Why does the pillow on my bed call to me everyday at around 3:00 – “put your head down, close your eyes – I’m soft and cool”. But then at night I can’t seem to go to sleep. I just stay up – dinking around and watching bad TV until it’s the wee hours.  Here…

Bea has been expanding her vocabulary quickly during the last month or so. I’ve been hearing words come out of her mouth that I hardly knew she knew. Words like cousin – “Jenna my cousin” she said over the weekend.

Okay, after this post I’ll stop going on about our vacation. Here are my souvenirs from our trip. I picked up this little tray with dimples at an antique store in Golden. There were tons of Coors Beer trinkets at the antique store but there were Coors lab ware items too. I guess Coors also…

When I was looking for somewhere to stay for our trip to Boulder I really wanted a cottage with a bit of a kitchen and a bit of character and a (little) bit of money. I found the Colorado Chautauqua and it was everything I was looking for. Chautauqua is a movement that started in…

We spent most of our vacation time in Boulder but the last couple days we were in Golden, Colorado. Brian had worked there and it’s conveniently close to Denver. Golden is a cute little western town and it just happened to be celebrating it’s 150th year when we were there. So we got to watch…

I’ll forever remember this trip as the trip where Bea spent most of her time on Brian’s shoulders.                   Okay, now I must go, there has been a request for a shoulder rub.

  We’re having a mostly good time here in Boulder. Our hiking and gazing at the mountains has been interupted only sometimes by two-year-old tantrums and rainy weather. I’ve learned that the people out here are serious about their recreation. Here are a few photos. The cute-as-a-button little cottage we are staying in:   Bea…

I’m bragging – but I guess that’s what my blog is all about huh. My slipcover play stove was featured on Apartment Therapy. Yippeeee!