9 years in Connecticut, never been to Coventry. Certainly never seen divine Miss M’s new digs.
*BIG NEWS* Michaela & Eli closed on their FIRST HOME post-Thanksgiving. Busy time o’ year. Move, unpack, design, decorate. Housewarming party TWELVE days later. Whaaaat? Only Michaela could pull off that kinda impossibility. Living room rug arrived morning of their party. Timing!
Wood floors throughout. Downstairs Master, two bedrooms upstairs, full basement, comfortable kitchen & a laundry room. Outdoors? Acre+ of TREES & a BRAND NEW PORCH. Homing together. Eli’s gas grill, Michaela’s patio furniture (umbrella/table/chairs). Summer invite please 😊
Close 5-minute drive up Riley Mountain Road, holiday’d at Jill & David’s country home. Their second year in Coventry – lovely bi-level, ROCK fireplace, outdoor pergola, whole lotta natural wood.
M designed the PERFECT room for Dave – a Disney World EXPLOSION. All his favs accessible & on display. Permanent SMILE, surrounded/walled with LOVE. So happy lil’ man. Heart soar.
Downstairs, holiday dinner/all the fixin’s. Spiraled ham, deviled eggs, Grandma Paralee’s dressing recipe, M’s sweet potato casserole. Folks, THIS is why I marathon. Much food in my belly. LOL>
Post-meal X-Mas exchange. Disney collectibles/new computer for Dave, clothes/purses/shoes for Michaela. Jill & I also gifted this holiday: filtration-strawed Brita bottle (him), sea turtle lamp (her).
FULL MOON on the Mass Pike, nite-finished with generational activities. M took Sis’ T-rex purse for drinks while Papa black-n-white nestled to ‘The Bishop’s Wife’. 2 States down, one Christmas to go 🎄
M’s new digs
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- Coventry CT
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- M’s first HOME
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- Michaela & Eli
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- holidaying together
Christmas in Connecticut
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- Jill & David’s home
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- holiday READY
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- ROCK fireplace
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- gifting OVERLOAD
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- outdoor PERGOLA
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- Dave-Land (Disney CT)
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- permanent SMILE
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- designed/decorated by M
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- Christmas DINNER
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- Disney’s Queen of Hearts
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- an arm FULL
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- Marvel gift BONANZA
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- NatGeo lamp
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- purse from Sis
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- Merry Christmas David 🎅
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- X-Mas Eve Eve
Count ’em: Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sunday – FOUR day weekend. Thanks PS employer ✅
“Meet Me in St Louis” big screen showing at Denver’s historic Mayan Theater, holiday Eve.
Turkey Trot 9am downtown Louisville. My hometown 5K, FREE entry with a canned goods/clothing donation. AWESOME idea, right? give, GIVE, give.
Feasting & football at Ash & Tom’s Westminster home. eat, EAT, eat. Tryptophan coma, late afternoon pie – then a new holiday tradition, Hallmark’s ‘Christmas in Graceland’. Predictable, campy, LAUGH OUT LOUD fun. Kellie Pickler’s Appalachia accent. LOVE LOVED.
FAMILY DREAMS GOOD HEALTH FOOD COLORADO HOME my FAITH
List of what I’m most thankful.
Early start Friday, Black Friday. No shopping here, SNOWSHOEING. Pup & I rented a mountain cabin in Steamboat Springs. Out ‘til Sunday. Swanky idea, huh? If it snows, they will come ❄️
Happy Thanksgiving 2018. Eat, laugh & gift often this season! 🦃 ❤️
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- Denver’s Mayan, circa 1930
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- Louisville Turkey Trot
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- sunshiny Colorado Day
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- my FEAST contribution
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- Gobble Gobble 🦃
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- you’re next, Pig 🐷🎄🍴
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- Deck the Halls 🎅
GATHER YOUR FLOCK!
The Avista Adventist Hospital Louisville Turkey Trot 5k returns Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 22, 2018 in downtown Louisville. Sign up now! Thanks to our generous sponsors, this event is, and always will be FREE to participants who bring non-perishable food or winter clothes donations for the Sister Carmen Community Center. Make this fun and family-friendly part of your Thanksgiving morning tradition.
Come and support our neighbors in need so everyone in our community may be warm and have a meal this holiday season.
WHEN: Thanksgiving morning, November 22, 2018; 9:00am race start
WHERE: Front street and Spruce Street, next to Louisville Public Library (951 Spruce Street, Louisville, CO 80027)
REGISTRATION: FREE so participants can support our neighbors in need instead.
#givingback
Maybe it’s just our early season SNOW but I caught the bug – HOLIDAY season is HERE!
Humbug Christmas, this year I’m Thanksgifting. No timing stress, no expectations, even REGIFTING is OK – there are no rules. Give ‘cause you wanna gift now. Gift early, gift unexpectedly. Not just one monster day of toys. Spread the love – a full season of giving 🦃 🎁
4 FEET of chocolate & cheeses to my Connecticut family. Regifted snowshoes to Ash & Tom (bought myself new Dions). Picked up the tab/restaurant last week with friends. Give, give, give. Be selfish – give because it makes you feel good. Thanksgifting, it’s super fun.
And…get out outside.
Don’t let ‘the holidays’ trap you indoors with ‘tradition’.
It’ll all get done, lil’ bit every day 😊
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- Connecticut gifting
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- Arkansas gifting
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- Colorado gifting
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- ‘Giving Tuesday’ pitch
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- wobble Gobble 🦃
From: Ashton
To: allboulder <allboulder@psaudio.com>
Subject: Pet Food Drive
Thank you for listening to my little pitch earlier 🙂 Here are some more details of the pet food drive AND the virtual pet food drive PawsCo is collecting donations for via Facebook (if that’s easier/preferred for anyone). I will take all physical donations to the food bank on the first week of December. THANK YOU!
PawsCo Annual Pet Food Drive
I invite you to participate in our annual pet food drive by donating pet food in the physical donation bin in the kitchen, or money through our virtual food drive. All monetary donations will go towards the direct purchase of pet food (which PawsCo can purchase at a discounted price to help further). All pet food will be delivered to the Food Bank of the Rockies and distributed across Colorado. Our Pet Food Drive is a way to make sure the pets in our community stay fed and in their homes despite a family’s temporary struggles. Food Bank of the Rockies estimates it needs 10,000 pounds of pet food every month to meet the needs of struggling families in our community.
We heard the following from one of our families last year and it warmed our hearts:
“Thank you again for caring for my canine, Evie. She is the center of my world without kids or a hubby. Your organization has afforded me the ability to provide for her.”
We thank you all so much for your donation and for being committed to keeping families and pets together!
