So much happened the past few weeks.......

Ok so let's just take this one thing at a time.................

Sometime before Becky arrives: the Passat is leaking oil so we call the mechanic. He discovers that my driver's side CV axle is totally busted and tells me I can't drive it or I'll die. A few days later he comes and replaces the CV boot and all is well but the oil is still leaking.
Thursday - Becky arrives. Fun is had by all.
Friday - Ryan, Becky, and me have lunch with some of Becky's CO co-workers. We drive around Denver to tour it and when we get home we realize that my car is leaking oil at a faster rate than before...
Saturday - We go to Red Rocks and tour the Great Divide Brewery with Becky then take it easy Saturday night.
Sunday - We meet our Uncle Ed and Cousin Ed in Vail.
Monday - Mechanic comes back after we leave him a panicked voicemail about the Passat leaking oil. He discovers that it is a broken seal on the rear main gasket. He says: get rid of this car now. This is a $2000-$3000 fix.

Tuesday - Drop Becky off at the airport and immediately go car shopping. Shop all day from 9am to 7 or 8pm and finally come home with the Passat traded in for a 2000 Subaru Forester. It looks something like this:

Mine is a bit more beat up on the outside - someone really loved taking it into the mountains I suppose....but the inside is great and the more I drive it the more I like it!

Wednesday: I drive for a few minutes to run errands in my new ride and the Check Engine Light comes on. My immediate reaction is probably some sort of expletive and we make an appointment at the dealer to look at it. Even though it's not under warranty, they were really nice and replaced the knock sensor that was causing the check engine light to come on. Very fortunate.

Thursday: Ryan leaves for a wedding in Connecticut. I leave for Front Range Christian School to sub!

Friday: I sub again!

Saturday: I'm still trying to catch my life up after this week. So exhausting and very little free time.

Another thing that has been taking up my time is my new blog! I love it! It's Mile High Savings. If you are my friend, you will get your coupons from my site :) Anytime you print from my site or go to your printable coupons site FROM my site, I get incentives!

I have Coupons.com, Coupon Network, RedPlum, SavingStar, and Cellfire so far.

If you are my friend AND my sister's friend, then you will evenly divide your printing between our sites. Her site is Broke Diet - On a Diet and On A Budget.

Dog Speak

 Becky took this picture of Grover to say hi to Taylor:

This was Taylor's response:

Friday night awesome

We just grilled burgers and sat outside in the backyard! The weather in Colorado has just turned amazing! August went on record as the hottest August in Colorado history (not awesome) but we just had a cold front come through and it was mid-80s and sunny for the most part today. Right now, at 8:09pm, it's 71 and breezy! We had a 10 minute thunderstorm and now it's even nicer out than before the little stormlet came. All you NC people - jealous? And my sister will be coming to visit in 6 days and will experience temperatures in the 70s during the day. Loving this weather. Interested to see if i'm singing the same song in January when I'm stuck in the snow on the neighborhood roads :) Ryan is doing his fantasy football draft tonight....the Broncos play the Raiders next Monday. We are so excited for football and like everyone else we are very interested in how our quarterback situation shapes up this year.