Day One Hundred and Eighteen 4/28/11

Grillin

I could not be happier that grilling season is here. I love it and I want to do it more than anyone knows, and I can't, so when I do, I love it so much. My mom was a grille lover also and we never missed an opportunity to get out the charcoal and make some hotdogs and hamburgers. Then throw a sunset in there and I am pretty much in my favorite spot in life. I am easy like that. 

Song of the Day:

Band Of Horses - Is There A Ghost

http://youtu.be/JK716RqoUms

Day One Hundred and Seventeen 4/27/11

Drivin

I snapped this shot out of my car window because it was overcast all day and then out of nowhere the sunset emerged and it was awesome. Kinda blurry, but as is life. 

Song of the Day:

R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious

http://youtu.be/_We6ubpUHZs

Day One Hundred and Sixteen 4/26/11

Tortola

So this is hands down one of my favorite pictures I have ever taken in my life. This is a picture of my mom and my sisters sitting on a private beach on Beef Island, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. Us girls had a good time on this vacation. 

Song of the Day:

Harry Nilsson - Coconut

http://youtu.be/Tbgv8PkO9eo

Day One Hundred and Fifteen 4/25/11

Day 115

I got nothin.

Song of the Day:

The Cranberries - Ode To My Family

http://youtu.be/Zz-DJr1Qs54

Day One Hundred and Fourteen 4/24/11

Happy Easter

Another year of hiding eggs for the kids. 

Another day of too much candy.

I went to Village Inn with Courtney and did not have ham. 

Song of the Day:

Coldplay - Fix You

http://youtu.be/JI-o25K6B-E

Day one Hundred and Thirteen 4/23/11

11:57p.m.

Kyle, John, Brandy and Tamaran are the pic of the day with 3 minutes to spare. It's hard to work a double and not have one second to even think of the blog. Thank god I have great subjects at my fingertips at work. 

Song of the Day:

Green Day - Basket Case

http://youtu.be/NUTGr5t3MoY

Day One Hundred and Twelve 4/22/11

Bangy

Bangy is the local squirrel who bangs on the patio door because I spoil him and give him food. He is the runt of his buddies, but the nicest. He is pretty cautious and shakes his tail when he gets close, but I have a feeling we will be good friends all summer. His Hobbies are knocking off the snow from his branches, chasing his friends, chasing his own tail, and scrounging for food. 

Song of the Day:

ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

http://youtu.be/fezrsTAf5x0

Day One Hundred and Eleven 4/21/11

Afternoon Stroll

We took a nice hike today up over Red Rocks again and the weather was perfect. Enough sun to get you warm and enough wind to cool you down. I love all the paths in my area and as much as I would love to venture out and find other hikes, it is easy for me to hit a trail I like so much. I never get sick of the scenery, clouds and blue skies out here. 

I heard this some when I walked out of work tonight. Reminds me of high school dances. 

Song of the Day:

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

http://youtu.be/iVxiHC9AJQw

Day One Hundred and Ten 4/20/11

420

So this is a picture from the 420 Parade in Boulder, Co. I was not here, but a friend was and I think it's pretty funny that they rope in an area for people to smoke it up on the streets. You can see the smoke filled streets and all the stoners having a good time. Not my thing, but a lot of people's thing out here in medical marijuana land.

Anyway, 4/20 only means one thing to me, my mom's birthday. She has been gone for over eight years now and it is still hard to think of her not here on her birthday. She is missed daily and thought of very often. So Happy Birthday Mom, we all love and miss you!

My mom had every ABBA album.

Song of the Day:

ABBA - Take A Chance On Me

http://youtu.be/-crgQGdpZR0

Day One Hundred and Nine 4/19/11

Pink Skies

Oh Lakewood, you give me such great views. April is a pretty crazy month as far as weather, I just had 6 months of amazing weather and now it seems like it rains all the time, and is always cloudy. But everything is turning spring colors and the grass is green and the birds are chirping away like crazy. And when it comes down to it, it has been a handful of crappy days and we are so use to great weather it makes us realize how spoiled we are here. So I will not complain about the rain, cause it is nice to smell and I will not complain about the clouds cause they are so different and pretty. 

Song of the Day:

The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes

http://youtu.be/0HECF_RHAYo

Day One Hundred and Eight 4/18/11

Frisco Bay

I had a hard time trying to find a hike today because the snow is still deep and it is melting, Dakota and I were falling through it on the first couple of trails I found. So we headed towards Breckenridge and found a park that leads you to a trail around Frisco Bay. It was gorgeous but I was a little nervous about the many many many Coyote warning signs, we heard some, but never saw any. 

Frisco Bay is located on the shores of scenic Dillon Reservoir in the heart of Summit County, Colorado. The lake spans 3,300 acres and boasts 25 miles of shoreline surrounded by majestic peaks. At 9,017 feet in elevation, the boating season is very weather dependent, but typically runs from early June to early or mid September. Dillon Reservoir is in a world class for sailing and regattas are held regularly.

Song of the Day:

Bob Marley - Jamming

http://youtu.be/TR5Qo4Pnc94

Day One Hundred and Seven 4/17/11

Another Moon Pic

Why not right? I actually worked all day and then drove up to Frisco, CO for a couple of days and the moon was out and about in pure darkness on the ride up, so I shot a pic out of the Jeep window and it's not too shabby for a point and click kind of picture. The drive on 70 blows my mind, you have clear skies until about Georgetown and then it is a whole different story, once you hit the Eisenhower Tunnel it is a winter wonder land and then when you decline back down after the bridge it is a little scary, because it is always snowing no matter what and its very steep for about 6 miles. I get a little less nervous each time I do it. I am sure it will be a breeze in the summer. I am excited to drive the whole pass to Utah because I heard it is absolutely beautiful and there is nothing like it. 

Song of the Day:

James - Say Something

http://youtu.be/5rv7rABbwvU

Day One Hundred and Six 4/16/11

Full Moon

Tomorrow we all get to live through another full moon. 

I just did the math and I have lived through 420 moons in my life.

My mom's birthday is 4/20.

Song of the Day:

Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama

http://youtu.be/od7-fyGa9DQ

Day One Hundred and Five 4/15/11

Funnel Cake

Yeah so I looked forward to this Funnel Cake all day. They have one stand at the Coors Field, well as far as I know, and its usually a long wait, but man it is completely worth it. The Rockies games are so fun, I should say baseball is so fun, and living so close to a city, it's nice to be able to go whenever I can. Anyway, the Funnel Cake was amazing and I am glad they are not at my finger tips whenever I want one, cause I would have a serious problem.

Song of the Day:

Ingrid Michaelson - Parachute

http://youtu.be/QdK8U-VIH_o

Day One Hundred and Four 4/14/11

Birds

Don't even ask me what kind of bird this is, because I have no idea. All I know is that it was sitting in a tree with a bunch of Crows at Wash Park and it looks like something out of the movie Dark Crystal. It was a cold gloomy morning in Denver during a dog walk but it was nice because no one was out so Daisy and I had a great quiet walk together. The sun is back out now, but it's still windy and chilly. Good day for some Pho.

Song of the Day:

Jack Johnson - If I had Eyes

http://youtu.be/mZcOJgdC9R0

Day One Hundred and Three 4/14/11

Somewhere in Summit County

It's nice when I ask someone to take a picture of the day for me and they really do it. I like to be able to have other people's pretty views other than my own. Skiing season is coming to an end, so this pic was taken from one of the last weeks of being able to enjoy the mountains on a pair of ski's. Summit County is a beautiful part of Colorado and I am lucky to be able to spend some time there. It's always good to know someone somewhere cool. I know a lot of them. 

Song of the Day:

Billy Currington -People are Crazy

http://youtu.be/PKpQRjj_WbU

Day One Hundred and Two 4/12/11

Geo Thermal Cave Baths

So I could not go into the Cave Baths. It was just too hot. Driven into the solid rock mountain side, between 1903 And 1911, specifically for the purpose of creating this unique "One of a Kind" facility. One cave for Men and another for Women, each with several huge, sunken, walk-in hot tubs filled with naturally hot mineral water at temperatures from 104 to 112 degrees. Way too hot. But very cool. I had a great couple of days away and I owe it all to an amazing person new in my life. 

Song of the Day:

Little Feet - Dixie Chicken

http://youtu.be/1FekVR_SC5M

Day One Hundred and One 4/11/11

Indian Hot Springs, Idaho Springs, CO

So for my birthday I got treated to a really cool experience in Idaho Springs, which is about a 35 minute drive west of Denver, I got to witness and feel the natural hot springs that Colorado has to offer, and the Mineral Water Pool was a really cool experience. It is in a green house and is really humid with tropical feeling, complete with flowering plants and live Banana and Palm Trees. The swimming pool is continually fed with hot mineral water at 115 degrees. With an overall temperature of 90+ degrees. After that we went on a little pub crawl and played some pool at a local bar. I like visiting little Colorado towns. 

Song of the Day:

Ween - Freedom Of 76

http://youtu.be/u_vsJuxYGwg

Day One Hundred 4/10/11

One Hundred Blog Pics On My Thirty Fifth Birthday.

Holy Crap. I don't know what is crazier, the fact that I am now 35, or that I made it to 100 pics on the blog. I guess I should just be happy that I made it to both. My birthday was a good birthday, I was a little under the weather with all the drinks from the day before but Courtney and Kyle took me to am amazing dinner at the Elephant Bar in Belmar and it was ended by a Wonton Sundae that was to die for. I received so much birthday love, it made me really feel lucky on how many great people I have in my life. 

Song of the Day:

Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)

http://youtu.be/eBShN8qT4lk

Day Ninety Nine 4/9/11

View from a Bar

Ok, so if you know me, you know how I roll on my birthday. Well I definitely lived it up in Denver. I had a day filled with bar hoping and good laughs. I completely over did it, but that's what birthday are for right? Probably not, but that's what I do. We started at FreshCraft. I sweet bar on Blake Street that had a great variety of draft, bottles and food. From there we went to 1UP which is a basement bar that has every old school video arcade game you could ask for, plus newer pinball machines. They had life size Jenga on an outside courtyard and the art on the walls was of all the old logo's for Pac Man and other Atari video games. From there we went to Falling Rock Tap House, where this picture was taken from, and had the worlds second best IPA. ha. and played some pool and darts until we ended up at a bar on the roof with a view of the sunset. That's where the night gets fuzzy but all in all I know I had an absolute blast every second and I can't wait to do it over again next year. 

Song of the Day:

Stone Temple Pilots - Sexy Type Thing

http://youtu.be/8hhu-OyHqZM

Day Ninety Eight 4/8/11

First Flower

I was super excited to see some color during the Hayden William Park hike today. The hill is so yellow and the grass is still pretty dead, so it was nice to notice a little pink and purple from afar and go check it out. And here the cactus are coming alive and they are sprouting flowers, which is a very good sign I hear. I am pretty sure we are in full spring now in Colorado, knock on wood, because I have noticed the green grass and the warmer days. Tomorrow I am going downtown with a friend to do some bar hopping and I am really excited to let loose for a couple of days for my birthday, for the love of god I am going to be 35.... I am sure the pictures of the day will be pretty interesting with the festivities that are going to go on.... 

Song of the Day:

Sublime - All You Need

http://youtu.be/9f7HHS35YLs

Day Ninety Seven 4/7/11

My OC Card

We have these cards we use on our computer system at work and Tyler made me this custom Breckenridge Brewery one and I love it. It seems liks silly to make something like this picture of the day but it was a time of good laughs and boredom at work. I think my card is the coolest ever. 

Song of the Day:

Matt Pond - KC

http://youtu.be/Okf7HPjdTvs

Day Ninety Six 4/6/11

Mason Mark Simi

Mason was born at 9:44am through a C-Section and is 6lbs, 3.5 ounces. He is the third Old Chicago baby boy that has been born in the last 3 months and as far as I know, the last of the year. His mom, Kristen was my manager for the last couple of months and it was a pleasure working with her. So congrats to her and Matt on a beautiful boy!

Song of the Day:

Beck - Scarecrow

http://youtu.be/sKPil8t5glY

Day Ninety Five 4/5/11

Fire in the Sky

This literally looked like a volcano was going to erupt right before our eyes. But it wasn't, it was just the sunset view from Coors Field while we watched the Dogers play the Rockies. The Rockie won. It was really fun to go to the baseball game and I am hoping to hit many more during the baseball season. 

Song of the Day: 

Spoon - Don't You Evah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W3oXDNTuJ4

Day Ninety Four 4/4/11

Sunset in April

This was a kick-ass sunset, the clouds have been so amazing lately with all of the these storms. 

Almost looks fake at times. But it is not.. it is not. 

Song of the Day:

My Morning Jacket - Mahgeetah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk7NN4RiTsw

Day Ninety Three 4/3/11

 My Girls

Yesterday I got two pics sent to me through text at the same time, and it was both of my sisters sending me pictures of my nieces. Emily and then LuLu and Poppy. I do really miss the kids, and of course I miss my family, but it is so easy to talk on the phone with adults. I love talking to the kids and skyping with them, but I miss the hugs and kisses I get from each one of them. Everyone tells me until I have my own kids I will never understand, but honestly, I love Patrick, LuLu, Emily, Grey and Poppy more than anyone knows. They are my blood and my mom would of loved them so much also. She would of been the best grandmother in the world. I know I have said it before. I will say it again many times. 

Song of the Day:

Outkast - Hey Ya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw

Day Ninety Two 4/2/1

Lookout Mountain

So my Saturdays lately have been spent with an awesome Denver friend, and we go and do cool things together and today we headed to Evergreen and had lunch at The Little Bear, which is bar that is known for it's great food, fun collection of different things hung on the wall and of course the music. We had a burger and it was an amazing burger I must say, there was even a single guy singing on stage. We then walked around the lake and then hit Lookout Mountain and the view was beautiful. You can look to the west and see the Rockies or you can look east and see downtown Denver. It was a beautiful day that reached 82 and there was blue skies and different kinds of clouds all over the place. I love that all these places I go to seem like they are pretty much in my backyard. It's never a long drive to find something knew and different in Denver. And like I said before, I can't wait to keep traveling to all these little towns and parks and see more and more beautiful views. 

Song of the Day:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIIxlgcuQRU

Day Ninety One 4/1/11

April Fools

No April Fools jokes for me today. Hmm.. kinda forgot about it actually. I do have to say that it was an amazing beautiful day in Denver. 

Song of the Day:

Band of Horses - On My Way Back Home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmVlHNDk_hM

Day Ninety 3/31/11

First Old Chicago Baby Jayden Michael

So I went to work at Old Chicago and I was thrown into the mix with three pregnant ladies! Andrea was due first and made it very known that she would go first, and she did. This is her with Jayden and her best friend Dan. They came into work to see us and it was an absolute pleasure because I adore all three of them. 

Song of the Day:

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi

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