Mark & Mandy

One thing the cats have learned… on a hot colorado day, it is better to stay inside with the air conditioning than to be running around in the back yard. 

YAY!! Today I got back my cholesterol results – down 40 points (over 18 months) – not sure if its the name change, colorado life or just the diet and exercise. Either way this belongs on the refrigerator (if only it were magnetized – stupid stainless steel).  

Early Birds Eat Worm… Mark, Josh, Mandy. We are trying to play golf in the morning one day a week – we have to start early to avoid melting in the HOT SUN! We are all trying out new techniques that have not completely improved our game. My parents are coming Wednesday and my mom is just coming off of her derby win (with her name in the billings gazette!!) so we need to be ready for a competition.  

Pot time… we planted some tropical foliage in a few pots to spice up the patio. Next we are on to patio furniture! 

A view of the back patio, we spend every lunch out here – watching the golfers that don’t seem to have jobs and can play golf in the middle of the day. Cricket and Crenshaw join us for a few minutes, but they quickly retreat back to the air-con. Mountain doesn’t mix well with fur coats.  

Here is the back oasis – still waiting to grow up, but there are a few flowers peeking through. Our other neighbors seem to be using weeds as their grass – so we find ourselves picking overflow.  

Our side meandering path leads around to the back. Our neighbor’s, Bernie and Sonia have kindly offered to help us put in a fence – they are doing their own landscaping and are very handy.  

Landscaping Update!! We know landscaping can never truly be done, but we are making progress. Here is the front of our house… you may all recognize the maple that traveled from California disguised as “miscellaneous tools” – after a few close calls with frost, she is doing quite well.  

This weekend Mark and I got up early to take a walk – we realized (pasty white mark and mandy + colorado sun = Sunburn). Can you believe Mark not wearing sunscreen. We spent Sunday with a touch of heat stroke.  

June 17, 2005: Riley turns 2. Happy 2nd Birthday Cowboy!