Rocky Mountain Highs, Midwestern Sensibilities....

Sunday, November 05, 2006

New Pictures

Not a whole lot to report, but had some entertaining pictures from last week that threw on flickr but figured i should point out here.

Went and competed in my first ever bouldering competition on Friday last week, and entered in the intermediate class. (the classes beginning with recreational, intermediate, advanced and then open.) Since i've only really been climbing for about a year, i decided to enter myself a little lower than what i generally am capable of, just to see what would happen. There's also a rule, though, that if you complete three different routes that are in the class above the one you entered, you get automatically bumped into that class. So, of course once i completed all of the intermediate level problems, i picked out a pair of higher scoring advanced routes to complete, but not to bring me into the advanced bracket. (this is a long explanation. apologies.) Suffice to say, i know now that i should just enter as advanced next time, but i managed to take first place in the class. So, that was pretty neat.


Also got to see a home game of CSU football last weekend, where the Lobos of New Mexico managed to best them with a final second field goal. But, we did get to hang out with Cam the Ram, so, not all was lost.

Also, here's a pair of pictures from our attempts in making our home a home...

The first one is what it looked like when we first saw it, how the realtors decorated and filled it up.

And then, this is what we wanted it to look like. Notice any difference? Yes, the correct answer is: Less Fake Plants.

4 comments:

Aubrey said...

Advanced climbing! Congratulations Doug!

And I'm especially excited about the picture you took with the ram. :)

DougieB said...

Cam was almost too calm, if you ask me, for an animal that was surrounded by scores of tailgaters. I'm pretty sure that he was drugged or something.

Densmark said...

That may be a first for Liz since the petting zoo in Columbus, circa 1986.

The house looks loverly!

Anonymous said...

Hey Kiddos! I miss you guys, and have recently taken up checking out your blogs. (the doug and liz site really needs some updating, by the way). My company has a blog, too, so you should look at it if you're bored. it's jbaumanphoto.blogspot.com
At any rate, can't wait to see you both in January, and I like the candled home more than the bright blue couches. ;)