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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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Wednesday
Mar132019

Checking in from the bomb cyclone

DateWednesday, March 13, 2019 at 12:38PM

Just checking in for those who were wondering...

- Yes. It's very blustery and snowy here. We're officially under a blizzard warning and all the schools, universities and such are closed. (Most preemptively closed yesterday and many businesses joined in today.) It was actually almost 70 degrees and sunny yesterday...gorgeous. The boys and I went for a lovely walk. By this morning when I headed to boot camp (6am), it was still 40 degrees and only sprinkling rain. By 8am, everything was white. Of course. ;) 

- Yes. I still made boys do their homeschool lessons this morning. I'm awesome like that. :) (I did, though, let them sleep in first.)

- No. Spending almost an hour on the phone with various medical and insurance people this morning was not fun. Blech. But. I finally have things sorted out and authorized to schedule the MRI that the pediatric rheumatologist ordered for Micah last week. And I now have Asher's travel immunizations sorted out for his trip to Costa Rica in June. Whew. 

- Yes. Noah's holed up in his dorm with microwave meals he bought last night. (Technically, the dining halls are still open until 7 tonight apparently, but walking outside to get to them didn't sound fun...hence the last minute purchases, lol.)  

- No. Nathan did not take the bus to Boulder this morning. We worried he wouldn't make it back tonight if he did. ;P Fortunately, he can work from home just fine. (The city and police and NOAA and all are advising/asking everyone to stay off the roads anyhow.)

So. I think that's about it for now. Off to enjoy a quiet day inside with my guys. Stay warm and safe, everyone!

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