Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Got Blue?


Got Blue?
Originally uploaded by MichaelMoweryMedia
Today, "(CNN) -- The same blue food dye found in M&Ms and Gatorade could be used to reduce damage caused by spine injuries, offering a better chance of recovery, according to new research."
Click here for the full article.

Yet another excuse to eat M&M (at least the blue ones)?

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Timeline

Friday, July 24, 2009

Getting Eaten alive at night, which Ant-Itch remedy do you use

For some reason this year, Mary Dawn and I are getting eaten alive by some bitting insect at night. It is not Mosquitoes, but some sort of Gnat. Very small, but we are not sure what it is.

But we sure do ITCH.

So, I Wiki about Anti-Itch and learnt that a new word: Antipruritics, also known as anti-itch drugs

I remember grandma always had us do the Baking Soda remedy.

So Internet people what is YOUR favorite Anti-Itch remedy.

I bought the following two products, the other day, and sometimes try to do an experiment, by applying one product to each leg. However, I have not come to a conclusion yet, because I always forget which leg is what. Maybe I need to write with a Sharpe which is what. :)




Anyway, if you have a thought please comment.
Thanks!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Bear

The other day, our local bear was in our neighborhood.

I have mixed feelings on this. It is cool and exciting to think that we share the woods with a bear.

But I also recognize that a "Fed Bear is a Dead Bear". This bear is probably hanging around our neighborhood, because "easy" food is around somewhere.

Just the other day the Division of Wildlife (DOW) put down a bear that had 2 strikes. For the full story go to one of the local paper article.
Telluride Daily Planet
Telluride Watch

So anyway, the two photos show of mine shows the bear in the distance at our place, we were trying not to make him feel like he should be hanging around.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Leave me a free voice message using Google Voice

Hey everybody, I finally got my Google Voice invite. WOW what a great service!

If you want you can leave me a message by clicking on the link below!

It is free, and won't interrupt me. Give it a shot.
When you click on the link below, it will ask for your name and phone number so Google will call YOU!






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Thursday, July 16, 2009

My Surprise 40th Birthday Day

I knew Mary Dawn was up to something for my Birthday (40th) but she did a great job organizing and hiding it from me.

Woke up, and she said that we were on a schedule. Hmmm, is this the Mary Dawn that I know? Ok so it sounds like a packed day.

We made breakfast (Habanero Potatoes and Jalapeno Eggs). Smokie and Valentino watched with envy. Instead of juice, Mary Dawn put a 20 oz can of PBR on my plate.

I then opened some of the presents.

Afterwords we took the boys up to the Beaver Pond and did the loop from the road off of Marmot ski run. Valentino show me his wonderful swimming skills. I was quite impressed!

Following, Mary Dawn said we needed to go to the Market, before we go to the "hot springs", I thought ugh, why could she not have done this earlier, but this was all part of the PLAN.

Outside of the market, I notice several of my friends just hanging around. Hmmm, this is a bit odd. Turns out she had booked a rafting trip with Further Adventures (with Bob and Penelope from Boot Doctors).

Excellent, I have never rafted the San Miguel before. The rafting trip was a blast. Thanks to all that went rafting with us.

At the end of the trip Penelope made an amazing cake.

Back at the Market, I was told that we were going to the Sunset concert, but we needed to go back home first. Again, I thought it would have been great if we could just stay in Mountain Village, but I went with the flow.

As we pulled up the drive way, I saw the homestead decorated. AND my parents and sister made a trip from Fort Collins/Denver for the surprise Birthday party! WOW, I was totally surprised and very happy that they made the trip down for this occasion!

With lots of food, drinks, and dogs it was a good time for all.

A few photos from that special day.



Many thanks to all that made this possible.
Special thanks to Mom, Dad and Sister who made a special long trip.
And Special Special thanks to Mary Dawn for all the hard work that went into this.

I felt the love.

Cheers,
Michael

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Telluride 4th of July Parade 2009

As tradition goes, I am the "official" photographer for Berners and their Alpen Schatz's in the Telluride 4th of July Parade.

The following slide show is the results of Mary Dawn choosing what she wants to share.



Enjoy!