Champions of Hope Gala

HBD!

Here’s to another trip around the ☀️ with this handsome fella.  😘

Go Red for Women Luncheon!

Business at the Capitol

Erica spoke at a hearing at the Capitol today (about rate (premium) filings with the DOI).  A new first.  It was quite  a bit of prep, but it was a cool experience.  Got to sit behind the dais in the hearing room and everything.

March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction

I won us a years worth of movies for a year at Alamo Drafthouse. 1 movie per day for 2 ppl = $9,125 value!  First movie on the list: A Star is Born.  

Me & my partner in crime/work wife/Boss, Janet.

Retreat

I attended a yoga retreat in the mountains.  Since when has Erica done yoga, you ask?  This weekend is when!  Two gals named Steph and Kady (Big Booty Yoga) led the retreat and they were completely welcoming and inclusive.  

We practiced yoga each day, and attended workshops on things like meditation.  There was also a chef who cooked all of our meals - think steak & king crab for dinner and quiche and açaí bowls for breakfast. It was just what the doctor ordered after two very challenging and stressful months at work.  I hope to start attending yoga classes now.

Aspens!

Henna

Friends

Suddenly DIY

We decided our next house project will be refinishing our hardwood floors.  There are original hard woods under the tile in the kitchen that we would like to go back to.  So we got to work...

And now we can start getting some quotes.  

A Beauty of a Day

Erica was in Vail at a conference this week.  

LSD @ RR

Lake Street Dive at Red Rocks Tonight.

PSA: Weekend is Near!

At the Animal Urgent Care!

Z got stung by something in between the pads of her back foot.  She was definitely in pain, wouldn’t put any weight on it, and the top of her foot was red and swollen.  Of course, we didn’t know the cause of all of this at the time it happened.  Her foot was so swollen and odd shaped across the top of her paw, it looked like it could be sprained or even fractured.  

So, 2 animal ER/Urgent Cares later (there was a 2 hour wait at our first stop), we have a recovering patient.  A good paw cleaning, some steroid & Benadryl shots, and Z will be good as new soon.  

In front of the Animal Urgent Care.

Flowers & Flowers