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Happy 4th of July and 2 Years Blogging

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I hope everyone had a great 4th of July and Happy Anniversary to my parents!


Sparklers were the extent of our fire works

Speaking of anniversaries, I was just reviewing some of the old posts from this blog and realized that we just passed another anniversary of blogging! Our very first post was on June 28, 2008! It’s funny reading it now, because I remember that I had no idea what hosting and writing a blog would be like, let alone all the technical aspects of it (thanks to Britton for working most of those out…). The content of the post is basic and used mainly as a test, but it still reflects many of the summer posts here we’ve written about life in Greeley -messing around in the greenhouse, spending time outside, enjoying the hot weather.

However, we had no idea what would happen between then and now. I figured we would be living in PR by now, but a few twists and turns in life and here we still are. And actually we have had some great opportunities pop up that we just couldn’t turn down. The cost benefit analysis of some of the investment and work opportunities here outweighed our immediate and strong desire to move. And while the date has been pushed out and out, we are getting more and more ready to be able to move without too much of a worry once we arrive. These last two years have been creating a great launching pad for us whereby we might not even HAVE to work in the traditional sense of wages for hours of our life.

It looks like my job will be saved and I will continue working past August 1 which is overall definitely good news in the sense that losing a job is always really stressful and it will give us more time to save money and invest. On the other hand, it also keeps us here. Britton says we have to know when to get out. Kind of like in poker –know when to hold them, fold them or walk away.

We are definitely emotionally and mentally ready, but financially I think we want to be prepared for the worst -no job, no income generated there, not understanding fully the system and also dealing with isolation away from our family and friends support network.

We have another investment in the works right now, and when it goes through I’ll blog a little more about it. Another step. That’s all you can do, just keep moving forward. Having goals (like for us moving to Puerto Rico) helps you to know which way to go, but you just have to keep moving forward.

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Greeley 4th of July Parade

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We don’t usually go to the parade because I like to sleep in on the weekends, but we figured since it was the last free event associated with the Greeley Stampede (see earlier post about the Stampede charging admission), we’d ride our bikes down and check it out. It is the Greeley 4th of July Parade, even though it was actually on the 3rd of July.

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Us at the parade. (These pics holding out your hand and clicking are hard to take!)

It was pretty fun. We saw old vehicles like horse and buggies, old fire engines, even a covered wagon. We saw all the political figures (congresspeople, city council members, etc), police, and military. We heard music from marching bands and noisy trucks honking. There were over a thousand people! We even saw a bunch of longhorn cattle walk through downtown Greeley! Not something you see every day, for sure. Apparently Britton’s sister, our niece and nephew were on one of the floats, but we didn’t know it.  We even rode down 10th Ave on our bikes just before the parade began…It was like we were in the parade with everyone watching us. We should have had a sign that said Go to Lifetransplanet.com! lol…

It was cool to see so much of the city come together from all sorts of segments and organizations. But what if the Stampede charged to get into the parade? Could they? Well, the Stampede runs it, and they apparently can charge to get into a public park (at least it’s public the rest of the year).  But the philosophical question is, does it belong solely to them? Or does this parade, and the Stampede celebration as a whole, really belong to the community? Just food for thought…

Here are a few more pictures and a video of the fun.

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With my bike, and look at the crowd!

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Check out those horns!

Old-Funeral-carriage
An old hearse

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Square dancing -it seems this would be tough to do on a moving trailer!

Britton took this video while we rode our bikes just before the parade started. Lots of peeps

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Spanish Tip of the Month- Body Parts (Partes del Cuerpo)

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This month’s tip is about body parts. I thought of this because I once heard a woman explain that the only Spanish her daughter ever learned was from the Spanish version of the song “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes”. I thought, well, at least it is somewhat useful. If you are in pain or otherwise need to point out something on your body, it could be rather helpful to know the word for it. So here are a few of the more commonly used ones:

The Body = El Cuerpo (El coo-er poe)

The Head = La Cabeza (lah cah bay saw)
The Shoulders =Los Hombros (lohs ome bros)
The Knees = Las Rodillas (lahs roe dee yas)
The Toes =Los Dedos de Pie (lohs day does day pee ay)
The Foot = El Pie (el pee ay)
The Leg = La Pierna (la pee air nah)
The Arm = El Brazo (el bra so)

The Face = La Cara
The Eyes = Los Ojos (lohs oh hoes)
The Ears = Las Orejas (lahs or ay hahs)
The Mouth =La Boca (La Boe kah)
The Nose = La Nariz (Lah Nah dees)
The Hair = El Cabello (El cah bay yo) -this refers to hair on the head, elsewhere it is ‘pelo’
The Tongue = La lengua (lah laing gwa) -this can also be a word for language which has a similar root in English.

In the song it is “Cabeza, hombro, rodilla, pie” (sometimes pierna (leg) is in place of rodilla) in order for it to fit the rhythm of the song, but that literally translates to: Head, shoulder, knee, foot.

 

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