I Don't Think We're in Denver Anymore...

When Val and Samuel arrived I had to go pick them up in Pittsburgh. I didn't really know where I was going, so my friends John and Lisa spent the day with me and showed me around the city a bit. We had lunch a Primanti Bros. which is a Pittsburgh tradition I had not yet experienced, and the food was almost as good as the company! (Which means it was very good!)















After lunch they introduced me to geocaching, which was a lot of fun. I am excited about going again! While we were looking for a cache, I got a few photos of downtown Pittsburgh.

After our fun day out, John made sure I could get to the airport and home without problems by putting his GPS in my car! What a great friend! I did make it to the airport fine, and brought Val and Samuel home. It was a wonderful day!

Filling the Void

Just want to get everybody up to speed, fill in the blanks a little, reassure you all (if anybody still checks my blog after my prolonged absence) that I live on, and have in fact done things. So here goes the beginning of a series...



Egg Salad. I like egg salad. I also found a great way to cut up the eggs so they are the right size and still fluffy with very little mess or work! You may be asking yourself how, but if I have not told you, you may not be able to answer yourself. To save you some grief, I will tell you: a pastry blender! Yes folks, a pastry blender works wonders on hard boiled eggs for salad. No! It is not just for pastry anymore! ;)




Packing went well, I had lots of help from my friends! We even managed a little fun, as documented in these photos! Here Jessie tries to stow away in a box:


Tristan had fun building with these wire grates:


Here is Sam playing with Tristan and Darien so the ladies could pack and visit:

Well, we finished packing and the men loaded the truck, and we were off!

A Game of Culture

Thursday evening Jessie and Sam had Beth and I over for a game night. It was great to hang out and see Beth. She brought the game, and it was totally fun! I had never heard of it before, it is called Passport to Culture. You roll the die to move around the board and you earn CQ (Culture Intelligence, which are the points in this game) by correctly answering questions about cultures from around the globe. I recommend this game. So we played that game, played with Tristan and ate pizza. All around it was a great evening. Thank you for the good times friends!

A Clean Home

So I have some of the best friends ever! When I cam home from work on Wednesday, I had quite a surprise. Someone had been in my apartment. I was concerned and confused, until I noticed what was missing...the mess. It was gone! So I grabbed my purse and began searching for my spare key. That also turned up missing! Like a good detective, I put the facts together and called Jessie. She had stolen my house key without me noticing, then she and Sam came to my house while I was at work, and cleaned it for me! What a blessing!

I feel happy! I feel happy!

Mom and Kent gave me two tickets to go see Monty Python and the Holy Grail at Film on the Rocks for this past Monday. For those of you who don't know, Film on the Rocks is an annual event held at the Red Rocks amphitheater. Every week for about 10 weeks each summer they show a different movie. There is also a band and a comedian before the film shows. It is a lot of fun. So, Jessie and I went to see the Holy Grail this week, and we had a blast! Seeing the movie was fun, and the band was decent, but the comedian was not comedic by any stretch of the imagination. Oh well, at least the movie was still hilarious!