Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Weekly Email
Hi Mom (and Dad and everybody else),
Crazy week coming to an end.
Mostly it was about the cold. -17F at the lowest. The girls missed out on 2 days of school (Tues/Wed) because of the extreme cold. Theresa didn't have to go down to Sports Solution for work on Tuesday and W2W was canceled also. And I skipped out on BSF. We've had some snow to go with it too. Most recently - 6 inches last night. Spring isn't close enough!
We went skiing last Saturday. Chloe was away at the winter retreat. And we had Clara Leitz for the whole weekend. So it was Megan, Clara, Theresa and I at Eldora. It was a beautiful day (before the extreme cold set in). Megan and Clara skied together. That left Theresa and I to have a great day together. We just got your picture in the mail from your ski trip too. Fun!
Friday we had an appointment with a company that takes time shares off your hands. We ended up doing business with them and we no longer have our time share. It's kind of a relief to be out from under it. Our annual maintenance fee went up to $2900 this year. It was more expensive to pay the maintenance fees than it was to just rent it on the open market. The company we worked with was Safe Hands. There rep, Shane Adams, was really great. It did cost us $2900 to get out of it. But that's the cost of just one annual maintenance fee. And we got to bank our points for this year. So all in all it was a reasonable deal.
Did you see the picture of Julie's car from the snow damage? They were at a volleyball tournament and the snow slid off the roof of a building. They had to tow her car away. Crazy!
We've watched a couple of movies this week too. One was an Academy Award notable - The Kids Are All Right. Not my favorite. Then we watched Charlie St. Cloud. Actually I watched Charlie St. Cloud and Theresa slept through it :-) That wasn't bad. A little strange. But I guessed the plot half way through.
Tonight we went over to the Markland's house for our annual Superbowl Party. We gorged ourselves on hot wings, coon balls, little smokies and other hors d'oeuvres. We stayed 'til half time then headed back home. I finished the game at home. It turned out to be a pretty good game. Go Pack Go.
I saw that Arizona B-Ball had an exciting triple overtime win the other night. Missouri finally won one against Colorado (and I won a lunch bet in the process). Tomorrow night is a big game against Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. That's going to be tough to win there. I have BSF so I'll have to record and try not to hear the score and watch it when I get home.
Theresa and I are scheduled to be on a panel on marriage and parenting at the church on Tuesday for MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). I'm not sure we are really qualified but we'll do our best :-)
Well that's about it for now. Time to go to bed.
luv u,
Jeff
Crazy week coming to an end.
Mostly it was about the cold. -17F at the lowest. The girls missed out on 2 days of school (Tues/Wed) because of the extreme cold. Theresa didn't have to go down to Sports Solution for work on Tuesday and W2W was canceled also. And I skipped out on BSF. We've had some snow to go with it too. Most recently - 6 inches last night. Spring isn't close enough!
We went skiing last Saturday. Chloe was away at the winter retreat. And we had Clara Leitz for the whole weekend. So it was Megan, Clara, Theresa and I at Eldora. It was a beautiful day (before the extreme cold set in). Megan and Clara skied together. That left Theresa and I to have a great day together. We just got your picture in the mail from your ski trip too. Fun!
Friday we had an appointment with a company that takes time shares off your hands. We ended up doing business with them and we no longer have our time share. It's kind of a relief to be out from under it. Our annual maintenance fee went up to $2900 this year. It was more expensive to pay the maintenance fees than it was to just rent it on the open market. The company we worked with was Safe Hands. There rep, Shane Adams, was really great. It did cost us $2900 to get out of it. But that's the cost of just one annual maintenance fee. And we got to bank our points for this year. So all in all it was a reasonable deal.
Did you see the picture of Julie's car from the snow damage? They were at a volleyball tournament and the snow slid off the roof of a building. They had to tow her car away. Crazy!
We've watched a couple of movies this week too. One was an Academy Award notable - The Kids Are All Right. Not my favorite. Then we watched Charlie St. Cloud. Actually I watched Charlie St. Cloud and Theresa slept through it :-) That wasn't bad. A little strange. But I guessed the plot half way through.
Tonight we went over to the Markland's house for our annual Superbowl Party. We gorged ourselves on hot wings, coon balls, little smokies and other hors d'oeuvres. We stayed 'til half time then headed back home. I finished the game at home. It turned out to be a pretty good game. Go Pack Go.
I saw that Arizona B-Ball had an exciting triple overtime win the other night. Missouri finally won one against Colorado (and I won a lunch bet in the process). Tomorrow night is a big game against Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse. That's going to be tough to win there. I have BSF so I'll have to record and try not to hear the score and watch it when I get home.
Theresa and I are scheduled to be on a panel on marriage and parenting at the church on Tuesday for MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). I'm not sure we are really qualified but we'll do our best :-)
Well that's about it for now. Time to go to bed.
luv u,
Jeff
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Weekly Email
Hi Mom (and Dad, and everybody else),
Another week gone by. What to report in on.
Lots of sports this week. I watched a bunch of basketball and some football. Saw Arizona lose to #20 Washington on Thursday. Watched Colorado lose to Nebraska and Oklahoma. And most of Kansas losing to Texas and Missouri winning big over Iowa State. I record a lot of it and fast forward through most of it - so, I'm not really watching TV 24 hours a day :-) I saw some of the Packers vs. Bears football game today too.
On Tuesday I took Chloe to see Boulder High vs. Fairview boys basketball game while Theresa was at girl's night out and Megan was at youth group. The game was at CU's Coors Event Center. It was a lot of fun. Boulder won by 30 points including a slam dunk.
The girls all went to see "Country Strong" on Friday night while Theresa and I went out to dinner at Laudisio with Chris and Marlys Leitz. I had spaghetti carbonarra - which was fantastic.
Dots got a bath yesterday. He needed it - pretty stinky!
Chloe, Megan and I went out driving for an hour yesterday. Good practice - she's doing really well.
Church today. Afterward Megan went bowling with some of her friends and one of the youth volunteers. Theresa and Chloe did some grocery shopping. I wrote a reference letter for the Britton's adoption dossier. Other than that - taking it easy. I rented "The Social Network" for our movie tonight. I'm looking forward to it.
I've kinda been following Rep. Giffords recovery. It's amazing her recovery so far. But still such a long road ahead. Theresa and I watched the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams broadcasting live from Tucson a few nights ago. They were moving Giffords from the hospital to DM to Houston. It was cool to see everybody lining the roads for her. And then they interviewed Suzi Hileman too.
I also watched fun raw footage on youtube of Michelle Obama surprising White House visitors:
That's about it for now.
luv u,
Jeff
PS I did finish "The Battle" by Arthur C. Brooks - interesting ideas. It was a pretty quick read in the end. Less than a 100 pages of content and good documentation and footnotes in the end. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next. Bethan Hughes sent me a book called "Bad Science" by Ben Goldacre and I've read the first chapter.
Another week gone by. What to report in on.
Lots of sports this week. I watched a bunch of basketball and some football. Saw Arizona lose to #20 Washington on Thursday. Watched Colorado lose to Nebraska and Oklahoma. And most of Kansas losing to Texas and Missouri winning big over Iowa State. I record a lot of it and fast forward through most of it - so, I'm not really watching TV 24 hours a day :-) I saw some of the Packers vs. Bears football game today too.
On Tuesday I took Chloe to see Boulder High vs. Fairview boys basketball game while Theresa was at girl's night out and Megan was at youth group. The game was at CU's Coors Event Center. It was a lot of fun. Boulder won by 30 points including a slam dunk.
The girls all went to see "Country Strong" on Friday night while Theresa and I went out to dinner at Laudisio with Chris and Marlys Leitz. I had spaghetti carbonarra - which was fantastic.
Dots got a bath yesterday. He needed it - pretty stinky!
Chloe, Megan and I went out driving for an hour yesterday. Good practice - she's doing really well.
Church today. Afterward Megan went bowling with some of her friends and one of the youth volunteers. Theresa and Chloe did some grocery shopping. I wrote a reference letter for the Britton's adoption dossier. Other than that - taking it easy. I rented "The Social Network" for our movie tonight. I'm looking forward to it.
I've kinda been following Rep. Giffords recovery. It's amazing her recovery so far. But still such a long road ahead. Theresa and I watched the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams broadcasting live from Tucson a few nights ago. They were moving Giffords from the hospital to DM to Houston. It was cool to see everybody lining the roads for her. And then they interviewed Suzi Hileman too.
I also watched fun raw footage on youtube of Michelle Obama surprising White House visitors:
That's about it for now.
luv u,
Jeff
PS I did finish "The Battle" by Arthur C. Brooks - interesting ideas. It was a pretty quick read in the end. Less than a 100 pages of content and good documentation and footnotes in the end. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next. Bethan Hughes sent me a book called "Bad Science" by Ben Goldacre and I've read the first chapter.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Weekly Email
Hi Mom (and Dad and everybody else),
Whew - the end of a busy week. Cozied in for the night. Probably going to watch Date Night on DVD as our evening entertainment.
We even had more on our plate than I knew. Chloe went to the Winter Ball at Boulder High on last night. Of course that involved dress shopping (which I conveniently skipped out on). The girls all came over to our house early to prepare then I took them to the dance around 8pm. She spent the night at Bryn's house and I picked her up first thing this morning for church. It actually worked out well.
Megan spent the afternoon at the mall with a friend. Then they both ended up at our house for a sleep over.
I watch Mizzou lose again yesterday. Terrible decision making once again at the end of the game. It plagued them against Georgetown and now to lose a close one against Texas A&M - bummer. I watched a little of the KU vs. NU game - that ended up being a close one. And Colorado had a another good win against OSU (3-0 in the Big 12 for the first time ever).
I got a nice run in yesterday and a bike ride today. The weather has been super warm. It was 54F when I went out riding today. A little sloppy with the melting snow but nice to be outside. I'm fighting a little bit of a cold but I'm trying to sweat it out :-)
Theresa got sad news last week. She was hoping for something more permanent at the church when one of the ladies retired. But they ended up hiring someone else without even considering Theresa. Ah - the politics of church :-)
We had fun at the Britton's poker benefit for their adoption on Friday night. I'm not a very good poker player - but it was all for a good cause. I think there around 50 people there. And I don't know the total raised but I think it was over $2500 and then they had somebody matching it - so over $5000 raised probably.
That's about all I know for now. I didn't get a chance to talk to Steve on his birthday - just exchanged Facebook messages :-) Sounded like he was out deer hunting then watching the KU b-ball game.
I just read the Rep. Gifford's status was upgraded from critical to serious. That's good news. I did watch the president's speech from Tucson. I thought he did a good job.
I'm about 1/3 of the way through "The Battle" - it's hard reading for me. He's not a big fan of the University of Colorado or Boulder, CO in general is he :-) But he does make some good points. I believe in free enterprise.
Okay - that's really it. Cya l8r.
Luv u,
Jeff
Whew - the end of a busy week. Cozied in for the night. Probably going to watch Date Night on DVD as our evening entertainment.
We even had more on our plate than I knew. Chloe went to the Winter Ball at Boulder High on last night. Of course that involved dress shopping (which I conveniently skipped out on). The girls all came over to our house early to prepare then I took them to the dance around 8pm. She spent the night at Bryn's house and I picked her up first thing this morning for church. It actually worked out well.
Megan spent the afternoon at the mall with a friend. Then they both ended up at our house for a sleep over.
I watch Mizzou lose again yesterday. Terrible decision making once again at the end of the game. It plagued them against Georgetown and now to lose a close one against Texas A&M - bummer. I watched a little of the KU vs. NU game - that ended up being a close one. And Colorado had a another good win against OSU (3-0 in the Big 12 for the first time ever).
I got a nice run in yesterday and a bike ride today. The weather has been super warm. It was 54F when I went out riding today. A little sloppy with the melting snow but nice to be outside. I'm fighting a little bit of a cold but I'm trying to sweat it out :-)
Theresa got sad news last week. She was hoping for something more permanent at the church when one of the ladies retired. But they ended up hiring someone else without even considering Theresa. Ah - the politics of church :-)
We had fun at the Britton's poker benefit for their adoption on Friday night. I'm not a very good poker player - but it was all for a good cause. I think there around 50 people there. And I don't know the total raised but I think it was over $2500 and then they had somebody matching it - so over $5000 raised probably.
That's about all I know for now. I didn't get a chance to talk to Steve on his birthday - just exchanged Facebook messages :-) Sounded like he was out deer hunting then watching the KU b-ball game.
I just read the Rep. Gifford's status was upgraded from critical to serious. That's good news. I did watch the president's speech from Tucson. I thought he did a good job.
I'm about 1/3 of the way through "The Battle" - it's hard reading for me. He's not a big fan of the University of Colorado or Boulder, CO in general is he :-) But he does make some good points. I believe in free enterprise.
Okay - that's really it. Cya l8r.
Luv u,
Jeff
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