Small Town Bliss

806 West Street in Bedford, Iowa is for sale. You can see several new photos of the property at the 806 West Street site.  Check it out contact us if you or anyone you know is interested in a showing. Wmailto:WestSt806@yahoo.com.

Bike Share Conspiracy - The T-shirt

Boulder's own Alchemist Threadworks has created a t-shirt "celebrating" the revelation that was brought to Colorado by Dan Maes (candidate for Governor - Maude help us!)

Bike Share is the gateway to sinister world domination!

http://alchemistthreadworks.com/#/?p=866

Did you know...

...that 12 place settings of china packed for a cross country move fills approximately four large-ish produce boxes per set.  My mother has five sets of family dishes, 12 settings per set.  Oh and have I mentioned the collection of antique glassware?

A Few Random Thoughts

1. Collecting antique glass is an evil, evil hobby.

2. Black wiggle dresses from the 50's that fit me are beautiful things.

3.  Soft orange gloves from the 50's look amazing with black wiggle dresses.  As do black, turquoise, yellow, pink and cream Italian leather gloves.

4. Newspaper ink makes my hands itch.

5. Blue silk suits from 1957 are divine!

6. Plaid cotton suits from 1956 are amazing!

Groovin' to a Cover Band Covering Kid Rock, Covering Lynyrd Skynyrd and Drinkin' Ice Cold Bud

Yes, I'm back in the Heartland.  Could you guess from the post title?

  The family farm - a picture of a picture.  This is where my mother grew up and where I spent a good deal of my youth running, jumping and instigating all sorts of shenanigans.  I've not been to the farm for well over a year and we sold it earlier this year.  On Tuesday we plan to go for a little walk down memory lane.  The older parts of the farm (not pictured) are still in the family.

It's moving week and there is so much to do before the movers arrive.  It's going to be exceptionally busy and emotionally draining.  First, I'm going to get a good run in this morning (as soon as my coffee is gone) then it will be packing city!  I'm recovering from the street dance last night.  Nothing like groovin' on small town brick streets to a cover band and drinking Budweiser.

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And....visit my new blog, 806 West Street.  

 You'll get all the info you need about buying this magnificent home in a charming small town in Iowa.  Ever dreamed of getting away from it all and living the good life?  Here's your chance!

Another Scrumptious Find!

Throughout the purging and sorting of my childhood home, we've been on the lookout for a box of my mother's gloves from the 50's and 60's.  She had loaned them to the high school for a play several years ago and decided that she'd never gotten them back since they were no where to be found. 

Well, yesterday she found them!  I can't begin to express how excited I am!  I have a very, very small collection of gloves which I adore but this will top it all off.  I remember playing dress up with them as a child.  They were always kept in a box from an old clothing store in St. Joe, Mo and each pair was wrapped in tissue to keep them clean.  I'd carefully unwrap them, slide them on my tiny hands and be completely enamoured at the sight and feel of them, even though they were far too big.

 I'm pretty sure I'm going to be just as enamoured as an adult each time I slide them on....which will be frequently!

I'm back in Iowa for the move.  It's going to be a very long, stressful and very emotional week.

Too many bikes and not enough racks at my son's school this morning.  This photo shows only one rack (the one we're at) with a manageable number of bikes.  There are three others where bikes are literally piled and an additional bunch of bikes locked to each other and leaning against a wall.  Pretty easy solution though, more racks. 

This is a bold contrast to my daughter's school where there are two very long racks which could hold a total of about 30 to 40 bikes (positioned just right) and there are generally only two to four bikes. 

There are several issues with her school: many of the kids bus in, many of the kids have to cross a busy street with a short light (which parents report makes them uncomfortable for biking,) many of the kids don't have bikes.  The Baker is working from the parent angle with the school.  I'm working from an advocacy angle from my board work with The Bike Depot. Even though we are probably only going to be at that school for one year (then she'll return to my son's school), I hope we can help spark some change.