tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51410147264146882682024-03-12T17:06:01.309-06:00Thoughts from the RidgeKevin DeKortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570447287826184242noreply@blogger.comBlogger539125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-87090490976369467092015-10-29T16:14:00.002-06:002015-10-29T16:14:26.283-06:00Happy Halloween Wow it has been awhile. It has been busy. We haven't really had fun travel. We did go back to Jekyll Island again for a conference for Jody. We went to Kevin's parents house to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary...and that is it. But Kevin has been traveling a lot and Jody is working (both jobs) so that keeps us hoping. <br />
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Jody did take time to make these Mickey Mummy Cupcakes. They are cute and tasty. <br />
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Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-91567809277092701702015-05-19T00:00:00.000-06:002015-05-19T00:00:02.966-06:00Cats<br />
When we first got <a href="http://thoughtsfromtheridge.blogspot.com/2013/01/chip-and-dale.html">Chip and Dale</a> they were afraid to go outside. We rescued them from a shelter where they had spent their entire life inside. Outside was very scary. Now, if they don't get to go outside, they drive us nuts running around the house, chasing each other, jumping up to look out windows etc. <div>
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They are great hunters and they often bring me "gifts" Gifts I could do without, but yet I find them on the deck occasionally.<br /><div>
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And what do you do after a great day of hunting? You come up and relax on the deck of course:</div>
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Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-69870245155860202322015-05-15T15:28:00.000-06:002015-05-18T09:36:04.114-06:00Easter SundayThis post is a little late......On Easter Sunday afternoon, Doug and Cindy, Greg, Desirae and her family all came out to do an egg hunt and spend the afternoon. <br />
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The kids enjoyed the hunt....but one egg was missing...I found it the next day:<br />
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So I guess that means I was the winner! LOL<br />
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The kids ran and played and thus so did Mobi, she <i><b>loves</b></i> the kids and wants to spend hours with them outside. So they had a nice chance to play and then after time to relax in the sun. Here is Mobi and Caelum (age 9). I love this, it shows her gentle spirit, how big she is compared to him, and the love they have for each other. <br />
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<br />Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-31700763829650628112015-05-12T15:18:00.000-06:002015-05-12T15:18:41.419-06:00Rain Rain go away, come again another day....So we have had tons of rain. May 11 was the first "dry" day in May, meaning it was the first day we didn't have some precipitation. In the spring it is common for us to get rain showers in the afternoon. What is not common is the continuous rain we have been having. <br />
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You may have seen that on May 1, Kevin posted this on FB. <br />
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Now these were not snow...that was Hail....and it wasn't near our home, it was Brighton and we were fortunate to miss the hail, just had a downpour of rain. </div>
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But it didn't stop there, almost every day we had rain. May 8 - 9 I am not sure it ever stopped raining, and of course our ground was saturated with water. So Saturday morning we woke up to some water in the basement and worked throughout the day to ensure that we didn't get more. Overall we had about 7-9 inches of rain. </div>
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Here you can see our dog run.....mud...</div>
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On Mother's Day, May 10 we woke up to snow. Yes snow! We were predicted to get a LOT of snow:</div>
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We were lucky, and didn't get that much. We only got about 2-3 inches. But it was enough to have a little fun: </div>
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Though they didn't last long as finally that afternoon we got a little sun....</div>
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But the river is flowing higher than usual<br />
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Even the park is completely flooded. <br />
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I was glad to see the sun come back out. I need the sun. Kevin even said, I am happier with the sunshine...good thing we have over 300 days of sun a year! Don't get me wrong, I am not looking forward to the 100+ temps this summer, but for now I will settle with some 70's and sun. </div>
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Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-3819394194333887482015-03-13T09:13:00.000-06:002015-03-13T09:13:10.786-06:00Harry Potter Weekend<div class="MsoNormal">
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So something pretty amazing happened….We went to Orlando.
This is the first time I went to Orlando and didn’t get to have any specific “Disney”
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We went to Universal Studios for their Harry Potter Weekend Event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a special package to stay on site,
park tickets, a special evening event, chance to sit in on a couple Q&As
with actors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was all tremendous
Fun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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We start off in Diagon Alley (in London) to get our items for school. </div>
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Stop into Gringott's Bank...the dragon outside was impressive</div>
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Especially when he blew fire...</div>
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It was even more cool at night. </div>
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Inside the bank you have to get directions from the Goblin. </div>
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When you are done in Diagon Alley and ready to go to school, you want to take the train over to London to go to Hogshead....but of course you have to get to Platform 9 3/4</div>
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The castle....<br />
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Seeing the sorting hat...<br />
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Listening to some of the actors was really fun. <br />
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We met: Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch)<br />
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Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon)just after this weekend he announced he was retiring from acting, so likely this may have been one of his last appearances for Harry Potter.<br />
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Fred and George (James and Oliver Phelps)<br />
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And of course we drank a lot of Butter Beer<br />
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We also got to do a lot of other things at Universal. One of my favorite areas was Seuss Landing. This area was so fun...</div>
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Thing 1 and Thing 2<br />
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Sam I am (Green Eggs and Ham)<br />
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Kevin met Spiderman</div>
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And Wolverine<br />
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He also got electrocuted in the electric chair</div>
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We met the Simpsons</div>
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And Shaggy and Scooby Doo</div>
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Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-44426648118145326802014-11-26T14:56:00.001-07:002014-11-26T14:56:14.328-07:00Making CheeseJody and I were at the <a href="http://www.cheeseimporters.com/">Cheese Importers</a> in Longmont and ran across a kit to make your own mozzarella. So we said to ourselves, "We've seen them make it on TV, how hard can it be". So we decided to get the kit and then off to the store to get the ingredients. Luckily it really doesn't take much: a gallon of whole milk, some rennet, salt, and citric acid.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting to see some curds now, so we start removing them from the whey. Kinda looks like cottage cheese in this form.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once we have removed the curds from the whey, heat up the curds some more so that it is the proper temperature to stretch the cheese</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drain some more whey out, amazing how much was in there</td></tr>
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So it was quite fun to make our own cheese, it tasted pretty good especially for the first time trying it. It seemed like we didn't get a ton of cheese out of the gallon of milk we put in, but I guess that is how it works. Anyway, we have at least three more batches to do, because the kit came with enough stuff to do four. So maybe on our next try we will do better.Kevin DeKortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570447287826184242noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-39065330877584185002014-07-03T13:25:00.000-06:002014-07-03T13:25:00.427-06:00Cumbres Toltec trainFor our anniversary, we decided to take a short road trip to southern Colorado to ride the <a href="http://cumbrestoltec.com/">Cumbres and Toltec Train </a><br />
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We actually decided to ride from New Mexico, so we took a bus down to Chama NM and then road the train back to Antonito CO. <br />
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Here we are on the bus....we are ready to go....<br />
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We saw great scenery. <br />
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Went over a couple of bridges<br />
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This little car followed behind the train to put out any fires that were started along the track. Kevin called it our "stalker"<br />
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Some great canyons to see<br />
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We went through a couple of tunnels<br />
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And we even saw a group of cowboys<br />
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Once again I was accepted to present at the Distance
Learning Administration conference, held at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_Island">Jekyll Island</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it was close to our anniversary and we
didn't go last year, we decided to take a couple of extra days and spend the
weekend before the conference and enjoy ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That we did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Jekyll Island has an interesting history, as a retreat for
the very wealthy, from 1888 to 1942.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
did get to stay at the club house and it was so much fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The beach was nice.....so clean, clear and soft<br />
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Cool bridges <br />
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We visited Horton House as well on the island</div>
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This Cemetery was haunted...I am sure...we were here, and I heard a dog howl from far off, and it got cloudy and I said to Kevin "this place is haunted" and as I said that, the thunder came and it started pouring rain, so we ran back to the car. <br />
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One evening we even took a boat ride and went to find some dolphins </div>
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First we found other wildlife<br />
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Then we saw the dolphins, tons of them....at one point we could see about 20 around the boat. <br />
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The outer coating is a slightly hard chocolate that has a strong (slightly bitter) chocolate favor. Think of it as a way of containing the soft mousse inside. The mousse inside is very soft, similar to what you may find in many truffles. Without the outer chocolate container the mousse would not hold any shape. The favor of the mousse is good, and has a slight grit, but the favor of the outer chocolate hides some of the flavor of the mousse. Overall I am glad I got this bar, and I am having a hard time rationing out the servings. The package recommends 1 or 2 bars per serving and I have to agree that it is plenty as the bars are quite rich.Kevin DeKortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570447287826184242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-85303468076082871742014-06-02T10:06:00.001-06:002014-06-02T10:06:51.240-06:00Sweet Sweet Wine.....thanks Kari<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This past weekend, my friend Kari came to visit. We had a really great time and had a chance to catch up. We hadn't seen each other for what seems like a very long time (a few months). Anyway, Kari brought me my birthday present, that she made herself: </div>
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And inside?.....yep a nice bottle of wine....<br />
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We see this new path under the bridge being created again, this was not there a few days before. <br />
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Even Mobi stopped to sick her head through the bridge supports and take a look. <br />
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Here you can see the water is rising. Remember last year when we had the flood, the water was over a mile wide and up above this bank flooding into the park beyond those trees. It would have a LONG way to go to get there again this year, and we don't anticipate that, but still it is high for our area. <br />
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Here you can see how close to the road bridge it is. At this time on Sunday it still had quite a bit of room to spread out so it hasn't really risen here, but the river is much wider today. <br />
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<br />I think how nature provides for us and the power of the water is truly amazing to see what it can do. Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-47385323833189346192014-05-30T12:44:00.000-06:002014-05-30T12:44:34.763-06:00Pheasant hunting? We seem to have a small pheasant family (3) living at the logs at the end of our property. So no, they are not hunted (unless <a href="http://thoughtsfromtheridge.blogspot.com/2013/01/chip-and-dale.html">Chip and Dale</a> decide to try to hunt and they are quite the killers). But it is fun to see the wildlife we have and enjoy them. <br />
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There is something about NonPareils that I love. Maybe it is the memories of my mom getting them for me, albeit rarely, from the Sears candy counter as a kid. Maybe it is the crunch of the white dots when you eat them.. anyway I just love them. So when I was at Costco and they had a bag of them, into the cart they went. There was a look from Jody that said to me "Do you really need that?", but I left it in the cart anyway.</div>
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So the brand that they had at Costco was Guittard, and they are a pretty well known chocolatier, so I expected something good. Needless to say I got what I expected. The discs are a little over 1" in diameter and are just the right thickness and snap nicely when you bite into them. I'll be sad when the bag is gone, but such is life and maybe Costco will have them next time I am there. :)</div>
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Kevin DeKortehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570447287826184242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-66153395175687665442014-05-11T09:43:00.000-06:002014-05-11T09:43:00.048-06:00A gift from Germany....Hey Guess what? Did you know that Kevin really likes chocolate? He does and if you know him at all, you already knew it. Well our friends in Germany also know.... You all remember our exchange student Florian? Well his family sent us a great Easter box. We just got it a week ago, and it was packed FULL of really yummy treats. Check it out.....now for me...there are mint eggs, and a mint chocolate bar....I love mint...don't get me wrong, I like a lot of the others but those are my favorites. <br />
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If you come to visit soon, there will still be some for you to try too....Kevin has promised to blog about the chocolate bars as we taste them. Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-67928612436847993492014-05-10T09:43:00.000-06:002014-05-10T09:43:36.770-06:00Enjoying the view.... Sometimes we get so busy we forget that we live in an incredible area and should really step back, reflect and enjoy the nature around us. The other day, we enjoyed our visitors at the end of our property. <br />
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<br />Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-28052936310765102742014-03-18T08:08:00.000-06:002014-03-18T08:08:39.557-06:00Where or where has Kevin and Jody been?Well here it is already towards the end of March. Where have we been in 2014? Well Jody has been to Chicago and to Miami, and will be in Orlando next week (all work, no fun). Kevin has spent two weeks in Baton Rouge (all work, no fun). Actually the all work, no fun motto seems to be pretty consistent for us in 2014 so far. Don't get me wrong, it isn't that we don't get some short small times to relax, it is just that for both of us work has been crazy. Really Crazy. We both have very large projects we are working on and long hours.<br />
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Kevin will be starting a new project in a few weeks (we hope he finds one), as he rolls off his current project. We don't know what that will bring, likely more travel for him, we just do not know where yet. Jody will be heading to Chicago again in April for meetings, hosting her own conference for the entire university (Her 6th annual) in June, and traveling to Georgia to present at a conference (Kevin will go with her). So it looks to be a very busy spring around here....<br />
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It has also been cold and windy here. Really Windy. So being outside really hasn't been on the top of our list. However, the days are getting warmer, and it won't be long and we will be able to sit out on the deck with a glass of wine and relax....aaaah looking forward to that. Maybe some sunshine, and vitamin D will be just what we need. Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-81724158317222153612014-03-06T17:20:00.001-07:002014-03-06T17:20:57.806-07:00Ch ch chaChia<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVlcYGNzk_wkNAJNVOHqbSmVAsa3TLvzlT06VBGVdJQgzk7ja-gUVqt0R7EAf6uimkVtIRWdP219D6Z00GlPKL3Y1ssCa4O_AaHiJz1DarAwhluKgPF9GD2mbyI_s2d1KaWeH0js8qBIV/s640/blogger-image-2120436807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVlcYGNzk_wkNAJNVOHqbSmVAsa3TLvzlT06VBGVdJQgzk7ja-gUVqt0R7EAf6uimkVtIRWdP219D6Z00GlPKL3Y1ssCa4O_AaHiJz1DarAwhluKgPF9GD2mbyI_s2d1KaWeH0js8qBIV/s640/blogger-image-2120436807.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-91929267894058423482013-11-05T00:00:00.000-07:002013-11-05T00:00:01.451-07:00First Snow We had our first snow a few weeks ago. Here in Colorado, we tend to have warm days, and cold days side by side a lot in the fall. One of my coworkers said it best when she said "your weather is Schizophrenic" <br />
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As it gets colder out, the Chip and Dale want to hang out in the house more. Here is where I found them one day. Then I kicked them outside :-)<br /><br />Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-24445442826810211742013-11-02T14:45:00.001-06:002013-11-02T14:59:49.880-06:00DisneyLand!We got to go to Disney Land recently. It had been almost 15 years since we had been there. Yes we have been to Disney World, but still. Since Kevin has been traveling and working not too far there, I flew out with him and stayed and worked, and then we took a long weekend to play. Kevin had a bunch of hotel points so we had a free room and got an upgrade: <br />
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Our room overlooked Disney. In fact we got to watch the fireworks from bed....<br />
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Last time we were at Disney Land, downtown Disney was just starting out, and the California Adventure Park did not exist. So first we spent some time in Downtown Disney....and got to go to one of my all time favorite stores....the World of Disney Store...we actually went back several times...<br />
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They had this really great art store too. I fell in love with this painting. But Kevin said $13,000+ was too much. <br />
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One day while walking, they had some street artists and several doing some chalk work on the ground. Very cool:<br />
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There is a Lego Store there.....One of Kevin's all time favorite stores. I like all the giant things put together with Legos:<br />
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We spent a full day at California Adventure, and then a Full day at the Disney Land park, and one day we did a few things at both....<br />
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But we did not ride the big Wheel. I am too chicken of heights for that. <br />
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We met a lot of Characters....of course Mickey himself. He gave me a BIG Kiss and Hug. He was so glad to see me again. <br />
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Goofy was glad to see Kevin too. (but still not as excited as Mickey was to see me) <br />
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Don't forget if it wasn't for Walt, none of this would have been possible.... <br />
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We toured Mickey's house, and I sat on Pluto's bed...Mobi was so jealous</div>
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And somehow, Kevin ended up in Jail....as usual..... <br />
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The Sunday we were there was my aunt Nancy's birthday and we were seeing her the next morning. Well if it is your birthday at Disney, you can get a Pin that says Happy Birthday. Then all day long, everyone says Happy Birthday to you. So I got one with Nancy's name on it and wore it all day. That way I could collect all the Disney magic in the pin and I gave it then to Nancy. </div>
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One of the funny things was that evening we went to dinner in Downtown Disney. I forgot it was on, and my waiter brought me this cupcake and they all sang to me. So that pin was full of magic!</div>
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Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-88449851877125991072013-09-17T10:08:00.000-06:002013-09-17T10:08:24.830-06:00THE FLOODS<br />
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</xml><![endif]--> In this dry community here, we would not expect there to be
a title of a post like that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many folks
have asked us how we are and what it is like here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well first, we are not anywhere near to the
same situation as those in the higher country, Boulder, Longmont, Lyons,
Jamestown, etc...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are very
fortunate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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As you now know Colorado starting having heaving rains early last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over all in Boulder, they had 19 inches of
rain in just a few days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is an
entire years worth of rain, and had it been snow, it would have been 19
feet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many communities in the Front Range area had
heavy rains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We too had rains but not
nearly to that extent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Saint Vrain
Creek, Big Thompson River, Poudre River, etc...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All started to flood with the heavy rains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These all flow into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Platte_River">South Platte River</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, we watched the water from the river, as
it overflowed and flooded many communities upstream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were prepared for it to arrive here, and
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Here are a few news stories and such from the time it was in
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<a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorado-flooding-sunday-morning-update-on-boulder-morgan-county-greeley-ft-collins-lyons-more">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorado-flooding-sunday-morning-update-on-boulder-morgan-county-greeley-ft-collins-lyons-more</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/morgan-county-braces-for-more-flooding-from-south-platte-river">http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/morgan-county-braces-for-more-flooding-from-south-platte-river</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.9news.com/news/article/355519/339/County-by-county-breakdown-of-the-flooding">http://www.9news.com/news/article/355519/339/County-by-county-breakdown-of-the-flooding</a></div>
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This <a href="http://photos.fortmorgantimes.com/2013/09/15/mayor-declares-disaster-in-fort-morgan-due-to-flooding/#15">last
story</a> is from the local newspaper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are some good pictures of the historic rainbow bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For our out of town family and friends, you
all have seen this bridge, many of you have walked across, and enjoyed the slow
river that is normally about 3-5 feet deep (it was over 19 feet deep this last
week).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Every bridge in the county was closed and literally split
the county in half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since Fort Morgan is
on the south side of the river, there was not too much damage in that
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are on the north side of the
river but a few miles away, so we too were OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With the bridges out, we could not go to town, but the main driving
bridge has now been opened (while rainbow footbridge and the park remain
closed).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been without natural
gas for a couple of days, so no hot water for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other than that, we feel very lucky in this,
as we know many people are far worse off than we are, and we know that we will
learn more over the next few days and weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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We tried to stay out of the way and not go anywhere, so we do
not have pictures of the big flood time, but we did take a few pictures on
Sunday (before the bridge was open):</div>
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That fence should not be under water:<br />
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The Bridge was open and this is just a small portion of all the stuff they pulled out from under it to allow the water to flow and open the bridge. </div>
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The water has receded quite a bit as you can tell, but if you have walked across Rainbow Bridge you know the water is still very high here. <br />
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Here is that other bridge we tried to get to on Sunday. The bridge was still closed and you can tell the water is still very high. On Sunday, we could not even get this close to the bridge as the road was also flooded. <br />
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<br />Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-43951755511313324652013-09-10T11:43:00.000-06:002013-09-10T11:43:18.045-06:00Happy Birthday MobiToday is Mobi's 2nd Birthday!<br />
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For her birthday she got this cute little frog..... <br />
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She will also get a new bone (which she can have tonight during my meeting so she is quiet). I can't believe is is already 2....but so sweet. Happy Birthday Mobi!<br />
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Then we added the Pergola in May.....it was nicer......<br />
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But I think we finally have it all set up for us, with a new grill and some new furniture..... <br />
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<br />Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-1532801867701071542013-08-14T00:00:00.000-06:002013-08-14T07:56:04.830-06:00Blackwood Legacy A few weeks ago, the<a href="http://www.theblackwoodlegacy.com/Official_Blackwood_Legacy/Main.html"> Blackwood Legacy</a> group came and performed at the church. <br />
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<br />Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12025383374006058871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141014726414688268.post-16803469869663264222013-08-13T06:41:00.000-06:002013-08-13T06:41:07.215-06:00The Price of Health CareNow, I never post anything political, and this is not meant to be a political post. Just a fun little story...<br />
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I had a little tumor caused by an unhappy blood vessel on my left ring finger. It was about the size of a BB, and right where the first knuckle bends. It was a little painful, but mostly annoying and so I had it removed. Since it was so small and in the hand like that, it was suggested I see an orthopedic hand specialist. So I did. Of course there isn't one in our small town, so I had to drive to Longmont....He took a look, said "No problem, we will do a small surgery here in the center downstairs, should be quick and easy" Great, I thought, lets get it scheduled. <br />
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So the week before the surgery, the nurse is calling me to give me directions, you know the usual don't eat before etc...etc...I didn't think much of it, thinking it is all normal procedure for any surgery.<br />
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So I arrive at the center for my surgery. The first thing the nurse does is gives me a pepcid (to help with any stomach acid)...OK, I thought that is a little odd, but whatever it won't hurt me. Then she says "Go ahead and put on the gown, it opens in the back and you can put your clothes in this little bag" I looked at her with an incredulous look and said "For my finger?" (I admit the tone was not too friendly and I didn't mean any harm, I was just shocked).<br />
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So I put on the gown, I get into the hospital gown, and then it is prep time. So they put in an IV in my other hand "just in case", they take my vitals (blood pressure normal, temp a little high)...then the they clean the hand and get my hairnet on etc...<br />
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So finally I am prepped for surgery. The nurse says "do you want me to get your mom? It will probably be a min before we go back" "No," I say, "I am just fine"<br />
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Show time. They push my bed back to the surgery room, and get me all hooked up for my vitals etc..etc...they wash my hand with some yellow stuff all the way up to my elbow, and I wait. In comes the doc...he gives me two shots to numb it (this was really the worst part). Then leaves. The blood pressure cuff goes off, the nurse says "It is OK, I have this set to go off every 10 min" I wait, and wait, the nurses (there are three of them in the room), talk about their kids, they ask me a few questions and we wait.<br />
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In comes the doc...does a check with a pinch "Do you feel that?" Nope I feel nothing in that finger...so he cuts it out, shows it to me, we talk about what it is etc....He sews me up and leaves. The blood pressure cuff did not go off again...that means it took less than 10 min for that whole thing.<br />
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They wheel me back to "recovery" where again, they must check all my vitals. Take out the IV from the other hand, that they never used. They ask if I need my mom. "no, I am fine, can I get dressed now?" More waiting....then I get dressed, and the nurse says "I have to go through these directions with you, so I am going to go ahead and have your mom come back. Can she walk OK" I replied, "Yes she is just fine, but I don't know that I need her to come back, she was just my company for the drive today".<br />
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My mom comes in, rolling her eyes, questioning why she was there....I wasn't sure... The nurse goes through all my "directions" which really means, don't get it wet for 72 hours and I can pretty much do whatever I want no restrictions etc.. She even says "you can sign wills, drive, whatever..." Then she says, I need you to sign this document saying we went over the directions. Well since your mom is here, I will have her sign you out"<br />
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Really? Really? I can sign wills but I can't sign myself out of the doc office? CRAZY<br />
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So I get up and start heading out the door, I have my purse in my 'good' hand, and a small bag with some bandages and an ice pack in the other. So the nurse exclaims "look at you using your hand already" And I thought "Of course, it is as numb as can be and I won't feel anything for a few hours why not?" <br />
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Mom and I went to lunch, and I drove home and did a little work that afternoon. Typing was a pain with the bandage on, but other than that, no big deal.. The next afternoon, the nurse calls to see how I am doing. She says "are you maintaining pain by elevating and icing it?" I said "Not really I don't have any pain to manage" She was shocked and then didn't know what to say, so she said "well if you need anything, you know you slam it in a car door, let us know" So basically, if you hurt it further from some freak accident let us know. Ugh....<br />
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It really was a crazy day, for a quick little thing that took less than 10 min, it was quite the production, an operating room, three nurses, an orthopedic surgeon, etc...etc....that is why health care is expensive (OK, that was a little political, but hey you made it through the story).<br />
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As it was when I was done with the surgery. Yes he initialed the finger, marked it etc, have to make sure he did the right one. You can see the initial bandage was a little big and annoying to type with...yes that was my complaint. <br />
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The stitches when I finally could unwrap it <br />
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What I thought was funny, was the smiley face on my nail after I unwrapped my finger. That was awesome to find! <br />
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