#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!
JOURNEY TO THE WORLD OF PUMPKIN NIGHTS
A 40-foot long dragon. A ghostly pirate ship. An undersea wonderland.
Explore fantastical lands, built using over 3,000 hand-carved pumpkins and funkins.
There’s more magic around every corner.
For those of us without in-house trick-or-Treaters, whatta awesome idea. PUMPKIN NIGHTS. Celebration of All Hallows’ Eve starts NOW. Friday post-work drive to Brighton, Ash pre-purchased 7 o’clock tickets (thanks kiddo ❤️).
Jack-o-lantern MAGIC. Literally THOUSANDS of pumpkins.
Carvings scary, carvings jolly. pumpkin PIRATE, pumpkin turtles. Ginormous OCTOPUS pumpkin, pumpkin lanterns – and of course, the traditional holiday DRAGON. LOL>
SUPER FUN nite. Happy Halloween 2018 – let the TRICKS begin! 🎃
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- All Hallows’ Eve
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- Jack-o’-Lantern MAGIC
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- holiday DRAGON 🐉
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- pumpkin PIRATE
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- OCTO-pumpkin 🎃
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- I ❤️ Colorado
FAMILY Halloweening
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- Carmen Santiago
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- cuteness OVERLOAD
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- Wilpiszeski Holiday
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- another tradition, SNOW ❄️
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- Halloween Gifting
Most of Colorado’s Western Slope: mining towns or Swiss chalets. Aspen, Vail, Breckenridge, Telluride, Crested Butte – all mountain towns converted to European ski villages. Pricey New York jewelers, fur coats, Starbucks lattes & SNOW. Stunning to visit in the summer as well – towering green mountains/14ers capped in white – and generally, without the ‘ski village’ $$$ markup 🙂
Destination: Ouray [your-AY]. Nicknamed “little Switzerland of Colorado”; also known as, America’s ice-climbing capital. Home of Mt Sneffels, backdrop to Saturday’s high altitude marathon.
Halved the 7-hour drive Thursday after work. Sleeps in Glenwood Springs, three hour completion Friday morn. Road-trippin’ stops, mineral springs soak AND an introspective faith walk.
Dennis Weaver Memorial Park. Created on land purchased by TV’s McCloud, took an unplanned left to what became a quiet/centering spiritual journey. No idea! located just 20 minutes outside Ouray. 2-ton Eagle soaring over a cache of mountain boulders. Midday weekday, had the place to myself.
Chose 3 rocks from the pile of prayer stones & created my personal cairn. Native American wisdom garnished each of the circle’s 4 directions – East spoke closest my heart. Gazed long at the New Mexico-like landscape around me, bushes lavender & sage. Crushed sprigs of both together, breathed in its aroma. Hippie peaceful. Shed shoes & river-walked before resuming Friday’s Ouray trek. Good to get quiet & head-speak to the Great White Spirit. For us Christians, one Living God & Savior.
Lodge check-in. Late afternoon bib pickup. Two-hour soak at Orvis Hot Springs. Early to bed? Well, not really. Ash texted: it’s National S’mores Day. Located a campfire, secured ingredients. It’s a holiday, right? Gotta/hafta/must. Mission accomplished ✔️
Saturday a.m. marathon – Ridgway to Ouray ‘n back.
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- 1970’s TV, McCloud
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- introspective faith walk
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- 2 tons, wingspan over 20 feet
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- create your own cairn
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- East spoke closest my heart
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- New Mexico-esque
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- Uncompahgre River
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- Hippie peaceful
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- Welcome to Ouray
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- Aug 10th: Nat’l S’mores Day
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- gotta/hafta/MUST
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- burnt marshmallow – the BEST!
National S’mores Day is a day that is celebrated on August 10th as a way to honor the iconic campfire treat, the S’more. This holiday is celebrated across the United States – mainly by boy scouts and girls scouts – but can be enjoyed by anyone who has a love of this treat or fond memories of eating it during their youth.
