The New Computer/Denver

Well I have a new computer! I've never personally owned my own computer so this is weird territory. Im reading manuals, googling stuff and I still have no clue what Im doing. Macs were Tysons thing, computers were Tysons thing. I would just ask him and he would do it. He would just know what to look for or what to do and just do it. I have Apple care which means I can march down to the apple store, make an appointment and they will show me what to do. Will they be as understanding as Tyson? Will they be patient? Will they just do it when I get to frustrated because i still dont understand? Probably not... but I have to figure it out. So maybe I should use the service and make the appointment.

Ok so I do have my pictures on my computer so I guess I will slowly share some that I have taken so far. Most are from my little point and click since its the most convenient to carry in my purse.

We left L.A. for Denver on January 3rd. We left the Southern California warm, sunny, laid back life style for cold and snowy Denver. To be honest with you I wasn't that thrilled to go out a do much sight seeing. I was pretty bummed out about saying goodbye to everyone and still trying to tie up loose ends back at home that Denver was kind of the city that fell through the cracks.


Sam Number 3 - A janitor recomended this place to us day one and we loved it. We went back 2 or 3 times. Breakfast was amazing.





This is our friend Forest, we decided to brave the snow beween shows to get Frozen Custurd from Good Times. When we got there, it was closed :(














The next 5 pictures are from the Molly Brown House. She was also known as the Unsinklable Molly Brown from the Titanic. We showed up and were going to buy our tickets and found out that it was one of 4 free days during the year. Score! Free Tour! I was aloud to take pictures inside but I took a few in the front and some of Ashley and I trying on Victorian Hats in the "play room". I always knew I like Molly Browns charachter from the movie... such a spit fire... but loved her even more after touring the house. Little known fact, after The Titanic sank everyone was taken aboard The Carpathia(sp?) to finish their voyage. As soon as she got on the ship she started fundraising for all the women and children who were left widowed and fatherless as a result of the disaster. She stayed on the ship until every last person had a place to go. Wow, what an amazing woman! Truly made my heart warm when I heard that story.



















The last few pictures are of Ashley and I around the city and at the theater.























Last but not least, the smelly, the dingy, "La Cage'" - our office/storage in Denver. It was located at the back of the theater where all the light storage was.




Goodbye Denver, I doubt I will miss you!

Rocky Mountain High

Ok so I don't love the coldness that Denver is experiencing right now. It's dipping down in the single digits and I'm not having any of it! Wowzers! It's hard to want to leave the hotel and experience the city. We are trying but it just isn't up our alley to walk around on the slushy cold streets.

So Ashley and I have befriended some of the crew people and were invited over for dinner tonight. The head carpenter is the coolest guy and is basically like our road dad. He is always checking in on us and making sure were being taken care of. He picked us up from our hotel so we didn't have to walk in the snow to the other hotel (since we're too cheap to get a taxi and he has a rental car). Forest was the cook/host for the evening and made pork chops for all us tonight. They were pretty darn good! Ashley and I put our non-cooking skills to work and walked down to a bakery to buy cookies so we could contribute to the meal.

Tomorrow we are bracing the cold to see the Molly Brown House(aka The Unsinkable Molly Brown from Titanic) and a tour of the U.S. Mint. It's hard to do too much with out a car so were going to take a taxi to the first stop and walk to the next. I hope to get some good pictures on the way so hopefully we walk by some good stuff. I still havnt got the computer all figured out so still no pictures for a while.

Next week is San Diego and I can't wait for the warmer weather. We are only there for a week but excited to see our friends who are driving down from Simi to see us. Can't wait!

Denver Day 1

Well day 1! I left this morning to head down to LAX to head for Denver. It's was very hard to say goodbye. I never had any doubts about the job or my decision, I just didn't want to leave everyone. The kids are going to grow and people will continue with thier lives. Just because I leave doesn't mean life for others stops... as much as I would like it to.

I had breakfast with my parents, a nice way to start the day. Then they drove me to flyaway. We met up with Ashley, her mom and our friend Stephanie. We took some pictures then had our teary goodbye and got on to the bus. When we got off at Terminal 1 for Southwest my jaw almost hit the floor. The longest lines I had ever seen were coming out of he terminal and down the sidewalk. Apparently Southwest had an amazing deal for people flying home after the holiday weekend. We ended up being able to skip 85% of the line because we were checked in online and had our boarding passes already printed out. Thank goodness! However when I went to weigh my bag, I knew I would be over the 50lb max but had no idea it would be by 18lbs. I feel like a diva, I didn't think I packed THAT much but the numbers don't lie.

Going through security I walked through the metal detector and Ashley had the new fancy scanner. It was bound to happen sooner than later, it just happened to be at the first airport for Ashley.

We got on to the 2 1/2 hour flight and landed in Denver. We have slowly met a few of the actors and musicians for the show as well. Everyone was super nice and friendly. We just got to the hotel and are resting before we go find somewhere to eat. You know Ashley and I, food makes our world go round. We always welcome suggestions for things to do or places to eat in each city.

It may take me a few days to get settled in and organized but I will begin my photo taking and try to share some of Denver with you. have a good night all.