Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I had a fabulous time in California! I got to see almost all of the people I wanted to touch base with (TT and MP I am so sorry I missed you).

Thank you so much CS and DS for your wonderful hospitality! It was so great to see you and the kids, I miss you all terribly. Thank you also for the party on Monday; it was such a nice surprise to see P & J. I was also so happy to see BL. And of course, the food was amazing!

A- I am so glad everything is working out in Mexico. It was so much fun catching up with you.

Hopefully, you can all make it up my way sometime. I would love to play hostess (you can stay in my moose/bear themed spare room- so N. Idaho!).

Thank you all for such a great time.

Alaska Cruise

I took my first cruise...it will probably be my last. Come to find out, I don't like being on other peoples schedules (surprise, surprise). It seemed like every time I turned around they were calling all the cows to the trough, and the food wasn't even that good.

My major peeves: constantly feeling pressured to shop, gambling, smoke in the bars, having to pay extra for drinks, events that are geared only towards people in their 80s, bad entertainment that you are supposed to get excited about, and too much time on the boat and not enough time on shore.

My hats off to our wonderful head waiter, waiter, assistant waiter and room attendant. All of these men worked so hard, for what I am sure is not very good pay.

Highlights of the trip: towel critters, zip line canopy adventure, hiking, and ghost & good time girls walking tour.

Sold!!!

I bought a house. Isn't that crazy? Everything isn't final yet, and I don't close until June 18Th, but my offer has been accepted. The house needs a lot of work? But, isn't that what starter homes are supposed to be? So..grab a paintbrush and lets get started. I can't wait to kill that burgundy kitchen. Check out the mailbox, I think is it sleeping on the job. (I know it looks like a mobile home but it is actually a house.)

To my old roomie

I had a great time catching up with you last night. I am so excited for all the new changes in your life. You sounded like your old self again. I missed your old self!

If I get a dog one day..

...these are some of my top name picks. (Of course I need to find a house with a yard first.)

If is it a golden colored dog:
Lemon
Chrome

If it is a red colored dog:
Brick
Cherry
Flame
Rust
Wine

If he is spotted: (or a handful)
Motley

If he smells bad:
Whiff
Trace
Tang

Which of these names is your favorite?

Professional Services

Here are a few companies that are listed under professional services in our local phonebook:
Beartooth Bullets
Angus Custom Cuts
AAA Smart's Gamebird Trophies

A Super Sunday

This Sunday I had plans to clean my floors. I was really going to deep clean them; hands and knees with a scrub brush clean. But...at 6:30 in the morning I wake up to my cat puking. Yep, you guessed it...she was constipated again! So...being that it is Sunday and not a single vet clinic is open in this town, I had to drive to to Spokane to an emergency clinics so that she could get everything cleaned out.

My cat is in much better spirits today, but this next weekend I plan on borrowing my parents carpet cleaner so that I can shampoo my carpets in addition to scrubbing the floors. It seems that my cat has perfected the carpet scoot. Yuck! She isn't leaving big Hershey marks on the floor, but you can never be too paranoid. I don't want to stretch out on my carpet and get a whiff of kitty funk. Fun times!