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Busy Life in Greeley Colorado

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We have been very busy lately with a variety of projects in addition to our jobs.  It has been tough to readjust to work every day after staying up late because of the time change. Not only that, but Britton developed a cold and was coughing every night this week making it really hard to get enough sleep.  Some of the extra projects in addition to work have included: teaching aerobics (as I have for about 8 years), working on finishing the basement at our rental, going to community meetings, and helping out my parents when my dad’s surgery was unexpectedly canceled.

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Britton and Damon

Additionally, Britton’s friend Damon came into Colorado from Santa Barbara, California. Our friends Eric and Elaine just had a baby, so he wanted to come out to visit friends and celebrate the new arrival. We also have to go to Fort Collins tomorrow to look at a chicken coop we found off of Craigslist, go to the bank and I have to go to an event for work for a few hours. With this busy life, no wonder it has been so hard to keep up with the posts!

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Back to the Daily Grind in Greeley

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It has been a week since we returned from Puerto Rico and we are back to the daily grind of working, running errands and doing chores. Britton had to get new brakes because they were really grinding -literally a daily grind 🙂 whenever he was driving. We went to a mechanic to get a price quote and they said $300-600! So Britton said he’d do it himself and save the difference. He just had to get some pads, a part from Honda and have the drums machined/resurfaced.  Total cost minus Britton’s time of about two hours work: about $30. It’s astounding how much they overcharge.  He also got new tires and we made the final, last, ultimate payment on the car. So now all three of our cars are fully paid for. That will make it easier for us to save money or invest in other things so we can move to PR faster.

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Britton Changing the Brakes

Dirty Hands
Only condition is you must be willing to get dirty

When we came back last weekend we had fried turkey for the first time ever! That was quite the experience. We went over to my parent’s house for the adventure. You take a big vat of boiling oil and dunk a turkey in for about 30 minutes. It was pretty good, kind of like fried chicken. It was a lot quicker to cook and enjoy, but much more dangerous.

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My mom Char, Cletus their Neighbor and Britton frying a turkey

We are also getting ready for spring. I think we’ll have to start the seeds for the garden this weekend or next so that they are ready to transplant in April or May. My brother Justin is trying to expand a lawn care and sprinkler business and asked us to help him set up a website. We just started it today but you can check it out at: www.lawnsbydavis.com

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“Signs” You Are in Puerto Rico

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The “Signs” you are in Puerto Rico:

We took a variety of pictures of signs in Puerto Rico that were either funny, interesting or just telling of the island. Enjoy.

corrientes-fuertes
Corrientes Fuertes -Strong Currents. Most signs in Puerto Rico are in Spanish, and this sign was true to its bilingual warning. There were very strong currents that day.

keep-close
This KEEP CLOSE sign was found on a gate to an apartment complex. It was in English but I think the true meaning (KEEP CLOSED) was lost in translation. Britton and I laughed about it as we kept close to each other 🙂

rincon-curvy-sign
I put this picture in another post, but I thought it was such a good example of the road signs in Rincon. Nearly all of them are covered in stickers giving it a real surfer’s laid back vibe. A few “Road 413” signs were completely covered in stickers. I also like this picture because of the stick fence, the open ocean front land and palm trees.

pitzza
PITZZA. We saw a couple of signs that spelled Pizza, P-I-T-Z-Z-A. I guess it makes sense because in Spanish the z sounds like an s and would be “Peesa”. With the T it makes it sound closer to the English pronunciation.

stick-sign
A Stick as a Road sign. No, this isn’t a tree planted by the road. We saw this a few places where road construction was going on. At first we were like, why is there a tree stick with a flag on it in the road? Then we understood that this was to mark the area of road work.  Well, I guess you wouldn’t have to buy those road cones this way?!

no-politics
No Politics or Religion. We saw this sign in a small bakery shop. It says in Spanish, “Please do not talk about politics or religion.” Those are the two subjects that generally cause arguments amongst people, so they wanted to keep people from discussing them in their shop. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sign around Colorado that prohibited anyone from talking about certain subjects.  There must’ve been some heated discussions in that bakery!

mr-special

Mr. Special. Every time we drove past a Mr. Special we would laugh. But then we got to thinking about the grocery store we go to in Colorado called King Soopers. They might have a Mister Special, but we have a Sooper/Super King.

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