We're Baaack

Woke up at 330am yesterday in NH and started the trek back to Colorado. We made it fine although it was a long day. Got in around 5:30 Mountain time.

Showed up here to snow on the ground (not much) and 45 degree weather. Sun is up today and the wood stove is cranking.

Now we take the kids to school and I'm back here to work.

Turkey Day is Over: Sun here Snow there.

Day after Thanksgiving and this damn cold has caught up with me. I was Sick sick sick this morning and couldn't crawl our of bed to almost 12 noon. Unheard of for me. In any event. Turkey day was wonderful. We loved seeing everyone and doing the usual catching up. The kids are growing across the board. (Just like they are supposed to.)

My Sister in law and her husband are about to leave for a great opportunity to live in Nepal for the next couple of years. We certainly talked all about that. Kudos to them (I hope they're reading this :) ) If you are you know we're all wishing you the best on this trip.

Got a call from my neighbor this morning. I Guess Thanksgiving there was all sun and then they next morning there was 6 inches of snow on the ground. Cool...Except that I missed it. I would have liked to see that.

Buy Local. It's more important than you might think

Werner is someone we know and he is deeply involved in sustainability and in encouraging local economies. I found this this morning while scanning through old articles with my Google Reader (Top notch tool by the way)

http://durangotelegraph.com/telegraph.php?inc=/07-11-08/coverstory_side.htm

Well we made it to NH

OK so it's not an exciting post. They can't all be that way. We had a fine flight from Albuquerque to Manchester. No problems. It is always long, but the kids did great, we got to read or work on the plane and all went pretty well.

Now we're back for Thanksgiving and a few extra days.

One Thing...It's cold here. Sue and I went for a run yesterday afternoon (Friday) and it was freaky cold. Had to wear a hat and gloves to stay warm. Great run though. We found a trail that wrapped around South Down shores through Prescott Forest and then through the Condo Complex.

Change the World. One Hug at a Time

This Video Has been Seen over 20 Million Times

News: We would like to thank and hug every one of you for making this video Youtube video of the year! Check out our video thank you message here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99CuM6...
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Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, A man whos sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.

In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

As this symbol of human hope spread accross the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.

In the Spirit of the free hugs campaign, PASS THIS TO A FRIEND and HUG A STRANGER! After all, If you can reach just one person...

Music by Sick Puppies. Their album is out April 3rd called "Dressed Up As Life". Go out and support these guys.
(Visit http://sickpuppies.net or http://myspace.com/sickpuppies for the music)
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PS. The response to this video has been nothing short of overwhelming and touching. Hugs to every single one of you who messaged. There has been thousands of emails from all over the world by people seeking to participate in the Free Hugs campaign and asking for permission. You do not need permission. This is the peoples movement, this is *your* movement. With nothing but your bare hands you can make THE difference.

Imagine all the people.

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http://www.freehugscampaign.org
http://www.myspace.com/freehugscampaign

Halo3 Myspace Video

Are you addicted to Halo 3?

If it's not Halo 3 then it's something else that makes you have these conversations. Enjoy the video gamers.



http://view.break.com/390565 - Watch more free videos

What do you See?

From http://www.pizdaus.com/pics/93BSS34UkAXi.jpg

New Mexico Geocaching today

Wow did we have fun exploring New Mexico today. Glad we did. We set out to place a travel bug into a geocache in New Mexico. We were out to do this because the Travel bug wanted to go there and visit New Mexico.

We ended up discovering a natural arch, and amphitheater and finding 2 out of 4 caches.

The downside was I injured my ankle after coming off the steep section of the last climb. Probably a small strain.

Skunk in the Greenhouse!! Yikes

So we get a call from our neighbor yesterday. "Hey do you know if baby skunks can spray?" Huh? we think. Why we ask. Well we have one in the live trap inside the greenhouse.

Uh oh.

Turns out we couldn't figure out whether the skunk could spray or not so. The next question is what do we do about it? Our answer was to take a plastic bag and put it over the trap then gently lift the trap up and wrap it in a blanket. Gently being the key.

The rest was sort of easy, but we carried the little guy out into the woods and carefully opened the trap and let him out. Turns out he was a Western Spotted Skunk. Did you know that western spotted skunks are known to be little skittish... Glad I didn't know that before we did this little operation.

Image from: http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/mammalogy/mamwash/sppu.html