The tree is all decorated and waiting for Santa. Merry Christmas to all!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Tree
The Church House that Emmie and G bought in Oak Creek has soaring ceilings that are about 20 feet high! On our first visit to the Church house, after Emmie & G bought the church house, almost immediately, Dan said, "You have to get a HUGE tree for Christmas!" . It didn't happen the first year, but this year with the help of our family from Arizona, we fulfilled his dream of a HUGE tree! It stands over 19 feet high!!!! Monday afternoon we set out towards Chapman Lake near the Flattops to find the tree that Emmie and G had picked out in October when there was no snow and the weather was warm. In choosing the tree, Emmie and G made sure that it was not the home of any birds or animals.
We took 3 cars the Suburban with G, Emmie, Cooper, Tucker, Rick and Mary Jo, the Jeep-Dan, Claire, Hudson, & me: the truck - Scott, Lisa , Hazel, Bryan & Calynn. We also recruited another Rick and his wife Jean to go along. (They had a chain saw and we didn't and they offered to go on the "adventure" with us! Once we arrived at the "spot" we piled out of the vehicles and tromped through the deep snow to see the beautiful tree!
After Rick cut the tree it took 6 men to pull the tree through the snowy forrest and hoist it up on top of the Surburban.
We took 3 cars the Suburban with G, Emmie, Cooper, Tucker, Rick and Mary Jo, the Jeep-Dan, Claire, Hudson, & me: the truck - Scott, Lisa , Hazel, Bryan & Calynn. We also recruited another Rick and his wife Jean to go along. (They had a chain saw and we didn't and they offered to go on the "adventure" with us! Once we arrived at the "spot" we piled out of the vehicles and tromped through the deep snow to see the beautiful tree!
After Rick cut the tree it took 6 men to pull the tree through the snowy forrest and hoist it up on top of the Surburban.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Early Morning in Colorado
To my family-
It is early morning in Colorado. Our Golden Retriever, Maggie, lies near my chair as I write.
There is a gentle chill in the air, and the sun is just sending its first warm rays of pink and orange before it crest the mountains and lights the day.
May today be a good day -a great day filled with hope and promise for all of us.
Love,
Emily
It is early morning in Colorado. Our Golden Retriever, Maggie, lies near my chair as I write.
There is a gentle chill in the air, and the sun is just sending its first warm rays of pink and orange before it crest the mountains and lights the day.
May today be a good day -a great day filled with hope and promise for all of us.
Love,
Emily
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Ems Little Stories Episode 2
Dan and Angie came to the Church House last night and they finished shoveling the coal out of the coal bins.
After church services today, I came home and decided to scrub the utility room, again.
As a little background on this utility room that is occupying my time right now, the propane furnace is also in this room. On the opposite side is a small white box that detects carbon monoxide, or whatever is a dangerous by product of propane. Anyway, it has gone off several times in the past and makes a loud noise similar to a fire alarm. It has caused me to wonder what's going on in that room, but I have checked with the propane company and they do not have any answer and do not seem overly concerned; so, I just push the reset button and ,so far ,we have been okay and no explosions! However, I have been careful to avoid getting any water on the box not knowing what might happen.
So back to my cleaning regime. I began to pour Tide and water on the floor and scrub; then I thought I should go upstairs and check on our Golden Retriever, Maggie, who has an injured hip. On the way up, I took a large pyrex plate and a stainless steel lid that belonged to Angie and Dan. I placed it at the top of the steps on top a box of "give away" clothing to remind me to give it to them. Then I went to check on Maggie.
After making sure Maggie was okay, I returned to the utility room downstairs and began to scrub. Happy with my progress of removing the coal dust on the concrete floor, I decided to throw more water up in the air onto the back concrete wall. As soon as I threw the water, the carbon monoxide alarm with off!
The water had not touched the box! I tried to push the reset button but it kept ringing! I knew something wasn't right so I took off running as fast as I could. I ran up the stairs not knowing what I was going to do or what was going to happen! Just as I hit the last step at the top of the stairs "Boom!! I heard metal banging and as I got to the the top I hollered "Maggie !!! Let's get out of here!
She limped out quickly with me and then we just were waiting outside for the whole Church House to blow up!
We waited. Everything seemed quiet in the building. Nothing more happened. So, I decided to peek around the corner and look downstairs to see what had blown out into the stairwell!
Cautiously, I looked down the stairwell looking for smoke and twisted parts of the furnace and other debris.
There half way down the stairs was the stainless steel lid and a broken pyrex dish!
I picked up the lid and the broken pieces. Then went downstairs and all was the same except the carbon monoxide buzzer was still going. I opened all windows and went in to the utility room ( I must say a little more confident than just a few moments before) and pushed the button the . The buzzing stopped.
All is safe and secured at the Church House. We have a lovely room downstairs 30 feet from the utility room.
Y'all come!
Love,
Em
After church services today, I came home and decided to scrub the utility room, again.
As a little background on this utility room that is occupying my time right now, the propane furnace is also in this room. On the opposite side is a small white box that detects carbon monoxide, or whatever is a dangerous by product of propane. Anyway, it has gone off several times in the past and makes a loud noise similar to a fire alarm. It has caused me to wonder what's going on in that room, but I have checked with the propane company and they do not have any answer and do not seem overly concerned; so, I just push the reset button and ,so far ,we have been okay and no explosions! However, I have been careful to avoid getting any water on the box not knowing what might happen.
So back to my cleaning regime. I began to pour Tide and water on the floor and scrub; then I thought I should go upstairs and check on our Golden Retriever, Maggie, who has an injured hip. On the way up, I took a large pyrex plate and a stainless steel lid that belonged to Angie and Dan. I placed it at the top of the steps on top a box of "give away" clothing to remind me to give it to them. Then I went to check on Maggie.
After making sure Maggie was okay, I returned to the utility room downstairs and began to scrub. Happy with my progress of removing the coal dust on the concrete floor, I decided to throw more water up in the air onto the back concrete wall. As soon as I threw the water, the carbon monoxide alarm with off!
The water had not touched the box! I tried to push the reset button but it kept ringing! I knew something wasn't right so I took off running as fast as I could. I ran up the stairs not knowing what I was going to do or what was going to happen! Just as I hit the last step at the top of the stairs "Boom!! I heard metal banging and as I got to the the top I hollered "Maggie !!! Let's get out of here!
She limped out quickly with me and then we just were waiting outside for the whole Church House to blow up!
We waited. Everything seemed quiet in the building. Nothing more happened. So, I decided to peek around the corner and look downstairs to see what had blown out into the stairwell!
Cautiously, I looked down the stairwell looking for smoke and twisted parts of the furnace and other debris.
There half way down the stairs was the stainless steel lid and a broken pyrex dish!
I picked up the lid and the broken pieces. Then went downstairs and all was the same except the carbon monoxide buzzer was still going. I opened all windows and went in to the utility room ( I must say a little more confident than just a few moments before) and pushed the button the . The buzzing stopped.
All is safe and secured at the Church House. We have a lovely room downstairs 30 feet from the utility room.
Y'all come!
Love,
Em
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Em's Little Story
The church building we bought here in Oak Creek, Colorado, at one time in its history, was heated with coal. Coal is an abundant source of fuel in this area. Years later that converted (so to speak) to cleaner propane heat. Anyway, we are trying to turn this room into a laundry room and here Em's Little Story begins.
You will not believe the project that literally "fell in" to the utility room I have been trying to clean and paint. On one side of the wall across from the propane heater there was a piece of wood about 4 feet by 8 feet. A few days ago I peeped behind it and saw that there was coal and an opening about 16"x16". It was a little spooky! (When I told our son Scott about it, he brought up the thought that maybe Jimmy Hoffa was buried in that chute!)
Anyway, there is so much residual coal dust that last night I took buckets of water and just threw it up in the air on the studs and the walls and the water and coal dust made this black mixture that continued to drip on me and I was black! I continued doing this until I had used all of the hot water out of the hot water tank. Then I swept and cleaned the floor.
Now, I thought, I can really begin to paint!
However , back to this morning, I decided that I would just shovel that coal out of those holes that were behind the board so that I could get the utility room totally clean. Well, each time I shoveled, more coal would fall in. I began to sing Ernie Ford's song "I loaded 16 tons, what you get....."(Yes, I wondered if some bones might be in the mix-thanks to Scott's suggestion!)
There is no way that I can get the coal out today. It is too big of a job. I loaded 10 bags of it and who knows how many more "truck loads" of that coal is still in that chute!! Plus, what do you do with unwanted coal?
Can't wait until Gary sees my project!
Got coal?
Love,
Emily
You will not believe the project that literally "fell in" to the utility room I have been trying to clean and paint. On one side of the wall across from the propane heater there was a piece of wood about 4 feet by 8 feet. A few days ago I peeped behind it and saw that there was coal and an opening about 16"x16". It was a little spooky! (When I told our son Scott about it, he brought up the thought that maybe Jimmy Hoffa was buried in that chute!)
Anyway, there is so much residual coal dust that last night I took buckets of water and just threw it up in the air on the studs and the walls and the water and coal dust made this black mixture that continued to drip on me and I was black! I continued doing this until I had used all of the hot water out of the hot water tank. Then I swept and cleaned the floor.
Now, I thought, I can really begin to paint!
However , back to this morning, I decided that I would just shovel that coal out of those holes that were behind the board so that I could get the utility room totally clean. Well, each time I shoveled, more coal would fall in. I began to sing Ernie Ford's song "I loaded 16 tons, what you get....."(Yes, I wondered if some bones might be in the mix-thanks to Scott's suggestion!)
There is no way that I can get the coal out today. It is too big of a job. I loaded 10 bags of it and who knows how many more "truck loads" of that coal is still in that chute!! Plus, what do you do with unwanted coal?
Can't wait until Gary sees my project!
Got coal?
Love,
Emily
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