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2022

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Took the zoo in before the next storm. Was well supervised 😸

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Ziggy is stressed that my hubby is still sick, so she found something to take her frustration out on....swipe to see... don't worry, she doesn't eat the bags, just shreds them

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Blinds! Mike still isn't feeling well, so I have learned how to hang blinds. Living room and his office are done 🤗

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Hippo down! Looked like 10 inches or so of snow

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Snowy morning

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spool cat, helping Mike run cable. She loves sitting on the spool and will probably be very upset when it goes back to Mike's parents' house
14 Years Ago
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Dec 28, 2010 11:31:35 am
spool cat, helping Mike run cable. She loves sitting on the spool and will probably be very upset when it goes back to Mike's parents' house
Spool cat🤗💞💞
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Merry Christmas! Many thanks to Jessica and my brother for coming over to celebrate with us! Hubby is in his chair in the background, still too sick to go out.
Merry Christmas! Many thanks to Jessica and my brother for coming over to celebrate with us! Hubby is in his chair in the background, still too sick to go out.

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Thanks to my hubby and our nieces, I am all set for puzzle season!
Thanks to my hubby and our nieces, I am all set for puzzle season!

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Tree is complete! 🤗🎄

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Guard all the new puffs

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New Bissell electric mop gets an A-. Perfect for a quick clean. Got all the grime up easily in the first pass, dries quickly. High pitched noise is a little maddening. Poor edge and corner performance will mean I still need to do the manual mop from time to time. Overall, quite happy with it! 🙂

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Merry Christmas to Ziggy! Here she is arriving for stocking time, discovering there are tasty things inside, some toys....and seemingly back from the dead, her favorite puff! I found an exact duplicate of the first toy I had ever gotten her....the one she loved so much that it ended up in tatters. Guard the puff. Love the puff. Love the puff so much. 😸💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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Last night, I stopped briefly by the Christmas Eve party to collect some Swedish meatballs for Mike and then head back home. Everyone says hi!

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Tree decorations part 2 of 2 in progress 🤗 our annual ornaments and so many gifts, so many stories.... 💖💖💖🎄

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Schlep Schlep - fancy chicken health check...he survived storage and is in the tree staging area
For everyone else, some of you may remember I am in Christmas decoration parole and have to do annual check-ins to prove the chicken didn't have "an accident". Many years ago, the family used to do an ornament exchange for Christmas Eve. I drew a box from Rob, containing a fancy chicken. I was um... nonplussed. But no one would trade with me, so it became mine. After we got home, I put it on our tree, and somewhere in the timeline, the fancy chicken suffered an accident through which it became decapitated. An honest accident. That's my story and has always been my story. Rob said the good news was that the store still has more. So, the replacement arrived with an annual health check requirement, including that he be placed in a visible part of the tree so the health check could be verified. ðŸ˜ÂðŸÂ£ðŸÂâ€Ã°Å¸Å½â€ž

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Christmas dinner achieved! Very glad our favorite BBQ place could accommodate a last minute order. Mike is not feeling well enough to go out, but thankfully, my brother and cousin are able to stop by tomorrow to help with celebrating. 🤗🎄

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Our annual ornaments this year are from the trip to Australia

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Tree decorations, part 1 of 2. Many thanks to my brother for watching over my beloved glass ornament collection while we were in the apartment. I am sure it's a lot of pressure 🤗 Lovely view from the dining room tonight.

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Cleared the snow from the eyes of the Christmas Seal

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Spent a few hours delivering packages for kids today... Met Mark and Bella's cat, Hershey. Such a sweetie!

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"Please explain the presence of this cow " 😾
"Please explain the presence of this cow " 😾

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Nurse Ziggy has been looking after Mike while he's sick
Nurse Ziggy has been looking after Mike while he's sick

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There's someone missing from the front yard....because he is in the garage. I found the motor arm for the elephant's trunk askew and no longer operating the trunk. Has it happened before? Yes. Do I think the timing is related to the elephant wanting to be inside during our upcoming -9F cold snap? Absolutely. The timing is pretty suspicious. 😉

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Mike joked that I gave up and "decorated" the island, but it really was just a quick light repair before I put these in the tree. This is our favorite string of lights that we've been babying since 1995. Gotta keep them alive. ...

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@[521678161:2048:Gwen L. Jessen] - here is the fully constructed version ðŸ˜Â
Gwen L. Jessen - here is the fully constructed version ðŸ˜Â

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Mike got all the grades submitted for his class - done for the semester!
Mike got all the grades submitted for his class - done for the semester!

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Looks like my tree went on a diet. I think it got too thin. 😉ðŸ˜Â
Looks like my tree went on a diet. I think it got too thin. 😉ðŸ˜Â

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The benefit of getting the floors cleaned is getting some decorations out! Indoor zoo, wreath from Hannah, ceramic tree and nativity set from my grandma...stockings hung near the warrior dragon, Hastings (he will ensure there's no peeking 🙀) ....and of course, the dinosaur.

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Post-party cleanup is almost done. 🤗 This has been a not quite comedy of errors ... Running out of products, a mop that broke, and so forth. 🙄 Following Nancy's recommendation, we researched electric mops. The Bissell version that is both a mop and a vacuum should arrive Wednesday. Fingers crossed it is everything I am hoping it is!
Post-party cleanup is almost done. 🤗 This has been a not quite comedy of errors ... Running out of products, a mop that broke, and so forth. 🙄 Following Nancy's recommendation, we researched electric mops. The Bissell version that is both a mop and a vacuum should arrive Wednesday. Fingers crossed it is everything I am hoping it is!

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Yesterday, we briefly stopped by to see the cookie bakers at Gwenn and Terry's, as well as my brother's house (many thanks to him for adopting a bunch of party leftovers!). Mike still isn't feeling well, so we couldn't stay long.

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Back deck lights at night

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I haven't been sure what to do with the back deck decorating-wise due to the high winds this month, but I did zip tie 2 strings of lights to the railing. They passed inspection.

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Graduation day! Yesterday, Mike's student, Yewon, and her hubby-to-be, Sami, both earned their PhDs at the Colorado School of Mines. Mike helped with Yewon's hooding ceremony. 🤗 And then everyone, including her parents and aunt from South Korea, came to her house for the party. Mike is now student-less, but empty nest syndrome won't hit quite yet. Yewon is staying at Mines for her 2 year postdoc research position.

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Tim William and Rebecca Marie - Ziggy says thank you for the house warming present

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Yesterday's sunset

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Exciting news! I have been selected to do a workshop for the PMI Mile Hi Symposium in April! (Local chapter of the Project Management Institute) I was busy looking at Christmas presents when the news popped up in my email feed. 🤗
Exciting news! I have been selected to do a workshop for the PMI Mile Hi Symposium in April! (Local chapter of the Project Management Institute) I was busy looking at Christmas presents when the news popped up in my email feed. 🤗

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Night view of the front yard zoo

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My little helper...she supervised construction trucks this morning and helped me with the zoo this afternoon.

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Zoo tour! Front yard decorations are done.

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The zoo is ready to head out to the front yard later today. Well, part of the zoo. I gave away a number of zoo animals this spring before we downsized the yard, and there are more who will be inside with us.

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Found the extension cords among the basement boxes and added a little bit of holiday cheer to the front yard. Zoo still coming.

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Suellen Scott ... Happier pictures. Ziggy snuggles with Mike every day. For hours. She had stopped sitting with him while we were in the apartment for some reason, but is making up for lost time. The other picture is Ziggy in her nest....When we moved into the house, I created this spot in my Mike's closet to make sure Ziggy had a spot that felt safe and comfortable. She loves it and naps here every day.....the temporary nest may end up being permanent. Time will tell.

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Washer and dryer! 🤗

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Fenced! Two sides of our yard came with fence because it is up against the open space trail. Today, we finished the job by having two gates and the west fence installed. The east fence will be fixed by the HOA when they are done installing the walkway.

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Sleepiness abounds in the living room after yesterday's party (photo by Mike before Ziggy tucked him in)
Sleepiness abounds in the living room after yesterday's party (photo by Mike before Ziggy tucked him in)

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Mike dubbed it "Fork Island" ....our wedding silverware, my grandma Eleanor's silverware, and Eleanor's mom's silverware all clean after yesterday's party. 💞

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Happy birthday to Mike's dad! Fantastic party, lovely to see everyone!

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Many thanks to Maddie and Rannae for the decorating help!
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Updated Dec 02, 2022 1:05:23 pm

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Climbing to new heights! Mike thinks Ziggy was trying to find a better place to chirp at me from, since bedtime treats were late.

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What do 2 people do with 2 giant refrigerators? Make one of them a drink fridge! We are hosting a birthday party and a graduation party this month....no coolers needed!

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More art! I picked up some of our fragile things my brother was storing for us on Monday. Just a few more things left!

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Shower cat, exploring cat, and sleepy cat 😺

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A little dusting of snow

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There's a Taos in the house! 🤗

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I told Ziggy we would all get dinner after the floor dries. She is in her dinner spot ..."floor is dry enough" ; "it's really not. Now your belly is wet" 😾
I told Ziggy we would all get dinner after the floor dries. She is in her dinner spot ..."floor is dry enough" ; "it's really not. Now your belly is wet" 😾

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Freshly mopped! The only things left to do to complete move in are to get the boxes out of the laundry room (washer and dryer delivery on Wednesday) and reorganize the garage to make room for my car. Mike has a few other things on his to do list, like getting the TV mounted on the wall. The rest we will putter with but overall not worry too much about until after Christmas. 🤗
Freshly mopped! The only things left to do to complete move in are to get the boxes out of the laundry room (washer and dryer delivery on Wednesday) and reorganize the garage to make room for my car. Mike has a few other things on his to do list, like getting the TV mounted on the wall. The rest we will putter with but overall not worry too much about until after Christmas. 🤗

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Many thanks to Gwenn and Terry for helping clear out the last storage space (my hubby is sick....still 😞) Ziggy approves of the last wave of stuff getting settled into the basement

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Misha Hardy Going home ....

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Slowly, all the stuff comes home. My brother and dad helped clear out our stuff from one of the rooms in his house. (Yes, more to go to the basement, but was thankful for such beautiful weather to move our art )

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Lots of progress today on the storage space...Friday night fun is bringing all this stuff downstairs. 😉

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Happy Thanksgiving! Many thanks to Mike's parents for hosting a wonderful dinner! And thanks to Jessica for the great picture of my parents. 🤗 I didn't get many pictures this year.....

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Ziggy has been enjoying Thanksgiving

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Besides unpacking, today's project has been getting started on storage space #2. That one had all the loose and fragile stuff that needs to be transported by car. Once I get that stuff out of the way, we will get another U-Haul truck to finish it up.

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Sunset before the snow....Mike set up Ziggy's bed today and she rediscovered her orange chair. 😺

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Goodbye to the apartment.... Was good to us for our six months in house limbo. We finished cleaning it out and turned in the keys today.

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Shhhh

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Lunchtime adventuring while waiting for the movers to arrive at the new house

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The move this morning is in progress. Ziggy is at the new house. Mike is at the apartment and I am at the storage space. (Apartment pictures by Mike. I am manning the door at the storage space, so I can only see the truck slowly filling up.) Thank goodness for movers! 🤗

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Pre-move activities wrapped up yesterday. I spent several hours at the house while the hard floor was installed in Mike's office. That gave me time to unpack some stuff I had already moved as well as to put up the privacy film in the first floor bathrooms and by the front door. The floor company will come back to do the carpet transition.

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Kitchen helper 🤗

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Sad cat in an empty closet. She'll feel better when she moves on Tuesday! 😿💖💖💖
Sad cat in an empty closet. She'll feel better when she moves on Tuesday! 😿💖💖💖

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Pre-move phase 3 is complete. The closets and cabinets are mostly empty, and Mike hung the blinds in our new bedroom. Ziggy did a very cute double take when she first saw the empty closets...sorry, did not get that on video.

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Pre-move phase 2 is complete! We collected the stuff from my parents' garage, some of the stuff from my brother's house, and some of the stuff from Mike's parents' house. We are now ready for the movers on Tuesday. Still a lot to do at the apartment to get the stuff the movers aren't taking out....like clothes and kitchen stuff. A successful day! Grateful for the help and the good weather. 🤗

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Saturday Pre-Move phase 1 is in progress. We picked up some stuff from the storage space that needed to get out of the way of the movers on Tuesday. Now, we are packing some stuff from the apartment they can't move (or at least not without extra insurance).....like the TV! Many thanks to my dad for helping! 🤗

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A cat and her cork coaster (picture from my hubby)
A cat and her cork coaster (picture from my hubby)

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During yesterday's snow

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Yesterday's snow
Good morning from Morrison! I was here for almost 5 hours yesterday waiting for the garage door repair, and am here this morning for internet installation. Very important! 😠Things are coming together. I have some essentials set up for work-from-new-home.

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3 trips down.... Prep for the movers next week is on schedule. And yes, of course there is a schedule. ðŸ˜Â

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10:55 am update - just got the all clear from Lennar Title. Done!!!
Close but not closed yet. All the paperwork is signed but the title company is waiting for a copy of the certificate of occupancy 🙄

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Evening treat game! When we first adopted Ziggy, she spent 48 hours hissing at my hubby. When she was at the shelter, staff would have her chase treats. So, we decided to try the treat game with my hubby and Ziggy, using her veterinarian-approved 10 treats per night. It worked! Here they are doing the treat game with one week left in the apartment...
Evening treat game! When we first adopted Ziggy, she spent 48 hours hissing at my hubby. When she was at the shelter, staff would have her chase treats. So, we decided to try the treat game with my hubby and Ziggy, using her veterinarian-approved 10 treats per night. It worked! Here they are doing the treat game with one week left in the apartment...

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Happy birthday to my brother! 🎂🎉
Happy birthday to my brother! 🎂🎉

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Nov 11, 2016 7:06:47 am
Mike is back from Albuquerque! He went there last week to help construct the reactor for is solar concentrator project, and came back last night. Cirrus and I were happy to see him! Muggins was mad. He spent time avoiding Mike and coming to see me. As Mike and I were sitting on the couch talking, Muggins came up to us, meowing away. He sat down near Mike. Mike said, "Are you going to come up to see me?" Muggins paused, got up on his hind legs so he could put his front paws on the couch and look Mike in the eyes. "No"... and he stormed off. (Muggins does not say "hello" and "no" as clearly as his brother, Braveheart, did; however, he still does use those two words in context.) Don't worry - the story has a happy end. Mike has since been forgiven. :)
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Happy Veterans Day!

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Happy Gotcha day to Ziggy! Pictures and video from 2019

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Poor Ziggle.... I brought her to the vet today. She's been in the restroom a lot over the past few weeks. Her blood glucose was normal, but she had glucose in her urine sample. She has lost 1.4 lb since last month. Everything else checks out fine. So, she has new prescription food and we will see if it helps. First picture is Ziggy on her calm kitty pills ahead of her appointment. I am not sure if she thought we were going to the new house. She was super excited when I stopped in the parking lot. Standing up in her carrier and ready to go. I felt terrible 😿....was like "sorry sweetie, just a vet appointment"

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Friday update: Appliances are installed! Just need to hood to pass inspection. 🤗
Well, interesting day ... No closing tomorrow. The oven hood didn't pass inspection and the appliances weren't in yet, so they were not able to get a Certificate of Occupancy from the county. They are trying to get the closing rescheduled for Wednesday.
Friday update: Appliances are installed! Just need to hood to pass inspection. 🤗
Well, interesting day ... No closing tomorrow. The oven hood didn't pass inspection and the appliances weren't in yet, so they were not able to get a Certificate of Occupancy from the county. They are trying to get the closing rescheduled for Wednesday.

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Lovely morning for a few errands

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From yesterday - Ziggy chirped at me to come see...it was time for some serious poses.
You tagged Rannae Sanders Lyon, Almond Kohler, Schlep Schlep and Gwenn Sanders

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Wonderful to see the clan from Alaska tonight! Rob's dad reminded me we are overdue for a visit. ðŸ˜Â
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My supervisor found a sunbeam 💤💤💤💤

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Packing with the best helper

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Excellent day with the grant committee for the Colorado OEDIT (Office of Economic Development and International Trade). I have been volunteering with them for almost 7 years.....so much needed support for Colorado small businesses. We had another great set of grants applications today and it was wonderful to see all of my aerospace subcommittee buddies. 🙂

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Only one more walkthrough to do before the closing is complete. 🙀🙀🙀 We had our walkthrough at the house today. Everything is ready except appliances and some touchups.

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While Mike was in Kansas, I was in Poutsville, USA. Ziggy was very angry that I had sent him off. All evening. All morning. We've come a long way from the cat who spent 48 hours hissing at Mike after they first met. I am sure Suellen Scott remembers my concerns on all the hissing.

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Rescue mission complete! Mike's parents' truck broke down in Mankato, Kansas. You might say, "gee, should be able to get a Ford truck fixed there"....but not during harvest season! So, he drove out yesterday with a rented pickup, and the 3 of them plus the camper returned to Colorado today. Fate of the truck is TBD... Will know more in a few weeks after harvest season ends.
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It's "Quiet-ween" here. Our apartment and the stairs to it are in the back of the building in a dead end nook of the complex. So, unlike the days of 60 or more trick or treaters at our old house, I am expecting zero today. I was a little glum about Quiet-ween...Ziggy thinks it sounds wonderful. 😺💤💤💤💤
It's "Quiet-ween" here. Our apartment and the stairs to it are in the back of the building in a dead end nook of the complex. So, unlike the days of 60 or more trick or treaters at our old house, I am expecting zero today. I was a little glum about Quiet-ween...Ziggy thinks it sounds wonderful. 😺💤💤💤💤

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Have a happy Halloween!
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Halloween 2009
Maddie spoke with Chloe - she told her "We have to leave now but we''l be back. maybe tomorrow" We weren't convinced that Chloe was all that concerned about when the girls come back....
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Maddie spoke with Chloe - she told her "We have to leave now but we''l be back. maybe tomorrow" We weren't convinced that Chloe was all that concerned about when the girls come back....
🤗💖💖💖 a million years ago... can't believe she's already driving.
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Many thanks to Diana and Nathan for hosting a fun murder mystery party! Excellent food 🤗 the mummy jalapeno poppers were amazing. Love the completed back yard. Lots of ideas for the new house....

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Happy National Cat Day!

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Went to the new house today to get a quote on a deck. Jokingly told Mike the green tape team is way ahead of the blue tape team. He noted that all the green tape stuff needs to be done before they do paint touchups. 😉 Muddy, so muddy. The back yard will be much more easily traversed once there is a deck.

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Cooling down after toasting
Cooling down after toasting

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The best part of snow days...
The best part of snow days...

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We went to dinner at Los Marcello's in Golden, then up to the lab to change a sample. Mike moved out of his office, so the chicken and skull live in the lab now. We will probably collect his stuff after we move into the new house.

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New house, part 2...final checklists in work

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Sewer scope completed at the new house today - everything looked good! Lennar was busy busy busy with the final details. I made sure their tape and lists included the stuff we found on Sunday.

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Garage photo shoot .... By many meows, it was demanded that I show up. Ziggy says, "felt cute. You have to take my picture".

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Lovely afternoon for a walk (if you like fall temperatures wind as much as I do)

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Thanks to Auntie Linda for a lovely happy hour! Sweet little Blue. I remember when she was a kitten in Kentucky. (was 2004)

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Mike in the shower at the new house ;) .
Mike in the shower at the new house ;) .

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Emotional support cat...go Broncos
Emotional support cat...go Broncos

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New house update.. this was the last weekly visit. We will be there with Lennar on the 3rd for the walkthrough prior to the closing and then we will do the final walkthrough on the 11th prior to taking possession. And there is a resident that Mike said needs to be evicted. 🕷︠I have dozens more pictures of the stuff on our list, but will spare you those.

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Last part of the Portland trip: We left the Japanese Garden and met Mike's friend, Adam, at a winery to do a tasting. Really pleasant spot, and since it was Monday afternoon, we were the only customers. After the winery, we watched the Broncos game and had dinner at a local bar and grill. Those Broncos....so hard to love sometimes. 🙄 And you already got the story of our flight. Fantastic short trip!

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Portland Japanese Garden, Part 2

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Portland, Day 4, afternoon: After the rose garden, we went to the Japanese Garden. Beautiful day, beautiful sunlight in the garden.

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Portland, Day 4, Monday: We went to the Portland Rose Garden for as long as my sinuses and lungs would allow. (I am allergic to roses - triggers massive headaches and breathing issues) We thought Grandma Kitty would have really liked the peach one. Such a beautiful garden. 🤗💖💖💖

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Dinner with Marieke and David

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Smoky Washington

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Bowie... Who was jokingly told he would be going home with us. This super snuggle bug was all ready and followed us to the door. I told him Ziggy would have my head if I came home from vacation with a new cat. 😺
Portland, Day 3, Sunday: We took a road trip to Olympia Washington and had a lovely visit with my cousin, Marieke, and her husband, David...who we finally got to meet! They've only been married a few years 🙀 Time flies. Very glad we got to meet him before his deployment.
She greeted us with hugs and "yay! I'm not dead!" ....an aggressive cancer during the pandemic was tough, but she's fine now and looking forward to getting back to normal. She just got clearance to lift things again last week. 🤗ðŸ™Â💞💞
We also got to hang out with 3 of their cats, Bowie, Freckle, and Fiddle. Walter maintained his distance. (I did see Walter briefly as we were leaving). Many thanks to both of them for a lovely dinner by the water. 🙂
There was so much wildfire smoke in Washington! I hadn't realized they were having so much trouble with wildfires.

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Portland, Day 2 continued: Saturday afternoon, we visited Mike's friend from grad school, Adam, and his family. We had planned to go visit when their second baby was born, but that was Summer of 2020... So, we had a good visit with "baby" Kaya and her older sister, Zoe 🤗. Zoe looks so much like our oldest niece at the same age that her sister was half expecting the picture I texted to be a throwback photo with a story about Maddie. Beautiful spot with tall evergreen trees. We did have a laugh at the hill near their house labeled "snow zone" with a warning about possibly needing chains. Adam said the HOA sign is a bit of an embarrassment for a Colorado native. ðŸ˜Â
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tales from the front door - after OEDIT today (great meeting!), I decided to order a pizza so I could spend an hour munching leaves with the mower. When the pizza guy came to the door, he could hear Thursday night football in the background. "So,who's playing tonight?" he asked. "The Bears," I said - pretty proud of myself that I had remembered. "Against who?" "the....Cubs. Bears versus Cubs." ... and that was the moment when the pizza guy realized it was my husband who was actually watching the game. Mike's been tracking the progress of the "bear cubs" for me all evening :)
😠😃. (For the non-sports people, the Chicago Bears are a football team and the Chicago Cubs are a baseball team)
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Portland, Day 1: Friday night, we got in late. We had enough time for a glass of scotch in the bar of the beautiful Benson hotel. It was built in 1912. Lovely architecture. ðŸ˜Å

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Portland, Saturday morning - We had lunch at "Heroes American Grill", and then on to the Portland Art museum. We enjoyed the art museum- lots of interesting collections, but what a weird building. It must be a few buildings stitched together, because the floors don't connect. So, lots of up and down stairs to go through each section. I was absolutely in love with the lotus flower lamp. 🤗 I also liked the peonies painting and the Rock of Ages display. The "Bonfire" painting was interesting - even having been to Kyoto twice, I didn't know about the custom.

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Home! On today's edition of "Escape from Portland", everything was going smoothly until United cancelled our flight literally as we were checking in. In progress at the kiosk. While they had flights with layovers that would have gotten us in late tonight or tomorrow afternoon during the time slot for Mike's class (he has 62 students for Material Transport this semester), there were no nostop flights. So, much to his chagrin (I could feel the "dear, you are making a scene" look), I bolted over to Southwest. They had one nonstop flight this afternoon that was supposed to leave at 2:05 pm. But it was already 1:43 pm. The plane was late and the guy at the counter was like "At some point, I have to stop selling tickets for this flight ." Insert worried sad face....I assume, because he was like "Oh, ok, 2 more." Tickets were purchased at 1:47 pm. We were called to board at 2:19 pm. Great flight, smooth flight. We even snagged emergency row seats for Mike's long legs. AND... OUR BAGS EVEN MADE IT!!!! Happy to be home. I am well meowed at. Tales and pictures from our weekend in Portland to come.
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Here's the 3 boys - Oct 11th. From left to right - Muggins, Cirrus, Braveheart
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Here's the 3 boys - Oct 11th. From left to right - Muggins, Cirrus, Braveheart
Aww, the sweet brother cats 🤗
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Went to the new house today to meet with a contractor (and new neighbor!) regarding getting a deck built. Our old house officially sold on Tuesday (October 11th). The walkthrough of the new in is officially scheduled for November 3rd and the closing on November 11th. 11-11. More elevens for the major milestones in our life. Gotta keep a good trend going. 🤗 Anyhow, carpet is installed and things are really coming together. I am going to ask about the trees planted outside the living room window.

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Lovely dinner at Abejas in Golden 🤗 Mike noticed I decided to commemorate the occasion by wearing the same color scheme as I did 29 years ago....brown jacket, purple shirt, silver jewelry, black pants, black shoes. It was memorable as the first of many many occasions where we accidentally wore matching outfits. Mike purposefully did not match tonight. ðŸ˜Â

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Happy 29 year date-versary to my hubby! We don't have a lot of pictures from that time period (except the one Sally took, that I usually share), so to change things up, here are some pictures from 1995.

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Thanks to Rannae, Maddie, and Val for joining us at the new house today! Counters and garage doors are in! Everything is painted. Getting close!
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you wouldn't know it by blanket time, but today was a beautiful day. I took the day off from work and spent most of it working on the patio project. more than halfway done digging!
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you wouldn't know it by blanket time, but today was a beautiful day. I took the day off from work and spent most of it working on the patio project. more than halfway done digging!
Aww, 13 years already. Chloe all tucked in
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Totally Tired Thursday

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Last yard work at the old house was done yesterday. The staging is gone. Everything looks in order. We are doing our part of the closing today and the bank confirmed the buyer's loan is finalized for their part of the closing on Tuesday.
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Aww, hard to believe it was already a few weeks ago.
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Early morning apple-ing before a day full of meetings. Morning tea, protein shake, pot of apples, and a cat. 🤗

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Thanks to my parents for the apples! Batch 1 if 2 for applesauce completed today. I modified the recipe, since some of my kitchen stuff is in storage. Seems like it worked out.
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@[756858664:2048:Kamalyn Stricker] 🤗💞💞💞 the story behind the meme
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This is where Ziggy has been for the past 2 hours. Looks to be her plan for the day
This is where Ziggy has been for the past 2 hours. Looks to be her plan for the day
You tagged Tony Rawluk and Almond Kohler

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Lovely evening with my parents and the Cat Care Society! Wine, coffee for my mom, heavy hors d'oeuvres and cookies to celebrate the kickoff of the Tails of Painted Cats. Almost all of the sculptures planned for the September 2023 auction have sponsors, which means the artists will get money for their supplies and can get started! My parents sponsored the Santa Claus cat. We sponsored the Rihanna cat and the one designed by my hubby's favorite local artist.
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After getting everyone dizzy last time, I slowed down.....and then the file was too big for Facebook. Please see video on our actual website....
Video is also posted on Instagram
Updated Oct 02, 2022 3:16:14 pm

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Lots of progress at the new house! Tile, flooring, trim, cabinets... Really getting close.
After getting everyone dizzy last time, I slowed down.....and then the file was too big for Facebook. Please see video on our actual website....
http://mksanders.com/2022pics/NewHouse_02Oct.html Video is also posted on Instagram
You tagged Almond Kohler and Jarl Brendan

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Many thanks to Jarl Anderson for the concert tickets! We went to see Zeal and Ardor at the Bluebird theater last night. The opening bands were Imperial Triumphant (with the masks, they were awful) and Sylvaine (songwriter and female guitarist/singer from Norway.... much better!) . Zeal and Ardor put on an awesome show - even down 2 band members. They had decided to press on when 2 members couldn't play due to illness instead of cancelling the show. Thank goodness! We missed them and Opeth last year when my hubby got Covid.
Hail in October....very weird.

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"Moth Hunter":
This was a quick snap due to the nature of the activity, but I really like the lighting. 🤗
"Moth Hunter":
This was a quick snap due to the nature of the activity, but I really like the lighting. 🤗

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Double rainbow! 🌈🌧ï¸Â
Purring for Friday.... volume up to get your Friday purrs 😺💞💞💞💞💞
Purring for Friday.... volume up to get your Friday purrs 😺💞💞💞💞💞

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Stopped by the house to get a quote on fencing. Lots of progress this week....Roof is in progress, painting is done, interior doors installed...I assume, since they are out of the garage, cason is fixed. Lots of saw noise inside for trim, and trim pieces occasionally sticking out of one of the windows for cutting. Will go inside this weekend when they are not working.

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Lovely evening for a walk. Looking forward to cold weather walks and more stars.

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I told my hubby's car that he has to be my friend now. Today was an expensive day - nothing major but it all adds up to more than $2000 fast. Plus a new windshield last week. There he is getting a bath after everything was done this morning.

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Here's the real picture! Glad I was able to get it for the speaker application I am doing.

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Formal photographer pictures from the PMI event.... I like the first one - working with my friend, Jolene, on event registration. Jolene and I started working event registration together 8 years ago when I first started volunteering for the chapter.

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She still likes to sit behind Mike's car. Don't worry, we have a system for knowing she's there.
She still likes to sit behind Mike's car. Don't worry, we have a system for knowing she's there.

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I got meowed at to come sit on the stairs. Ziggy is getting some garage time tonight.
I got meowed at to come sit on the stairs. Ziggy is getting some garage time tonight.

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"Get off the roof" 😺💖ðŸÂ¿ï¸Â

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A day in the life of Ziggy... Cold toes, to napping, to serious business

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The closing for our old house is now set for October 11 (was the 10th, but that is a bank holiday). Not much progress on the new house this week - they delivered the interior doors and did the ceiling over the balcony area.
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This is missing chickens 😄
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Thanks to Craig and Charlotte McGonagill for a lovely evening! A refreshing break from a hard week! Glad we could deliver the Australian rock to Craig. ☺ï¸ÂðŸÂ¨ðŸ¦˜ðŸ‡¦ðŸ‡º

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Ziggy went to the vet today for her FELV booster. Because she's a senior kitty, we checked her kidneys first - they look great! Once we got home, she was finally able to relax enough to enjoy her "calm kitty" pills. They usually last for about 6 hours.
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Picture courtesy of my hubby: first toast of the fall. Ziggy was very surprised to learn the apartment also has toast technology 😺
Picture courtesy of my hubby: first toast of the fall. Ziggy was very surprised to learn the apartment also has toast technology 😺

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Nap time is serious today.... After lots of summer weather, it is cloudy and cool....only 65 deg! I sent Ziggy's apologies to her squirrel buddy.

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Appraisal is Thursday.... I stopped by the house to mow the lawn and found that the yard staging furniture was already gone. The inside staging furniture is leaving after the appraisal.
Video tour of the new house

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Texture is done! We stopped by the model homes to get free lunch and ideas for window coverings. Saw that the model home was planning to drink its lunch? 😉 Then, we took a tour of our house - removed a tumbleweed from the garage, saw the texture on the walls (and everything! 😄). Met our new neighbors. Checked out the air conditioning pad.

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Good news! Inspection objections were minor and negotiations are complete. On to the next stage - the appraisal for their loan. We had nachos at the food truck that came to the apartment complex, I went for a walk to see the sunset, and I processed my paycheck. Mike has noted how much I enjoy paying myself. 🤗

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Yesterday's Project Management Institute event went well! We had 3 great speakers and lots of time for attendees to talk with each other. It was also the first time I had tried the small group discussions format in a group with more than 30 people. We had 160 participants and 24 facilitators across two areas of tables. It went great! 🤗 Good to know the concept scales well. (Picture from the stage was while I kept time for the facilitators)

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Pictures from setting up at the Wellshire Inn.... tomorrow's event is the first in-person symposium event for the chapter since 2019.
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I helped set up for tomorrow's Project Management Institute event this morning. I am well guarded and not allowed to leave again. 🤗
I helped set up for tomorrow's Project Management Institute event this morning. I am well guarded and not allowed to leave again. 🤗

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Good news! One of the other people from the open house submitted an offer last night! (Not the one with the dog) Inspection is Thursday, closing planned for October 10. 🤗
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Good news! One of the other people from the open house submitted an offer last night! (Not the one with the dog) Inspection is Thursday, closing planned for October 10. 🤗
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" If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again". - Aaliyah
We had a showing today. There are two new listings in our neighborhood, both of whom scheduled open houses on Saturday. So, we are also going to have an open house from 11-1 on Saturday. Fingers crossed! This is day 85 for the listing.
" If at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again". - Aaliyah
We had a showing today. There are two new listings in our neighborhood, both of whom scheduled open houses on Saturday. So, we are also going to have an open house from 11-1 on Saturday. Fingers crossed! This is day 85 for the listing.
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LI Trip for Eleanor's 90th bday, Labor Day 2009
From left to right:
Eleanor's friend Jessie
Eleanor's cousin, Bea. She and her husband Don used to watch my brother and me after school
and Eleanor
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Sep 09, 2009 5:44:30 am
From left to right:
Eleanor's friend Jessie
Eleanor's cousin, Bea. She and her husband Don used to watch my brother and me after school
and Eleanor
Awww, 13 years ago. This was Eleanor's last birthday party.
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No legs here.. patio loaf is keeping warm this morning. Our heat wave finally broke and it is a delightful 54 deg (12.2 C) 🤗😺ðŸÂž
No legs here.. patio loaf is keeping warm this morning. Our heat wave finally broke and it is a delightful 54 deg (12.2 C) 🤗😺ðŸÂž
Ziggy and her squirrel this morning (something more lighthearted for the feed) 😺💖ðŸÂ¿ï¸Â
Ziggy and her squirrel this morning (something more lighthearted for the feed) 😺💖ðŸÂ¿ï¸Â

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The buyers decided they only wanted the cheap deal and withdrew their offer. I guess it was worth a try.... we have been saying that we're not giving anyone a $400k gift to update the bathroom and put the house back on the market. 😠We can update the bathroom for a lot less and try the moving project again in a few years. I told our realtor 2 more weeks. If we don't have an offer by then, we will plan to move back in.
The buyers decided they only wanted the cheap deal and withdrew their offer. I guess it was worth a try.... we have been saying that we're not giving anyone a $400k gift to update the bathroom and put the house back on the market. 😠We can update the bathroom for a lot less and try the moving project again in a few years. I told our realtor 2 more weeks. If we don't have an offer by then, we will plan to move back in.
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downhill is great!

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taking a break

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pretty morning - looking west at the Foothills from Tucker Gulch

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We should investigate here, too

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love the sky!

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Home!

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The cats are coping ok with her presence. Last night, Muggins came to investigate. He went into ball o'Muggin mode and watched Jazz in the living room. At one point, she started coming his way, and he braced himself for being brave. She seemed to look right through him and move on. I said "She can't see you, buddy. Jazz is pretty much blind." Not believing me, he continued to sit and then went back to report to Cirrus. Cirrus came out a little later. He touched noses with Jazz twice. She was happy - "Cat! I thought there was a cat here." But then she was confused - he disappeared. Actually, he had jumped onto the couch, but since he wasn't moving, she couldn't find him. He watched her for a while, and then eventually rejoined Muggins in the bedroom. Both cats were on the prowl after Jazz went to bed. They investigated everything and spent some time staring at the dog sleeping on the couch. Being pretty much deaf, blind, and almost 18, Jazz sleeps heavily and paid no heed to her visitors. So, they gave up.
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Happy Labor Day! I have the day off, Mike does not. He's all dressed up in his black suit to go teach class today. My parents are visiting friends, so we are watching Jazz. She and I went for a very slow walk in Tucker Gulch this morning. (...less so on the downhill part than on the uphill part coming back.)
Aww, sweet Jazz (my parents' dog- @[1820492179:2048:Tony Rawluk] )
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Finally! We bought the tickets in 2019, and the pandemic forced multiple reschedules, but we finally got to see Roger Waters' concert last night. 🤗 I especially enjoyed the extra stories he told behind the songs. I also got to see him play "Two Suns in the Sunset" which is an old favorite of mine from "The Final Cut". And free Raytheon advertising! (See pig balloon picture) Well, ok, Roger clearly doesn't like the product catalog, but as someone with over 10 years of experience with the company who was also a Hughes Aircraft history museum tour guide back at the start of her professional career, it was neat to see the quality of the work recognized. 😠First picture is Mike and Jarl enjoying Club Level life. 😄
We got an offer! It's not a good offer, but definitely a start! There is also a couple from Seattle "crunching numbers" before they look at putting in an offer.
We got an offer! It's not a good offer, but definitely a start! There is also a couple from Seattle "crunching numbers" before they look at putting in an offer.

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This Labor Day, while it may seem like I am creating signs picketing Project management topics, they are really for table facilitators to hold at the start of the breakout session during our big event at the Wellshire.
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@[1750427602:2048:Jarl Anderson] - we were just talking about things seen in Black Mirror episodes. 🙀
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I have submitted an analysis request to Lennar on that footing

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This steel beam never gets to be married?

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We went to the house today - dry wall hasn't been hung yet, but the dining room door no longer has a 2 story drop! The balcony is in, the furnace is in, the front door is hung, and the gas meter was installed.
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Fantastic concert last night - Fishbone at the Mercury Cafe in Denver. 🤗 So good to see most of the original members looking healthy and happy.
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The pictures are from my walk...the news is about the ongoing house saga. The closing for the new build has now moved to mid-November. We need to make a decision on the apartment lease by Sept 26 (can extend month to month or declare we will be out before Thanksgiving. If we don't give notice 60 days before it ends, it automatically converts to month to month)....
So, we'll have a few more weeks of showings. We had 6 showings in June, 4 in July, and 22 in August. No offers yet. 4 feedbacks that the kitchen/bath need updating, 2 feedbacks that the yard is too small, rest no feedback or basically "it's nice". Realtor is working on another open house.

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Dude with a drone at the end of the street. The drone was hanging around outside the windows and garage while I was there, so I let Lennar know what his license plate was, just in case.
I stopped by the new house today....all the drywall supplies were delivered on time. It should look very different the next time I see it! 🤗

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Some of my roses have a weird disease 🙀

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aww, we were in some of the formal pictures taken by Mines at the Aug 11 event.

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So fancy... Just kidding. 😄 An empty bottle of wine to remind me to buy more, and the last 4 peaches from the box of Palisade Peaches I picked up from the Golden rotary. (The other side of the Rocky Mountains, west of us, specializes in things like peaches, corn, and wine. Lots of nice wineries there.)
So fancy... Just kidding. 😄 An empty bottle of wine to remind me to buy more, and the last 4 peaches from the box of Palisade Peaches I picked up from the Golden rotary. (The other side of the Rocky Mountains, west of us, specializes in things like peaches, corn, and wine. Lots of nice wineries there.)

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New house update: the framing inspection was completed yesterday. We stopped by in the evening and found insulation! The insulation makes the house so much quieter.

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The showings this weekend and Monday yielded more comments that the bathroom and kitchen need to be updated. So, the price reduction was apparently not what folks wanted.... Due to the ongoing labor shortage in the Denver area, it looks like they want the work completed instead of $s off so they could get it done. There is another showing tomorrow from 12:45-1:45.... Here's hoping those folks are feeling more handy.
The showings this weekend and Monday yielded more comments that the bathroom and kitchen need to be updated. So, the price reduction was apparently not what folks wanted.... Due to the ongoing labor shortage in the Denver area, it looks like they want the work completed instead of $s off so they could get it done. There is another showing tomorrow from 12:45-1:45.... Here's hoping those folks are feeling more handy.

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Updates from ancestry.com based on their newer models. 😊They have found 7,481 relatives in their database. Pretty incredible
Updates from
ancestry.com based on their newer models. 😊They have found 7,481 relatives in their database. Pretty incredible
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Happy birthday to my mom! Absolutely lovely to have found a restaurant she was comfortable with post-pandemic so we could all go out together. 🤗
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And now there's a driveway! Stopped by the new house with Terry and Gwenn Sanders today. The driveway is in and the roof tiles are in position for installation.

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House showing at 11:30 today ðŸ™Â
Update: another showing scheduled for 3-4 pm Sunday
House showing at 11:30 today ðŸ™Â
Update: another showing scheduled for 3-4 pm Sunday
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Really cool that we had such a great response! While registration is closed for the in person event, the chapter was able to create a webinar for the content. ðŸ˜Å
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Tomorrow is the final price reduction. There weekends left to get the house sold. I went over tonight to now, weed, trim the torch lillies, and break out the big guns. Thanks for to Kristin Blais for reminding me about St. Joseph. 🤗ðŸ™Â
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Lovely to see everyone at the annual Colorado School of Mines CCAC (Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics) conference. Yes, I was pretending to be a student and had dinner with the crew at the Origin Hotel. 😄

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Inspection complete! Thanks to Christopher Chamberlin for helping us with the pre-drywall walkthrough of the new house! Lennar plans to complete the electrical and plumbing inspections today, HVAC later this week, and start insulation and drywall next week.

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Congratulations to Yewon for earning the title, "Doctor", today! Lovely celebration dinner at The Fort in Morrison. 🤗 As of December, all of Mike's graduate students will have graduated.
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No word from the showings and open house this weekend, but we did take a nice trip to the new house with my parents and then they joined us for happy hour at the apartment. Mike was glad he finally was enough of a noodge to get a napkin thrown at him. A victory for Mike! It's been a while since he said something that got my mom to throw her napkin at him. 😄 Balance of the universe restored.

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Lovely evening yesterday for the Colorado School of Mines Evening of Excellence dinner!

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Ziggy has been busy "hiding" today

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Ziggy has informed me that the ownership status of the pillow on the couch has changed. Forever. I will have to find something else to lean on. 😸😉

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Great news! After months of back and forth with the SBA and needing to resubmit the application, I can now use the WOSB (Woman Owned Small Business) designation when bidding on government contracts. Full approval via final SBA review could take another 90 days. Cyber security score is up next. Big plans for 2023. 🤗
Great news! After months of back and forth with the SBA and needing to resubmit the application, I can now use the WOSB (Woman Owned Small Business) designation when bidding on government contracts. Full approval via final SBA review could take another 90 days. Cyber security score is up next. Big plans for 2023. 🤗

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Ziggy wishes you all a Happy International Cat Day... from the safety of her cat bunker. Adam from our apartment facilities team stopped by to fix something, briefly, quietly (depending upon which resident you ask), so Ziggy has retreated for the day.
Ziggy wishes you all a Happy International Cat Day... from the safety of her cat bunker. Adam from our apartment facilities team stopped by to fix something, briefly, quietly (depending upon which resident you ask), so Ziggy has retreated for the day.

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This is Ziggy's "viral video" with over 2100 likes. She likes to chew to break every plastic bag handle she can find.

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Unexpected - water in the tub!

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The saddest broom. It gave its all for the house

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We stopped by the new house tonight after dinner. Looks like plumbing is in progress, siding is going well, and HVAC continues.

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Went for a walk after dinner. It looks like an autumn moon, but it is definitely not autumn out there. What happened to those cool desert summer nights? *sigh*
Went for a walk after dinner. It looks like an autumn moon, but it is definitely not autumn out there. What happened to those cool desert summer nights? *sigh*
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Happy birthday to Rob! Happy Steak Day!

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Last day in Boston, Part 2: The second tour of the TD Garden brought us "back stage" and onto the floor. It's concert season, so the basketball floor was picked up. You'll see a picture where I am pretending to figure skate. I was kinda twirling and looking around as I am prone to doing, and Mike reminded me "no figure skating".... That is in reference to when I permanently injured my right ankle during the 1984 Winter Olympics. Watching intently, I had been convinced I had what it took to do a triple axle, so I leapt into the air, tucked, twirled, and learned the hard way that the spinning isn't the hard part... 😉 I reinjured that ankle in 2012 chasing a cat, and now we call it "swelly". Anyhow, we had a good time. 🤗 The train ride back was uneventful, the plane ride the next day was pleasantly uneventful given the plague of cancelled flights and lost luggage facing the country, and we were glad to see Ziggy. Always glad to see the Ziggle.

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What a week! I am behind on posting pictures, but literally....better late than never. 😠Here are the pictures from our last day in Boston. We decided to spend a few hours touring the TD Garden, where the Celtics and Bruins play. And this time we took the train....the orange line. On our way out, it was announced "the train is arriving, and all the cars are brand new" .... Just a few days prior, one of the orange line trains ended up on fire while on the bridge just past the Garden. No one was hurt. One lady chose to jump from the bridge into the river.
The first tour was to see the arena from the newly renovated top level and then the sports memorabilia areas on the club level.

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Boston, Day 5: It was Sunday, July 24th, the day of record breaking 99 deg heat. With the humidity in Boston, it was an oppressive heat. Having completed what we wanted to see on the Freedom Trail, we laid low most of the day. Our room was on the second floor, overlooking the start of a pedestrian mall. By midday, the normal sounds of people, musicians, cars, and buses at that corner gave way to silence. We weren't the only ones avoiding the sun..... Later in the day, we took a walk through Boston Commons and the Public Garden.

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New house update - we drove to see the new house after brunch - much progress! Siding and HVAC are going in, and most of the windows are in. Stairs are in so we could go upstairs to Mike's loft (gaming area, bathroom, and office) as well as the basement. Kitchen comes with a microwave. 😉 (But not that one - it belongs to the construction crew ) Our contact at Lennar (builder for new house) is going to check on the footing for the back balcony at their construction tagup tomorrow.
And then I get to have a more difficult conversation.... Due to current market conditions, we are looking at having to do a substantial price reduction on our old house, which would make the cost of the new house unaffordable. The builder has said they are willing to negotiate the price of the new house so the math still works for us.... remains to be seen if they are thinking along the same numbers as I am. I don't expect to get an answer quickly. But *fingers crossed*
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Love these guys, such fantastic work, especially with rehabilitating and finding loving homes for animals other shelters might euthanize 😺💖💖💖
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Boston, Day 4, Part 6 of 6:
Next stop on the Freedom Trail was Paul Revere's house. That was about half way between the church and the hotel. ....And now you have seen as much of Paul Revere's house as we did. Mike had been under the erroneous impression that I held Paul Revere in high regard for his role in the revolution. While we were in the Bunker Hill museum, he was surprised that I felt cheated to learn that Paul got a boat ride to Charleston where he was given a horse for the ride. I said, "wait? So he only rode one way?!?" That prompted a discussion about Long Island public schools, through which he learned that I only knew Paul Revere as "some dude who rode a horse shouting 'The British are coming '. " 😄 So, we get to the Paul Revere house, we are drenched at this point and wondering how bad our sunburn might be, and there's a line. Outside the house, there's a guy whose kid doesn't know who Paul Revere is. Corroborating my story about local education, the guy tells his son, "Paul Revere was a big deal during the Revolution. He's the guy who rode through towns shouting 'The British are coming'." At which point, Mike voted that we skip because apparently neither I or most other people in the region actually care about Paul Revere's accomplishments. 💖 😄
So, we went back to the hotel for much needed showers, rest, water, and air conditioning. In the evening, we went to get ramen. So tasty. We really enjoyed the textured chop sticks. After dinner, we had some drinks in the hotel bar. I keep joking that I feel like I am on the set of Friends or something. The little seating area just feels contrived. But comfy. And the drinks are good. ☺ï¸Â

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Boston, Day 4, Part 5: The next stop on the Freedom Trail was quite close by - the Old North Church where the lanterns for "1 if by land, 2 if by sea" were hung.

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Boston, Day 4, Part 4:
After the USS Constitution, we looked at getting a ride back to the hotel but there wasn't an Uber or taxi to be found by the Navy Yard. We had known it was a risk, due to the traffic and construction on the bridges. Resigned to our sweaty fate, we started on the we 2-mile walk back. Before crossing the bridge to our area, we stopped at a maybe famous? Self proclaimed famous? ...well, anyway, we were overheating and they had air-conditioning, water, and ice cream.
Heading towards the bridge, we were on the temporary Freedom Trail, since the side with the bricks was torn up. I think it was cute that someone actually bothered to paint a new route over the temporary (and at times a little terrifying) pedestrian bridge.
Mike was busy mumbling something about the burying ground we were walking towards having certain death but it's not supposed to be ours.... He, umm, loved the bridge, the tar path on flimsy vibrating metal, and all the heat and humidity. 😉
Copp's burying ground on the freedom trail, sadly named after the family whose child was the first person buried there. We liked the skulls with angel wings.

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Boston, Day 4, Part 3: After visiting Bunker Hill, we had lunch and walked to the Navy Yard to see the U.S.S. Constitution and visitor center. We also learned about the USS Mason at the Visitor center.

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Boston, Day 4, Part 2: After seeing the monument, we sought shelter in the Bunker Hill museum. Lots of great displays regarding the battle itself as well as everything leading up to the creation of the monument. They also had an interesting display on the changing shoreline of Boston. At the Old State House museum the day before, we learned that much of the land Boston is built on was fill - they leveled 2 local hills and a portion of a third to get the needed material. I also really liked the display on the alternate monument designs.

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Boston, Day 4, Part 1: the day before the record breaking heat . ... We were back on the Freedom Trail! We started out the day by taking a taxi to the Bunker Hill Monument. Mike made sure to walk forwards on the trail (little brick path in the sidewalk)... We had been joking the day before that if forwards on the trail is the path to freedom, then walking backwards must erode our freedoms. 😉

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Grumble, grumble. After almost 7 hours at the old house cleaning (can't believe we put it on the market a month and a half ago!), I am back this morning after retrieving the carpet cleaner from the storage space. Someone spilled what looks and feels to be soda in the living room. Otherwise, things look good!

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Boston, Day 3: The last conference session was from 1-2 on, where we got a sense of our travel plans for 2023 and 2024 (Japan and England?) and enjoyed hearing from Truls Norby of the University of Oslo as well as from a professor Mike knows at the university in Fukuoka, Japan. After that, we changed hotels ... just half a mile or so closer to the tourist stuff to make walking easier. We started on the Freedom Trail that afternoon (historic sites from the American Revolution) , with a few air conditioning breaks. We saw the Old State House museum, the Faneuil Hall, the Bookstore with what we joked was the oldest Chipotle restaurant and the Old South Meeting House. We also had a lovely dinner at a restaurant Mike found before I got to Boston (Stillwater), and hung out at the hotel afterwards. I love the stairwell. 🤗

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Tried a new walking loop this evening. Nice views 🙂
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Post walk nap.
Ziggy is getting so good with her harness! We went for a real walk this evening. We saw 3 doves, a dog, people talking, 2 cars, and a pickup truck. Quite the adventure!
Ziggy is getting so good with her harness! We went for a real walk this evening. We saw 3 doves, a dog, people talking, 2 cars, and a pickup truck. Quite the adventure!

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Boston, Day 2: I mostly worked from the hotel while Mike was busy with the conference and edits to one of Yewon's papers. Love the gardens on higher floors of the buildings. On breaks, I was endlessly entertained by the view from our room where I could see Boston drivers' loose relationship with lanes. 😠Also really enjoyed the fancy ballroom at the Park Plaza Hotel. In the evening, we had a lovely dinner with Yewon and Tony (a friend/coworker/customer from California) at a place reminiscent of the grills we visited in Asia. Yewon was very happy with the choice, since she could get a dinner like she would at home (South Korea).

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Outside at DIA - patio at Gate B1

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Boston last week! Mike went to Boston for the Solid State Ionics conference. His PhD student, Yewon, presented a paper and did very well! I joined the crew Wednesday evening for the conference banquet after an uneventful flight. We had a nice time at the conference banquet, but lordy - do not leave a big event in the hands of MIT kids. They had us bused to a museum with mostly children's science exhibits, we got a buffet dinner with salad, chicken, pasta, etc. ...and that was it. We were on our own for entertainment. We did spend some time comparing it to past banquets. We also spent time programming an adorable hedgehog.
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For local peeps.... Glad Golden is being proactive
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All things Ziggy 😸💖💖💖

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Cleaning day is complete, the Crinkle Paper Empire restored, and the favorite puff located. I promised Ziggy we wouldn't call cleaning day done until we found it (under the couch). It's been missing for a few days.... 😿 She's just laying in her empire hugging it 😺💞
Cleaning day is complete, the Crinkle Paper Empire restored, and the favorite puff located. I promised Ziggy we wouldn't call cleaning day done until we found it (under the couch). It's been missing for a few days.... 😿 She's just laying in her empire hugging it 😺💞

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Flowers at the old house. I stopped by to check on things before Open House #2
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The new house has appeared! Loved the clouds, but did leave before the thunderstorm started ðŸ˜Â
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Last set of Australia pictures - the rest of the aquarium pictures and one professional picture from the opera. The End! ðŸ˜Å
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Tales of our Australia adventure, Day 13-14 - Last installment! 🙀 The last full day of our trip was my hubby's milestone birthday. I already posted the pictures from his lovely birthday dinner at a steak house with a view of the Sydney Opera house. During the day, we made him walk a lot. It wasn't the original plan, but it turns out the Sydney Aquarium is closed for part of the week, and that was our only opportunity to go. We went to a BBQ restaurant to get ribs for lunch. They were very tasty ribs! Like most food in Australia, the sauce was quite sweet. The walk to the aquarium was a couple of miles, but the weather was decent. Having timed tickets for limited entry, we were not prepared for the scene at the aquarium. "Limited" was us and about 130 other people. The line to get tickets scanned only took 10 minutes or so despite its daunting appearance. They took group photos for us at the entrance, which we got free digital copies of. The first little bit of the aquarium was filled with screaming kids, but things calmed down after that. I really enjoyed the walkways under the tanks, the penguins, and the jellyfish. We also had a good laugh about the dugong (relative of the manatee). Strong personality there. 😠But his keeper eventually won him over with lettuce. After the aquarium, we had a quiet afternoon followed by Mike's birthday dinner. The flight back was much better than the one to Sydney - in part because a strong tail wind made it almost 3 hours shorter. 😊Having Global Entry and TSA Pre made the transition through customs in San Francisco pretty smooth. We were glad to get home to the watchful eyes of Ziggy. Many thanks go to Auntie Linda for watching Ziggy and receiving packages for Will and Hannah's birthday. Many thanks also go to my dad for taking care of our house while we were away. The trip in Australia made all the travel hassle worthwhile. We are looking forward to a future trip (not yet planned but in the docket) to New Zealand, including seeing Courtney and family. 🤗
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 12 of 14: The group split up for a variety of activities. Mike and I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art.... Lovely stuff! Lots of local artists. The highlight of the day was the opera. We went to see the opening night of Madama Butterfly at the Sydney Opera house. Absolutely fantastic production complete with counter rotating stages, large TV panels around the stage to create more of a background, and a talented passionate cast. It had all the drama of an opera story, including that the main male lead got sick and had to go to the doctor after the first act. His understudy did an excellent job of jumping into the story and taking over. Love the acoustics there - no amplification used.

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I bought Ziggy a new harness, hoping she would be able to walk in it more easily so we could get better outside time. I followed the instructions for leaving it where she sleeps, and then we tried it out tonight. A scared kitty in a big world, she looked at the little grassy area between the apartment buildings with big eyes and army-crawled around in her harness. We reached one of the first floor apartments where the patio door was open. A little dog came racing out, barking. I scooped Ziggy up and moved her farther down the path. She sat there, and decided "hell no, that dog doesn't win". With a beat down in mind, she walked on the harness just fine, sticking her head under patio walls trying to find the right one. 😄🙄 We came back inside.

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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 11 of 14: We had a quiet day - Mike spent more time working on Yewon's dissertation and I spent some time walking along the water. I saw a pair of lorikeets by the art museum. One of the school kids there informed me that they are different from the king parrots in her back yard. The 8 of us had a very nice dinner at a Chinese and Malaysian restaurant, and then it was back to wharf watching until bedtime.
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 11 of 14: Last leg of the trip....We flew from Cairns back to Sydney. (3-hour flight) At the Cairns airport, we had lunch at Burger King.... I mean Hungry Jack's. The only thing they changed was the name. In 1977, when Burger King expanded to Australia, they found there was already a different company called Burger King in Australia; hence, the name change. Our flight to Sydney went well! When we lived in Los Angeles, one of Mike's goals had been to stay at the Four Seasons. So, I booked the hotel for his birthday, and it did not disappoint! The Four Seasons gave Mike a free upgrade to a top floor suite for his birthday. It has a large living room, dining room, 2 bathrooms - probably the size of our apartment! They also left him a cute little birthday cake. All rooms can see the harbor and the opera house. 😊We had a late dinner at a local Italian restaurant who was up to the task of supporting a last-minute reservation for 8 people. Good food!
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Australia, Day 10, Part 2 of 2: After the tram, we went to the butterfly sanctuary, had a really nice BBQ buffet lunch, and then wandered around the wildlife park. Still can't get over how cute the wallabies are. Pictures also include 2 kangaroos begging for something and a passed out wombat. Maybe Ziggy is part wombat - she sleeps the same way. ðŸ˜Â
Then, we went on a duck boat tour, saw an aborigine dance performance, worked with a couple of the aborigines on how to throw a boomerang, saw their digeridoo and spear throwing demonstration, then went back to Cairns via the scenic railway. For the boomerangs, Mike got a hand shake and "good job!" from our guide. The rest of us would probably lose a lot of weight if we were depending upon our skills to hunt birds.
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 10 of 14, Part 1 of 2:
Last full day in Cairns...how time flies! We had a leisurely day on the rainforest tour. It started with a tram ride. I had not known Rob doesn't like trams before that, but this one was 50 minutes long with 2 stops to see the rain forest and Barron Falls. And it was really tall!
We had a little recording of a ranger to listen to as we went up. At one point he said to not just look at the top of the rain forest, but to look down and deep into the rain forest to see some of the different plants he was talking about. Rob was definitely in the 'not no but hell no' camp.

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We reduced the price on the old house yesterday...from the Zillow traffic, it looks like we achieved the goal of getting more eyes on the listing. Fingers crossed
We reduced the price on the old house yesterday...from the Zillow traffic, it looks like we achieved the goal of getting more eyes on the listing. Fingers crossed

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Happy 24th anniversary to my hubby!
Happy 24th anniversary to my hubby!

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Australia, Day 9 of 14: A much deserved and anticipated Down Day! No formal plans, plenty of time to enjoy the view and rest our tired feet. Mike and I had a lovely dinner at a restaurant on the pier called "The Salt House". We spent time at night watching life at the "Prawn Star" - 4 boats that formed a floating restaurant just beyond our balcony.
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Australia, Day 8, Part 5 of 5: Get ready for something so cute! 🤗 To finish our tour, there was one more stop! We drove 2 hours back towards Cairns and fed the Wallabies at the Granite Gorge park. Omg, they are adorable and so soft. Maddie said if she lived in Cairns, she would be there all the time.
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Australia, Day 8, Part 4 of 5: After the cave, we had lunch at a pub in Chillagoe and stopped by the Chillagoe Smelter. The towns out that way were originally built by the mining industry, but that activity has really ramped down. The population of Chillagoe is about one tenth of what it was back then. After the smelter, we went to see Balancing Rock and some ancient aborigine art.
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Australia, Day 8, Part 3 of 5: more pictures from Royal Arch cave in Chillagoe
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Tales of our Australia adventure, Day 8, Part 2:
After the coffee stop, we drove 2 hours to Calligoe for a tour of the Royal Arch cave. They have a nice loop path through the cave, but it was the first cave tour I have had with no lights! The only lighting was from the 13 flashlights (12 in our group and our guide). For the times where I was last in line, I was impressed by how dark it got as everyone moved on. Keeps people like me from dawdling too much to take pictures. 😄
Lots of big spiders! I guess there's bats that poop, roaches who eat the poop, spiders who eat the roaches, and snakes who eat the bats. Circle of life?
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Tales of our Australia adventure, Day 8 of 14 Part 1: After all the rough seas, the adventurers, and I am certain the viewers of our videos, were looking forward to a day on land! Aye, mate - it's time to head to the Outback!
Northern Australia has everything all together - lovely shoreline in Cairns, a rain forest just beyond the city, and if you drive west a couple of hours, nothing but desert. I promised you a thread of transportation issues, and this is fortunately, the last part of that story.
We gathered for another early morning tour pickup - 6:50 am this time. By 7:10 am, we had so many questions. This time, the vehicle issues were actually good news....... The normal Billy Tea safari off road vehicles broke down, so the 12 people on our tour (our crew plus 4 others) got to sprawl out in a coach bus. We traveled an hour west of Cairns to Mareeba for our first stop at the Starbury Coffee Plantation. Such a beautiful spot... Definitely could have spent a lot more time there, but after the vehicle issues, we only had 25 minutes for tea/coffee and a tasty scone on their balcony, from which we could see wallabies also having breakfast.

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Framing has started at the new house....looks good so far!

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Spent a bit of time on the house today - yard work, fussing with the garden sprayers, and some light cleaning inside, since it has been a month since we left. Was rewarded by torch lillies, which look almost neon at twilight. ðŸ˜Â
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 7 of 14... Half way!
Our trip to the Great Barrier Reef was quite a challenge. A once in a lifetime experience I only plan to do once. 😉 To get there, you have to travel 15 miles off the coast into the open ocean. The wind was whipping, some of the waves were as tall as I am and the ship had a little sick bay going to start off the morning, including Rannae with Mike and Gwenn borderline. We spent the entire day at sea - the tides were too high with the incoming storm to make their usual afternoon stop at an island. We went to one part of the reef in the morning and moved to a different part of the reef in the the afternoon.
In the morning, Valerie went scuba diving. Rannae gave diving a go but didn't last. The company kindly refunded both diving fees. Maddie went snorkeling. I went on the glass bottom boat tour twice - once with Mike and once with Maddie and Rob. Maddie said the view was the same as what she got snorkeling - muted colors looking down through the water. Lots of fish, lots of good info from our tour guide who was enjoying the weather because it reminded him of being home in Wales. (He moved to Australia after marrying an Aussie.)
Gwenn and Terry also took a glass bottom boat tour, but only Terry got to see the reef - the waves did Gwenn in for the day. A+ to my new camera for the day. I am amazed how well the pictures and video turned out despite the motion. I will have to selfishly give the photographer an A for not dropping the camera while trying to hold onto the boat. ðŸ˜Å
Lunch was quite pleasant - baked chicken legs, potatoes, vegetables, bread, and fruit. By this time, we had lost Rannae, Val, and Gwenn to the sick bay with Mike still borderline. Maddie was in high spirits - we talked about how she, Rob, and I are boat people. 🤗 It's always a great day when you realize what you can do better than others.
After lunch, we went to the second reef. Maddie went on the drift snorkeling tour by herself. !!! 💞 The glass bottom boat took them out away from the main boat and they slowly swam with the tide back to us. The intrepid photographer was on the third deck of the boat, hanging on with the motion and the wind to capture the moment. Again, A+ to the motion stabilizer in this camera.
Rannae and Val perked up enough for a quick snorkel after the main tour was done. Maddie went with them.
The trip back was a wild ride into the storm. Like our own little version of "Deadliest Catch" with water pouring over parts of the ship. A significant part of the lower deck was now the sick bay. Oy vey, the smell. But, after an hour or so, we were back on dry land. We had pizza for dinner at the Pier Bar and called it a day. ðŸ˜Å

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This is now how we start the day. Yes, I supervise.... 🙀
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Tales of our Australia adventure, Day 6 of 14:
We said goodbye to Brisbane and took a 9 am Qantas flight to Cairns. (Pronounced more like Cans) New airport, new rules, but we made it with 3 minutes to spare before boarding started. We ate a late lunch at the Shangri-la Hotel after we arrived, and the rest of the day was quiet - just enjoying our balcony on the marina. There was just enough wind that it didn't smell fishy, so Mike enjoyed the marina, too. (Normally he doesn't like being by the ocean because of the fishy smells)
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Australia, Day 5, part 3 of 3: Officer Maddie and the Golden Gang - ATV tour at the Tangalooma Island Resort
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Australia, Day 5, Part 2: Not sure what Rob said, but he pissed off that bird. ðŸ˜Â
Actually, they seem easily angered. They are called Curlews. They want your food. When they don't get what they want, they look at you sideways with their eyes squinted and make a "rrrrrr" like an angry Chihuahua.
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Tales of our Australia adventure, Day 5 of 14, Part 1 of 3:
Happy Winter Solstice from Down Under! This winter solstice celebration was very different from my normal snowy bonfire in December.
Our last day in the Brisbane area was planned to be a full one. We were traveling to the Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island, a 75-minute catamaran ferry ride from the city. We needed to be at the ferry by 6:30 am, and it was roughly a 20-minute drive from the hotel. So, I stopped by the hotel front desk the day before to book transportation. She told me she would have to contact a different company, because the vehicle belonging to the guy they usually use broke down over the weekend. I said, "Yeah, I know. We were there." She looked at me quizzically, but didn't ask.
The next morning, we gathered in the lobby. I found our driver, in a dark car. Turns out his battery died while he was waiting for us. Fortunately, the taxi stand outside the hotel was full, and he was easily able to get a replacement for us.
Check-in for the ferry went smoothly. We spent some time wondering if the painting of a whale with a tumor was really a humpback whale. 😉
Back in Colorado, the Avalanche (Denver Hockey) were competing in the Stanley Cup finals. We provided some international support with a view! Well, the international support didn't work for that game.
We had fun at Moreton Island. Gwenn, Rannae, Maddie, and Valerie went snorkeling in some rather cold water (it is winter in Australia....) but got to see lots of cool fish. Spoilers....good thing they were able to get that swim in.
All 8 of us went on an ATV tour in the afternoon Moreton Island is a "sand island" - no soil, sand everywhere! Lots of dunes to ride on with "Officer Maddie". Lovely resort and way to spend the day. The catamaran rides to and from the island were very smooth. Mike said, "Shine on, you crazy diamond"....chilly or not, of course I spent both rides out on the deck instead of tucked into the very nice passenger cabin.

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Many thanks to Rob for my new desk chair! ☺ï¸Â
Many thanks to Rob for my new desk chair! ☺ï¸Â
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 4 of 14: Down day! Logistics for group travel require a lot of scheduling. So, down days are very important...a day to rest your feet, do your own thing, sleep in. During the afternoon, we went to the City Park and Botanic Gardens across the street from the hotel. They were busy planting the next round of plants, so we spent most of the time wandering along the river. Dinner was at an Italian restaurant - so much food!
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 3 of 14: For Father's day, we went to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. They could only accommodate 6 people on their behind-the-scenes yours, so we went with the Lyons on the All Stars tour plus 2 pm Koala hold, while Gwenn and Terry went on 3 tours to cover roughly the same interactions with holding raptors, holding a koala, and feeding the platypus. First up, we met one of many birds in Australia that growl. The keeper called it a purr that the owl only does when interacting with humans. You can decide for yourself from the video.
Valerie helped sort the worms for feeding the platypus. They swim with their eyes closed and rely upon sound to find their food. The boxes are where they sleep. They take a series of tubes from their tank to their box. And sorting worms isn't as easy as it sounds. Unlike our sleepy earthworms, Australian worms are twisty and jumpy. They kept jumping off the table!
Koalas are adorable! And so sleepy. By law, they have a 4-day work week, and are required to have one day off each week and can only work 30 minutes a day. Our tour guide noted, "The koalas have a very strong labour union." Everyone got to hold a koala. Maddie's koala was busy keeping an eye on the wild turkeys, but there is one picture where he looked at the camera.
We got to pet kangaroos.....so soft. 🤗💞
In the evening, we had dinner at the Noodle Bowl festival at the city park across from our hotel.
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 2, Part 2: a wild turkey joins us, Botanic Gardens and Planetarium in Brisbane, Valerie's video of the fireworks from the Noodle Bowl festival, as seen from her hotel room
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 2 of 14, part 1 of 2:
Saturday, we went to Mt. Coot-ha (pronounced Coo-tha). This was the start of what became a running joke about our bad luck with transportation. We had 2 taxis to take the 8 of us to the top of the mountain. The taxi we were in for slower and slower and slower. The driver had to pull over part way up the mountain because it just quit, so we walked the rest of the way up. We offered to pay him a discounted fare, but he refused to charge us at all. At the top of the mountain, we saw the overlook, took a little over an hour walk through a beautiful Eucalyptus forest, had lunch at the Botanic Gardens and then went to the planetarium. The planetarium show really highlighted that we were not home any more... All numbers in metric and Celsius. "The sun is lowest in the northern sky as we head into the winter solstice on June 21, the shortest day of the year. Of course, everyone is familiar with the summer solstice, which occurs right before Christmas." 🙀🤯
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Tales from our Australia adventure, Day 1 of 14:
We left Denver on June 15 and landed in Sydney on June 17. After landing in Sydney, we took another flight to Brisbane. All totaled, it was 31 hours of travel from the time we were picked up to go to the airport to when we checked in at our hotel in Brisbane Here are pictures from our flight to Sydney, our flight from Sydney to Brisbane, as well as the exploration of Brisbane by the less sleepy people. Trying to sleep on the flight to Sydney was nearly impossible - turbulence, babies, and more.
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Happy birthday to Will and Hannah! It was great to see everyone at their party yesterday. 🤗

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Yesterday, we made a quick stop to see how the new house is doing. The concrete work is complete. Framing should start soon.

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Happy 4th of July!
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Happy birthday to my hubby! We celebrated his birthday in Sydney, Australia. 🤗

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We're back! We spent just over 2 weeks in Australia - great trip with my hubby, his parents, his sister, and her family. Catching up on Ziggy things - she has had a list of everything we need to catch up on. We also caught up on yard work at the house. We had 2 showings yesterday. Here's hoping the market is waking back up.
Sunday fun day! The benefit of a second floor balcony is getting to watch the crazy squirrels up close. Sometimes, they were a little too close....Ziggy is staying close to me just in case she needs backup.
Sunday fun day! The benefit of a second floor balcony is getting to watch the crazy squirrels up close. Sometimes, they were a little too close....Ziggy is staying close to me just in case she needs backup.

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My first blog post! Thanks to PMI Mile Hi for the space.
https://pmimilehi.org/blog/it-wont-happen-on-its-own-driving-schedule-control-7408

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Congratulations to Sarah Sanders and Kurt on their wedding! Such a lovely gathering. 🤗

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The garage is clean! We spent a few hours at the house this morning - sprinkler repair, weeding, trimming off dead flowers before pictures on Tuesday, and, more time for the garage cleanup. Here are some pictures of the staging. It's almost done. 🙀 Weird to see totally different furniture in our house. It goes on the market Wednesday. I laughed that the bedroom upstairs I had in blue ended up with blue and the bedroom upstairs with the animal theme ended up with an animal theme. There must just be a vibe in those rooms.
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We had our first construction visit with Lennar and Christopher Chamberlin today - things are on track! Electrical inspection timing will be towards the end of July or beginning of August.

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House is all clean, carpets washed and stretched. Staging furniture will be delivered Thursday.

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Lots of progress made clearing out the garage tonight! 🤗 Still lots to unpack at the apartment, but it is functional now. 🙂
From Sunday, when we were packing the truck with @[1750427602:2048:Jarl Anderson] - the cottonwoods were in full action ... So much flying fluff
From Sunday, when we were packing the truck with Jarl Anderson - the cottonwoods were in full action ... So much flying fluff

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We are all getting settled into the apartment and our house is on track to go on the market June 15. Just a little more stuff to get out of the garage... It has seemed endless....

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Back at u-haul to pick up the truck. Jarl is going to help us. Trying to get out today so our realtor can have the carpets washed and stretched tomorrow
Back at u-haul to pick up the truck. Jarl is going to help us. Trying to get out today so our realtor can have the carpets washed and stretched tomorrow

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Yesterday's move went smoothly. Ziggy was more tired than we were.

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Ziggy won't miss the magpies....

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Thanks to Mike's parents for hosting a double birthday party yesterday for me and my birthday buddy niece, Valerie. 🤗🥂🎉 Thanks also to Rannae and Maddie for helping with pictures!

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Celebrating my birthday by taking a light load to the storage space. 😉 Today, and each day of the previous 9 days, our mantra has been "every day is moving day"... We have literally moved stuff out of the house every day. Should be done June 5th.... So, 10 days down, 6 to go? 🥺
Celebrating my birthday by taking a light load to the storage space. 😉 Today, and each day of the previous 9 days, our mantra has been "every day is moving day"... We have literally moved stuff out of the house every day. Should be done June 5th.... So, 10 days down, 6 to go? 🥺

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Birthday lunch with my hubby 🤗

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Fortunately for me, Memorial Day has always been an abstract concept - I have been blessed to have not known anyone killed in military service. But I know many who have not been so fortunate, whether losing family or teammates in training or active combat. Sending my gratitude to those you have known who paid the ultimate price for our freedom and prayers for the loved ones left behind.
Memorial Day for those who died in service, Armed Forces Day for those in service now, and Veteran's Day to thank those who served and became home. ðŸ™Â💖ðŸ˜â€
Fortunately for me, Memorial Day has always been an abstract concept - I have been blessed to have not known anyone killed in military service. But I know many who have not been so fortunate, whether losing family or teammates in training or active combat. Sending my gratitude to those you have known who paid the ultimate price for our freedom and prayers for the loved ones left behind.
Memorial Day for those who died in service, Armed Forces Day for those in service now, and Veteran's Day to thank those who served and became home. ðŸ™Â💖ðŸ˜â€

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Birthday party with my hubby, parents, bro, Ann, and SJ. 🤗🎉

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Started getting things settled in our new apartment today 🤗 lt has an attached one-car garage

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Thanks to my brother and dad for helping to store stuff as well as helping to move things into storage. We are in good shape to finish the move this week.

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Cat loaf has lots to think about
Cat loaf has lots to think about

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All things Ziggy.... This has been a tiring week for Ziggy due to working overtime to supervise packing.

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One more fire 🤗 Thanks to my hubby for fixing a nice little fire on the patio. We had a lovely visit with our neighbors, Claude and Cosmina - we will definitely miss them!

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Many thanks to Rannae and Rob for their help today! Move part 2 went well... Good start on getting stuff into the storage space!

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This morning, we gave Mike's parents a tour of the new house spot as well as a similar house currently under construction. We also signed the contract on the new house, so we are all offical!

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My grandma used to always say with emphasis, "He's a good brother!" Absolutely! 🤗 Many thanks to my brother for letting us take over part if his house to store stuff we can't put into the storage space. 💞 There's a lot of it! 🙀
My grandma used to always say with emphasis, "He's a good brother!" Absolutely! 🤗 Many thanks to my brother for letting us take over part if his house to store stuff we can't put into the storage space. 💞 There's a lot of it! 🙀

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Wonderful wine tasting dinner at Balistreri yesterday with my hubby, Diana, and her hubby Nathan!

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The trees look so sad, but I am so grateful for the moisture. 🤗💞

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Ziggy says, "this is not where the couch goes." With optimism that I have resolved the mouse problem, I bleached a number of areas in the basement and washed the carpet. My activities are being protested.

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Celest Oltman - they bloomed! Thanks again!

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Thank you for all the good wishes and prayers!
Thank you for all the good wishes and prayers!

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Moon eclipse pictures from last night

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"Ziggy irises"... For real,
http://highcountrygardens.com/ has a type of iris called "Ziggy". Of course, I had to plant some about a year and a half ago. They are doing well! The red lantern columbines are also in full bloom. 🤗

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Mouse #4 captured this morning. So little, definitely looks like we had mom and 3 babies. Hoping that's it, but am keeping the camera up and peanut butter out just in case.

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Keep your fingers crossed. We submitted a bid on this new home in Morrison today. (There will be more to it by the time we would move in this October ðŸ˜Â). We will hear Monday by 5 pm if the bid was accepted.

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Happy birthday to Trent! Was good to see everyone!

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I went to my brother's fundraiser today for http://ProtectTheHogback.com . He is trying to block expansion of mining near Golden.

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Mike added my new worker comp sign to the doomsday clock. He said, "wait, only half and not all?" to which I replied, "Someone lobbied hard for that one." ....sorry, now you probably have to read the sign, but it's a quick read.
Sink project or doomsday clock? 😉
In the year 2000, I bought Mike a pipe for his birthday. He used to sit on the balcony of our apartment in Beverlywood and smoke it. Not long after that, he stopped smoking pipes and cigarettes. He was sad about leaving the pipe behind, and we agreed then that if anyone ever got nuked, he was free to start smoking again. (I'm a cold war kid from New York....) Today, I noticed the pipe had moved from its spot on the top shelf next to the little white vase to a lower shelf. Ostensibly, to retrieve pipe cleaners for the sink project, but I told him it looked more like a doomsday clock. 😠Happy Friday the 13th! Fortunately, 13 happens to be my lucky number... 😉

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In 2015, I started volunteering for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT). I am on the Aerospace subcommittee for a small business grant program. We review grant proposals from Colorado small businesses in order to select which ones will get state grants. I look forward to the committee reviews, like the one we had last week in Denver. I got the final tally of everyone who was selected - so many great local small businesses! It is rewarding to both help local small businesses and help be a good steward of taxpayer money. Looking forward to another round of applications this fall!

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Belated post from last week: I got the tour and the t-shirt! Stopped by Barber Nichols last Tuesday to see all the changes to my old MK-48 torpedo program. I was program manager for the production restart a few years ago. Now, production has restarted! All sorts of facility upgrades, expanded team size, and they make 15 alternators and 15 regulators a month....just as planned! Was good to see familiar faces and meet the new team.
Belated post from last week: I got the tour and the t-shirt! Stopped by Barber Nichols last Tuesday to see all the changes to my old MK-48 torpedo program. I was program manager for the production restart a few years ago. Now, production has restarted! All sorts of facility upgrades, expanded team size, and they make 15 alternators and 15 regulators a month....just as planned! Was good to see familiar faces and meet the new team.

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Mike is all done with the sink project! He got everything cleaned up, including all the aquarium rocks he found in the pipes. 🙄 The kids who used to live up there... So much tape, and now rocks.

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Now, with faucets! ☺︠Mike has been busy wrapping up the project.

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The sinks are in! Mike had to grind the bases a bit because they were a "wee bit wobbly" (to quote a chef we met in Islay, Scotland in 2008). For those of you who enjoy optics, I give to you the pattern of the lights in the cabinet as seen through the 4 open holes.

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Many thanks to my hubby for sticking with me through 2 hours of drama trying to get my phone set up with all the cyber security stuff for work. I have had phone envy, camera FOMO, ever since he got his Google Pixel 6 Pro. When my phone started overheating and not holding a charge, the path was clear.... ðŸ˜Â

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New phone, who dis? 😸

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Listening to telecons with Ziggy after a very busy weekend
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my little helper in the laundry buddy (that's the official name for this piece of furniture http://www.inventionconnection.com/BOOTHS/booth410.html)
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my little helper in the laundry buddy (that's the official name for this piece of furniture http://www.inventionconnection.com/BOOTHS/booth410.html)
12 years ago, my laundry buddy in a piece of furniture called "the laundry buddy", made by a guy in Florida
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Mother's day dinner with Mike's side of the family on Sunday also went well. Good food, good times. ☺ï¸Â

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Lovely Mother's day celebration yesterday with my parents, brother, his girlfriend Ann, and her son, SJ.

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A baby bunny by the front door and a larger one in the back yard 🤗

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Mouse number 3 caught tonight. Definitely smaller, so I am convinced mom and 2 babies thus far. Maybe it's wishful thinking - hoping it is just a single family and I can start counting down to having caught them all. Nonetheless, we are going to try to figure out alternate points of entry to the one we found and blocked off.

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Hello from the Physics building! Yesterday, I went to Physics fest at the Colorado School of Mines. Great to see the students' research projects... especially Fourier Optics and Quantum Computing. 🤗💖💕 Also enjoyed catching up with my first quantum mechanics professor, Tim Ohno. (I'm the weirdo who has had multiple semesters of quantum mechanics, including graduate school) ...He's keeping an eye on my projections that hackers will use quantum computing to topple cryptocurrency in 8-10 years and that we were 50 years away from commercialized fusion in 1997... Which means we're ...um, closer to it than I would like to admit. 😉 Just kidding - as I always say, aging doesn't bother me. I know a lot of people who didn't make it this far. *Sigh* Anyhow, someone gave this year's students some tips on graphic arts because all the posters looked great!
2nd mouse caught last night. I read deer mice can have 3-8 per litter. If there's a whole family in the basement, this project will keep me pretty busy. 🙄
2nd mouse caught last night. I read deer mice can have 3-8 per litter. If there's a whole family in the basement, this project will keep me pretty busy. 🙄

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Sink progress - Mike has installed 8 valves (the unsung heroes of the project that help avoid leaks) and 2 new faucets. Ziggy says the in progress state of the upstairs bathroom is not approved.

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Lovely rainy day for lunch in Golden with my hubby

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May the Fourth be with you!
May the Fourth be with you!

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Regret, thy name is Ziggy
"I can't believe they took my mouse away"
Or from my hubby, "You know, if I had known you would catch it but NOT give it to me, I wouldn't have told you it was here!"
Regret, thy name is Ziggy
"I can't believe they took my mouse away"
Or from my hubby, "You know, if I had known you would catch it but NOT give it to me, I wouldn't have told you it was here!"

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Success! I brought him to t best place I could think of.... Best wishes little guy!

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Yesterday, planting all the perennials was painful work with a lot of sneezing from all the dust kicked up when I disturbed the mulch, but I was rewarded with rain! Perennials live cool cloudy rainy weather for stretching their roots and preparing to face hot and freezing weather in the days and months ahead. Fingers crossed the weather today and tomorrow will help. 🤗

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Fantastic party last night at 2 restaurants - happy birthday Char! 🥂🎉
Happy mouse butt - peanut butter is back on the plate while we wait for the new traps
Happy mouse butt - peanut butter is back on the plate while we wait for the new traps
Thanks to Cheryl and Alex, I have 2 new traps coming on Monday. Hopefully, one of them will work. In the meantime, I put the plate with peanut butter back out so the mouse (or vole?) continues to return to our appointed spot. I did catch a Ziggy! Oops, basement closet door is now better secured.
Thanks to Cheryl and Alex, I have 2 new traps coming on Monday. Hopefully, one of them will work. In the meantime, I put the plate with peanut butter back out so the mouse (or vole?) continues to return to our appointed spot. I did catch a Ziggy! Oops, basement closet door is now better secured.

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Plants! The last perennials needed to complete the gardens have arrived. I know it looks like a little mug shot lineup, but I was looking for a spot outside for them to rest after their UPS journey from New Mexico. It has been very windy lately; hopefully, that wall will provide sufficient protection until tomorrow.

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Cat and mouse...We've been seeing this little guy on and off for a couple of months. He has resisted trapping. I have finally been able to reliably get him by the ring camera using some peanut butter. Still resisting trapping. He likes to sit on them. I now have lots of video of him sitting on them. At the age of 14, Ziggy is not much for catching mice, but she patrols the basement daily. Hate to have to poison the little guy, but I think I am running out of other options. ☹ï¸Â☹ï¸Â☹︠Rat poison us such a terrible death (leaches Vitamin K out of the body so their blood stops clotting and they bleed to death)

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Ziggy is still recovering from her busy birthday... She got tons of wishes and 2 cards on her Instagram @fuzzybooks12

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Happy 14th birthday to Ziggy! We have been doing all the things

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Walking in the rain this evening â˜â€

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Interior projects continue - we had a list of things to do for selling our house, and we're continuing to do them.... Mike has been updating all the door hardware to match and I finally was able to procure 2 not-white drop in sinks for upstairs. After even getting a home Depot order cancelled because they didn't actually have any in stock, I found one at the Arvada Lowe's and one at the Lakewood Lowe's. The one from Arvada must have been returned at some point - it came with a bonus measuring tape! Really nice one. Somewhere in Arvada, a frustrated person is looking for where they put their measuring tape... Sorry and thank you - it lives here now. ðŸ˜Â
RAIN!! 🤗💕💕💕

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Evening visitor. Double cat loaf guard duty 🤗

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I got to hit all the elements today... Howling winds, digging in the dirt to find sprinkler lines, water, and one of my faves - fire! We have found that briefly heating the tubing helps with installing extensions. Installation complete - all ready for the new plants!

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Completing the garden sprayer installation in the wind today. I am expecting the last 14 perennials from High Country Gardens this week. After that, the gardens will be complete. 🤗

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Catching up on pictures - lovely Easter dinner! 🤗💕

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It was lovely to see Dan and meet Stina on Wednesday! Getting back out to Oslo to see their new house is definitely on our list! 🤗
It was lovely to see Dan and meet Stina on Wednesday! Getting back out to Oslo to see their new house is definitely on our list! 🤗
You tagged Almond Kohler and Jarl Brendan

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So great to be back at a concert! Went to see the Bonnie Prince Billy and Sleep at the Mission Ballroom with my hubby and Jarl on Monday.

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Happy Won't Look Whisker Wednesday.... Squirrel! And off she went. Ziggy and I just got back from the vet. She has started "guarding her water bowl" again, so we tried one more antibiotic injection. If this doesn't work, her vet recommends an ultrasound.
Happy Won't Look Whisker Wednesday.... Squirrel! And off she went. Ziggy and I just got back from the vet. She has started "guarding her water bowl" again, so we tried one more antibiotic injection. If this doesn't work, her vet recommends an ultrasound.

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*sigh* deal fell through during inspection. So, no move. And thus the window to move to a smaller single floor house with less yard where we could be mortgage free after selling this house closes. Not really sure how to keep up with it all while ramping up activities on my business, but I will figure something out. We will evaluate what happens to the local market over the summer and go from there. I will also keep an eye on fire season trends and how my asthma fares with the smoke. If last year's craziness becomes a new baseline, I may favor moving out of state at some point anyhow.
*sigh* deal fell through during inspection. So, no move. And thus the window to move to a smaller single floor house with less yard where we could be mortgage free after selling this house closes. Not really sure how to keep up with it all while ramping up activities on my business, but I will figure something out. We will evaluate what happens to the local market over the summer and go from there. I will also keep an eye on fire season trends and how my asthma fares with the smoke. If last year's craziness becomes a new baseline, I may favor moving out of state at some point anyhow.

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Many thanks to my parents for hosting a lovely brunch - Happy Easter! ðŸÂ‡
Many thanks to my parents for hosting a lovely brunch - Happy Easter! ðŸÂ‡

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Cute little helper ☺ï¸Â
Cute little helper ☺ï¸Â

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Preparing for Easter dinner... Last holiday dinner in this house. First Easter in a while where I am not setting up an egg hunt - hard to believe the girls are all grown up!

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In the basement - Mike with his parents

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Measuring the guest bedroom

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Kitchen, dining room, living room

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Many thanks to Terry and Gwenn Sanders for their help with the house inspection yesterday!

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The past 8 days have been incredibly full - so much so I have pictures that haven't been posted. Last Tuesday, I had the opportunity to go to the Space Symposium Exhibit hall at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, thanks to the Colorado Space Coalition. 🤗 After almost 25 years in the industry, I knew so many people there. Lots of ideas for growing my company. Lots of catching up to do with so many people after a couple of years of pandemic craziness. The day closed with the Colorado Governor speaking at the rebranding party - and I got a t-shirt. 😠Friday, I processed my first full time paycheck for myself through my company (versus W2 consulting through another company). It's a big milestone that I hope to leverage for big things in the future. But live what matters - the week was somewhat overshadowed by concerns about Ziggy's health, which culminated in a vet visit on Tuesday, where she was treated for dehydration. The cause has not yet been found, so there is risk of it coming back. She is better, but still not quite her usual self. And Wednesday came with getting under contract for a different house. We have made the difficult decision to move back into a smaller single floor house, with the hopes it resolves issues for me where this house feels like "a bit much to handle". It's not an easy housing market in which to make a change, but after 4 months of looking and lots of tours and bids, we found a remodeled ranch home in Arvada. Inspection and closing still to come, and we are looking forward to getting to explore it a bit more.... In the current market in Denver, there is so little time to go from tour to buy that I described it in our discussions as having a lunch date and agreeing to get married. 😉 Regardless, we are hoping easier single floor living makes it all worthwhile! More to come on that....

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My hubby's mileage from yesterday, for those who enjoy such things as much as we do 🤗
My hubby's mileage from yesterday, for those who enjoy such things as much as we do 🤗

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Ziggy is home from the vet. Kidneys are perfect. Blood sugar is perfect. Thyroid was perfect. Hematocrit was high. She got fluids, electrolytes, an anti nausea shot, and an antibiotic shot. She came home with a hearty appetite to finally eat her breakfast. No eval on her heart, so I will keep an eye on her for that as well as if the dehydration returns.
Ziggy is home from the vet. Kidneys are perfect. Blood sugar is perfect. Thyroid was perfect. Hematocrit was high. She got fluids, electrolytes, an anti nausea shot, and an antibiotic shot. She came home with a hearty appetite to finally eat her breakfast. No eval on her heart, so I will keep an eye on her for that as well as if the dehydration returns.

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I am in a lot of trouble. Ziggy is at the vet this afternoon for observation - reduced appetite, lethargy, and hugging her water bowl. Fingers crossed
I am in a lot of trouble. Ziggy is at the vet this afternoon for observation - reduced appetite, lethargy, and hugging her water bowl. Fingers crossed
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and then the huntress became the hunted.
I came home from work early today because I was tired of coughing and coughing in cubeville. After lunch and some failed attempts to stop coughing, I decided to take Chloe outside. We had a very nice walk around the yard, and then she picked up on a snake. She chased him across the rocks and he went through the fence. What she didn't see (but I did) was that our neighbors' dog, Zeke, was sitting on his patio watching. She stuck her head through the fence. "Chloe! No." She looked at me, looked at the snake, and stuck her front paw and should through the fence. I yelled at her again and jumped up on the wall to chase her back. At this point, Zeke comes charging the fence, Chloe finally sees him, and she retreats to a safe distance. Then, Zeke found the snake and it came blazing through back onto our side of the fence.... but Chloe the Snake Hunter had lost interest. Our neighbor, Maggie, came out of the house laughing. "Did I hear that right? Did she really consider coming over here?" I said yes - she was hunting a snake.
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and then the huntress became the hunted.
I came home from work early today because I was tired of coughing and coughing in cubeville. After lunch and some failed attempts to stop coughing, I decided to take Chloe outside. We had a very nice walk around the yard, and then she picked up on a snake. She chased him across the rocks and he went through the fence. What she didn't see (but I did) was that our neighbors' dog, Zeke, was sitting on his patio watching. She stuck her head through the fence. "Chloe! No." She looked at me, looked at the snake, and stuck her front paw and should through the fence. I yelled at her again and jumped up on the wall to chase her back. At this point, Zeke comes charging the fence, Chloe finally sees him, and she retreats to a safe distance. Then, Zeke found the snake and it came blazing through back onto our side of the fence.... but Chloe the Snake Hunter had lost interest. Our neighbor, Maggie, came out of the house laughing. "Did I hear that right? Did she really consider coming over here?" I said yes - she was hunting a snake.
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More bulbs from my parents bloomed. Mini daffodils . 🤗

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Tried the ramen restaurant in Golden tonight - definitely recommend it!

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Lovely birthday celebration for our niece tonight!

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So close.... The least enjoyable part of the spring garden cleanup is trimming the juniper bushes. I need to pick up trimmings from 3 more and then I am done for the year! 🤗

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First fire of 2022 - and Ziggy joined us for the first time! ....until the little black cat showed up. Ziggy was not about to share her back yard, so I had to arbiter the cat wars (yelling at each other through the gate) until Mike was able to lure her inside. Lovely night - stars were very bright and clear, no wind, reasonably warm for this time of year. 🤗

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Happy birthday to our niece, Maddie! We brought her gifts from us and from my parents. 💕

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I always forget how big the side yard is. 50 feet of rabbit fence was not enough. I closed the gap with some temporary silver fence and ordered more of the black fence online.
I always forget how big the side yard is. 50 feet of rabbit fence was not enough. I closed the gap with some temporary silver fence and ordered more of the black fence online.
We had a visitor again last night. This time, he came in around 9:30 pm because he was hanging around the house and I had seen the local fox during my walk. Little goofball found a pile of old catnip. He was just fine ....left at 5:30 am this morning. Ziggy was very sweet about his visit. There was no hissing on either side of the door.
We had a visitor again last night. This time, he came in around 9:30 pm because he was hanging around the house and I had seen the local fox during my walk. Little goofball found a pile of old catnip. He was just fine ....left at 5:30 am this morning. Ziggy was very sweet about his visit. There was no hissing on either side of the door.

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Time to make dinner... The posts are in but not the fence. I suppose that means the rabbits are on notice (last call?) for the south garden.

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A bulb my parents gave me bloomed! Apologies to the other ones I forgot to put fence around. More rabbit fence in progress, with my supervisor.

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70 degrees already? The transition from snow to cleaning out gardens to too hot happens quickly here. So, it's time to clean up the gardens and trim the rose bushes, junipers, and hedges.

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Zonked cat. A few weeks ago, we saw a mouse in the basement. Ziggy and I were close to him for eye to eye contact before he disappeared. We set out traps, but I really do think he left. Nonetheless, Ziggy has persisted in monitoring the corner in the basement where we saw him. I woke up at 5 am to find a very sleepy cat still sitting in that corner. I carried her upstairs. Guard the basement... 💤💤💤💤
Zonked cat. A few weeks ago, we saw a mouse in the basement. Ziggy and I were close to him for eye to eye contact before he disappeared. We set out traps, but I really do think he left. Nonetheless, Ziggy has persisted in monitoring the corner in the basement where we saw him. I woke up at 5 am to find a very sleepy cat still sitting in that corner. I carried her upstairs. Guard the basement... 💤💤💤💤

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Getting all sorts of official! I am moving Orion's Belt out of the dining room and into the library. Many thanks to Rob for his help in getting a new standing desk into the new company office!

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Our 3 am visitor.... I brought him in because I think his owners are out of town and it was too cold for a skinny little cat to be running around. This is the second time he has spent the night. He was braver and Ziggy was calmer... In that, he hung out with me for a while and didn't hiss at her. She only threw her shoulder into the door to try to bust through once and only hissed once. She did maintain a guard shift in the hallway. I let him back out at 7:30 am. He was still chipper and spent some time visiting on the front step before deciding to go check out the rabbits under our spruce tree.

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I had no idea some of the tulips and hyacinths I had planted survived the great sprinkler leak flood of 2021, since I had picked out so many moldy and rotted bulbs from that area. Rabbit fence in progress to give them a chance.
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I love the glow of snow at twilight and icicles at night.
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love this picture of Mike that Fish took in the Yamazaki Distillery's Whiskey Library! - with @[37901655:2048:Jason Fish]
10 Years Ago
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Mar 17, 2014 10:23:52 pm
love this picture of Mike that Fish took in the Yamazaki Distillery's Whiskey Library! - with Jason Fish
Ah, the Whisky Library at Yamazaki. Someday we will go back and spend more time there 🤗
Updated Mar 17, 2022 12:43:12 pm

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Lovely evening for a walk in the rain. My hair got curlier as I went! ðŸ˜â€

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The new lights look lovely 🤗 (front, side, and back yards)
5 balloons want to wander on one is like "Nah, I'm good"

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Mike is putting up the other outdoor lights, and there are more signs of spring in the yard.
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Mar 11, 2021 10:21:11 pm
28 years ago, I met my hubby on the campus tour for the Colorado School of Mines. I had asked my tour guide, Shannon, for detailed information about the labs in the physics department. She said, "Honestly, I stay as far away from that building as possible, but Mike can answer your questions." Here are some pictures from my photo album. My main notes seem to have been "It was windy." "It's so dry on the plains that you have to water the trees, and the grass goes crunch!" (As observed by someone from Long Island, where you spend your time desperately trying to stop things from growing.)
Aww, met my hubby 29 years ago 🤗
Updated Mar 11, 2022 11:39:09 am
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Mike has manay challenges in completing his dissertation...not the least of which is that Chloe thinks he should be done by now.
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Mike has manay challenges in completing his dissertation...not the least of which is that Chloe thinks he should be done by now.
Awww, this 9 year old picture is definitely a fave 🤗💕💕
Updated Mar 09, 2022 9:39:25 pm

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Happy Won't Look Whisker Wednesday! And happy presentation day! I did my first in person training workshop since all the craziness began a couple of years ago. It was so nice to see the old Project Management Institute crew in person!

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Snow! A lovely light spring snow and one very hungry squirrel who has been eating bird food all day

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Many thanks to my hubby for the cool new lights and bulbs for the front porch. They will be programmed through a Bluetooth hub - timers and brightness levels. 🤗

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Lovely views on the way home from our tax appointment

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Toasty, and then... Too toasty ... Every night during the winter months, Ziggy toasts until she can't toast any more. After that, she kies on the air vent belly up until she cools down. 🤗😸💕. Photo credit: Almond Kohler
Ziggy has recently made up 2 new dot games. Box dot often is just a prelude to carpet dot. Wall dot is for your abs???

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Happy birthday to Troy! Thanks to Mark and Hailey for hosting!

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The 2022 First Flower award goes to this yellow crocus who braved negative 2 temps and bloomed anyway. 🤗💕
Mike said I needed to take a picture to prove I am trying to do my part to warm things up. 😉 Actually, I have been looking for an opportunity to burn out these really really old Sternos for a while. Glad I didn't light them inside. They keep popping and sending sparks everywhere. To be fair, t think they are probably 20ish years old.
Mike said I needed to take a picture to prove I am trying to do my part to warm things up. 😉 Actually, I have been looking for an opportunity to burn out these really really old Sternos for a while. Glad I didn't light them inside. They keep popping and sending sparks everywhere. To be fair, t think they are probably 20ish years old.
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Does your living room need some art? Lots of great things in this auction fundraiser for the Cat Care Society. :) We adopted Chloe, Braveheart, Cirrus, Muggins, and Ziggy from them - a great organization that takes in lots of cats other shelters think are "unadoptable".
Updated Feb 18, 2022 9:35:02 pm
Tonight's dinner will include biscuits 🤗💕

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Happy Valentine's day! Avoiding the craziness, Mike and I went out to dinner tonight. Tony Rigatoni's in Morrison was closed, so we tried The Morrison Inn. Very nice! ....but I do prefer my chili rellenos much spicier. Always great to spend time with my hubby! 🤗

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Did the Super Bowl halftime show make me feel old? Sure. But in the face of resistance, I usually double down. Enjoying some Def Leppard while working today... ☺ï¸Â
Did the Super Bowl halftime show make me feel old? Sure. But in the face of resistance, I usually double down. Enjoying some Def Leppard while working today... ☺ï¸Â
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hope you all have a warm, sleepy, and snuggly Valentine's Day!
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hope you all have a warm, sleepy, and snuggly Valentine's Day!
Aww, the brother cats. 7 years ago
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Crunchy snow! Nice night to get out for a walk even if it was only 9 degrees. The stars and moon look so lovely tonight. Wore the scarf Marieke Baker made for me... which proves how cold it is. â„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Â

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Loafing after her rabies vaccine. Ziggy passed her vet visit with flying colors! Heart and lungs are great. The change in her food has fixed the allergy issue that was producing runny eyes and chronic ear infections (ears are clear!). And her kidney function has actually improved! Pretty good for turning 14 in April. 🤗💕💕💕ðŸÂ±
She was very good at the vet, even during the 15 minutes we had to wait for blood test results before she got her vaccine. Tech with tattoos who said how pretty Ziggy is was permitted to pet her. Other tech that laughed about Ziggy sitting in the scale got a piece of her mind. A loud piece ðŸ˜Â
"MEOW!" The call rings throughout the Crinkle Paper Empire.... It's the call to dot! Stepping into the arena, we see Ziggy in the dot spot, an empress on her throne....even if we are heading to Carpet Dot, dot time must always start from the dot spot. Let the chase begin!

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Mike made spoon casserole... So rich that "every spoonful has some spoon in it"
Mike made spoon casserole... So rich that "every spoonful has some spoon in it"

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Or maybe the cabinet is bringing me joy? I also found the our servers and muffin pans that I thought had not made our move in 2018. Literally bought a new muffin pan last year.
Or maybe the cabinet is bringing me joy? I also found the our servers and muffin pans that I thought had not made our move in 2018. Literally bought a new muffin pan last year.

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Have had a cold this week, finding some quiet things to do. I don't subscribe to many pop philosophies, but I can say with certainty this cabinet is not bringing me joy. 🙄 On the upside, if I can get to the back of it, I see my favorite spoon that I thought was lost forever. ☺ï¸Â

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Snow! â„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Â

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Merry Christmas! Mike and I had a belated Christmas date at Flemings tonight. Great timing - it was so empty and quiet. 🤗

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Great to see Gwenn Sanders today for her birthday! All gifts were inspected and approved by Ziggy

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This is a public service announcement!
I am working to help my brother get into his Facebook account. He had lost interest in it and, instead of deactivating, just didn't log in. Facebook no longer recognizes any of his devices and picked 4 people he doesn't even have phone numbers for as the ones who must rescue him. Don't end up like my brother.... Click on the little bars and click on the wheel. Go to password and security. Set up 2 factor identification. Also, pick the 3-5 people you want Facebook to use if you end up locked out like my brother... people you have phone numbers for who are active on Facebook so they can retrieve the unlock codes for you. 😎
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When we adopted Muggins, @[100001847848825:2048:Suellen Scott] said he keeps to himself but would let us know when he needed attention. .....:)
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Jan 15, 2019 8:51:13 pm
When we adopted Muggins, Suellen Scott said he keeps to himself but would let us know when he needed attention. .....:)
Aww, sweet Muggie
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Love the colors of snow with the evening sky 🤗

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Lovely snow â„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Â

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Great Nuggets game last night! And we got to see super mascot Rocky's ladder shot and half court shot. ðŸ˜Å
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So sad to be watching all the news of pets lost to the fire scroll by on some of the groups I follow. Sharing this photo of a real difference maker. Dogs are amazing. This one has been locating the remains of pets who perished so their families can have closure. 😿💕
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Looks like this is the guard post for the day. I messed up and hopefully we didn't wake up too many neighbors. I let Ziggy out without seeing the shy kitten was under one of the chairs in the back yard. Hissing and yeowls ensued. The kitten quickly realized that 3 feet up in a tree was sufficient to get away from Ziggy. Being reminded that she's an old lady by him sitting there looking down on her didn't make things better. But no one got hurt and the kitten was back at the front door within minutes. All part of the getting to know you process, I suppose. 🙄😾ðŸÂˆ She's been in this spot for half an hour now.
Looks like this is the guard post for the day. I messed up and hopefully we didn't wake up too many neighbors. I let Ziggy out without seeing the shy kitten was under one of the chairs in the back yard. Hissing and yeowls ensued. The kitten quickly realized that 3 feet up in a tree was sufficient to get away from Ziggy. Being reminded that she's an old lady by him sitting there looking down on her didn't make things better. But no one got hurt and the kitten was back at the front door within minutes. All part of the getting to know you process, I suppose. 🙄😾ðŸÂˆ She's been in this spot for half an hour now.

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Happy Friday! Rabbit, my goofball, and the completion of Puzzle #6. And with that, puzzle season comes to a close. Back to work! 😉 Mike described this as a very weird room - complete with hybrid dragon/dragonflies and very fancy horses. We blame the rabbit wizard in the lower left, just above the dragon eating a blue apple.

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Snow! What a pleasant surprise! 🤗â„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Ââ„ï¸Â

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Puzzle number 5 was completed last night, mostly by my hubby. 🤗 He saved the weirdest piece for last.

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Tree removal protest 😾

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Puzzle number 5. Crazy shapes in this one. When Mike saw it, he noted this one should slow down puzzle season progress. 😉

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Only 2 days left in my winter vacation! 🙀 A week and a half went quickly! Hoping to travel more next year. Until then, here's Ziggy!

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Puzzle 4 is complete! Thanks @[599583184:2048:Schlep Schlep] and @[1690860039:2048:Rannae Sanders Lyon] !
Puzzle 4 is complete! Thanks Schlep Schlep and Rannae Sanders Lyon !

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Puzzle #4 is in progress... Next level puzzle work - the piece you are looking for may be under a cat. ðŸÂ± This one is from Rannae and Rob.

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Snow and New Year loafing. 🤗💖
Jan 01, 2022 11:44:26 am
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Introduction
Nov 24 - Giza
Nov 25 - Giza, Day 2
Nov 26 - Alexandria
Nov 27
Nov 28
Nov 29
Nov 30
Dec 1
Dec 2 - Ramses' Tomb
Dec 3
Dec 4 - Desert Fox
Dec 5
Dec 6
Dec 7 - Sunrise
Dec 8
Great Stupa of Dharmakaya: 2002
Dr. Gonzo: 2002
2000's
2009
Facebook Posts, 2009
Christmas 2009
Mike's Graduation
Kerbaugh Family BBQ
Walking Around Golden, Apr 19
Irises Don't Care - Pt 2, Apr 19
Maddie's 3rd Bithrday, March 29
Snow! March 27-29
Chloe, March 21st
Irises Don't Care - Pt 1, March 21
New Patio, March 14th
Xbox, March 14th
Super Comfy, Feb 2009
Valentine's Day 2009
2008
7-mile Bridge, FL Keys
Scotland - Part 1
Raw Video from Scotland
Introducing Valerie Ann
Patio Project
Seed Cat
Easter Cat
Robert & Rachel's Puppy
Maddie's 1st Snowman
Terry's Retirement Party
Mike and Chloe
Comfy Spot, Feb 22
Waiting for Mike, Feb 19
Maddie, Bubbles & Puddles
Maddie: February 17
Flying Cat, Feb 16
Maddie on Valentine's, 2008
2007
Chloe on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Chloe being Cute, Nov 20
Our New Cat, Nov 11
Lyon #2 on the Way
Our Niece, Maddie
Maddie, September 23
Maddie the Cheerleader, Sep 9
Maddie, August 19
Maddie and Panda - July 30
Maddie Goes Shopping - July 30
Maddie Goes to South Park
Maddie's July Pictures
Maddie's June Pictures
Maddie at the Zoo - June 8
Maddie's Game - June 3rd
Maddie's April Pictures
Maddie's 1st Birthday Party
Maddie in the Park - Mar 28
Maddie Walks!: March 6-17
Maddie - 11 Months Old: March 4
Maddie in Her PJs: Feb 27
Maddie on Valentine's Day
Maddie: February 11th
Video: Maddie & Tigger
Maddie Standing: Feb 4th
Maddie - 10 Months Old
Maddie & Grandpa Don
Maddie - 8 Months Old
Grandma Kitty's Birthday
Jarl in the Dragon Boat Race
Parents & Habitat for Humanity
Joe & Em's Wedding
Jayda
Relatives in Italy
Mother's Day at Coors Field
Mike's Graduation Party
Mike's Graduation - Originals
Mike's Robot
Davin and Jayda Foote
Second Flower - March 2007
First Flower: March 18
New Rav4
Our Trip to Canada
Canada - Overview
Lynn Park - May 26th
Calgary Tower - May 29th
Home Improvement Projects
New Solar Fan - July 2007
Treeless
New Siding - June 3rd
New Carpet in the Red Room
New Garage Door - May 2007
New Pinion Pine, Shed Paint
Home Projects: Feb 18th
Wildlife
Hummingbird & Friends - Aug 4
Our New Chipmunk
So Cute! - June 4th
Save Some for the Birds!
Rabbit and the Corn: Feb 27
Pouting Rabbit
Mr. Nibbles and Friends
Bored Rabbit: Jan 13-14
Puzzles
Homer the Puzzle
Golf Puzzle: Jan 7
2006
December Snow Storms
Snow Storm #2: Dec 28-29
Melted Snow Before Storm #2
Snow Pictures: Dec 21st
Snow Pictures: Dec 20th
Christmas
Christmas Eve: Grandma Kitty's
Christmas Party: Dec 23
Christmas Party: Dec 16
Maddie's Chirstmas Card
Maddie with Santa
Maddie's Christmas Outfit
Don and MK
Galang Family Photo
Julie and Jared with Santa
The Parker Family
Mark and Lois Barton
Nathan and Zeke
Our Christmas Tree
Christmas Lights
Our Christmas Decorations
Family Gatherings
Christmas Eve: Grandma Kitty's
Christmas Party: Dec 23
Family Reunion
Mike's Birthday
Kari's Birthday Party
Rawluk Postcard: May 28
Rawluks in South Park: May 28
Bro & Dad in Golden Gate Canyon
Mark's Graduation Party
Mother's Day
Danielle's Baby Shower
BBQ at Rannae & Rob's
Stormy & Juanita's Wedding
Children of Friends & Family
Our Niece, Maddie
Maddie's Chirstmas Card
Maddie's Christmas Outfit
Maddie: December 16
Maddie with Santa
Maddie in Green PJs: Dec 2
Maddie on Thanksgiving: Nov 28
Maddie: November 20
Maddie: November 11
Maddie: 7 Months Old
Maddie's 1st Halloween
Maddie & Grandpa Don: Oct 18
Maddie: Oct 15th
Maddie: 6 months old
Maddie's 1st Broncos Game
Maddie: September 4th
Maddie: 5 months old
Maddie: August 13th
Maddie: August 12th
Maddie: August 11th
Maddie: August 3rd
Maddie with Mike & Rannae
Maddie: July 9th
Maddie: 4th of July
Maddie: June 9th
Maddie: June 7th
3 Months Old
Broncos Fan - May 16th
Mike and Maddie - April 4th
Maddie: Coors Annoucement
Introducing Madeline Danielle
Maddie's Birth Announcement
Madeline's Nursery
Chrysti's Son, Davin
Hannah and William: 2.5 Months
Korosec Twins
Julie and Jared with Santa
Jared Galang
Pets
My Brother & Marissa's Dog
Catsitting for Sammy Sanders
Casey's New Dog
Phoebe
Wildlife
Mr. Nibbles
Stop Eating My Roses!
Rabbit Faceplant
Lounge Rabbit - Jul 1st
Baby Praying Mantis
Fox Sighting
Who's in my birdfeeder?
Easter Bunnies
Sun Rabbit
Snow and Birds
Home Improvement
Study Remodel Continues
Basement Bathroom Remodel
Study Remodel: Aug 4-6
Study Remodel: 29-30 Jul
Laundry Room Remodel
Almost Done
Laundry Buddy
Getting Started
New Shed
Luminous Shed
Building of Our New Shed
Landscaping
Our Yard: June 11th
Our Yard: June 3rd
Landscaping: May 20-22
New Limber Pine Tree
Mini Wall
Stairs for the Wall
Gazing Ball Rock Garden
Mailbox Mini-Garden
Halloween
Happy Halloween
Jack O' Lanterns: Oct 29
Puzzles
DaVinci Code Puzzle
Simpsons Puzzle
Tarot Puzzle
Easter
Dinner at Our House
Maddie's 1st Easter
Card from Nathan
Our Garden
Easter Bunnies
Fall Pics of Golden: Sep 30
Flowers from Mike
Mike's Award
2005
Christmas
Christmas Eve at Grandma's
Jessens' Christmas Pictures
Nathan's Christmas Picture
Karen's Christmas Picture
Fiona's Christmas Picture
Christmas at Our House
Ball Holiday Party - Dec 10
Sun Worshipper (Phoebe)
Thanksgiving in Golden
Phoebe and the Waving Cat
Phoebe goes for a Walk
Grandma Buzzo's Music Box
Retaining Wall History
Finished for the Winter, Nov 13
Planning the Planter, Nov 6
Partially Complete Wall, Oct 23
Final Layer Part 1, Oct 9
Wall Lights and Phoebe, Oct 01
Sep 18
Sep 10
Wall and Phoebe, Sep 4
First Course, Aug 5
Tamping, Jul 31
Pattern Prototype, Jul 28
Part 1, Jul 16
Before the Wall, Jun 16
New Windows! - Oct 6-7
Lawn Rabbit - Sep 13
New Sprinklers! - Sep 7
Praying Mantis - Sep 2
Baby Lyon Announcement
Southern CA Road Trip
Overview
Desert View - Aug 12
Visit with Tony and Becke
Fleeing People
Pacific Coast Highway
San Diego Aerospace Museum
Balboa Park
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Heart of Africa
Evening at Condor Ridge
Visit in El Segundo
Double Rainbow: July 2005
Kari's 30th B-day
"Pot Tree" Part 2: May 29
Rosetta Stone Puzzle
Rockies Game: May 15
Tulips - May 14, Apr 23
Denver Zoo: May 12
Golden at Night
Snow Study
Snow - April 10th
After the Snow: Day 1
After the Snow: Day 3
After the Snow: Day 5
Rockies - Opening Day
Easter
Road Rabbit
First Flower
Snow Rabbit
Phoebe
Kari's New PC
Valentine #12
Snow at Night
Laundry Room Remodel
2004
Rock & Bolty Have Dinner
Christmas on LI
Christmas at Our House
Leaving BIT Systems
Phoebe's Apartment
Pooh Puzzle
Our August Roadtrip
Overview
Auntie Linda's B&B
Woodford Reserve
Makers Mark
Jim Beam
Claiborne Farm
Barn from Seabiscuit
Keeneland
Louisville
Buffalo Trace
HoF Induction
Guitars of Cleveland
Rock & Roll HOF
Cleveland at Night
HoF Luncheon
Football Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame Game
Visit with Uncle Dode
Going to Lisco
Jim & Gwen
Tracks of Fate
Baby Doves
Phoebe and the Gray Cat
Phoebe and the Cell Phone
Danielle & Josh's Wedding
Hanging Pot Tree
Our East-Coast Vacation
Overview
House in Pennsylvania
Town of Stroudsburg
Delaware Water Gap
Long Island
Phoebe's Reaction
Seattle Puzzle?
Roses: June 14th
Kitty Paws: June 10th
New Fence: May 31st
Our Southwest Vacation
Overview
Ship Rock - from NM
4 Corners: May 28th
Ship Rock - from CO
Mesa Verde: Day 1
Birthday Celebration
Chrysti & Duane's Wedding
Our Yard: May 15th
Snow on May 12th
Jarl's New Guitar
Jayda and Finger Paints
My parents in Italy
Sadie and the Avocado
Golden, After 1st Snow
Bathroom Remodel
Phoebe
2003
Christmas Date
Christmas
The Jessens
Sadie Nasses
Jayda
Karen, Wally, & Julie Galang
New Neighbor
Jarl's Egypt Pictures
Introduction
Nov 24 - Giza
Nov 25 - Giza, Day 2
Nov 26 - Alexandria
Nov 27
Nov 28
Nov 29
Nov 30
Dec 1
Dec 2 - Ramses' Tomb
Dec 3
Dec 4 - Desert Fox
Dec 5
Dec 6
Dec 7 - Sunrise
Dec 8
Our House
Sadie: Birth Announcement
Mom & Dad's Visit
Long Island Visit
Grandma B's Birthday
Vancouver, Canada
Overview
Arrival, Seabus
Grouse Mountain
Panoramic
Ferry to Vancouver Island
Nanaimo
Newcastle Island
Return Ferry
Anniversary - Dinner
Anniversary - Sunset
Saturday - 5 Sails Walk
Aquarium - Stanley Park
Stanley Park
Bard on the Beach
Last Day
Phoebe's Moving Tips
Rannae and Rob's House
Our New House-To-Be
Mom and Dad's PA House
Matteo and Elisa Canelli
Trip for Debbie's Wedding
Overview
No Name, Colorado
Southern Utah
Debbie's Wedding
Las Vegas
Return to Colorado
Phoebe and the Squirrel
Snow Storm
Valentine's Day
Phoebe
Best Dressed Prairie Dog
2002
Christmas
First Snow!
South Park, CO
Patches
Summer & Anthony's Wedding
Apartment in Lakewood
Kari's New Car
Leaving California
Culver City, California
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Phoebe
2001
Christmas
Cardiff, California
Fiona's 1st Halloween
Phoebe
Alaska
Overview
Anchorage
The Cabin
Going To Kenai
Kenai
Kenai, 2
Alyeska
Denali National Park
Mike's Panoramic
Leaving Denali
Leaving Anchorage
Grape Bonsai
Kari's Graduation
Fiona Ferry: Birth Announcement
Gunfest 2001
Travis & Trish's Wedding
UCLA
Mom & Dad in Vegas
RMC Dinner
2000
Christmas
Bill's 88th B-day
South Park, CO
Rannae & Rob's Wedding
Grandma's 90th Birthday
Solvang, California
Bill the Giraffe
San Diego, California
Todd & Alex's Wedding
Shiva, LA California
RMC Dinner
1990's
1999
Cirrus' Baby Picture - Jul 99
Christmas
Gracie
Fire in the Desert
Las Vegas
My Brother's Graduation
Gunfest 1999
Italy
Overview
Milan
Genoa
Portofino
Genoa, 2
Monaco
Florence
Florence, 2
Florence, 3
Return to Milan
Santa Barbara, CA
Venice Beach, CA
Rose Bowl Parade
1998
Christmas on LI
Christmas in The Valley
Laser Target Designator
Camera Shop
4 Mikes
Our Wedding
Introduction
Invitation
Program
Guest Book: Introduction
Guest Book: How We Met
Guest Book: Proposal
Guest Book: Rehearsal
Guest Book: Reception
Our Wedding Rehearsal
Before-Wedding Pictures
Mike & Groomsmen
Marriage License
Our Wedding: Uncle Leroy's Pics
My Favorite Picture
After-Wedding Pictures
Formal Post-Wedding: Park
Jarl's Bootlegs
Our Wedding Reception
NY Reception
Hoover Dam
Broncos win!
1997
Eleanor and Bill
Christmas at Mike's Grandma's
Christmas: Gwenn & Terry's
Halloween '97 - Mike as Alex
Mike and Chia
Chia's Condo
San Diego Zoo
UC Irvine
Laguna Beach, California
Mike & Jarl in Hollywood
Mike & Jarl in Venice Beach
Moving to Riverside
Sanders Family Collage
The Great Book of Fuzzies
Kari's College Graduation
Graduation & Dinner
Degrees, Invitation, Program
Cards
Matteo's Birth Announcement
1996
Aunt Pam
Eleanor and Bill
Jarl as Vegas Bob
1995
Band at Cafe Euphrates
Washington Ave Apt
Mike & Me
Great Uncle John's Birthday
Grandma Buzzo's 85th Birthday
My Brother's HS Graduation
1994
Cave of the Winds: Aug 21
Long Island
1993
Eleanor and Bill
Kari's HS Graduation - Part 2
Kennedy Space Center
Smoeky
1992
Kari's HS Graduation
All Gussied Up
1991
Gunfest 1991
1980's
1989
Mom's Graduation
My Brother in 7th Grade
1987
My Brother in 5th Grade
1986
Rawluk Family Portrait
1985
My Brother in 3rd Grade
Grandma's 75th Birthday
Chrysti and David
1984
My Brother in 2nd Grade
1983
Bill and Sam
My Brother in 1st Grade
1982
My Brother in Kindergarten
My Brother's Graduation
1905 - 1979
1979
My Brother and the Blocks
My Brother - 2 Years Old
Me and My Brother
Grandma's Banner
3 Generations - Fall 1979
1978
My Brother's 1st Birthday
My and My Bro in D.C.
My and My Bro in Dad's Vest
My Brother: 10 Months Old
Aunt Sally and Uncle Vick
1977
Kari's Videos: 1977-1982
My Brother's Baby Pics
Feet on the Wall
Kari and the Pink Bonnet
Aunt Pris' Wedding
1976
Kari and Santa
Party in Hauppaugue
Portrait of Kari
Kari and Cake
1975
Kari's Videos: 1975-1976
Kari's Christmas Pic
My Baby Pics
Mom's Baby Shower
1973
Parents' Wedding Party
1960's
1969: Christmas in the Bronx
1969: Mom in College
1965: Zio Gino & His Sister
1962: Grandma Buzzo & Family
1962-66: Mom in High School
Great Grandparents at Home
1950's
1959: Eleanor & Bill's Wedding
1959: Mom in Italy
Erbarosa Family: 1955
1953: Mom at Age 5
Mom, Grandma & Aunt Sally
1940's
1949: Mom's Baby Picture
Zia Flavia and Family: 1947
1945: Grandma Buzzo's Parents
Grandma's Parents - Part 2
Ferri Family: 1940's
Ferri Family Photos: 1943
Aunt Mary
Aunt Zannie's Wedding
Aunt Zannie and Joe
Uncle Pepe
Mrs. Zefirra (Fanni) Eusini
Cousin Moe Piergiorgi
1930's
Uncle William Lucyshyn
Uncle John Ferri
Grandma Buzzo, 1930's
Grandpa's Spike Puller Patent
Grandpa's Garbage Truck Patent
Misc Pictures from Grandma
1920's
Grandma at Camp
Grandpa Buzzo
1923: Ferri Family Portrait
Grandma B and Her Fiancé
Portrait of Grandma B
1910's
Lucyshyn Wedding - 1914
Great Grandpa Paul
Grandma's Uncle: WWI
Italian Relatives
Unknown Italian Relative
1900's
Great-Grandma's Family: 1905
Lead Painting of Eleanor's Mom