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Easter!

Apr 5

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The above were the results of a craft night the tuesday prior to the big day!

We had our friend Jake and Talia over to enjoy the night!! Talia is a wonderful artist, so she made some great eggs!

We decided to host East Dinner for some of our friends! It got a little out of control and I hate for people to not have somewhere to go for a holiday so I ended up with 16 people RSVP’ed yes to dinner and then 2 more added on… oh my!

The eggs above were sacrificed to become deviled eggs to feed the people!!

This was one of my babies! I started with rubber bands over it, then into the marbleizing bath (vegetable oil on the dye bowl!)

Dinner was fun and yummy!

I did most of my cooking on Good Friday – i got the day off from work!

I made mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, mocha fudge, banana bread, polenta lasagna (1 vegetarian, 1 meat)

That left only deviled eggs, topping for the casserole!

I ended up putting the mashed potatoes in the small crockpot and the sweet potato casserole i split between 2 bread pans, and put 1 pan in the big crock pot while the other one cooked! – yes i am brilliant!  ;)

Our friends donated some amazing food to the meal – asparagus, lemon squares, cupcakes, coffee cake, dips and chips, fruit mixture, asparagus souffle, and more!

We had a very enjoyable dinner!

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David Sedaris visits Denver – and we saw him!

Oct 27

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David Sedaris visited Denver,  to  a packed house at the Buell.

The stage was still set for Wicked, but he looked great under the giant dragon!

Hubby and I last saw him years before out in Southern California – so we didn’t feel the need to pay the big bucks to see up his nose!

We were waaaay up in the balcony – 3 rows from the back! We could see pretty well, but of course the fun of “seeing” David Sedaris is to hear him read his stories.

He read a couple excerpts from his next book! We hope he calls it “Animal Stories” – you’ll have to wait and see when it comes out!

NPR – KUNC (did you know they do a 1 day donation drive? how cool is that)  and The Tattered Cover were there to support him and he supported them right back!Very cool!

His suggested reading this time around was “Our Dumb World”

It sounded hysterical and I think at least one person might be getting if for Christmas this year!

He also suggested a weird recommendation for TV or internet viewing was a show on BBC called The Specials – Sounded interesting…Weird, but interesting.

The crowd was well behaved, creepily well versed in Mr Sedaris’s life, family and habits, and just happy to have him in their midst! The hour and a half flew by and we all moaned when he left the stage.

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Happy Anniversary to me!

Sep 24

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Today marks 4 years since the hubby and I tied the knot!

We went out for sushi and gelato this evening and I got this cool present -  from Red Envelope – oooh! from the hubby!

Red Envelope Bag

I Love you... rocks!

Moonlight Classic

Jul 19

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Moonlight Classic
Moonlight Classic
It is a midnight bike ride through the city of denver with 6000 of your closest friends!
Everyone with headlights and tailights, some in costume, some with fun horns! Seriously how could that not be cool??

We arrived around 9pm to pick up our “packets” – a.k.a T-shirt and numbers.
Then we perused the free snack options!  Caribou iced coffee – mmm! Caffeine boost!
180 enegy drink – yeah! Bear Naked granola and yogurt.

There was also REI doing a spin the wheel for a prize and keel handing out single socks! Get a single sock – and then go and find your mate!
If you find your mate you get a free pair of socks.

I’m pretty sure the little brat that ran away when i approached him had my mate …  why let your kids play if you and they are going to ruin it for everyone?
So now…  i have this:
Lost Sole
I think it will be the new Ella…  The plight of the lost sole looking for it’s mate! Bwahahahaha! I crack my self up!

The event had 2 “starts” the first one at 10:30 – with the families – no way you could get me to do that. so hubby and i headed over to the bar to meet up with our group!

We were back for the costume contest – some amazing costumes! Fruit of the Loom was our favorite!
Then it started… slowly… up hill…
Hmmm…  We think an up hill start is a bad idea…
But they let it go in waves, which was cool. And the course was mostly closed. We only had to stop at major cross streets!

It was 10 miles through the city with 2 snack stops. Next year – skip the snack stops! Too much of a mess! Although the porta poties were useful..  Albeit creapy in the dark!  Hubby indicated that at least i could hover he had to hope he wasn’t peeing on his shorts! *snort*

We made it through the finish line at about 1:15!!!   It was really an amazing time. There were points where all you could see was a sea of red blinking back lights! Really cool night!

We got our “breakfast” – free burrito and lemonde and then cruised home, quick shower and into bed by 2am! Latest i’ve been up in ages!

Can’t wait for next year – have got to come up with a cool group costume!

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Chalk Art!

Jun 7

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Saturday hubby and I headed down to Larimer for the Piazza del la Arte! We have been every year since we have been in colorado!
It’s an awesome event! I’m always amazed!
Basically it is artists really that come for a weekend, sit on the hot pavement, and make these amazing works of art!
Last year we tried to see the midway point and then the final peices of work, but it rained like the dickens on saturday night.

This year it rained friday night – actaully it hailed! Can you beleive it?
So saturday afternoon before our full night out on the town we took a walk down to Larimer to check out the goings on!
I took a bunch of pictures with plans to return sunday night or late afternoon to get the final pictures since i was curious and hubby would be out of town!

Sunday as my friend Laura and I were headed over to check out the chalk art and we checked out the skies – uh oh – dark and ominous!
We got to Larimer just as the first drops were coming down! We zoomed through the art so I didn’t get as many pictures as I had hoped! There we a lot more people veiwing all the art!

We reached the last work or art and decided to find someplace to hunker down and watch everyone scurry when the rain came!!!

We got a great view at the first bar on the street! And then it happened… The sky opened up. It was the saddest thing to watch. All the colors started to leave their assigned locations and head towards the drains. It was really super duper sad to watch! I just couldn;t look away…  Eventually the rain stopped. Most of the pictures were gone, but some stayed.

Day 1:

Big Blue Bear!Big Blue Bear - 20 min later!

Day 2:

Big Blue Bear day 2

Day 1:

Candy Land

Day 2:

Candy Land

Honorable Mentions (from me!)

multi face don quioteLady in a bucket

Such a great time, such cool art!

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Clerks 2

Jun 1

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Friday night hubby and I popped in Clerks 2 – I didn’t even know there was a clerks 2!
It was weird to see all the characters age!

I would definitely recommend checking it out if you are a Clerks fan or a Kevin Smith fan!
It has most of the same banter between Randal and Dante. You get to see “the Randal”.  And it keeps you laughing!

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Wonderful Weekend

Mar 23

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Saturday i started off at the gym – mmmm! Gotta get my sweat on!
Next hubby and I took a jaunt to BD’s for lunch. One of my most favorite places to dine! And I had 2 gift cards to use! Woohoo!
Then we wandered among the people on 16th street mall to get some AAA tour books and maps for our upcoming road trip to arizona via Monument Valley!

On our way home we stopped by the other version of our houses (the much more expensive version) to see an updated closet option. alas the person manning the model had no idea what we were talking about. We had gotten this info from the builder, but couldn’t remember all the details. I had asked him at an HOA meeting about blowing out the wall and he said they had done that over at this version.

Current closet situation: 2 small closets, “his” and “hers”.
Obviously “hers” has more stuff in it and needs more of “his” space.
Solution: blow out the wall between, have it done via out of sight to look fabulous and allow “hers” to take over most of the space!
I love it!

Dad? Do you feel a trip out west coming on???

After that stop in we attempted to use technology (IPhone maps) and find a quicker way home than the way we knew…  It eventually worked out ok, only a couple turn arounds, and some new fun routes found! Love it!

We spent the afternoon having adult beverages in the sunshine on the roof and then watched movies – Wanted and Traitor. Wanted was awesome, Traitor,  not so much.

Sunday was supposed to be a day in the mountains using our ski pass that we paid too much for and haven’t used enough…  alas we learned that it was spring break the crowds were insane and the snow was crap… So – Denver here we come!

I spent the morning going over our tour books, and using AAA.com to make my trip tik, and just pawing over my maps. I LOVE MAPS! I drive hubby crazy that i like maps so much. I always want one of our current location on the wall and he just hates it! Must be something from my dad!
NCECA Road Trip
Eventually I had all 7 days planned out. 1800 miles. 28 hours of driving. 3 national parks, at a minimum. 4 states. I am so excited!

I left it up to hubby to decide how we would spend our time sunday outside.
A bike ride was decided. Luckily i have been doing spinning at least once a week, so hopping on the old 2 wheeler didn’t kill me!
We had a great ride – about 14 miles. Not bad for us!

Sunday Bike Ride We rode down the bike path close to our house, through some parks, past Six Flags, invesco field, the aquarium and more. It’s great how many bike paths there are in denver!
I of course forgot the sun block on my arms… sigh… Very sexy tan lines to start off the summer, let me tell you!

We also stopped in at REI and spend our dividend – $7.30 burnin a hole in my pocket – and our members only 20% off coupon. Oh yeah!
i decided to get some wheel and seat locks. These nifty screws that only turn one way, so you can lock just your frame and no-one can just come grab your wheels or seat. Woohoo!

We returned home to another fabulous afternoon of adult beverages and dip on the roof. We relaxed till about 4 when we got ready for our night out to see the Mammoth play.
And it was dollar hot dog night! WOOHOO!!  (i’ll let you know now, i won’t be doing that again – my tummy boycotted it profusely!)
The game was amazing! It is now my most favorite sport! Fun to watch, exciting, they fights, and for the guys – they have hoochies for cheer leaders!

It was a really great weekend!

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Date Night at the Theater

Mar 21

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Date night!

Last night we had a night out at the theater! One of our VIP evening! As i mentioned before we are theater snobs. Having spent a number of years out in LA with shows that run in multitudes of months no days. The usual run here is 2 weeks – ugh..  Phantom is actually a long run – 4 whole weeks. Sigh.
So that means we shell out the big bucks months and months in advance to make sure we are in the front 10 rows, center stage.
It also means we get a “dinner” which is usually anh, but there is an open bar and the wine flows freely.

Last night was an outing to Phantom of the Opera!
We were row H – seats 17 and 18 – so very nice seats indeed!!

Hubby had never seen Phantom – it was one of the shows that he really wanted to see!

At dinner we were at a table where most of the people knew each other. That made it so much better. Usually we have to play nice nice and be social with all the different couples at the tables. Sometimes that can be fun, sometimes that can be completely annoying. Last night it made it a fabulous little time for hubby and I. A little quiet chat time in the middle of a very noisy room!

There were 2 engagements during dinner – very very cute.

The show was fabulous. I had last seen it back in the 90′s at the pantages with my down stairs neighbor Kay. Haven’t thought about her in some time.
But the show seemed different to me. I think that’s ok, i paid enough for get a new show!!  :)

It was a lovely evening!

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Sunday ski time!

Mar 2

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I had a most fabulous day sunday!!!


Hubby was away and i couldn’t find any one to go skiing with me – so I went by myself.
That was a big deal for me! I’m still paranoid from my rental car flipping episode, and i tend to fall asleep on the way home when Hubby is driving… So i figured I was in for a heck of a time!

I made great time up there and got the front spot in our favorite parking spot! Woohoo!!
I skiied for 3 hours and felt great! No need for my normal 10:00 am snack and break time!
My tummy was grumbling by the time i called it quits – due more to the lines as opposed to me being tired. Yeah me!
I stopped by Starbucks on the way home and added an extra shot.

That seemed to do the trick! I cruised down the hill and back with nary a yawn!

Phillip was very happy to have me back home!