House Update Post

I don't know why but the update on our house is underneath the "Weekend to Ourselves" post. Make sure to check it out! :)

I Need a Bigger Fence!

I can't WAIT to have a new fence put in (hopefully this spring) that will hide this atrociousness! These are the lovely neighbors who can't keep their farm animals in their own back yard. But, to my amazement, I found said neighbor (husband) building a wonderful little fence to keep said farm animals in their own space. Now...if I had my way, these wonderful little feathered creatures would be kept on the farm. WHERE.THEY.BELONG! It's one thing to wake up on a beautiful spring/summer/early fall morning, when you've had your windows open, to the low screeching sound that is coming from a rooster...do I need to remind anyone that we live smack dab in the middle of town?? It's another to have these animals in your backyard when you didn't invite them over to play. Boulder allows chickens to be raised in city limits, but NOT roosters! Our neighbors ought to be thankful that we haven't done anything about it yet...but I give them one more chance, if I find a chicken, duck, or rooster in my back yard ONE more time...it's on! (I won't even go into how many times I've had to take their dog back over either.)

I just wanted to share with everyone what I get to look at (for now) when I look out my back door.

Humph :(

Notice the lovely area for the chickens/ducks/rooster...and the fence that he built, using our fence as a support.

Below is a view including the back of their house with all of the crap...it's like a maze, I don't know how they enjoying being back there.

Weekend to Ourselves

This was one of the first weekends in a while that we had all to ourselves. With nothing better to do we packed up the car and headed to the mountains. Saturday we decided we would board at Keystone since it was closer and our hotel was near. Ugh...it took us forever to get there b/c of traffic. By the time we got there, parked the car, put on our gear, rode the bus over the lift, got on the lift, and made it to the top of the mountain...it was well past noon. The conditions weren't so hot either. Too many people + not enough snow = not a lot of fun! It was very icy and did I mention how many people were there...way the heck too many!! I did about three runs and I was over it. Levi did a couple more and joined me to head to our hotel.

Sunday was a different story. We headed up to Vail. It was my first time boarding at Vail and I was ready! We had a much easier time getting to the top and when we arrived at the top I was happy to announce that I thought I saw some snow clouds moving in. *Note- I don't know if they are really "snow" clouds or not but when you are that high in the mountains and you see foggy looking clouds, it's a pretty safe bet that you can call them snow clouds. Sure enough, it started spitting for a while and then after lunch it was coming down pretty good. Besides having actual snow to board on, there weren't a lot of people around, so I was a happy camper :) We boarded all day and then late afternoon decided to call it quits. The hardest part of the day was trying to get OFF of the mountain! We had to do more catwalks than I'd ever like to do again and then took a wrong turn (only to do another catwalk) and ended up at the wrong place. We learned though and I'm sure it won't happen again! We dropped our gear off at the car and walked around Vail Village for a bit then decided we better get on the road. It took us FOREVER to get home due, once again, to the hideous traffic on 70.

I don't know when I'll get to go board again...sometime this month I'm sure. I think we both have officially "paid for" our ski passes and that is a good feeling. This is the most I've ever gotten to board in a consecutive amount of time and I can feel myself improving each time I go out. I also might add that my husband is a rock star out there and I wish I could just sit and watch him the whole time...going through trees, riding goofy, doing butters, and jumping. You'll have to stay tuned b/c our friend Rob will be making a video of our snowboarding trip and I'm sure it will be great!

Sorry most of the pics are of me. You can tell who has the camera when we board! I don't think I could do both if I tried!! One day maybe I'll be good enough to hold the camera and ride at the same time ;)

Showing off my new butt pads- sexy!

Hot huh! I've never gotten to experience the feeling of having a butt and hips. I had a little "junk in the trunk!"

Keystone

I just think this is the coolest picture, with the sun coming in through the window :)

Vail- Vail Village behind me.

After lunch- gearing up for the second part of the day.

Catwalking...GRRR! This was the ONE place that I had to unstrap and skate.

Doorway/Pantry/New Room/Basement Bath

Here are the latest updates to our home...

Doorway connecting kitchen and front entry/living room.

Other angle...from kitchen to front entry/living room.

Back hallway/laundry area...with new pantry (to the left of w/d). The pantry isn't completely finished yet (aesthetically speaking) and we'll be getting a new door put on as well.

Another angle- new pantry.

New guest bedroom. It used to be a storage room. Can't wait to get flooring and finish the room!

Another angle- looking to one of the sides of the room...notice the funky ceiling (let's call it character, okay people). I just love the color in this room.

Looking back towards the door/hallway. Disregard my mess!

Sneak peek into Levi's office...third times a charm, paint wise. I'm glad he finally likes the color in here (b/c I wasn't going to paint it again!) :)

Another angle from the doorway...I'll get more pics when all is said in done in here. I'm surprised he even let me take these pics. He doesn't have it all set up b/c we are waiting on the flooring to be finished.

Basement bath (will be used as a guest bath when that room is finished). This color was supposed to be in Levi's office but when he didn't like it, I used it in here and I want to use it in my kitchen as well...that is how much I like this color!

New light fixture in bathroom.

Well, Hello There!

I'm back....

Sorry I've been gone so long, and I know I've said this before, but man it's busy around here! It all started when we returned back to CO from our two week stay in Indiana for Christmas (which was awesome and went too fast...oh well, we learned for next year!). We returned on a Monday night and my brother was here on that Friday and stayed for a week. We had a great time with him- showing him around, teaching him to snowboard, and just hanging out. After he left, I had one week to catch up from said trip to Indiana and brother's visit. I also wanted to tackle the room in our basement that we just recently had finished. So...I took that week to finally finish Levi's office (third time (color) was a charm), used the paint that he didn't like in his office to paint the basement bathroom (I love the color so much that I will be painting my kitchen that color very soon), and started on the finished room. The room will be used as a guest room and I can't wait for it to be finished! I love the color that I picked for the walls, a really great grayish green. I don't know if you caught the part where I said I "started" the room...yeah, that's right, it took WAY too much time to do and so this week I finally got around to finishing it up- second coat on the walls, ceilings and door painted wait...ugh! I am happy to report though that I am officially done with all major painting projects in this house!

A couple of weeks ago our friends, Rob and Annie (from Huntsville), flew in. We spent the Saturday they flew in to play catch up- took them to Illegal Pete's for some great Mexican, walked around Pearl St. and them came back home to just hang out- Rob even cooked US dinner that night, what a great guest! :) Sunday our friend, Bailey (also from Huntsville) flew in...and that's when the party began! After Annie and I picked up Bailey from the airport, we headed to have a b'day dinner for Rob. After dinner, with our two cars packed out, we headed up to the mountains for a couple days of snowboarding. We had an excellent time! We stayed in a lodge up in the mountains and the weather was just gorgeous. Bailey had never snowboarded before but she had the best teacher- Levi. Levi just a couple of weeks prior also taught my brother how to board. He must be pretty good b/c both Bryant and Bailey caught on super fast! Bailey was doing blues by the second day! Our week also consisted of great food, lots of hang out time, ice-skating, Sequence playing, Maiberry delicousness, FB tutorials, re-watching the season 5 finale of Lost...did I mention that we had great food?? :) It was an awesome time with friends who have become family to us over the years and we couldn't have asked for a better week! Can't wait for next year!

We saw these.

We snowboarded.

We ice-skated.

And we of course had some of this...nuf said.

And we had lots of great catching up time and loving every minute of each others company!

Also, in between the time my brother visited us and our Huntsville friends were here we had a "doorway" installed. Not the kind with a door, just a walkway/big hole connecting our kitchen and living room. It looks like it's been here all along! I love it! In the same day that that happened, we also had our pantry installed next to our new washer/dryer. It still needs a little help, aesthetically speaking, but it holds tons and I can't wait to get it filled and organized!

Hopefully we get to slow down a little in the next month...whoa, yeah...where the heck did January go??? :) Levi gets to go snowboarding later this week with a group of guys from work, so I know he's looking forward to that. I think we are going to try to go a couple of times on our own this coming month and I'm really hoping that my dad can make it back to lay our flooring!! March is a whole other ballgame with friends and family here for pretty much the whole month! I'm looking forward to that but for now I'm also looking forward to a little down time, starting the new year off right with eating better and going to a new gym, and hopefully seeing my husband a little more (even though he is swamped with school work). Is anyone still out there?? haha, sorry I know this is a long one! I promise to do better with blogging. I'm still on Levi to do a couple of guest appearances on here...but don't hold your breathe!

Until next time!

Welcoming In 2010!

Reflecting back on 2009: it was such a wonderful year full of many fantastic memories and lots of moving! haha

With such a great year under our belts, I'm super excited to see what 2010 holds! Here's to the new year full of bright promises and endless opportunities!

29 Years Ago...

On Christmas Eve this little doll was born.

Yes, it's me.

No, I'm not Chinese. ;)