On Wednesday, corporate paid for our office to hit up Six Flags – Elitch Gardens in downtown Denver. Conor and I managed to go in the afternoon. It was way fun. I thought it would be like Calaway Park, but it was better! It reminded me of Disney World and Universal Studios. I think we only went on about 5 rides. It was so stinking hot outside. Holy smokes. Just wanted to let everyone know that it’s supposed to be about 20 degrees (celsius) warmer here than Calgary on Sunday. HOT. Back to Six Flags. The second ride we went on was “Disaster Canyon.” Conor really wanted to go on a water ride and get wet. I hate getting wet at Theme parks. It’s something I’ve always avoided. But whatever. It was our first visit to a theme park together. It wasn’t as bad as I anticipated even though I got soaked! My shoes were sloshy for the first while. And then at the end of the night when I took off my shoes and socks, my feet were all pruney! There were a ton of roller coasters at this place. Out of the five rides we rode, 3 were roller coasters. We went on a wooden roller coaster (built in the mid 60’s). It was great. It didn’t have a ton of loops but it had a lot of dives and it was long. I think it was about 3/4 of a mile. It sure was fun! There’s a water park too. We didn’t get a chance to do that, but everyone else really liked it. It was fun to go to an office thing (and have it paid for) but then spend the entire time with just Conor. It was fantastic! I absolutely loved it!
Fathers’ Day. What a great day hey? I loved chatting with my dad and with Jim. There really is something special about a daddy. It’s great!!
Conor and I enjoyed our nice short weekend. We went to a mall Saturday evening. It was pretty fun! Bought a few new clothes. I never thought that I would be able to get Conor to wear anything but true blue levis. It was easier than I thought for him to change! We bought him a really great pair of jeans for a sweet price too!
On Sunday we were invited to dinner by a lady in the ward. Us as well as another couple and 2 sets of missionaries. We had this great chicken with peanut sauce! I got the recipe from her so I’m excited to have it again!
Yessterday morning, I got up before it started to get too hot and went for a run. I feel like I am paying for it today! I am so stiff! My hips are just a wreck. I kind of hobbled for the first little while that I was out of bed. I plan on going swimming this morning so that’ll help loosen things up! It always amazes me that my hips can get so sore. I don’t know why I continue to be blown away by this. I know they get sore. And I know they hurt for no good reason sometimes. When I was younger, every now and then I’d get up in the morning and just ache! And the stairs were torture! Fortunately, I do know that if I just stick with it and keep on keeping on, it’ll hurt less. Experience is a definite perk in this!
It’s been a while since my last blog, I know.
The bug thing has been going pretty good. Conor has been selling well and I’m still consistent when I go out. Something about me and selling: whenever I run into a really mean person, I always have this secret desire to come back to their home and egg it. Don’t get any ideas, I have never, I repeat NEVER, egged a house before. I’ve never even toilet papered a house. Fortunately just wishing I could is usually enough revenge for me.
It’s really exciting to see Conor be successful. He’s really found his groove (knock on wood – I want him to have a good day today!). He is always coming home and telling me this and that about a person he chatted with for some amount of time. It’s kind of funny!
So many things are different here than in Calgary. For example, the variety of license plates is off the hook! We’re talking every kind of plate possible. The most common ones are the green and white ones as well as the “Respect Life” plates (in memory of Columbine). The flashier plates are: collector vehicle plates, bronco plates, handicapped plates, truck or tractor plates, and military plates. Some of these plates are the best. For example there are ones that say “Honourably discharged veteran” or “disabled discharged veteran.” There are also “Purple Heart,” “National Guard” and “Former Prisoner of War” plates. It’s really hardcore eh! When Conor and I first arrived here, we were laughing over all the license plates. And I still do. It just cracks me up. Oh and then there are license plates for a couple of the universities, including alumni plates. Man am I ever glad Alberta has just one. It’s boring but it’s definitely not ridiculous like it is here! Holy smokes.
On Sunday, Conor and I had the fun of making dinner together. I really don’t like to have other people in the kitchen when I’m doing my thing. I have an extremely tough time letting others interrupt my “groove” if you will (just ask my sisters – they always wanted to help me bake cookies but never made it to the end!). But Conor has proven himself useful! Ha! We made tastey BBQed meatballs. I made the meatballs and Conor made the sauce! He made some good sauce too. It was funny when he splashed sauce over the cook book. He told me what he did I’m sure expecting me to be a little frusterated. But as Jeannette says, you know which recipes are the good ones by how messy the page is. Needless to say, this was a delicious meal.
Yesterday, I was itching to check out some fabric! So to the phonebook I went to look up some Northern Suburbia fabric places. I ended up going to a huge craft store. I found myself in heaven! Oh my goodness. This place was similar in price to Fabricland, but much tidier. And it had a couple isles of trim! I found some fabric that I would love to make a quilt out of for the living room. I don’t really care for our living room. I’ve been spending quite a bit of time thinking about what I would like to do differently. I’ve decided that it needs to be lightened up. I really like the dark wood that is in there and I want to compliment that but also add a little bit of light contrast. I decided that I’d like to throw in some yellow and green. And then this morning, after I saw Jim’s photo of the day (the lemon tree) I realized that perhaps I could pull off a yellow lemon quilt in the summer time in there… I don’t know. I’m still letting it form in my mind. I wouldn’t mind checking out some decorating magazines. Back to this original fabric for a quilt… it is the “perfect” green and it’s in the clearance isle. I think Conor and I may just have to “drop in” tomorrow. Hopefully it’s still there! It was way cheap!
Anyways… that’s my creative thinking for the day. I looked at the upholstery fabric and didn’t find anything that I love for recovering my furniture. But I kind of have something in my mind for that. I would really like to do stripes, but I don’t know if I’m willing to put forth that much effort… we’ll see!
I was super tired this morning. I got home at about midnight from work last night. I did stop off a Sonic to get a free root beer float… that added some time to the clock. I’ve discovered that I can’t just go to bed. I need to wind down. Or else I can’t sleep. And then I’m in trouble. Conor and I stayed up so late talking. He told me abut his day for a while. It’s fun to hear about it. And then we read scriptures. I had told Conor that I wanted to watch some of a movie. But by the time we got to it… it was late so we vetoed that. And then when we got into bed, we spent even more time chatting! We really don’t see as much of each other anymore… it’s true. I like it when we have so much to talk about and just don’t shut up! Conor has been quite the dreamer lately. I’ve started to see a side of him I never really new existed and I LOVE it. He’s changed his career choice. It’s gone from Franklin Covey, Seminary teacher, State Farm to… well you’ll just have to ask him!
