Oct. 31, 2007 - Our First Year in Colorado (Warning: Photo Heavy!)
Today is the one year anniversary of when we arrived in Colorado. It has been a very full and memorable year. So I am reviving my poor, forgotten blog to post a quick overview of the highlights of the past year!
We experienced our first "real" winter, with lots of snow - at least, compared to the high desert of California. 
I received a GPS for Christmas, and have used it mainly to geocache. I have found about 40 so far, in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. 
I learned, thanks to our friend Mrs. Colvin in California, how to make pie crusts.
Also, bread at high altitude. I tweaked and nearly perfected a recipe, except recently, I have tried to adjust it to increase the percentage of wheat, and it had enormous air bubbles in each loaf. Is there anyone who knows why it did that?
And, also thanks to our friends the Colvins, I made my first blouse for my mom, which won a 2nd at the local fair. I was surprised it did that well, considering that the flaws the judge noted were not the ones that bothered me the most about it. 
Tried new things
And explored many beautiful places. Do you know how hard it is to pick just a couple of pictures of the probably thousands I've taken this year? I have probably taken more pictures in one month here than I did in one year in California!
Also, some of the many memorable books I've read in the last year, thanks to our wonderful library mainly:
Bleak House, Old Curiosity Shop, and Barnaby Rudge, by Charles Dickens
Wives and Daughters & North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Up from Slavery by Booker T Washington
Rickenbacker: An Autobiography by Eddie Rickenbacker
Freckles, A Girl of the Limberlost, Laddie, and Song of the Cardinal by Gene Stratton Porter
Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostoevsky
And others. I'm currently reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, Michael O'Halloran by Gene Stratton Porter, and Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Comments
Oct. 31, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by BChsMamaof3
Welcome Back : ) What a beautiful place you live in. I just love the first photo of the snow on the tree. Your blouse looks wonderful and it sounds like you have found some wonderful friends to help you to learn so many new things! Looking forward hopefully to reading more new entries : )
Blessings to you and your family,
BChsMamaof3
Nov. 2, 2007 - Colorado??
Posted by domesticangel
I used to live in Colorado. And very recently, my husband has talked about getting a transfer and relocating there. Your pics make me home sick, even tho I was not raised there. AND you have almost the exact same interests as I. So, I've added you to my friends list. Maybe that will keep you blogging, eh?
Nov. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Roseleona
Have you ever read "Unspocken Love", "Thrilling Escapes By Night", or "Beautiful Girlhood"? Those are very good books ~ I enjoy them a lot.
Jun. 12, 2008 - YUUUUM
Posted by Anonymous
mmmmmm....those turnovers look SO YUMMMY thanks for sharing your recipies!
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