Ooh, first post!

Hi all,
I'm hoping to start this blog for our family and friends that we have moved so far away from!
If you are wondering about the title, it is based off one of my favorite movies of all time, Paper Moon. If you haven't seen it, we should watch it together sometime!
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I'll be spending it with Ben and Bill. Our menu is: ham, sweet potatoes, salad, cucumber salad, cheesy potatoes, buns, and pumpkin pie.We have a few wines and eggnog for drinks. We are thinking of eating in the afternoon, so we are also having a big breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls (by yours truly- recipe here), omelettes and bacon. And of course lots of  juice- grape, grapefruit, and orange (I think that is one favorite type for each of us!).

So far in Denver...
The boys have been very busy with work! They work 8-12 hour days during the week. They come home exhausted every day! We eat dinner and they go to bed soon after. Ben fell asleep at 8 on the couch one night! We try to play a game almost every night, but we also watch movies or the guys play video games together (like tonight).
During the day I have been looking for jobs online, cleaning up around the house, unpacking, and cooking/baking. It isn't too exciting, and I am anxious to find a job! So far, I am finding that anything that I am interested in requires experience. I would be fine with starting at an entry level position, but it seems like nothing like that is available. If you are interested, I am looking for jobs in forestry, field biology, wildlife biology or rehab, environmental conservation and education, or basically anything in the field of biology that does not involve looking into microscopes all day and/or injecting rats with cancer and aids(which are very common jobs in this area).
On the weekends we have been making an effort to get to know our surroundings a bit better. We have gone to Cherry Creek State Park twice now. It is basically right at our doorstep. We can bike there very easily. It is a beautiful place, you just have to ignore the city sights and sounds that surround it. Other things we have looked at are some shops and restaurants around us. There isn't too much for entertainment that is in walking distance, but we have still enjoyed taking lots of walks together to explore a little bit. Our first (and only so far) downtown adventure was really fun. We took the lightrail (a new experience for all of us) for about 30 minutes that took us right on to the main street in Denver. The rail is only a block away from our apartment, and it dropped us off at a pedestrian street that is closed to cars but has a free shuttle bus running up and down it all the time. We hopped off the rail and onto the bus and got to the bar very efficiently. We met up with some work friends of the guys and went to a couple bars. We didn't stay out very late- I got too tired (it was the weekend after we moved in after all). The general impression I got from Denver was that it is very clean, shiny, and new. There were lots of theaters, cool shops, convention centers, and things like that. Lots of glass and lights. The people seemed nice too- there were some very polite people on the rail (especially the man checking our tickets after Ben had lost his!). We are hoping to go back this weekend to do some more exploring. The city may be as impressive as I thought it was, but I really only have Milwaukee to compare it to...
Living in an apartment building hasn't been too weird so far. It is basically the same as living in a dorm, so we are all pretty used to it. We don't hear our neighbors too often, although sometimes the pipes are loud! Otherwise we mostly experience the neighbors through smelling what they are making for meals. We had to do a lot of "filling in" in the apartment so far and have a long way to go. We have gone to Target and Ikea, but we need a TON more bookshelves for sure!
Bill and I met a puppy that lives on our floor on the other end of the hall after we first moved in! He was a very tiny Australian shepherd that reminded us a lot of Lettie! We all keep wanting to get a pet (or two...or three...) but we have to wait until we can afford the dues and deposit. It also makes more sense to wait until after the holidays in case we will be doing a lot of traveling.

I apologize for the length of the post... I had a lot of catching up to do! I promise to post pictures of our place as soon as it looks a little more put together and I can figure out how to do that on here!
Happy Thanksgiving!