On Thursday, January 18th, my Mom phoned me to tell me my Grandpa had passed away. We all knew it was coming. He had been painfully wasting away in hospice and littered with cancer. I was so relieved…
Category: Life
Fully Caprisco Chair – Issues and Fixes
A few weeks back I ordered the Caprisco Office Chair from Fully. I had heard so many great things about this chair from others I work with so I figured the huge price tag was likely worth every…
New Blog Home, New Opportunities
This year has been an incredible journey and I really wish I had taken more time to blog about all that has been going in my life, but it all just seemed to fly by so fast! One…
Star Wars – My life awakens
I recently watched the new Star Wars – The Force Awakens. What an incredible journey that was. I felt instantly transported to a time so long ago…in a galaxy far far away… The first time I saw Star…
And Life Marches On…
Wow, it doesn’t seem like it has been 10 months since I last blogged. What a journey this year has been. I went from leaving a job I once called family and home, to starting my own business,…
The Next Chapter
This week marked the end of a chapter for me. I resigned from my position as CTO and have opened my own business, RiuSoft Inc. I’ve decided to go into business for myself. I’ve spent the last 10…
Hours Before the Big Event
I’m sitting in our honeymoon suite sipping on a lovely cup of freshly brewed hotel coffee… lol. Actually it’s really not that bad. Especially since we took total advantage of the refrigerator and went out and bought real…
Big Week Jitters
Sitting in the living room drinking a hard apple cider (only thing I could find) trying desperately to wind down. I hate taking really early flights – not because I’m not a morning person – I totally am, but because…
Office Move
Uh well we’re movin’ on up! Connect First has moved once again! It has been a very exciting week for us all. When I first started with Connect First they didn’t even have an office. There were only…
Being Sick Sucks
I had so many plans for this weekend. You know the weekend, when you have this laundry list of items you were going to take care of and things you were going to get done. I wanted to…
Valentines Weekend – Copper 2012
Right now Scarlett and I are making our drive back from an incredible weekend out in Frisco, CO. We decided we just wanted to get away for Valentines weekend and spend some good quality time together. It’s…
Weekend In Copper
Copper is absolutely beautiful! And wow, what an incredible weekend….in so many ways. Friday night Scarlett and I packed up the car, stopped at Safeway for $100 worth of snacks for everyone for the weekend, and then drove…
Larkburger
So last night Scarlett and I had to do a bunch of running around to prepare for the weekend. So much going on. Her son, Michael, is currently driving from Jacksonville, FL, to here and should be arriving…
Excited for this weekend!
The last couple of days have been pretty exciting. My brother-in-laws birthday is this weekend and originally we were all going to just go to a really nice dinner in Denver. Then the snow started coming. Finally, the…
Holidays 2011
Ok, all I have to say about the end of 2011 is that I want a redo! Christmas is hands down my favorite holiday of the year. The gift portion I find incredibly stressful and would find it…
Thanksgiving 2011
What a crazy thanksgiving we all had this year! I made my very first thanksgiving ham which was amazing. Great recipe I found online for Sangria ham. Scarlett made deviled eggs which were also delicious. And Elizabeth made…
Hiking Royal Arch
Scarlett and I just finished hiking up to the Royal Arch. It is so unbelievably beautiful up here. Absolutely breath-taking. We had attempted this climb before but we had taken the really long way around and ended up…
The most delicious Rainbow Rolls ever!
Rainbow Roll
Valentines Weekend 2010
What an incredible weekend I had with my wonderful girlfriend, Scarlett. Since we live in completely different states, it was nice to spend valentines day doing completely normal stuff, together. Silly things that people take for granted we…