Posted in Special Days, The "Big" Kids on Apr 28th, 2008 7 Comments »
Oops, I think I confused people with my last post. We actually have two family members who are graduating this month… My niece’s husband is graduating on Saturday with his MBA. (Way to go P!!) His is the graduation I referred to in my last post… Then just a couple of weeks later K, (our dd#3) is [...]
Posted in Psychiatric Stuff on Apr 23rd, 2008 7 Comments »
Have you ever noticed that mental illness seems to be one of the last “differences” that it’s still ok to make fun of or discriminate against? There is a Saturday morning cartoon called “Lunatics Unleashed”, and the mentally ill are regularly portrayed as murderers, stalkers, criminals, and just generally “creepy” people in TV shows and movies. I often see [...]
Posted in Outside Work, Special Olympics on Apr 21st, 2008 5 Comments »
… to blog. I’ve been running several different directions at once lately, but hopefully things will settle down this week and get back to normal. I spent Friday and Saturday working on this: … a five square yard pile of wood mulch. It was a gift from Josh… the landscaper. I don’t know if it’s [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen on Apr 16th, 2008 5 Comments »
It’s been snowing off and on since about mid-afternoon, so it seemed like a very good time to do a little baking. Since our cookie jar has been empty for a few days I decided to make a quick batch of our “everyday” cookies… the ones you are most likely to find in my cookie jar. They are [...]
Posted in Horses on Apr 14th, 2008 11 Comments »
I was talking to my friend L (momtodandt) today, while R was out trying to catch Blaze to ride him. I was watching R as I talked and Blaze was being ornery… He wouldn’t let her catch him, but just kept walking/trotting away from her each time she tried to get the lead rope around his neck. [...]
Posted in Special Olympics on Apr 13th, 2008 3 Comments »
Whew! Busy day yesterday…. I’m glad it’s over. The kids signed up to work a shift during the tip-a-cop fundraiser for Special Olympics. They were working the 12-2 shift, so we went early and ate at Red Robin before they started working. It was a great fundraiser, and raised a great deal of money… (could [...]
Posted in Dogs, Nature on Apr 10th, 2008 8 Comments »
This is our forecast for today: “Douglas and Elbert Counties will likely see 6 to 12 inches of snow along with very gusty winds. The combination of falling and blowing snow will reduce visibility to less than a quarter mile. In other words, blizzard conditions are possible along the Palmer Divide, especially during the morning on [...]
Posted in Psychiatric Stuff on Apr 9th, 2008 7 Comments »
Well, I finally met with M’s pdoc last night. We’ve been talking about getting together to talk for at least a month, and last night it finally came together. We met at a Village Inn not too far from us, and talked for a long time… Nothing has really been decided but at least I [...]
Posted in Simple Pleasures on Apr 7th, 2008 7 Comments »
This is my granddaughter, she is 5 years old. She’s the oldest in her family, the big sister to two wild little brothers, and tends to be a bit precocious (if I do say so myself). Yesterday her mama bought her a pet… one of those colorful, flowing finned, beta fish. My granddaughter was so [...]
Posted in Horses, Out and About, Outside Work on Apr 6th, 2008 6 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to sit down and post for a couple of days now, but we’ve been so busy I just haven’t had a minute… We’ve been to Boulder, touring Celestial Seasonings (coming home with several boxes of tea!) and the University of Colorado Natural History Museum. We worked at the library on Friday, then [...]
