Our Third Year

The obligatory weekend post is here, and 

if anyone had as good of a weekend as this girl, I'd be suprprised.

I mean just look at that smile, if you've already seen this already, I'm not sorry.

Something about labs Zoey, and water, and the mountains.

And if you don't remember this weekend we went to a Brew Fest.

As much as I would love to tell you that took tons of pictures, I didn't.

Something about all you can drink beer...

This picture was snapped early on, I wanted to be sure we at least one good one.

This is our third year attending this exact Brew Fest as a couple, 

which to me means a lot of things to me.

It means we've grown together as individuals, and as a couple.

It means I've actually tricked someone into loving me (gottcha!!!) 

It means there have probably been a few fights, disagreements, and frustrations with one another. 

It means we've almost had our little Zoey girl for a year (we got her two days after last year's Brew Fest)

It means we have learned MUCH more about each other, and still have more to learn.

It means I've been your roommate for almost a year and half (jeez time flies).

It means we have many more memories under our belts, and millions more to make together.

It means we're still having fun with one another, and I couldn't ask for more.

It means we've helped make each other a better people for over two years, 

and I just absolutely love that feeling.

Hope you all had a great weekend!!!

My Online Dating Profile

I always worried about finding love, like always.

Being single through all four college years was pretty much unheard of in my family, but whatever. 

I wasn't about to waste my parents time introducing them to guys that I knew wouldn't be around for a while, so I didn't.  But the real reason is single college life is the BEST  I couldn't trick someone into dating me  college single life is the BEST.

 To meet new people post college (girls and guys) I involved myself in new activities, I tried joining a social sports league, went out with co-workers, and reconnected with people I wasn't so close with through my college life that were still in the area.

And then just like that I got lucky, and met this guy. (read the full story here).

So I never got to try online dating, but I think it would a blast!!!

Sorting through all those people you don't want to wast your time with, laughing at their selfies and descriptions, and getting free meals (I wouldn't stand for going dutch, if a guy wanted to go dutch, I would probably stand up and leave at that moment).

But IF I had had the opportunity to online date, my online dating profile might have sounded (and looked) something like this.

ABOUT ME: I am a fun loving girl who enjoys living life to the fullest. 

BODY TYPE: Fit/Athletic

HEIGHT: 5'8''+

 ETHNICITY: White/Caucasian

INTERESTS: In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my friends, trying new things, traveling, and baking.  I am an avid mountain goer, and enjoy the lake in the summer and skiing in the winter.  To relax I read and watch TV.

ACTIVITIES: I really enjoy running, skiing, and biking.  I also enjoy traveling and plan to have seen as much of the world as I can before I am gone.  I seek new adventures, am rarely opposed to going someplace/trying something new.

 FAVORITE MOVIES:My favorite movies are Top Gun, Father of the Bride, any 007 Bond film, and
FAVORITE MUSIC: I am a sucker for country and today's hits, but love me some good classics and oldies as well.

And I would for sure get tons of hits if these were my profile pictures.

1. Shows I am fun, and wear short dresses (on occasion)

2. Yup, I am outdoorsy (every guy has to like that)

3. I have energy (I get active)

4. What guy can resist puppies??

5. I am worldly

6. I can actually put myself together and look half decent.

SEEKING: Male ages 25-30 who enjoys life to the fullest and isn't opposed to trying new things.

Have you ever online dated.
Any good stories??

P.S.

Where do you put that you are a blogger?
Would that freak the guy out?
Maybe he'd think he'd end up all over you blog, just like every ex of Taylor Swifts ends up in a song.

You Will Forever by my Always

When I saw this on pinterest, I immediatley loved what it was saying.

I'm totally a sucker for those tacky quotes, lovey dovey things, and 'live, laugh, love' sayings.

Luckily I have more tact than to have those hung up all over the house (which is more than I could say when I was in college, searching for love).

These words however, just called to me, when I saw them.

They were different.

When I find myself telling my boyfriend I love him, just to hear him say it back.

(Yes, I am guilty of this...as most girls are...)

I realize this is one of the many things I hear when he says, "I love you."

Because this is one of the meanings, "I love you" has to me.

There are about a million other things that those three words convey when I hear them,
and a million more things those words mean to me when I say the, but 
these were just the ones I wanted to share with you today.

Happy Valentines Day!

P.S. I love you babe.

Ski Local: Tradition

It's kind of hard to pin point exactly when it happened,

falling in love for the first time is overwhelming.

 But I think I was six, when it happened.

How could a kid not like being dragged to the snow, and forced down a ski slope.

Okay, so I wasn't forced, my Dad taught me, patiently helping me pizza my way down the hill.

Why my family decided to teach me to do one of the most expensive recreational sports, I'm not sure.

But I thank them every day for making skiing an activity that my family loves.

 Yup that's my Dad, right there. 

Isn't he adorable??

I hope I have that much passion and energy when I'm his age.

And it's been something my entire family has enjoyed doing together for the past twenty years!

It does help that I grew up two hours away from some of the best skiing in the country.

#lovecalifornia

But it's not so much the activity that I enjoy, okay well that's a lie.

But what I really love about skiing, is the peace of mind that it brings me.

When I am skiing there is nothing else in the world that matters, any stress, thought, 

or anything else happening in my life disappears. It's almost like magic.

And that is what inspired the name of my little blog.

 Stay Blonde, Ski Local.

Two things I believe in whole heartedly.

Two things that have strong meaning to me, and represent parts of who I am.

 Anyways, Saturday was my first day on the slopes, my first day of the season;

It was a brilliant one at that.  Blue skies, and perfect cruiser slopes, 

and Mom and Dad skiing with me.

What is it that brings you complete peace of mind?

When does your world disappear?