with any good resolution there must be a beginning… Our dog, Abbey, loves to lay on pillows and blankets (better yet, a blanket on top of a pillow).  Audrey got up from the couch today and when she returned she found Abbey firmly planted in the middle of her pillow.

 Happy New Year’s to everyone!

To ring in the new year we spent some quality time with our friends Ashley Arthur and David Butz at the Butz residence (it has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?).  It was a good time for all and everyone went home safely after watching the ball drop either by taxi or designated driver and that’s a great, safe way to start the new year!

More photos are available by clicking here.

Happy New Year 2008… Best wishes from both of us that your upcoming year is filled with happiness, love, and good fortune.