Happy Thanksgiving 2014! Always so much to be thankful for – good health, good friends, new life adventures. Additionally, spent the past year with Ash & Tom as they saved for their first home – for this I’m most thankful.
Received more than a sideways glance when Ash & Tom moved in late last year from Jersey. How long will they be living with you? Do they have jobs?
Hold tight neighsayers — give it time. Recipe for disaster? Heck no!
Ro inherited a brother & I filled my sterile home with cable TV, fantasy football, NatGeo & a fully stocked fridge.
- Tom knows Giants, Nets & Beer – and can spot-on imitate most every overplayed TV commercial.
- Ash donates to a lotta wildlife charities – birds, wolves, ducks, farm animals, stray pets, ocean creatures. Huge heart!
- Additionally, neither are not afraid to try something new – inks n drinks (painting), glassblowing, geo caching, skiing, high altitude hiking (14er Mt Bierstadt), ice fishing & weekly trivia at more than a few local breweries 🙂
lotta happy positive vibes – crazy impressed with these 2!
It’s been a busy Fall season – lotta work, lotta marathoning — and a warm one too! After an early September 11th flurry fest, unfortunately saw no snow in October – zero, nada, zilch.
Autumn has always been my favourite season – foliage colour & cooler temps. LOVE it! Always feel like – yes! made it thru another summer 🙂 Autumn = hot apple cider, pumpkins & county fairs.
Having Ash & Tom as housemates meant homemade pumpkin cookies for our fur babies, Ro & Marty, festive outdoor decorations AND a whole lotta Halloween candy for costumed trick-or-treaters while I travelled to Indy. Fall 2014 = a new car for Ash after her Jeep Liberty was crushed by a deer (5pm, in traffic, in Boulder — shows it can happen to anyone).
Autumn = Football. I’ve seen more NFL this season than I have in years. In addition to the weekly office pool, Ash & Tom are part of multiple fantasy football leagues. It’s crazy, dysfunctional fun — Ash’s rooting for the Bengal’s kicker, a wide receiver from Arizona & Denver’s quarterback. Whereas last year I watched the Broncos & [New England] Patriots (old habits die hard), this year my house is engaged all week. Monday night, Thursday night & all day Sunday. Will be sad to see the season end.
so long summer, FALL has arrived. #ROOOOOAAAAARRRR
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- check out that sunset – SPECTACULAR!
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- pumpkins & scarecrows
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- Ash decked our digs
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- this guy’s all smiles
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- Fall baking – Ro & Marty pumpkin cookies
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- my turn on the couch?
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- office bet gone wrong — Cowboys over the Giants
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- Happy Halloween!
col·li·sion noun 1. an instance of one moving object striking violently against another.
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- Ash’s new ride
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- R.I.P. Jeep Liberty
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- R.I.P. Bambi
Who doesn’t feel all patriotic on the 4th of July – Happy Birthday USA!
This year celebrated the holiday with housemates Ash & Tom and Stephen, visiting from New Hampshire.
Couldn’t think of a better place to watch the evening show than over Waneka Lake, a 10 minute walk from my front door. Have lived in Colorado 4 years now but this my first chance to view local fireworks. Twice I’ve travelled with family over the 4th & in 2012, the show was cancelled due to fire danger (lotta fires along the Front Range that year).
Headed down the Open Space trail behind North End to Lafayette’s Waneka Lake Park – feeling a wee bit guilty leaving the dogs behind (this being one of their favourite local walks). Half circled the reservoir & perched on a couple large rocks, watching water lap below & waiting for night fall.
The night’s celebration started with a lone blast shortly after 9:30, concluding 20 minutes later in a fanfare of brightly coloured bursts.
No our little show doesn’t compete with past light shows I’ve seen over Boston Harbour or NYC’s Battery Park, but I’m home now — happy & content, don’t wish to be anywhere else.
Spent Saturday hiking Fort Collins’ Horsetooth Rock in crazy 90+ degree heat. Unfortunately the dogs tired early (heat) so Ash took Ro & let me solo summit. Goal to run up in 30 minutes, I finished in 29.
3 day weekends ROCK – 3 day weekends with friends & family…even better.
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- perched lakeside for the show – Happy 4th!
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- Horsetooth summit selfie
Waneka Fireworks 2014
