Nicole Wilker

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Adding color to your bedroom…

Feb 10

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Hubby loves color on the walls, I was brought up in stark whitenss and never thought anything of it.

I also hate to paint…

I figured we could start small or easy and add some color to the bedroom (I also figured out that hubby and I need to do home impreovement projects in phases and not together – meaning, i could tape off the room, cover all the stuff that needs to stay clean, hubby would then enter the project and do the painting part, once completed, i return to remove the tape, covering and vaccum up the mess)

So now, we needed to determine what color to paint the room. I decided to check out  some Feng Sui sites to get “just the right color”! You can guess what colors we went with!  (painting is still a distant thought)

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Happy Birthday Mom-Claudia

Feb 9

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Last year we were with Micky Mouse on your super special day!!!

Hope this day is just as wonderful!!!

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Snow sculptures

Feb 2

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Hubby and I took a trek up to Breckenridge to check out the snow sculptures over the weekend!

Such amazing talent, crazy detail with just snow!!

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RMNP in the snow

Jan 17

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Last year hubby and i did a road trip that included the Grand Canyon and the purchase of a national park pass. Last weekend I suggested that hubby and I take a drive up north and see Rocky Mountain National Park in the snow!

We took a lazy morning and headed up through Boulder stopping at one of our favorite sandwhich shops (thanks mom and entertainment book) Cheba Hut for an early lunch!  (Jumping Jack Flash – turkey and pesto with veggies on garlic bread….!)

We cruised through Este Park on our way and saw a pretty big herd of Elk just hanging on the front lawns. Lots of stupid tourits getting pretty close to them – didn’t see any ambulances, so i am guessing no-one was speered by an antler or kicked with a hoof – too bad…

We took the north route to get into the Park, stopped at the ranger station to get the low down on what routes were open – pretty much 1 – Bear Lake – Since I was here with Kim this summer I knew there was a cool hike to a waterfall. Figured it would be cool to see it frozen or near frozen… The ranger said it would be pretty hard packed so off we went!

It was cool to see all the layers of snow on the side of the road – all the snow storms layer by layer!

We did the hike up to the waterfall, it was beautiful! The altitude felt much different than last time. I was huffing quite a bit!

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The little things…

Jan 10

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It’s the little things

This Christmas i was blessed by many presents.
Recently I’ve come cross some little ones here and there that just make me smile!

I got a pen with my name on it – i just love seeing my name when i need to make note!

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Happy 2010

Jan 1

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Day 1 of 2010!!

Had a heck of a long night getting into the new year!
We had a gathering at the abode last night with some of our friends! These friends are late night friends so the party went well beyond my capacity to stay awake!  Hubby enjoyed the evening a little more than he planned and was out of commission shortly after midnight. Since he is the usual late night host it was a little rough for me to keep my eyes open!!

Phillip was also very tuckered out by the late night! He was asleep on the couch from 8pm on! And he has been sleeping all day today!

Reflections of 2009

It was the year we celebrated the 50th birthday of my mother-in-law at Disney

The year we became a 1 car family. Go green! The year I tried and succeeded in using my bike to ride 18 miles for my commute home from work!

The year I found an awesome job that I love

The year hubby asked me to join him in making his conference business a success

The year we took a cruise.

The year we did a road trip to see the Grand Canyon, Four Corners, and Monument Valley, went to a pottery conference that concreted my lack of desire to be a potter any more, and found a Trader Joe’s on the way back home!

The year I got to have my mojo and scooter visit for a long weekend!

The year Dad and I built a big closet out of 2 closets!

The year I experienced Jury Duty in Denver County

The year I turned 37.  (ugh!)

The year hubby and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary.

It was a good year! Lots was experienced, done, and celebrated!

Looking forward to:

Another year at a job I love.
Losing at least 20 pounds
Doing the Run the Republic (68 flights) in February – who wants to sponsor me?
Enjoying working with the hubby at the conference business
Seeing my sister-in-law get married
Getting some quality time with the hubby.
Visiting with my friend Loren at 360 Flex conference in San Jose
Spending Christmas at Disney World
All that and more!
2010 should be a great year!

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Home Remedies

Dec 30

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Found this in a sunday paper a while back and wanted to keep them handy – just in case and thought you all might get a kick out of them!

Gas:

Teaspoon of olive oil on empty stomach each morning to prevent gas

Tummy trouble:

Mix  1/2 tsp of baking soda with 4 ounces warm water. Drink.  It will make you burp.

Bloating
Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into a cup of hot water and enjoy

Cure constipation:

To achieve regularity, consume 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar 2 times daily, in an 8 ounce glass of water.

Avoid heartburn

Before meals, mix the juice of half a lemon and a pinch of salt int an 8 ounce glass of water and drink. After meals, try a teaspoon of honey to soothe your heart burn.

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Quiet Christmas in the Wilker Abode!

Dec 28

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The morning began as usual…  Hopping out of bed before the sun rises!
Phillip was game and joined me downstairs!

We cleaned up, filled hubby’s stocking, opened Phillip’s stocking – and he systematically moved each piece of the stocking up stairs for safe keeping (it was one of those multi toy thingies)

I made small pot of coffee – I had a feeling there might be a much cooler and better functioning one under the tree, got the paper from the front stoop and read it through!

By that time the clock read 7:30 and the sun was up – so that meant – THE REST OF THE HOUSE MUST GET UP!!!!!

Hubby arose with little effort, i hopped in the shower while he filled my stocking!

Hubby doesn’t like to sit around in his jammies doing the xmas morning thing… sigh. My present to him was to let him clean up!

We started with the biggest box instead of the stocking since it contained the wonder of wonders… The new coffee pot!
It was voice controlled – mom got that part for hubby! It will stop spewing when you remove the pot. It makes 10 cups in a blink of an eye. And the on-off button works! (our last one’s switch stopped switching… )

From then on it just kept getting better. Hubby enjoyed his stocking and presents. And I mine!
For him:
Gift cards, peanut butter trees, wii games, gloves, a wind up dinosaur and more
For her:
Pink and red jelly beans, ramekins of all shapes and sizes, books, book marks, immersion blender, pajama pants, useful stuff in the stocking (hand cleaner, hello kitty bandaids, tide pen) and more!

We got lots of goodies, some home made, some from the store!
We ate a breakfast of champions – sugar and mimosas!
Then it was time to relax and enjoy the day! Hubby spent most of it on his new games!

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Popcorn!

Dec 27

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Popcorn!

So quickly we forget!
Prior to Christmas I found an awesome caramel corn recipe and made it the first time with a microwave bag of popcorn.
After that first time and how yummy it was I determined I needed to find a different way to pop popcorn.
Then i went back in my memory banks and recalled a time when there was no microwave and we have a big metal contraption to pop the popcorn and corn came in a bag… Oh yeah.

I did some research and to my joy I found one could pop popcorn in the microwave without a brown paper bag nor oil! Woohoo!

Basically you get 2 soup bowls, shift then just a tiny bit so the steam can escape, pop it in the microwave for 3 minutes and 45 second for 2 tablespoons of kernels and whala – you have a bowl almost fully popped! Sweet!

It was just a sad state that we had come so far as to forget how to pop popcorn…  Didn’t the pilgrims and native americans do it ages ago, over an open fire even…

Technology just might kill us!

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Merry Christmas!

Dec 25

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Merry Christmas to one and all! Have a fabuloud day!