Sunday, September 30, 2007

Morrison Road

We discovered a great little street/town just a few miles away where we ate, hiked, and enjoyed getting out of the city for a few hours this afternoon...check out the pictures on the right.

Also...

The Padres LOST
&
The Rockies WON

"The Padres, fresh -- or, more likely, foul -- from two straight losses in Milwaukee, finished in a tie with Colorado for the National League's wild-card playoff berth, and will play the Rockies in Denver on Monday night in only the seventh one-game tiebreaker playoff in major league history!"
....
So, we (along with everyone else in Denver) rushed home and spent an hour to the internet trying to get tickets to the game tomorrow, after I gave up and returned to studying, Matt switched computers to a faster internet connection and scored us two tickets to what could become history in the making!

Saturday, September 29, 2007

ROCKIES

"The Rockies dumped the NL West champion Diamondbacks 11-1 to keep their postseason hopes alive!"

.....And we were there. (Yes, we are now oficially Rockies fans)

Now all they have to do is win tomorrow (and the Padres have to lose) and there may still be a shot for the wildcard!

Manager Clint Hurdle said he welcomes fans jumping on the bandwagon, even this late in the season. ``That's why they got 'em, so you can jump on them from time to time,'' Hurdle said. ...

Monday, September 24, 2007

First Month

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG! We have no idea how this whole thing works. However, now that our friends and family span the globe we figured we would give it a try as a means to stay connected and post our pictures. So, 1 week after our 1 year anniversary, we (rather the movers that Matt's new company paid for) packed up our little duplex in Duarte, California and moved us to Denver , Colorado. Pictures from the move and of our temporay housing in downtown Denver are posted in link of the sidebar entitled "move".
As most of you know it has been our dream for a long time to live and settle down in Colorado. So far we really do feel like its a dream come true. Colorado is BEAUTIFUL and those of you who know me well know that I truly appreciate beauty. I often feel like I am driving around in a postcard.:) We bought our ski passes for the winter and are trying desperatly to become Denver Bronco fans. Matt started his job at Lockheed Martin, he is working on the next generation human spacecraft. I still have no idea what my husband, the rocketscientist, does. The good news is that he likes it so far and is working with a great team of guys. I start working in a few days as a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Surgery Center. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I have loved having a few weeks off, a novelty I have not experienced in years and truly a blessing as we settle into a new place. I have spent my days finding us a place to live, getting terribly lost all over Denver, running (on a whim 10 months ago, I signed up to run in the chicago marathon (10/7/07), studying for my certification exam, ect...
While living downtown has been great fun. We have walked all over the city, eaten at many good resturants, and gone to Rockies baseball games, where, we learned the beer is more expensive than the tickets:)

We are however, ready to leave the hustle and bustle of downtown and live in a neighborhood with free parking ect..We found a great place to rent for the next year starting October 1. Its a Duplex in the Washington Park area of Denver (about 4 miles from downtown 4 blocks from the biggest park in the city). It was originally built in 1930 and was recently completly renovated.



The hardest part about being in a new place is not knowing anyone. We are lucky in that my cousin and her husband live about 15 minutes away and some of our very best friends just moved about 30 minutes away. We definatly miss everyone we love and left in California. We are commited to staying in touch. Please look us up anytime you are in Colorado and check back here frequently as we will be updating often. WE are daily earning United Arlines Miles on our credit cards so that we can frequently visit!