Thursday, April 8, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Oh, what a week?!?!?
My low-stress, relaxed life had a little hiccup this week....
We've been looking at homes in Albuquerque for a few months and found a lovely one in a great neighborhood on Monday. I put an offer in first thing Tuesday morning, delighted at the prospect of having us live there for the next few years..... A long story short; although the house only came on the market Sunday, multiple offers came in and after waiting patiently, I heard on Thursday night they choose another buyer..... Who says this is a buyer's market?!?!? ;-)
No time to obsess about all this though as on Friday morning I found out somebody hijacked my email account and sent an email to all my contacts stating that I was in the UK and got mugged at gunpoint, asking for $2000 to be wired directly asap to get me back home. I could not get into my account to notify friends and family so in between treating patients, I spent lots of time on facebook messages, phone calls and text messages re-assuring people I was still living happily in sunny Santa Fe. My English must have been just a little better than the awful grammar and grade-school-like spelling of the scammers and my friends, although caring, recognize fraud when they see it, so no money to sent.
PPPFFF..... I hope this week will be mellow and easy.....
We've been looking at homes in Albuquerque for a few months and found a lovely one in a great neighborhood on Monday. I put an offer in first thing Tuesday morning, delighted at the prospect of having us live there for the next few years..... A long story short; although the house only came on the market Sunday, multiple offers came in and after waiting patiently, I heard on Thursday night they choose another buyer..... Who says this is a buyer's market?!?!? ;-)
No time to obsess about all this though as on Friday morning I found out somebody hijacked my email account and sent an email to all my contacts stating that I was in the UK and got mugged at gunpoint, asking for $2000 to be wired directly asap to get me back home. I could not get into my account to notify friends and family so in between treating patients, I spent lots of time on facebook messages, phone calls and text messages re-assuring people I was still living happily in sunny Santa Fe. My English must have been just a little better than the awful grammar and grade-school-like spelling of the scammers and my friends, although caring, recognize fraud when they see it, so no money to sent.
PPPFFF..... I hope this week will be mellow and easy.....
Monday, March 15, 2010
Afternoon/evening stroll
We took advantage of the longer days and walked through town, running some errands by foot, camera in tow... You just never know what picture-worthy scenes you might run into...
Sunday, March 14, 2010
I am very confused....
Is it spring, winter or summer???????
One day I'm riding my bike to work in the bright gorgeous sunshine, the next day I have to get up 20 minutes earlier to make it to work on time on the icy and snowy roads....
One day I'm going shopping in a just a long sleeved t-shirt, the next day we're clearing 3 inches of snow of the car after a 2.5 hour hike...
Yesterday I saw people all over town in shorts and flip flops, tonight we're expecting 5 to 8 inches of snow...
I guess we still have one foot in the deep snow of winter, reaching with the other one to the summer clothes temperatures...
One day I'm riding my bike to work in the bright gorgeous sunshine, the next day I have to get up 20 minutes earlier to make it to work on time on the icy and snowy roads....
One day I'm going shopping in a just a long sleeved t-shirt, the next day we're clearing 3 inches of snow of the car after a 2.5 hour hike...
Yesterday I saw people all over town in shorts and flip flops, tonight we're expecting 5 to 8 inches of snow...
I guess we still have one foot in the deep snow of winter, reaching with the other one to the summer clothes temperatures...
Friday, February 26, 2010
St. Louis
I went on a relatively last-minute-visit to St. Louis, mainly to see Joan, my very dear mother-in-law-friend. Although we talk on the phone often, a real life visit is just soooo much better! We had a great time with lots of good food, plenty of episodes of belly-laughing, and some good solid soul-talk... so worth the trip!!!!
At the same time, I did get to see some of my wonderful St. Louis Children's Hospital friends for some catching up on stories, events, plans and just life in general....
My camera did make it to St. Louis, but never out of my carry-on, better next time!!
At the same time, I did get to see some of my wonderful St. Louis Children's Hospital friends for some catching up on stories, events, plans and just life in general....
My camera did make it to St. Louis, but never out of my carry-on, better next time!!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Soooooo Coooold.....
... water in our water bottles froze...
... I didn't take too many pictures; the thought of having to take my gloves off to operate the camera was just not attractive...
... even with the gorgeous views, we didn't take much time to stand still and enjoy it, even through lunch... had to keep the circulation going...
Still a beautiful hike... up Raven's ridge and 'snow-shoe-bush-whack' down through the trees at the ski area... At the bottom of the trail we shared trails with hikers and cross country skiers, up the ridge with down hill skiers, snow boarders and other snow shoe-ers...
I love the beauty of the snow filled mountain landscape and I hate to wish away precious time......
but I am looking forward to warmer temperatures soon ;-)!!!
... I didn't take too many pictures; the thought of having to take my gloves off to operate the camera was just not attractive...
... even with the gorgeous views, we didn't take much time to stand still and enjoy it, even through lunch... had to keep the circulation going...
Still a beautiful hike... up Raven's ridge and 'snow-shoe-bush-whack' down through the trees at the ski area... At the bottom of the trail we shared trails with hikers and cross country skiers, up the ridge with down hill skiers, snow boarders and other snow shoe-ers...
I love the beauty of the snow filled mountain landscape and I hate to wish away precious time......
but I am looking forward to warmer temperatures soon ;-)!!!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Ignorance is bliss
That is in cross country skiing...
We had some fresh snow last week and contemplating how to spent my Monday day off, we decided to go cross country skiing. I had NEVER been before! We bundled up, rented cross country skis, drove out to park one of the cars at our finishing point and off we went..... What an adventure! About 4 hours and 25 falls later, we made it back to the car. It really was awesome and I'll go again in a heart beat. The road was generally on a downhill slope without pre-made cross country trails and on the icy parts I figured out cross country skis don't give you much -if any- control! It was a good thing I didn't quite realize what I was in for until well into the trek!
I am now a very experienced snow-and-ice-faller ;-), so I feel ready to take on some more winter adventures!!!
We had some fresh snow last week and contemplating how to spent my Monday day off, we decided to go cross country skiing. I had NEVER been before! We bundled up, rented cross country skis, drove out to park one of the cars at our finishing point and off we went..... What an adventure! About 4 hours and 25 falls later, we made it back to the car. It really was awesome and I'll go again in a heart beat. The road was generally on a downhill slope without pre-made cross country trails and on the icy parts I figured out cross country skis don't give you much -if any- control! It was a good thing I didn't quite realize what I was in for until well into the trek!
I am now a very experienced snow-and-ice-faller ;-), so I feel ready to take on some more winter adventures!!!
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