Drake Rooks

Please check out this website: http://www.drakerooksfund.com/Home_Page.html

Drake went to Pinedale High School. I missed the fundraiser on Saturday, but they've made it really easy to donate via PayPal. Please help Drake "Get Back on His Feet."

Quick Daisy Update

Here's a few new photos of Daisy. She's growing like a weed! This one is in the back yard; she loves to hide under the deck.

Playing in the mud. She looks miserable, but she actually was having a ball!

Paul and Daisy at the Frisco Marina. She was the star attraction. It's amazing how many total strangers will come up and talk to you when you have a puppy!

Meet Daisy D!

Well, Paul won out, and we are getting a puppy. We were originally supposed to get one of the males, but when we went over to visit them a couple of weeks ago, the littlest female was such a character that we were really drawn to her. No one else wanted her because she was the runt, but she seems healthy and she definitely holds her own with the rest of her littermates. We were never 100% sure that they showed us the same male puppy every time we went over anyway; they are all the same size, don't really have any distinguishing markings, and the owner didn't put collars on them or do anything else to indicate which was which. Plus none of them had the personality Daisy does.


We had a name picked out for a boy, but not for a female. So when we were driving home after visiting the puppies, I was trying to think of what a good name would be and decided she looked like a Daisy. I didn't say anything to Paul because I didn't want to affect his decision between a male or a female. Then out of the blue he said, "So you really like little Daisy, don't you?" I got cold chills, because it was just too much of a coincidence!


So meet Daisy D_______ (last name witheld to protect her privacy). I like to think she picked us.

June Posting #2

Not sure why Blogger is so fussy about photos. I always have some sort of a problem. Anyway, here's the rest of June's photos.

These are pictures from our county-wide Emergency Management exercise. The scenario was a school bus vs. vehicle carrying unknown hazmat liquid. I was only supposed to do the public information piece for the exercise itself, but at the last minute (literally) I found out I had to be the PIO for the "incident" as well. I'm sure I learned more just being thrown into it than shadowing another experienced PIO, so I'm actually glad it happened that way.





OK, and here's the pictures I know everyone was buzzing about (that's you, MOM...and Leslie...). This is the potential new addition to our family. They were born May 25th, so he was 2 weeks old in these photos and their eyes had just opened.


I haven't committed to anything yet because I'm still not ready, but Paul really wants another dog. I've cried more in the last few weeks, just thinking about "replacing" Bogie...but I'm trying. They won't be 8 weeks until July 20, so I have a little more time.

June - Finally Summer!

I tried to post some pictures when were were down in Florida in the middle of May, but Blogger wouldn't let me. So I'll post May now and June next.

Paul's parents came over from Ft. Lauderdale for my birthday. This is Paul's dad with a "bucket o' beers." He thought it was so cool.




















And here is me, with the next night's appetizers. Note the fancy cardboard box for a coffee table with the sprig of plastic flowers in the center. I'm not the "hostess with the most-est" for nothing!















We bought some kayaks online and had them shipped to my friend Leslie's house before we went back down to FL. Had a little mixup because they didn't ship a paddle that was supposed to be included with mine, but Amazon was amazing and immediately credited me the cost of a paddle we had to buy. HIGHLY recommend Amazon.

Here they are: mine is the little one. It dumped me out almost every time I tried to get in off the dock, and I ended up getting stitches when I cut my leg on a barnacle on the piling. Had a cute medic at the ED, though. So all is forgiven, and the kayak and I are still friends. But next time we go down I'm buying a ladder so I can climb down to the water instead of trying to balance from 3 feet up.















Here is Paul headed out fishing. His kayak is bigger, with places for his fishing rod. Right after this he caught some sort of a trout, and while he was trying to get it reeled in (the kayak doesn't have brakes so the fish tows you around a little), a bunch of dolphins (the mammal) started circling and trying to get the fish. Paul said it was a little freaky - not knowing if he'd hook a dolphin and get towed out to sea! At least that's his story...I never actually SAW the rumored dolphins.



But I did see a manatee in our canal. Paul came running up the stairs yelling, "Manatee! Manatee!" Didn't get pictures, but it was right in our boat slip when he was getting out of the kayak. That I DID see.

Wow, it's been a while since I posted, hasn't it? I just uploaded some photos to my Facebook page. Here's the link:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=196325&l=e75d58364d&id=100000394911360

We didn't get snow all winter, and for the entire month of May it has done NOTHING but snow! So for the last 4 weekends straight we've gotten out of Summit County. The pictures I posted on Facebook are of our camping trip to Rifle Falls.


Here's what it looks like at my house.

We are headed to Florida again on Saturday. Gotta do something to get away from this weather. Just hope the airport is open.

Does anyone else have spring. I mean REALLY spring?

Happy Sunday -- it is finally snowing! I know the East Coast and lots of other places in the U.S. have had way more than their share of snow, but here in Colorado, we haven't had a whole lot. The ski areas are open, but the conditions leave a lot to be desired. Hopefully from here on out it won't stop until April. With all the beetle-killed trees, we are going to have an interesting summer if we don't get a LOT more snow.

We went to Florida for Valentine's Day/Presidents Day/Mardi Gras. It was still pretty chilly (for Florida - 60s), but the sun was out, and so were we. Here's me having lunch at the Pier.

And here's my Valentine's Day present. Isn't it awesome? Paul does good work. I think it's Tanzenite and Australian Opal...I don't really care; it's just pretty.
This next one isn't a very good picture because I took it with my Blackberry, but I think you can see the ears....

This is Samson, who has never shown ANY interest in the TV at all. But two nights ago we were watching the Ice Dancing during the Olympics, and he was fascinated. He watched and watched, and kept jumping up to "touch" the skaters. Once Ice Dancing was done, so was he.
Nothing more to post. Have a great rest of your weekend everyone!
T.