Sad

My sister just blew through town on her way to South Carolina ... she's going there for a little while - not sure how long ... it was good to see her and sad to see her go.

We had a nice time. She came in about 10 last night, we stayed up late talking. I took the day off so it was nice to just slum it this morning in the PJ's- we talked some more, then got cleaned up and went to the Tea Room I love for some lunch. It's such a great place .. and my sister loved it. I love it too - they have the best pasta salad and soup. Total girl place. Then we did a little window shopping and then came on back.

She just packed up and is heading to our parents house in FL for a little stop over.

My thoughts and prayers are with her - for a happy, relaxing time ... and the freedom to sort of get a clean slate going, get her mind clear and do what's best for her.

Sad to see her go, but excited that the possibilities seem endless. That is a BEAUTIFUL part of the country - different than any place in the world and if you're after some healing, I can not think of a better place to go. I think and hope she will find it there.

Godspeed!

Kah

Sillies

Busy Week

Sorry! Busy week ...didn't mean to abandon the blog again ... but such is life.

I am the floater or the ... person who fills in when people are on vacation or three or more days at work, and someone was out some this week. For some reason this made me VERY TIRED and I abandoned my blog, my books, my movies ... everything. I went to work, came home, slept and did it again ... such is life sometimes.

This week my sister is coming for a day or two on the way to South Carolina so I am looking forward to seeing her.

Kah

Gold Mine!

We decided on our first full day in CO to go visit a Gold Mine in Cripple Creek. It was started in 1891 by a lady named Mollie Kathleen and her grown son. It ran until sometime in the 1970's. We just sort of drove by and doubled up and came back. It seemed interesting and at $15 a person it was a good attraction and a good way to spend a few hours.

First of all, WOW, the stuck 5-7 people in this TINY little elevator thing - and it was still functional from all those years ago. They lower you down on a cable, no light ... and it's a rickety ride, straight down 1000 feet. I was SCARED! I am also apparently claustrophobic, but didn't know. We went down, one elevator on top of the other. I took about 30 seconds to get down and it seemed an eternity. Once down there, a miner with 8 years experience was our tour guide. Here is the inside of the mine.

Here are Conrad and I getting ready to go in. Oh it's also 50 degrees down there, I could FINALLY breathe when we got that far down - they offered jackets and most people wore them. Being from Texas, we opted to NOT wear the jackets. It felt SO good down there.

and Conrad just thought this sign was hilarious. It certainly is "him"!

Then at the end of the tour before we got back into the elevator (which by the way was just like an open cage) they gave us each a piece of gold ore. When we got back up on the ground I went into the gift shop and bought a Mollie Kathleen shot glass and put our ore pieces and tickets in there. PERFECT souvenir. This one meant something - so much better than a magment or a snowglobe or something.

Kah

http://www.goldminetours.com/tour1.html

35 Years

Today is my 35th birthday! It was really a great day - and I can't believe 35 years have gone by. They seemed fast and yet slow at the same time. 

All my friends and family made the day really special. I got such sweet thoughtful presents at work. I got lunch with Kelley and then dinner with Conrad and Tosha ... and phone calls, emails, text messages, FB messages (35 at last count!) and things from both sets of parents. 

It has been so nice to have so many people thinking of me today. Very nice!

Tomorrow I will go back to Colorado pictures and posts!

Kah

Cheyenne Mountain Resort

This was the view from our hotel room at the resort. I KNOW. There are million dollar homes on this mountain and apartment buildings - and everything in between. They all have the SAME VIEW. How cool is that? We were 6500 feet up - and that's what caused my elevation sickness.

We also had a view of Pike's Peak and at 14,700 feet there's no way I took that tour! People were coming back and telling us they were incredibly dizzy when they got off the train. No thanks !!! But it was pretty ....

The restarant there was called the Mountain View Dining Room - uh YEAH !!! and we ate breakfast there every morning .. a few lunches and some dinners. It was incredible. It also rained almost everyday for about an hour and that was a fun lightening show to see!

Kah

Back from Colorado

Hola!

We are back home in Houston. We've been in Colorado Springs for five days on the incentive trip that Conrad earned (i.e. remember back to Hawaii and Dominican). We had a great time.

It was really wild however. I stepped off the plane, went up the jetway and BAM it hit me- elevation sickness. I was immediately queasy and lightheaded. I had no idea what happened to me. Later on we found out we were 6500 feet up and when you live at sea level, that's really hard. On Thursday we went to Cripple Creek which was 10,000 feet up - I was just dizzy like I had been turning in circles. It took about three days to adjust although I never did really catch my breath and of COURSE the entire resort was full of stairs. It was BEAUTIFUL and the weather was UNREAL but I don't think I could live there. I'd never ever get my wits about me!

I have pics and stories of our good times. Those are to come, just know we are back home safe. I took tomorrow off so I could wash clothes and get back to normal. You always seem to need a day before and after vacation.

... and also I got to ride a train for the first time in my whole life. It was so much fun and one more thing off the Bucket List.

Kah