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The Joy of My "Retirement"
Once my time was completed at PI, I was able to figure out how to take some time off before starting out at Specialized. So I had four...
Rachel Erickson
Jul 14, 20163 min read
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Patio Extension and Fire Pit
After a couple months of weather issues, employee complications and vehicle maintenance, our concrete contractor is just about finished...
Rachel Erickson
Jun 24, 20161 min read
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GO BRONCOS!!
I have to admit that I've never been excited for a Suberbowl Game, ever. I've never had a team that I cared enough about in the NFL to...
Rachel Erickson
Feb 7, 20161 min read
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Merry Christmas Season
With Thanksgiving days behind us, it is officially time to start celebrating the Christmas Season. We brought out the Christmas tree and...
Rachel Erickson
Nov 29, 20151 min read
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Birthday Weekend Activities
We had a great weekend in Colorado with the hubby's parents. We had some amazing meals around town, including one of our new favorite...
Rachel Erickson
Aug 18, 20151 min read
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Preparing for House For Guests
My in-laws traveled out to Colorado for the hubs' birthday this year, and I took a couple of days off work to prep the house for their...
Rachel Erickson
Aug 10, 20151 min read
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Summer Community Garage Sale
This weekend was my first experience in garage sales. I spent the last few weeks gathering items to sell, putting a price tag on...
Rachel Erickson
Jun 27, 20151 min read
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New Flower Pots
We are waiting for our neighbors to do ANYTHING with their lawns, so that their yards full of dirt will stop running off onto our...
Rachel Erickson
Jun 14, 20151 min read
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Back Yard Landscaping
We decided to start with the basics this Spring, when it came to landscaping our back yard. There were some rules that we had to comply...
Rachel Erickson
Apr 8, 20151 min read
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Our First Visitors in the House!
My parents came to visit us a couple of weeks ago, and they were our first official visitors at the new house! We had such an awesome...
Rachel Erickson
Mar 15, 20151 min read
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Desk Before and After
BEFORE: AFTER:
Rachel Erickson
Feb 21, 20151 min read
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Finished Desk!
I am so happy with how the desk turned out in the end. The grey color is exactly what I was hoping for, and the final product is maybe...
Rachel Erickson
Feb 18, 20151 min read
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Almost Finished with the Home Office
I was able to use the President's Day weekend to get oh-so-close to finishing my office, and getting the trainers set up in their own...
Rachel Erickson
Feb 16, 20151 min read
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Home Office: Days 5 and 6
This weekend, I was able to complete a couple more days of work on the office. After doing a lot of research on why my stencil was not...
Rachel Erickson
Jan 11, 20152 min read
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Home Office: Days 3 and 4
I've had some successes and some failures over the past weekend. My successes are mostly coming in the form of furniture updates. After...
Rachel Erickson
Dec 28, 20141 min read
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Christmas in the New House
We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas cooking and enjoying our new house this year. The neighborhood and the house was quiet and peaceful,...
Rachel Erickson
Dec 26, 20142 min read
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Home Office: Days 1 and 2
My project for the days I have off this holiday week was to finish my home office. There are stacks of books and file folders all over...
Rachel Erickson
Dec 23, 20142 min read
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Christmas Decorations
We haven't had a big Christmas Tree since we lived in Ohio, and I was so excited to put one up in the house this year. 7' tall and it...
Rachel Erickson
Nov 30, 20141 min read
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First Thanksgiving in the New House
Last year, we tried to make Thanksgiving a more "formal" affair by setting up a table with nice place settings and silverware. It had...
Rachel Erickson
Nov 27, 20141 min read
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The Winds of Fall in Colorado
It has been a very windy Autumn Season this year, challenging us whenever we're outside and pushing the flags to their limits. We planted...
Rachel Erickson
Nov 4, 20141 min read
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