Friday, February 29, 2008

Mexico Cruise

This is my room mate (Brad Jensen) and our room after all the stuff is in it. We had to bring XBox game consoles, projectors and a lot of wiring so our little room gets packed
Brad and Randy

Our cabin has a little balcony. This is our snack plate that our room attendant brought in the afternoon. The little black and red topping on the little bread is not raspberry jam. It is caviar (fish eggs). It tasted a little fishy but was good
On our second day (today) we are in Key West on the way to Mexico. I'm going ashore in a minute to walk around. This is one of the little islands. Looks nice, but I wonder what they do during hurricane season.


Monday, February 25, 2008

Winter Wonder

Sunday night we had about an hour of rain; the first since October I think. At the time (10pm) it was about 45 degrees outside. This morning when I came out to the car to drive to work, this cool ice pattern was on the car roof.


Sunday, February 24, 2008

Diploma

Well my diploma finally arrived the the mail, and our local mail person decided that I wanted it so bad that despite the warning on the evelope, he bent it to get in into the mailbox. As you can see on the corner its got several creases. I'm going to order another one because its actually worse than the picture shows and it would be totally obvious in a frame. I'm not sure if there is anything the post office will do if I complain, but I guess we'll find out how much a duplicate costs and go from there. Maybe I'll have it delivered to work next time so it won't get all beat up. To celebrate I get to start paying my student loans this month. Hurray!!!


Friday, February 15, 2008

Hot Babe

In case there was any doubt about how Allie, Staci & Molly came by their good looks; these pictures were taken either just before or while Jane and I were dating.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Jane. The skin, the hair, the smile, those lips... perfect! And no make-up. Jane's super-model good looks were captured on film in December 1976. I asked her out about six weeks later. She was 17 years old. That's Paul Peters beating up on his older sister.


I took this picture on Memorial Day; May 30, 1977 about 2 months away from our getting engaged.

You Know You Are From Colorado If.....

We went out for Chinese food for dinner tonight and the little restaurant had a little local newspaper. This was on the back page and we thought it was very funny because we now totally get it. In honor of our family members thinking about relocating, we thought we'd pass these along:

You're from Colorado If:

1. You'll eat ice cream in the winter
2. When the weather report says it's going to be 65 degrees, you shave your legs and wear a skirt
3. It snows 5 inches and you don't expect school to be cancelled
4. You'll wear flip flops every day of the year regardless of temperature
5. You have no accent at all, but can hear other peoples'. And you make fun of them
6. "Humid" is over 25%
7. Your sense of direction is Toward the mountains and Away from the mountains
8. You say "the interstate" and everyone knows which one
9. You think that May is a totally normal month for a blizzard
10. You grew up planning your Halloween costume around your coat
11. You know what the Continental Divide is
12. You don't think that Coors beer is a big deal
13. You went to Casa Bonita as a kid
14. You've gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such activities
15. You always know the elevation of where you are
16. You wake up to a beautiful 80 degree day and wonder if it will snow tomorrow
17. You don't care that some company renamed it; the Broncos still play at Mile High
18. Everybody wears jeans to church
19. You actually know that South Park is a real place; not just a TV show
20. You know what a "Trust Fund Hippie" is, and you know its natural habitat is Boulder
21. You know you are talking to a fellow Coloradoan when they call it Elitches, not Six Flags
22. A bear on your porch doesn't bother you
23. Your two favorite teams are the Broncos and whoever is beating the heck out of the Raiders

Buzzy

The other night Seth mentioned that he wanted to get his hair "buzzed". In fact, he'd been wanting to try it for a while. When I came home from a trip last night, it was a done deal.



Saturday, February 9, 2008

Delphine Faringer Passing

Mardawn Fosson sent me an e-mail with this news article attached. Thought it might be of passing interest.