Farewell

We had a great visit with AGPERP.  Here is a re-cap:

Lunch and Distillery Tour at Stranahans

Patio Drinking

Bike Riding

Lunch in Morrison and Hiking at Red Rocks

Tailgating and Concert at Red Rocks

Dinner at Parisi and Drunk History re-runs

Trip to Winter Park (hiking, moose sighting, relaxing)

Dinner Party

Cyclocross Spectating

Pearl Street and Upslope Brewery 

Moose

We came across moose tracks, which lead to a moose. Can you see it?

Winter Park

Spending a couple days in the mountains.

Red Rocks

We walked around the park yesterday. We are heading back to tonight for a concert.

Whiskey Boys

Two Peas in a Pod

Rain, Rain, Go Away

We are safe and dry, but the rain keeps coming down.

Chris's office up in Longmont is closed, so he is working at home with Zoey. Erica is on her way to Colorado Springs for meetings.

Placemat Pillows

I have been looking for new pillow covers for a few months now.  I couldn't find anything I liked for a reasonable price.  Why are pillows so expensive?  

Thanks to a nice leisurely trip to Target this past weekend, where I had time to really scout out the deals, we now have new pillows for cheap.  What do you think?

First, start out with a pretty placemat that has a lined back.  This one has lots of embroidery on it and was $4.49.  I bought 2 of them.  

I also bought 4 bright placemats on clearance for $1.96 each for out on the patio.  Here you can see how I took apart the seam.  I used my sewing scissors.  I could have sworn I had a seam ripper, but I guess not.  

I re-used the forms for the living room pillows, but used plastic shopping bags and shredder paper to stuff the patio pillows (don't worry, they won't be outside all of the time, but waterproofing spray is not a bad idea).

Finally I hand sewed them closed.

Cost Breakdown:

6 placemats - $16.00

Old pillow forms - $0

Plastic bags & Shredder Paper -$0

Sewing stuff - $0

Grand total for 6 pillows: $16.00

Not too shabby.

Today's Project: Garage Door Opener

Our garage door went kaput right as we were leaving town for Labor Day weekend. We had a screw drive and the mechanism that engages the screw and pulls up the door failed.

Chris says the unit was not centered on the door, which might have been part of the problem. Chris is centering the new belt drive opener this time around.

Sniff in' Out Brews

Our neighborhood liquor store allows well behaved dogs. Zoey got a dog bone at the check out.

New Little Fence

Chris built this guy today.  The back yard is coming together!

Valley of the Wind

Got caught in the rain, so we ducked into Valley of the Wind and bought a bottle of wine to drink on their covered patio.