Posted by erika on July 5, 2010 – 4:05 pm
I hope you had a great 4th of July! We had to chase down a fireworks show since there were severe thunderstorms going on but we did see fireworks so I’m glad. Before the show we went to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival with my brother-in-law Gilberto and mother-in-law Olga. I am all better too and very happy about it. That cold kicked my butt.
I’ve been up to things and I can never manage to type it here but this time I am determined. So we don’t have a yard yet because we don’t have a house. That isn’t stopping me from growing in my love for gardening though. My parents are the biggest green thumbs I know and I think a little bit is finally rubbing off on me. George, our red geranium we got last year, wasn’t blooming. The pot he was in with drainage got a little moldy so I tossed it and put it in a gorgeous new pot without drainage. This was a big no no because he didn’t want to bloom after that. But after I plopped him in a new pot with drainage and some drops of African Violet fertilizer in his water, he is a new man. The cutest red flowers are popping up now! I also found some herb seeds at Target for a dollar each so I am growing cilantro, lemon basil and parsley. Another trip to Target and I found some wild flower seeds so I planted those in a pot but those will take months. We’ll see how it goes.
Lastly, Raul and I have started going on bike rides again. I live for summer! So going on a ride at least once a week has been great. We both missed it.
Now I’m just geeking out: backing up the blog, website, working on items for the store, etc.
Back to work…
Posted by erika on June 7, 2010 – 10:54 pm
Ok, granny had to go. Sometimes nothing will make you update more than just wanting to look at something different on your blog.
This weekend we went to the Chalk Art Event on Larimer Street downtown. So much talent there. Performance art is amazing and it’s crazy that all of these artists came down to put their beautiful pieces on such a temporary canvas. The streets were shut down for only a few days and now the streets are open. The art has been driven over, impermanent. I had only seen forwarded emails of street chalk art before but it is a whole other thing to be at this type of event.
I loved it. More pics in my set on flickr.
Posted by erika on February 3, 2010 – 6:00 pm
I think I grew a little in New York. At least an inch, even if you can’t tell just by looking at me.
This trip was needed for so many reasons. I needed to learn, needed to meet other writers and illustrators and I needed to grow. The SCBWI conference was wonderful, I took a lot of priceless information back home with me to Denver. So much information that I got a headache my first day back trying to figure out where to start and what to do. I can’t let all of those gems wither away or die. Have to keep them fresh and use them as soon as possible.
But what I really needed to was to just relax and let everything sink in. That helped.
This was the best packing job ever for a trip but since I needed bulky things like sweaters and hoodies, I was still looking like a pack mule. I had my purse, camera bag for the 40D, one bag of luggage and computer bag sans computer for my portfolio, sketchbook, etc. So one thing that was sacrificed due to time and my sore back was picture taking. I didn’t even take that many pictures because by the time the conference was over for the day, it was dark. I love natural light. So there’s that. I had my cute little hotel room that was four blocks from the Grand Hyatt where the conference was held. I am glad I brought all of my layers because it was cold walking the streets of NY!
That cold wind cut through me and I’ve never been cut that deeply by the cold.
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Posted by erika on October 21, 2009 – 10:30 pm
U2 is the BEST! We had so much fun and it was well worth the trip to Phoenix to see them perform. Epic. I have seen U2 IN CONCERT. I can’t believe it. They did about three encores and that set they had was just amazing. Today we slept in and took it easy. A lot of the stores are the same in Phoenix as what we have here. I was curious to know if they had an IKEA there since we had some time to kill and it turns out that they do. Everyone has one but us I guess. So we went over there, that was our last stop before it was time to get ready to fly back home.
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Posted by erika on October 20, 2009 – 12:03 pm
Our flight to Phoenix leaves in a couple hours! We are going to celebrate our birthdays and see U2 in concert!!! So many exclamation points!!!
Ciao peeps!
Posted by erika on October 5, 2009 – 11:23 pm
We went up to Guanella Pass this weekend and just barely caught some color change action. So many trees were naked already, their leafy clothes all over the path. This will remind me to never go this late again, always to go some time in September. The drive was so nice though and we just enjoyed the mountains, the quiet and even saw some horses.
I love checking things off of my to do lists and today I crossed off cleaning up the office. It sounds like I am always cleaning and I am, sorta. Ever since Raul and I moved in together, we have had stuff. Major stuff. So we got rid of a lot but we had gifts from the wedding, big boxes. I like to keep those boxes just in case something goes wrong. Well at this point we are past the one year warranty so some of those boxes could go to make room for other things. So on and so forth. So now I was actually able to pack the closet with ninja-like stealthiness. 
It looks great in here. It has been awhile since we’ve had a “everything has it’s home” sort of atmosphere. If the sun comes out tomorrow I’ll take some pics.
I’m eager to work in here tomorrow. Juices are flowing.
