Living Room Furniture Update

I solved the desk/side table with a piece of furniture I already had. It is my Dad's table from the Philippines. It has turned legs with metal claw toe feet. In my mind it was square but it is actually a small rectangle. It is a bit wobbly but fits perfectly and brings in a piece of history to the room.

Additionally, I've been wanting to put up some of my photos but never felt I really had the wall space. The new furniture has a much lower profile which made the little bit of wall space more apparent (and bare).

My first piece is the Eiffel Tower photo that has such a special effect look. I used Shutterfly to make a photo-on-canvas. It turned out great I think. You can see the piece in the first photo above. Here is a closer look.

Denver trip trip

No pictures for this entry. Just a bit of story telling.

This was another business trip to Denver. Since it was Labor Day week, only traveled Tuesday through Thursday. On Wednesday a small group of us decided to have dinner together. But before dinner we also decided to purchase and try some edibles.

As you may know Colorado has legalized marijuana. There are countless store fronts all over downtown Denver where you can purchase a variety of marijuana in a variety of forms. We stopped at just one of the many between the office and where we were having dinner.

I was expecting cookies or brownies... old school edibles. Bit this place had bummers and sour patch edibles. You can purchase by potency. We decided on 10mg gummy fish and watermelon sour patches. You are not allowed to smoke or ingest on the store's property. As soon as we were out the door, 4out of the 5 of us ate a couple.

Fast forward a couple of hours. I thought I was getting a bit of a buzz half way through dinner but it was pretty mild. After dinner and on the way back to our respective hotels we each had another.

Bunny and Jennifer, you will appreciate the rest of this. I felt it was time to tell the cannibal joke. I have been practicing so that I would get it just right. I did. One person thought it was the best joke ever. Another person did not get it. I repeated it several times and it was getting funnier with each telling.

In the meantime I decided to tell the 'man with no arms and legs' jokes. I had only gotten to the pile of leaves while still explaining the cannibal joke when someone asked, "How big was the pile?"

I nearly fell down laughing so hard. Everything kicked on... the edibles, the cannibal, the pile of leaves, the dinner, the tiredness from long hours, the altitude. It was fantastic.

August backyard (sort of) happy hour

It started with a torrential downpour then just steady rain then sprinkles and finally just clouds and a breeze. This month's happy hour was moved indoors. So folks got to see and sit on the new sofa.

Once it stopped raining, we did move outside for a while.

Diane and Nancy. Nancy came all the way from Virginia.

Amy and Dave.

New Living Room Furniture

Tired of slouching in my one arm chair and a loveseat that was too short to lay out in, I got a new sofa... an actual sofa in my little living room.

It might look like it is taking over the room but it is actually on a few inches longer into the room where the chaise is. It also provides more sitting for game nights.

I am planning on replacing the secretary desk, also. I am thinking of something more like a table that would also serve as a side table for that end of the sofa.  The wingback chair isn't going to stay there either but as you can see I decided to move the Stickley mission-style loveseat into the sun room.

And as a reminder, this is what it looked like before.

Jenny - triathlete

Jenny B. did it again this year. She completed the YWCA mini-triathlon. It consists of 500 meter lake swim, 15 miles bike course and 5k run course. Fantastic accomplishment,

Apple load

The apple tree is fully loaded again this year.

Apples and vegtables

The apple tree is showing hundreds of apples. The branches continue to droop under the weight and I am trying to support as many as possible.

Also found a squash in the garden. The plant came up on its own so I didn't really know what it would be. The little yellow pear tomatoes are from the front yard experiment. The cucumber is from Amy's garden.