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Ruth - yup Denver metro is getting snow!! Most of the school districts called a snow day for tomorrow. I'm upi in the mountains for the annual CSSP conference (Colorado Society School Psych). The pre-conference was today and the conference is tomorrow and Saturday.
I drove up after work yesterday and it took me 1 1/4 hours. Normally from work max 1 hour. It's 75 minutes from my house. Actually, I'm staying in Frisco last night and tonight and tomorrow I'll stay at the hotel. I do not like driving at night. I got back to near the condo and had to stop at Walmart - and by then it was dark. I have to decide what to do Saturday. The conference ends at 3 or 3:30. I need to stop at the condo on the way home to get stuff I don't want to schlep to the hotel. It will get dark while driving home as it is east bound. It stays light here a bit later. I really rather go home, but I don't like driving in the dark. I have to figure out how far I'll get before it's dark.
This area isn't getting the snow that the front range is.
Wonder - glad you husband at least has an answer. Lots of leaves to rake. How much land do you have?
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Went to my Restorative Yoga class tonight, absolutely wonderful.
Love the fish picture Ruth, yes, so peaceful and calming of thoughts
Wonderland, I realized I haven't sent my congratulations and blessing to your family upon the arrival of your granddaughter, so wonderful, special, amazing…even today, so many complications with childbirth, it is a miracle when it all works out. Enjoy your new sweetest member of the family! TT
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I hope you got home okay, Karen, or stayed put! I had coffee with a friend of mine this morning who was supposed to be flying through Denver on the way to visit her daughter, but the flight was cancelled due to the weather.
We went for a dog walk this morning; DH is now blowing the leaves into big piles & I will go out and help bag in a few minutes Fun, fun!
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TT: Thank-you so much! She's captured my heart.
Karen: The snow storm was on the evening news. Be careful on your way home. You'll make the right decision on which day to travel. Our property is half an acre. The house is not that big so we have a lot of grass to mow and leaves to remove, mainly from 2 large trees. I can mow over the leaves from the smaller trees.
Ruth: We don't bag leaves (but I keep waiting for the city to decide to switch to that) so I have to haul all the leaves in the backyard to the front curb. With raking, hauling, and mowing leaves I had almost 15,000 steps today.
I raked leaves for 2 hours today. Then I got out my mower which I haven't used since the middle of August bc we hired someone to mow due to dh's back injury and mowed under the chestnut tree and other areas for 40 minutes. My plan is to mow leaves every couple of days instead of raking. We'll see how that goes!
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We usually borrow our friend's pickup & dump the leaves in there to haul them out. His pickup was in the shop, so we were going to bag leaves in order to take multiple trips to the drop off place in the SUV. Happily, our neighbors were finishing off the rest of their leaves & when they saw me dragging the first 2 bags to the car, they said we could throw them in their pickup! Which saved us so much work!! I am so grateful as it still took 3 hours!
Two dog walks today & I finished the book 'The Women' which is about Army nurses in Vietnam. Very moving, I was crying like a baby at the end. It's for my Book Club & the lady who picked it is married to a Vietnam Veteran who was in the thick of the fighting, so I can hardly imagine her reaction.
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Ruth: That was so nice of your neighbor. Saved you a lot of work. I rake the leaves onto a tarp and drag it to the front of the house by the curb. My arms get a good workout. There are so many more leaves on the chestnut that are still green. I'll be addressing them for a long time. I'll love for that book - I know already that it will make me cry.
Karen: Thinking of you and hope you got home safely if you were travelling today.
I met my dd for coffee this morning and then we ran a few errands. Walked in the late afternoon. Dh went with me to the grocery store. He was able to walk around using the cart but he did get tired. First time he had been to the grocery store since the middle of August.
I took this picture of my encore azaleas late in the afternoon so they are not in the sun. They bloom in spring, summer, and fall. I thought everyone would like a little bit of something pretty, especially after this week.
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I'm staying in Frisco tonight. The conference ended this afternoon and I didn't want to drive in the dark. I really wanted to be home, but not worth it. The conference was in Vail and I stayed at the hotel last night. W, Th and tonight I'm in Frisco. Frisco is 1/2 hour drive to Vail, but Vail Pass can be a bugger!!! Vail was gorgeous today - managed 2 walks in light snow. My running shoes are still the only shoes that are comfortable 10 weeks post surgery it is still a little swollen but no pain. I have Saucony running shoes.- I bought a second pair - first pair is yellow, new pair is a greenish blue. The sole is pretty thick so my feet didn't get wet walking on snow. I will drive home in the morning.
Wonder - beautiful flowers. Our house in Ohio was small but it was on 4 wooded acres. About 1/2 to 3/4 acre was cleared. We didn't cut down one tree to build the house or the driveway as the driveway was long and curvey!! Sometimes, I miss the house, but it would not have been big enough to raise a family.
Ruth - your trip sounded wonderful.
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Lovely flowers! We are sadly past flower season here. I cut back my perennials yesterday, so it looks rather bleak around here.
Karen, drive safely tomorrow. Your weather is making the national news (never a good thing!).
I got spoiled from eating delicious food not made by me for a week, so it's been rather a chore making dinner two nights in a row! I am going through my trip pictures right now. It really was a wonderful, and very educational week. The neatest fellow passenger was a 91 year old lady who was as sharp as a whip. She had been a pediatrician (back when there were very few women doctors), and the mother of 5 (one being a patient whom she adopted after the baby was abandoned by her birth parents). After she retired, she went to Cambodia & set up health clinics there. Amazing!!
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Karen - this is a crazy conference, I remember last year you also got stuck with bad weather and long traffic delays…maybe folks in CO get used to it, but eventually you'd think another spot might get picked or another time.
Got to my Sunday yoga class for the first time since July! For 8 years I have gone to a candlelight gentle yoga on Sunday at 5pm…since July it hasn't happened, but was back tonight, yeah! I love the reset after a rushed weekend and before the start of the week ahead.
Tomorrow is my sister's 65th birthday…she is not in a good mood! I am trying to convince her of the blessing to be 65 and still have a mother…she is more focused on how my mother's decline means the b'day celebration is not all about her, but all about what is now feasible. All I can say is that mom's assisted living apartment is certainly many steps better than our celebrating my birthday in August with my mother in ICU!
Tomorrow is also and first, Veterans Day. Thanks to all who served and are serving. TT
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I walked yesterday & today. Also went to Zumba and will go to HIT.
A big shout out to all veterans!
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TT: Glad you were able to attend your yoga class. Yoga with candlelight sounds relaxing, especially since it gets dark earlier.
I met a group of friends this morning for breakfast. My town has a Veteran's Day parade so dd went to celebrate all veterans. I go every year unless it's cancelled due to rain or I'm sick or I have something I absolutely have to do and can't get out of it. I like it more than the Christmas parade. My dad and fil were both in WWII and I want to honor them as well as all veterans.
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Dog Walk & Core.
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Went to Crime Club. Walked in the afternoon.
On Thursday I am presenting a training about the upcoming Cookie Sale for Girl Scout leaders. It's a prepared powerpoint from the Council with 79 slides and 17 pages of talking points. It's so much information and I'm trying to paraphrase and shorten it as much as I can. These ladies will be tired and have families they want to go home to. I've been practicing. I think I've said the word Cookie about 1000 times lol.
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Any new cookie flavors?
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There are 2 cookie manufacturers for Girl Scouts. I looked up the Girl Scout Council for your area and they don't use the same company that our Council uses. So I don't know if there will be a new cookie for you this year. We don't have a new one but will next year.
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