Cabin Fever Cure

I had the whole week off from work and was really looking forward to some skiing and hopefully some nearby tours. But no...it rained the whole week. We went skiing most days anyway. We skied in everything from mist to torrential downpours. It was miserable.

So I adapted. I read for hours on end in my favorite chair, with my coffee/tea in hand. I did sewing projects. I organized cupboards. My vacation was SUPER relaxing but, I was itching to get outside in something other than rain.

On the eve of New Year's Eve, we got fresh snow!!! And then, as if that weren't amazing enough, the clouds cleared and we had a partially sunny day. What?!? This is Western Washington, not Colorado. Fresh snow and sun?!?

So, we headed off to tour Kendall Peak...

B on the summit

Mt. Rainier

B, making some turns; 

although there were a couple large parties up there, 

we had the whole bowl to ourselves as they were taking turns in the trees.

Heather skiing Kendall Trees

While we were out skiing, Brandon mentioned we needed to be back from our tour by a certain time b/c he thought we needed to spend New Year's Eve in the city, being social and doing something fun. I didn't want to be rude but I was thinking I really don't mind our usual stay-at-home New Year's Eve. But he kept insisting that we should do something so I went with it.

He suggested that we could drive into Seattle for dinner and then go dancing. I was not super excited but, again, I went with it. After dinner, we started walking towards the Neptune Theatre and I glanced up to see the marquis, 'Brandi Carlile' (in concert). And then I understood what this whole 'going out' thing was all about.

My sweet husband knew I wanted to go to this concert but had decided not to spend the money, and so, he bought us tickets and surprised me with them. I am a huge Brandi Carlile fan and have seen her in concert several times before. This was, by far, THE best concert I have ever been to, of any artist, any venue. They made it more of a 'party' event so the crowd was totally into it and the band just had a ton of fun. They played for 3 hours, while the crowd hollered and sang along. And just before midnight, the staff of the Neptune handed out champagne so we rang in 2012 in style. I toasted my husband and gave him a nice kiss... :)

Happy 2012 to all our friends and family! Cheers!