My 2009 In Six Pictures
On March 27th, Amy and I moved into a new house in the north part of Colorado Springs. The riding is better up here!
On April 19th, I finally broke 28 minutes from the very bottom of the Manitou Incline to the top (27:49). When I first came to Colorado Springs and was 114 pounds heavier, it took me 43 minutes.
On September 2nd, we had to put one of our Bassett Hounds, Kirby, to sleep because of a fast growing cancerous mass on his spine and shoulder. I hadn't cried that hard since I was a little boy and still miss him every single day. Telling the vet that we wanted to put him down was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. You can see more pictures of Kirby here.
On September 15th, our first child, Natalie Rebecca Buckingham was born. The best day of my life almost turned into the worst day as Amy had some serious post delivery complications. You can see more pictures of Natalie here.
On October 16th, I was in a crash on my bike and broke my left clavicle, scapula, 5 ribs and suffered a severe concussion. Ended up staying 5 1/2 days in the hospital and didn't get my clavicle fixed for a month.
On December 22nd, I finally bagged Mailbox Peak with my friend Bryan. It took me four tries to finally reach the summit.
January 19th, 2010 - 05:58
I cried when my dog started had her first seizure (which she had never had before about 18 yrs old), because I thought she was dying in my arms. She had many seizures after that in a short period of time and couldn’t go up and down steps to get to the grass anymore.
I sent her to a house in West Virginia where she could live on a one level house, because she constantly bit me when I had to carry her up and down the porch steps at my house. I suppose she felt humiliated. They had her put to sleep in WV without telling me… I had already cried for her death before it happened though.
- By the way, I found your blog by going to the root domain of a flash file hosted on your site. That flash file is circulating in chain letters around the internet…
http://www.raincitystory.com/flash/screenclean.swf
Thought I’d check out who was hosting that file- Glad I did. Great blog! Enjoyed the .swf file too!
Congratulations on Natalie! My wife and I will be having our second child this month most likely.