Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Resident Managers in Aurora, CO

We have been here since August and are finally settling in I think. Moving from the motorhome to an apt is a bigger effort than I had imagined. We bought furniture but went the used route rather than buying new, afterall, I'm sure we won't be here forever! New furniture, new dishes, new everything, so much more is needed. It is nice to have a larger kitchen, a laundry room and the ability to take longer showers, then only real problem is as managers we get a free storage unit and I'm sure Jim will try to fill the darn thing. I reminded him of what it was like to have to downsize his "stuff" when we first moved into the rv and he swears that isn't going to happen again...we'll see.

We had our first snow, 2' a couple of weeks ago, what a difference from temps we had while in Anaheim and Las Vegas! I think the dogs are enjoying the larger space but still spend most of their time sitting on us if we're sitting down. Old habits I guess.

Our youngest son, Nicolas is living with us at least for the winter with his dog Indy. It's nice to have him here but of course I mother him too much, well, that's the price he has to pay! We are planning Thanksgiving dinner here with all the kids and Nic's new girlfriend, Suzanne, now if only the kids from Washington could be here it would be perfect!

All in all, it's a good job with a good company but I do miss moving around and wondering what's over the next hill. I need a project or a plan to keep from getting bored so here is the latest. We have decided to build a teardrop trailer! They are the cutest things, just a bed on wheels with a galley in the back when you lift the hatch. We plan on spending all of our days off this next summer exploring parts of Colorado we've never been to and taking the motorhome all the time just isn't cost effective. The teardrop can be pulled by our Subaru Outback since it will weigh under 1000 lbs. Plus, once we are back in the motorhome we will take the tear with us for camping with Subaru again. I'm excited about it so that is our current plan. One day we'd like to go to Alaska but doubt we'll have the money to take the motorhome so it will be much more feasible by taking the Subaru and the teardrop. We will post pics and progress once we get started after the holidays.

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