Thoughts from the Ridge

I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hope your holiday is filled with good food, family, friends ...

Well we have been in Las Vegas since Monday and we are leaving on Thursday. Jody had to present at the e -Learn 2008 conference here and so...

That was a fun party. We had about 60 people here, sometime throughout the day. It was fun to see many people we haven’t seen for a long t...

The other day I got a nice surprise in the mail: Cool huh? Thanks Mom and Dad DeKorte! As you see in our house pictures it goes really well...

Today is our party and our guests will be arriving soon. I know many of you have been waiting to see pictures of the house….well here you go...

As you know we have been getting the house ready for our party and so we ordered some blinds from Dekor and More... You know that nice littl...

After reading April's post on the election I felt that I should make a couple of comments. I believe that April did a really good job o...

To our Party! We are having a big party on Saturday November 15 th , starting at 12:00 pm. Why? Well we really have 3 reasons: We want to ha...

Well it is that time of year again when the spirits are roaming the land. So it is time to carve the pumpkins. This year Doug grew the pumpk...

With Fall definitely here we have been getting some cooler mornings and the other day we had some cool fog sitting around out here... click ...

Last Saturday Night (Oct 11) Jody and I went to meet our friends Kim and Ron for dinner and a scaring. So Jody and I headed to Longmont for ...

You ever do something and they say, gee that was really dumb. Well today I got one. I was getting ready to make some oatmeal for breakfast (...

Well the deck is basically finished on the back of the house, minus a few screws.. so here is a picture... Next project... landscaping...

It seems my Girl on a Bike video was not the hit I expected it to be, it was all in good fun and I hope no one is permanently damaged. And f...

Make sure your volume is up and watch the girl on the bike carefully....

Just wanted you to know.... We went to Sonic for lunch today! YUM

Hi all, I know I have not posted for awhile, but I really don't think that I have much interesting to say at the moment. Just been worki...

My toe that is: I guess that is what happens when you drop an end table on it from about 4 feet high. Yeah, I didn't mean to do that. We...

When you live out away from the city, sometimes you need to have a shopping day. That was today for us. So Kevin and I headed out...... Fi...

This site , scans your blog and looks for naughty words etc.... Whats your blog rated?

Since the deck is done (all but the stairs), I decided to hang outside this afternoon. I admit it is harder to work and not stare off into ...

My parents had an ezgo cart at their old property, and so we just recently moved it here to the new house. Kevin and I have been having fun ...

So you spend 5 years, studying, writing papers, researching, filling out forms, thousands of dollars etc..etc... You go to defend your disse...

So on Wednesday after I became Dr. Jody, you would think that a big celebration would be in order. You are right! It just hasn't happe...

Dr. Jody DeKorte! Yes I did it!. I successfully defended my dissertation today!. I was very nervous, my committee members however, were tota...

I forgot to blog about our trip to RMNP with Didi. Always a must do when in Colorado... So of course we went up to the top of Trail Ridge ro...

Last night Doug brought over the ride on mower that we are going to keep at the house. The weeds are getting pretty tall so I thought I woul...

two to go.... I did my first ever conference presentation today. It was online...so I sat here in my t-shirt and sweats, with messy hair.......

DiDi went home on Thursday. We had a good time getting to know her. We wish her the best and hope to stay in touch.

So the other night I was laying on the floor and Deogi cuddled up with me. Then when I got up she laid her head on my pillow so I covered he...

Today after church, we went to Desirae's (my niece) house to help put in some new windows. They live in an older home and it was time f...

Last week we (Jody, Didi and I) went to my parents for a family reunion on my mom's side. My parents live in Oregon so it is a 2.5 day d...

September 17th....2:oo PM (MT), Ft. Collins Colorado, Colorado State University Campus.... I will be defending my dissertation! That is rig...

So I saw this article today. I can't believe that the next Harry Potter movie is postponed until next summer? Why? So they can make ...

I have to say that I thought I was doing pretty good in the fear management department when I rode the roller coasters at Elitch Gardens in ...

Wednesday was a very sad day for my family. We lost a dear family friend, Sylvia. I have known Sylvia my entire life. She was best friend...

It pours.... Ok, I know that saying is used a lot, but I have a whole new respect for it now...First of all Wednesday was just not a good da...