Five Guys for dinner!

Frozen paw print on the back deck.

Ollie cuddles a pillow.

Ben's check engine light came on, so we switched cars for a few days because I have the short commute. I called campus safety to let them know that I'd have a car without a sticker there for the week, but in order to do so, I needed the plate number. So here's the picture I took so that I knew the # (except I blurred it out for the internet).

My peeps/pups -- Also, cones of shame look funny in pictures.

So, a month ago or so, Ben came home from a bike ride and then answered the door in his spandex to see some girl scouts. He felt that because we were new to the neighborhood and because he looked weird, he should order some cookies. They magically arrived one day when I came home at lunch time to walk Ollie, and we happily spent the week or so eating them. Today, we went skiing and brought the last of the girl scout cookies with us (half happy to get them out of the house and half sad they'd be gone). Little did we know, there'd be more for sale in the ski lodge (we didn't buy them, though...).

I think I was trying to get a shot of Ollie doing something awesome, but somehow this is all I got.

Came home from Banff with these! Free (good) coffee!

Walking from the parking lot to the climbing gym, we came across this random piece of bread on the sidewalk. 

Hamilton College - the next generation (These babies are -2 months, 2 months, 6 months, and 10 months old.) at the Febfest chili cook-off.

One of my valentines

These boys do the best cuddling.

Internship lunch success!

Fridge finally broke forever. Contents in garage. New one to arrive at the end of the week.

Giraffe friend!

Family cuddle in the kitchen (I think Ben must be sitting on a stool while Ollie and I are standing.)

Too cold to not be grumpy.

Comfy boys.

Ollie standing upright to stalk this bush. I should have known this would happen, but later this week, I was home at lunch time talking to my third customer service rep in order to pay my mortgage and looked out the window to see Ollie laying calmly in the middle of the yard chewing on a bird... blech.

Took this picture to remind S that she had left this bottle top here from H's superbowl dinner.

Just your average superbowl party?

Decided not to do any physical outdoor activity and go to to the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Here's a picture of the ice castle being built. Since it had just rained that week, they were reconstructing parts of it for the big lighting that evening. The best part was watching them literally take the ice out of the water, where bricks of it had been cut and queued up, and then seeing it go almost directly onto the castle... Other highlight of the day - recent alum competing in the fry pan toss. What a weird and quaint day.

Arrived for Winter Extravaganza. Cross country skied superbriefly and then cooked three cheese ziti with eggplant, zucchini, and chicken (plus veggie versions and gluten free versions) for 50.