GoodBye Summer

Summer was good.

We had friends visit from CA with their doggies for a week.

I've almost completed the sweater I'm knitting.

We went to the cheap theater several times. Saw a few great movies!

Ben finally got a break and was able to rest, read, play Wii, walk, and just have Ben time.

I READ FOUR BOOKS! They were big books too! For those of you who know me... this is huge. Reading has never been one of my... let's say hobbies.

We had hail storms and tornadoes in July that the city is still trying to recover from.

We discovered GoodTimes Frozen Custard - Weds = NY Cheescake, Thurs = Chocolate Chip, Friday = Oreo Cookie

Fergie learned a new trick.

We never had to turn on our A/C.

Well Summer is over.

It went by quickly (this whole year has been going by quickly).

The weather is starting to get cooler, it's darker in the mornings, and school has started.

I have to leave earlier for work because all the soccer moms are on the roads now.

I'm starting to drink tea again in the morning to warm me up and wake me up.

On the horizon for the Fall.

My b-day is coming. Lot's of family b-days... best friend - Becca, Grampa, Frances, Mario, Aunt A, Flannery, Uncle R. (and this is just September) Rachel's in October. Am I missing anyone?

My mom is here for a visit!

My niece is turning 1!

Ben is in his second to last semester! And planning for the future after graduation.

This is my favorite time of year - Sweater weather, beautiful leaves changing color, that smell of autumn is so refreshing.

People start pulling out their holiday decor from the basement. Although I don't like to see Christmas stuff until at least November, but I've already had a Christmas catalog come in the mail! Oh well!

Not ready for winter!!

We've Figured Him Out

The American Spectator

We've Figured Him Out

By Ben Stein

Why is President Barack Obama in such a hurry to get his socialized medicine bill passed?

Because he and his cunning circle realize some basic truths:

The American people in their unimaginable kindness and trust voted for a pig in a poke in 2008. They wanted so much to believe Barack Obama was somehow better and different from other ultra-leftists that they simply took him on faith.

They ignored his anti-white writings in his books. They ignored his quiet acceptance of hysterical anti-American diatribes by his minister, Jeremiah Wright.

They ignored his refusal to explain years at a time of his life as a student. They ignored his ultra-left record as a "community organizer," Illinois state legislator, and Senator.

The American people ignored his total zero of an academic record as a student and teacher, his complete lack of scholarship when he was being touted as a scholar.

Now, the American people are starting to wake up to the truth. Barack Obama is a super likeable super leftist, not a fan of this country, way, way too cozy with the terrorist leaders in the Middle East, way beyond naïveté, all the way into active destruction of our interests and our allies and our future.

The American people have already awakened to the truth that the stimulus bill -- a great idea in theory -- was really an immense bribe to Democrat interest groups, and in no way an effort to help all Americans.

Now, Americans are waking up to the truth that ObamaCare basically means that every time you are sick or injured, you will have a clerk from the Department of Motor Vehicles telling your doctor what he can and cannot do.

The American people already know that Mr. Obama's plan to lower health costs while expanding coverage and bureaucracy is a myth, a promise of something that never was and never will be -- a bureaucracy lowering costs in a free society. Either the costs go up or the free society goes away.

These are perilous times. Mrs. Hillary Clinton, our Secretary of State, has given Iran the go-ahead to have nuclear weapons, an unqualified betrayal of the nation. Now, we face a devastating loss of freedom at home in health care. It will be joined by controls on our lives to "protect us" from global warming, itself largely a fraud if believed to be caused by man.

Mr. Obama knows Americans are getting wise and will stop him if he delays at all in taking away our freedoms.

There is his urgency and our opportunity. Once freedom is lost, America is lost. Wake up, beloved America.

June 17th!

Today is our 3rd Anniversary. 3 YEARS! We have been on quite the adventure.

This morning Ben and I were thinking back on our anniversaries. First of all we had the most beautiful, picture perfect wedding. Just a small gathering on the beach. As you can see from the pic, it was a perfect day.
Year one: he surprised me with a trip to a hot springs resort.
Year two: I surprised him with a trip to SD.
Year three: We bought a Wii and have been having a lot of fun with it!

I like anniversaries!

Ben, I am honored and blessed that God chose me to be your wife. That I get to be on this adventure with you. That I get to watch you grow. That I get to be part of this process. That I get to be part of the good times and bad times.

I am proud of you and I am excited to see what God is doing and is going to do in the future.

I LOVE YOU BENJ.


PS: PTL we weren't called in for jury duty today!

allergies and tornadoes

I never had a problem with allergies until I moved here to Colorado. There is a cottonwood tree around here that blows all this white stuff around. And it's making me miserable. My eyes are so dry I can't even put my contacts in. Just so happens that our apartment complex is name Cottonwood Creek. So you can imagine how much of this stuff is blowing around at home. UGH! I need to go buy some Claritin.

As for tornadoes... yesterday there were 5 tornadoes in the Denver area! Thankfully not near us we just got rain. I think Littleton is too close to the mountains to have tornadoes. But this morning I heard about the golf ball size hail and all the damage caused by the weather yesterday... check it out.

Transitions

I DO NOT deal with transitions well. And I know God is really working on me in this area... why else would we be here in Denver where every few months our world flips upside-down.

Last week Ben had his finals for his Spring 2009 classes. I am so proud of him for finishing another semester- a really tough semester!! I mean a boring Old Testament class (where the prof made the students buy 10 of HIS books for the class) and STATISTICS (need I say more?).

Well we had a great weekend last weekend before the mayhem started again. We had a date night on Friday and saw the new Star Trek movie - which I must say was GREAT!

Then Monday came and the roller coaster started again.

This week Ben started 2 new jobs which means training, an online class with a lot of busy work, and continued with his internship.

I finally got comfortable with the schedule and it changed again. I guess God doesn't want me comfortable :) There is a time and place for everything. I will have my comfortable time one day.

I also will really miss my Starbucks' Chai now that Ben is no longer working there.

hummmm

It's been a while since I've written anything interesting.

Colorado weather struck again this past week. Monday morning I woke up to another snow blizzard (a "surprise blizzard") but by yesterday it was in the 70s again. I guess I can't complain that the snow never stays around.

I started knitting a sweater for my niece, Rachel. I hope to have it done by her 1st b-day in October. Here are some pics of the first 4 inches:





I'll keep you updated on the progress. These 4 inches took me about 5 hours total. I'm learning as I go, so it'll be a long process.

What the????

If you were to go to Weather.com right now and look at the weather for the 80123 zip code. You will see first that it's a beautiful 71 degree day and right above it there is a orange "WINTER STORM WARMING" warning flashing at you.

I ask you how is that possible? It's 71 degrees and they are threatening us with 10-30 inches of SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Welcome to Denver!