8.27.2009

Camping and...

HIKING! We're hiking Mt. Elbert this weekend. It's a 14er- one of Colorado's 53 14,000+ ft. mountains. Yeah, I'm about to hike up 14,000 feet. That's almost 3 miles high. We'll be hiking about 9 miles total. Our hike will start at 5AM on Saturday and we'll hopefully be down by 2 or 3. Since we're starting so early, we're going to camp out the night before. I haven't been camping in about 3 years and there's a little bit of a bear problem happening in the mountains right now. Let's hope we all live.

So to get ready for this trip, Krista and I had to pull out the winter digs...

Yeah, those are battery heated socks. It's going to be 35 degrees tomorrow night! In August! The plan is to sleep in the car if I get too cold. I know, I'm such a wimp. I'll give you an update on how it goes.

8.17.2009

My New Spaces

Here are a few pictures of my new room!
And here are some before and after pictures of my new office...
Before

Before
And After

Design on a Dime Office Makeover-
Lamps: $30
Big Orange Chair: $10
Rugs: $11 for both at Pier One
FLMS Bulletin Board: $10
Paintings: Free (I did them)

TOTAL: $61- not too bad

8.12.2009

New Job!

My new job is so much fun! I think I posted last time that I was going to be working in Elementary Schools, but in the true fashion of school districts, I showed up last Wednesday and found out that I'd be in a Middle School 4 days/week and an Elementary for one day/week instead. I am loving it though! Granted, we won't have any students until Monday, but all of the people I work with are fantastic! I have a huge office which is pretty unheard of and it's almost decorated. I'll post pictures when I get all of my papers put away.

I am really lucky this year because a friend of mine, Krista, is letting me rent a room in her condo- so I get to live closer to work and best of all, live with a great friend! I'm a little north of the city, but other than getting used to driving again, it's awesome! We have the best sunsets here...
... this is the view from our back porch. I eat dinner or read outside a lot, just so I can watch the sunsets. They're so different every day!

Last weekend my step-sister, Erin, and best friend, Claire, came to visit. I was really glad to have them here during my first few days of work. Things were really busy, but it was good to come home to people that I love! We went to a concert, for a nighttime cruiser ride in downtown denver (with a few hundred other people!), hiking, to a few breweries, and had a great time!
Here's us on the Cruiser ride- the theme was sci-fi. We didn't get too into our costumes.