Get your fingers warmed up and start a-crossin' and get your knees prepared for some serious praying... we need all the help we can get.:)
But seriously. i feel a lot more relaxed than last month and that's a big change.. I mean by this time last month, i was a wreck, had three pimples and about 8 pounds more.. weird what a few weeks can do, maybe it was the pool... I don't know, but i feel a ton better.. And i am very excited for the weekend so maybe that is the difference.
But this weekend is nothing but PANIC all the time. We were talking to a friend the other day at the party we went to on Friday and she was saying that her youngest (3 months old) was born to Panic and we were saying that maybe we can conceive to Panic.. we'll see...
After mowing both the front and back yards yesterday i promptly fell in the pool, clothes and all, and laid on my float for about 20 minutes.. I MISSED FLOATING!!!! so exciting.
I am trying to figure out what i want to do while jeff is in Michigan next weekend.. I am thinking of climbing to the top of a 14er... i am thinking Mount Evans because it is close, but it might be crowded, so i might want to drive a little farther and go to another 14er a little less crowded..
(14er= slang for a mountain that is over 14,000 feet)
That's about it... check out my new public blog Barefooting in the 303...
http://barefootstuff.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Weekend Update...
With your friend Garry Gnue..
So this weekend was great.. I say that because as you mostly remember, i was pretty stressed out last month and to be honest, I stopped dreaming.. Isn't that strange.. but i was having trouble sleeping and so I had tried some sleep agents to help me stay in bed all night and not be a grumpy mess the next day (but always seemed to be grumpy anyway. But they tend to put you asleep but not really a restful sleep. So anyway, it took me a few nights to get used to sleeping without the aid, and now i am getting better, more restful sleep and actually wake up feeling more refreshed than when I took a sleep aid.. But i have been dreaming again, with means, I think, that my brain can file everything it needs to file to make the next day less stressful and so on, until you can have some relaxing time and no stress. Well I am sleeping and dreaming and everything.. and in return feeling much better...
So, Friday night we went to a friend's place to get plans for panic this weekend set in stone and know that everyone has their time and places to be.. very good.. and catch up with all these folks that popped out kids over the last 12 months.. crazy how many little children were at this party... I guess we will be the next to add.. Seems everyone has one at least and some are already working on number two.. Yeah, sticking with the one kid plan for now..
So, that was scary. seeing all these people that have gone into baby-land and have yet to return.. scary.. hope i can be different, but i am sure i wont be.. And even being with these people who we would consider friends, we still feel good about moving away and not feeling that we would be missing much.. I mean, I think we would still try to come back for Panic every so often, so we would see these people about as much as we do now, just have more interesting things to talk about besides, yeah, still working and living in the same place, doing mostly nothing, and still not calling these people, so what are we loosing??
Anyway, then was came home. Saturday we hung out and chilled for most of the day.. And jeff has been stressed at work lately, so it was good for both of us to not do much and decompress. WE did some running around and getting some errands done, then back home.. I spread out my new pool and started getting it together, but I didn't get the chemicals i needed so we had to wait for Sunday to put the whole thing together.. So Saturday, we watched some TV, had an early dinner and some Saturday Night Live (BARFFF) and to bed we go...
Then Sunday I awoke and checked my pool everything still looked good, so we proceeded with filling it and getting the pump on and connected.. So, I have to say that every step of this process, I have had my doubts. I mean i got the thing because it was on deep sale.. It was on sale for $49.99, then with a $20.00 rebate (that is in the mail as we speak- I would guess with my stimulus check) so, that made it easier to buy. But then i was skeptical about the chemicals when Whitney told me i would have to add them.. But i got those and they seem easy enough.. Then Jeff plugged in the filter when the pool wasn't full yet and it was SOOOO LOUD, that i was afraid after we got it up and running that we wouldn't want to use the filter because it was so loud. But we plugged it in when it was full and the thing is almost silent. So i was relieved about that too.. Then it was really cold, but this morning, it seemed a lot better.. So, slowly but surely i am getting into the pool thing.. It will be very refreshing this afternoon when i am through mowing the lawn.
Oh then yesterday afternoon, I went to wallgreens and saw a "deluxe lounge" float that was on sale. I got that, then on the way home i saw that the float itself has a $5.00 rebate also.. So, the raft was $9.00 and now a $5.00r rebate, that deluxe lounger is the deal of the century, as jeff put it!!!
So, with sleeping well, dreaming again and knowing that i have a cool summertime hangout, I am psyched.. Now i just need to get a TV stand (summer baseball watching) and a cooler for my beer and I am set!!! Now you know that if i don't answer the phone, it's because I am in the pool and can not be disturbed..
Oh, and don't worry, I will have jeff take some photos for you..
So this weekend was great.. I say that because as you mostly remember, i was pretty stressed out last month and to be honest, I stopped dreaming.. Isn't that strange.. but i was having trouble sleeping and so I had tried some sleep agents to help me stay in bed all night and not be a grumpy mess the next day (but always seemed to be grumpy anyway. But they tend to put you asleep but not really a restful sleep. So anyway, it took me a few nights to get used to sleeping without the aid, and now i am getting better, more restful sleep and actually wake up feeling more refreshed than when I took a sleep aid.. But i have been dreaming again, with means, I think, that my brain can file everything it needs to file to make the next day less stressful and so on, until you can have some relaxing time and no stress. Well I am sleeping and dreaming and everything.. and in return feeling much better...
So, Friday night we went to a friend's place to get plans for panic this weekend set in stone and know that everyone has their time and places to be.. very good.. and catch up with all these folks that popped out kids over the last 12 months.. crazy how many little children were at this party... I guess we will be the next to add.. Seems everyone has one at least and some are already working on number two.. Yeah, sticking with the one kid plan for now..
So, that was scary. seeing all these people that have gone into baby-land and have yet to return.. scary.. hope i can be different, but i am sure i wont be.. And even being with these people who we would consider friends, we still feel good about moving away and not feeling that we would be missing much.. I mean, I think we would still try to come back for Panic every so often, so we would see these people about as much as we do now, just have more interesting things to talk about besides, yeah, still working and living in the same place, doing mostly nothing, and still not calling these people, so what are we loosing??
Anyway, then was came home. Saturday we hung out and chilled for most of the day.. And jeff has been stressed at work lately, so it was good for both of us to not do much and decompress. WE did some running around and getting some errands done, then back home.. I spread out my new pool and started getting it together, but I didn't get the chemicals i needed so we had to wait for Sunday to put the whole thing together.. So Saturday, we watched some TV, had an early dinner and some Saturday Night Live (BARFFF) and to bed we go...
Then Sunday I awoke and checked my pool everything still looked good, so we proceeded with filling it and getting the pump on and connected.. So, I have to say that every step of this process, I have had my doubts. I mean i got the thing because it was on deep sale.. It was on sale for $49.99, then with a $20.00 rebate (that is in the mail as we speak- I would guess with my stimulus check) so, that made it easier to buy. But then i was skeptical about the chemicals when Whitney told me i would have to add them.. But i got those and they seem easy enough.. Then Jeff plugged in the filter when the pool wasn't full yet and it was SOOOO LOUD, that i was afraid after we got it up and running that we wouldn't want to use the filter because it was so loud. But we plugged it in when it was full and the thing is almost silent. So i was relieved about that too.. Then it was really cold, but this morning, it seemed a lot better.. So, slowly but surely i am getting into the pool thing.. It will be very refreshing this afternoon when i am through mowing the lawn.
Oh then yesterday afternoon, I went to wallgreens and saw a "deluxe lounge" float that was on sale. I got that, then on the way home i saw that the float itself has a $5.00 rebate also.. So, the raft was $9.00 and now a $5.00r rebate, that deluxe lounger is the deal of the century, as jeff put it!!!
So, with sleeping well, dreaming again and knowing that i have a cool summertime hangout, I am psyched.. Now i just need to get a TV stand (summer baseball watching) and a cooler for my beer and I am set!!! Now you know that if i don't answer the phone, it's because I am in the pool and can not be disturbed..
Oh, and don't worry, I will have jeff take some photos for you..
Friday, June 20, 2008
It's FRIDAY!!!!!
Don't you all love how i keep you on track to the days of the week.. I mean it's the least i can do for the elder population of my readers (and you know who you are... yup you!)
Anyway... i am really glad that the weekend is here. to be honest, the week wasn't as long as it could have been, but i still want a weekend. And tonight, we have a backyard party to go to, and that's always fun. Some friends that we see music with are having a get together to celebrate Summer (Which states promptly at 6:00pm tonight... well both the party and summer start at 6, but i was talking about the summer part.)
I even broke out of of my dresses today in celebration of summer.
SO, i have decided not to go to Michigan.. And you all are looking to each other saying, Michigan? why in the world was she going back to Michigan.. Well let me tell you, for music of course.. so, we are seeing five nights of panic coming up next weekend, (well friday- sunday and then tuesday and wednesday) then the band is playing a music festival in Michigan, which of course happens to be run by the management company that managed String Cheese. So they are local. Anyway. Jeff got a free pass and a photo pass for the festival so i was thinking about just hitching a ride with him and hitting the festival too.. If they would give me a ticket too.. but it seems they wont give an extra out, so i am going to stay home, (well come back to Denver after Kansas City shows) I think i am going to rent a car in KC and drive it back to the airport where i will park my car before going out of town.. Then jeff will head to Michigan and then down to his folks house for a day and to pick up some stuff, then head back home..
Well all of this means that i am going to be here and with a day off on independence day..After 10 hours of driving on Thursday back from KC, i am not sure i will be up for spending more on (who's a moron..sorry) anyway, don't want to pay for more gas, so i might just set up my new pool... grab some beers (if i can at that time) and relax with the dogs.. or just sleep on the sofa for three days straight..
So, just to keep you all in the loop, so to speak, i would start crossing things and opening that line of communication to the big cheese in the sky around this time next week... (maybe a few days earlier..)
That's about it, have a wonderful weekend and if things work out as planned, you are NOT going to want to miss the photos and hopefully some video i will be posting... believe me..!!!!
Anyway... i am really glad that the weekend is here. to be honest, the week wasn't as long as it could have been, but i still want a weekend. And tonight, we have a backyard party to go to, and that's always fun. Some friends that we see music with are having a get together to celebrate Summer (Which states promptly at 6:00pm tonight... well both the party and summer start at 6, but i was talking about the summer part.)
I even broke out of of my dresses today in celebration of summer.
SO, i have decided not to go to Michigan.. And you all are looking to each other saying, Michigan? why in the world was she going back to Michigan.. Well let me tell you, for music of course.. so, we are seeing five nights of panic coming up next weekend, (well friday- sunday and then tuesday and wednesday) then the band is playing a music festival in Michigan, which of course happens to be run by the management company that managed String Cheese. So they are local. Anyway. Jeff got a free pass and a photo pass for the festival so i was thinking about just hitching a ride with him and hitting the festival too.. If they would give me a ticket too.. but it seems they wont give an extra out, so i am going to stay home, (well come back to Denver after Kansas City shows) I think i am going to rent a car in KC and drive it back to the airport where i will park my car before going out of town.. Then jeff will head to Michigan and then down to his folks house for a day and to pick up some stuff, then head back home..
Well all of this means that i am going to be here and with a day off on independence day..After 10 hours of driving on Thursday back from KC, i am not sure i will be up for spending more on (who's a moron..sorry) anyway, don't want to pay for more gas, so i might just set up my new pool... grab some beers (if i can at that time) and relax with the dogs.. or just sleep on the sofa for three days straight..
So, just to keep you all in the loop, so to speak, i would start crossing things and opening that line of communication to the big cheese in the sky around this time next week... (maybe a few days earlier..)
That's about it, have a wonderful weekend and if things work out as planned, you are NOT going to want to miss the photos and hopefully some video i will be posting... believe me..!!!!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
What else can i eat today???
OK, so i have not been able to update my blog because my hands have been very busy eating today to get anything done.. and that includes work, but who's counting anyway..
Well let me tell you the run down so far (and it's only 2:12 Mountain time as i write this)
So, i wake up this morning and am very excited to take left overs from Olive Garden last night. (so if you are keeping score and want to add last night's dinner, i had two heaping helpings of salad, two bread sticks and linguine with marinara sauce)
So, as i am getting my leftovers out, i see that i still have mexican leftovers and that needs to be eaten first.. So i put the noodles back, grab the mexican and of course the cherries are in the way, so as i am pulling them out of the way, a few drop in my hand and you have to eat those.. so i go about my morning routine.. driving to work.. i want a biscuit.. yup, want one, going to get one.. as i am waiting in the drive through, i convince myself i want a southern style chicken biscuit AND a plain biscuit.. (ok and a medium coke, but we are talking about food here, not my drinks). I get to work eat the chicken biscuit. drink the coke. Since i graze when i eat, i didn't finish that until about 10:30. by 11:30 it's time for my walk and then back to work. Everyone heats up their lunch in my little office area and it gets the belly growling again.. So, i heat up my left over mexican stuff (with tortilla chips- and more tortilla chips) Again, grazing, so i finish my lunch about 1:45.. just in time to hear someone in the hall say that there are ICE CREAM SANDWICHES FOR SNACK!!!! Not passing up ICE CREAM SANDWICH DAY!!
so, not at 2:12, i am stuffed and feel like i need a wheelbarrow to get me out to the car at quittin' time..
Well let me tell you the run down so far (and it's only 2:12 Mountain time as i write this)
So, i wake up this morning and am very excited to take left overs from Olive Garden last night. (so if you are keeping score and want to add last night's dinner, i had two heaping helpings of salad, two bread sticks and linguine with marinara sauce)
So, as i am getting my leftovers out, i see that i still have mexican leftovers and that needs to be eaten first.. So i put the noodles back, grab the mexican and of course the cherries are in the way, so as i am pulling them out of the way, a few drop in my hand and you have to eat those.. so i go about my morning routine.. driving to work.. i want a biscuit.. yup, want one, going to get one.. as i am waiting in the drive through, i convince myself i want a southern style chicken biscuit AND a plain biscuit.. (ok and a medium coke, but we are talking about food here, not my drinks). I get to work eat the chicken biscuit. drink the coke. Since i graze when i eat, i didn't finish that until about 10:30. by 11:30 it's time for my walk and then back to work. Everyone heats up their lunch in my little office area and it gets the belly growling again.. So, i heat up my left over mexican stuff (with tortilla chips- and more tortilla chips) Again, grazing, so i finish my lunch about 1:45.. just in time to hear someone in the hall say that there are ICE CREAM SANDWICHES FOR SNACK!!!! Not passing up ICE CREAM SANDWICH DAY!!
so, not at 2:12, i am stuffed and feel like i need a wheelbarrow to get me out to the car at quittin' time..
Monday, June 16, 2008
monday musings
Well back to square one, but that's ok.. try, try again, will be our motto for right now. and hopefully not for long...
This weekend was really low key. Friday we did absolutely nothing and both loved it.. WE didn't have dinner until like 9:00 and we didn't go to bed until late and just hung around. I think after all the stress at the end of the week last week, we needed to just do nothing. Saturday morning greeted us with some sun and things Jeff had to go shoot. We went to this bike race and ended up driving a ways around the course and getting some shots for him. We had to go back to the start/finish area, and that's when i lost it. I was tired, emotional, and hungry and didn't want, well actually couldn't be there any longer.. When we got home, i went to the sofa and didn't get off of it until it was dinner time again.
Like i said, just needed some down time.
I am feeling better and am finding my energy again.
So, i finished my Sims game. I got my friends, i whoo-hooed with three different sims and I opened all the secret locations. There is nothing left for me to do. My friend Josh was making fun of me for playing this game and said that if i had to do something why have I not played Grand Theft auto. So last night i started my GTA game. I had to intimidate a few witnesses and have found that hitting cars with hammers is a little more satisfying than making a group meal or making people get in the hot tub to be my friend. I will keep you posted on my new progress.
Time for my daily walk and fresh air...
This weekend was really low key. Friday we did absolutely nothing and both loved it.. WE didn't have dinner until like 9:00 and we didn't go to bed until late and just hung around. I think after all the stress at the end of the week last week, we needed to just do nothing. Saturday morning greeted us with some sun and things Jeff had to go shoot. We went to this bike race and ended up driving a ways around the course and getting some shots for him. We had to go back to the start/finish area, and that's when i lost it. I was tired, emotional, and hungry and didn't want, well actually couldn't be there any longer.. When we got home, i went to the sofa and didn't get off of it until it was dinner time again.
Like i said, just needed some down time.
I am feeling better and am finding my energy again.
So, i finished my Sims game. I got my friends, i whoo-hooed with three different sims and I opened all the secret locations. There is nothing left for me to do. My friend Josh was making fun of me for playing this game and said that if i had to do something why have I not played Grand Theft auto. So last night i started my GTA game. I had to intimidate a few witnesses and have found that hitting cars with hammers is a little more satisfying than making a group meal or making people get in the hot tub to be my friend. I will keep you posted on my new progress.
Time for my daily walk and fresh air...
Thursday, June 12, 2008
plugging right along.
well I tell you, i can use a weekend. but when have i not said that??? I have been dragging butt this week and just want that one day you don't have to get out of bed until the dogs are dying to go outside. That's what i am waiting for.
Still no "news" on this end.. just waiting. but I am getting used to the waiting game.
Will repost when there is more to know..
Oh, so a SIMs update for you. I got my ten friends. It wasn't easy and the last two, i literally trapped them in the hot tub so they couldn't get out until we were friends. Needless to say when i did let them out, both had to pee so bad they limped to the bathroom... So, i went to work the next day to get my promotion for having 10 friends and all my skills up to par and then the unthinkable happened. It wasn't the ending goal. I mean NOW, I need to make 12 friends. are you friggen kidding me?? I left that house and went to the Alien crash sight. The female alien have some platinum goals to accomplish and then it will open a new location for me. These aren't that hard.. but the guy on the Yacht, the one that i need to get his goals accomplished too, well, he needs to whoo-hoo with three girls.. To be honest, it takes a lot of effort to whoo-hoo a girl, like you actually have to talk to them and butter them up for them to take their clothes off.. WHO KNEW??? Why can't i have some easy chicks on this game.. OH and my girl, gretta, my character, well she had to make out with a guy at one point, so i made her and this (Casanova) guy make out and now she wants to marry him and when she is in the room, and i am controlling the guy and he is hitting on another chick, to woo her to whoo-hoo, Gretta gets all upset and in her thinking cloud she get a heart shaped smiley face but it has devil horns.. I mean what is wrong with chicks?? Can't i just make out with other girls without this one getting mad?? so, you can see where it would be hard to whoo-hoo with three different girls.. Plus, they seem to push you away if they see the other girl around.. Geesh.. and I though this game was based on reality..
:)
Still no "news" on this end.. just waiting. but I am getting used to the waiting game.
Will repost when there is more to know..
Oh, so a SIMs update for you. I got my ten friends. It wasn't easy and the last two, i literally trapped them in the hot tub so they couldn't get out until we were friends. Needless to say when i did let them out, both had to pee so bad they limped to the bathroom... So, i went to work the next day to get my promotion for having 10 friends and all my skills up to par and then the unthinkable happened. It wasn't the ending goal. I mean NOW, I need to make 12 friends. are you friggen kidding me?? I left that house and went to the Alien crash sight. The female alien have some platinum goals to accomplish and then it will open a new location for me. These aren't that hard.. but the guy on the Yacht, the one that i need to get his goals accomplished too, well, he needs to whoo-hoo with three girls.. To be honest, it takes a lot of effort to whoo-hoo a girl, like you actually have to talk to them and butter them up for them to take their clothes off.. WHO KNEW??? Why can't i have some easy chicks on this game.. OH and my girl, gretta, my character, well she had to make out with a guy at one point, so i made her and this (Casanova) guy make out and now she wants to marry him and when she is in the room, and i am controlling the guy and he is hitting on another chick, to woo her to whoo-hoo, Gretta gets all upset and in her thinking cloud she get a heart shaped smiley face but it has devil horns.. I mean what is wrong with chicks?? Can't i just make out with other girls without this one getting mad?? so, you can see where it would be hard to whoo-hoo with three different girls.. Plus, they seem to push you away if they see the other girl around.. Geesh.. and I though this game was based on reality..
:)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Shows what i know...
So the "day early" pee stick was negative.. So we shall try, try again...you can rest the crossed parts of your body for a while...
Thanks anyway.
will post more later.
Thanks anyway.
will post more later.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Typing tuesday.
that's today, because that is all i will be doing today.. Typing and listening and listening and typing. I turned in my WWII memorial story tapes and have moved on to the next one down the line. I Was really wanting some puppies and rainbows, but to no avail. I don't know why no real new reporter does stories on puppies and rainbows, but they don't seem to.
SO, i pick up the next story and of course it is more Iraq stuff.. But this time, at least these kids survived. They might not have all their limbs, but they are alive.
It is going to get in the 90's today... I know the east has been suffering a lot, and so has Indiana. So we watch the news and thank god that we are in Colorado right now.. Don't want to be flooded or in 100 degree weather. There is a larger pool that i want to get to upgrade from the baby pool i have been sitting in for two years. The one i have been eyeing is on sale at Rite aid AND at Wallgreens. It is $49.99 at Rite aid and $59.99 at wallgreens except you get a $20 rebate.. I am thinking about just doing the $49. and being done with it. But this one is about 2 feet high, and likst 10 feet across so we can actually float if we wanted, or we could just put a chair in it and be able to sit too.. and it has it's own filter and doesn't need sand, apparently.. not that i would have thought about sand. And it will fit on our porch and not hang over and kill any grass.. very important..
WE should know some news to share with family really soon. I will let you know.. But if you can try to keep it under your hat until we can get to a doctor and get the real blood test and all.. But like mom said and whitney has said.. I knew it from day one.. and i am pretty positive i am right..
we will see. I think i will take an early pee stick test tomorrow morning. Jeff and I are both jumping at the bit....
Oh and speaking of jumping at the bit. can you believe the Bellmont?? I swear they could all make more money with the wild card horse than knowing that Big Brown would win. He was only going for 5-7 odds.. and the winner was something like 1-60, so I think the fix was in.. I smell it a mile away.. Vegas, the track and the two horses camps were probably the only ones in on it, but it worked and I bet everyone made out like bandits (except all the poor people at the track waiting to see a triple crown- suckers)
And I have officially gone nuts. I actually paid $4.00 a gallon for a tank of gas yesterday. To be honest, I gave myself the tipping point of $40 to fill the tank. Yesterday it was only $34.00, but I think i need to rethink my driving habits and do what i can to reduce the carbon emissions, even if it is by force.. It's the right thing to do. So, i may be taking the bus a few days a week.. gotta check the schedule and times.
Have a wonderful Tuesday..
Oh and I didn't forget about the photos, i just didn't get around to it last night. But i did get them on the computer, so that's the first step. :)
SO, i pick up the next story and of course it is more Iraq stuff.. But this time, at least these kids survived. They might not have all their limbs, but they are alive.
It is going to get in the 90's today... I know the east has been suffering a lot, and so has Indiana. So we watch the news and thank god that we are in Colorado right now.. Don't want to be flooded or in 100 degree weather. There is a larger pool that i want to get to upgrade from the baby pool i have been sitting in for two years. The one i have been eyeing is on sale at Rite aid AND at Wallgreens. It is $49.99 at Rite aid and $59.99 at wallgreens except you get a $20 rebate.. I am thinking about just doing the $49. and being done with it. But this one is about 2 feet high, and likst 10 feet across so we can actually float if we wanted, or we could just put a chair in it and be able to sit too.. and it has it's own filter and doesn't need sand, apparently.. not that i would have thought about sand. And it will fit on our porch and not hang over and kill any grass.. very important..
WE should know some news to share with family really soon. I will let you know.. But if you can try to keep it under your hat until we can get to a doctor and get the real blood test and all.. But like mom said and whitney has said.. I knew it from day one.. and i am pretty positive i am right..
we will see. I think i will take an early pee stick test tomorrow morning. Jeff and I are both jumping at the bit....
Oh and speaking of jumping at the bit. can you believe the Bellmont?? I swear they could all make more money with the wild card horse than knowing that Big Brown would win. He was only going for 5-7 odds.. and the winner was something like 1-60, so I think the fix was in.. I smell it a mile away.. Vegas, the track and the two horses camps were probably the only ones in on it, but it worked and I bet everyone made out like bandits (except all the poor people at the track waiting to see a triple crown- suckers)
And I have officially gone nuts. I actually paid $4.00 a gallon for a tank of gas yesterday. To be honest, I gave myself the tipping point of $40 to fill the tank. Yesterday it was only $34.00, but I think i need to rethink my driving habits and do what i can to reduce the carbon emissions, even if it is by force.. It's the right thing to do. So, i may be taking the bus a few days a week.. gotta check the schedule and times.
Have a wonderful Tuesday..
Oh and I didn't forget about the photos, i just didn't get around to it last night. But i did get them on the computer, so that's the first step. :)
Monday, June 09, 2008
Weekend whereabouts
So, it was a full weekend for us, which as you know, can be unusual these days.
Saturday we tried to get Madonna tickets but had no luck, so we loaded up the car with Zalea and Watson and headed to our friend's place up top. We wanted to go one a hike to check out the rivers running big. So we get to the trail head and quickly realize that Zalea can't really do much.. Her hips were a lot worse off than either of us knew.. She wasn't 100 yards into the hike before she had to start sitting and resting in snow banks and cold river water.. Poor girlie.. so we went a little ways to some small waterfalls and rested there.. needless to say we didn't get much of a walk in. We are going to go back in a few weeks when the flowers are all in bloom, and probably with only Watson.. the young whipper snapper at 9 years old.
So, that was kind of a bust. we ended skipping the baseball game too and just went to see the band saturday night. they were ok, Just over the line from noise, but you can tell they have some potential.. just need to grow and develop as a band some more..
So....Sunday mid-morning, early afternoon we went to an "Art in the Square" but it was actually called something like Arte de la Pizza.. (well it was in Italian, i did the best i could.. and i love pizza) anyway, it was chalk drawings on the street. some were really great and others. not so much.. I will ost some photos I took when i get home from work today. We had a huge lunch and came home for a bit. Than ran some errands and watched some tv...
Oh and then there was one more thing.. and i can't even tell you how excited i was.. Jeff came to me the other day and asked if i would go with him to an event sunday night. I usually know what is coming and the events tend to be ok.. Some better than others. But he said that i would love this one and handed me a flyer.. The first thing i noticed is that i says Ice Cream Social and outdoor movie.. well that sounds like fun, and most of the time means free popcorn too, seeing that i have to stay away from the ice cream.. Then i get to the movie title and about scream it out.. THE GOONIES... That's right.. on a big screen and everything.. So when the time comes last night to go, i got up and ready in no time... we were there for about an hour, jeff got the shots he needs and we are just waiting for the movie. I really don't need to see it, but i wanted to see the first few minutes on a big screen.. So we wait and wait and wait.. then they say that they are afraid it was getting too late and they would just start the movie but you wouldn't be able to see anything on the screen for the FIRST 15 MINUTES... i was so disappointed.. we just left as you could hear the audio and no picture.. :( how sad...
Garden is growing, I mowed the lawn yesterday.. I call it "Lawn Mowed Two Ways" because this time i did one half up and down stripes and the other half cross-ways stripes.. and we have been watching a lot of cooking shows, so lawn mowed two ways seems very appropriate.
So, that's about it.. We will know, hopefully, around thursday, if there is anything to celebrate.. or if we are going to try, try again... so keep praying, keep all fingers and toes crossed and talk with anyone you know in heaven that might have some pull....
Jeff is going out of town the end part of the next "perfect timing" phase, so if we did it right the first time, that would be ideal...
OK.. Have a great monday.. check back this evening for some photos from the weekend.
can't wait to hear about all the pool parties that went down back east this past weekend..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICHOLAS!!!!
Saturday we tried to get Madonna tickets but had no luck, so we loaded up the car with Zalea and Watson and headed to our friend's place up top. We wanted to go one a hike to check out the rivers running big. So we get to the trail head and quickly realize that Zalea can't really do much.. Her hips were a lot worse off than either of us knew.. She wasn't 100 yards into the hike before she had to start sitting and resting in snow banks and cold river water.. Poor girlie.. so we went a little ways to some small waterfalls and rested there.. needless to say we didn't get much of a walk in. We are going to go back in a few weeks when the flowers are all in bloom, and probably with only Watson.. the young whipper snapper at 9 years old.
So, that was kind of a bust. we ended skipping the baseball game too and just went to see the band saturday night. they were ok, Just over the line from noise, but you can tell they have some potential.. just need to grow and develop as a band some more..
So....Sunday mid-morning, early afternoon we went to an "Art in the Square" but it was actually called something like Arte de la Pizza.. (well it was in Italian, i did the best i could.. and i love pizza) anyway, it was chalk drawings on the street. some were really great and others. not so much.. I will ost some photos I took when i get home from work today. We had a huge lunch and came home for a bit. Than ran some errands and watched some tv...
Oh and then there was one more thing.. and i can't even tell you how excited i was.. Jeff came to me the other day and asked if i would go with him to an event sunday night. I usually know what is coming and the events tend to be ok.. Some better than others. But he said that i would love this one and handed me a flyer.. The first thing i noticed is that i says Ice Cream Social and outdoor movie.. well that sounds like fun, and most of the time means free popcorn too, seeing that i have to stay away from the ice cream.. Then i get to the movie title and about scream it out.. THE GOONIES... That's right.. on a big screen and everything.. So when the time comes last night to go, i got up and ready in no time... we were there for about an hour, jeff got the shots he needs and we are just waiting for the movie. I really don't need to see it, but i wanted to see the first few minutes on a big screen.. So we wait and wait and wait.. then they say that they are afraid it was getting too late and they would just start the movie but you wouldn't be able to see anything on the screen for the FIRST 15 MINUTES... i was so disappointed.. we just left as you could hear the audio and no picture.. :( how sad...
Garden is growing, I mowed the lawn yesterday.. I call it "Lawn Mowed Two Ways" because this time i did one half up and down stripes and the other half cross-ways stripes.. and we have been watching a lot of cooking shows, so lawn mowed two ways seems very appropriate.
So, that's about it.. We will know, hopefully, around thursday, if there is anything to celebrate.. or if we are going to try, try again... so keep praying, keep all fingers and toes crossed and talk with anyone you know in heaven that might have some pull....
Jeff is going out of town the end part of the next "perfect timing" phase, so if we did it right the first time, that would be ideal...
OK.. Have a great monday.. check back this evening for some photos from the weekend.
can't wait to hear about all the pool parties that went down back east this past weekend..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICHOLAS!!!!
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Gotta let me know you were here...
So, now that this is a private blog, there is no and I mean NO REASON why you all can't comment on my posts.. Something like "you are so cleaver" or "it makes my day to read a new post from you, the best blogger out there" or something to that affect.. I mean it won't kill you will it?
Alright, since you asked i will let you know what is going on with my Sims Family. So, I now have to help this older man get a promotion in the political career he is in. What that means is you have to have the specific qualities up like this one needs at least 8 points in logic (you can play chess or stargaze through a telescope to get logic points) then you need like 7 creativity,( so you can paint, play piano or guitar and things like that to get creativity points) and I think he needs like 8 charisma points. And the only way to get that up is practicing talking in a mirror. Well i got all those covered and some even higher than what is required, but the tricky part is getting his friendship numbers up. Each other Sim you can socialize with and gain social points with them. the higher the points the closer friends you are.. and My older man, needs 10 friends to advance in his career.. So that means calling people, asking them to come over and hitting them up for friendship.. basically I have found that if you invite someone over, they come within 10 seconds. I don't know what the transportation is like in Sims land, but it is fast... When they get there, you have to greet them or they will just go away. so you greet them, then they immediately go to the bathroom... I don't know why they couldn't have waiting an extra 30 seconds to pee and poo at their own homes, but they don't and they go directly to the restroom.. So, if you don't keep an eye on the guest, they will disappear where ever there is a computer and start playing their own sims game and then you can't get them to do anything.. who knew...
But i have a 6 man hot tub that i invite them to chill in with me and chat them up a bit. You can easily get about 10 friendship points from just that.. You need 40 for them to be your friend and more to be good friends. But as i found out the hard way, once you choose to take the relationship in any direction, the other sim will stay in that route.. ok like for example, i was chatting up another dude, and accidentally pressed the Kiss action instead of tell joke or compliment. Well the other sim was into it and kissed me back. Now he comes over all the time, with out being invited and when he sees me, he gets this heart shaped smiley face in his thinking cloud.. very weird...
So, that is what i am doing...Oh, so say you get a person to about 40, maybe 41, 42 and they leave, mostly becuase they are hungry, (so to make them stay longer you have to offer them food as soon as they get out of the bathroom when they first arrive.. but anyway. the next morning, if you don't call them, they will go down a point or two, and they are no longer considered a friend...
So I already have 5 perminat friends that i live with, and have to make 5 more, but it is soooo hard ot make and keep friends. Must be why i don't have any and have to play sims to live through their lives.. pretty sad... but no, i am not quitting the game until i get to complete it.. and I think this is the last guy that has manditory goals to accomplish, then there are a bunch of secondary goals...
I thought you needed to know all this, yes...
Alright, since you asked i will let you know what is going on with my Sims Family. So, I now have to help this older man get a promotion in the political career he is in. What that means is you have to have the specific qualities up like this one needs at least 8 points in logic (you can play chess or stargaze through a telescope to get logic points) then you need like 7 creativity,( so you can paint, play piano or guitar and things like that to get creativity points) and I think he needs like 8 charisma points. And the only way to get that up is practicing talking in a mirror. Well i got all those covered and some even higher than what is required, but the tricky part is getting his friendship numbers up. Each other Sim you can socialize with and gain social points with them. the higher the points the closer friends you are.. and My older man, needs 10 friends to advance in his career.. So that means calling people, asking them to come over and hitting them up for friendship.. basically I have found that if you invite someone over, they come within 10 seconds. I don't know what the transportation is like in Sims land, but it is fast... When they get there, you have to greet them or they will just go away. so you greet them, then they immediately go to the bathroom... I don't know why they couldn't have waiting an extra 30 seconds to pee and poo at their own homes, but they don't and they go directly to the restroom.. So, if you don't keep an eye on the guest, they will disappear where ever there is a computer and start playing their own sims game and then you can't get them to do anything.. who knew...
But i have a 6 man hot tub that i invite them to chill in with me and chat them up a bit. You can easily get about 10 friendship points from just that.. You need 40 for them to be your friend and more to be good friends. But as i found out the hard way, once you choose to take the relationship in any direction, the other sim will stay in that route.. ok like for example, i was chatting up another dude, and accidentally pressed the Kiss action instead of tell joke or compliment. Well the other sim was into it and kissed me back. Now he comes over all the time, with out being invited and when he sees me, he gets this heart shaped smiley face in his thinking cloud.. very weird...
So, that is what i am doing...Oh, so say you get a person to about 40, maybe 41, 42 and they leave, mostly becuase they are hungry, (so to make them stay longer you have to offer them food as soon as they get out of the bathroom when they first arrive.. but anyway. the next morning, if you don't call them, they will go down a point or two, and they are no longer considered a friend...
So I already have 5 perminat friends that i live with, and have to make 5 more, but it is soooo hard ot make and keep friends. Must be why i don't have any and have to play sims to live through their lives.. pretty sad... but no, i am not quitting the game until i get to complete it.. and I think this is the last guy that has manditory goals to accomplish, then there are a bunch of secondary goals...
I thought you needed to know all this, yes...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Yellow stairsteps and things
There is this big yellow art-thing, in south denver and we see it when ever we go anywhere north on the interstate. So finally this time when we were delivering the music magazines, we stopped and took some pictures. This is one of my favorite public art things in denver...
and here is my hanging basket....
And while i was at it, i snapped this one of my baby avocado...he's the little thing sticking out of the dirt.
I think he is going to be happy in his new home.
Monday, June 02, 2008
sorry for the delay
Well, I have to say that i am sorry for the delay in postings. I have been a little distracted lately and haven't really had anything to say.
Now, we are in the waiting game and next Thursday is the telling day. We both are not sure it really "took" and are going to keep trying, but I don't know why. But we both feel that way. And with every hunger growl and digestion gurgle, i am wondering what is going on in there. I wish there was a "next day" or a "five days later" pregnancy test you can take. I know that waiting the next two weeks essentially, is going to be really hard. But we picked up the pregnancy test this weekend and time will tell. Jeff actually purchased it, and i told him that i thought he did that just to show off to the clerk that he was getting laid.. funny..
So, this weekend, to shift things up a bit, we changed around some of the rooms in the house. We moved my bed (guest bed) out of the larger room and switched it with jeff's office.. putting all our computers together in one room. It makes so much more space in that room, it's unreal. We added a television and we have been really enjoying more time spent back there getting some things done that we haven't because we don't want to hang back there alone. I think it is going to work great. And we have room in the smaller one (with the bed set up) for a crib and rocking chair.
So, that is fun. We really want to change up our living room, but we can't figure out how to rearrange the furniture and make it work, comfortably. So, for now, it is staying the way it is. Although we are both thinking of ways to make it work.
The garden is going nicely, the peas, carrots, lettuce and spinach are really doing great, the large tomatoes are needing some love and I think my strawberries are going to make it also. We have some zucchini and cucumbers going crazy in the smaller garden and some cherry tomatoes in containers that are going nuts too...
I also broke down, after trying to grow two hanging baskets with flowers and purchased one yesterday. it is full of purple flowers and i hope i don't kill it.
OH and about 6 months ago, I ate an avocado, cleaned the seed, stuck some tooth picks in it and put it in some water.. Now the stem is about 6 inches above the seed and so we planted it. I hope it grows into a nice tree... I have never grown a tree before, but I started this weekend.. very exciting.
That's about it.. Nothing to report. Now, that i have some work space and a clan desk, i will post some photos of the new room configuration so you can see..
have a great Monday... and keep thinking happy baby thoughts for us..
:)
Now, we are in the waiting game and next Thursday is the telling day. We both are not sure it really "took" and are going to keep trying, but I don't know why. But we both feel that way. And with every hunger growl and digestion gurgle, i am wondering what is going on in there. I wish there was a "next day" or a "five days later" pregnancy test you can take. I know that waiting the next two weeks essentially, is going to be really hard. But we picked up the pregnancy test this weekend and time will tell. Jeff actually purchased it, and i told him that i thought he did that just to show off to the clerk that he was getting laid.. funny..
So, this weekend, to shift things up a bit, we changed around some of the rooms in the house. We moved my bed (guest bed) out of the larger room and switched it with jeff's office.. putting all our computers together in one room. It makes so much more space in that room, it's unreal. We added a television and we have been really enjoying more time spent back there getting some things done that we haven't because we don't want to hang back there alone. I think it is going to work great. And we have room in the smaller one (with the bed set up) for a crib and rocking chair.
So, that is fun. We really want to change up our living room, but we can't figure out how to rearrange the furniture and make it work, comfortably. So, for now, it is staying the way it is. Although we are both thinking of ways to make it work.
The garden is going nicely, the peas, carrots, lettuce and spinach are really doing great, the large tomatoes are needing some love and I think my strawberries are going to make it also. We have some zucchini and cucumbers going crazy in the smaller garden and some cherry tomatoes in containers that are going nuts too...
I also broke down, after trying to grow two hanging baskets with flowers and purchased one yesterday. it is full of purple flowers and i hope i don't kill it.
OH and about 6 months ago, I ate an avocado, cleaned the seed, stuck some tooth picks in it and put it in some water.. Now the stem is about 6 inches above the seed and so we planted it. I hope it grows into a nice tree... I have never grown a tree before, but I started this weekend.. very exciting.
That's about it.. Nothing to report. Now, that i have some work space and a clan desk, i will post some photos of the new room configuration so you can see..
have a great Monday... and keep thinking happy baby thoughts for us..
:)
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