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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Tuesday
Aug052014

Ten on Tuesday (completely random)

DateTuesday, August 5, 2014 at 07:23PM

1. We spent the day down in Boulder yesterday while Nathan had a meeting. The boys and I wandered the 29th Street Mall area for a bit and were surprised to find a number of these "grass" platforms all about. Odd. But apparently comfy:

2. The boys also enjoyed this checker board/set:

(Unsurprisingly, Noah won. We're also considering finding a way to work a checkerboard pattern into the backyard, lol.)

3. We were all in Boulder, btw, at least partially because we're a one vehicle family right now. The insurance company took back Nathan's car after the hail storm (it was considered totalled and they offered more for it than we figured we could get selling it ourselves) mid-July. If you happen to know anyone selling a car in the area, let us know. :) We're hoping to replace it within the next couple weeks, as school starting back up is going to make being a one vehicle family more difficult.

4. Tomorrow, Asher will be performing with Karate West's demo team at the local Barnes & Noble to celebrate the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Asher's going to represent Michelangelo with the nunchucks. ;) Come watch if you're around...the event starts at 11 and they'll perform about 11:30. (For what it's worth, my boys aren't familiar with the TMNT, though I have fond memories of them, myself, lol.)

5. Our new roof got postponed last week due to weather. Hopefully, it'll go on tomorrow!

6. Does anyone have any local recommendations for contractors who install sliding patio doors? Also for people who remove wooden decks and can replace it with a paver patio/landscaping?

7. Yup, I know I'm overdue on my annual blog posts about our upcoming homeschooling plan. ;) I'm actually doing pretty well in my planning...just haven't found time to sit down and type it out for this.

8. Speaking of homeschooling, that's all going to start again on the 18th...after Noah's high school classes start on the 13th. Oy. Working on sorting out our schedules and getting to a point where I'm feeling less overwhelmed, lol. 

9. Yay, me! I just mailed off our "official" annual notice of intent to homeschool to our local school district. 

10. Is everyone else amazed that it's already August?!

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