Continental Divide

The Gore Range is part of the Continental Divide. I have never seen it without some snow on it. I just had to marvel at the vastness...and wonder what the pioneers thought when they got that far on their trek to California!

Sunday Brunch

Then I had brunch...also known as second breakfast...with my brother and his wife. He is five years older and picked on me relentlessly. He used to tell me that the police brought me and left me on the doorstep. What a nice brother. He also fed me Crisco one time; telling me that Mom made cookies with them. He was also generous enough to share "his" chocolate bar with me. Too badedly (not a real word), it was unsweetened baking chocolate. His wife assured me that he has mellowed since then. I have my doubts.

The Great Plains

This is looking south towards Colorado Springs.


I think I can see Kansas from here. I have only seen one concert at Red Rocks Ampitheatre, it was Jefferson Starship and .38 Special. The scenery is unbeatable and the acoustics are fabulous!

Wonder why it is called that?

So, Sunday (of last week), I-70 was open and I drove up to Red Rocks. It is so pretty up there and it was quite clear. Just an awesome place to say: God was having a good day when he made Colorado!! Love the statue (of my boyfriend)...hee hee.

Winter Wonderland

The snow stopped quickly and the rest of the trip was clear blue skies and sunny. The mountains looked amazing. Even the pictures do not do them justice. This is from the golf course a couple of blocks from where I grew up.

Trip to Colorado

Originally, I was going to fly out to Denver to see my Dad, Sissy and brothers. I was expecting lots of shopping and general goofing around. That didn't happen. I left the house at 2:30a to catch a 6:00a direct flight out of Nashville. Good thing I left the house early. I got lost in Fayetteville. I'll bet you didn't know that it is actually possible to get lost in Fayetteville! Well, with me, about anything odd is possible. I felw into a blizzard. There was at least six inches of snow on my rental car. I was so bad that everyone was driving 35mph down I-70!! Good thing I left the flip flops and swimsuit at home. Not really sure why...but the pool was closed. And two miles past where I stay, I-70 was closed too!! Not even people with 4 wheel drive and chains got through. I heard later that there was an avalanche threat and some poor family from Kansas had to be dug out of one.

Land of Giants

Buddy went to the doc yesterday for a check up. The nurse had to stand on a chair to measure him. He is now officially 6'5"!! At age 17, he may still grow some more. I rather hope not. Finding size 38" waist and 38" length pants is challenging enough!

Last week, Tdawg had his football physical and is up to 5'11" (he will be 15 in August). Tdawg will likely hit a growth spurt here soon. He already wears the same size shoe as Buddy. Tdawg says that he wants to be 6'7". I will be surprised if he gets that tall. I have big feet for a girl...size ten. But check out Tdawg's new football cleats. Size 15!!

Just for Fun

Have fun with this.
copy and paste this list into your own blog and bold the items that you have done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (In the car ALONE)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (It's called a Mental Health Day)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (riverboat cruise)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (yesterday)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (does a tv commercial count?)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (does myself in the pool count?)
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt (still working on it)
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (more than one)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (do fish count?
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby (I'm a REAL woman)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone

Happy Easter

Getting Taller

Wow...Tdawg has really grown since June!!

Opening Day

Opening Day for Miracle League. It was rather chilly...ok, down right COLD!

Somedays

Somedays I really miss having little kids little. Wow, did it ever go by FAST!

Flashback Friday

Good job Tdawg...too bad you swiped the eggs out of someone elses basket! :-)

Kid at Heart

I'm a kid at heart. I still love dyeing Easter eggs. I think I'm still a frustrated art teacher. Maybe I missed my calling? Each year I try to think up something different. This year I wrapped the peach, purple and jade egg with rubberbands before dyeing. It is harder than you might think to make the rubberbands stay on.

Everything Looks Better in the Morning

Wild Weekend

It happens every year, the weekends during the winter are just blah. But the minute it warms up, I have more to do than there are hours in the day. Saturday was a prime example. We, that is Cletus, is one big step closer to being finished. He painted the front porch, the front door and took care of the lock hardware. Bless his heart, it was way more trouble than it should have been. But it looks AWESOME! During that time, I was volunteering at our company golf tournament from 7a until 2p. Then I ran over to Quiet Observations' Pampered Chef party. I love Pampered Chef. I used their products daily. I couldn't live without the pizza stone, can opener and spoon-ula (spatula spoon combo). So I'm excited to get my new stoneware muffin cups and barbecue tongs. You would almost believe that I actually cooked occasionally (that's ok, I used to believe that too). Actually, I go to the parties to keep up appearances and eat the prepared food. Miss Lara did not disappoint. She even emailed me the recipes. I will print them out and put them in a protective sleeve in my 3 ring binder cookbook. And there they will stay...untried. Maybe I should try a belated New Years' revelation to cook more...Hmmm. However, the rest of Saturday slipped away. Picking up dinner and Tdawg from his friend's paintball birthday party. Before I knew it, it was after 11p and I was exhausted.

Brain Dump

Ok, so I have huge bag of tiny crayons and I hate to just throw them away. So, I was thinking about melting them in a double boiler-type arrangement (using several old veggie cans). Then pouring the wax in a random batik pattern on material (muslin). Pull off the dried wax and have the color of the crayon still on the material. I think we did something like that in art class when I was in sixth grade. That is unless any of you can help with a better use of one inch crayons.