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Curanderismo, Swimming, Bicycling, and Fence Building!

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This weekend has been very busy. Even busier than my three-day birthday weekend! On Friday night we had a visitor come to our house. My friend Ofelia told me about this man she met in Juarez, Mexico who is a curandero, or traditional folk healer and also a sobador – a type of healer who uses touch to heal -sort of like a masseuse. Anyway, she said he was coming to Colorado to do some sobaduras to various people and she had told him about me and how Britton and I would at some point like to have a child but were not, as of yet, able to. So he wanted to see us. So Friday night he visited with us and my mom as well and talked with us quite a bit in Spanish which I mostly understood correctly. A lot of his advice was spiritual in nature, but some of it was pretty down to Earth as well.

Then he basically gave each of us a chiropractic session popping my back and twisting my arms and legs. It was kind of awkward but also pretty interesting. I didn’t feel any differently after, just as I didn’t really feel any differently after 4 months of acupuncture, but what the heck! Worth a shot and he only took donations so…we thought it would be an experience. Which it was, if nothing else.

Later that evening we went over to a party for a little while.  Saturday morning Britton went about building a fence gate for his parents at their house. After he was done with all that work for the day, we decided to go swimming at Centennial Pool which was so nice and refreshing since it was about 100 degrees and super sunny out.


With friends at the Moonlight Bike Ride

Saturday evening, though, we went to the 2011 Greeley Moonlight Bike Ride. We went last year and knew it was a blast, so we encouraged some of our friends and family to come out as well. My mom and her companion Anthony came as well as our friends Matt and Jamie and daughter. It was a long ride with a lot of uphill pedaling so we were pooped out by the end. Still, we ended up winning a gift certificate to the Texas Roadhouse and had free sandwiches at the end of the event. It was fun even if it was about a 13-14 mile ride!

Today Britton finished up the fence gate, we went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse, and then just hung out at home. We watched a movie, went grocery shopping and cleaned the house a little. It was a fun and very busy summer weekend! Now, back to work!! 😛

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Tiny Pullet Eggs

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A pullet is a young hen usually who has yet to lay an egg. Once they lay eggs, they usually are deemed hens. However, when young hens first start to lay eggs, sometimes they are not fully developed. In that case, they are called pullet eggs.

Our new 16-week old leghorn has already started laying eggs! Leghorns are often the commercial standard for hens because they are smaller than other hens (take up less room), they begin laying earlier and they lay longer than most other breeds. I can definitely say that the early laying is the case for Omeleto as the other two pullets have not.


Omeleto

Usually the last thing to mature is their comb and you know they are ready to lay. Omeleto’s comb is definitely more developed than the other pullets. However, her eggs still aren’t!


Pullet egg and regular sized egg

The pullet eggs look more like robin eggs! I was curious what the inside would look like, so I made a fried egg with one of each. Check out the tiny yolk in the pullet egg.


What a big difference between the full egg and the pullet egg! You can hardly notice the yolk in the pullet egg

So we still have a little time before we have full-sized eggs, but this is pretty good for only 16 weeks old! The other chickens should start laying at 20-24 weeks or in another 1-2 months.

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Celestial Seasonings and My Birthday in Boulder

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For my birthday I took the day off of work and so did Britton. We wanted to take a little mini-vacation in our own state. So we went out to Farmer’s Inn in LaSalle at lunch with some of my family, then Britton and I headed over to Boulder to take a tour of Celestial Seasonings.

3 Generations-Me, My Mom, and her Mom-Grandma


Celestial Seasonings

The tour was nice and completely free! We were shown a short video and then we toured the facilities. We went into the tea room and learned how tea (like coffee) can be decaffeinated and then we went into the mint room which was overwhelming in its mentholated way. Just going in there and you could clear out your eyes, nose and sinuses! We saw how the tea was made into the little sachets and then boxed and wrapped in the cellophane. We even learned a little about the “international” sized teas which come 10 in a box instead of 20 as they are in the U.S. Unfortunately I couldn’t take pictures on the actual tour, but got a few before and after.

We got to sample all sorts of their teas both hot and cold. I even tried Kombucha tea which was sort of strange. It’s a fermented tea that tastes kind of vinegar-y and has bubbles from the natural carbonation that occurs. Interesting stuff.


Outside of Celestial Seasonings in Boulder

After our tour and various samples, we went to a lake just near/behind IBM and walked around it. It was definitely like a dog park/lake. Everyone had big labs and they were throwing frisbees and balls into the lake for the dogs to fetch. It was fun to hike about and watch the silly wet dogs.


At the lake


Dog fetching from the water

Then we decided to cruise over to Pearl Street in Boulder. We like visiting Boulder as there is always something happening and it’s so very beautiful there. We stopped into Foolish Craig’s which is a cute hole in the wall diner with friendly staff and a fun “Cheers” atmosphere.

We actually met Craig of Foolish Craig’s on our way to Puerto Rico this last time. He was our seat mate to Newark and on his way to a golfing vacation in Scotland! We told him that the next time we were in Boulder we’d stop into his place. Foolish Craig’s has even been featured on the Food Network! We just missed Craig by about 15 minutes, but we plan on stopping in again the next time we’re in town.

Finally we headed on home and Britton bought me an ice cream cake. He’s been teasing me about my “lemonade stand” at the garage sale. So this is what he put on the cake:


At least I’m young at heart! 🙂

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Noodles Traveling Shirt

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My friend Penny gave me a shirt. But it’s not just any shirt. Secretly, this shirt is a salad! Noodles is doing a promotion where they are trying to see 10 degrees of separation for a t-shirt. If you bring in the tee, you get a free salad and then you are supposed to pass it on to a friend. It can be anyone, but they want you to promote it and talk about it. So, that’s what I’m doing I guess.


Me in shirt with the young chicks in the background

The salad was pretty good especially because it was free, but I don’t think I would have paid $7.50 for it which is the full price. I like Noodles. The food is good, healthy, has vegetables, the service is nice etc, but the price is what you would expect for a full service restaurant in Greeley not semi-fast food.The thing that kind of stunk was that I can give it to Britton, but he has to use it on another day. Seems a little silly…you should be able to eat with your friend that you pass it on to!

But I liked the idea of the promotion, sort of a traveling gnome/traveling pants thing thought up by the marketing department of Noodles and Co. If you want to see where our t-shirt ends up, you can go to Noodles’ web site (at this site you can also request a t-shirt of your own). Our shirt is number 128-9.


Just call him Super Kit-Tee

Britton’s a little too over-enthusiastic -lol

We had nearly everyone in the house wear the shirt (Schnoodle, Kitty, even a couple of chickens); since it will be traveling, it should have some stories to tell of its journey.


Putting a chicken into a tee is harder than you might think!

It would be fun to see where the shirt ends up. We are trying to decide who next to give it to. We’d like it to leave Greeley at least, but are open. Anyone want a free salad and be the temporary owner of a funky green huge t-shirt? Only catch is you have to pass it on (and try to get it to leave your small circle of usual friends and family).

At Noodles in Greeley


The Salad for the Shirt

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