Happy MLK Day!

Happy MLK Day! For most of you it's Martin Luther King Jr Day, but in our family it's also Mary Lorraine Kalinowski Day! Laughing! You see, Mary is Dave's mom and yesterday was her birthday. We celebrated on Saturday night at Shadow Brook Restaurant in Capitola with family and friends. It was lovely. Take a look here, it really is a special place!


The weekend was full of love! We spent a night with David and Lisa in Alameda - our home away from home. Do you have a friend that truly makes you feel that welcome in their home? I'm incredibly lucky, because I have several friends who make me feel that way! We spent a little time with Al and Linda and to top off our bay area visit, we had lunch with David, Alice and Kayla.


Today we are heading up the hill to put Mason in his second of three snowboarding lessons. Dave and I will ski and I've got plans to share all the details of Boreal's programs for learning to ski/board. With that, I'm off and running. I will post pictures from the weekend and today tomorrow. Happy MLK Day!

A Birthday Party And A Storm!

It's been that kind of a weekend. Mason's birthday party was on Saturday and the plan was to cook up some hot dogs in the backyard, let the kids play, and then eat cake. It was fast becoming clear that even if the rain didn't get here early (which it did), it was going to be too cold to hang out in the backyard. Call me crazy, but I didn't feel like whipping the house into shape for 26+ guests to move the party inside. We went to Old Town Pizza and had a ball. The rain meant some of our "No" RSVP's turned to "Yes" so that made for a the-more-the-merrier scenario. All I could think the whole time was, WOW! Look how many friends we have! After pizza we went to the high school where the students put on a haunted house. Certainly not a Hollywood production, but the kids thought it was fun!

Sunday was heavenly! We slept in, stoked the fire, had pancakes for breakfast, played Monopoly and basically just enjoyed the storm. It poured here, something like 3 inches of rain and snow was expected last night at the higher elevations. We did venture out to sit in the hot tub and it was raining so hard, we put one of our patio umbrellas smack dab in the middle of the tub! It made the soak so much more enjoyable. I bet that was pretty funny to see, neither of us wanted to get out and get the camera so you will just have to use your imagination!

With that, use your imagination a lot this week. Imagine what you want your life to be. Imagine one little thing you can do today to make that happen. Imagine you are wildly successful. I will imagine you are taking that action because to me, you can make it happen, all you have to do, is do!