Monthly Archives: December 2014

It was a cold, overcast and snowy yesterday, but we had a great time. We went to the local Hunter Douglas dealer to decide what style of blinds we wanted for each of our windows, and to ask for an … Continue reading →

We had a great day yesterday. Plenty of visiting, a nice walk, and Kaitlin and Torben measured the windows for energy-efficient Hunter Douglas blinds. We’ll go down this morning to try to get an estimate to see if we can … Continue reading →

Kaitlin received an email yesterday morning from wheresmysuitcase.com saying they would be delivering the suitcases. It let her correct the destination address and to specify if she and Torben wanted the suitcases to be left without a signature from them. … Continue reading →

It was a beautiful sunny drive most of the way yesterday. It turned cloudy as we came back up the mountain, but there’s a good chance today will be sunny again. The only glitch was Kaitlin and Torben checked their … Continue reading →

Kaitlin and Torben will be here for a few days. We’ll pick them up at the Albuquerque airport today and take them back Wednesday. If the forecasters are correct, this is the weather they’re leaving: And this is the weather … Continue reading →

We haven’t had enough sun lately to keep the house up there warm — it was only about 65° inside yesterday — so Andy had to build a fire. (He likes it warm!) He also had to clear two trees … Continue reading →

Last night bikehikebabe sent me this picture with the message, This picture doesn’t do it justice. Also has moving parts & music, real Santa giving out candy canes. Thank you! Our Christmas Eve tradition is to drive around looking at … Continue reading →

Andy figured more trees would have blown down Sunday night, and he was right. But he had help clearing them yesterday, so he was able to get up to the land. Yesterday was a great day down here, too. I … Continue reading →

It was windy Sunday, so Andy wasn’t surprised that he had to remove trees from across the road yesterday. By the time he had finished the eighth tree he had traveled about a mile along the dirt road, with five … Continue reading →

Kaitlin and Torben are on vacation until after the new year. Yay, them! And Andy and I finished writing the cheerfully firm letter to our insurance company — listing all the calls we’ve made to Customer Service, and that no, … Continue reading →