Centennial Vaccine Clinic.

The whole office headed to Centennial today for our annual Vaccination Clinic. In some spots there were a couple of inches of ice on the road on the way there from the storm we'd had the day before. We had a pretty good turn out, and then had a great lunch at the home of the parents of the Veterinarian who owned Snowy Range before Dr Branch, but passed away some years ago. Most of the photos are from their property.

It's a Dalek!

Road Trip To Casper.

Tia and I headed to Casper this afternoon for a CE class tomorrow. It snowed a few flakes on us, but there was snow in the ground in places, which was kind of cool.

We had a great dinner at a place I had never been before, Sanford's.

There was so much on the menu that I wish we had one closer so I could try more. But not the rocky Mountain oysters. I've never seen them in a menu before, and I've no interest in ever trying.

 The menu was also great fun to read. I took photos of my favorite bits. I had steak, potatoes and beans.

 

We went to Kohl's after dinner, but they didn't have anything that called my name. What a shame...

I did buy a couple of cute headbands at a sale at the hotel. 

Antelope.

I love that I can see herds of antelope on any given day on my way to or from work.

The Loss Of Geocaches.

There are some geocaches that are going to have to be relocated soon. I sure am glad that I got them all already. I have a shortage of geocaches here in town as it is. There are about 5-8 over here, if I remember correctly from a bitterly cold and windy day that I spent getting them all.

Before Times Three...

I finally got around to watching Before Midnight last night, and it is still haunting me tonight.

I had been wanting to watch it for months, since I first saw a review in a magazine. I loved the first two movies, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, and while I cannot recommend them to everyone... lots of talking and no action, they are amazing, unusual and beautiful movies.

Last night took me on an emotional roller coaster that I was not prepared for. It is not possible to explain exactly what made it that way, other than the superb writing that sometimes made me laugh at the absurdity of a situation, and made me cry at the similarities to some situations I've been in myself. Certain phrases were used, that while perhaps not identical to conversations I've been a part of, were scarily similar, and an eerie re-hash of a time I'm glad I've moved past. I am glad that I had not read about the movie prior to watching it, as I think it would have taken some of the emotional turmoil out of it, but what a heart-wrenching couple of hours it was.

I still recommend these movies to anyone that likes to listen, and appreciates human dialog over action and comedy. I don't think I've ever had a movie (or series of movies) have this much impact on me. Last night it was sad, but today I look back with fondness at what these characters have become, and how they've become a part of my history and my life.

1995

2004

2013

Briony Is Published.

An article that Briony wrote for her Journalism class was published in today's Laramie Boomerang. You should be able to read it by clicking on the photo to make it bigger.

Pay Me? For My Plasma? Okay!

I'd heard several radio adverts for Biolife, so I thought I'd check it out. I don't know if I'll do it long term, but the first month, with bonuses, you can make over $200. How can I say no to that? I've given blood before, so I thought this couldn't be worse, and actually I felt better after than I did after giving blood, since they give you back your red blood cells. We'll see how I feel after this week when I give for the second time...

First Frost.

We had our first frost today. Of course I did not manage to get a photo of all the lovely white tipped grass at the two parks I drive by on the way to work. This is the view after I tried to use the windshield wipers to clear it off the glass.

Horizons.

We sure do have nice horizons here. I never get tired of looking at this sky. This was on the way to work this morning.

42. A Surprisingly Good Movie.

Tonight was Family Dinner Night, and I let Cale chose the movie. He chose 42, about Jackie Robinson. I am not a huge baseball fan... okay, I think it's boring and I'm not a fan at all. But this movie was really good, and I think that we all enjoyed it.

In a surprising turn, however, was the fact that Cale did not like the bacon that was served with dinner (apparently brown sugar cured bacon is the ONLY kind of bacon he does not like), but Briony, who hates bacon, loved it. They both liked the chicken stuffed with Boursin cheese (and topped with bacon, a modification of a recipe we had in England with parma ham). I think that it will definitely be a recipe that we have again, as it was easy and pretty fool proof.

Chicken stuffed with boursin cheese and topped with bacon, cheesy brocoli pasta and corn. Yum.

Yes, he is insane. Every week he comes and asks for the Snuggie. Tonight he put his feet through the arm holes...