mmm...my cornbread turned out GREAT! a friend who also just moved to denver told me that she didn't change any of her baking recipes to accomodate the altitude and everything turns out fine. but just to be on the safe side, i added a little more flour and water and reduced the sugar. it was a perfect accompaniment to my chili!

since it's warming up again for the next several days, we're planning to paint our family room. we're painting it "sedona brown." it should go well with our celery green sectional. *fingers crossed*

i'm kind of overwhelmed with all the things we have to do to this house. and preparing it for winter. like lawn winterizing and aeration, air duct cleaning, sprinkler draining. and the ppl who lived here before us (original owners) were filthy! okay, i'm exaggerating, but seriously, i've spent so much time scrubbing our shower, and it still doesn't feel clean enough! i've steam cleaned most of the rooms now, and it's so disgusting...i can't imagine anyone living in that kind of filth. and they had a dog, so of course dog + wet carpet = overwhelming stench. thank gawd for arm and hammer carpet cleaner! i wish we had the money to just rip everything out and start over! new carpet, new hardwood, new bathroom... *sigh* i need to win the lottery.