Mid-November update

Hi everyone! I know all you BB peeps are busy with the conference right now but wanted to touch base. Finally got the cast off! I have to do some exercises to get it ready for all the falls I will be taking snowboarding this winter but that's okay. My first lesson is in a couple of weeks.

Just been super busy with work and trying to catch up on fun on the weekends. Had to fly off to Chicago Friday for an onsite. Then, Chris and I attempted to see Cowboy Mouth Saturday night but they didn't start until 11pm - and we all know I'm more of a happy hour girl than a late-night concert goer. Oh well.

This weekend, we are going to see Warren Miller's Children of Winter movie. No worries if you have no idea who Mr. Miller is - I didn't either until I got out here. He is a big-time ski movie producer guy. Should be good stuff and a good motivator for getting out on the slopes.

I'll touch base with y'all after Thanksgiving. I am spending it here with the Chastains (that's "my friend Lindsay" to some of y'all) and looking forward to it - but will miss Mom's turkey and mashed potatoes! Until then...

Warren Miller movie:

Halloween

Hey guys! This will be short as my eyes are about to bug out of my head because I've been staring at my laptop for the past 12 hours working. However, knew some people could be anxious about the Halloween pictures. So - the guy I was out with was Dog, the Bounty Hunter... what else could I possibly be then... the roll of paper towels he hunted, ie - Bounty. Dawn helped me put together and it was pretty awesome if I do say so myself...

The couple with us are from Charleston too! Rock on with the South representing in the Rockies. They went as Billy Idol and White Wedding - awesome.

And then, here are "my friends Jeff and Lindsay" as the peeps in Charleston know them. They are a stunning rendition of June and Johnny Cash, don't you think?

All in all, a great Halloween. An even better Saturday as we all got together again to watch Clemson, USC (Linds went there), and play CatchPhrase.

Sunday was a beautiful day and spent at Mile High watching the Broncos lose. It was fun and I think I actually got some Vitamin D back in my life.

It hasn't snowed yet - but I hear it's going to snow in the mountains tonight and the ski resorts will start opening up this weekend. I've got my Epic Pass ready and ready to roll.

That's about it for now. Getting the cast off Thursday! Whoo-hoo - will finally be able to open up screw top jars.

Hope that ladies out there have a good girl's night tomorrow and drink a cocktail for me.

Until later...

Denver Gorilla Run!

The moment I've been waiting for since I made the decision to move to Denver finally arrived - the Denver Gorilla Run! Dawn and I were "beauty pagent" gorillas complete with tiaras and sashes. The race was 3.5 miles and over 700 gorillas participated. Gorillas were dressed up as basketball players, Hawaiian girls, businessmen, etc... Good times all around! We fast jogged it for most of the way - I definitely slowed Dawn down but kudos to her, she stayed with me. Not to be a pansy but my wrist was aching near the end so that's what I'm going to blame for us not getting under 30 minutes. Which by the way, I get the cast off Nov. 6th. Can't wait! I've had to cover it with duct tape from all the crap I've spilled on it! I know - gross.

So, next up - Halloween! I'll probably go as my stand-by, the Magic 8-ball, but there's a possibility I'll go as a roll of paper towels - long story and will explain if it happens. Saturday will be spent trying to forget another Clemson loss I'm sure and Sunday I'm hitting the Broncos game.

Hope everyone has a great week and talk to you later!

Great American Beer Festival!

Hey peeps! Sorry it's been a while. It's just been work, work, work for me (someone forward this to C-Sak please...). However, I did manage to make it out to the Great American Beer Festival. And yes, it's listed in the book "1000 Things To Do Before You Die".
After waiting in a 30-minute line that wrapped around the convention center in the freezing cold, we entered beer paradise. The breakdown is below:

Beer Vendors: 1800
Beer that was sampled that literally tasted like urine: 3
Awesome stouts sampled: couldn't keep track
Guys dressed in literal kegs held up by suspenders: 3
Time of seeing first guy get carried out by the cops: 7:18pm (it started at 5:30)
Hilarious guys in pink leisure suits that I talked to while waiting for bathroom: 2
Times we heard "OH-H-H-H-H" whenever someone dropped their "sampling" glass: 276
Philly cheesesteaks that I demolished afterwards: 1

Good times fo' sure! It's happening all over again on September 24th, 2009 - go ahead and mark it on the calendar now.

On another note, one of the ski mountains is opening up tomorrow - they make their own snow although it almost snowed here Saturday night. Crazy! I have NO clothes. I need to go shopping asap. My flip-flops are not going to cut it anymore.

So, this week is Avs game Thursday night and an 80s ski party Friday night - check it out! http://www.80sskiparty.com/. I just need some leg warmers and an 80s headband to wear - any suggestions for me are welcome!

So, here is a picture of my cast at the beer festival. We all know I'm no Tyra Banks in the photography world and this picture was taken well into the night so I just cropped my head out :) but wanted to put up a pic of my awesome manilla vanilla cast. Take care everyone and have a great week.
C-Lo

2nd Boring Post...

Hi guys! Not much is going on but wanted to touch base. The wrist is still broken. I would like everyone to start appreciating all your appendages every day. I have to put bottles between my feet to twist off the cap and don't even get me started on trying to tie my shoes - at least it's still flip-flop weather - for today any way. The cast comes off in about 4 weeks or so, the same time it will start snowing here - crazy! I'll try to get some pictures uploaded soon.

Last weekend I ran down to a town about 2.5 hours southwest of here called Salieda. It's right on the Arkansas River and people chain up kayaks on the street just like they were mountain bikes. It's a cool, small river town.

Then had some friends come into town and had to show them the cool roof bars to watch college football. (All I 'm going to say is that I'm glad I was in a car when Clemson was playing...)

Not much going on this weekend except the Broncos game on Sunday. Definitely looking forward to the game - they play Tampa Bay.


Then NEXT weekend will be a good one - Jim Gaffigan is in town (Hot Pockets!!) and Saturday is the Great American Beer Festival.

Ok - will sign off but will upload pictures next week of the cast and GameDay pics from Invesco.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Broken wrist....

Hey guys! As most of you know (who have seen my facebook page) I broke my wrist ("fractured radius") this past Sunday. I had one or two cocktails watching the Broncos eek out another win and fell down the stairs. I'm not the most graceful gazelle anyway and slightly accident-prone so it's really no surprise. It's my left wrist so could be worst. Also, if I'm going to break something, just glad it's before ski season kicked in. However, it takes 10x longer to write out emails so this will be short. Not much has been going on any way. Have the Great American Beer Festival coming up and the Denver Gorilla Run (which yes! I'm still planning on running - well, at least walking) so those pictures will be great. Will update the blog though with the wrist pics as soon as I can. The guy I was hanging out with that night has a broken foot so it'll make for a good gimpy picture - if we get together again. Ha! Oh - and the orthopedist I went to today's dad went to Clemson - small world! - he wanted me to get an orange cast which I nixed after a couple of minute's thought. After all ladies - we all know orange is not the most flattering color on a girl - especially if this guy nevers call back... Hope everyone has a great one!

Back in Mile High...

from Charleston and the great city of Cleveland... ugh. No offense Ohioans but I'll be okay if I never have to go there again - although the Irish pub we landed at was pretty cool - Flanagan's? Finnegan's? something like that. You can't really go wrong with a Guinness and a grilled cheese though.

Anyway, just a quick blog to say Howdy. It's a crappy day here in Denver. It's SNOWING in Breckenridge right now - crazy. But! this is also the weekend when all the beer festivals/Oktoberfests start happening in Denver... If anyone is bored October 10-11, feel free to make the trip for the best beer festival in the US... There is a story about The Great American Beer Festival on msn.com today:
http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=616152&gt1=41000

So, tomorrow I'll be arising bright and early to watch ESPN GameDay at 8am and then heading to a bar around 10am for the Clemson game. Don't be surprised if some of y'all get some texts/phone calls from me tomorrow around halftime - depending on how we're doing. With that, I'll sign off and hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! Go Tigers!!! and I can't believe I'm saying this, but Go Dawgs too!