I made it back from the high peaks of Mammoth Lakes. I had so much fun. We took the dog and visited family and friends. The snow had just been melting away for the last few weeks and it was so green. We hiked and played horseshoes and drank beer. We walked through the meadow and around Convict Lake. We saved the biggest hike for the last day. We went up the mountain to Sherwood Lakes. There are usually 2 lakes but with all the California snow the lakes overfilled and became one giant lake. The dogs jumped in the cold water and swam around while we cozied up on a big rock and basked in the sun. We then hiked back down the 2 1/2 mile trek and drove home for about 5 hours. The drive was fun too. We stopped for pizza in Lone Pine and I got to see where Ryan hiked last year. He went up Mt. Whitney which is the hightest peak in the continental US. We got back on the road and just at sunset we were in the middle of the desert and Ryan decided to stop and hit a few golfballs into the sun as it hid behind the hills. It was a perfect ending to a perfect trip.

I got back on Monday night from wine tasting in Santa Barbara County. We stayed at the Ballard Inn on Sunday and hit as many wineries as humanly possible in one day. Luckily I had already seen the movie “Sideways” because everywhere we went had something to do with that movie. Needless to say I tasted or gulped so much wine down that I was sideways by that evening!

I am really excited about this weekend now. On Sunday I am filming the promo for a DVD I am making with Sandee Westgate for Danni.com. I get to play the bad girl, my favorite role. I don’t get to or want to be mean in real life so bitchy characters are the most fun to play. I promise to tell you all the juicy details on Sunday night 🙂

Also, I have had a few complaints about solicitating e-mails. Just to let you know, I never sell any of my client lists or my e-mail subcribers. I have my own software that resides on my own server. I would never do that to the ones I love.

Well, back to my hangover recovery so that I can be fresh for Sunday. Wish me luck.

What a weekend! And so far this week is just as fabulous. I just got home from being up in the mountains. We left on Saturday to go to Arrowhead Lake and stayed until this morning. We went out to dinner at the cutest restaurant and had a very romantic dinner at a place called “The Nest”. I got so many presents, way more than I deserved and I had so much fun walking my dog and enjoying the great outdoors. I went iceskating and even rode an innertube down a big icy hill. No snowboarding for me on this trip. Like I said before, I bruise easily and I have lots of photo shoots to do in the next few weeks. I fell while iceskating so I am crossing my fingers and hoping the bruise on my ass goes away soon! There wasn’t very much snow since the rain had pretty much washed it all away but the lake was breathtaking and the air was so clean. I must say, it’s good to be Kelly Madison. Taking a few days off and being able to share all the photos with my members is something that I will never take for granted. I am truly blessed.