Early morning at the Rec Center

I have every other Friday off of work, and sometimes after I teach my 6am yoga class, I head to the rec center. I've come to the conclusion that what single twenty-somethings are to a "chain" gym, retirees are to the rec center early in the morning, at least in mine. I would estimate that 95% of clients before 8am are over 60.

Men mostly use the circuit machines (when they greet each other, they always shake hands) while the women are kicking it to the senior aerobics class. They socialize over the fly machine and talk in the hallways. It's a really quite a flurry of activity. I wonder, is it something akin to a senior singles mixer, or just a social occasion? What if a new person shows up? Are they like the new kid in class? Is there gossip? I don't know, but I wish I did. What I do know is that I think it's wonderful...I hope to be that active and motivated when I reach retirement!

My picture for today is the view I never get sick of from one of my favorite trail runs. Happy Long Weekend!

Truly a GREEN mountain

I wait on it every year - the few weeks that Green Mountain is actually GREEN, and this is that time for 2013.  Everything is so lush and bright right now, it reminds me of Ohio (only with mountains and a lot less humidity).  So, last night on my trail run on the mountain, I took a few pictures of the pure greenness, and some wildflowers.  So pretty - and clearly everyone thought so, it was the most crowded the trails have been yet this year.

In other news, we may get our "small" (as Tom and I like to call all dogs under 15 lbs) tomorrow!  We have been approved to foster with Chihuahua and Small Dog Rescue (http://www.chihuahua-smalldogrescue.org/).  We are stopping by a big adoption event at the PetCo in Golden and perhaps taking one home.  We're unsure how Lucy will react - she always loves smalls when she meets them, but what about a 24/7 small in her house?  TBD.

Dogs!

The picture of the day...I'm very excited to volunteer with Freedom Service Dogs this Friday! This nonprofit rescues dogs from shelters, trains them and then finds forever homes helping people with disabilities. Such a good cause...

The other piece of dog news is that we have a home visit tonight from the Chihuahua & Small Dog Rescue to possibly be a foster home! Lucy loves a good "small", so we are hoping she'll enjoy a bit of company, TBD!!

The first hummingbirds...

There's nothing that announces spring has arrived quite like the return of the first hummingbirds (or "hummers").

I just put my feeders out last weekend and with very few flowers blooming (and the ones that have blossomed early covered with snow most of this week), my feeders have been busy! I've spotted a pair of broadtails so far, hopefully more to come as the weather continues to warm...

Spring has Sprung...

Well, I believe spring has arrived in Colorado!  We spent some quality time in our garage, cleaning, organizing and purging.  The ultimate goal is to have BOTH cars in the garage at one time (this has never happened in 6 years), and it's looking promising.  We are wondering if the garbage men will actually take all of our trash in one day or not. 

Also, the trails are dry and green - it was a perfect day for a trail run at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood, one of my favorite trail running spots...

Skunked.

Well, in all of her 11 years, Lucy has never been sprayed by a skunk.  Until last night.  We awoke to what smelled like burnt rubber oozing from what seemed like every room in the house.  Tom even crawled up on the roof to check our swamp cooler for smoke.  We spend 1/2 hour at 4:45am trying to locate this item in our house that was potentially overheating. 

After unplugging many electronic things, and putting a fan in our bedroom window, we went back to bed.  It wasn't until we got up this AM that I realized it was coming from our dog!

So, thank you to Google, once again, for providing the answer to our woes:  a mixture of baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and liquid soap seems to have taken care of most of it...  Poor Lucy.  I do hope she knows to stay away from her striped friend the next time he/she visits our backyard.

Who knew that skunk spray on a dog does NOT smell like the skunk you notice outside in the open air...inside it becomes something that makes my husband almost hurl (his words). 

Paint & Floor

Well...progress! They finished the drywall last week so Tom and I painted all weekend and now they're installing the floor! The rooms are really coming together.

About two more weeks of construction, more or less. I have to say, Tom is sharing his bathroom well (and keeping it clean). However, the spiders in the basement leave something to be desired. I will not miss them!

Pictures below of both bathrooms, as is. And, no that is not wood floor, but the newest ceramic tile to hit the market - it looks just like wood. Who knew?!

Now, who wants to be the first guests to use the guest bath?