Wednesday, July 2, 2014
(almost) Wordless Wednesday
Sunday, June 22, 2014
house listing fun
Can I go back on vacation?!?!
I know I can't, but last week made me wish I could.
We've been busy getting our house ready to go on the market and had a few final projects to tackle - mostly clearing out furniture and rearranging furniture for staging (and lots of cleaning) - to have it ready for pictures for the listing and for the showings we hope will come quickly.
All these plans were put on hold when we woke up last Saturday to a broken a/c. We were able to have someone come out to look at it the same day, but the part wouldn't be in until Monday/Tuesday at the earliest.
As a short term solution (so we could sleep) we got a window unit for our bedroom -- it was nice to have a cool room in our hot house (but would look terrible in pictures!). We went ahead with furniture moving, but were delayed in finishing up our work.
On Monday they realized that it was more than just the originally thought part (thank goodness parts were still under warranty) and so we had to wait for another part, and it was finally fixed on Wednesday.
We lost 5 days but we are now back on track! We still hope to be listed before the end of the month.
Wish us luck!
I know I can't, but last week made me wish I could.
We've been busy getting our house ready to go on the market and had a few final projects to tackle - mostly clearing out furniture and rearranging furniture for staging (and lots of cleaning) - to have it ready for pictures for the listing and for the showings we hope will come quickly.
All these plans were put on hold when we woke up last Saturday to a broken a/c. We were able to have someone come out to look at it the same day, but the part wouldn't be in until Monday/Tuesday at the earliest.
As a short term solution (so we could sleep) we got a window unit for our bedroom -- it was nice to have a cool room in our hot house (but would look terrible in pictures!). We went ahead with furniture moving, but were delayed in finishing up our work.
On Monday they realized that it was more than just the originally thought part (thank goodness parts were still under warranty) and so we had to wait for another part, and it was finally fixed on Wednesday.
We lost 5 days but we are now back on track! We still hope to be listed before the end of the month.
Wish us luck!
Friday, June 13, 2014
Steamboat
Wow, time
flies! We've already been back from vacation for 2 weeks (I was
ready to go back on vacation after 2 days back at work!) and its been a busy
couple of weeks.
As promised, just for our own recollection, I'm doing a
brief write-up of our trip.
Our
flight didn't leave until the evening, and while it was nice to be able take
our time and pack that day, I definitely prefer getting my traveling done early
in the day, we were so excited the day seemed to move so slowly. While we were at the airport in Houston, we
saw reports of tornadoes near the Denver airport, not something we wanted to
hear. We were fortunate that our flight
was still on time and no rerouting necessary - we saw lots of hail on the side of the road after we arrived in Denver.
We spent
two nights in downtown Denver. The first
evening we got settled in and spent the night at the historic Brown Palace Hotel (they raise their own bees!). On the full day in Denver, we explored downtown on foot. We toured the Byers-Evans house – I love being able to tour historic homes, how people lived - and I do not envy how they did their housework (some old vacuums looked dreadful). Downtown is very walkable, and there is a free shuttle on 16th that we were able to take advantage of. We ducked into bars to avoid the rain
(and one HAIL storm) and toast the start of our vacation. While we were at the bar we heard a loud siren -- it was a tornado siren, we weren't sure what to do, looked around and no one reacted at all.....it was eerie...
On
Friday, we picked up our rental car and headed west to Steamboat Springs. We took a scenic route on the way out there,
lots of switchbacks and as we got higher and higher, snow! It got so chilly we were thinking we’d
packed the wrong clothes, but Steamboat was further down in the valley so it
warmed back up (yay).
We had a
lovely week in Steamboat. It’s a small
town and so we could easily park and walk the length of the main drag, we visited
many of the local restaurants and bars (and tasted elk for the first
time). We also took several short hikes
– short, partly because for sea level dwellers like we are, the thin air gets
to us. We walked to a scenic waterfall
and saw it from two different vantage points.
One
afternoon we rented bikes and rode along the path next to the river that runs
through town, the Yampa was roaring from snow runoff.
The city
is named for the hot springs that the first settlers found – it sounded like a
steamboat to them. Unfortunately the
namesake no longer makes the noise due to construction, but there are still
several springs around town. We walked
around to see (and smell) several that are all close to each other. We also
drove out to Strawberry Park, a pool created along the river that is fed by hot
springs. The pools were HOT! We were there at dusk and were able to see
a few bats come out to feed. While in
the pool you can reach over the wall and feel the cold river, I’d never be
brave/stupid enough to jump into it but did like to cool off my hands and face
wen it would gt too hot.
On our last full day, we took another hike and found ourselves near a wooden ski jump, we climbed the structure and had the most gorgeous views of the entire valley. The ski jump was so steep I cannot imagine going down it.
The trip was just what we needed - restful and relaxing. We both needed R&R after a long semester and to get us ready for what will be a busy summer as we list our house for sale...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Safety first
| Today as I was waiting for the park n ride bus, a guy was trying to find someone to carpool with and asked if I wanted to ride with him downtown. I said NO I will wait for the bus. He's probably telling the truth and just needs a second person so he can take,the HOV lane, but I don't get into cars with guys I don't know... I did make an exception once, one of the hardest things I've had to do, I only did it because I felt I would be safer in the car then the side of the road (my car had broken down and it was before I had a cellphone). Luckily for me he was a nice guy, and I still know his full name! That situation could've turned out very badly for me if he had not been a good Samaritan.....I wonder about that day and him every once in a while. |
Sunday, June 1, 2014
we're back
We are back from vacation!! We had a wonderful time and we were ready to come home - the best combination.
This weekend is going to be spent catching up on chores and getting set for the week ahead (do I really have to go to work tomorrow?)
I hope to do a full recap soon (complete with pictures), for now here is a teaser of a picture.
We did have several firsts on this trip:
Steamboat Springs is a great little city, and we only scratched the surface of what all there is to do there.
Smokey was especially happy to see us, he doesn't fool us -- he got spoiled while we were gone since he whines and won't eat - but he milks it!!!
This weekend is going to be spent catching up on chores and getting set for the week ahead (do I really have to go to work tomorrow?)
I hope to do a full recap soon (complete with pictures), for now here is a teaser of a picture.
 |
| Fish Creek Falls |
- hearing tornado sirens while out in town
- tasting elk
- seeing a ski jump from the topp
Steamboat Springs is a great little city, and we only scratched the surface of what all there is to do there.
Smokey was especially happy to see us, he doesn't fool us -- he got spoiled while we were gone since he whines and won't eat - but he milks it!!!
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