A few months ago, an acquaintance-almost-friend from my time at Evergreen High School IM'ed me out of the blue and mentioned that he was about to be embarking on a new project I'd find interesting. That floated around in the back of my mind until today, when I saw a post titled "Remi Frazier's Million Dollar Destiny" on Drink At Work (drinkatworkblog):

I got a ( Read more... )

Tonight was the monthly PTA meeting and an opportunity to buy books at the book fair, which Laurel visited this morning and told me as soon as she got home which books she wanted. I had to stifle a giggle at the wish list a volunteer helped her fill out (early readers pick out three books and the adults there write down the titles and prices on a ( Read more... )

One of the non-classified wedding projects I can talk about is the patio. Be warned, this is extremely wordy. I'll make an uber-post after the wedding to talk about all the classified projects. You may marvel at my craftiness, but it's all trial and error except for painting and sewing. *insert laughter*

( The mildly uneven laying of approximately 530 paver stones was brought to you by a quart of Minute Maid cherry limeade, two caramel Frappucinos, a bottle of fruit punch Powerade, two buttered bagels, a 6-inch chicken bacon ranch sandwich and a Horizon Organic Milk Single-Serve with the telescoping straw. Also, a few rides in a middle school elevator and a trip to Wal-Mart with the bridal party. )

I've either finally adjusted to a warmer climate (after nearly three years in the armpits of the South, I wasn't expecting to) or it's just really cold in Evergreen lately. I'm betting on the former ( Read more... )

I finally kicked my butt into finding the nearest library. Dallas' Renner Frankford branch is just over three and a half miles away and Carrollton's Josey Ranch Lake branch is four miles away in the opposite direction ( Read more... )

For ass_, who texted me this morning asking about it:

The shooting happened in a neighborhood a few miles south of us. (Tresine Drive is in Wonderview, just south of the s-curves on Highway 73. We live a few minutes' walk from Evergreen Lake.) From what I've heard, the victims were working in/on the house the shooting occurred in and probably knew the ( Read more... )

In a close runner-up for weirdest thing I've done this week, I've convinced Himself to consider doing the Triple Bypass this summer. The way he initially reacted, you'd think I suggested we do Ride the Rockies as a bonding experience.

(The Triple Bypass is a one-day, 120-mile ride from Evergreen to Avon. Ride the Rockies is a six-day, ( Read more... )

Good news ( Read more... )

Shortly after leaving Himself's grandmother's, I noted the temperature at 5° (-15° Celsius. We joked about how the cloud cover made the car dealership sprawl near 6th and I-70 look like Denver normally does from various points around Evergreen. We went through the clouds between Lookout Mountain and Genesee and boggled at how much colder it was in ( Read more... )

I _finally_ managed to get an NPR affiliate in on our bedside radio, but I'm mildly confused as to why we get the Boulder transmitter in better than the Denver one. For reference, we are approximately just below the 'n' in "Summit County 89.3 FM" on the CPR Coverage MapNot having decent NPR reception is one of the only things I miss about NC ( Read more... )