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today, james and i ventured up to mt. rose for a little snowboarding. we went by ourselves so that i could have his full attention like a private lesson i guess. :]
[i only lasted two runs though, so he was left alone for the rest of the day. ha.]
i had a lot of fun, but i got beat up pretty badly. i can already feel a bruise in a certain spot every time i sit down. ha.
james said we could do the run called "around the world" and i was so excited! that was my favorite adventure as a kid.
i noticed that i was feeling a little more comfortable and in control of my board, which is nice. i still have a ways to go though. my board doesn't get away from me as much as it did last year, so i fall less, but i still took a few decent spills. [namely when i accidentally when into the mogul section. ha.] i have the "falling leaf" technique down, so i can definitely get down a mountain without falling, but i need to be able to actually ride down. :]

in other news, i started constructing my birthday countdown album. i'm pretty happy with it so far. full of hambly goodness. i wish i had a few more pieces of certain patterns in my colors of choice, but i don't have time to wait for an online order, so i'm making the best of what i have. tomorrow, i hope to go out to the summit to pick up some envelopes at paper moon. i do need to order the album online i think, but i can start without that. we were supposed to get the albums at the store, but it doesn't seem like we actually will. :/

yesterday i worked on a valentines mini, and last night i actually made two layouts. i was just playing around, but it felt really nice to have some pages to put in the album again. it's been a long time since i've added to it!

so yeah. lots of playing around these past few days. it makes me so happy. hopefully i will finish a couple minis soon so that i can share. :]