Archive for the Life’s Challenges Category


Really Long Hike Among the Cedars and Old Spokes

 Hiked a hidden Trail in the Garden of the Gods. I am grateful that my hiking friend is really adventurous. I hadn’t been on this trail since before the flooding, so it was looking a wee bit different than I remembered. My friend hadn’t brought her hiking pole, but I have a driftwood stick with […]

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Taxes and Dancing and Hiking on My Current Tenants Moving Day

Focused on work to clear the way for writing. On Friday, and early Saturday, I also got most of the images my nephew and brother needed done in a way they liked them for Ellis Brush Mowers. I sent off 300 dpi ones to my brother to create a brochure, and put some on the […]

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Another Health Test and a Great Webinar

On Thursday last week I had a Cat Scan. This was ordered by two Doctors, so felt was necessary to do. I really didn’t like the idea of drinking the “Berry” (Barium) Smoothie and having dye injected into my veins, but also don’t like to disobey two doctor’s orders. I am visioning that they were […]

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Skunk Outside my Bedroom Equals Exhaustion

Sunday was both a Beautiful and a Challenging day. Did I mention that on Carnivale morning, as I was going out the door, I saw I had a text message from the cottage tenant. I checked it to discover that once again the cottage heater would not light properly. So I called my plumber friend […]

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The Day After Manitou Springs Carnivale Parade

Manitou Springs Carnivale was the second coldest. After a 50 degree sunny day on Friday, we awoke to snow, fog and very cold weather for Carnivale. But that didn’t keep the fans from lining up for the Gumbo Cook Off Tastings. And many fun people showed up to be in the parade. Too much preparation […]

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Two Urban Hikes Today One About Faith

I hiked over to the new home for Transition Town Manitou Springs with my Greek hiking friend. It is all about having faith. They are working on buying a half acre lot with a historic Victorian home on it that is in the flood path. The bridge was destroyed and water got very close to […]

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Feeling a bit Squirrelly on this Grey Day

The morning was sunny, but the predicted storm clouds arrived on the wind as the day wore on. I wasn’t really feeling on track having not come to terms with having a new health challenge. These little guys sitting in the tree outside my window did make me smile. I had many phone calls to […]

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Health Challenges Heading My Way Again

Not ready to hear the possibility of my body having a health challenge again. But at both of the exams I had in the last few days, the doctors were concerned about a lump in my abdomen. And want me to get an ultrasound. Have no idea what that will cost. Just when I was […]

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Taxes Are so Complicated and My Filing System is a Mess

By the time my taxes are filled, my office files will be in much better order. That is a goal so I won’t have so much trouble in the coming years when preparing my tax information. And some information that I need to have easy access to in case I need to go through an […]

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Struggled with Feeling Exhasted All Day Long

An Early Morning contributed to feeling exhausted today. I had a 9 am meeting for the Creative District application I am helping get prepared for submission on March 4, 1014. Unfortunate, I hadn’t gotten to bed before midnight, so that meant for the 3rd night in a row, I didn’t get 8 hours of sleep. […]

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