Sunday, July 18, 2010

All About My People

So Oskar suggested taking some time to give our people some props! And seeing how today is my mom's gotcha day this seemed like a perfect idea.

So here goes.

We live in Colorado Springs, CO, about an hour south of Denver.



So about my mom, well first of all it's her gotacha day today.  Apparently it's a big one cuz one of her cards said in dog years she'd be dead.  :-)  Actually we heard her say she's 40.  :-D



She grew up in Denver and then went to Colorado State University, about an hour north of Denver in Ft. Collins.

She has an Engineering Science Degree with a computer software emphasis.  I'm not sure what this means but I think she had to study a lot.  She also played in the marching band when she was there.  She plays the flute as her primary instrument but in marching band she played on the drum line cuz she could make more noise!    She graduated back in 1994 and then went to work for MCI.   She been in the same office for 16 years and has worked for about 5 different companies with all the mergers and sales.    Of course now a days she works at home pretty much full time which makes me VERY happy.

When mom's not working she's working out.  She runs a lot, she and favoritest Aunt Jamie did the half - marathon back in June and they are doing another one in September in Oregon.  Then in 2 weeks she doing the Tri for the Cure triathlon up in Denver.

She and dad also play World of Warcraft like some of the other blog parents.  Mom thought it was nice to know she wasn't the only mom that played!

She and dad have been together for about 3 years they met at work.

Now Dad is pretty much my favorite person.



He grew up all over the place, he's lived in Texas, Connecticut, South Africa and Japan.   He went to school at Baylor University and has a finance degree.  He took that and started working for a bank doing computer stuff.   He did some work on Y2K with Mayzie's dad and when they moved to Colorado he followed a few weeks later.  


My dad is a handy guy and really likes to work on stuff with motors.    He is spending a lot of time out in the garage working on his Jeep.   This is his Jeep in process:



He likes to work out too, but unlike mom he HATES to run.  :-)

Mom and Dad both have motorcycles and like to take them out for rides.   Sadly neither has a side car so we are forced to stay home when they do that.

This Dad's shiny bike:


And this is Mom's:


But probably the bestest thing about my people is they are mine!


20 comments:

  1. I think the best thing abouts your peoples is that they luv on me a lot when they come over to visit!

    Wiggles & Wags,
    Mayzie

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  2. How nice to read about your parents, Boomer. We didn't know that you live near Mayzie - do you two ever get together to play?

    Our parents lived in Connecticut too, for about 10 years, Phantom and Dakota lived there too.

    Those are nice motorcycles, but we agree, they need to get some sidecars for you.

    Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara

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  3. Ooooh man, what happened to my comment? We start overs.
    Boomer, you haves got some fun and smart peoples. I likes them alot. I bet they is a blast to bes with.
    My mum is a work out freakazoid too...hehehe!
    I think dat bes all kind super cool dat you lives near Mayzie, I knew dat though but it's still terrific.

    Puddles

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  4. Boomer, it sounds to me like you've got some pretty awesome parents! I agree, the best part is always that they belong to you!

    Bunny

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  5. Hi, Boomer!
    Thanks for sharing your mom and dad with us!
    I loved reading about them!
    Happy Sunday!
    Kisses and hugs
    Lorenza

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  6. Wow. Great pawrents, Boomer. Good job. They sound so interesting and smart, too. They need to work on getting sidecars and then they'll be pawfect.

    lotsa licks, Lola

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  7. Ooh, I vote that they get a side-car for you soon.

    Thanks for playing along & sharing your people with us!

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  8. What great and fun people you have Boomer...thanks so much for sharing them!!

    Smileys & Snuggles!
    Dory, Bilbo and Jacob

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  9. I loved reading about your people, Boomer! We love hearing about the humans even though they have 2 legs but we love them anyway!

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  10. We loved hearing more about your pawrents. We enjoyed learning more about them :) Our pawrents both have motorcycles too. We think a side car would be so cool and then we could ride along with them, but sadly that hasn't happened yet.

    Pugs & Kisses,

    Yoda & Brutus

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  11. Happy Gotcha Day to your mom!

    Tell her she'll be okay - my mom was that age 10 years ago and she's still kikhking!

    Thanks fur sharing that khool stuff about your mom and dad!

    We give your dad a big fluffy tail up fur the non running thing - we've yet to see one that looks HAPPY running!

    Hugz&Khysses,
    Khyra

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  12. Woof! Woof! Pawsome to know your people. Thanks for sharing.My dad saw their mortorcycle n LOVES it. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar

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  13. Your parents are pawsome Boomer! How neat that you lives so close to Mayzie too!

    Woofs and Licks,
    Maggie Mae

    PeeS Harleys...yay!

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  14. Boomer, So nice to read about your peeps! BTW, I was born in Colorado Springs but I only lived there 8 days! I played the flute too!

    And, two of Mabel's besties are Ridgies... We love them so! They are soooo sweet!!!

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  15. Very interesting!
    Thank you so much for visiting my bloggy and helping with Shelby.
    Your bloggy is so cool!

    Sugars,
    Mack

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  16. Hi Boomer - hey, thanks for dropping by to visit us. We think that Oskar's game was inspired and we had so much fun finding out about the humans behind us great doggies!

    You know, we think you've got a real cool name - how'd you come about being called Boomer? Our FH really likes it! We reckon our FH and your FH would really like each other - our FH likes to run too, half marathons are her favourite as she says they're challenging without completely breaking the body like a marathon does, he he he!

    Great to meet you - we're looking forward to following your adventures!

    Schnauzer snuggles - JD and Max.

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  17. Hi Boomer! Yes, yes, YES Jada can come to the bachelorette pawty! Are you gonna let her borrow your lampshade?

    Wiggles & Wags,
    mayzie

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  18. Hi Boomer!

    Thanks for commenting on my blog! you parents seem so cool! and a ridgeback I am so excited to read your posts!

    Paws and Licks
    Chewy

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  19. Hi Boomer!

    Happy belated gotcha day to your mom!
    Your parents sound like such great
    people! That's fun your parents
    ride bikes too. Have you ever
    asked them to install a
    sidecar, so you can
    ride along hehe.

    We hope you are having a great week!

    -Dana & Daisy

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  20. What a sweetie. Your mom and dad must be proud of you!

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