Who doesn’t love a good household hack? When we hear a new one, we add it to our collection — whether it’s a new use for rubber bands, coffee filters, dryer sheets, or pool noodles (now on sale at Walmart —five for $15!). So, share our delight in these helpful, practical, inventive hacks that can simplify your life and help you troubleshoot ways to provide protection, convenience and comfort for you and your family!
Brett Stagg moved with his wife Sari and two daughters to Colliers Hill from Utah not quite two years ago. “We came out to Erie and looked at where we thought we wanted to live and were drawn to the community,” Brett says. “I’m not sure exactly what it was, but after we found a church, something about Colliers Hill just felt like that’s where we wanted to be.”
With our options somewhat limited for outdoor activities, one fun thing to do is picnic with family in open space, a local park — even in your own backyard! State parks remain open in Weld County, for all outdoor recreation, and public areas continue to be cleaned regularly. So that means you can make a day of it, and enjoy the season’s mild weather, fresh air and vitamin-D producing sunshine!
Many people have turned their wanna-be-rich aspirations, into trimming expenses to just-wanna-survive the current economic downturn – living and spending what they do have, sensibly. Looking at the habits of secret and even famous billionaires like Warren Buffet — who still lives in the house he bought in 1958 — can help us weather economic tsunamis and aim for a brighter future.
Almost since the day coronavirus became a household world, con artists and cyber scammers have been conspiring to separate you from your money. As early as March 12, Border Patrol officials discovered fake coronavirus test kits at the LA airport, shipped from the UK. About the same time people impersonating Medicare employees started contacting at-risk individuals to illegally elicit confidential information.
With the pandemic in every state prompting the closing of schools and businesses, if you’re able, here’s how you can help nonprofits, pet shelters, restaurants and neighbors in our community.
It’s hard not to think about, hear about, or talk about some aspect of the Coronavirus and how it’s impacting our lives. From the wall-to-wall news coverage to our ever-changing routines that necessitate frequent handwashing and mask-wearing, the attention paid to the virus is as pervasive as COVID itself. Here are some tips from the experts about how to reassure our children, and a few worthwhile diversions — from live animal webcams and celebrity bedtime stories, to teddy bear hunts and science experiments — to take kids’ (and our) minds off our circumstances, a little every day.
With the long lines in grocery stores these days, it’s reassuring to know you can use the power of your pantry and freezer to put together a number of five-ingredient (and less) feasts to feed a hungry family. Check out these instant pot and crock pot concoctions for a variety of easy, no-sweat (and practically no recipe needed!) meals.
Initial planning has begun on a new seven-acre park and amenity in Colliers Hill, to be located just north of Flora View Drive near filing 4C (see diagram). Two community meetings have already been held with residents of Colliers Hill, the Town of Erie and Erie Parks and Recreation, with a third slated for late March or early April. Colliers Hill residents will have another opportunity to weigh in on features of the park, once a community-wide survey has been distributed to invite comments, questions and provide additional fodder for the meeting.
The Eerie Erie is the annual community race held every year on the Saturday before Halloween, and routed right by the cemetery and along Colliers Blvd. It’s both a serious and a fun run attracting runners from all over the state, many of them wearing wigs, costumes, Halloween makeup and alter-ego get-ups.
Three miles west of I-25 at exit 232 (Erie Parkway). Just 20 minutes from downtown Boulder and 25 minutes from downtown Denver.
