Life on the High Plains

Mr. Beans, Mary, and I made a last minute decision to go see the Rockette's Christmas Spectacular at the World Arena last night.  Luckily there were lots of tickets available and what a nice surprise it was when we got our $50 tickets for $28 because the World Arena gives a military discount. Here's Mary and I doing the Rockettes pose. We didn't have time to stop and eat dinner before the show, but we found a great little barbecue place at the arena.  Mary had the brisket and I had the smoked turkey.  It was very yummy and not the typical World Arena food. Mr. Beans stuck with a hot dog which he said was delicious. No pictures were allowed, but I did manage to sneak this one right at the very end.  I have only one word to describe the Rockettes -- PERFECTION! It was an awesome show and even Mr. Beans enjoyed it.  If you see Mr. Beans make sure you don't say "long legs" around him.  He says it's inappropriate. It was a f...

I don't understand the problem that everyone has with the full body scans and pat downs that the TSA performs to keep all of us safe.  Would you rather be dead?  Their job is to make sure that we all get to where we're going alive.  Just take a moment and remember 9/11.  Instead of "opting out" or complaining to the TSA agents, why not thank them for their service to the country.  Or better yet, opt out of flying.

Today I helped host a bridal shower for a co-worker.  For favors I pulled out the soap making supplies.  The wedding colors are teal and brown and I tried to make teal colored soaps.  I couldn't quite make teal, they came out more turqoise.  Tressie and her mom drove in for the shower.  Tressie is the happiest baby, she is so much fun to be around.  I was shopping the other day and came across this little santa dress.  It was so cute and because I was going to see Tressie today, I knew she had to have it.  As  you can see by her big smile, she loved it.  (Check out Tressie's Blog )   Here's the bride.  Just like Tressie's mom, she's an amazing woman.  Not only is she great to work with, but she can do almost anything.  Her house needed a new roof and instead of hiring a contractor, she did it herself with the help of her fiancee and a couple friends.  The wedding is January 15th!

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis 1:3-5

Broncos 49 - Chiefs 29 We'll be back at Invesco Field on Sunday, November 28th when we get to introduce Dana's boyfriend, Adam, to American football.  (Hopefully we won't be around so many obnoxious fans at that game.)

Well, we decided not to go to the Air Force game today.  It was just too darn cold.  Instead we picked up Mr. Beans and headed to the holiday festival in town.  We got there and realized everyone else had the same idea.  We couldn't find a parking spot and the line to get in was about a block long, so we decided not to do that either (much to Irv's and Mr. Beans' delight).  There was a movie theatre close by so we went to see Unstopable with Denzel Washington.  It is a movie based on a runaway train in Pennsylvania.  It was a great movie, kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. After the movie we decided to go grocery shopping.  Mr. Beans was thrilled by this decision!  He loves to go shopping!  (NOT).  Look what we found at the store...Tim Tam, Australia's favorite cookie (or so Pepperidge Farm claims).  Dana brought us several packages of Tim Tam from Australia last Christmas and I asked her to bring us mor...

I have 4 tickets to the Air Force vs. University of New Mexico football game on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.  The forecast for Saturday is a high of 40 degrees with rain/snow showers.  I've been trying to give these tickets away, but nobody will take them! We also have 4 tickets to the Broncos vs. Chiefs game in Denver at 2:05 p.m.  Forecast for Sunday--partly cloudy and a high of 37 degrees.  With the way the Broncos are playing, I probably couldn't give those tickets away either.  If I did, Irv would probably kill me because he invested a few hundred dollars in them.  I guess it's time to get out the long johns, hand warmers, gloves, and beanie caps.  GO BRONCOS!! By the way, Irv is home and he will not give me even the smallest clue as to where he has been.  The guys I work with say he was on a "secret trip" to Vegas.  Hmmm.