For Adam.

Springtime in the Rockies

Spring is here!

Make a Green Smoothie.... gross out your family.

Make a green smoothie, gross out your family!

First stuff some lettuce in a blender, dump in 1/2 cup or so of grapefruit juice.



Blend well. You'll need to push the lettuce down into the blades a few times. Be sure the blender is OFF when you do this.


While your lettuce is getting good and smooth. Peel an orange.




Add the orange to the blender. Blend well again. Add 4 or 5 ice cubes to make it cold.

Blend once more pour into a fun ice cream soda glass .... enjoy.


Yes I said enjoy.... really it's good. Ask my 6 yo. He is the only one brave enough to actually try it. Everyone else thinks I'm crazy.

Orange Muffins

Had a snack attack today. Decided to use some of my orange marmalade and make orange muffins. Brett likes it!

Ok I confess, actually this is a set up picture.

BUT... He did come over and had a twinkle in his eye when he saw the muffins. So I tried to get a picture.... his expression is close, but not quite the same.

You know your from Colorado when:

Colorado winter statistic:

Ninety-eight percent of Americans scream before going into a
ditch on a slippery road. The other two percent are from
Colorado, and they say, "Hold my pop and watch this."

Your not from Colorado if you say "soda"


You're from Colorado if:

It snows five inches and you don't expect school to be
canceled.

"Humid" is over 25%.

Your sense of direction is: Toward the mountains and away
from the mountains.

You say, "The Interstate," and everybody knows which one.

You think that May is a totally normal month for a blizzard
or ice storm.

You buy your flowers to set out on Mother's Day, but try and
hold off planting them until just before Father's Day.

You grew up planning your Halloween costumes around your
coat.

You know what the Continental Divide is.

You went to Casa Bonita as a kid, and again as an adult.

You've gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended
for such activities.

You always know the elevation of where you are.

You wake up to a beautiful 80-degree day and wonder if it's
going to snow tomorrow.

Everybody wears jeans to church.

You actually know that South Park is a real place, not just
a show on TV.

You know what a "trust fund hippy" is, and you know its
natural habitat is Boulder.

You know you're talking to a fellow Coloradoan when they
call it Elitches, not Six Flags.

A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you.

When people out East tell you they have mountains in their
state too, you just laugh.

You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels
"sticky," and you notice the sky is no longer blue.

Adam's Run

Just a quick explanation of my new Adam's Run ticker in my side bar. My son Adam is currently stationed at Ft. Benning and is in the RASP program. I have made the commitment to run everyday that he is in training. Thus the name "Adam's Run".

I did 37 miles in January and have worked my way up to being able to run a complete mile without stopping. I then walk the same mile back to my house... thus 2 miles are completed. One run and one walk. Granted the run is pretty darn slow but hey, not too bad for a middle aged housewife!

My boy at basic

Picture of my boy at boot camp.... Uhm I guess if he is at boot camp he really can't be termed a boy can he?

He is the one in the back row, just to the right of center. He's the one in camo...... ;0)