the blogging blonde

2012-02-14T19:31:00.001-07:00

Happy valentines day!

Usually I am anti-buying anything on valentines day- but I admit it was pretty nice to get a bouquet today!

2012-02-12T19:08:00.001-07:00

Dallas to Andi:

"you're a better person when you don't have gluten. "

Why, thank you Dallas!

oh boy

2012-02-10T21:11:00.002-07:00

its been such a long time since i blogged, im so sorry. things i hear happen in 3s....so i hope to be done for a while.
1. just when i thought things were going well i started getting this nasty little rash....a lot of details spared it boils down to an undiagnosed case of gluten intolerance. i've had to be "good" for the past 3 weeks (ie no girl scout cookies) and back to normal. unfortunately i think gluten is outta my life forever

2. just when i get done diagnosing my rash, my boss goes to vegas, gets the worst cold imaginable and shares with me. fever, chills, it was a long weekend. fortunately he got the green snot before me and put me on antibiotics right away. 5 days later i'm finally feeling better

3. yesterday was my shoulder surgery. i almost got cold feet and backed out (i've been avoiding it for 5.5 years now). my surgeon did a mumford and a sad..... it was outpatient, and went well. now i'm stuck in a sling only for a week.....and 2012 is looking up again!

dallas enjoys his camera.....a lot. it's the first thing he does when he gets home---play with the camera.

i promise to be better w/ the blog---i'm sorry! but having health issues for the past few weeks hasn't helped a whole lot. here is one of dallas' pics labeled "super ez!"

2012-01-28T21:31:00.001-07:00

Dallas is enjoying his new playtoy.

Ez

2012-01-24T19:21:00.001-07:00

Currently our little blue room is serving as a dog/bike room.

I love watching ezras frustration as he loses his current favorite ball behind the spokes.

2012-01-20T19:36:00.001-07:00

I am happy to report that there is still a toy standing from Christmas!

Also, this week Ezra ate 3/4 a roll of summer sausage, plastic casing and all. It will be interesting to see how this one ends up.

Go Andi!

2012-01-19T20:02:00.001-07:00

Today I got my belmar running shirt since I've been to the running club 10x. Anyone can come and it's free! On Thursday nights at 6. Let me know if you're interested!

2012-01-16T21:25:00.001-07:00

Last week when we got home we went to find some food.... And went to bed. After all, waking up at 2:45est (12:45mst!!!!) in order to stage for this thing left us exhausted.

Hours later I find myself nestled next to the porcelain god for the next 13 hours. All week d and I have had the GI bug. Has anyone else had this thing? It's a nasty little sucker.

I'm thankful for understanding dogs who like to snuggle and snore. They have been most supportive of our need for rest.

Our marathon trip

2012-01-16T21:16:00.001-07:00

It's been a good (very long) week since we got back from our trip. But, we are happy to report that we in fact finished the Disney marathon together and it was a fabulous venue. If you are just going to do one marathon in your life do this one! It is worth is (keep in mind when looking at registration costs!)

We went down early to spend some time w our nieces at Disney, ran the marathon and ended up running into carrot top in a boat crossing a canal of all places.

I can't figure out the blog application on my phone but will get labels on these pictures promptly!

2012-01-08T09:48:00.002-07:00

We had an awesome cheer crew!!!

Made it!!

2012-01-08T09:48:00.001-07:00

Magical day at Disney

2012-01-06T17:36:00.001-07:00

Hmmmmm

2012-01-05T07:25:00.001-07:00

Who is more ready for their Florida trip..... Andi? Or Dallas?

View from the office

2012-01-04T19:37:00.001-07:00

So I may have enhanced this a bit but we still have a good view from our office!

My manager is awesome

2012-01-04T12:10:00.001-07:00

Forgot to post how great my manager is. We had a surprise new years bash. Awesome!

Cookie making

2012-01-02T21:08:00.001-07:00

In our house, Dallas calls this movement, or lack of, "occupy kitchen.".

Seriously I can't turn around without running into dog

Happy new year!

2011-12-31T15:27:00.001-07:00

Mother nature was overly-generous w her cheer. Our tree split in half and now lays in our front yard

merry Christmas!

2011-12-28T22:33:00.002-07:00

sorry it has been such a long drought since last time! it was a much needed break from EVERYTHING!

i had a fabulous Christmas back home. it's always so good to get back to the farm, open country and things to do outside! everyone was able to be there which made it even better! here's a quick run-through. besides eating too much delicious food, we.......

walked over to my uncle Herb's house

to celebrate a little Christmas with him.

we also had an ugly sweater contest and exchange at my parent's house. dallas and i made our ugly sweaters out of goodwill finds. dusty was fortunate enough to draw dallas'.

i would say my dad might have the ugliest sweater as his says "nebraska football" on the back.

i'm going to use my sweater for halloween next year and go as "where's walda".

we were all very happy to be members of the happy hands club

and all of the cousins (minus 2) were able to make it for a little brunch get together. here are all of us with our spouses!

right now we are tapering for our marathon as we leave next week!!

I like this!

2011-12-15T23:02:00.001-07:00

Christmas trees

2011-12-15T21:03:00.001-07:00

After seeing the sign at king soopers for "live cut Christmas trees" Dallas thinks it should be rephrased to "real trees"

He is also wondering if someplace in boulder is advertising "organically grown Christmas trees" this year

He would like to let everyone know that his plastic tree is organic, as plastic is made of petroleum, which in turn comes from mother nature. :)

Ezra has needs

2011-12-14T11:50:00.001-07:00

Takes two to tango

2011-12-13T18:15:00.001-07:00

Last year I blamed our naked Christmas tree on William. This year i know better.

Dallas has a new hobby

2011-12-12T23:34:00.001-07:00

Because we can't seem to get enough hobbies at our house, Dallas decided to start a new one tonight: animal trapping, exclusively mouse trapping.

Ever since William got chomped the mice population around the place (not the house mind you) has been partying. D said himself if he can't get them another cat is in store for the house. This time we will make sure it has claws!

At our house....

2011-12-08T22:26:00.001-07:00

We find it necessary to label the jars of peanut butter

Pathetic

2011-12-06T22:13:00.001-07:00

There is a reason we don't have kids yet as my dogs are ridiculous.

Tonight ez was already downstairs in bed. I got home and threw some food in the microwave. As soon as ez heard it running he came up to see what might be cooking for him.

He may or may not have had a sample. :)

Just call me Andi pavlov

Moving

2011-12-05T20:49:00.001-07:00

We are doing a huge remodel at the clinic. Once it's done it will be pretty great! We make our surgeons earn their keep. After surgery today we made them move all the heavy furniture in the office. It's our version of two men and a truck, although our boys are truckless

Sunday fun day!

2011-12-04T15:36:00.001-07:00

Today I went snowshoeing with some of my favorite people. It was a blast!

Last of the season

2011-12-03T21:50:00.001-07:00

Today I got the rest of the truffles done for the christmas season! Phew! What a relief. These tasty little things are white raspberry with an almond on top.

This year we have: white raspberry, double chocolate with toasted coconut, orange chocolate rolled in toasted pecans, peanut butter rolled in chocolate graham crackers and mocha. We also have cute foils to present them in. Movin up in the truffle world!

Resourceful

2011-12-01T15:36:00.000-07:00

Some might call it cheap, but I laugh at myself every time I put the tree "skirt" up. I doubt that anyone else in America uses their old toga party toga from college as their skirt. (I do believe that party was a good 6 or 7 years ago)

2011-11-27T19:27:00.000-07:00

Gretta Jean looks real mean

2011-11-27T19:25:00.001-07:00

Today we stopped by the farm supply store. I couldn't help but buy gretta the studded collar. With pink nails she looks awesome.

Hopefully she can protect Ezra the same way la Fonda protects Kip (napoleon dynamite)

2011-11-25T11:33:00.000-07:00

Particle board covered by laminate, covered by laminate

Boredom

2011-11-22T19:24:00.001-07:00

We are so bored we are watching the Tuesday night fights over penguin ( the toy). Poor penguin

Mmmmm

2011-11-19T18:09:00.001-07:00

Christmas is the worst worry season for me. Did i remember everyone? (no, I never do). Will I get everything done?

Since the Christmas cards went out earlier this week I have vowed to keep going. So ive started the truffle making. If my truffles looked prettier I'd make them for a living. They are so fun when not under pressure! So far we have: chocolate chip cookie dough, mocha and these little peanut butter ones that d helped make. He says they taste like reeces.

What is this?

2011-11-14T09:13:00.001-07:00

This is a productive weekend! Christmas cards all ready to head to the mailbox!

Bed hog

2011-11-13T15:41:00.001-07:00

Gretta has the endurance of a 10 yard sprint and then the fun is over. Today after a huge walk and hours of raking leaves shes out for the count. Ezra wishes she got the lesson about sharing space.

Fun sat night

2011-11-12T22:26:00.001-07:00

If you live in the Denver area I highly recommend my Framer friend's business,"paint by wine.". Byob and have step by step instruction while you paint away with your friends! At the end you just take your picture home with you. It's a pretty sweet deal

I love our oak tree

2011-11-08T17:40:00.001-07:00

It's always the last to dump it's leaves but they are usually a good fall color show so im ok with it.

Happy birthday.....to me!

2011-11-07T10:51:00.001-07:00

I have some great coworkers! They got me some awesome earrings and made these beautiful cupcakes over the weekend for me. Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes!

(also turning older I have acquired Achilles tendonitis, which is not a welcome gift).

art history

2011-11-06T20:19:00.002-07:00

doing my homework tonight,

there is a strong resemblance between paul revere,

and jack black

Sonic

2011-11-04T15:56:00.001-06:00

Everyone enjoys a little ice cream on a Friday afternoon!

Got off of work early

2011-11-03T14:11:00.000-06:00

Decided to play a little snow frisbee!

younger- old people

2011-11-03T06:56:00.000-06:00

our last week has been very boring with nothing to report, i'm so sorry. i'ts especially boring w/ no william around. he was usually good for a laugh. d & i both miss him a lot!

we are both fighting things right now-- me, with a croupy cough and nonstop snot and dallas, with an infected gum (ouch!). last night the excitement level was over the roof here.

-andi picks dallas up from work and they drive home together

-and and dallas eat the soup made from the crock pot together

-andi and dallas sit on couches opposite of each other

-both fall asleep

-at 10:15 we both wake up and decide it's time for bed.

what just happened to us!? holy smokes.

with a birthday coming up im' vowing to rejuvenate

Powerless

2011-10-26T21:58:00.000-06:00

We havnt had power since 2 am this morning. Supposed to get power by noon tomorrow? Today was a long day! No power at work so we left early and now just hanging out in our 58 degree house in down jackets!

wanna be a gangsta

2011-10-23T20:43:00.003-06:00

today instead of doing fun stuff out in the nice weather we did things to help winterize the house. one being raking all the leaves so they aren't a wet mess wednesday when it snows on them. usually the dogs are very photogenic but this time they looked at little T-O'd taking the pic.

i couldn't resist photoshopping

Sunflower showdown

2011-10-22T09:18:00.001-06:00

Today ksu travels to stinky lawrence to play football. My uncle dan decided to make a bet. It's official--- He signed on the line!

Africa

2011-10-21T22:13:00.002-06:00

tonight we met w/ our African travel agent.

stumped as to what to get us for a gift for any occasion?
(columbus day, Washington's birthday, thanksgiving, Christmas, valentine's day, First day of passover, 4th of july, ezra's birthday, random feel like giving something away day, etc....)

the answer: cash.

it's gonna be a trip of a lifetime.....if we ever get over there!

(planning for next october--this way we can see all the animals, birds like flamingos migrating, able to swim with the penguins and still hit octoberfest in frankfurt w/ some good college friends.)

in memoriam

2011-10-20T22:19:00.002-06:00

we havn't seen the little guy for >36 hrs and the dogs and i have been seeing a lot of coyotes on our early morning walks. sadly, i think he's gone.

miss you little guy!

Finished!

2011-10-18T22:53:00.000-06:00

And sold! (a miracle!). After months of not working on it I finally got it done!

Sorry for the lack of blogging. I feel like I have nothing going on but yet am so busy. Stick with me- I promise to be better!

Modern day segregation

2011-10-10T22:21:00.001-06:00

(please ignore ezras eyes)

Running

2011-10-10T20:50:00.001-06:00

Today I learned that even if I don't have time to eat breakfast and am starving at lunch that is no reason to eat the entire chipolte burrito the rep brings me. This lesson is only appreciated if you try running for one hour after work and have horrible stomach cramps the entire time.

That will never be happening again!

For beezer

2011-10-08T11:49:00.000-06:00

Look Beezer! We get summer and winter at the same time here!

trip #2

2011-10-06T21:43:00.003-06:00

trip #1---running the walt disney world marathon

are we in shape yet?

hardly.

trip #2---- (i can't believe i havn't posted sooner!)

a couple of weeks ago we were at a fundraiser auction and for an extremely discounted price, bought.....

a 6 day 6 night safari trip in south africa!

weeks later i'm still pinching myself....whether that be from the excitement of the trip or the cost of the airline tickets i don't know yet.....

so once we get our airfare saved up we're taking the dogs to the farm and we're going to see some bigger kitties!

fairly big kitty

which would be breakfast for this one

Money savers

2011-10-04T21:10:00.001-06:00

Going on two different trips is exciting but a financial drain. We have totally had to refocus our budget to save! Save! Save! That being said our eating out every few days due to pure laziness and convenience has came to a screeching halt. We have to be creative with what is in our pantry. Tonight I was totally craving ice cream or something sweet. Instead of going down the street I pulled out the double boiler and made these scrumptious little bites!
I think in the long run this was a better option after all!

New house rules

2011-10-02T20:15:00.001-06:00

What is our entire house up to? Cesar Milan time! (he is the dog whisperer) Glad the dogs are eagerly soaking it up!

hey forrest......

2011-09-29T21:38:00.001-06:00

catch me if you can!

(please, everyone, excuse my extreme amateur photoshopping skills!)

it's true. d and i are signing up (bought the plane tix already) for the 2012 disney world marathon in orlando jan 8! i can't wait. we really wanted a goal to make it thru the winter and here we go!

on a side note, i had wanted to race cross this year. i helped mentor some awesome women and did one piddily race and my shoulder was having none of it. i'm back to pt, doing some upper body strengthening and getting ac injections again so i'm hanging up the bike and running instead. the ortho "shooting me up" said i best stay off my cross bike for awhile. by the time i get back on i'll be ran over. best of luck this year, crossers!

Smokin on the Beaver

2011-09-27T21:50:00.001-06:00

this past weekend we went home for:

a) my mom's youthful birthday (she really is so young!)

b) the 2011 smokin on the beaver competition

basically it's a bunch of people smoking meat all day and entering it in competition. there are categories for wine, food, beer, and beans. while the meat is smoking we watch football, ate homemade ice cream..... it was a good weekend!

and can i just say how much i HATE the new blogging system? it's so hard to use!


Andy, my good friend's husband showing his pheasant he's entering in the open category.	apparently you get extra points for presentation.

it was great seeing old friends!


a look at the crowd.

Monday

2011-09-26T19:35:00.001-06:00

We had a really great weekend(more to come later)... But onto monday....

Brian, the surgeon I work for was out of the office this past week and so we decided that it would be absolutely hilarious to switch his "rich chocolate" protein powder out for rich chocolate ovaltine

Now it may just be that he has a cold and his taste buds aren't functioning on full cylinders, but he drank the ovaltine with water and failed to notice it wasn't his protein!

i could barely keep a straight face.

now i'm in big trouble. i either: a) tell him i switched it out and get in trouble for doing so, OR b) don't tell him until he runs out and then i'm in trouble for him not getting his protein in.

either way i think i'm hosed.

Happy birthday dallas!

2011-09-20T10:51:00.001-06:00

All three of your jeeps and all three of your animals and I love you! Have a great day!

our weekend

2011-09-18T21:37:00.002-06:00

in the words of one of our orthos was, "magical" (although when he uses it, it is in a sarcastic tone, this is not). more to come later on that.

today we hiked harvard.

last night was exciting, it was hard to go to bed, it was hard to get up....so we got up an hr late and ran out of here, barely making it back for my church pre-school duties.

i digress.

we set out to hike harvard & columbia. it's 12.5 miles to do harvard, 13.5 or something to do columbia. why not do them both?

dallas headed up the valley


looking west of harvard. there was a lot of low laying clouds and the moon was still out. it was amazing

looking across the valley. the south side of harvard faces yale

was really trying to get a self portrait but found myself turning around and looking for dallas

who was coming down from the boulders

we tried. but after trying the traverse, much of it boulder climbing on melting snow we turned around as it was going to take us all day. plus my hands were numb (i'm a cold weenie).

with a little dusting on the mtns they were in spectacular form. this was one of the most scenic hikes i've done. definitely worth every step!

Some like it soft

2011-09-13T22:51:00.001-06:00

Ezra is the perfect example of spoiled, snobbish dog. Pillow on top of pillow on top of baby mattress.
Yes, pathetic is the word youre looking for.

Gretta could care less if she has a laminate floor for a pillow. Low maintenance.....my kind of girl!

William is hiding in solitude.....somewhere.

our weekend

2011-09-11T15:06:00.003-06:00

this weekend was nice.

friday we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary.

how does time fly like that?

we went out to eat with one of our favorite friends in boulder.

it was great!

saturday i cross raced.

i can't really remember the last time i did this...well it was october of last year, right before i crashed. even with a mechanical and a loaner bike i had fun. unfortunately our weekends have started filling up so i don't know how many more i'm going to be able to do this year.

today we were supposed to hike, but at 4am dallas want' "feeling it" and if yo'ure not feeling it then it's kind of hard to get motivated to go. except for evans, the mtns we havn't done close to our house are at least 13mi hikes.

that could make for a long day.

so instead we went to ikea, and rei and i'm doing my art homework.

dallas found a great way to polish the aluminum on his jeep and it's SO much faster than the stupid airplane stuff he was using. he is almost 1/3 done.

how shiny is this thing?

here is our reflection in the jeep

(by the way, i love pictures in series)

Studyin....

2011-09-07T12:33:00.001-06:00

This semester i am taking an art history class purely for fun and i love it! William now has a deeper appreciation for 15th century art as he gets snuggle time away from the canines.

Because shes so cool....

2011-09-06T18:14:00.001-06:00

Gretta has fangs of drool!

(someone really wants some ice cream!)

the colorado relay (last weekend)

2011-09-05T08:52:00.004-06:00


waiting for our runner to come up and over for the exchange.				check out the background--we had beautiful views!

last weekend i spent friday and saturday cramped up in a car with 4 other folks (10 total for our team) slowly making our way to snowmass for the conclusion of the co relay. i thought last year was fun....but this year was awesome. i had SO much fun. the whole event is pretty much unexplainable unless you are actually there....sleep deprived, tired, trying to sleep in some schoolyard's fb field, getting ready to run, running at 3:00 am or plastered in sweat from your last run and knowing you won't get a shower until you get home the next day.

it was SO much fun.

handing off the number at an exchange

i enjoyed the people in the van (i did last year too---but we laughed pretty much nonstop this year) and had some really challenging runs. they were runs that i would have never made myself do unless i had 9 other people counting on me to finish! i was runner #1 this year. i have learned my lesson! when looking at the running routes this year i was purely looking at mileage and how much climbing there was--not at the descriptions. WHOOPS! not being an uphill kind of gal, i ended up running up:

boreas pass in breckenridge

AND

up vail pass!!!

nothing says "we support you!" to a teammate like waiting for them to come in from their torrential downpour rain run at 2:00 am

you know what i'm talking about. we started at the stoplight there by copper (across the highway from the super expensive starbucks) and took the bike trail up. i had no idea i was supposed to run up the ENTIRE pass until right before (most likely because im an idiot and don't read all the running descriptions), which was a good thing because had i known, i probably would have fainted.

done! 200 miles ran by our team.

my total mileage for the trip was 16, which looking at other runners from my team doing 30, 16 didn't look so bad! (actually it looks pretty weenie-ish!) i have nothing to complain about. i felt great, had some good challenging runs and was still able to walk the next day! i can only hope they ask me back next year.

Mt Elbert--highest peak in co!

2011-09-05T08:24:00.002-06:00

i always hate 3 day weekends in colorado. i love the 3 day weekend but hate going the mtns to enjoy them. it's packed up there and 70 turns into a parking lot by 3:00. instead we have deep cleaned our house. exciting way to spend a weekend i must say!

saturday, very last min, we decided to hike on sunday. now when we go hiking it's... "we'll figure out where we're going when we get in the car." (basically we either go 70 or 285). we ended up at mt elbert. i had already done this peak this summer but dallas hadn't. but it's one of the few peaks i would do over and over. an enjoyable ridge hike the whole way up with a great view of massive.

we didn't end up getting to the trailhead until 6:30, in which we started hiking in the 29 degree weather and i'ts accompanied darkness.


pictures don't do it justice. with the sun just peaking over the mtns, their purple color was spectacular!

we're in great hiking shape right now and made the 9.5 mi trip in record time. back home in napping mode by 1:30.

enjoy your labor day!

GAMEDAY!

2011-09-03T22:11:00.003-06:00

our house on "normal" days
our house on gameday!

today felt like fall, and so appropriately as it was the first day of college football! oh how we've been waiting for this day to come. ksu like to keep it exciting and only win in the last quarter, but a W is a W!

Thank heavens.....

2011-09-01T20:37:00.001-06:00

Finally....after having little red out here for 5 years, she finally (illegially) drives! D took me for a ride tonight after he finished up the brakes.

2011-08-28T14:37:00.001-06:00

On lookout, waiting for the.race to start! Legs hurt badly climbing up here after the relay!

run, andi, run!

2011-08-25T21:52:00.002-06:00

tomorrow my team leaves at 4:00 am for the colorado relay.
i did this last year---it is really a fun time!
our team of 10 will run around 180 miles, mostly trail...
it just hurts
and yo'ure tired
and sweaty
and riding in a car for >24 hrs
but i can't wait!

a few weeks ago i got an email saying my old team was still needing runners. i said, "you've got to be kidding? yo'ure calling me?" (take in mind i'm just now getting back in shape from my horrendous bike accident last october which required several months of physical therapy)
i hadn't ran over 1 mile since then.
as of now i think i can fake 14 pretty well. it's going to be slow (2/3 of my legs are uphill) but it will be great! we start in breck and end in snowmass.
happy friday to everyone!

gretta gets a pet-icure

2011-08-23T21:45:00.002-06:00

i couldn't help it----pink nails to match her pink collar.
meanwhile ez is like, "what is going on!?"
she is quite the girly girl.
she loved every minute of it!

Mt Princeton

2011-08-21T21:31:00.004-06:00

folks---it's getting exciting!
we are nearing the 1/2 point for finishing the 14'ers!

of course i am thinking in the back of my head:
"so on average---each mountain is about 10-ish miles and at least 3100 ft of climbing....so if we have about 29 mtns left that leaves us with... what? only 290 miles and ~90,000 ft of climbing..."

wow. that's a LOT!

anyway, we did mt princeton today. the road up was awesome so if you do it--- DRIVE! i'ts tame 4wheeling (dallas let me drive--that's how tame it was. apparently i was practicing)

we had a great view of antero, which is across the valley and is still on the "to do" list.

Goldilocks

2011-08-20T11:18:00.001-06:00

We got gretta a bed today since shes been sharing w ez. Not sure how much she likes william-locks hanging out on her new pad.

Our house is one thrill after another

2011-08-18T16:29:00.001-06:00

Look how exciting it is here!

KICKBALL!

2011-08-18T16:23:00.003-06:00

(sorry, no picture)

i have been HYPED up all week for this--

FALL KICKBALL!!!

i don't know why but i have the greatest time playing kickball. the summer was good. our team was horrible, but our team is FUN and that's really what counts.

team name: got beer?
mascot: nothing
record so far: 0-1 (although it was a good fight)
we lost to the sea pandas.
we always lose to the sea pandas!

something special for the fall--dallas is playing too!
i may have (on pure accident) forgot to tell him some of the rules for his first game
and he had quite a few errors last night (costing us some outs!)
but it will be awesome---
just don't count on us for anything on wednesday nights!

2011-08-09T19:46:00.000-06:00

William, happy for 5 min of peace and quiet

beezer visits!

2011-08-08T21:14:00.002-06:00

and gets buried in dog

2011-08-07T10:00:00.003-06:00

yesterday we hiked the shavano/tab group.

it was exhausting.
i was tired going in, dallas has been gone for the past 3 mo.
by the end we were dragging.
although it was only 12 miles, you essentially had to climb 3 peaks to get them all in.

up shavano
down shavano
up tabaquache
back down tab
up shavano again
down shavano

we enjoyed it though
saw some pretty trees
and got a subtle reminder from mother nature that fall is quickly approaching in the high country
we were supposed to hike today as well but yesterday left us sore and grouchy and we thought we shouldn't push our luck. most of the collegiates are 10+ miles.

today i'm not sore but someone else might be. :)

for the record

2011-08-04T18:32:00.002-06:00

gretta likes puffcorns
ezra does not
and
william still does not like gretta

William

2011-08-03T21:53:00.001-06:00

Now that there is another giant set of chomper jaws in our house im sure that there is at least one of you worried about william.

Let me assure you that william is a feisty little thing and if he can survive the coyotes he can survive gretta. Gretta, while wagging tail, gets close, and william growls back. Im sure that he is molting his coat with anxiety but soon this honeymoon phase will be over and everything will level out to some kind of normal.

Need some more lap space

2011-08-03T18:18:00.001-06:00

Grocery shopping

2011-08-03T08:12:00.001-06:00

Andi: oooh my mom and i love these!
Driving home, as im munching away....
Dallas: the guys at the plant love those. I try one. (munch) ew. i think i just at stephyerfoam

Andi: you probably did! With artificial butter!

Needless to say, the entire bag is mine and i dont have to hide it!

Ez gets a friend

2011-08-01T20:03:00.001-06:00

......a permanent friend.
After seeing gretta at the animal shelter we couldnt stop thinking about her. Now.... Our house has 85# of more protection

We thought it couldnt get worse

2011-07-26T22:17:00.001-06:00

Having a 75# dog in bed is something we are not particularily fond of, but deal with.

But when mr. deflated basketball came to bed too we had to draw the line.

Nice try ez

2011-07-25T21:59:00.002-06:00

i've been emotional lately--i know.
sorry to anyone who has talked to me as of recently.
friday was my last day in boulder.
i had a great time working with rob.
it was really hard to leave.

as of today i'm with exempla on their lutheran campus.
i'm still doing ortho
i still don't know what to do with my life,
but,
this is a good option in the meantime!
my commute has lessened from 45(+) min to 10.
right now we're in orientation and it makes you want to jab your eyes with a dull pencil but i'm hoping that it gets better than this. .....
otherwise i may be begging for my old job back.

When you give a mouse a cookie

2011-07-24T19:36:00.001-06:00

Or when you give ez a ball....

Ez loves to play soccer, but usually punctures the ball, so we thought there would be no way he could puncture a basketball. Wrong. 20 seconds into the game the game was over.

Saturday

2011-07-23T14:38:00.001-06:00

D got home early last night. Today our friend duane got us the hook ups to bandimere nationals. Free pit hookups with drinks nd burgers....free tickets....how could we go wrong w that?

A plug for breakfast!

2011-07-20T10:29:00.003-06:00

Bunny tracks is $3.30 off at king soopers!

A plug for breakfast

2011-07-20T10:29:00.001-06:00

Bunny tracks is $3.30 off at king soopers!

weekend

2011-07-18T19:46:00.003-06:00

Ahhhhh....the weekend was a blur--
my favorite!!!

This past friday was most likely my last friday off for a long while, so my parents and i hiked quandry peak. i'ts a tough climb (capturing 3300 ft of elevation gain in only 2.5 miles) and they did great!

saturday my parents did my honey do chores, which had been on my nagging list for sometime! go mom and dad! it was great. they: cleaned out my refrigerator (which was rather embarrassing) and my kitchen, fixed my bathroom sink, put in a medicine cabinet (my stuff has a home now!) and fixed our swamp cooler-----all before noon!

sunday--
liz and i tackled mount elbert, the tallest mtn in co. we had a killer pace going up. i couldn't help but gather satisfaction every time we passed a group of dudes. (naturally competitive i suppose?)
like always, it was beautiful up there. a lot of snow has melted, even just since hiking massive 2 weeks ago. below--mt massive as seen from going up elbert

liz is much better with my slow ancient camera than dallas and i combined. she got a sweet air shot---so cool. thanks liz!
sunday night--- volunteer at church preschool and in bed at 8:30.
exhausting weekends rock.

Hi!

2011-07-15T14:16:00.001-06:00

Today my parents and I hiked quandry peak! They did fantastic!

Who would have thought?

2011-07-14T18:35:00.001-06:00

Ezra likes eating dill pickels.

What a weird dog

ice cream

2011-07-03T21:58:00.002-06:00

this is a subject close to my family's heart.
in the holste household, bunny tracks ice cream is a subject
not to be taken lightly.
we fight over it.
we plan each scoop from the box to strategically
get all the goodies for ourselves.

usually dallas isn't around so ez and i get our own box.
it's a perfect match up.
i get the goodies.
ez gets the vanilla ice cream surrounding.
nothing could be better.....

SATURDAY
andi: (eating out of the box and "maybe?" dropping
ez a few here and there)
dallas: are you just digging out the good stuff
and leaving just ice cream behind?
andi: no (i really wasn't. it was level across the top)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
dallas: is there any ice cream left?
(like ez and i could eat the whole thing)
andi: yes
dallas: (eating) wow! this is good stuff!
WOW! look at this!
andi: are you just digging out the good stuff?

apparently the double standard rule applies in our house

SUNDAY NIGHT
andi: (going to get ice cream)
did you eat all the chocolate out?
dallas: it was really good! it was the glory hole

ugh. men.
what am i left with?
just plain vanilla
this is the last time we tell dallas where the ice cream is

Hi!

2011-07-03T15:22:00.001-06:00

From the top of mt massive!

Only my boss

2011-07-01T15:17:00.002-06:00

My desk at work today...

Thank you rob

in case you can't tell--- it says: "stop talking"

2011-06-30T22:41:00.001-06:00

This is a sight I will not be missing.

Down another life

2011-06-26T22:29:00.001-06:00

Will I. Am is finally feeling better after his little night the other day. Something had tried to eat him (he's plump, why not?) As he came limping in the dog door, shedding hair nervously, and was quite the mess. 4 days later he is finally wanting attention.

I cant remember but hes down 4-5 lives at this point

Sit down for this

2011-06-24T23:03:00.001-06:00

After dinner tonight all 4 brothers ended up doing dishes.

It was awesome. Lets hope the trend continues thru the weekend!

Happy bike to work day!

2011-06-22T13:15:00.001-06:00

2011-06-22T10:58:00.001-06:00

At my parents house this is an example of mutualism. Callie (the dog) gets a lifetime friend and hemi (the cat) gets a warm spot to rest and someone to share his ticks with.