Weather etc.

Yesterday is was partly cloudy here in Longmont. We had full sun a goof part of the day and clouds on the east and west in the late afternoon - beautiful clouds in the west and southwest. It got up to about 50º. In the Chicago area it was sunny also but barely made it above 0º. My neuropathy has been better while here. Weather? I think so. THC lotion? Perhaps a part of it.

We had a wonderful dinner Sunday night in Niwot at Colterra. Fine dining with good service, a nice setting, and delicious beautifully presented food. The creme brulee is not as good as Sharon's, but then hers is pretty hard to beat! For about the same cost as Sugarbeet in Longmont which is supposed to be the best, Colterra puts them away. It is a Boulder level restaurant closer to Longmont. Niwot is a neat little community.

And on the topic of Niwot...Niwot was named after Chief Niwot or Left Hand who was a leader of the Southern Arapaho. I now know why we have the Left Hand Grange, and Left Hand Brewing, and Left Hand Creek, and Left Hand Valley. Niwot and many of the Arapaho were killed at Sand Creek. Read about it. Sad. However, because Sharon and I are left handed, perhaps this is a good omen. I need to visit Left Hand Brewing this week.

Things seem to be coming together on the house here. I think this all may work. We talked to Tom Walter, our Fidelity Advisor, we talked to Blake Schaeffer about a loan. I've gotten things moving on selling the house in Redmond, Oregon. Looking good so far. I am pulling reports online for accounts and wages and everything else that is needed for a loan application.

Random Thoughts

Older homes have a narrative of the families who have lived in them and around them. Ours have a narritive going back to the 1920s when it was built. We know little of that narrative other tha. the 21 years we have lived here we know the Halquist family came before us and the Anderson family before them. Our 21 years here have been comfortable and the house has been filled with friends and family. We are still comfortable and content here.

Which brings me to thoughts on moving to Colorado. The cold last couple of winters here and my body's issues with that cold are what has prompted our looking into moving to Colorado. This is why we are renting a house for seven weeks in Longmont. If the weather is milder during those months and the sun is shining I may be more comfortable with my neuropathy. Sharon pointed out this week that we shouldn't make a move based on change for the sake of change and she is right. I have been excited about the possibility of change - a new modern home, a new city to explore, mountains to see, trout streams to stand in. But, we should look at what we might give up. Leaving friends behind, being 600 more miles from Kathy, Kevin, and Brady. For me that is somewhat offset by being 800 miles closer to John, Kristie, Avery, and Anika.

Today I used J&R Automotive in Glen Ellyn to replace sway bar links on Red. They have been in Glen Ellyn longer than we have and I have never used them for automobile service. I drove over there at about 7:15 this morning, dropped off the car, and walked home. They called shortly with an estimate and I had them replace all four sway bar links, front and back. Total cost $340. The same service from the Mazda dealer which I will no longer go to, $322 for the front and $522 for the rear. J&R was done by 9:30 and I walked back over there to get the car. Easy.

As I walked back and forth from J&R and our house I looked at all of the houses along the way. Some are in fantastic condition, some are not but, back to the first paragraph here, they all have a narrative. We will start a new narrative if we purchase a new home in Colorado.

Longmont And Chicago Weather Graphs

I was online comparing Glen Ellyn to Longmont weather and found this web site which lets me post html into the blog. Theses are averages from 1961 to 1990. I wish the data was more current. This is from usclimatedata.com. Now I'm off to find another source.