My good friend Julie managed to get her hands on tickets to see the Obama speech this evening. So jealous, and excited for her!!! She takes awesome pictures though so i'll live vicariously through her!!!
Can I just say how much I absolutely LOVE the free internet one gets at Denver International Airport? It's a fairly quick connection and given my addition to the internet it is absolutely wonderful to be able to pass the time at the gate reading blogs and catching up on the news.
Now if only they would put free internet IN FLIGHT...i'd be all set!
Now if only they would put free internet IN FLIGHT...i'd be all set!
I should have explained what prints of pride was...
"Prints of Pride"
Here´s how the program works:
* Registration for tile imprinting will take place on The Orchard Town Center Web site, www.theorchardtowncenter.com, where parents and dog owners will select time slots that suit their schedules. Tile imprinting will take place Grand Opening weekend.
* Those who register on the Web site will bring their children and dogs to The Orchard Town Center on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, at designated times. Time slots will be confirmed via email. Ceramic tile professionals and volunteers will help the children and dogs make their mark
* The colorful tiles, to coordinate with the color scheme of the Center, will be glazed, fired and installed at the Center, where they will live on for posterity. An installation date will be announced after the tiles are complete.
"Prints of Pride"
Here´s how the program works:
* Registration for tile imprinting will take place on The Orchard Town Center Web site, www.theorchardtowncenter.com, where parents and dog owners will select time slots that suit their schedules. Tile imprinting will take place Grand Opening weekend.
* Those who register on the Web site will bring their children and dogs to The Orchard Town Center on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, at designated times. Time slots will be confirmed via email. Ceramic tile professionals and volunteers will help the children and dogs make their mark
* The colorful tiles, to coordinate with the color scheme of the Center, will be glazed, fired and installed at the Center, where they will live on for posterity. An installation date will be announced after the tiles are complete.
I posted the pictures we took from prints of pride. This is George's paw print. His turned out a bit better, but we only got one good print of his. We managed to get two prints out of Jones but they are less deep. The clay was really cold and hard to press the cats' paws down (especially since they had no desire to cooperate).
Regardless, neat to have them forever in the apple slices at the new outdoor mall, or at least until they tear it down...
Regardless, neat to have them forever in the apple slices at the new outdoor mall, or at least until they tear it down...
I also noticed on my travel ticker that we have 1 month, 1 week and 1 day until we leave for our trip to Holland!!! That's pretty exciting. I am really looking forward to the trip...a lot! I wish I could take my cats with us though. They don't really enjoy traveling too much.
Austin and I had a wonderful day today. At first we were thinking of driving into the mountains and going up to Estes, but I wasn't feeling well and relaxed in bed with the cats. We went and saw the "Prints of Pride" exhibit at the new mall in Westminster. They unveiled it today, and we managed to find the paw prints we had done of Jones and George, as well as a friend's dog. I'll post pictures later. We then went to Austin's work downtown to pick up something he had left there (and spent a good hour in traffic due to an accident on a drive that should have taken 15 minutes). After that, we ventured into the Highlands area of Denver. We bought some cupcakes (yum!!!), had lunch and then ventured our way to a tea shop, a cheese store, and then a wine store. We purchased some cheese, and then decided it might be nice to enjoy the cheese with a nice glass of wine. Good idea, except neither one of us really drink. We ended up asking the shop owner what to get and he suggested a red wine from Australia called "The Mutts Nuts". We bought it, walked out, and thought to ourselves I'll bet that guy is laughing his head off telling people he finally sold the Mutts Nuts to a a bunch of suckers. But...it turned out to be pretty tasty and we are sipping our wine, eating our cheese, and enjoying our frou frou'ness.
And of course VERY grown up at 31 and 33 years of age!!!
And of course VERY grown up at 31 and 33 years of age!!!
I have been waitlisted for the Obama speech. What a load of crap. My understanding was that tickets were going to be distributed on a first come first serve basis and I signed up right when we were notified, well before over 80,000 signed up for tickets (there are 70,000 tickets available).
So sad...
So sad...
