Friday, January 9, 2015

     Today was a sunny day.  At least it was for the first half of the day.  This morning hubby and I got up and out of the house by 8am.  Well, we tried.  In heading out of the house, we saw that we did have freezing drizzle the night before and there was a quarter of an inch of ice as a shell around the car.  Scraping didn't do it, we had to warm up the car for 20 minutes before you could scrape the stuff off.  We finally got going, stopped briefly at the gas station for drinks and then headed south and west, going up the mountain to Woodland Park.
      The roads were slippery and going was slow as we made our way up the mountain.  I laid back and talked to Cookie, our dog, as we headed towards the vet.  We were on our way to the vet hospital so Cookie could get a full dental procedure of cleaning and teeth extractions.  See, we had the dogs on Beneful dog food and it gave them cavities.  It caked on their teeth and cause some of Cookies to go bad.  So we did get them switched off that and on to a better food with meat as the first ingredient.  Cookie had several loose teeth and several rotted ones.  The estimate was $300 - $350.  It had taken us awhile to get the money for the procedure but here we finally were.
     We got Cookie checked into the vet and then headed down the road to one of my parent's favorite restaurants, The Hungry Bear.  The menu was varied and the prices were moderate.  After we were served, we found out that the food was good too.
      We next drove to the movie theater to see what times the movies were playing but we found out that they were running too late for us to see any, so we headed over to Goodwill.  Mom had said they had things that were unique to the area and recommended we stop.  We found a set of sheets, 2 shirts for my hubby, a pair of high heels for my daughter and a book for me.  We came in under our budget of $30 that we set.
     Hubby wanted to go driving to explore the area so while he did that, I laid back in the seat and took a nap.  After a while we ended back up in Woodland Park and we found a nice parking lot and pulled over.  It was noon so we called and checked on Cookie.  Vet said she was doing fine and we could pick her up in an hour.  So hubby and I laid our seats back and took a nice rest in the sunshine.
     We picked Cookie up at 1pm, then headed back down the mountain.  As we rounded a curve, we could see the tops of the clouds covering The Springs.  Into the doom and gloom we descended, dreading the return to the overcast and palling day.  We made it home by 2, where hubby then proceeded to sleep for the rest of the afternoon.  Cookie also.
     We spent the rest of the night snuggling and watching Hulu and YouTube.