And the Dairy Queen saga continues. Tonight Dave shows up at the coffee shop as I'm closing up. He's decided to surprise me and take me out for sushi. Afterwards as we are heading home he makes a last minute decision to turn into the Monte Vista Dairy Queen. He was in an unusually lovely…

Well, like most of our adventures, it all started out innocent enough. Over breakfast this morningDave Buechler announces that he is taking our friend Eric Cox out for a ride on the Polaris. I voiced that it was maybe a little cold for a Polaris adventure? With his most authoritative voice (how dare I question…

Dave and I decided to go to the tiny movie theater here in Saguache to see Star Trek. So imagine those small theaters you see from the 40’s…small…holds about 70 people or so…or maybe closer to 50…hard to say.We are late (imagine that) mostly because I could not get his attention at the snack counter…

Yesterday while on phone with Dave…he’s driving down the road: Dave: Oh! Dead skunk! (hearing brakes squeal) Hold on a minute…(heavy breathing)…I’m gonna take this home and skin it and make a hat. Me: Um…are you sure about…. Dave: (interrupting me)Oh, he’s a pretty one! (I hear the rattling of a plastic grocery bag and…

This was from our first trip to Colorado as a couple. Six years ago today, we packed up the telescopes and the dogs and headed west for a three week adventure. He found the Elk shed pictured below while we were out hiking one day. That shed hangs proudly on the outside of our cabin…

The most stressful part of our marriage. That moment when the toilet paper runs out in upstairs bathroom and there are no more backup rolls. It all starts out nice enough. Dave (standing in the loft and sweetly calling down to me): He hon, we are running low on toilet paper up here. Do you…