COLORADO!

This is yet another photo of my new house.   The difference is now it is really mine!  I closed escrow on 26 May 2011 and as you can see from the difference in the lawn, it's springtime in the Rockies.  The plantation shutters are ordered (thanks to sister Susie), washer and dryer being delivered today (thanks to brother Mike and brother in law Nick), and the a/c will be installed soon (thanks to Nick again).  My sister Terri is doing all the business stuff that needs to be done, is finding me an AWD SUV, and has been repeatedly coming to San Diego to help me get the move together on this end.  Thank goodness for family!

Here are sisters Susie and Terri, getting the food together for our celebration on closing day.  Friends and family came by to eat Terri's famous enchiladas, celebrate the recent birthdays of Stacie, Nancy and Mark and to toast the move!

This is a shot of Mike and Stacie at my closing  party.  The house is pretty bare, but will be full of  Valerie things soon!  Stacie's son Brandon has his back to the camera - he's a great kid and just moved from Windsor down to Denver while all my house buying process was coming together.

Jeff was my Colorado real estate agent and spent many afternoons driving the Miller girls around to look at potential houses for me.  He says we were fun, but that's a lot of crazy girl energy in one vehicle and he was very patient and mellow!  Sometimes Nick went with us and the men folk took the front while we rocked the back seat!