4th of July - La Veta/Cuchara Style

I went to 2 Fourth of July parades; one in Cuchara on the actual 4th and one here in La Veta on the 5th. The parade particpants throw candy to the crowd. The little kids get sooo excited! About 3000 people show up! No joke!

There are bands and the restaurants (all 2 of them) set up a huge BBQ!

My little pal, Stephanie

These next 3 photos are for Tina-K.

New members welcome!

And for my croshit buddies......

dog lovers.....

We're on the "A" list of invitees for social gatherings around town, if you can believe that! Most of you know Andy's adversion to venturing farther than a 25 foot perimeter of his home. We were invited to "Circle the Wagons RV Park" Fourth of July BBQ by Tom & Darlene Taylor. They are truly great people. They bought the RV park about the same time we bought our little house. We had our RV parked at their place for 6 months and became friends. They BBQ'd for the all their guests at their R.V. park.

The following day we met up with friends at the festivites in a La Veta park. La Veta does their thing the weekend following the fourth; it's the same sort of venue as Rods & Roses for you Carpies.

Last night we went to another BBQ at our next door neighbors, Pat & Cindy Campbell. We met 3 other couples and expanded our social circle! Lots of fun!!

True to the tradition, Andy had me working on my birthday. I demo'd the bathroom; pulled out cabinets, vanity, the jacuzzi tub and pedestal sink. Then I pulled the toilet, removed 3 layers of flooring, then reset the toilet. Andy prefers the toilet in the house to the r.v. accomodations. I have to agree the extra leg room is nice.

before

after

more leg room than first class!

The End

Well, that's all I got for now! Lvoe, k

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Jumpin' Around

I'm writing this on July 1 even tho the date says June 27. The fireplace went in last week but it was wrong. Wow. That's something different. Andy was busy with other projects and couldn't supervise the installation.


You'll notice the chimney stack was a little high...like 3 feet too high. And the fireplace itself wasn't centered properly. The guys came back yesterday and fixed it.

The stack looks much better now. But at the time, Andy was jumping around like he had a fire in his pants. He doesn't mult-task with a good attitude and that day there were a dozen things calling for his attention.
Even Waffles tries to be invisible when he gets excited.

I've become a volunteer firefighter for the La Veta Fire Department. I got to drive the brush truck (known as B-11) and work the pump and hose to water trees in town!! I might get my gear tonight at training! I get 2 outfits...one for structural fires and one for wildland fires. I hope they don't make my butt look big.

There are little bugs called "no-see-ums" (I call 'em Little Bastards) which are actually midges (no, not the Barbie and Skipper kind) that bite/sting while you're working in the yard. You don't know it until later when the welts show up like a mosquito bite but the itch more and longer. They're my daddy. They own me. Since you "no-can-see-'ems" you don't know they're around having a buffet on your dime. Or ankles, shins, arms, scalp.

I'm still ripping siding and Andy has become a master window framer. Our windows have been ordered and should arrive end of July or early August. Now that IS exciting!















And the porch has been framed to some extent. These elevations are of the same side of the house and in order of construction. The odd pictures are of the model elevations Andy built before we started construction.

























































That's all i got for now. Lvoe,k
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Another day, another dogger

You can take the girl out of the city but you can't take the consumer out of the girl. I need a little zip to get up and down the ladder. Sometimes it's a little too zippy and I'm in and out of the bathroom. I know I know....too much information.

Andy went for a massage today. The contractor who's helping us is married to a masseuse (sp) so what a great combo - hold the mayo!

Today is my friend Thuy's birthday. She requested some more pics of The Blond One, so I will honor her birthday wishes.

This is Thuy with Waffles. She's Waffles' best friend. They would run off with each other in a second if it weren't for the house arrest ankle bracelet I've had to attach to Waffy for just that reason!

Waffles used this disguise last time she tried to leave with Thuy. She had changed her name to Dog E Dogg. It was that sly brown eye that gave her away. Never make eye contact when you're on the lam.

HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO THUY!!!!

that's all i got for now. lvoe, k

Our little house is 108 years old and survived a small fire about 30 years ago. For my engineering buddies reading this, here's a photo of how the fire damaged studs were "repaired" after the "blaze" (it wasn't TOO big an inferno as the house is under 1000 s.f.; the flame from a blow torch could dissolve this place in a heartbeat; so sorry, but no creme brulees for dessert if you come for a visit).

As of today, this wall is gone and the new opening for the entry has been created.

We worked really hard this morning and treated ourselves to lunch and a couple of beers at the Blue Rooster Pub & Grill, then came home for naps. Getting dinner started - usually it vacillates between great gourmet meals (yesss- really!!!!! i can cook!!!) and soup with grilled cheese sammiches. Tonight it's the latter, since we're dogged.

And speaking of dogged, Waffles has found a skunk hole under a neighbor's house. She's like a little kid - sneaking over there when my back is turned!! Great. That's all I need in an RV is a "skunked dog". I can always leave her outside to deter the bears.

And speaking of bears, there was one up a tree at Sammie's (a diner across the street) while we were having breakfast yesterday. I was told this particular bear is aggressive and not your average bear, BooBoo (oooh Yogi). The Parks & Recreation rangers chased him back into the hills, but they say he'll probably be back. Great.

We went to a c/w dance last Saturday night. We didn't dance (I wouldn't cuz I don't know how) but it was so much fun watching!!! Some of those old timers can really cut a rug!

Gotta get the chow on and then shower the dirt out of my ears and nose.

That's all I got for now. Lvoe, k