We took the opportunity this weekend to drive up to Estes Park with our neighbors, Peter and Lisa, and go hiking. Had a great time, too - especially with all the little chipmunks that were very eager to share our trail mix at the falls where we stopped! Got some pretty good photos out of the trip so I may be printing some of them at larger sizes so ( Read more... )

Step One: Remove shower pan and old moldy drywall. Make a HUGE mess. Cart several bags of broken-up drywall out to the trash.


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I'm currently growing my hair out so that hopefully there will be as much of it as possible for Molly to work with when we're ready to cut it into wedding-shape ( Read more... )

I just about died laughing when I pulled up to our house after work today and saw this waiting in the yard to greet me:


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These turned out pretty blurry as it was really dark outside and I don't have a good low-light lens... but we had a good time!!


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This has been a tough week. I've had to get to work way earlier than usual so that I can leave earlier so Shasta can have her car back for evening appointments. We're both really grumpy and stressed, and I'm exhausted as I haven't been sleeping very well ( Read more... )

Just a quick photo post... we went hiking with our neighbors Peter and Lisa over the weekend. Had a great time, too, though now my butt is very sore. :P


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So last night a few more Ebay auctions closed, and Shasta and I both stood there staring at the computer screen with our jaws hanging open.

Some very nice lady bought two of my Michael Jackson books -- for $330 and $419 EACH. And then paid for them, in full, seconds after the auctions closed. HOLYCRAP. Now, one of them I kind of understand (the ( Read more... )

Oh, I am SO tired. *sigh* We had an incredibly eventful weekend, but as usual, very little of it was happy-summer-fun... most of it was work work work on the house. :P

We did go out on Friday night, though, to our friend Jody's new nightclub called Her Bar. Had a great time, some yummy drinks and good dancing (though as usual I pooped out ( Read more... )