Better late than never

I have been reading about how to have a successful blog because, believe me, I want this one to succeed. "They" say you have to keep it current. oops. Unfortunately, I have not been doing the recommended "one post a week" update because we have just been so busy. On The Go is an understatement. I have barely had time to breathe since we got home from our summer trip to Colorado.

It was bittersweet coming home. So glad to be back in my own house, in my own room and my own bed, not having to share space with anyone. So happy to be in my home state in a city I was familiar with. But at the same time, I had made a few new friends --and visited old ones --back in Denver and knew I would miss them and all the fun we had. As well as missing the family members we had visited. Not to mention that area is just beautiful.

Even last week when we went to the beach (my how we had missed the beach!) and I took a photo of a sand dune because it reminded me of the mountains. You just can't re-create that out here, no matter how hard you try.

But after 6 weeks at a mile above sea level, I was ready to come back down to Earth. There was so much to do out there and so much family we stayed busy. There wasn't much access to the Internet and when it was it was shared. So I suppose I could have found a way to carve out some time to blog regularly but that would have been difficult. So I am writing one now and hope I remember to keep this blog current. Better late than never!

Not that there wasn't plenty to blog about. We visited Golden, Boulder, Colorado Springs and other towns. We stopped at the Century 16 in Aurora and saw the site of the shooting. We could see the smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire. We took a tour of Hammond's Candy Factory, walked the 16th Street Mall downtown, visited the Denver Children's Museum and Denver Art Museum, went gambling at the casinos in the Black Hawk/Central City areas, played at various parks, checked out books at the library and many other fun things. This summer was definitely about being on the go, in more ways than one.

But it is good to be back. Lots of changes for us upon our return. Our house is up for sale, I am looking for work and the boys start their first year at public school, and with a few less teeth than they had at the start of summer. We're looking forward to the new school year and all the things it has to offer. I hope you are too.