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Throw back Thursday to the time @jasmineheartnose recognized Ziggy as part of The Avengers! It's true - she doesn't nap in the basement;
that is where her secret launch base is! These extra curricular activities certainly explain why she does so much napping in the office. 😸💤💤💤💤💤
1 Year Ago
Jun 08, 2023 1:07:32 pm
Throw back Thursday to the time @jasmineheartnose recognized Ziggy as part of The Avengers!
It's true - she doesn't nap in the basement; that is where her secret launch base is! These extra curricular activities certainly explain why she does so much
napping in the office. 😸💤💤💤💤💤
Updated Jun 08, 2024 7:32:38 pm

A friend of mine posted this 😄
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Ziggy is happy to have Mike home and happy to have me back in the office.
Dec 29, 2023 5:04:08 pm

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Many thanks for all the cards! Mike and I finished opening the ones we received during our trip today. 🤗â¤ï¸ðŸ’šðŸŽ„🎄🎄
Many thanks for all the cards! Mike and I finished opening the ones we received during our trip today. 🤗â¤ï¸ðŸ’šðŸŽ„🎄🎄
We're home from our 2-week trip to Japan and South Korea! Many thanks to my dad for looking after Ziggy! She threw a little welcome party for us.
We're home from our 2-week trip to Japan and South Korea! Many thanks to my dad for looking after Ziggy! She threw a little welcome party for us.

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Mary E Strange - August the Ginger Cat and Christmas 😺💞💞💞

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Hooray for Churu treats! Merry Christmas!

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Grab a sunbeam and have a very happy solstice! 🌞🌞🌞🌞
Definitely looks like we have a new resident
Squirrel alert! This is the second time a squirrel has been spotted on our back deck. The weird thing about moving into a brand new neighborhood was that there were no critters. There were mornings when we didn't see birds and nothing was stirring. To quote Jurassic Park - "Life will find a way." First came the mice. And birds. And now a squirrel!
Squirrel alert! This is the second time a squirrel has been spotted on our back deck. The weird thing about moving into a brand new neighborhood was that there were no critters. There were mornings when we didn't see birds and nothing was stirring. To quote Jurassic Park - "Life will find a way." First came the mice. And birds. And now a squirrel!

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Great meeting on Tuesday - interesting.....Metro Denver introduced some local companies to CNES (like the French DoD and NASA). They are looking to expand international opportunities (in both directions) for space companies and related commercial industries. Christophe, with whom I worked at RUAG, is going to introduce me to the French companies this spring. ... First picture below is the pigeon army that greeted me when I came out of the meeting.

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Schlep Schlep - Fancy chicken check in, 2023!
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 had 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˜ðŸ£ðŸ”🎄

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@[1690860039:2048:Rannae Sanders Lyon] - Ziggy thanks you for the bag and tissue paper.
😺💚â¤ï¸ðŸ’šâ¤ï¸ðŸ’š
Rannae Sanders Lyon - Ziggy thanks you for the bag and tissue paper.
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Christmas tree progress.... 🎄

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I was at Westminster mall tonight for a business meeting...well, the area formerly known as the Westminster mall. I did spend a bit of time trying to figure out if the fireplace in the hotel was where the fountain was.
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@[100001170545747:2048:Almond Kohler] - we can get an update to Bob Dylan... Alicia Keys is in London 😄
Everyone else - see lyrics for Bob Dylan's song "Thunder on the Mountain", which include "I'm wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could be"
Updated Dec 11, 2023 1:22:28 pm

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Somebody is happy I got the tree up. 😺💚🎄🎄🎄

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Happy birthday! Merry Christmas! Great to see Jarl, Christy, Daniel, and Katrina! And Laika, who tried to take possession of Daniel's present. 😄 Daniel is getting older..... Now presents come in a single box for multiple occasions, but hopefully it's a good "router with two pieces of paper" (his description of the PS5 design). 😄

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I am not sure what she was expecting, but Ziggy wanted to go out this morning. The video is cute ....

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Many thanks to Auntie Linda for a lovely happy hour and time to fuss over Cleo the Cute. 🤗😺🩷🩷

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Snow study - from last night to this morning

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With the shopping done and 75% of the cards done, it was time to start decorating inside! I put up the now indoor zoo, the tree and nativity scene from my grandma, candles and glowy tree from Jessica, the stockings, etc.

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Ziggy in the snow â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸

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Ziggy said if you need her, she'll be in the closet

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About 8.5 inches (22 cm) of snow in the front yard 🤗🩷🩷🩷â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸

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Snow last night! I was out shoveling to ease Mike's travel to the garage after he went to the Nuggets game with his mom

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Ziggy found her stocking! ....but it is empty 😿â¤ï¸ðŸ’šâ¤ï¸ðŸ’šâ¤ï¸ðŸŽ„🎄🎄🎄
@[100025535342722:2048:Jessica Moffett] thank you for the candles
Jessica Moffett thank you for the candles

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Misha Hardy - safe from the Morrison winds

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Updated Dec 08, 2023 6:55:58 pm
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Isn't that kind of cheating at the dreidel game? 😄
Updated Dec 08, 2023 3:49:15 pm
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Happy Friday! Cute little story with a happy ending
Updated Dec 08, 2023 12:25:42 pm

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"Hey, Orion" ... And Mike's office. I went for a cold windy walk, but after all the conference stuff, it was quite refreshing. ✨✨✨ â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸ The stars are so bright in the winter.

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Cat loaf wants to know if I am done with all this conference stuff.
Cat loaf wants to know if I am done with all this conference stuff.

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Denver at night, leaving the Museum of Nature and Science. Also, passed the capital building on the way home.

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A full day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science! Today was the Colorado Space Business Roundtable Roundup conference. Lots of discussions and some good business leads... I am fortunate to have a lot of wonderful and helpful people in my industry. 🤗 And the mugs were a hit!

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Lovely evening at the Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR) Space Roundup dinner. 160 people at Wings over the Rockies was the right number to catch up with longstanding colleagues, meet new people, and meet in person some people whom I had only seen via video chat! The open mic session where company representatives introduced their companies was the perfect opportunity to talk about Orion Belt Engineering's new government contracting certifications, S Corp structure, and ownership structure.

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And then there were 3. The wind did a number on one of my old extension cords... Really peeled back the protective cover. Glad I saw it before the snow. Ziggy's decoration is also happy.
And then there were 3. The wind did a number on one of my old extension cords... Really peeled back the protective cover. Glad I saw it before the snow. Ziggy's decoration is also happy.

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The best little sweetheart..... We did a quick bath this morning. Ziggy was very very good for her bath. 😺🩷🩷
The best little sweetheart..... We did a quick bath this morning. Ziggy was very very good for her bath. 😺🩷🩷

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And then there were 4... 2 members of the zoo made their way inside today due to being wobbly in high winds. Mike has joked that the other 4 are trying to figure out what they can do to become wobbly. 😄
You tagged Rannae Sanders Lyon, Almond Kohler, Schlep Schlep, Gwenn Sanders and Valerie Lyon

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Happy birthday to Mike's dad and his Uncle Dale! Thanks to Gwenn Sanders for a lovely lunch at Denny's. 🥳🎉🎉

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A little bit of landscaping cleanup this morning, which included a very windy trip to Pioneer to get some rock! The spot where the HOA post was fixed is now all rocked up. ☺ï¸

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We went to the regular vet today. They did some chest x-rays and drew blood to test for pancreatitis. Results early next week. The X-rays revealed an arthritis hitch in her back. So, they did a laser pain therapy session on that and another water pack. She has definitely perked up and resumed normal eating and litter habits. The pain treatment is supposed to last 3 days.
Box party! Now with bonus window!
So far, so good. The fluids and anti nausea meds seem to have helped. Ziggy had a large lunch, followed by a sun bath.
So far, so good. The fluids and anti nausea meds seem to have helped. Ziggy had a large lunch, followed by a sun bath.

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Waiting for the hospital discharge paperwork. Carrier, sweet carrier. Ziggy was happy to be loaded up and one step closer to heading home.
Waiting for the hospital discharge paperwork. Carrier, sweet carrier. Ziggy was happy to be loaded up and one step closer to heading home.

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The cat loaf says she is done with this place.😾🞠Urine and blood work looks good for a cat her age except blood sugar and dehydration. Blood sugar is in the same range as it has been for the last year and a half.
We are going to do a water pack and anti nausea meds. If that doesn't get her eating, then the vet believes she is having increased issues with diabetes and would need to start with insulin. Fingers crossed the hydration therapy works.

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Ziggy fan art 🤗 - from Tallis

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Thinking of snappy comebacks for when the vet comes back
Thinking of snappy comebacks for when the vet comes back

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At the ER vet with Ziggy this morning. She hasn't been feeling all week, with substantially reduced appetite and water intake. Hoping she is just dehydrated from a bad cold. She's still feisty, though! We very quickly went from "Ziggy is so cute!" to a delivery of Ziggy wrapped up in the towel from her carrier after they moved me to a private room. Vitals were good, no fever. Waiting for the vet shift change to complete.
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Lovely dinner last night for 3 birthdays, Thanksgiving, and a welcome to Colorado! Happy belated birthday to my brother, happy early birthday to my dad and my hubby's dad, and welcome to Lindsay, who just moved here from Tampa. 🤗
Lovely dinner last night for 3 birthdays, Thanksgiving, and a welcome to Colorado! Happy belated birthday to my brother, happy early birthday to my dad and my hubby's dad, and welcome to Lindsay, who just moved here from Tampa. 🤗
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One of our faves.... 🥺🥺🥺 Enjoyed seeing them live.
Updated Nov 30, 2023 7:03:32 am
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@[756858664:2048:Kamalyn Stricker] 😄😄
Updated Nov 29, 2023 9:57:01 am
The tail ... Moves! 🙀🙀🙀 Whole lotta nope
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My coworker 🤗

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Houses inhabited!

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The houses on the left were foundations and the start of framing last time I was here.

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New cul de sac

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Future houses

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Went a block further east than the last time I was here

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Looking down at the new neighborhood east of our house that is almost done

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Our house

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Our house zoomed out

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Our house, zoomed out farther

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Our house - between two bins

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Our neighborhood

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Our house again

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Those poor people trying to spell this out to phone reps

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On the path that goes around the creek, heading home

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Looking back at the new neighborhood east of us (on the left) and our neighborhood (on the right)

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Looking back at the new construction

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Across the bridge to our house

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Our house

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Gardens and deck

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Looking at the bridge from our house.

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Tip from Ziggy: On cold days like today, loaf on a heat vent to keep your paws warm. 😺🔥🔥🔥ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾
Tip from Ziggy: On cold days like today, loaf on a heat vent to keep your paws warm. 😺🔥🔥🔥ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ¾

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Good night 😺â¤ï¸ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤.... Wait! Cancel that bed time! Snack?!?
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So adorable
Updated Nov 24, 2023 9:50:43 pm

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Christmas zoo and snow 🤗🩵🩵â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸ðŸŽ„🎄🎄🎄

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Quiet day at the post office after a light snow yesterday
You tagged Rannae Sanders Lyon, Almond Kohler, Schlep Schlep, Gwenn Sanders and Valerie Lyon

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Not cats? 😸

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Happy Thanksgiving! Changed plans this year when Mike had covid last week, but everything worked out. Many thanks to his parents for a lovely dinner! And Rob and Rannae tried to prove they're not cats (I had my hand up for a previous picture where not all eyes were on the camera - same thing I do for Ziggy. 😄)
Ziggy said to be sure you do your Thanksgiving stretches

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Have a very happy Thanksgiving!
Have a very happy Thanksgiving!

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The outside zoo is up! The rest of the critters are going to be in the living room again this year, to keep them safe from the wind. The Intrepid Gang is out in the wind right now saying, "Wait! I don't remember being offered a living room option?!?!?!!!"

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The Intrepid gang

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Neighborhood is looking festive

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Our neighbor has a great display 🎄

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With the snow coming in tomorrow, I decided to put up the zoo this afternoon. It's a much shorter task than it used to be. 😄 The zoo had a bit of wind damage last year, so I am only putting out short, study animals this year. Lights are up, and the intrepid gang is ready to go outside after dinner.

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It's getting festive here! Mike is working on a plan for putting the icicle lights up.

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Love of the box 😺🩷📦
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We really enjoyed our visit to Tromso in 2018....never thought being north of the arctic circle would be so inviting 🤗 .... Will be back some day.
Updated Nov 19, 2023 10:15:07 pm
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Lots of work lately....but I also for an evening walk in to look at the stars, say hi to the neighborhood dogs (and their owners), and watch the lights at Bandimere Speedway. You can also see them from our deck.
Ziggy's new viral video ... Renovations to her box ceiling.

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Hatting and packing the mug army

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Mike is calling it "Mug Island". If you ever wondered how many mugs fit on our island, the answer is 230. There are now more on the dining room table. 60 more to wash. 🤗

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Nighttime guard duty in the garage. After Ziggy clearly disapproved of the loaner car, it is sleeping outside. After all, she has a 100% accuracy rating for finding mice. Catdad's car will be home from the shop on Monday. Swipe to see a little cat waiting and watching..... Our diligent guard.

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Mug washing in progress! Very happy that the Colorado Space Business Roundtable is going to provide storage and transportation for the mugs ahead of the December event. 🤗 This is 141 of 300. I have little covers for them (thanks go to my hubby for that idea!) and will get them boxed up this weekend.

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4th gotcha day with bling

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2019 adoption day

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2019 adoption day

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Happy 4th gotcha day to Ziggy - who is extra fabulous today with her cardboard bling (see first picture) . 4 years ago, at the age of 11 1/2, a sweet Ziggle joined us from the Cat Care Society , where she was in solitary (the Meow Mart) due to an inability to get along with others. While she was hissy and bitey, I could just sense she was my cat. She hissed at her Catdad for 2 days until he started giving her treats every night, and they have been best friends since. Looking forward to many more fun years with our senior sweetie!

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Happy Veterans Day - thank you to all who have served and are serving for everything you do for our country.
Promotional video! I need to get the web site updated. :) I joked that you can tell I paid for a video... but not too much. 😄 But things are looking up for 2024! Big year for the company! 🤗
Promotional video! I need to get the web site updated. :) I joked that you can tell I paid for a video... but not too much. 😄 But things are looking up for 2024! Big year for the company! 🤗
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Updated Nov 09, 2023 10:30:00 am
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Omg, so true. It is frequently a topic at alumni events where we all agree we probably couldn't have gotten into the same degree program today. 🥺 I have predicted that a lot of Gen Z are going to end up creating their own path through entrepreneurship to survive. And with what we know of Gen Alpha so far, they are definitely going to go their own way. They are appropriately nicknamed the honey badgers.
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Ham soup! And a sleepy cat who had ham. She loves ham, even more than chicken! ....this is what the hypno loaf was about

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Hypno toad (Futurama).... Hypno loaf 😾🞠....dinner was shared as demanded ðŸ˜
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Random information - - a neighbor asked about our to go containers tonight because they need to get some before the holidays. Here's the link in case anyone else would find it useful:
Updated Nov 07, 2023 10:19:07 pm

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Bandimere Speedway is working on their Christmas event 🎄🎄🎄
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Yay! Look what came today! This ISO 9001 is one of 4 certifications for my company. I got CMMC rolling earlier this year. We kicked off the work for AS9100 today. After that will come CMMI.
Yay! Look what came today! This ISO 9001 is one of 4 certifications for my company. I got CMMC rolling earlier this year. We kicked off the work for AS9100 today. After that will come CMMI.
You tagged Rannae Sanders Lyon, Almond Kohler, Schlep Schlep, Gwenn Sanders, Nancy Vasconcellos Kerbaugh, Valerie Lyon, Danielle Korosec, Travis Kerbaugh, Bridget Kerbaugh Dawes and Michelle M Bellairs

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Happy early Thanksgiving! 🦃 Lovely dinner yesterday with Mike's mom's side of the family. So glad everyone was able to make it! 🩷 Thanks to Leah for setting up the Skype with Dave and Nancy. Too much noise from 20 people in the house to be able to have much conversation, but it was lovely to see them. And thanks to Ginger for arranging Frankie's transportation. Video at the end is Mike's drum workshop... He has an enthusiastic but unruly class. 😄😄😄

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My supervisor is closely monitoring the baking of ham

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Box #10 has arrived! On its side, untaped, and somehow, unbroken. 😮 All the mugs are accounted for!
Box #10 has arrived! On its side, untaped, and somehow, unbroken. 😮 All the mugs are accounted for!

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The box moved into the office to make room for a family dinner tonight. Ziggy spent a lot of time making sure everything was correct. Too much time - she wore herself out. 😸💤💤💤💤💤💤

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Mugs! My company is sponsoring the breakfast mugs for the Colorado Space Business Roundtable event in December. I was worried because
pens.com was waaaay cheaper than other companies, but they're great! Accurate color in the printing, on time delivery of 9 of 10 boxes. May box #10 rest in peace. I got a "delivery exception" notification from UPS a few hours before the delivery. The star field was actually one of their standard templates. Very excited! Next step is to wash one and try it in the microwave. 🤗

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Mary E Strange - new posts from the most fashionable cat on Instagram

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My supervisor

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Halloween went well - 40 trick or treaters. Not quite as crazy as the old neighborhood, which was nice actually. Yes, I spent time lurking by the front window, so I wasn't always running down the hall.

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Ziggy is happy the weather warmed up. 😺🩷🌞

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not a Thanksgiving pumpkin, and not a Jack o' Lantern . Looks like the ice was the only thing holding it together 😄😄😄😄
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Halloween 2009
Mike and Val with Chloe
15 Years Ago
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Oct 31, 2009 8:43:47 pm
Mike and Val with Chloe
Awww 😻🩷🩷🩷🩷
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Happy Halloween!

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Kidnapped! 😾😾😾 Or taken to the vet for her monthly arthritis shot. That depends upon who you ask. Ziggy is doing well. Weight is stable at her target 15 lbs. Shot was quick. She didn't talk to me until we were almost home, but of course we are friends again. 🤗

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Lights at night, and my creepiest decoration in the last picture. I bought it at Safeway for a party at Ball Aerospace years ago. It's always struck me as "decoration most likely to come to life and cause trouble". People always try to explain to me that it's cute, and then the longer they look at it, the more they're like "that thing's not right". 😄🧡
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Updated Oct 29, 2023 7:38:33 pm

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The decorations took a beating in the wind in 2021. I didn't decorate last year since we were in the apartment (moved into this house last November). 5 bulbs needed. I will pick those up tomorrow.

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Don't worry - we tested the candy 😄😄😄

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This is Gary from the book, "Monster Island". I got him a friend crow

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Really, the important part of Halloween decorating is already done. 😄💜🧡💜🧡

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Survey says 6 inches of snow. And it's a very wet snow! Wonderful to have the water after a warm dry fall. But survey also says that, if I were planning to make a Jack o' Lantern for Halloween, I probably should have brought a pumpkin inside. I suppose they are Thanksgiving pumpkins now. 😄🧡

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Wintery night 🤗🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
Wintery night 🤗🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

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Ziggy provided supervision for my furniture moving project. All of the furniture has been moved from the deck to the basement. I set it up as a second sitting area for a family gathering we are having next weekend.
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Cool video 🤗 the text is neat to describe how they made it. This is a set built inside the vomit comet (plane that does specific maneuvers to create a near zero gravity environment)
Updated Oct 28, 2023 2:39:17 pm

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People always marvel that Ziggy goes out in the snow. She walks out willingly... even asks to go out ... and it's her idea to end up with a belly covered in snow. She has lots of fur between her toes and many many layers of undercoat fur, so it doesn't bother her And she has spent the past 4 years with this crazy person who also likes to frolic in the snow. 😄😸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸

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Snow! Ziggy and I spent some time outside. 🤗😺🩵â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸

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Fun day on Thursday! We had the Colorado OEDIT (Office of Economic Development and International Trade) full committee review of 22 small businesses presenting their grant applications. Lots of interesting work happening in our state! I have been volunteering with this crew long enough that we have stories of how things were done differently "back in the day". 😄😄😄 Always great to see our committee members and wonderful to have an opportunity to volunteer for an important small business grant program.

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Many thanks to Will for putting up with my craziness and to Danielle Korosec for facilitating! Senior pictures! 🤗

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Sigh .. wildfire season. So hot and dry this week. 🥺 This is the view from our neighborhood. Haven't found this one in the fire maps yet.
Update: Found the Colorado Wildfire Information page. They believe I am seeing this prescribed burn:
https://share.watchduty.org/i/13893
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Looking back at our neighborhood.

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Dry and sunny

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Improved path where the sidewalk ends at the other half of our neighborhood

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The neighborhood across the field from us

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Turn right.... Into the hill. A plan is afoot, but more work needed

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Along Morrison Road

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A long Morrison Road

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View of our neighborhood from Morrison Road

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Almost done with the loop!

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Flowers near the neighborhood entrance

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Flowers near the neighborhood entrance
So warm outside! The loop is complete now. So I went along the path behind our house, across the bridge, along the other part of the neighborhood to South McIntyre Street, along Morrison Road to our neighborhood, and back home. Took a little over an hour. 🤗

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Ziggy says it makes no sense. I always joke about being a hobbit, but this morning's agenda only includes breakfast and elevensies (brunch). It's time for second breakfast! Where is second breakfast?!? 🙀😿

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Aspen, part 10 of 10: Quick vacations end quickly. After a lovely 2-night stay, we headed home last Sunday through Independence Pass and Leadville.

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Aspen, part 9: Evening on the deck

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Aspen, Part 8: Art. We joked about the blue glass sculpture appearing in a future Quentin Tarantino movie

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We have a rural neighborhood mailbox by our driveway. At our old house, the mailbox in front of the house only belonged to us. Ziggy is very suspicious of neighbors going to "our" mailbox. This is her reaction ... every time.

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Finally! Work started at 5:30 am and Ziggy waited (not too patiently) to finally get some sunbeaming in. 😺🩷🌞 ..... First picture: "Get away from that mailbox! " 🙀🙀🙀😾📬📬📬📬

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Aspen Part 7: Absolutely wonderful dinner to celebrate 30 years. We miss the T-Wa Inn, but this worked well! Wonderful staff, great food, and one of our favorite wines. 🤗🩷🩷

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Aspen, Part 6: We spent the afternoon wandering around the shopping area near Main Street. Found a really lovely book store! 🤗 ....and it has stairs! I do love an opportunity to explore upstairs from wherever I am. (Seriously, it is a lifelong obsession) Beautiful day. We spent some time on the deck after our walk.
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life with cats... Cirrus was being a needy grumblecake, so I thought catnip time might be needed. I retrieved all his toys from the cat condo and covered them in sprinklings of catnip as I arranged them on the living room floor. Cirrus was thrilled! He drifted off to sleep on a pile of catnip covered pom poms. He was sound asleep. Sitting on the couch talking, Mike and I saw one or two times when he actually moved a little. Muggins missed those. He saw his brother sprawled out on the living room floor and was worried. He paced around him, sniffed at him, moved a few toys, lay on the floor next to him, came over to us to express him concerns, and then went back to fussing over Cirrus. Frustrated by our lack of action, he finally leaned over and licked Cirrus' head. Cirrus bolted up with an angry "mrrrr" and shot him a look that said "I'm not dead, you idiot! I was comfortable and you ruined it." He eventually grumbled his way to get a drink of water and head down the hall to go to bed. Muggins followed, apparently happy he had fixed his brother.
One of my favorite stories of the brother cats! 💖💖💖💖
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The lights are on in the new houses across the way. Already? Lennar is quick about building. I am up early today to complete the last SBIR submission of this round. It's been a long 3 weeks. Even with the break for our trip, I am exhausted. I hope one of these comes through in January. ðŸ™

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Sandal love ....this is where Ziggy is spending the day while I write another SBIR and do work stuff.

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Happy surprise this morning! My Department of Energy SBIRs were temporarily returned to me for a minor correction. That gave me a chance to make a couple of other small corrections to things I had noticed after I submitted them. And hopefully, it's a good sign that they thought it was worth asking for corrections on!
Happy surprise this morning! My Department of Energy SBIRs were temporarily returned to me for a minor correction. That gave me a chance to make a couple of other small corrections to things I had noticed after I submitted them. And hopefully, it's a good sign that they thought it was worth asking for corrections on!

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Picture by @[100001170545747:2048:Almond Kohler]

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I didn't do it. It was like that when we got here.

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Hunter S Thompson' house

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Aspen, part 5: On Saturday after the eclipse, we went to lunch at the Woody Creek Tavern and then stopped by the late Hunter S. Thompson's home, which is called "The Owl Farm". That is a fact I was unaware of on the drive up Friday night. Mike started mentioning he had forgotten how close we would be to the Owl farm. I was curious, then interested, then more interested. I told him I thought it would be great - I wanted to know how they ensure there are no territory issues when they release the owls. "huh?" He asked what I thought the owl farm was, and I expounded up on individualized raptor care, rehabilitation, and release with a visitor center and vet tours. 😄😄😄 Hunter's house was also neat to see. A really lovely area if one doesn't have to commute to an office. 🤗 The house is not open to the public but fans are welcome to go to the fence line and take pictures. Mike got a really nice picture of a deer ... It is standing up listening to me clomp through dried weeds by the fence. Well, if I ever found The Owl Farm Raptor Center and Museum of Gonzo Journalism, you will know why. 🤗

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Aspen, Part 4: Mike's eclipse pictures

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Aspen, Part 2: Our hotel had a large deck - much larger than in their website photos! It was great for the eclipse! We enjoyed hanging out by the lobby bar with its large fireplace.

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Borderlands (video game) theme song playing in the restaurant....
Part 1: Lovely weekend getaway! We went to Aspen to celebrate 30 years together. We drove up Friday after after work / teaching. On the way, we stopped for dinner at a golf course restaurant in Vail. Truly private dining! They close for the season Sunday. The manager pointed out that what makes them different is they have a parking lot!

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Eclipse day! 🌞🌕 Crescent shadows, crescent lens flare. Many thanks to Tony Rawluk for the viewing glasses!
Shhhh sleeping so quietly, not even snoring. Love the combination ear twitch and tail flick 💤💤💤💤💤
Shhhh sleeping so quietly, not even snoring. Love the combination ear twitch and tail flick 💤💤💤💤💤

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Cute cat cookies! Many thanks to Yewon for our adorable cat cookies. We opened them for our date-versary lunch today. Saving the sake kit Kats for later. 🤗

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Happy 30th date-versary to my hubby! It's been a long time since our first dinner at the T-Wa Inn... but it doesn't seem like it! How time flies. 🤗🥂💖💖💖

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Happiness is ... getting your SBIR submissions done. More due next week, but at least I can take a little break from it. 🤗
Happiness is ... getting your SBIR submissions done. More due next week, but at least I can take a little break from it. 🤗

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Second SBIR submitted. Those who know me well know what's coming next....my favorite James Bond quote from Casino Royale...
"And the second is.... yes, considerably"
Link to the clip from the movie.... it's the opening scene
https://youtu.be/ZvU5PRBwsHk?feature=shared
Second SBIR submitted. Those who know me well know what's coming next....my favorite James Bond quote from Casino Royale...
"And the second is.... yes, considerably"
Link to the clip from the movie.... it's the opening scene
https://youtu.be/ZvU5PRBwsHk?feature=shared
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Ziggy was having more fun than me this afternoon. 😄😄. Nice catnip head 😺
Ziggy was having more fun than me this afternoon. 😄😄. Nice catnip head 😺

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First SBIR submitted! Two more due to the department of energy by midnight Tuesday, one due to the Navy Tuesday, one due to the Department of Defense on the 18th.
First SBIR submitted! Two more due to the department of energy by midnight Tuesday, one due to the Navy Tuesday, one due to the Department of Defense on the 18th.

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Outside with Ziggy after a long day if IT support

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First picture with the new phone! Many thanks to my hubby for getting everything copied over. 🤗
First picture with the new phone! Many thanks to my hubby for getting everything copied over. 🤗
Coyotes and sirens ... 🤗 ....sound required for this video
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Many thanks to the gods of intermittent connections! I managed to get all my pictures off my phone today through the broken data port. Whew 🤗
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Outside with Ziggy. She played sphinx, was a loungy guard against a 14-year old dog that is smaller than her (was just hobbling down the street with owner, Kim), and has been hunting flies.

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Great find in Arvada - Gluten Free Things, on 64th. Nice bread and cupcakes for those with allergies at dinner tonight. Definitely a place to keep in mind when hosting for the holidays! Vegan, gluten free, soy free, nut free, dairy free, egg free.

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Nuggets season ticket draw is complete!! Great to see the Loyes plus new baby Ben, Gwenn and Terry, and Jarl. Lasagna was enjoyed by all - it's been forever since I made lasagna. Go Nuggets!
UPDATE: Mike saves the day! He had an old droid charger that is (very very slowly) charging my phone. :)
oy vey... if you need me, call Mike. The motherboard on my phone is on the fritz so it won't charge. I have 42% left that I am holding onto... Thankfully, Verizon got in me with a same-day appointment in order to confirm it is unrepairable, and it was under warranty... so a new one should be up and running in a couple of days.

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Beautiful night. Ziggy enjoyed being out with us in the moonlight and did not want to come inside 😺🩵🌕

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Aww, Ziggy now has 4000 followers worldwide on Instagram. I started the account ages ago after reading that publishers prefer to see an Instagram account with 4000 or more followers. I had no idea what I was doing and ended up with 12 followers and no idea what I wanted to do as content. Then, Ziggy took over. She chirps at me if she's doing something cute that I haven't recorded for her page. Through the community of cats on Instagram, I learned how to use the features and best of all, found a group of people around the world with whom I enjoy interacting with, many of them daily. 😺🩷🩷🩷 It turned out to be fun!

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Remodeling continues.... working hard!

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Moon, clouds, and green belt ... another evening walk 🤗

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Making 2 batches sauce for the Nuggets ticket draw party next weekend (we share season tickets with a few other people). Part of the dinner plan is lasagna. 🤗

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More bulb planting this morning. Ziggy and I finished the second planter. She also inspected the bulbs for me.

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Happy Equinox! Wishing those in the northern hemisphere a beautiful fall and those in the southern hemisphere a very happy spring!
😺🤎🧡ðŸ‚💚🩵🌼🌻

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Little snores 🤗

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Bulbs! The bulbs I ordered this summer from High Country Gardens have arrived! There are two of everything - one set for each planter. I knew I needed to get mulch, but it turns out I need more dirt and peat moss, too. So, the bulbs for the second planter will have to wait. Of course, my diligent supervisor provided oversight to the operations.

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Screen shot from a chapter video...
Great conference yesterday! The PMI Mile Hi Chapter hosted the WPML (Women in Project Management Leadership) conference yesterday in Thornton. 3 great speakers, a panel discussion, great food, and the chance to catch up with so many people I know. 🤗 The venue is usually used for weddings. Love the story of them asking the two event organizers if they were getting married before realizing it was a business event. 😄
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Picture the @[100064458233153:2048:Cat Care Society] took for us at the Tails of Painted Cats dinner
Picture the Cat Care Society took for us at the Tails of Painted Cats dinner

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Surprise sun storm. I was in a telecon and I heard a lot of noise, but everything looked like sun and clear skies. Pouring rain in the back yard 💦☔🌦ï¸
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Really cool photo 🤩
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"Winter is coming" - Ziggy
There's a change in the weather - if only slightly. We are expecting temperatures around 75-78 deg F (24 C) all week, but Ziggy has declared that it has gotten cold and second breakfast is needed. Second breakfast was not served. Kitchen protest in progress. 🙀😾ðŸ•ðŸ•ðŸ•ðŸ•ðŸ•
"Winter is coming" - Ziggy
There's a change in the weather - if only slightly. We are expecting temperatures around 75-78 deg F (24 C) all week, but Ziggy has declared that it has gotten cold and second breakfast is needed. Second breakfast was not served. Kitchen protest in progress. 🙀😾ðŸ•ðŸ•ðŸ•ðŸ•ðŸ•
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Awesome! Mike and I both got our degrees at Mines, and he works there as a research professor. 🤗
Updated Sep 19, 2023 8:45:08 am
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Many thanks to my brother and Lindsey for a lovely dinner celebrating our parents' 50th wedding anniversary. 🥂🩷

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Mike installed another ceiling fan today. Only one left. 🤗
Mike installed another ceiling fan today. Only one left. 🤗

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Blanket fort

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Box party! The box is rocking
Box party! The box is rocking
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Mike really liked this cat. I got into a bidding war with someone over it and then let him have it after running up the price and extra $225.

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My parents sponsored the artist who made this cat

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One of the artists we sponsored won a prize

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Lovely evening at the Cat Care Society's Tails of Painted Cats charity dinner and auction. The Cat Care Society is a local shelter that we got Chloe, Citrus, Muggins, Braveheart, and Ziggy from. They specialize in "less adoptable" cats - age, medical issues, behavioral issues. Where other shelters might put cats like that to sleep if they are not adopted within a certain timeframe, the Cat Care Society will keep them for as long as it takes - even if it means they have a permanent home in the shelter. For example, Ziggy was there for 7 months before being adopted and she had to be in a separate area because.... let's say she doesn't get along well with other cats. The dinner itself is sponsored and the event with the art auction usually makes around $200,000 for the shelter. With all the extra vet care bills, it's a critical event for helping the 1100 cats they help a year.
The Cat Care Society also highlighted my parents' 50th anniversary for tonight's event. 🤗 We did well in the silent auction. My dad got the succulent planter for me - it reminds me of the cat bus from Totoro. I got a small purse that will be a gift, Mike git the white ceramic cat, and well - I am forever a softie. No one bid on cactus cat, so I submitted a bid. Wouldn't want cactus cat to be homeless. 😸🌵

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From my walk yesterday - I was really enjoying the clouds.

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It's officially autumn....Ziggy has returned to her closet nest
It's officially autumn....Ziggy has returned to her closet nest

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Many thanks to my dad for helping with some power washing to clean up bird messes yesterday. The front porch is getting back to normal.

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This morning, I passed the first of 3 audits for my company's ISO 9001 certification. 🤗 and this evening, I went to the DisruptHR conference in Denver (next door to Meow Wolf). It was great! I made the connection I was seeking with a HR contractor, saw lots of great presentations, had green chili Mac and cheese, and wine. Great way to celebrate my audit results! The presentations are an interesting 5-minute format where the slides auto advance.

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After a lot of meowing, Ziggy convinced me it was important to come to the basement. I am not sure why we are here.

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Senior pictures already? I had some of Maddie's pictures printed at Walgreens and got frames for them. Some will go on the window sill and some on the wall.

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Mike joked I have literal empty nest syndrome. 😄ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ I checked for the birds again before taking the barricade down. 3 swallows came zooming by me, chirping. They circled the house a few times, which we could see from the living room window. 🤗 So, nothing but feathers left in the nest. I cleaned up the porch a bit and will borrow my dad's power washer tomorrow.

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The baby swallows spent the afternoon at the edge of the porch, at the last one flew away at 4:30 pm. Off and going? Be back? Time will tell.
UPDATE: no swallows on the porch this morning.

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Dreaming of warm sunny skies in Mexico. I assume they will migrate within a couple of weeks. ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤
Dreaming of warm sunny skies in Mexico. I assume they will migrate within a couple of weeks. ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤ðŸ’¤

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Good morning! All 3 baby birds were huddled on the porch this morning. One went for a fly. The other 2 had breakfast brought to them. The 53 deg weather (11.6 deg C) is probably making them wish they were ready to migrate to Mexico. It should be warmer tomorrow. And we still have a cat. With all the fuss over the birds, she wants to make sure we remember.
Dinner time on the front porch ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ©µðŸ©µðŸ©µðŸ©µðŸ©µðŸ©µ

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The 3 baby birds went for a fly and then came back to the doorstep. Their parents have been feeding them. Hopefully, they make their way back to the nest this evening.

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3 little birds are on my doorstep... but they look cold and confused
Conversation between Mom and Baby Swallow 3. Nope, not flying.

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Exciting and noisy day around here! 2 of the baby birds have learned to fly!! One little head in the nest still says "no". I saw them on the cushion when Ziggy and I got to the grass on our morning walk. 2 hours later, they are flying. 🤗ðŸ¦ðŸ¦ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™ Hopefully, swallow #3 is also up to the task. Probably under a lot of pressure right now.
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Lovely evening on the patio at my parents' house. My parents, my hubby, Lindsey, and my brother
Lovely evening on the patio at my parents' house. My parents, my hubby, Lindsey, and my brother

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Saturday morning - outside with Ziggy, my weekly call to my great aunt 🤗

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When I hear these three yelling for their mom to bring food, I joke that you can hear in the distance, "learn to fly"
When I hear these three yelling for their mom to bring food, I joke that you can hear in the distance, "learn to fly"

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"Where's the third swallow?" -> "Please stop sitting on my head"
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@[558097315:2048:Misha Hardy] - Rick Astley with Foo Fighters.... 5 years old, but I am just seeing it now.
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Looks like there are 3 baby swallows .

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Storm! We have been very amused by the plastic balls from the neighbors ' bouncy castle. (Or I assume that's where they are coming from)

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🤗 lower deck

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Other pictures from my walk to the construction area: sunflowers, cones succumbing to algae, a picture Mike got of me from his hammock, our house , hawk? Eagle?

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These are the third row back

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Looking back at our neighborhood

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Third row back

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The front of those houses face away from us

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Looking back at our neighborhood

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Hill between rows 2 and 3

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The first row is on the other side of the street from rows 2 and 3

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There's a flat part, a hill, and another flat part, for the walk out basements like our house

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Hill for walkout basement

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The rest of the plot for the first row is flatter than it looks from our house

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Hill and flat parts for walkout basements

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Looking up the hill at row 3

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Looking east, hillis now on your left

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Looking at our neighborhood from the walkout basements

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Back at the driveway areas for row 1

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Zooming back out on the plots for row 1

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Amy Leigh Morrissey - Great to see you guys yesterday! 🤗 To follow up on our discussion, I took a wander out to the construction site and confirmed that the houses we are looking at will be the third row in, and there is room for the other rows. 😮 craziness. Pictures and maps posted.

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Instagramand thus, ✨burtle mode✨ was unlocked.
#houserabbit #adoptdontshop #rescuerabbit #bunniesofinstagram #bunstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CwkcBVfpreA/
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Pam Wagner - I freeze the slices for eating or using in recipes later. If the peaches aren't too ripe, I can peel them like a potato, which preserves them differently than blanching. I slice them up, put them on a baking sheet with some sugar sprinkled on them. Put them in our freezer to freeze, then put the slices in freezer storage bags. They have lasted as long as 2 years that way. This weekend, I have 45 peaches to freeze - usually Mike's sister does half, but she isn't available this weekend.

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Baby swallows! I was wrong about the best being quiet. It has 2 little residents! ðŸ¦ðŸ¦
Baby swallows! I was wrong about the best being quiet. It has 2 little residents! ðŸ¦ðŸ¦

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Peaches! Just picked them up from the Golden Rotary Club
Update: there are 78 🤗🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡🩷🧡
Dot time! The arthritis shots must be working! We haven't done dot in forever. And Ziggy has a new ninja move - laying down dot. Sorry video is dark. Lights are low because her hunting enjoyment is a priority.
Dot time! The arthritis shots must be working! We haven't done dot in forever. And Ziggy has a new ninja move - laying down dot. Sorry video is dark. Lights are low because her hunting enjoyment is a priority.
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Fireworks Friday night in Golden 🤗😾
Updated Aug 31, 2023 6:59:57 pm

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Making dinner
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Good to have if you need them 😄😄😄
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Quick and easy trip to the vet.....says the human. 😾😾😾😾😾😾 We got another monthly shot of the feline pain relief for arthritis. Ziggy has been more active over the past couple of weeks, so hopefully, it is helping. Or...
Ziggy was forcibly kidnapped from under the bed with treats used AS A TRAP to get her to come out. 🙀🙀🙀 Stuffed in a carrier. Weighed. Stabbed with a needle. Allowed to retreat back to the carrier. Ended up home after a terrifying car ride where a rock hit the windshield. ( from the human: small pebble, no damage)
No matter how you tell the story, we are home and all is well.
Also posted: cool art at the vet office

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Yes, I did a telecon from the lawn party

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Lawn party! Ziggy and I went out front twice today.

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Run, run, run... Got our little square of lawn moved just before tonight's storm rolled in. (It actually started raining just before I finished.) The swallows and I were both running around on clean up duty. They were pretty happy about all the bugs I attracted / scared out of the grass.

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Already? There is a house like ours for sale....just down the street
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3299-S-Rogers-Street-Morrison-CO-80465/337567386_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

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So smug 😄
The swallow nest has been quiet lately, so Ziggy and I stepped out onto the front porch.
Reclaiming the front porch from the swallows was satisfying. So very very satisfying. Hearing them circle around and complain about it only added to Ziggy's satisfaction. 😸😸😸💜💜💜💜💜💜
Really, Ziggy says the level of satisfaction from reclaiming the front porch from the swallows cannot be overstated. 😺😺😺💖💖💖💖ðŸžðŸžðŸž
She even went out on the lawn for the first time. (I had brought her to the grass previously, but she never stayed.)

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My first SBIR submissions! This morning, I am submitting 3 abstracts to the Department of Energy for Phase 1 research grants. Final proposals due October 7. Work would start in February. 🤗 🙠This is a major step in working to grow the company and develop product lines.
My first SBIR submissions! This morning, I am submitting 3 abstracts to the Department of Energy for Phase 1 research grants. Final proposals due October 7. Work would start in February. 🤗 🙠This is a major step in working to grow the company and develop product lines.

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Storm! If you like thunderstorms at night, then the video is just your moment of zen to listen to the wind and rain.

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Stars .... lovely night to sit outside

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More jet cars and fireworks! And apology treats. I left the balcony door open, making it more noisy in the house than usual. Ziggy said, "thank you for the apology treats," ...skootches closer..."a few more of those would really ease my troubled mind." I couldn't deny a cute request. 😄

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Jet car! Things are busy at Bandimere Speedway this evening.

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One more.... Cleo also has a Crinkle Paper Empire. Auntie Linda got this picture after we left. 🤗
One more.... Cleo also has a Crinkle Paper Empire. Auntie Linda got this picture after we left. 🤗

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Very nice happy hour gathering with Auntie Linda....this is her cat, Cleo. There are no photos of humans in this post, cause...you know 😄

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Rain! 🤗🩵🩵 Had a lovely walk yesterday evening...the curly hair is the giveaway that I was out in the rain.
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Loving this rainy day 🤗💕💕💕💕

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When you are waiting for chicken but Kari is checking each and every grape to see if they are not too old to serve... Ziggy says, "No one is getting dinner. We're all going to starve." 😄
When you are waiting for chicken but Kari is checking each and every grape to see if they are not too old to serve... Ziggy says, "No one is getting dinner. We're all going to starve." 😄

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This picture has a star in it. I saw the star. I took a picture of the star. I have tried to wipe it off my screen 3 times now. 😄

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Happy birthday to my mom! Great party at 3 Sons in Arvada. Beat to see my brother's girlfriend, Lindsey. She flew in from Tampa this morning for the party! Also great to see Alex Caggiano. It's been years and years 🤗

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First day of school! Professor Doctor Sanders is teaching Materials Transport again this fall. I hear I am a goof for bugging him for a first day of school picture. 😄
First day of school! Professor Doctor Sanders is teaching Materials Transport again this fall. I hear I am a goof for bugging him for a first day of school picture. 😄

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Twarting the paparazzi.... "You get nothing! You lose! Good day, Sir!.... I said, Good Day!"
Twarting the paparazzi.... "You get nothing! You lose! Good day, Sir!.... I said, Good Day!"
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Mike made this sign years ago

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@[1690860039:2048:Rannae Sanders Lyon] made this rock

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Many thanks to Mike's parents for hosting lunch at their trailer in South Park....their home away from home for 40 years. 🤗 The last time Mike was there was when he and Deborah went to the alligator farm on their way to a conference in 2016. It turns out the last time I was there was 2008. 🙀 Lots of changes and improvements since then. Really pleasant spot to sit and watch the world go by.

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Surprise visitor! Ziggy and I were joined by an orb weaver spider for sunbeaming.
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Quick web site refresh... the last template I used didn't work well on phones. If you run into issues with this one, please let me know. Thanks!
https://www.orionsbelteng.com/Updated Aug 18, 2023 10:19:32 pm

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Business Development! Since I keep running into friends and family who are like "I didn't know that!", I have to do a quick PSA because I have been remiss... In January 2020, I started a business called Orion's Belt Engineering. Currently, it is a SBA-certified WOSB (Woman Owned Small Business) and has been my sole source of income since March 2022. .... when I was finally officially employed full time by my business. I have invested over $25,000 this summer and many hours of effort in the infrastructure and processes needed for two key requirements for getting government contracts - ISO 9001 certification and NIST 800-171/CMMC compliance. ISO 9001 is a quality management system. The other is for cyber security. My goal is to get contracts not just for me - but to expand to have employees and 1099 contractors. My long-term goal is to pursue some key areas of Research and Development (R&D) that I just couldn't do as part of someone else's company....why? ...for a whole frustrating list of reasons that probably require whiskey and ice cream to go into. 😄
So ..... Today I went to the Boulder SDBC (Small Business Development Council) procurement event. Besides enjoying the library, I got some good leads on contracting possibilities. Lots of follow up and 143 applications (literally) to do, but this felt like a very worthwhile and productive day that should help me get traction on expanding Orion's Belt. I have a meeting with the SBDC on Tuesday regarding getting some SBIRs together. 🙠Oh, and my supervisor reminded me when I got home that I did not have an excused absence from work today. 😾😾😾 Mike said she missed me a lot. 🤗💖

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I can't estimate the thousands of hours I have spent on software related to star catalogs. 💙
I can't estimate the thousands of hours I have spent on software related to star catalogs. 💙

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Tensors, so useful, such a pain. Been a while ðŸ˜
Tensors, so useful, such a pain. Been a while ðŸ˜

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I was seeking a moment of zen before a business development meeting, and I found it! Hello from the UCAR library in Boulder!

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It's good to know none of us are normal, not even the galaxies 😄
It's good to know none of us are normal, not even the galaxies 😄

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Wired for sound! 😄 Trial run of new headset went well. Sometimes, I was sounding like I had a robot voice effect on calls with Australia. I guessed maybe it was a bandwidth or interference issue with Microsoft Teams, so I am trying a Jabra wired headset.
Wired for sound! 😄 Trial run of new headset went well. Sometimes, I was sounding like I had a robot voice effect on calls with Australia. I guessed maybe it was a bandwidth or interference issue with Microsoft Teams, so I am trying a Jabra wired headset.
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One of the drone pictures from today's inspection.... I can see the solar panels! :)
One of the drone pictures from today's inspection.... I can see the solar panels! :)

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This afternoon's project was a full house inspection. Hard to believe, but the 1-year parts of our home warranty are up in a few months. So, we had a full inspection done for tickets I should submit to Lennar. Most notable are loose boards in the upper deck that don't have enough screws and no insulation over the garage. We took measurements to track concrete movement in the basement floor due to cracks and lifting. The inspector said I should re-measure those every 6 months. Full report and list of stuff to submit to Lennar is coming tonight.
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Mike is in the back row, 4th from the left. Amy is in the center, wearing the bright shirt. Such a rebel! ðŸ˜ðŸ’–💖

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Me, outside the Green Center, heading home for a telecon with the folks in Australia

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Hill Hall - where Mike works

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Great to see the CCAC crew - the ceramics center at Mines is growing! 🙀 Stopped by at the end of day 1 of their annual conference. CCAC = Ceramics research at the Colorado School of Mines = Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics = Mike's work

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You tagged Rannae Sanders Lyon, Tony Rawluk, Almond Kohler, Schlep Schlep, Gwenn Sanders, Valerie Lyon, Bella Sanders, Roberta Gonzales, Rob Sanders, Hailey Sanders and Mark Sanders

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Summer birthday celebration! We had a wonderful party celebrating the summer birthdays at Malone's in Arvada. Great food, great company. Many thanks to Hailey for making a very tasty raspberry birthday cake! Happy birthday to Auntie Linda, Uncle Mark, Rannae, my hubby, Rob, Auntie Bella, Sarah, and my mom! 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

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FOUND! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
FOUND! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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Sleepy Saturday. Here's Ziggy trying to prove she doesn't need to go inside and take a nap. 😄😄😄💤💤💤💤💤💤 (She is now in the closet napping)

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Had a nice lunch at a BBQ place on Morrison Road. Very filling, hot links were actually spicy. 🤗

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Just in time gardening! Or 50% just in time. Ziggy was perplexed hearing me talk about the iris that arrived today in the mail. The Ziggy Iris are yellow and red. No, she's not a flower and she's not being planted. I got half of them in the east planter just before the rain came. It's a really nice rain. The other iris are jealous. Will do the west planter in the morning. There is still space in the front of each for bulbs. Those should be here in a month or so.

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View of Golden from the highway
More pictures from the Mines Evening of Excellence

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Our picture in the Physics building with the Materials Science building Mike works in behind us

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Digital sign in the physics building

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I love roses but am highly allergic. (they give me migraines) Glad they remembered to put me at a table away from them.

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Salad plates shaped like the school logo

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The tent for the event. Beautiful evening

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Love the table cloth

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Students kicked off the event. Maggie has MC'd a couple of times

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Students kicking off the event

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Beautiful evening in the tent

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President Johnson

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Student philanthropy award

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Young alumni philanthropy award presented to someone from the Class of 2019

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Young Alumni philanthropy award

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Talking about the new large construction studio. A philanthropy award was given to the organization who paid for it

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Construction studio discussion

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These guys have donated a lot of money over the past 52 years, including $5M for a new building for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at the school.

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These guys have donated a lot of money over the past 52 years, including $5M for a new building for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at the school.

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Closing the event with the School song:
I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three hundred pounds,
The college bell to mix it in and a clapper to stir it ‘round.
Like every honest fellow, I take my whiskey clear,
I’m a ramblin’ wreck from Golden Tech, a helluva engineer.
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva engineer,
A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva engineer,
Like every honest fellow, I take my whiskey clear,
I’m a ramblin’ wreck from Golden Tech, a helluva engineer.
Hail, hail, the gang’s all here.
What the hell do we care as long as we get our share.
Hail, hail, the gang’s all here.
M-I-N-E-S
What the hell do we care now?

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We went to the annual Colorado School of Mines Foundation Evening of Excellence last night. We got a chance to talk with a number of students about how the new strategic plan at the school was working out for them.... They call it "Signature Experience" where instead of having internships and extra curricular activities discounted from school that happen to make you a more well-rounded and useful employee, they have it baked into the school plan now so all students get a chance at those opportunities. It has been very well received by both students and recruiters. And of course I can't help but be in career development mentor mode - got to chat with a couple of students who had questions on job selection after they graduate. Hard to believe I have been doing college and professional career development mentoring for 24 years now! 🙀 Time flies. It was a beautiful night for the event, and dinner was fantastic. Mines changed from using Aramark for all their food to a company called "Flavors". Continually impressed by the new company. And the point of the event is to honor donors to the school. Mines only gets 10% of its funding from the state. Of note, they are just starting a "large construction studio" in collaboration with construction companies, which will prepare interested students for jobs in construction. We get to go because we are part of the "Forever Miners" - alumni who started an endowed scholarship. Ours is an emergency fund for graduate students. We are also part of the Mines Heritage Society - alumni who have designated a donation to the school in their will. And in tears where I am not sinking tons of money into developing my business, we are also usually part of the "President's Council" for giving $1000 per alum per year. The school means a lot to us, and we continue to be very proud of the quality education experience it provides. 🤗💙💙💙

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I hear sunbeaming on rollable concrete is the best 😸🩷🩷🩷

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Happy International Cat Day! Serious meowdeling shot, goofy Instagram story

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After the critter block discussion, we have settled into a shady spot for telecons. There were birds. There's a nice breeze.

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Ziggy just realized "critter block" is not species selective. She says "I am not a critter, and I don't need to be blocked." 😾

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The swallows are definitely back in the nest. I checked with the wildlife rehabilitator, who confirmed that they will have another set of eggs this summer before migrating. Sadly, my little buddy didn't make it - he died after either malnutrition from being rejected as the runt or his 9 1/2 foot fall from the nest onto a concrete step. Or both. 😿😔 His older brother is doing fine, flying around a cage with 2 finches ahead of his release into the wild. ðŸ™ðŸ™ In memory of my little buddy, there is now a cushion underneath the nest....just in case any of the new babies end up making the same belly flop out of the nest. Yeah, the towel is the real deal from Long Island a long long time ago.

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Odds and ends ... I reinforced the two large planters and Mike finished up the critter block. Ziggy had to do double duty for supervision.
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Here's a short recording of my brother's Journey tribute band in Craig, Colorado. Fancy stage! He has been enjoying doing shows with them (on drums) - fun crowds and it pays pretty well. 🤗
Updated Aug 06, 2023 9:05:43 am
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Happy birthday to Rob! For the record, he specifically said he wanted to do the grilling for his birthday party. Maybe he likes grilling. Maybe he thinks we're all terrible at it. 😄 Hard to say. But at least we didn't all meet our demise due to number sparklers. There was a moment of doubt....

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If you have enjoyed the career of Samuel L. Jackson as much as I have, then you understand what this reads as in my head every time I look at the thermostat in our new house. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜„😄😄

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View from the bridge.

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Our house

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When you just give up ... "eff it". This will eventually become a fence. When they feel like it. Maybe

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"fence"

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The other neighborhood

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View of our neighborhood from the other neighborhood

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New houses in the other neighborhood

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More new houses

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More new houses

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"Where the Sidewalk Ends"

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Bandimere Speedway as seen from the other neighborhood

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Bandimere Speedway and our neighborhood as seen from the other neighborhood

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Bridge adventure! Mike went on a 1.3 mile walk with me to go across the bridge (stairs and bridges - I can't resist) and then go to what he described as "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (reference Shel Silverstein) ... it was the eastern edge of the new neighborhood being built next to us.

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On the lower deck this morning, checking the gardens with Ziggy. Overall, it looks like all the new perennials are well rooted and healthy, despite hail damage. One of the pictures shows my poor irises backlit by the sun. The plants for the remaining 2 planters are coming soon.

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We had a lovely time seeing Oppenheimer with Auntie Linda this afternoon, and got home from dinner just as the storm started rolling in.

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My first town hall meeting in Morrison. So quaint! Love the small size, was able to make a public comment on a rezoning proposal before heading to a meeting with folks in Australia.

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Very exciting day! I have my new IT system to go with my new computer. For those that know GCC High, things are getting serious in the land of Orion's Belt! (name of the company I own) I have no idea how to use this setup, but that will change within the next 24 hours. Just poking around before my training with the AgileIT on how to administer it tomorrow morning. For those for whom all of this jargon is meaningless, this is a major step to getting my company qualified for government contracts. I literally started working in government research during high school, so it's good to get my company vectored back towards home turf. 🤗💖💖
Very exciting day! I have my new IT system to go with my new computer. For those that know GCC High, things are getting serious in the land of Orion's Belt! (name of the company I own) I have no idea how to use this setup, but that will change within the next 24 hours. Just poking around before my training with the AgileIT on how to administer it tomorrow morning. For those for whom all of this jargon is meaningless, this is a major step to getting my company qualified for government contracts. I literally started working in government research during high school, so it's good to get my company vectored back towards home turf. 🤗💖💖

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Not quite quitting time ... Just trying to find something to do for those last few minutes at the end of the work day 😸

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I am hearing a lot of twittering at the front door today, and all I can think is, "Please, you two, no more kids." The swallows are supposed to migrate to Mexico in September. New babies wouldn't be strong enough to go. 🙄 I had happily verified the nest was empty after things quieted down on Friday.

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Sunbeaming scritches and the cool down. The sun is quite hot today. The high temps today through Monday are supposed to be around 90 deg / 32.2 C

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"It's important to maintain control of a situation, no matter how you really feel" - Empress Ziggy. 😄 Ziggy was at the vet today. Her blood glucose is holding steady at 349 and weight has stabilized at her target 15.6 pounds. We are trying a monthly feline arthritis pain reliever shot to see if that helps her mobility. Otherwise, all good!
"It's important to maintain control of a situation, no matter how you really feel" - Empress Ziggy. 😄 Ziggy was at the vet today. Her blood glucose is holding steady at 349 and weight has stabilized at her target 15.6 pounds. We are trying a monthly feline arthritis pain reliever shot to see if that helps her mobility. Otherwise, all good!

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3 hours round trip last night to the south side of Colorado Springs. Mike's aunt sparked an idea of trying to find a rehabilitator for the swallows. After reading online about the complexity of their diet and their risk of vitamin deficiencies, I was definitely on the same page. Unfortunately, finding a baby bird during the summer is like finding a kitten during kitten season - all the local certified rehabilitators were full. So, my calls fanned out with a request for more leads on people to call. I spoke with a lady named Allison in Colorado Springs. It was an old style landline and answering machine, where she picked up after I started to leave a message. She asked me what kind of bird they were. "Swallows? Are you sure?" I explained that the parents are outside my front door but they had stopped feeding the babies, apparently convinced they should be flying...but their feathers aren't in. "Oh," she said, crestfallen. "Swallows are hard. You should call Aurora. If she can't take them, try Nancy." Numbers were given. Messages left. Just as I was making dinner, I got a text from Aurora: "I can take the swallows, if you can bring them." We agreed I would drive them as soon as we finished dinner. I fed them some halved meal worms before we left. No radio, air conditioning low because the babies do better at around 77-78 degrees (25 C). The older one chatted with me the whole way, especially every time we hit a bump in the road. I stopped just past half way for more worms. I have no idea how much to feed a baby bird at a time. They are like little black holes, but I have worried about over feeding and gumming up their gutty works. Pulling off the highway into the neighborhood, it was nice. Trees, fields, everything green, birds everywhere. I parked in front of her house. There was a little old woman already out front holding a cloth, wearing a bright blue shirt. I brought the boxes out of the front seat and she took the birds out. I thanked her for taking them because I have been very worried about them. In a gravelly Mexican accent she thanked me for driving all that way while admonishing me for them being hungry. They could have died. It turns out she recently finished raising and released some swallows. She has one left from that group, but she thinks he is lonely, so adding these two will be good for all of them. And that was it. Had nice weather and sparse traffic for the drive home. I cleaned up the stuff and camera I had sitting on the front porch, hoping to give a visual queue to the parents that the babies were gone. It must have worked. The parent swallows were quite loud this morning but haven't been back. Hope the babies grow up strong with Aurora's help! ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ¦ðŸ¦
Siblings.... Bird 1: "Stop cleaning." Bird 2: "I'll clean if I want. I'll clean you."
Siblings.... Bird 1: "Stop cleaning." Bird 2: "I'll clean if I want. I'll clean you."

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As the morning went along, the swallows seemed unsure of next steps, with the more developed sibling not yet up to flying. I noticed they stopped feeding him and we're just pacing around, no doubt expressing their disappointment. I tried helping getting him to a higher level to enable flight, but he didn't fly and his parents had to fend off another bird who was harassing him. So, he is now in the office. Me, Ziggy, and 2 birds. I managed to finally get the older sibling to drink some water. Hoping hydration, cooler air, and a safe hand to sit in helps establish a relationship where I can feed him, like with the younger one yesterday. Looking more closely at his feathers, I don't think either baby is ready to fly. ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™

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Bird update:
Both fledglings spent the night in the upstairs bathroom, all warm and safe and snuggled together. The more developed sibling is back outside with his parents and has been fed. He went back out around 6:20 am this morning. The parents were already flying around looking for him. The rejected bird, Ziggy, and I got some sunbeaming time after breakfast. I told Ziggy she is the best Ziggle in the whole world....so well behaved, hanging out with the baby bird. Now, my smallest coworker and I are in the office. 🤗ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™

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Doing a lot of things one handed today. The smaller less developed bird that took a belly flop from the nest to the concrete step was rejected by his mother this afternoon. Once I saw on the video that she was refusing to feed him and was biting his tail feathers to force him away, I brought him inside, gave him some water with an eye dropper. After work, I picked up meal worms at PetSmart. After a few false starts, those have been well received. I have been cutting them in thirds and feeding him via tweezers. We're slowly getting the hang of it. He likes to refuse to eat and then start fussing for food as soon as I go to do something else. By the 5th or 6th time, I was like "you're doing that on purpose". 😄 I have no idea if he is injured or will survive the night, but it's worth a try. Definitely not ready to fly yet. The other bird is being well-attended by his parents. That one seems to be close to trying to fly.

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Stress stress. Development in the swallow nest. One of these guys was in the concrete and the other was being strangled by a hair , dangling outside the nest. I used gloves to rescue him. Really not sure if I just inherited 2 swallow babies or if they are old enough to be out of the nest.
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Stress stress. Development in the swallow nest. One of these guys was in the concrete and the other was being strangled by a hair , dangling outside the nest. I used gloves to rescue him. Really not sure if I just inherited 2 swallow babies or if they are old enough to be out of the nest.
Update: I can see the parents fussing over them on the front door camera. ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™ðŸ™

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😾: "It is lunch time. 🤗 "It is not yet lunch time."
I have been feeding Ziggy more wet food recently to keep her from getting dehydrated. She really really likes the idea of lunch. Do ignore all the dry food behind her - that's not lunch. 😄
😾: "It is lunch time. 🤗 "It is not yet lunch time."
I have been feeding Ziggy more wet food recently to keep her from getting dehydrated. She really really likes the idea of lunch. Do ignore all the dry food behind her - that's not lunch. 😄

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Many thanks to Mike's parents yesterday for dinner and a movie.... It was a birthday present for my hubby, who was joking about his 25 days of birthday celebration. 😄 We were joined by his parents, his sister, and our nieces to see Oppenheimer and then to have dinner at Red Robin. Great movie - 3 hours went quickly. Lots of history, and I thought they portrayed the moral quandaries well. Definitely recommend it! ....oh, and while I may have 5 semesters of quantum mechanics training, you won't need any. The movie focuses on what happened and all the surrounding debates and politics, not science. No knowledge of quantum mechanics is needed to fully enjoy it!
...But if you want more info on the duality of light, probability functions, electron tunneling or similar topics, definitely ask your friendly neighborhood physicist! According to the movie, I can't say humble physicist 😄😄😄 After considering the comment, I thought, "perhaps guilty as charged" ðŸ˜

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Ziggy went with me to reposition the camera this morning. It was sunny! It was nice! It was too hot 🥵🥵🥵

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Video surveillance confirmed that , while the mouse goes under the deck by the stairs, that is not where it comes out. Surveillance now set up by the east stairs.

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Mike captioned this, "Dance like no one is watching" 😸😄💜💜💜
Mike captioned this, "Dance like no one is watching" 😸😄💜💜💜

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Lovely dinner tonight at a pizzeria on Bowles, then a meeting with folks in Australia, and then watching the sunset with Ziggy 🤗😺🌞

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Ziggy thought going out the basement door was crazy talk, but it worked fine. Checked the mouse spot and found a concrete stair, saw some geese. 🙀

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Painting again. The next to last phase of critter block is up. This will seal out all larger creatures. Mouse sized? Oy vey. We had finally gotten our mouse out and she spent hours ... About 6 hours.... frantically trying to get back under the deck Friday night. I was like, "lordy, momma mouse, do you have a nest down there?" Well, the whole point of the critter block was so I didn't have to murder another nest of adorable creatures. (I have a strong affinity for all rodents, especially mice and rats.) 😑🙄 So, momma mouse has a small access point for now. At some point, Mike will cover the hole with trim.

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Spying on the neighbors' landscaping.... I mean, taking an afternoon walk with my hubby. And we reported the leak we found - Lennar will get it fixed. At the far end of the block, near 470, it really does look like there are more houses being built, but they are not on the Lennar plan - maybe a different builder. ????? We'll have to stop by the office and ask Tobi at some point.
Friday night box pawty! 😺💜💜💜💜

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Happy Friday! The storms yesterday really cooled things off. It's only 61 deg F / 16.1 C and perfect for top step sunbeaming. 😺💜🌞
And Ziggy's Pro tip - If you are going to bite the hand that feeds you, make sure it's after breakfast. 😸😸😸

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@[1309345818:2048:Cheryl Mechalke] - side yard view

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More hail .... Fortunately, small. We were impressed by how much water ended up in the retaining pond behind us. We think that's the highest it has been! Video includes the mouse cam for a ground level view

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Cricket duty in the garage
Cricket duty in the garage
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Ziggy's mood was "I can't even". We had a brief time on the stairs, and then she spent a bit of time flopped by the mouse cam. It's already hot today. Supposed to be 95 deg F / 35 deg C.
Video: 🤗 "Time to go in!" 😾😾😾 Ziggy: "Make me" .....sigh, and she meant it. 🙄

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Ziggy would like the record to show she has a 100% track record on critter detection. Just a little mouse ðŸ

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Hammock installation complete and tested 🤗💙💙💙
A different view .. here I am, for the second time today, trying to figure out what Ziggy was after under the deck. A camera has been set up to record motion tonight, just in case. 🤔👀👀👀 Thanks again to my brother for my camera. I seem to need it more often than one would have thought! ðŸ˜
A different view .. here I am, for the second time today, trying to figure out what Ziggy was after under the deck. A camera has been set up to record motion tonight, just in case. 🤔👀👀👀 Thanks again to my brother for my camera. I seem to need it more often than one would have thought! ðŸ˜

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The next round of Lennar construction has started across the field. As seen from the basement deck and the living room, it doesn't look like it will interfere with our view. Maybe block some wind? I think the wind comes from the foothills side, so probably not.

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Is there something under the deck?

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"What? I wasn't going under the deck. Why would you say something like that?"

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"Meanie, making accusations "

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"I was totally going under the deck! "

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"Stupid Kari and her stupid rules "

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Guarding the basement

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Ziggy's morning adventure.....see captions

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Race cars, jet cars, fireworks, and a diligent guard. Night 2 of the Mile Hi Nationals at Bandimere Speedway has wrapped up.

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@[100000415189036:2048:Ernie Padilla] - saw this on the Ball alumni page and thought you should have it
Ernie Padilla - saw this on the Ball alumni page and thought you should have it
Fireworks at Bandimere! 💞

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Surprise! Thanks to whomever sent us a gift. It didn't come with a note.
Update: turns out to be from my parents
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That's all, folks! Landscaping project is complete.
When you're convinced that neither race cars nor leaf blowers will interrupt your moment of stairs zen, but your ears disagree. 😺💤💤💤👀👀👀👀
When you're convinced that neither race cars nor leaf blowers will interrupt your moment of stairs zen, but your ears disagree. 😺💤💤💤👀👀👀👀

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22.4 tons down, one to go. My dad is coming over Friday afternoon to help wrap up the landscaping project. ðŸ˜
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Thanks to Rannae for a fun lunch at the aquarium for her birthday!

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My camera decided to take this picture during transport. It's like what the wheelbarrow sees 😄
Back yard is done. The rest of the gravel will go in the northeast corner of the yard. The pile is getting smaller!! I think I have moved about 3 of the 5 tons. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜

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25th anniversary toast

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Fawn Fable is a family band - parents and two daughters, with a younger daughter working at the merchandise table

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We are pretty sure the angel was the Bonny Prince. This was a cover of a 1962 song from Poland

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Great concert last night - The Bonny Prince Billy with opener Fawn Fable at the Soiled Dove in Denver. We learned that he was a photographer for Glen Danzig's band, Samhain, in the 80s. Small world... 🤗

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West yard was completed Monday. 😠The pile is smaller. Planning to do little bits of the back yard in between meetings today....my meetings are spaced out through 8 pm.. (8 pm in Colorado is morning in Australia)

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From 2014, our team with the WorldView3 Satellite - got sad news today about Bill (the guy who it looks like I have on a leash). Thank you to Greg and Kristi for proving the info. 😞
From 2014, our team with the WorldView3 Satellite - got sad news today about Bill (the guy who it looks like I have on a leash). Thank you to Greg and Kristi for proving the info. 😞
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It's here! This is endgame. To review, back yard landscaping began last November with a contractor-created fence. Then, a contractor-created deck, a contractor-created stairway on each side, and then the rest was up to us. Since then, we have added over 320 feet of metal edging, over 2100 sq ft of weed block, 3 drainage pipes for gutters/ sump pump, 1/4 yard cedar mulch, 3 clove currants, 2 torch lillies, 6 irises, 2 coreopsis, over 130 ft of sprinkler line, a new sprinkler valve and box, 10 garden sprayers, 0.66 tons of light colored rock by the back fence, 4.04 tons of mountain granite for the front yard, and 13.64 tons "Pioneer blue" gravel / road base for the back yard. And CRITTER BLOCK done by Mike and his dad. ðŸ€ðŸAnd that brings us to today.....
THE LAST PILE OF ROCK HAS BEEN DELIVERED! Sure, it seems weird to be so happy to see a 5.05 ton pile of rock, unless you think through everything that led to this being the last 5.05 ton pile. 🤗

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I guess I live on the stairs now. 😄 Ziggy just fell asleep. Nice and cool and breezy out here.

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Ziggy and I saw a coyote from our morning perch on the stairs. He was far away - in the space behind the house.

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The critter block is complete! I like the little trim pieces he made. Mike celebrated by cleaning the garage. 🤗

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This clove currant seems to be an overachiever. 😄
This clove currant seems to be an overachiever. 😄

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I am back in painting duty while Mike completes the critter block construction. Should be done today! 🤗

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Beautiful evening to be working outside. After finding a dead rat today, we were more motivated than ever to get the critter block done. And my goofy picture was me trying to be cute. My phone was sending Mike adorable love gifs and I wanted to show I love him as much as the AI. I think I passed, even though I had dreads from being out in the rain. 😄 I included screen snaps of my competition.

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It's a critter block and rock kind of day. I picked up another 0.24 ton at Pioneer for the back fence. Mike was busy cutting trim to finish the critter block. As he put it up, I was getting it painted.

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A little more hail and thunder, then a sun shower. Hope the paint was dry enough.

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A swallow in a nest 🤗💖✨
A swallow in a nest 🤗💖✨

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Caturday spa day - " I can do this by myself" 😸

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Friday happy hour and the catnip is flowing. 😸😸😸
Friday happy hour and the catnip is flowing. 😸😸😸

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2nd trip complete. 0.24 tons - my car is being a good sport. 😉 Got most of the way down the fence. There was a stretch about 2/3 of the way that already had more rock, so I think one more car load tomorrow morning should take care of the rock along the fence. 🤗🌞
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New neighbor. Maybe a golden eagle!

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Rock for along the fence. I picked up 0.18 ton this morning. Looks like I may have another 2 trips to complete the little strip along the back fence. We plan to complete the critter block this weekend and I have the last 5-ton delivery of gravel scheduled to arrive Monday morning. Getting close!

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Sunbeaming this morning

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Whole lotta nope

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We got almost an inch of rain last night (which is a lot for this high altitude desert). Ziggy and I did a construction inspection. Everything held up nicely, no washouts. The inspection did end abruptly when the sump pump discharged. Ziggy described the sudden appearance of that water as "a whole lotta nope".
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Happy 4th of July! Had a lovely lunch with my parents and brother and we saw the bicycle parade in my parents' neighborhood. 🤗🎉

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Critter block panels are almost done! I will be on deck soon to finish painting the panels, and Mike will create the vertical trim pieces to match the house. Oh, and Ziggy says to Mike "ha ha, you can't reach me."
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Mike made a ton of progress on the critter block today ... Sure, you will get pictures. But first - the Simpsons . The joke here is replace "pretzel money" with "critter block" 😄😄
https://youtu.be/EMF1nuK71ksUpdated Jul 03, 2023 10:01:04 pm

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Plant check-in... They seem ok, some less damaged than others. Mike's dad said more hail is expected tomorrow. ðŸ˜

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Critter block continued - While I am updating a user manual for a customer, Mike and his dad are busy with the critter block.
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Danielle's little buddy knows who to bug for snacks ðŸ¶

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Happy birthday to Will and Hannah! ( and Mike.... His sister insisted he blow out a candle, too. I think he wished for no one to sing to him. Didn't happen. 😉)
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Leaving Bandimere Speedway after a fun birthday party with jet cars and fireworks
Leaving Bandimere Speedway after a fun birthday party with jet cars and fireworks

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Fireworks at Bandimere Speedway on Saturday 🤗
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Me and my brother after the rain storm

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We can see Bandimere Speedway from our house, and our house from Bandimere! It all checks out. 😄Our is the one next to the one with the longer yard.

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Jet cars! Fantastic party at Bandimere Speedway yesterday for my hubby's birthday! Many thanks to all who were able to join. 🤗

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Caturday sunbeaming
Jet car!!!! The Bandimere Speedway folks are getting rec'd up for the jet car nationals tomorrow
Jet car!!!! The Bandimere Speedway folks are getting rec'd up for the jet car nationals tomorrow

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Flowers and sunsets.... I have had yellow yarrow before, but never white yarrow. They look like little buttons. Also, you can see the start of the critter block.
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Lovely double birthday happy hour with Auntie Linda and Jarl! Happy birthday to Auntie Linda! Happy birthday to my hubby! And he finally got the special bottle of wine we bought last year - 2016 Chateau de Lynch Bages 🤗 (Mike's favorite)

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Happy birthday to my hubby! Here he is with his free birthday In-N-Out burger... Not a promotion, cashier error. But a happy present! ðŸŽðŸ’🥳🎉🎂
Happy birthday to my hubby! Here he is with his free birthday In-N-Out burger... Not a promotion, cashier error. But a happy present! ðŸŽðŸ’🥳🎉🎂

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Brown outs already? The lights (and the internet) flickered off and on while I was in a meeting for work. After this weekend's water main drama, "call before you dig!" also crossed my mind. 😄
Brown outs already? The lights (and the internet) flickered off and on while I was in a meeting for work. After this weekend's water main drama, "call before you dig!" also crossed my mind. 😄

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My diligent guard. There is someone working on the solar system. Love the ears. 😾ðŸž

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From yesterday and today - Ziggy has been enjoying hail-free outdoor spaces, and the swallows have been very very busy

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Thanks to my dad for his help finishing the east yard. Happy to have leftover rock from the 3.4 ton order.... We'll see how far it goes once the critter block is up. 🤗

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Many thanks to Mike's parents for showers and jug refills! The latest forecast is that our water service will resume by 5 pm today.
Many thanks to Mike's parents for showers and jug refills! The latest forecast is that our water service will resume by 5 pm today.

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Busy day! I spent a lot of time this morning on my belly underneath the deck - after the washout of dirt during our latest storm, I decided to install weed block under there. Found some mushrooms! 🄠Pulled a bunch of weeds. Mike's dad came over to help with the critter block. Progress on the infrastructure of it was made, and I painted some of the panels. Also got all of the front yard rock done, and some of the side yard. My reward? No shower. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‘🫤 "A contractor" hit a water main hours ago. The town of Morrison is fixing it. Hopefully, they will get it fixed soon.

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Thanks to Auntie Linda for this ! 😄 "Flying squirrel fakes death"
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Our swallows have been busy making their nest. No paparazzi! These pictures got me quite the tweeting from one of them.

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The rock delivery is here! And I noticed this morning how badly the hail got the weed block that wasn't yet covered. Will need another layer.

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The landscaping project isn't done, but the remaining steps are becoming fewer. Mike made these panels for the "critter block" under the deck. I just put wood putty in the screw holes, and I will sand and paint the first 4 panels tomorrow. I have estimated that there are 9.5 tons of rock to go; some of that is getting delivered Saturday morning. Critter block and 9.5 tons sounds like a lot, but it's doable .... We've already completed deck installation, stairs installation, site prep, sprinkler installation, planter installation, plants, and 18.2 tons of rock. So, this is the downhill slope towards the finish line.
The landscaping project isn't done, but the remaining steps are becoming fewer. Mike made these panels for the "critter block" under the deck. I just put wood putty in the screw holes, and I will sand and paint the first 4 panels tomorrow. I have estimated that there are 9.5 tons of rock to go; some of that is getting delivered Saturday morning. Critter block and 9.5 tons sounds like a lot, but it's doable .... We've already completed deck installation, stairs installation, site prep, sprinkler installation, planter installation, plants, and 18.2 tons of rock. So, this is the downhill slope towards the finish line.

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New computer for my company 🤗 . First computer actually owned by the business.
New computer for my company 🤗 . First computer actually owned by the business.

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It's that time of year - Ziggy and her mini me
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Nancy Vasconcellos Kerbaugh , Mary E Strange - unfortunately, the plants did not fare as well during today's 35-minute pummeling. 😔 Lots of broken branches
@[1213528253:2048:Diana Mann] - sump pump is busy as predicted! And the critical corner is holding up well.
Diana Mann - sump pump is busy as predicted! And the critical corner is holding up well.

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We now have Lake Sanders and a raging river behind our house.

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Hail, day 2. My poor tree

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More hail! This storm was even bigger 😧🥺

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Nancy Vasconcellos Kerbaugh - the flowers look fine! I happen to have before and after pictures of the cherry tree. I got 3 tons of rock delivered yesterday for the front yard (the builder's landscaper really skimped on the rock and we were starting to get a lot of weeds). The tree got a haircut , and some of the flowers list some leaves, but overall, they look pretty good!

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My poor cherry tree took a beating. Everything else looks like it might be ok.

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Watching the Green Mountain effect. We are surrounded by storms, but no rain. It's been something cool to watch on the weather camera videos.

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And finally, East coast vacation, Day 6 (Sunday, June 11): We said goodbye to sea level and returned to Colorado. Many thanks to Auntie Linda and my dad for taking care of Ziggy while we were gone! 😺💞
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East Coast vacation, Day 5, Part 3 of 3 (Saturday, June 10): Cousins! It had been 11 years since I had seen my cousin, Kaitlin, and her hubby, Josh. Great to meet the kids - they are cute kids. Nice visit and dinner. We'll try to have the gap between visits be less than 11 years next time. 😠🤗💖💖💖

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East Coast vacation, Day 5, Part 2 of 3 (Saturday, June 10): After brunch, we drove to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Lovely little town, and the hotel in the college campus is really nice. We had a good laugh about the microwave next to the couch definitely having a college campus flavor.

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And now for the rest of the story.... Only two days left in the vacation story.
East Coast vacation, Day 5, Part 1 of 3 (Saturday, June 10): Ann Deml and Aaron offered to host a second time before we left. 🤗 We had a very tasty brunch, and Ann gave us a pretty spoon rest she made for the new house.

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This picture is actually from 3:30 am this morning.... I guess the coyotes were outside again? I woke up at 3:30 am to find a very stressed and sleepy cat in the bedroom doorway. She was facing the hallway, in full guard mode, loafed out to block the door. My diligent little guard. After checking the house and security cameras, I put on a light near the kitchen. She slinked cautiously down the hallway to get something to eat. I sat down in the dining room, and she passed out on the cushion. Sweetest guard cat. 🤗 My little Ziggle. I sat with her a while before going back to bed. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
This picture is actually from 3:30 am this morning.... I guess the coyotes were outside again? I woke up at 3:30 am to find a very stressed and sleepy cat in the bedroom doorway. She was facing the hallway, in full guard mode, loafed out to block the door. My diligent little guard. After checking the house and security cameras, I put on a light near the kitchen. She slinked cautiously down the hallway to get something to eat. I sat down in the dining room, and she passed out on the cushion. Sweetest guard cat. 🤗 My little Ziggle. I sat with her a while before going back to bed. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
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Happy father's day to my dad and Mike's dad! Thanks to my parents for a lovely dinner at Jose O'Shea's. ..,. almost too lovely - the restaurant had to kick us out after almost 2 hours because another party had reserved the table. 😄😄😄 We're a talkative group!
Happy father's day to my dad and Mike's dad! Thanks to my parents for a lovely dinner at Jose O'Shea's. ..,. almost too lovely - the restaurant had to kick us out after almost 2 hours because another party had reserved the table. 😄😄😄 We're a talkative group!

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IT'S ALIVE! The weather station is now active. You can see the weather at our house any time at
https://tempestwx.com/station/109029 ... And the anodizing worked well! Pole natches the fence.

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Swallows! They showed up again on the ring camera. Video - I had a good meeting with the swallows.

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The lighting this evening is surreal 🤗💖

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Just got these from my mom.... these are of my dad's family.
Info for top row left to right
William Lucyshyn (brother}
John Lucyshyn (brother)
Wasyl (William) Lucyshyn (Father)
Myron Rawluk
Anthony Rawluk (Myron's father)
John Rawluk (brother)
unknown
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Mary Luchshyn (sister)
Priscilla Lucyshyn (mother)
Walter Lucyshyn (brother)
Ann
Victoria Rawluk (Myron's mother)
unknown, as are the two kids
Mary Rawluk (sister)
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Ann makes pottery - Mike and I got a soon rest from her collection 😊

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Group picture off the deck!
East Coast vacation, Day 4, Part 2 of 2 (Friday, June 9): Visit time! We saw Ann Deml , ger husband Aaron, and their son Henry. (Plus Max and Ada, their dogs) So nice to see them! Ann went to graduate school with Mike at Mines. Great visit - lovely area by a park.

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Video game joke... In Borderlands, which Mike and Tim play, some of the bad guys are jumping creatures called Skags. 😄 Don't take exit 35....
East Coast vacation, Day 4, Part 1 of 2 (Friday, June 9): Next stop, Maryland! We left Philadelphia and drove to Maryland to visit friends. We had lunch at a Red Robin in Delaware, and enjoyed seeing the Susquehanna River.

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East Coast vacation, Day 3, Part 3 of 3 (Thursday, June 8): The smoke from the fires in Canada started to subside, and we went to see the Phillies at the rescheduled baseball game. We enjoyed this stadium more than the one in Phoenix. 🤗 Sauce on top of the pizza instead of under the cheese was odd, but still tasty. Great way to spend our last evening in Philadelphia.

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Yesterday, I finally finished the prep work for the east yard, including design revision 3 for the "critical corner". I never had a sump pump in previous houses, and considering our desert environment, the 2 sump pumps in our basement seemed like they must just be a compliance checkbox. The one on the lower east side is not. It pumps out a surprising amount of water, and washed out two previous attempts at landscaping in that area. I think I finally have it right... We are expecting a lot of rain later, so that will be a good check. Just a little bit left of the 5 ton pile #3, which I plan to finish this morning before the rain. I won't order more rock until after Mike and his dad gets the critter block installed under the deck. Over lunch yesterday, Mike asked if there were any specifics they needed to comply with on the design I got approved by the HOA, but he already knew my answer.... The design includes an arrow at the base of the deck and the words "critter block". Pretty open ended. 😄

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@[100001170545747:2048:Almond Kohler] - Mike wasn't too sure about this guy 😉

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@[100001170545747:2048:Almond Kohler] - Mike wasn't too sure about this guy 😉

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East Coast vacation, Day 3, Part 2 of 3 (Thursday, June 8): After lunch, we walked around the Independence Hall area. Tickets were sold out, so we didn't go inside. But we did go to the Museum of the American Revolution, which I highly recommend. Very interesting exhibits with information of different flavors and more in depth than from history class.

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Mike with the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall

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East Coast vacation, Day 3, Part 1 of 3 (Thursday, June 8): It was still smoky, but improving . So, we walked to the area with the Liberty Bell. Near the bell, there was a nice set of displays for the presidential house. After the bell, we went to a restaurant nearby... With a fancy lobby! Tiffany glass mosaic and a player piano. Or haunted piano 😉

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Officially a Canada Red Chokecherry. I like how the changing of the leaf color from green to red makes it look like a bad dye job at the tips.

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Sun and birds... A perfect morning
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Mike took this at the Lord Nelson hotel (Halifax, NovaScotia) on my birthday

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A sleepy Kari and her Mike - my birthday dinner at The Bicycle Thief Italian restaurant in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Mike and Mr. Chester Whiskers at the Ironworks Distillery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Ironworks Distillery in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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ha! Gotcha! Some may recall that I had been practicing taking selfies with my camera (which has no display of what's in the picture like cell phones do - reference: http://mksanders.com/2014pics/alaska_museum23Jun.html ) while in Alaska. Mike didn't want a picture taken when we got to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.... so I got this as we walked into The Great George hotel.

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Mike in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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Since Prince Edward Island is "the" place for lobster, I abandoned my "I don't want lobster because I don't like the idea of boiling them alive" policy, and had some lobster. It was tasty! Mike had the scallops... those are also really awesome here.

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No more pictures.... :) Mike in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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On the ferry to Caribou!

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Sadly, I became part moose on Cape Breton Island

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sunset in Sydney, Nova Scotia
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Awww, this was when I left the country for my 40th 😄 It was a great trip!
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Trigger warning for my OCD friends...
I have been enjoying the uneven look of the east yard.... Rock, concrete walkway, steep drop to trash and weeds and mud.

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The west side of the yard is now complete! Amazing how much the delivered rock cleans up and changes color with a few rains. You can definitely see where I finished up this morning! 😄😄😄
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CONGRATULATIONS NUGGETS!

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End of the world pretzel 🥨

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The sky in Philadelphia, with the sun obscured by smoke. No filter...

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We took the train.... Very convenient!

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Basketball stadium

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No filter.... That was really the color of the sky

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At the hotel restaurant

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At the hotel restaurant

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DJ Spin-atra

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Stale pretzel of victory! A tradition for Nuggets games in the 3rd quarter. The Nuggets played game 3 of the championship that night.

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I had a rotary phone back in Long Island. I like the modern push button version. 🤗 Memories with none of the inconvenience.
East Coast vacation, Day 2, Part 2 (Wednesday, June 7): Continuing our tradition of going to baseball games in new cities, we had tickets to see the Phillies play Wednesday night. The game was rescheduled due to smoke from Nova Scotia....but we didn't know until we got there. There was a pretzel vendor who was as surprised as we were that there was no Phillies game tonight. So, we bought a pretzel. I suggested to Mike that we hang out in front of the stadium to eat the pretzel, because "this is what happens I guess when you travel...." he jumped in, "while the world literally burns?" "Yeah", I said. We were in Boston during a historic heat wave, there was a ton of talk about the change in the weather while we were in Phoenix, and here we are. A guy came over to talk to us, "63 years," he said. "63 years I have been coming to this ball park. Games have been rained out and snowed out, but never smoked out." We went back to the hotel restaurant for dinner and were hoping the Nuggets would make the day a little better.... which they did! Go Nuggets!

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East Coast vacation, Day 2, Part 1b (Wednesday, June 7): When we lived in California, there was a famous burger restaurant, Tommy's, and a thousand imitators - Tomy's, Thomas', and so forth. So, this made us laugh
East Coast vacation, Day 2, Part 1b (Wednesday, June 7): When we lived in California, there was a famous burger restaurant, Tommy's, and a thousand imitators - Tomy's, Thomas', and so forth. So, this made us laugh
East Coast vacation, Day 2, Part 1a (Wednesday, June 7): happy robin
East Coast vacation, Day 2, Part 1a (Wednesday, June 7): happy robin

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East Coast vacation, Day 2, Part 1 (Wednesday, June 7): Went to lunch and then to the Philadelphia museum of art. It was closed, but we walked around the park outside of it. The smoke from the fires in Nova Scotia was starting to roll in. We saw the Rocky statue.... we were joking about how the people running up the steps were missing the preceding 10 mile run. Apparently, the "Rocky Run" that ends at the steps is scheduled for Nov 11.
Loved the happy robins in the fountain.
Air quality was 166, which is low on the unhealthy scale. We spent some time admiring the air quality scale for how much detail it goes into levels of unhealthy, a choose your own adventure kind of thing.

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My dad at the Cat Care Society fundraiser last year.... just found this picture 🤗
My dad at the Cat Care Society fundraiser last year.... just found this picture 🤗

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Vacation is over.... Another 5 tons of gravel is coming tomorrow. I spent some time preparing part of the east yard. I am hoping the ground dries up enough to make installing the rest of the metal border along the east fence easier. Else, I do prefer a mud bath to 100 deg weather. 😠On the weeds front, we have hundreds of these little plants. We are assuming they are the offspring of the tumble weeds. I am looking forward to having a thick rock layer to help keep them under control.
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my sleepy helper has reclaimed his receipt pile
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my sleepy helper has reclaimed his receipt pile
Awwww, my special little guy. Sweet Cirrus
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We're home! We took a quick trip to Philadelphia and Maryland. Long overdue. 🤗 Day 1 - Tuesday, June 6: We flew to Philadelphia, enjoyed the billboards as we left the airport, enjoyed our cool hotel (Canopy Hilton) and had a nice dinner at a Korean restaurant nearby. There was so much within walking distance of the hotel.

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Party! We purchased the solar system on our house at the same time we bought the house in November, and FINALLY!!!! Solar is active just in time for air conditioning season. :)
Party! We purchased the solar system on our house at the same time we bought the house in November, and FINALLY!!!! Solar is active just in time for air conditioning season. :)

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Throw back Thursday to the time @jasmineheartnose recognized Ziggy as part of The Avengers! It's true - she doesn't nap in the basement; that is where her secret launch base is! These extra curricular activities certainly explain why she does so much napping in the office. 😸💤💤💤💤💤
Throw back Thursday to the time @jasmineheartnose recognized Ziggy as part of The Avengers! It's true - she doesn't nap in the basement; that is where her secret launch base is! These extra curricular activities certainly explain why she does so much napping in the office. 😸💤💤💤💤💤
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Cool video (if you like snakes, which I do) 💖💖💖
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Afternoon storm 🤗💖💖💖☔☔☔

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Sun worshipper. After a lot of rain recently, Ziggy is busy getting her vitamin sun, including an assisted stair toast for her other side (she almost rolled off the stair)

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In the lab with Mike yesterday
In the lab with Mike yesterday
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Blue Oyster Cult! Hard to believe it had been 14 years since we saw them! Great show, as always. And we enjoyed the opening act, Matt Gomez from Taos, New Mexico. It has also been forever since I was at the 16th Street Mall in Denver. Lots of construction.

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Celebrating our 17th anniversary today! Here's a picture from 1998. More pictures and stories at http://mksanders.com/1998pics/wedding.html

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Celebrating our 17th anniversary today! Here's a picture from 1998. More pictures and stories at http://mksanders.com/1998pics/wedding.html

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Mike and Jarl with Opie in Riverside, California

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Katrina was very meticulous with her presents

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Awww, actually over 29 years, but the pictures are nice

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The yard swallows gravel. 😠Almost done with the second 5-ton pile. I spent a lot of time and gravel on a French drain of sorts down the property line, especially after seeing there was dirt eroding around the stairs. It worked! Today's rain storm showed that the drainage was moved away from the steps and fence; selfishly, the water is now my neighbor's problem. Speaking of storms, my dad and I only got in about 90 minutes of rock moving this morning before it started to pour. Mike and his dad were able to get the updated sprinkler box installed before the storm. ... After lunch and some grocery shopping, the rain was much lighter. Armed with my quilted rain coat, I got most of the west yard done. Just a little bit of the pile remains. Rock for the east yard will have to wait. Definitely looking like my original guess of 17 tons may be correct.

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Are you ready to rock? (Again) Yes, I am. Prep on the west side of the yard is almost done, and I filled in the west side of the lower yard. My dad is coming over to help me wrap up the west landscaping tomorrow morning. The east side yard is planned for Sunday.

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It didn't take long before my rock pile was apparently "in the way". 😄 Good thing it's rock
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Rain pelting my face! Should have worn my sunglasses for protection 😄

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Gravel pile #2 has arrived! I have meetings until 8pm today (evening meetings are with the folks in Australia), so I plan to really get rolling on site prep Friday. My dad is coming back on Saturday to help move it.
Rain pelting my face! Should have worn my sunglasses for protection 😄

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Raining at Bergen Park in Evergreen 💖
Sigh of relief....I think I found an accountant who will be a better fit with my business. Good first meeting today in Evergreen. 🤗ðŸ™

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The rocks surrounding the planter failed inspection. Not easy to walk on. Not comfortable to loaf on. 😾

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Landscaping inspection.... And birds!

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Helloween concert, part 2 of if 2:

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Many thanks to my brother for a fantastic birthday present! We went to the Ogden theater last night to see Hammerfall and Helloween. Excellent show! This was the "United Forces" tour that brought together all the old members of Helloween, some of whom had been in a decades old feud that had us thinking we would never see them on stage together. But everyone was there! 🤗💖

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My hubby has been very busy getting the garage set up! 🙀🤗

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New tires achieved yesterday! Whew. I had been thinking of getting new tires last fall, and the screw finally made the decision for me.

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Whew. Bumpy slow ride on the donut, but I made it to work! And the radio decided to power on again. Tire appointment at 1 pm today. Nice to see the flat irons again...the smoke from Canada had gotten so bad they weren't visible.

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Peaceful evening

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My dad with the wheel barrow

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My dad came over this afternoon and helped with the rock. It turns out the 5.21 tons will be enough to do the entire band across the lower yard! Fence to fence! Whew. I am still hoping this is a 13 ton project and not a 17 ton project. 🤗

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Looks like Jeremy, Vicky, and Ken got this one right. I haven't heard back yet from Lennar, but it is looking very much like a cherry tree.

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Place your bets! The first pile of rock is getting smaller, but how small? I don't have a scientific way of quickly determining it - this is more like one of those games estimating jelly beans in a jar. I am thinking there's enough to finish the lower yard all the way to the fence. Mike thinks the pile will fall short. We should probably have an answer tonight.

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Quality design support! 🤗 Mike's dad stopped by to help us strategize on installing a new sprinkler valve to supply the back yard line and the design for creating a critter block around the bottom of the deck.
Quality design support! 🤗 Mike's dad stopped by to help us strategize on installing a new sprinkler valve to supply the back yard line and the design for creating a critter block around the bottom of the deck.

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Here's hoping enough rock and weed block mitigates the erosion pathways. There are 4 drain pipes that dump down the side yard. 😕 My dad is going to help me with rock tomorrow. Spending the morning cutting weed block to fit, it occurred to me most people find the rock to be the hard part. I have always been strong (my dad used to call me "muscles" as a baby because I was the only newborn capable of lifting my head on my own) so moving the rock is not the painful part. What I most dislike (very much) is spending hours hunched over in the sun pulling weeds, evaluating erosion mitigation needs, cutting weed block to fit odd shaped areas, and so forth. I have been alternating between that and moving rock to give me a break from all the detailed infrastructure work. 😄 And yes, all rocked in areas signify infrastructure work that is finally completed.

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My supervisor is out with me this morning
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From this picture Maddie got, I think it is clear I don't trust Rannae with fire 😄

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Double birthday party! Many thanks to Mike's parents for hosting and for his sister for planning the dinner. My niece, Valerie Lyon , and I share a birthday weekend. Lovely to see Jessica at the gathering! 🤗 And many thanks to my brother for Ziggy's belated birthday poster... It turns out that Ziggy's birthday is also Alien Day.

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Many thanks to my hubby for helping with the Taos tire. I hit a screw Thursday while on my way to contract work in Lafayette. By Friday, it was clear I had a leak, so I went to Big O Tires to get it fixed. It wasn't fixed. By the time I got home from Home Depot this morning, the tire was flat again. And the power went out on the center console with the radio and bank up camera. Mike took the tire to a different store. Appointment made with the dealer for the console on Wednesday. 🙄

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And so it begins. The downside of a brand new build is more landscaping, but I keep reminding myself that every bit filled in with rock is a bit that is done. 5.21 tons of rock were delivered yesterday afternoon, and I have started bringing it to the back yard, along with finishing weed block and the sprinkler system. It's a long walk to the back yard. The stairs are better than slip sliding down the hill, but I have to take the wheel barrow up backwards. Slow and steady wins the race. I am not sure when the landscaping is due. The HOA bylaws say 180 days after closing, which would be in June. Verbally, people say winter months don't count but that's not in writing. So, just in case the HOA would get a wild hair and start fining people this summer for landscaping non-compliance, I press on... The big experiment with the rock is I actually don't know how much I need. So, we will see how far this pile gets me, and then do some math.

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Thanks to Jason for posting this and I will reshare it because, for those who have lost someone in service of our country, I know it stings when people get the holiday wrong... Hugs to you. The sacrifice of your friends and loved ones is a debt that can never be repaid. 💔
Thanks to Jason for posting this and I will reshare it because, for those who have lost someone in service of our country, I know it stings when people get the holiday wrong... Hugs to you. The sacrifice of your friends and loved ones is a debt that can never be repaid. 💔
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Aww, this was an awesome trip to the Canadian Rockies. 🤗 Hard to believe it was 14 years ago 🙀🙀🙀🙀
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Made lots of progress on the sprinkler line last night. I am very much looking forward to having something in the back yard other than the clay mud.

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The sprinkler line is getting under control and a gray sea of weed block is developing. The first installment of rock will be delivered Friday afternoon.

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A smoky Monday. We may be almost 1100 miles (1750 km) from the fires in Canada, but we still have so much smoke.... The bonus is that the sunset made our mountain look like a volcano. ðŸ˜

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Moth hunter. There were 3. Now there is 1. She got a paw on him, but he got away.
Moth hunter. There were 3. Now there is 1. She got a paw on him, but he got away.

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Moon over the foothills

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Is it a mess? Sure, but this is the least messy the "get the sprinkler tube through the pipe that passes under the sidewalk" project has been all day. 🙄 Thanks to 3 trips to Home Depot and some help from my hubby, things are moving forward. Don't look at the tube - just focus on the sunset. ðŸ˜
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Congratulations to Chase! Another high school graduation 🙀🙀🙀 Hope MSU in Grand Junction treats him well! Great to see Tiffany, RA, Suzanne, and family! 🤗
Congratulations to Chase! Another high school graduation 🙀🙀🙀 Hope MSU in Grand Junction treats him well! Great to see Tiffany, RA, Suzanne, and family! 🤗

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Happy birthday to Trent! Many thanks to Hailey Sanders and Mark Sanders for hosting! 🥳

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Very cool having "front row" seats to Bandimere Speedway! Unless you're Ziggy. Ziggy has not been as enthralled with the "Night of Fire and Thunder". We can see the track from our upper deck.

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The neighbors have two small dogs... specifically, smaller than Ziggy... who they leave outside in a small pen. They have been seen. They have been judged. Fortunately, they didn't realize they were under feline surveillance.
The neighbors have two small dogs... specifically, smaller than Ziggy... who they leave outside in a small pen. They have been seen. They have been judged. Fortunately, they didn't realize they were under feline surveillance.

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Lounging in her bedroom by day, lounging in the Crinkle Paper Empire in the evening. Ziggy had lots of plans today. 😸

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The smoke from the fires in Calgary has rolled in. *Sigh* Fire season, already. And I am the plant queen. I have noticed I tend to do my daily check on them from the upper deck. "Helloooo"

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Hooray for OEDIT! The results from the grant review are approved and published! 43 Colorado small businesses received state grants. As always, I am honored to volunteer for the review committee. 😊
Hooray for OEDIT! The results from the grant review are approved and published! 43 Colorado small businesses received state grants. As always, I am honored to volunteer for the review committee. 😊
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Lunch at Dairy Queen before we went to the museum

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Welcome to the museum!

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My mom walking at Exhibition Health

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My mom walking at Exhibition Health

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My dad walking at Exhibition Health
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Fun afternoon! We had lunch with our niece, Valerie, and then we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. We met my parents there - saw Exhibition Health, the Da Vinci exhibit, and the senses exhibit. Exhibition Health part 1 - the sensor that analyzes how you walk.
😄😄😄 I loved the walking thing
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Mike and Valerie are ready for lab work!

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Mike's new lab partner :)

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Now entering the Da Vinci exhibit

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Valerie examines the pole raising machine at the Da Vinci exhibit

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trying out the replica mill

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My parents and Valerie at the Da Vinci exhibit

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Mike explains the wooden screw device, which was designed by Da Vinci as an alternative to gears

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Part 2 from today: Mike and Valerie in the lab for Exhibition Health, and then the Da Vinci exhibit.
Awww - With @[100078109903761:2048:Valerie Lyon]
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Concert at the Mission Ballroom! Mike, Jarl, and I saw Spotlights, The Melvins, and part of Mr. Bungle. Mike hasn't been feeling 100%, so we figured leaving "early" ( = 11 pm ish) was the better part of valor. The bonus was that the merchandise line had actually gotten to a reasonable length, so Mike and Jarl were able to get t-shirts.🤗

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Vet visit for Ziggy's semi-annual check up is complete, and we are home. Got blood and urine no issue. Blood sugar at 287, so even lower than last time (387 in Nov, 340 in Feb) - am getting more of the diabetic food. She has also lost another 2 lb since February. So, down 5.4 lb since October. Getting to be a skinny old lady 😿. We are keeping an eye on her weight loss, since it has accompanied behaviors that started last summer where she hugs her water bowl, lays her cheek in it, and bats it around.
Vet visit for Ziggy's semi-annual check up is complete, and we are home. Got blood and urine no issue. Blood sugar at 287, so even lower than last time (387 in Nov, 340 in Feb) - am getting more of the diabetic food. She has also lost another 2 lb since February. So, down 5.4 lb since October. Getting to be a skinny old lady 😿. We are keeping an eye on her weight loss, since it has accompanied behaviors that started last summer where she hugs her water bowl, lays her cheek in it, and bats it around.

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Sun worshipper 😺💖🌞

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Cleaning for the Mother's day party is complete! I even finally cleaned my office ( which requires moving a bunch of wires and a bunch of cat toys. It no longer looks like this 😉)
Cleaning for the Mother's day party is complete! I even finally cleaned my office ( which requires moving a bunch of wires and a bunch of cat toys. It no longer looks like this 😉)

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Loving the cool rainy weather! 🤗

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After dinner, all better

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Dinner is late, but the kitchen is looking festive.

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Graduation party for Doctor Jake! Great to see everyone and we got a special treat - Robert (Ryan and Lisa's son) is already an accomplished violinist. 🤗🎶🎶🎶
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Oh my gosh.. 🤗💖💖💖
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Rain routing success. My helper and I checked the routing of the runoff to make sure none of the new plants were drowning. Everything looked good! Which is important, since we are supposed to get an inch of rain tomorrow.

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Planters are complete! It was exhausting, but I put a push on getting these done so the perennials could take advantage of a week of cool rainy weather for getting established. 🙠Finished the mulch yesterday morning. Mike laughed that I was also well mulched (literally covered head to toe), but a quick shower had me ready for afternoon meetings.

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Giant clouds over Denver this evening ....and a rabbit ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ðŸ‡ðŸ‡

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I finished building the planters on Sunday, and then 8 more plants showed up today. Weird! Almost as if someone stopped by Echters nursery on the way home. 😠Looking forward to having all the perennials in place for the cool cloudy rainy weather that is coming this week. They will have a nice opportunity to get settled. 💖
I finished building the planters on Sunday, and then 8 more plants showed up today. Weird! Almost as if someone stopped by Echters nursery on the way home. 😠Looking forward to having all the perennials in place for the cool cloudy rainy weather that is coming this week. They will have a nice opportunity to get settled. 💖

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Before chicken, after chicken
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Group pictures! These are of the Aerospace subcommittee for the OEDIT review (Office of Economic Development and International Trade) :)

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Making my way west to east. This is one of those projects that has so much infrastructure work underlying it, that at some point, it will all of a sudden come together. I have moved large straw bales, long pieces of buried rebar, rocks ... My supervisor makes sure progress is sufficient.

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Zoom in on Ziggy being fabulous by the currants
Zoom in on Ziggy being fabulous by the currants

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The plants are here! Better get the back yard sorted. 🤗 There are clove currant, yarrow, and torch lillies.

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Home from OEDIT! Great day, lots of interesting business pitches, and lots of good small businesses for the state to give grants to! Fun to be on the Auraria campus.

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My perennial favorite...May the Fourth Be With You 🤗
My perennial favorite...May the Fourth Be With You 🤗

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OEDIT day! I am looking forward to today's full committee meeting! We will be hearing pitches from Colorado small businesses for state grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, and the bonus is also getting to spend the day at the Tivoli with the Aerospace subcommittee members! 🤗
OEDIT day! I am looking forward to today's full committee meeting! We will be hearing pitches from Colorado small businesses for state grants from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, and the bonus is also getting to spend the day at the Tivoli with the Aerospace subcommittee members! 🤗

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Belated post - lovely to see Auntie Linda and Miss Cleo on Sunday. Cleo is certainly settling in. 😸💖💖
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Re the article I posted about the volcano eruption... pictures Mike took at Volcano National Park when we went prior to the eruption.
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Video#2 by Mike - Hawaii National Park, 2017 before eruption
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Video by Mike - Hawaii National Park, 2017 before eruption
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@[100001170545747:2048:Almond Kohler] , @[1690860039:2048:Rannae Sanders Lyon] - looks like our joint visit and my hatred of the squeaky thing across the street is not being blamed. 😠*whew*
For others - we visited the island shortly before this eruption to celebrate Gwenn and Terry's 50th anniversary. It meant we got awesome pictures and videos from the visitor center! It also meant the vacation rental we stayed at ended up permanently obliterated by a lava flow. Was it because Mike and Rannae were at a volcano at the same time? Their previous joint visit to a Hawaiian volcano occured shortly before an eruption. Or was it the squeaky lawn art across the street that I hated so very very very much because it kept me up at night? (our room didn't have air conditioning) Or was it the rain? .... Per Lou Reed, "It always comes back to the rain" 😉
Just to be safe, we have not taken a joint family vacation to the super volcano at Yellowstone 💖
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I told Mike that I need to speak with the Taos about his smoking problem. 😉 No, actually it is a 4inch PVC pipe that is part of a bigger plan. Completed the draft layout this morning. (plants are being delivered soon!) Trying to decide what to do with the bundles of straw along the back fence.

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Working hard or hardly working? Always a mixture. 😎 Getting things laid out for the plants.
Too cute. Tama was one of the PMI Symposium speakers a few years ago. 🤗

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Weather Camera videos are updated! http://mksanders.com/2023pics/WeatherCamera.html

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They turned out great! Here are the cats we sponsored for the Tails of Painted Cats auction in September, benefiting the Cat Care Society 🤗

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Happy cat 😺💖🌞

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What is it? .... That is the question I have been asking since I met this tree last fall. Maybe an ash tree? I had been assuming it was a maple tree, but it doesn't look like a maple.

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Stairs - better pictures now that they are cured to their final color and it's not night time. ðŸ˜

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Birthday presents! For her birthday, Ziggy got her own cushion to always have on the floor, Fancy Feast tuna chocolate, and Churro treats! She says all the buzz about them is true... They are very very tasty. Happy birthday, Ziggy! 🙀🎂🎂🎂🎂💖💖💖💖💖💖ðŸŽðŸŽðŸŽðŸŽðŸ’ðŸ’

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Birthday sunbeaming.... sunbeaming take 2, and the first try was interrupted by the trash truck! 🙀

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Happy 15th birthday to Ziggy!
Happy 15th birthday to Ziggy!

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We're home! We took a road trip through Arizona and New Mexico for 6 days / 5 nights. Ziggy was well cared for by multiple family members, but she was happy to see us arrive late tonight. I told her we would never miss her birthday! 🤗🎂😺💖💖💖

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15? Tomorrow? Ziggy says I need to check my math on her birthday Wednesday.
15? Tomorrow? Ziggy says I need to check my math on her birthday Wednesday.
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hooray for blankets! (especially when it's snowing outside)
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hooray for blankets! (especially when it's snowing outside)
Awww, purrfect. Chloe tucked in on a snowy day
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Cute Ziggy....tryi g to convince me it's treat time
Aww, so cute! Ziggle in Mike's office 3 years ago. 🤗💖💖💖
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Our new house is starting to rival "Freak Street" in Riverside....there is always something going on. The circus tent is the newest addition. 😆💖💖
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Meowdeling... I brought in some of the outdoor cushions in preparation for a storm tonight. 🤗💖💖💖
Meowdeling... I brought in some of the outdoor cushions in preparation for a storm tonight. 🤗💖💖💖

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New stairs! Don't worry - they have passed a feline inspection, except for failing the rollable test. I told her they will likely become more rollable with time.

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On break at the Space Symposium. And I have found, if you sit on a rock long enough, you'll find better lighting. 🌞🌞🌞 At The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs

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Space Symposium today! So happy friends at SciTec were able to get a visitor pass for me! Looking forward to a full day at the Exhibitor Center. 🤗

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Lovely day to start a new contract 🤗

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Stairs! Well, tomorrow. This is the carefully crafted framework for stairs. I am happy to have found a contractor who is able to install the stairs *before* I need to start getting rock into the back yard. 🤗 Soon, there will be no more slipping and sliding down the side yard!

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No paparazzi! Puff time is private!
No paparazzi! Puff time is private!
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Wonderful dinner last night! 🤗 We'll have to get together again when the weather is nice enough to use the deck!

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Outside with Ziggy. The new furniture is working out well

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Kristen Rogne and me after the talk. I worked with her on the WPML event last year and she was my speaker ambassador for symposium this year.

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Badge and challenge coin

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Picture Kristen took during my workshop

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Yes, me and my slides

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Books for sale!

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Going home from the Colorado Convention Center

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Symposium - morning session

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My little book store
Fantastic day at the PMI Mile Hi Chapter 's symposium yesterday! I had my own little book store in the morning, got to see tons of friends, gave an hour class on project manager excellence to a room full of about 100 people (Kristen Rogne was helping me, and she had to turn people away at the door!), and I sold 30 books... half project management, half fuzzy cat. 🤗 Couldn't have asked for more from that event! Very worthwhile day! I even got a PMI challenge coin as a thank you gift. 💕

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Ham bone soup party with family tonight! 🤗 Soup is all set...
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Symposium day! 1057 project managers for the PMI Mile Hi Symposium today! Looking forward to a full day as well as presenting a workshop later. Pam Wagner - great job as emcee! 🤗

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Awww, sometimes you wonder why you keep certain things, and then you're like, "Well, I have had it for well over 30 years, why not a little longer?" With heavy heart, sending this painting made by a friend from high school to his 3 year old daughter after learning today he has stage 4 brain cancer. 😔 Many thanks to Misha for passing along the news. Sending hugs and prayers to his family. ðŸ™
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Fun yesterday afternoon! I have been volunteering for the Colorado OEDIT (Office of Economic Development and International Trade) for 8 years. We had our Aerospace subcommittee grant review meeting - state grants to small businesses to help them achieve jet development milestones. Always great to see the applications from Colorado small businesses and to hear from my fellow committee members. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the final review in May!
Fun yesterday afternoon! I have been volunteering for the Colorado OEDIT (Office of Economic Development and International Trade) for 8 years. We had our Aerospace subcommittee grant review meeting - state grants to small businesses to help them achieve jet development milestones. Always great to see the applications from Colorado small businesses and to hear from my fellow committee members. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the final review in May!
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Lovely Easter dinner - so great to get to hang out! Unfortunately, it was too windy for folks to eat on the new deck, but our niece, Maddie, braved the wind for a picture. Happy Easter!

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Easter treats! Just picked these up from The Dessert Stand 🤗💖💖💖

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Deck is complete! Final inspection done, painting is done, furniture is done except for a table I had to return to Lowe's. It looked like it was shaped incorrectly at the factory / that bend was not shipping damage. Replacement should be here Wednesday. Someday, when the landscaping is done, we'll stop having muddy footprints everywhere. Until then, you're wasting your time. 🙄 The mud here is something else. High clay content, very persistent.

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Unemployed? Under employed? Self employed ...and not worrying about it until Monday. The contract I have worked on for two and a half years came to a sudden and unplanned stop. Not just for me, for everyone. Things had been going poorly enough that I am feeling nothing but relief this afternoon. I have a part time contract starting Tuesday, appointments on cyber and ISO certification for my company on the 14th and 17th, and multiple friends may have contract opportunities soon. Whichever of my employees (me, myself, and I ...😉) was supposed to be doing business development really didn't get the job done, but it might work out fine in the end. Sometimes you need that kick out of your comfy spot to get rolling. Looking forward to hosting Easter dinner. Will figure it out the rest on Monday. 💞
Unemployed? Under employed? Self employed ...and not worrying about it until Monday. The contract I have worked on for two and a half years came to a sudden and unplanned stop. Not just for me, for everyone. Things had been going poorly enough that I am feeling nothing but relief this afternoon. I have a part time contract starting Tuesday, appointments on cyber and ISO certification for my company on the 14th and 17th, and multiple friends may have contract opportunities soon. Whichever of my employees (me, myself, and I ...😉) was supposed to be doing business development really didn't get the job done, but it might work out fine in the end. Sometimes you need that kick out of your comfy spot to get rolling. Looking forward to hosting Easter dinner. Will figure it out the rest on Monday. 💞

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Buona Pasqua! The outdoor furniture has arrived in time for hosting Easter dinner, and it's supposed to be a very warm day! 3 tables to assemble and then the furniture adventure will be complete. I will put stuff on the lower deck after the construction company takes pictures Friday afternoon. Ziggy is suspicious of the whole plan, but I am sure she will enjoy it.

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Lovely evening to go into town with Mike for dinner. 🤗

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Everything was delivered - ahead of schedule!

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Our view today - sunrise, sunset
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Snow storm rolling in. I brought the chair cushions in so they wouldn't blow away. They have been discovered and approved. 😺💖
Snow storm rolling in. I brought the chair cushions in so they wouldn't blow away. They have been discovered and approved. 😺💖

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Attentive supervisor...Ziggy spent time ensuring the HOA landscaper properly installed the sprinkler system for the trees on the other side of our fence. (The tragic trees)

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Happy birthday to our niece, Maddie! Gwenn and Terry hosted a lovely family dinner for her.

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New outdoor furniture, Part 1 of 3. I picked some of it up today, some are coming on Wednesday, and some on the 12th. I need to sew ties on the upper cushions - one of them already blew off the chair in the wind.

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Mike and I went out to dinner tonight. When the bill came, he grabbed it, saying "Tonight, I will buy you a nice dinner. " And then he threw it at me. I sat there, confused. He said, "April Fools!" I was like "oh, that's right. I had no idea what was going on" He laughed that I was all red . â˜ºï¸ (We have shared bank and credit card accounts, so it doesn't actually matter who pays ðŸ˜) If you saw the pictures from yesterday, you know why we went to Lowes after dinner..
Mike and I went out to dinner tonight. When the bill came, he grabbed it, saying "Tonight, I will buy you a nice dinner. " And then he threw it at me. I sat there, confused. He said, "April Fools!" I was like "oh, that's right. I had no idea what was going on" He laughed that I was all red . â˜ºï¸ (We have shared bank and credit card accounts, so it doesn't actually matter who pays ðŸ˜) If you saw the pictures from yesterday, you know why we went to Lowes after dinner..

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Happy cat and a clean deck. I also picked up the trash that had blown into the yard

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Happy Caturday! My supervisor made sure the front yard was cleaned up after yesterday's storm, and now we are working on the deck. Lower deck is next - been listening to the tempered glass cubes falling to the deck below.
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No pawty here tonight....Ziggy had a very hard afternoon. She was all alone when the winds exceeded 90 mph (145 km per hour) and shattered the table top outside. And then all the smoke and I am sure sirens and whatnot from the wildfire. We got home to find her creeping out from under the bed. Poor sweetie. All is calm now.

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Thank you for all the questions about the fire. So far, we are ok - it is still at the top of the ridge by Red Rocks Amphitheater. Many thanks to Leah and Travis for being on standby to collect Ziggy in case of evacuation while we were at Mike's appointment in Aurora. Also, may our outdoor table rest in peace. The wind got it.

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After a long hiatus from public events, we went to see the Nuggets game last night! The Nuggets did not...um, welcome Mike back. Oy vey, those Nuggets. But we had a good time! 🤗 We left just after half time so Mike could rest up for his appointment today.
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The annual washing of the eggs is complete :)
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Mar 27, 2016 9:35:59 pm
The annual washing of the eggs is complete :)
Memories....this year will be the first year in a long long time that we haven't had an Easter egg hunt. I actually donated all of these and the baskets to the Denver Rescue Mission.
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Art on the wall... I will need to remind my mom not to go downstairs. 😆 Her "favorite" painting is now displayed prominently. Mike bought it for me - I have always loved the emotion in it. It is called "Sick" and is a self portrait painted by a friend of Mike's, Shawn, from a time when he was running a high fever. 🤗

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Shhhh 💤💤💤💤💤💤

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In the loft, you can see Mike's giraffes highlighted against the window

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Mike's giraffe in a box from when he was a little kid, bottle of cola from Oslo, shell elephant and fish that belonged to his grandmother, his lava lamp

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Giraffes up close. Some of these belonged to his grandmother

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Giraffe and a rooster - gifts from our neices

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Giraffe painting from when he was a kid, giraffe lamps from his Uncle Dale, and loving giraffes from me. I suppose you are sensing a theme. 🤗

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Monkeys and an elephant from Yewon and Sami

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Cat book end from Aunt Mary, comes with the tassels from his graduations

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Drumming dude sitting on a sieve from the Colorado School of Mines experimental mine

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Skull from his sister

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Easter Island desk set also from his sister

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Stone art from Aunt Mary

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Stone Art from Aunt Mary with Kamalyn's basket and some art I bought at a coffee plantation in Hawaii

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Foo dogs that were my dad's back when he was in college (SUNY Stony Brook in the 60's...he didn't get much studying done) plus a jade ball from my brother

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Trevor the Troll - from my trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains many years ago. He watches over my plants. Waving cat that Jarl brought back for us from Japan.

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Jazz cat and friend from the Cat Care Society, sleeping cat

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Celtic knot from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia... From when I left the country for my 40th birthday

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Snowy dude from Jarl

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Gargoyles....

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Everyone together in Ziggy's room

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More stuff added to my office

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Bird statue that my grandmother got from her brother in law in Genoa - Zio Gino

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Purple castle Mike got for me in Atlantic City, Can KARI Mike made for me during college, elephants from my brother, totem pole from Talkeetna, Alaska

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Owl from my brother, Alien dude, mug from a 5k on Long Island in the 90s. The race wasn't important, but I really like the color and design, so it was a definite keeper. "Coach's award"....for consistency.

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Painting by Mike

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Shiva, which my parents bought for me in Woodstock, New York

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Griffins, my favorite crystal, wedding pictures, and patio picture from the old house

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Gargoyle and Ganesh. He has $2 bills under him, some from Eleanor and Bill, some from surveys I used to do.

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Moving on to the dining room....

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Coors mug picturing Mike's great grandfather, cat from the Cat Care Society, little blue bird that my dad got for me while my grandfather was in the hospital for quadruple bypass surgery, Saki boxes from our first trip to Japan, Totoro and cat from our second trip to Japan, Tiki glass from Irvine California - decoration only due to lead-based paint, vase from Italy given to my grandmother by her cousin, Ida. Viking ship from our trip to Tromso, Norway. Sugar bowl from my grandmother. Black Egyptian cat Bast from Auntie Linda, cat from Cat Care Society

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Saki boxes from our first trip to Japan, Totoro and cat from our second trip to Japan, Tiki glass from Irvine California - decoration only due to lead-based paint, vase from Italy given to my grandmother by her cousin, Ida. Viking ship from our trip to Tromso, Norway. Sugar bowl from my grandmother. Black Egyptian cat Bast from Auntie Linda, cat from Cat Care Society

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Mike getting his PhD. Mike with his PhD student, Yewon, at a conference in Boston. Valerie and Madeline

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Val and Maddie - older pictures and a younger picture. Troy and Clara

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Added to this table another Coors mug, a crystal bell from Aunt Mary, a stone statue from Aunt Mary, and a Dali giraffe that I bought at the Dali museum in Florida

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I made too much noise and woke up Ziggy

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White griffin Jarl got for us when he was in Greece

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Blue Egyptian Bast cat Jarl got from us when he was in Egypt

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Statue of Krishna and his wife that Mike won at a Diwali party at the Colorado School of Mines

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More giraffes from Mike's collection (and there's a whole other box in tee basement, too)

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Giraffe candle that Casey gave us, Ganesh from Jarl which has both $2 coins and $2 bills under him. With inflation being what it is, I may need to upgrade Ganesh's stash

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Sun catcher - Christmas gift from Buglet Solar

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Sun catcher - Christmas gift from Buglet Solar
Quiet day, trying to not wake Ziggy, who was sleeping so soundly on the couch. So, I finished unpacking the art boxes, producing a stuff-splosion around the house. Captions on each picture.

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Art on the wall ... Mike gave me this in 1998. It's a self-portrait by David Bowie.

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Extended outside time with Ziggy. My little dirt loaf, making sure the bath I gave her was a waste of time. 😸

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Everyone at Home Depot seemed as nervous about the concept of little old me carrying around a 10 foot long steel pole as my hubby was.... nevertheless, she persisted. 😉 As you can see, going alone was a requirement. The weather station pole made it safely to the garage. Mike will trim it to the right length, and then we'll take it to a place he knows to get galvanized black, to match the fence. We already have HOA approval for installing the weather machine.
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The deck is almost complete! And Ziggy found the new gate... That will help me keep track of her when working outside this spring. New infinite stairs project complete, and Mike let us back in.

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Business development 🤗 Good meeting today, lots of good information

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I failed to understand and fulfill Ziggy's request. (I assume... I am not sure what was being requested.) She is frustrated. .... the thousand mile stare, wondering how a human could be so stupid.

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The karma wheel is up! Mike developed this digital fractal art for the 1994 album he and Jarl made, "Black Guitar Karma".

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Thorough deck inspection....they expect to finish next week. Some more paint, a concrete landing for the lower stairs, a gate at the top of the upper stairs, and a railing for half the length of the remaining edge. That part turned out to be too high off the ground.

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To quote one of Jarl's old songs... "My living room is bare, it needs some art." 😠Well, haven't gotten to the living room yet, but am adding more art around. I also moved the first piece to the bathroom upstairs, where it fits better.

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All things Ziggy .... the normal photo dump before I pull pictures off my phone. 😸

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At the lab with Mike

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My little spy ... Keeping an eye on the neighborhood

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love this picture of Mike that Fish took in the Yamazaki Distillery's Whiskey Library! - with @[37901655:2048:Jason Fish]
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love this picture of Mike that Fish took in the Yamazaki Distillery's Whiskey Library! - with Jason Fish
One of my faves
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The deck is partially complete! It passed both county and feline inspection today.

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from the wine tasting dinner we went to

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Nathan and Diana at the Fete du Bordeaux

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got an email advertisement for a wine tasting... and was quite surprised by the picture! (from last year's wine tasting at Balistreri)

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Daniel was still trying to comply with my request that he eat dinner (my house, my rules - the other kids in the family could explain that to him! ;) ) but Katrina finished hers and was happy to get to open her gifts!

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from the wine tasting dinner we went to

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Nathan and Diana at the Fete du Bordeaux

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got an email advertisement for a wine tasting... and was quite surprised by the picture! (from last year's wine tasting at Balistreri)

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Daniel was still trying to comply with my request that he eat dinner (my house, my rules - the other kids in the family could explain that to him! ;) ) but Katrina finished hers and was happy to get to open her gifts!

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Many thanks to my hubby for upgrading my desk arrangement! My computer is now mounted underneath so it travels with the standing desk. 🤗

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Welcome to the family! We met Auntie Linda's new cat today.

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Mike has also been busy unpacking... The CDs are in the loft!

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All of the curtains are now hanging. 5 more panels left to steam, and then the curtains project will be complete. Mary E Strange - what I have learned is a brand new house is a ton of setup effort. Normally, there is some landscaping or window coverings or something from previous owners when you move into a house. But here, there were no previous owners, so everything has to be done. To your question, we have put more of a priority on window coverings than our neighbors, who have yet to put up any. Didn't want to get to know them that well ðŸ˜
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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, always the 11s. March 11 - met. October 11 - started dating. July 11 - married. 5th anniversary - bought our first house. Sept 11 - bought our second house. Oct 11 - sold out second house. The closing for this house was supposed to be 11/11, but it ended up being 11/16.
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Framing for the deck is almost done! Chris King (construction) will be back tomorrow to finish the framing.

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A tense debate on deck construction.... One party was pro deck construction noise, and the other said "No thank mew!"
Framing should be done tomorrow.

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Friday night in the lab with Mike 🤗

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It's nice to be tall.... Enjoyed looking at things from the step ladder. Living room curtains are done! Only 4 sets of basement curtains left to go. 🤗

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Deck day 1 - the footings are in place. We discovered that the wrong planks had been delivered. That is going to be rectified while they work on the frame tomorrow.

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No amount of construction can stop an afternoon nap
No amount of construction can stop an afternoon nap

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Ziggy doesn't like deck day ..

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It's deck day! When we bought the house, the builder had landscaped the front yard, but the sides and back have been mud. Part 1 of our landscaping plan is to install a new deck in the back yard. It will come out from the basement door and wrap around the back of the house. (Foundation warranty and HOA rules are that we can't change the grade of the dirt, and it is a pretty steep slope, so we are going over the top with a deck in order to get some usable level ground)
It's deck day! When we bought the house, the builder had landscaped the front yard, but the sides and back have been mud. Part 1 of our landscaping plan is to install a new deck in the back yard. It will come out from the basement door and wrap around the back of the house. (Foundation warranty and HOA rules are that we can't change the grade of the dirt, and it is a pretty steep slope, so we are going over the top with a deck in order to get some usable level ground)

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We have been enjoying watching how much Green Mountain affects our weather. Looks like it is cloudy in Denver....you can't see Green Mountain in this picture.
We have been enjoying watching how much Green Mountain affects our weather. Looks like it is cloudy in Denver....you can't see Green Mountain in this picture.

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Back on the curtain steaming beat... With the best little helper. Upstairs is done, and I put the loft furniture in place.

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Symposium slides submitted! I am presenting a workshop at the Project Management Institute Mike Hi Chapter's symposium in April. (One of 22 - it is a big event!) I have struggled with graphics in the past, since so many of the ones you can get are not for distribution or not for commercial use. Finally, I thought "screw it. I am an artist and an author and I will do my own graphics! " Enter an army of project management fuzzies.
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Cirrus on the left, Muggins on the right

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Cirrus on the left, Muggins on the right
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Mar 05, 2016 1:52:41 pm
The boys decided to share Mike's pillow today, instead of fighting over it. There's hope for world peace yet....
Moof from Cirrus. The sweet brother cats - 7 years already?
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Ziggy was keeping me under observation for suspicious behavior on Thursday. I kidnapped her right before lunch and brought her to the vet. Her blood glucose levels have dropped and she is doing great with her new diet weight-wise. 🤗🎉

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I have asked our cricket hunter to please not bring crickets inside from the garage. Nonetheless, the cricket has been safely released outside and the huntress was rewarded for her efforts with some temptations treats. 😺💖🦗
I have asked our cricket hunter to please not bring crickets inside from the garage. Nonetheless, the cricket has been safely released outside and the huntress was rewarded for her efforts with some temptations treats. 😺💖🦗

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Awww.... 7 years on Facebook, which is crazy by itself. Lifetime of cousin love 💕💕 love the picture from our wedding

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2 ceiling fans done! 🤗
You tagged Almond Kohler and Jarl Brendan

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Game night! Thanks to Jarl Anderson for the idea to play Illuminati. .. and of course, we were well supervised.

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Ceiling fans! We have 3 of the 5 ceiling fans we need in the new house. Mike's dad is coming by tomorrow to help put them up.
Ceiling fans! We have 3 of the 5 ceiling fans we need in the new house. Mike's dad is coming by tomorrow to help put them up.

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Stopped by to say happy birthday to Troy, and got to see his little brother Trent's new skill - no training wheels! Trent definitely has a need for speed - he was down the street in no time! Lovely to catch up a little with Hailey, Mark, and Rob. 🤗

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Happy Friday!

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Feeling elegant.....the china is unpacked! I will play Tetris tomorrow to put it away in the cabinets. Well, this elegant display makes up for being in my PJs with wet hair. So, I feel an elegance glow from the table ðŸ˜

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Many thanks to my hubby for the idea! Bought my first ever steamer and steamed the curtains in place instead of trying to iron them and then hang them. Wish I had known about this decades ago! So much easier. 🤗 Ziggy is not yet convinced about the noise it makes.

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Snow storm rolling in tonight ,🤗💞â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸
Snow storm rolling in tonight ,🤗💞â„ï¸â„ï¸â„ï¸

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Curtains! Some of our tickets with the builder were worked off today, which means we were able to hang the curtains in the dining room.

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A lot of people ask what the new development behind us is going to do to the current view... here's the map!
A lot of people ask what the new development behind us is going to do to the current view... here's the map!

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Mike's new weather camera 👀👀👀 (and helper cat)

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Long day of meetings for a budget replan, but finally getting free of meetings and stepping out of the office to a beautiful twilight view and a sleepy cat was so nice! 😉
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turns out Mike brought home something for everyone...bottle of whiskey and some Glencairn glasses for us, and well...the rest of the story tells itself. :>)
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turns out Mike brought home something for everyone...bottle of whiskey and some Glencairn glasses for us, and well...the rest of the story tells itself. :>)
💖💖💖💖💖 love this picture of Chloe
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The mysteries of the internet.....this video of Ziggy's has over 3900 views. I assume it's her glowing eyes? Not sure why all the attention, but the internet was invented for cats.
The mysteries of the internet.....this video of Ziggy's has over 3900 views. I assume it's her glowing eyes? Not sure why all the attention, but the internet was invented for cats.

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Many thanks to my hubby for putting the elliptical together! The basement area is almost all settled. 🤗

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Happy Valentine's day!
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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 ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’ðŸ’
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A plan is coming together in the basement

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Night watch duty

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Kari S Sanders
So cute
Updated Feb 03, 2023 11:26:58 pm

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Thank you Ernie for sharing this... it's perfect! Happy Groundhog day!
Thank you Ernie for sharing this... it's perfect! Happy Groundhog day!

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Ziggy's vet visit today:
Part 1 - Cold shoulder.... I guess we're not talking. At the vet for a blood sugar recheck
Part 2 - Ziggy has lost weight! She's down to 17.5 lb from being as heavy as 21.4 lb. 🎉🎉🎉 (In the picture, wiggling weight is 17.7 lb🤠)
Part 3 - Snuggle or restraint? And the answer is restraint. A slow standoff at the vet between someone who wants Ziggy to complete her blood work and someone who voted no.
Part 4: Ziggy gave the vet tech hell, earning herself a quick trip back to her carrier. Blood draw complete! All is well. Her blood sugar is still elevated, but not so much she needs insulin. We will continue with her special diet.

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Snowy night.... I was told I am not the only one who gets to see

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We were quite busy today.... curtains in the living room and office; Mike started constructing the cabinets in the basement. We ran into a problem with the curtain installation in the dining room. We'll see if Lennar will fix it.

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Another adventure complete! This one started at the front door and ended with Mike letting us in by the patio door. I had to redirect a disappointed cat away from the basement door and upstairs.
You tagged Almond Kohler and Gwenn Sanders

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Date night at Los Marcello's and a nice visit with Mike's parents and uncle

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Morning guard duty

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Thanks to my parents for our Christmas present! These passed a rigorous feline inspection. 🤗

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Curtains are done upstairs! 3 more rooms to go. And I had the best little helper.

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Ziggy's room has curtains, too!
Ziggy's room has curtains, too!

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Magic curtain rod template from my hubby

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Mike's template worked! First room of curtains is complete! 6 more to go. 🤗

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Thanks to my hubby for his help with the curtains! He made a template for the hole placement and put up the first two brackets. They are supposed to be light blocking curtains. We'll see how well they work in the morning! 🤗

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Thanks to my brother for stopping by and helping with the basement shelves! Was great to have a short visit. The shelves passed inspection. The piles of stuff that I moved to make room for the shelves did not pass inspection. I told the inspector not to worry....more organization is coming soon!

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Curtain art....now that the blinds are done, curtain rods and curtains will be coming soon. They are all washed and waiting.

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Yesterday's project....our closet is now box free! (and not because I just moved them 😉. Really unpacked) Ziggy's nest remains. It is definitely a favorite spot.

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😞😞😞 so sad, so frustrating. Hard to know if the drought patterns are a new normal or a severe anomaly. Certainly, Colorado requires water permits for new builds, but the analysis here is also sometimes suspect, since there is a strong tax revenue incentive for letting the projects move forward.
Updated Jan 16, 2023 8:11:05 am

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First piece of art hung in the new house. Am debating on putting a larger piece there and that one upstairs. Decorating is always an arduous process

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Cleaning day, put up the basement blinds, and we found a cricket! Busy afternoon...
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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. .....:)
6 Years Ago
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 Muggins
Updated Jan 15, 2023 11:47:27 am

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Ziggy's infinity stairs project was a success! Go out the basement door, walk to the stairs. Pause at the bottom of the stairs for an existential crisis....what comes after the project is complete? Sit on the stairs and relish the moment. Then, finish the job! In through the dining room door! ....well, and for good measure, drive the project manager in your life a little crazy through scope creep ...we had to go sit outside the front door, too.

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Pedastals... At last! After 2 months of "will they / won't they" scheduled-then-cancelled delivery attempts, they finally were in stock and showed up this morning.
Pedastals... At last! After 2 months of "will they / won't they" scheduled-then-cancelled delivery attempts, they finally were in stock and showed up this morning.

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Happy 12th day of Christmas, Epiphany, Christmas 🤗
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So cute....
Updated Jan 04, 2023 3:03:00 pm

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Awww, Dolly Parton always makes everything she touches better. Without the crazy theatrics, her goddaughter is a very good singer 🤗
Updated Jan 02, 2023 12:27:21 am
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Many thanks to Jake and Jackie for hosting today! Lovely to see you guys and the family, and to get Christmas cookies! With all the chaos at the end of December this year, I didn't end up getting any Christmas cookies. Love the ones from Jake's mom, especially the little trees. I used to make the little trees with my mom, many many years ago....🤗💞💞💞
Many thanks to Jake and Jackie for hosting today! Lovely to see you guys and the family, and to get Christmas cookies! With all the chaos at the end of December this year,
I didn't end up getting any Christmas cookies. Love the ones from Jake's mom, especially the little trees.
I used to make the little trees with my mom, many many years ago....🤗💞💞💞
Jan 01, 2023 4:41:09 pm
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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