We get winter storms all the time and there isn’t anything about this storm that makes it colder than usual outside, but inside the temperature is dropping quickly.  But our heater went out this morning, making it considerably colder on the inside.  There’s a lose wire that turns the gas on and off into the house that keeps shorting out.  So basically we have no hot water either.

Here’s what it is looking like outside right now.  The snow isn’t really that deep.  I live now in a part of the city that doesn’t get much snow.  Growing up we’d end up with 18 inches overnight, and probably averaged eight inches a storm.

It is supposed to keep snowing for quite some time.  I’ll take another photo later.

I haven’t done my holiday baking yet so it looks like today would be a great day to do it.  The heat from the oven will help heat the upstairs.

What I’d really like to do is snuggle up in front of a fireplace with a good book, a thick quilt, and a cup of hot cocoa. But I’ve just got to much to do. Oh, and I don’t have a fireplace. It snowed like this during our recent stay at Snowbird and we sat in the outdoor hot-tub during the storm.  But I have no hot-tub today either.

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One thing I like about the Nintendo Wii is how it gets people up off the couch and moving.  Well http://www.wiifitmommiits.com is hosting a Twitter Wii Fitness party for moms tonight, December 10th, and I’ve decided to attend.  (You may want to as well for a chance to win a Nintendo Wii).

The party begins at 8 pm Eastern (5 Pacific/6 Mountain) and will last 2 hours.

There’s going to be loads of giveaways including a GRAND PRIZE of both a Wii and a Wii Fit donated by the generous folks at Nintendo that I’ll list in a second but first I’d like to post the details of the party.

To learn more go here:  http://wiifit.coolmomguide.com/fitness-friday/

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We just returned from spending a week at the Cliff Lodge at the Snowbird ski resort in Utah.  I spent the week watching movies, and playing games with the kids, and taking yoga and fitness classes, working out in the weight room, sitting in the hot tub, the dry sauna, or the steam room at the Cliff Spa.

We had a three bedroom condo.  Each room had their own balcony.  The middle balcony had a private hot-tub.  Photos we shot from the balcony on different days.

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This was one of the breathtaking views from the Body-Mind-Spirt studio at the Cliff Club and Spa.  The studio is managed by Bonnie O’Neal and she does a fantastic job.  This is where we took the yoga and fitness classes.  There is something really special about doing yoga here.

The view from the weight room.  This is what I looked at as I used the treadmill.

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