Bob's Big Blue Blog

New Month

2012-02-01T09:33:00.001-08:00

25 Pounds!

2012-01-21T10:37:00.000-08:00

Yippee!!!!! I have lost 25 pounds since the first of the year. Only a few more to go...

Snow had fallen off the roof during the night. It was also raining in the early morning. So hubby went out and shoveled the over 2 feet of snow that landed on the side deck.

We took the dogs for a walk in the park. Only about 2 feet of snow there. The park only plowed the horse area, so we got them out there (Harry had accidentally pooped in the back of the pickup!) and walked around in the plowed area. Bud's "D" hook broke and he almost ran out. He is such a good boy and listened to me to come back!

Then we came home and I purchased tickets to NICKELBACK for June 14!!!!! Yippee.

SNOWMAGEDDON

2012-01-18T11:19:00.000-08:00

Monday Tuesday Wednesday - Continue with my eating rehab. Finally lost another 3 pounds on Wednesday after resorting to Juice only all day long.

It started snowing on Monday night. By Wednesday, flakes were becoming bigger & weather authorities said we should be expecting a big Blizzard! National news channels are calling it SNOWMAGEDDON~!

Woodpecker is still beating at the side of the house. No way to permanently scare him! I have to keep going out every 5 minutes to beat on the house. He leaves by 2pm, thank goodness! Only to return in the morning and start all over.

Got the NIC brochure. Hubby was open to taking American Sign Language classes with me. Have to register.

Reviewing Property

2012-01-15T17:36:00.000-08:00

Sunday -
At 8:30 we loaded up Bud & Bit then drove over to KRN's house to eat biscuits & sausage gravy with kids. Hubby had biscuits & gravy, I had my healthy cottage cheese/apple/peanut butter at 10:00. Then we went over with the kids to look at the property that KRN wants to put an espresso stand on.

We then drove into Airway Heights to look at other storage units.

Afterwards, we dropped kids off at their home and drove back to our place. Hubby had to stop in Spokane Valley at Harbor Freight, then we got burgers at Wendy's in Post Falls and continued home. I really had to pee by the time we finally got to our place.

After a brief snack at home, we took all the dogs down to Farragut Park for a 26 minute dog walk.

Came home and hubby had dinner. I had snack of apple. Then watched TV.

Temporary Setback

2012-01-14T11:45:00.000-08:00

Still incorporating my cardio and doing well on the eating rehab. But I felt tired this week again. No energy. I am still not getting the "exercise high" from anything I am doing. Feels like hard work. I figure to get to my goal, I have to lose 3 pounds per week. Not bad to do.

Friday - Hubby wanted girl from work to come over and test our Skin Carotenoid. She came over about 7:30 and stayed til 9:00 doing a sales pitch. According to the tests, hubby is Mostly Dead All Day. or MDAD! I had a little bit higher score than he did. So we bought the vitamins that she suggested. If it does not raise our score, the company will buy back the vitamins from you. I am skeptical about the claims, but hubby is on this adventure to get healthier and feel better so I am all for it. I am still eating better going into my 3rd week & taking the Udo's Oil. Waiting for the results from the Udo's oil as reviewers indicated that it worked...

Saturday - Took the tray back to the girls at the Bakery in town. Hubby got a latte. He needs to cut out sugar!

I cleaned house a little bit & then did 1000 calories for cardio.

Diet Diary

2012-01-11T10:38:00.000-08:00

Since my last post, I have barely been able to do anything. Too extremely weak & exhausted. It had gone from bad to worse. Couldn't even stay awake past 6pm at night. I was crashing out while leaving hubby alone on the couch at night watching tv with only the dogs for company.

We took the dogs for a very long walk in the park on Sunday because I felt a little bit better in the morning. But by the time we had gone into town to get groceries at WalMart & return stuff to Costco I was again exhausted. After staggering into the house, hubby unloaded groceries while I put them away. Then I collapsed onto the couch. Went to bed early again. Ick.

On Tuesday, I was still too weak to do anything. I seriously thought about going to the doctor again to find out what is wrong.

Today, I woke up feeling much better. Maybe not 100% but significantly not exhausted as I have been feeling for the past few weeks!

It is day 11 of my diet; or I really should say eating rehabilitation! Because it is not a diet. I am eating constantly. Eating good foods. I have already lost 18 pounds. This is great. I can't imagine what I will look like by May 2012! Hopefully this year when we put the boat in the water, I will not look like a tub of lard! Maybe even a decent bathing suit.

So I tackled my cardio like a maniac and hit my target goal first thing! Yippee.

I want to incorporate C25K next week. Cross my fingers.

Aaack!

2012-01-04T11:05:00.000-08:00

Tuesday - Hubby back to work again. I wish that he had been able to take another week off to care for me; still not feeling 100%. Dogs kept barking and going out all day. I was cold & hurting all day.

Hubby worked late OT. Came home around 7pm. Dogs had already been upset by somebody coming to door looking for hubby. When he got home, he sat for about 20 minutes, then went to shop to work. I was getting extremely tired (exhausted again) about 9:20 so I asked him to come home.

I crawled up to bed and slept.

Wednesday - Not feeling well last night. But doing very good on eating healthier & following new diet plan with personal trainer. Still not exercising but have lost 15 pounds on diet so far! Yippee. Can't wait to be able to have enough strength to exercise & maybe start running.

Very depressing not being able to clean house or put away Christmas decor inside. Aaaack.

Walking Dogs

2012-01-02T21:27:00.000-08:00

Walked dogs first thing this morning after getting hubby a latte. Went to the park and walked quite a ways. I was exhausted by the time we were done. Did not think I would make it back to the truck. Collapsed by the time I crawled into the seat. Hubby then drove us down to the marina to reminisce about this past summer on the boat.

Drove home & dropped off dogs. Then took Bud & Bit with us to Sandpoint to shop at WalMart. Got all the groceries needed for healthier eating. Even have hubby talked into eating healthier! He stopped at Hardware store in town & got me FREE yardsticks! Then we drove around Dover to see what it was looking like.

After we picked up Arby roast beefs for the dogs, we got home around 2:15. Long drive. I was exhausted. Too much running around for me. Still recovering.

Hubby unloaded and I helped put stuff away. Then collapsed on recliner. Watched "Dolphin Tale" on PPV.

Went to bed early.

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-01T15:17:00.000-08:00

Friday December 30
Hubby and I headed into town to pick up baby Beebo from the kids. Met them at Costco after hubby detoured to the bank to make a deposit. Then got gasoline at Costco, hubby took me downtown to pick up some birthday chocolates from Coeur d'Alene Chocolates. (they are very bitter chocolate; burns your throat)

Then hubby was hungry so he got hot wings at Wingstop while the puppies and I waited in the car. Washed car and got white coffee granita. Babysat Beebo for the kids while they vacationed at SilverMountain for their 8th year anniversary.

Saturday December 31
Got birthday cake surprise at Bakery yesterday, December 31. Gwen, Louise, & hubby sang happy birthday to me. Chocolate/Chocolate/Cherries/Cream Cheese/Cream Cheese Frosting. Very rich!

Chocolate/Chocolate/Cherry/Cream Cheese bday cake!

Hubby worked in the shop all day. Forgot to get me presents. Sad face. :(

Watched Twilight Zone marathon for New Year's. Maybe celebrate better next year!

I was tired by 7PM so went to bed. Fireworks started around 10:30 and dogs went nuts barking the rest of the night. Since I was unable to sleep, got back up and sat with hubby until 1PM.

KRN called and was upset.

They came home early on Jan 1 because of multiple injuries. KRN hurt knee; Matt hurt right shoulder & back.

Sunday January 1, 2012!
Kids returned this morning. KRN was tired so she slept in Isabelle's bed until 3:30. Matt rested on the couch as he had severely injured his right shoulder. They finally went home around 4:00.

Hubby and I rested around the house. Watched TV.

Snowflake & Dog Step

2011-12-29T21:38:00.001-08:00

Hubby woke up early to make a dog step for Isabelle so she can get into bed easier. Also made snowflake for KRN. Just have to paint it now.

Yardstick Snowflake

Then I went with him to Rathdrum to get parts, get dog cheeseburgers, make deposit at bank, pick up pizza for guys at shop, and get gas. Purchased lottery megamillions tickets. Cross my fingers we win for New Years!

Returned home where I rested for the balance of the day. Real tired at 9:30 and went to bed.

So Tired

2011-12-27T17:58:00.000-08:00

Sunday -
Christmas. Opened our presents. Watched Christmas shows. Vegged out. Took a nap. Depressing this year. Did not feel like doing ANYTHING!

christmas presents under tree

Monday -
Kelsey came over around 10:00 with Bravo. She opened her presents. Then she was hungry. So we took her into town to eat at Las Chavelas. It was good. Afterwards she decided she had to get dog food at Costco. I got a new camera for half price!

Then home. I was exhausted. But Matt was waiting here with his truck and we had him open his presents.

Matt & presents

The kids left not too long afterwards. I watched a couple shows & dragged myself to bed. Still recovering from my illness.

Tuesday -
You really can't believe how exhausted you can get by being sick. I am almost through with all my meds, but am tired. Going to bed at 8:00 everynight. Sleeping until about 7:00 the next day. Still not enough. Going to take a while before I feel back to normal...

Hubby forced me to go up to Bonners Ferry so that he could purchase a truck from a nice Canadian gentleman. Before we went up there, we stopped at the Bakery to say hello to Gwen & Louise. Then got hubby a latte. The lights flickered while we were at the espresso stand, but came back on.

When we returned thru Sandpoint, we stopped at Big R to get deer food. Took Bud inside with us. He got lots of hugs & scratches from people. Then stopped at Arby's to get roast beef for the puppy dogs at home.

As we came up our highway, we noticed the road was blocked.

Highway blocked by Avista crews

The power pole fell down right across from our driveway....

because...a kid had t-boned his car into it this morning (that was why the lights flickered!) He was going an excessive amount of speed (the guys who were standing outside our shop estimated 70mph!) and fishtailed in the slush. So once the authorities were called, the guys towed the car onto our property temporarily. Mom and Dad came to pick up the kid who had two black eyes (probably concussion).

car destroyed sitting in our driveway

Happy Christmas Eve

2011-12-24T13:57:00.000-08:00

Hubby had to drag me with him to pick up a part in Spokane. He did not want to leave me along. I am feeling somewhat better. Still a lot of pain, tho.

Afraid to eat anything. Trying to drink water.

Stopped to give Leo & Ritchie their presents.

Gave Heather at espresso stand a Xmas card & tip. Came back thru Rathdrum and shopped at Super One. Picked up hubby's fruit cake at Bakery in town. The ladies made him a custom miniature cherry pie!

Custom Cherry Pie

Got gasoline & newspapers to wrap presents. Also stopped to get another xmas latte for hubby.

Came home exhausted. Slept.

Back to Dr

2011-12-22T12:48:00.000-08:00

Thursday - Last night suffered from 4 hours of heartburn & indigestion. I am frightened to eat anything now!

So hubby forced me to go into the Dr again and I was prescribed heartburn meds. We stopped at grocery store to waste some time. Got cheeseburgers for dogs, then came home. Already 1:00! Wasted the day again.

Pedestals for dryer/washer

Christmas Time

2011-12-21T12:00:00.001-08:00

Listening to Christmas music, making stuff for Christmas on the Silhouette Cameo. Hubby briefly went down to the shop, and he is making Christmas crafts for gifts.

Still have to deliver some things, but most stuff is taken care of in time for Christmas.

There is one package that is stuck in Spokane, WA. Need to find out why.

I am feeling somewhat better, but very weak! LOL.

Hubby picked up Christmas cookies from bakery in CDA.

crazy christmas cookies

SICK, HOSPITAL ER

2011-12-19T20:37:00.001-08:00

It remains pretty much a blur...

But from Thursday (Wednesday?) I awoke and experienced HORRIFIC pain in the abdomen. Hubby went to work and said that if I got worse, he would come home to take me to the doctor. He LIED. I called him at 2:00 and he didn't get home until 6:00pm.

He rushed me to the Urgent Care in CDA and the doctor advised that a normal white blood count is 4300; mine was over 13000! I had an infection. They told us to go to the ER across the street immediately. The nurse was unable to take blood; had to call for backup- PLEASE LEARN THIS IN SCHOOL, NOT ON PATIENTS!

Of course, they didn't forward any paperwork to the ER. Duh. So we still had to wait, and wait, and wait. Then got in to the ER, processed, and evaluated. I don't remember much as I was in a lot of pain. Finally got an IV from a knowledgeable nurse (whose husband happened to work in the same company as mine! LOL) with painkillers.

Then off to the CT Scan; injecting icky stuff into my veins.

Back to my room to wait the results of the scan. Doctor said DIVERTICULITIS. Lots of painkillers prescribed along with massive amounts of antibiotics. Said surgery not needed if we can control it with antibiotics.

Said to come back in a couple days (Saturday night).

I was so weak, I fell asleep for the following days...sleep; eat applesauce, take pills. Lost 10 pounds.

Woke up a little better one day and then awful horrible horrific pain and told hubby to call 9-1-1. By the time the ambulance got here (they passed our place the first time-quite lost) I had thrown up and felt better.

Went into our regular personal doctor at 2PM. He said stay away from milk products; which I had eaten cottage cheese. Now I am Lactose Intolerant! Ick. Do you KNOW how many foods have whey or milk in them?

Sick

2011-12-16T03:10:00.000-08:00

Thursday - After suffering all day, hubby took me to Urgent Care. Doctor admitted me to ER. Cat Scan indicated Diverticulitis. I had severe pain in the abdomen.

Dr Appt

2011-12-14T09:41:00.000-08:00

Tuesday - Hubby had to get up at 3AM to answer an emergency on-call. Phone wires down on ground in town. So I had to get up to make him a drink and breakfast.

I went back to sleep for a while, but dogs would not let me rest. They kept getting up every 30 minutes to bark at something.

So I was exhausted and drained for the balance of the day. Took Bud along with me into town for my 2:30 Dr's. appt. Stupid little out of control 1 year old in the waiting room area with grandma. The meth mother came out later and announced loudly everything that the doctor had discussed privately. Stupid people out there in this world.

After 30 minutes of filling out paperwork and another 30 minute wait, I was finally led back to the exam room. According to the doctor, there is nothing wrong with me. No reason that I should be having pain. So she was quick to prescribe pills instead of finding what is exactly wrong. I also believe she was somewhat abrupt & uncaring. Didn't pursue some of the questions that were on my file; why not spend a little longer LOOKING at me instead of her computer?

Got Wendy's cheeseburgers for dogs on the way home. Listened to Christmas music.

Dogs were happy to see me when I returned home.

Wednesday - Dogs decided to bark at everything again last night. Isabelle got up at 3am and piddled around outside for over 35 minutes. I finally had to put on a coat to go out to get her! Fell back asleep for one hour, then Bud & Harriet wanted to go out. Barely time to get up and make hubby's drink.

Took Bud to vet at 11:30 because he had a severe red rash on his belly. Then raced home to meet the delivery truck for the guys that brought our Washer/Dryer Pedestals from Home Depot.

Lil Bit in holiday sweater

Made Protein Bites for hubby's friend Brad at work. Brad LOVES my balls! LOL.

Cleaning House & Making Xmas Crafts

2011-12-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

Cleaned the house today. Washed dog beds. Vacuumed & Mopped the floors.

Made more Christmas crafts.

Stars

Mugs

Took Christmas candy down to the shop for the guys.

Ordered more Christmas gifts online.

Gave REI gift certificate to our UPS driver. He is a great guy.

Xmas Shopping & Harriet's Birthday

2011-12-11T18:21:00.001-08:00

Went into town to pick up the Dodge that hubby had locked in the yard at work. But he forgot the keys to the yard! They were still locked in the shop at home. So we walked Bud, Bit, and Harriet in a nearby field. Very cold outside. Only 26 degrees. Brrrr.

Drove back home and left Bit & Harriet at home while we went into town Xmas shopping. Stopped at Costco, Home Depot & Super One in Rathdrum. Then went home.

Saw turkeys in the road on Diagonal.

Turkeys

Had birthday party for Harriet when we got home. All the dogs got hamburgers that we picked up at McDonalds.

Birthday Cake

Harriet (5 years old)

Hubby took a nap. I went to bed early.

Blogging & Baking

2011-12-10T18:32:00.000-08:00

Hubby actually blogged last night on RMOR without any prodding from me!

On Saturday I made Christmas goodies. Peanut Brittle, Cashew Brittle, No Bake Cookies, No Bake Protein Bites, Peppermint Bark, Cereal Bars & Puppy Chow (for KRN; her favorite!)

Braided Spaghetti Bread

KRN came over with Beebo about 11:00; I babysat until they returned at 6:00. KRN had to go to a birthday party for her friend's daughter. Matt was going to visit with his dad.

More Christmas Decor & Crafts

2011-12-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

Thursday

Busy making more Christmas crafts. Also hung star & more lights outside.

Need to start making cookies, candies & holiday food.

Gave a gift certificate to mailman & mailed the Christmas cards.

Still need to get a few gift certificates for others.

Friday

Went to get nails done at 11:00. Stopped to pick up burgers at McDonalds for dogs
afterwards.

The Story Thus Far

2011-12-06T08:59:00.000-08:00

Sunday - Drove over to K&M's to return Beebo who had stayed overnight with us while the kids went to dinner in CDA. We took Harriet, Bit & Bud with us for a change. Harriet did very well in the car.

Hubby had to pay his NAPA bill and I took over driving after that. He seemed quite upset at other drivers for some reason today, so it seemed best for me to get behind the wheel.

We briefly shopped at Big R on Trent to get more deer food, new harness for Harriet & let hubby browse. He loves his Big R! There is a new one in CDA we found when we returned home later tonight...

Got to kids' home at 12:00; helped them put up lights. Lots of strings were dead. Matt stapled thru one light string. He had to get up on the roof to put up lights. All very pretty when we were done. Hubby and I ran to WalMart for garlic bread (insane parking lot - also saw accident in parking lot) Got Starbucks lattes gross tasting. (cuz KRN refuses to get espresso machine for home) For lunch we had crock-pot Lasagne that KRN had made. Was very good.

We left not long after because it was already 3:30.

Drove to CDA for gasoline at Costco. Picked up burgers for dogs. Angus & Isabelle had done very well. Missed us.

My Perfect Angels

2011-12-02T12:12:00.000-08:00

Monday - Bit decided that he was going to spend most of the day on his back. Got a picture of him.

Lil Bit with belly exposed! So adorable.

I had ordered new Sorels because I realized my other ones were about 20 years old! The new ones came via UPS today. Very warm.

New Sorels

Ordered lots and lots of presents (some presents) online for Cyber Monday.

Tuesday - Had diarrhea all night from 3AM onwards. Felt very weak. Had gone to bed early and got even worse as the day wore on. I was supposed to go to Dr. Specialist, but had to call to reschedule. Just not enough strength to drive there.

Wednesday - Went up to Sandpoint to shop at Big R. We did not get there in time; they close at 7pm. Went over to Walmart to get a few things. Stopped at Arby's for dog burgers & returned home with Bud & Isabelle. Isabelle barked at a dog in the back of a pickup during a stoplight and frightened the poor black Lab. We explained to Isabelle that she must be nice to other dogs. She didn't want to listen...

When we returned from shopping, the refrigerator had quit working. Our food was going bad. We put it out on the deck in the cold (thank goodness for winter). I had suffered endo pains, so took a hot bath & went to bed early.

Thursday - The Fred's Appliance repair man came out to the house. Thinks that the Thermostat needs replacing in the refrigerator. I called after he left to schedule. The parts won't be here until Monday night so he will be coming Tuesday morning.

I completely cleaned out the fridge (will have hubby pull it out of the wall this weekend to clean behind it) & restocked it from the food that we had put outside on the deck in coolers. It is much cleaner & has more available space. We will now be able to find things better. Hubby had 6 jars of pickled things and I was able to condense them to 3; then put them in the smaller refrigerator downstairs. Also condensed 3 ketchup bottles into 1 and 2 mustard bottles into 1!

Clean Fridge

I made Cake Truffles from a recipe on the 'Net I found. Chef in Training However, they taste AWFUL to me. I will give them away to Bruce. He likes extremely sweet things.

Cake Truffles

Harriet is filling out quite well with all the eggnog she has been drinking. I am also filling her with lots of meat & protein. She has a "solid" look to her lean body now.

Harry in winter sweater!

This past week without #3 around, I have been having to decorate on my own. It is quite an immense chore. Put the stereo outside in order to get into the Christmas mood. Blasting Xmas tunes away while putting up new lights & taking down ones that quit working.

Balls on deck

Friday - Lil Bit keeps barking at something outside & the other dogs have to go out to investigate. They have NOT taken their early morning, mid-morning, or morning naps yet!

It is getting sunnier & warmer all the time. Temp is up to 36.

I worked on more Christmas light balls, decorating inside of house with cloth tied garlands, made No Bake Protein balls, fed deer, worked on KRN's Advent calendar, washed dog bedding, got mail with Bud, rewrapped tomato cage light tree.

Lazy Last Day of Turkey Week Vacation

2011-11-27T20:57:00.000-08:00

Hubby has to return to work tomorrow after having all week off for vacation.

Sunday - We got up and walked dogs in park. Saw a bowhunter & found out that it is perfectly legal for bowhunting deer in park Nov 1 thru Dec 31. We will not be walking there anymore. Too scared the humans or the dogs could get accidentally shot. Stupid of State Park to do this. Too many places in National Forest for the stupid hunters to go...

We then returned so that hubby could fix the fuse in the truck for the automatic windows.

Wild Dog Walk in park

Put up Christmas lights. Spray painted & made more yard stick stars. Hubby put up fucking deer on deck. Listened to Christmas music on IPOD while we worked.

Fucking deer

It got dark very early. Skies were dismal & dark. Started raining. We dressed up, then took Bruce & Joni out to dinner at Red Lobster for Bruce's 60 Birthday. Stopped at Wendy's on the way home for burgers for the good dogs.

Returned home to watch Walking Dead.

Happy Turkey Day

2011-11-26T11:46:00.001-08:00

After shopping all day Wednesday, I was exhausted when we got home. Hubby volunteered to make all the dishes. I got drunk on Huck wine. Went to bed early. He even made the spray bottles & yardstick stars for KRN.

THURSDAY TURKEY DAY - Spent Thanksgiving at KRN's. Loaded up everything and took all the CLEAN dogs. We arrived about 9AM.

KRN made a perfect turkey (her first!); it was delicious. Juicy and tender. We brought green bean casserole & sweet potato casserole, bacon roll ups.

Guys went to Walmart at Midnight for Black Friday sale while we stayed home with tired dogs. But they got back relatively early because all the people had already seized the deals.

BLACK FRIDAY - Nothing interesting for us to purchase on Black Friday. It was depressing. We got up late, I made lattes for everyone. Then we ate breakfast at IHOP in valley. Holiday pancakes NOT good.

Drove to our place, M& hubby got the Bronco ready & decorated to drive in the Holiday Light Parade Coeur d'Alene. They left to arrive there by 4PM. Hubby took Bud & Austin. KRN & I left later, filled her gasoline; got lattes. Then met guys at grocery store on Sherman. Walked down to parade. Watched lighting ceremony & fireworks from the parking lot of the DMV. Bud was scared and hid in the back of the pickup.

KRN & I drove home separately. We got out before the crowd.

KRN & MSN left after we got home.

SATURDAY - Hubby did not come to bed until 1:00 last night. I was extremely tired. He woke me up when he got into bed and made me grumpy. We got up late at 9AM; then went into town later to take garbage. Stopped at bakery. I decorated lights outside. Got tired & rested.

Shopping for T-Day

2011-11-23T19:16:00.001-08:00

Dropped dogs (Bud, Angus, Isabelle) off at Apryl's for grooming at 9:30. Lil Bit & Harriet stayed home. Bit already had a bath in the sink last night. Harriet will have a bath tonight in the shower with Hubby.

We shoppped (after getting lattes in town) at WalMart, got my nails done at Walmart, Ace Hardware, (bad potty) URM, Brown Building (no doors, tho). Safeway, Costco, Wendy's. Dropped off check at bank for hubby.

Picked dogs up at 4:30. They smelled nice. Angus was excited about leaving.

Hubby baked & cooked at home. I got drunk on wine.

Hard Cold Rain

2011-11-22T17:44:00.000-08:00

Rained ALL day. Positive - eliminated a lot of the 3 foot of snow that we have gotten in the past 2 days; Negative - Rain exposed parts of the ground and it looks gross. Also, slushy & difficult to walk/drive in.

Hair with Jen-Bunny at stand 9:30. Came home afterwards to make light balls. Froze my fingers trying to put them up in the rain. Not feelin' the Christmas mood at all this year.

Half of the lights burnt out. Crap.

Snowy

2011-11-21T14:44:00.000-08:00

SUNDAY - It just keeps snowing and snowing and snowing. Hubby made breakfast for himself. Then we took dogs down to the park for wild dog walk. They loved it. Lil Bit "swam" thru the deep snow. Angus took off into the woods for some fun. Harriet blasted Bud in the side several times. Isabelle played like she was a pup again!

We went home afterwards to clean house. Hubby helped a lot. I vacuumed while he put stuff up in the closet for me.

Watched TV after all was done and went to bed early.

MONDAY - Slept in until 8AM! Wow. But I had already gotten up several times since 5AM because Harriet woke up the other dogs.

Made lattes, then hubby wanted to go take the dogs for a wild dog walk. We drove down to the road by the dump, but somebody had built there! So we went back to the park again. Took the dogs in the new green dually. Hubby is in love with it.

Then came back & cleaned house again. Hubby went down to shop to work. He came home to plow around the time that the Carpet Cleaner guy was supposed to be here. I got the dogs in the garage in the pickup truck & hubby took off with the dogs.

Carpet Cleaner Jeff cleaned loft carpets, chairs in loft, 8x10 carpet in living room and dog rugs.

Harriet & Bud to Vet

2011-11-19T10:35:00.000-08:00

THURSDAY - Harriet's infection on her lip was getting bigger & crusty. So I called to make an appointment with vet. Took her in at 5PM. She was scared as usual and I had to carry her inside.

Vet took a couple tests. Decided it was just infection (not cancerous). Prescribed antibiotics. Then looked at her weepy left eye & prescribed steroid drops. Brought Bud in to vet also to check out HIS weepy left eye. Same diagnosis. Drops for both dogs.

On the way to the vet, Harriet got some skin & hair ripped off her right side. I don't know how she did this. She is such a hyper dog.

When I realized that my old Sorels were about 15 years old, I decided it was time for new ones. Ordered new Sorels - Joan of Arctic

FRIDAY - Snowed all day. Got about 20 inches. Hubby says "we should move!" because he hates this now. But he won't make any effort to move. Where else are we going to go? Kids are here. He likes the acreage away from town. Beautiful lake for our boat. He has established business here now. Only a few more years before retirement.

Let the dogs out in the late afternoon because they were barking. I saw something dart across the back of the fence...thought it was OUTSIDE the fence, but it was inside. Whoops. They got it. It was a little white bunny. It got stuck in the fence & dogs got it. Had to sequester them inside until hubby got home to get rid of the poor thing.

10 inches by 8:30AM.

Big R

2011-11-13T20:42:00.000-08:00

Sunday - BIG R. Hubby's FAVORITEST store now!

Rained last night. Broke snow down a little. Walked dogs at the park in the morning.

Shopped at WalMart, Home Depot & Big R in Sandpoint. Stopped for doggie Arby burgers. Dark & dreary out today.

Hubby fixed toilet lid, drawers in bathroom and replaced bulb in laundryroom.

Watched Walking Dead tonight. Big boring. Too much talking not enough zombie action!

Got a special sweater for Lil Bit. He hates wearing it!

Lil Bit in his winter sweater!

Craft Show Day

2011-11-12T16:47:00.000-08:00

Saturday - Spent the day with KRN going to the craft show in Post Falls at the high school. Not too many new things. Boring. Need to find a new craft show next year.

Went to Walmart afterwards for a couple little things. Got Pumpkin Smashes at Jamba Juice and at lunch at Harvest Bread company.

KRN dropped me off at my car again after giving me espresso flavors & coffee she had brought. Then I drove home to Bud & the dogs.

Snowstorm started at 4:00.

Hubby with dogs on his lap. Bit NEVER wants to sit on anybody's lap.

More Snow Tonight

2011-11-11T23:42:00.001-08:00

Nov 10 - Hubby had to go down to friend's shop to do a rear end set up. He worked until late about 12PM.

Nov 11 - It was hurricane like weather here earlier in the night with rain & severe wind. But it later turned to snow around 10:30PM.

First Snow of 2011

2011-11-08T09:14:00.001-08:00

Nov 4 - I got my nails done with Rhonda.

Nov 7 - Got a dusting of snow here in late afternoon.

Nov 9 - Got my new Silhouette Cameo and started sampling it with different vinyl cut out projects.

Nov 9 - Hubby helped me put burlap sacks around our evergreen tree to save it from snow this winter. From a distance it looks like a penis.

Computer Here

2011-11-02T21:36:00.001-07:00

So it goes that I have to transfer everything from old computer to new. Ick. I HATE HATE HATE doing this.

Met hubby at his work and we were going to NITB Club Meeting until I saw that he had metal in his eye. I drove him down to the Emergency Room. Doctor performed minor surgery there to get the metal out. Dug in his eye to get rusted metal out. Ick. No painkillers. Just antibiotics. We went to the meeting for a while, then left early. Hubby was hurting bad.

lots of big nothing

2011-11-01T09:35:00.001-07:00

Got machine on Oct 31

Past Due Update

2011-10-30T20:43:00.000-07:00

Computer blew up!

Laptop has virus.

Ordered new computer from Costco which will be here Wednesday.

Have to order new laptop. Maybe Christmas present? Wait for Black Friday sales?

Sunday Oct 30 -Dog walk in park. Put away rest of summer things. Hoses, fire pit chairs. Took both cars toWalMart to change oil. Took Bud. Shopped. Then ate dinner at Las Chavelas. Home to watch TV.

Shopping & Flu

2011-10-07T19:43:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY
Back still hurting badly but felt better this morning.

Got latte for me and a Pumpkin Smash for KRN. Went shopping with her at Costco in the Valley. Then loaded up my car to take book donations up to Spokane Humane Society. The woman there was very rude & refused the donation. I will NEVER donate to SHS again!

Then drove to Valley Mall to get KRN makeup at JC Penney. Also stopped at Hobby Lobby & Jo Ann Fabrics. Then took KRN back to her car at Costco. I picked up cheeseburgers for dogs at Wendy's then drove home to collapse.

Hubby thinks I have the stomach flu.

Oct 15 - North Idaho Trail Blazers; we hosted the Night Run here at our place. Had fire pit going; it was a little chilly. Hot dogs, lots of food. M&K came over to help with decorations. K was not feeling too good and went inside early. I had to stay outside with Rodriquez's who waited until everybody showed up from 4WD run about 1AM.

Oct 18 - Got a picture of Harriet playing with Bud on the floor while Lil Bit did his "Dancing Bear" routine!

Oct 21 - Walked down to get mail and Jeepster was trying to hide from me. He finally realized it was me and started to roll around on the ground begging me to rub his belly. After a while, he jumped up into my arms.

Oct 21 - In the mail we got our flag for the boat!

Oct 21 - The squirrel on the deck was driving the dogs crazy today. Squirrely actually stopped for an instant so that I could snap this pic of him.

Oct 25 - Got my nails done with Rhonda.

Oct 27- Hubby's new company t-shirt came today!

Oct 29 - Jen Bunny returned from Hawaii. We went down for lattes today and saw her at the stand.

North Idaho Trail Blazer Club

2011-10-06T11:05:00.001-07:00

Went to the NITB meeting last night and they voted for approval on our membership. Got there at 6PM and stayed until almost 9PM. On the way home, we got cheeseburgers from Wendy's for the dogs, a Starbucks latte for me (yuckety yuck) and then stopped for a ham on the way home thru Rathdrum.

Rain & Back Ack

2011-10-04T13:06:00.001-07:00

Rainy day. Tried to get hubby to stay home to take me into the Chiro, but he did not want to do it. So I am in agony.

UPROAR

2011-10-03T10:37:00.000-07:00

Hubby worked all day at shop on Saturday.

Sunday we took dogs for walk in Farragut Park, drove thru park to see if there were any boats on loading ramp...Then after leaving dogs at home, we went up to Sandpoint to shop at Walmart & new Big R store there. Hubby fell in love with the Big R store.

Hubby as an Elephant at WalMart

Went to Uproar concert on Sunday afternoon/night. It was great.

I had to get drunk after taking numerous pills for my aching back which had started hurting early this morning. Kids met us at O'Doherty's Irish Grill in downtown Spokane. Had quite a few drinks. Then went over to the Spokane Arena for the Uproar Concert. Quite good.

Had quite a few more beers while we were there. KRN and I also got hot dog, candy & more beer when we went to go potty.

Bullet For My Valentine

Avenged Sevenfold

Me & Hubby

MSN & KRN

Seether

Happy National Coffee Day

2011-09-29T12:00:00.001-07:00

Tanning again today. Stupid neighbor shooting behind us, so all the dogs are freaked out. I had to change tanning time to late afternoon. Can't leave dogs while the idiot is making noise.

Buddy being adorable

Fall is already upon us as the trees are turning colors & losing their leaves.

fall colors

I purchased red light therapy bed unlimited October package at the tanning salon. They were running a special. After tanning at 4pm, Bud and I took walk around until hubby met us for dinner at Toro Viejo Mexican Food Restaurant. OMG. The food was SO bland. The beans tasted like the rice tasted like the tamale tasted like the enchilada. Hubby dumped a TON of hot sauce on everything and that is the only thing that saved him. I just quit eating after a couple bites.

Plastic Laundry Top

Got burgers for dogs at McDonalds then came home. Hubby worked at shop for couple hours. Then he came home and we watched Archer together.

Boat Out

2011-09-26T11:48:00.001-07:00

Saturday September 24 - Sunday September 25
Hubby and I spent this past weekend on boat. Went down Saturday in late afternnon with Buddy & Lil Bit. Gary at the dock had moved us over to an actual dock area and everybody thought we had moved in for the winter. But we told them we were only there temporarily. We will really miss being down at the Marina.

Boated over to Buttonhook Bay and walked dogs a lot. Had a nice relaxing night & Sunday morning. We boated back to Bayview when it was extremely windy. Difficult to dock, but hubby got it in perfectly. Then we stayed on boat until late afternoon.

So sad. We had to take the boat out on Sunday in the evening around 6pm -Earl, Austin, & Rick came to help. I drove dogs with me in FMF around to Farragut Park boat dock. Hubby went in boat to meet Earl & guys.

Bud napping for the last time on the boat.

More Deer

2011-09-22T09:24:00.001-07:00

deer feeding

I am the Deer Whisperer!

Fries Day

2011-09-16T19:01:00.001-07:00

Thank God It's Fries Day.

Friday September 16
On Friday I took Harriet into the vet for yearly shots & her County license. Then returned home to dump off the dogs. Went into CDA to deposit check in bank, get white coffee granita, & do nails.

After nails, Bud & I met hubby at WalMart in Post Falls for shopping. Then Buddy & I got Wendy's burgers and returned home.

Unloaded all groceries at home, made dessert treat-Chocolate Caramel Bars, and dinner for on boat-Green Enchilada Tostadas. Washed laundry, gave dogs bones, and filled deer feed in the woods.

Saturday Sept 17
Got down to boat with KRN & Beebo, windy on water. Boated up in 5-6 foot swells to Garfield Bay. KRN got migraine. We walked dogs thru town, but decided it was too windy & wild to tie up there for the night. Went farther up to Hope to tie there. Got there late & we were only boat. Paid our moorage fee. Then had dinner at Hope Floating restaurant.I got drunk on drinks at dinner. We played UNO for the rest of night until bedtime.

huge swells

Sunday Sept 18
It rained very early in the morning, so we buttoned up the boat and made our way back to Bayview. Rough water, but not as bad as yesterday.

Hubby wanted me to take picture of the way we have our tie off lines curled up in a proper boating manner.

lines on dock

KRN was wearing new jeans that made her hands totally blue!

Boat ride home with Beebo & Bud. They did not like going at high speed over rough water.

Bud resting on hubby

Bud, Hubby, KRN & Beebo

Went home & KRN decided she had to return home so she could do bookwork & errands. Was sad to see her go.

Weds Hump Day

2011-09-14T23:17:00.001-07:00

Angus came down to the boat with us on Wednesday night.

Angus on boat

On Thursday I took Lil Bit into the vet for yearly shots & County license. Bud came with us and waited in the car parking lot. He was shaking with fear when we pulled in the lot. I cannot figure this out. Nothing bad has ever happened to him. The reaction was abnormal. Buddy has been reacting like this the last couple times. Lil Bit even quaked in my arms when I carried him in. He is now up to 20 pounds from 15 pounds the last visit. Need to put him on a diet!

Photo of the locust that I found on our deck. Gross.

Locust

We watched season premieres of Always Sunny in Philadelphia & Archer. Hubby called VZ Wireless to set up his new Blackberry Curve.

After the Weekend

2011-09-12T11:44:00.000-07:00

Went to get milk & latte in A-town. Then cleaned up house, did laundry, picked up weekend poo. Lots of cleaning up; organizing to do after boating this weekend.

Hubby came home. Spent 1 hour down at shop, then we went to boat with Harriet.

Harriet & Hubby

She did very well. Other than balking at walking over the gang plank to the dock and having to be carried, she quite liked sitting on the boat with us. No panicking, No barking. Might do even better in the daylight.

Fed a duck that came around the dock while we were on the boat.

Fun night boating.

Nite boating

Boat Day

2011-09-10T07:29:00.001-07:00

Groceries on Friday night at Spirit Lake after hubby came home. I fixed sandwiches when we came home. Had to go to bed at 9:30 because I was dead tired.

Then Saturday morning we took the stuff down to load the boat. Pumped out the waste & motored over to Buttonhook Cove. We met Jon (a boat mechanic) and his wife Tina. Then Mark & Denise came in their v-berth boat. Also met Andy & Tony in their Sea Ray sunbridge.

Stayed there at Buttonhook. Took Bud & Lil Bit for walks around the lake & up to Beaver Bay swim area. We met a group at the camp area that had come over from Spokane for a Frisbee Golf tournament in the park.

On Sunday morning, I hitched a ride to the marina with Mark & Denise. Picked up the FMF and drove home to check on dogs, feed fish & feed deer. Then got lattes. Drove back & parked at Buttonhook Group camping.

Had lunch in the afternoon. It was a relaxing day.

Hubby swam later in the afternoon. Put Lil Bit in the water with him. Bud was so concerned that he tried to "save" Lil Bit by going in the water after him. But pulled his foot back at the last minute when he saw it was wet!

We left in the afternoon to boat over to Maiden Rock & Whiskey Rock. Still too many people at Whiskey Rock to get in there. Nobody seemed to want to move their boats to make room. A-holes.

First Mate - Lil Bit

Went back to Buttonhook so that hubby could drop me off there. I walked up the hill with Bud it was overcast & very humid. Drove the FMF back to the Marina while hubby boated around. Got some great pics of him coming in to dock.

hubby docking boat at marina

We unloaded the boat & then headed home. At home, hubby made the rest of the pulled chicken that I had bought at Costco along with mashed potatoes on the side. It was a good dinner.

Costco Shopping

2011-09-09T19:51:00.000-07:00

Met KRN at Costco at 10AM after stopping in town to get lattes from Higher Ground.

Shopped & then went to Valley Mall. KRN returned her sweater to AE, then we window shopped. Got pretzels at Auntie's.

Went to get burgers for dogs at Wendy's in CDA then home.

Hubby came home late, worked in shop for hour. Went to grocery store in Spirit Lake.

Dodge Clean

2011-09-08T23:13:00.000-07:00

Cleaned the Dodge today. Drove into get latte in the Dodge because my car was clean.

Worked solid for a couple hours in the 93 degree heat cleaning. Awfully hot today.

Clean Up

2011-09-07T16:34:00.000-07:00

What a chore it is having a boat. Not to complain, but it is like keeping TWO homes. Cleaning up there, bringing stuff home to clean, then cleaning up home. I am extra tired.

Cleaned the whole house on Tuesday. Washed dog beds, vacuumed, washed dishes, washed clothes from weekend, washed towels from weekend. Hubby worked down at the shop on Tuesday night to catch up from this weekend. While I was watching the deer come around to eat about 7PM, a stupid young woman hit one of the deer that was crossing the road. It sounded like a baseball bat hitting a tree branch. The deer made no sound. She came over to our shop to see if anybody could shoot it because it was still alive. She had broken its two back legs. Poor little deer. Hubby got gun and had #3 shoot it (the deer pulled itself by its front legs to try to get away...very distressing) as hubby cannot face killing anything else. #3 has been a hunter all his life. I hate inattentive drivers!

On Wednesday, I cleaned the FMF. Went into town at 1:00 to get nails done, get white coffee granita, wash outside of car at car wash, get burgers for dogs at Wendy's. Got home at 3:30.

Hubby wants to go to 4WD Meeting tonight in Post Falls.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2011

2011-09-06T14:23:00.001-07:00

On Friday, I went into CDA to wash the car, pick up groceries at WalMart, get burgers for puppies.

Then tanned at 2pm. Raced home to get everything packed up and sandwiches made.

Hubby came home, then spent one hour at the shop. We drove down to Bayview to pack everything into boat.

We slept on boat at Marina Friday night.

Saturday we awoke early. I went home to feed deer, feed dogs, & get lattes. Hubby stayed on boat.

Took off out of Marina at about 8:30. Went down to Buttonhook Cove to hang out. Got to know all the "popular kids". Couple guys helped us dock. Quite a little clique.

Kids came in late afternoon. Brought Krispy Kreme donuts & KRN's chicken bbq! Yum. Had it for dinner.

Slept on boat at Buttonhook Cove.

On Sunday morning early, KRN & I went to get lattes, breakfast at Saddle Up Cafe & feed dogs/deer at home. Guys stayed on boat. Matt helped carry stuff down to boat when KRN parked at Buttonhook camping.

We took off after breakfast to go swim. Found a nice anchoring area by a downed tree on east side of Lake. Threw Bud in to swim. Beebo really liked swimming. Little motor boat!

Motored boat slowly back to Buttonhook Cove. Parked on opposite side. Kids left at 3:30. Bugs hatched in the cove. Flying ants. Got all over boats. Greg & I took a nap. Fireboat from Bayview came to spray water.

We stayed overnight at Buttonhook and enjoyed meeting many new people. It was fun. Buddy liked going for walks.

On Monday (Labor Day) we hung around until late afternoon. Took several walks. Then we left as bugs started hatching out again. Motored around the lake. Returned to McDonald's Marina late afternoon. Unpacked all perishables & went home. Unpacked everything & loaded dogs in white truck so that we could walk them down at the park. They were happy to see us again.

Went to bed around 10:30.

DEER

2011-09-01T09:53:00.000-07:00

7 deer out feeding in the clearing by the circle driveway last night! SEVEN DEER! It was a beautiful sight. Wish hubby could have been here to share it with me, but he was down at the shop working on a rear end with Tim.

I went tanning this afternoon at 2PM. Got a latte from Jen Bunny before I went. Took Bud with me because it was so cool outside. Rained a little while we drove to Rathdrum. After tanning, I got kitty food at the grocery store.

Pet Portraits

2011-08-31T10:14:00.000-07:00

Harriet

Angus

No Water Day

2011-08-30T12:19:00.000-07:00

Woke up this morning to No Water. Called Watermaster of system and he was on vacation. Got an alternate number to call. Finally got thru on phone and he quoted it would be 2 hours before water was back up. Even when it came back up at 12:00PM, it had lots of water in the system. Low water pressure. Boo.

Unable to wash clothes or go potty or give fresh water to dogs.

Got latte, then came home & did clean up chores.

Fed Ex & USPS brought boat stuff!

BoatAversary Weekend

2011-08-28T16:33:00.001-07:00

FRIDAY August 26 - Got lattes in the morning with hubby. He has Friday & Monday for vacation for our Anniversary! Prior to starting our vacation weekend, he went up to Sandpoint with Earl to recycle metal. When he returned home, we had to return Bronco to Chris in Hayden. Hubby also forced me to go with him to pick up parts in Spokane, WA. Bud came with us and I walked him while we wasted 2 hours of the day. We finally got on board boat Friday night with Bud & Lil Bit to stay the night. Hubby vacuumed boat. Kids came over to stay the night with us at the Marina so that we had electricity. It took them 2 hours to get over here because of traffic, accidents & construction. I went home to get first aid kit & cinnamon rolls we had ordered.

Hubby got me cards, plant, sand buckets & toys, m&ms for anniversary. Suprised me by having them on the boat already.

Hubby is Sweet

SATURDAY August 27 -KRN & I went to pick up lattes from Jen Bunny at Espresso stand. She had been at concert so was a few minutes late to work. Invited her to come on boat when she got off work. We went back to boat with lattes & cinnamon rolls.

Hubby attempted to go up Clark Fork River, but it was too shallow. When turning the boat around, he beached it on 1 foot of water. Fortunately, some nice boaters came by and pulled us out. Our engines started and there was no damage to the boat! Thank goodness.

Stayed overnight at Beyond Hope Resort.

Walked up to see all the deer at David Thompson Game Refuge on Lake Pend Oreille

Matt talking to Deer

Had dinner at the restaurant there. Ivano's Ristorante. Yuck. Horrible food. Too dark. No light at table. Could not see undercooked steak. Raw. Ick.

Boat parked in the twilight

Next morning, I was harrassed twice about paying moorage even after we paid it! I am filing a complaint on the internet about them. Expensive moorage at $30 a night NOT WORTH IT. Drunks came down to dock & bothered dogs. Tried to get into a fight with KRN. Next morning we found out that Sheriff came down to haul her away! Yippee.

Butterfly that hung out on boat for quite a while. Got some pics of him.

Butterfly

SUNDAY August 28 - Hung out around Table Rock and swam. Kelsey swam with Beebo over to the beach. He had fun. Then I took Lil Bit in the float over to the beach. He proceed to run away from me. Rocks were too big to walk on. Hurt the feet. He finally got caught with his leash on a branch. Took him back then we left. Motored over to Lakeview to potty dogs. Saw a huge beautiful Canadian Goose with a broken wing. We fed him quite a lot of bread.

Canadian Goose

Kids left at 3PM when we dropped them off at the Marina. A huge sailboat was parked in our area, so we had to park down by the gasoline tanks. It was stinky, we were tired & hurting, so we went home to stay the night.

MONDAY August 29 - ANNIVERSARY! 30 YEARS. It doesn't seem like that long ago...

We got up early to get lattes from Heather down at the Espresso Stand then returned to the boat. We had left air conditioning on in the boat all night (Gary mentioned it to me.) Then motored out to Buttonhook Cove to hang out for a while. The day had started out very cloudy & cold but got warmer. There was only one other boat moored there and a sailboat across the cove. We fed ducks that flocked to us, then walked up trail, then swam for a bit. It got cold as there was a strong breeze blowing (along with a nasty smell of field burning) so we decided to pack it in and return to the Marina around 2:30PM.

Ducks

Cleaned boat up, washed the windows, took up all the carpets, sprayed water on the aft area, vacuumed up the cabin area & I cleansed all the area with Clorox wipes. Need to power wash the carpets & put them back in.

Had a nice couple (Lynn & Jim) visit our boat & look around to admire it. Then we packed everything up that was left to go home. Hubby talked with Earl a bit at the shop, then we unloaded stuff at house. Went into town to have Anniversary dinner at Red Lobster.

Red Lobster Anniversary Dinner

Got deer feed at WalMart, burgers for dogs at Wendy's, washed car at Car Wash. Returned home at 10:00PM. Saw deer walk across our driveway when we pulled in. Watched news and went to bed.

Isabelle went outside at 1AM.

Anniversary Weekend Coming Up

2011-08-25T17:55:00.000-07:00

I went into CDA to get my nails done. Stopped to get granita for me & hubby. Then met hubby for his lunch hour at Cabella's so that we could get sleeping bags. I shopped at WalMart for some things for boat this weekend.

Afterwards I went to pick up Kahlua at Liquor Store in Rathdrum and tan. Then got groceries.

Went home to ball watermelon, wash grapes, make sandwiches, create anchor tea towels, pack for weekend on boat.

We have to vacuum boat.

Our anniversary is August 29.

Hubby is taking off extra days from work.

Kids are coming over Friday night.

Busy Days

2011-08-24T09:49:00.000-07:00

Tuesday - Went to get latte in the morning, then came home to do laundry, dishes, pick up lots of poo, and vacuum.

In afternoon I went to get gas in A-town, then tan at 2:00 in R-dump. Drove into CDA to wash car, get a white coffee granita. Then shopping at Michaels (which had NOTHING but FALL & XMAS items. Ick.)

Picked up cheeseburgers for dogs at Wendys.

Shopped at WalMart for more cheap pillows for boat, clamps & towels.

Hubby got home at 6:30 then we drove to Deer Park to drop off transmission. He almost killed me when we were driving on a scenic back road & he was going a little bit too fast; almost missing a curve. Squealing the brakes & turning abruptly left, I am sure that he left extreme skid marks on the road. I think I pooped my pants! Ate at the bowling alley. Yum. Recommended by Ashley who was working at the gas station.

Drove home after walking Bit & Bud.

Wednesday

Did more laundry. Watered plants. Spent the day getting ready for the weekend on the boat.

Boating Weekend

2011-08-22T12:46:00.001-07:00

FRIDAY.

I spent all day loading boat with stuff. Washed new towels.

Hubby came home and after we were all loaded, traveled down to the park. Put boat in water at Farragut Park with assistance from Rick, Austin & Earl. Hubby and I stayed overnight on the boat while at the dock there

Woke up at 3AM thinking it was dawn. Hubby walked Bud. Went back to sleep.

Bud dog on boat

SATURDAY.
I went home to pack more things at 7AM. Forgot hubby's shirts. Whoops. Stopped at Cydco for necessities.

Kids came at 10:00 with lattes & boarded boat for fun.They brought Boat Warming gifts. Plates, bowls & cups in blue for me. Pirate hat & eye patch & pirate flag for hubby!

Pirate Greg

Cruised to Garfield Bay, Hope. Checked out Marinas for moorage. Then ate lunch at Hope Floating restaurant.

Swam in special swim area that was recommended to us. Matt was eager to get floatables to pull behind boat. Cruised into Sandpoint & Dover. They were having a wake at Dover. Odd.

M&K decided they wanted to stay overnight so they could have more fun. Boating Addicts!

Boating Addicts!

Matt jumped off the back of the boat while it was going full speed several times.

Moored for the night at Bottle Bay. The owner said that they had never moored anybody overnight and did not know what to charge. They had washer/dryer on land that we used to clean towels. No soap, however. Found showers around the side later...Had excellent dinner at the Restaurant. Walked dogs up steep hills to potty them. Some idiot in the middle of the night went flying by on boat & rocked our boat. Huge waves.

SUNDAY.
Woke up early. Waited around Bottle Bay for Rental store to open. We finally left at 9AM to go back to Hope Floating Restaurant for Brunch. Re-fueled there & walked dogs again. Yummy brunch! Then cruised back to Farragut to meet up with Earl & Family with their boat and Rick & Family with their boat. Matt got to get pulled on float behind Earl's power boat; also first time Waterskiing for Matt. He did GREAT!

Took kids to drop them off at 3:00PM. Loading at Farragut Park boat dock was INSANE! Too many Dumb & drunk people!

We boated around to Bayview & moored boat at McDonalds temporarily.

Boat Moored

Walked dogs to boat dock at Farragut to pick up FMF. Then drove back to Bayview to pack our stuff off boat. Then drove hubby back to Farragut boat dock to pick up dually & trailer. Stupid people still loading boats. Idiots.

Drove home exhausted. Unpacked & cleaned things.

MONDAY.
I washed melamine plates. Washed laundry. Picked up dog poo. Started packing stuff to put on boat.

Stocking

2011-08-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

This is worse than having a 2nd home! We went to Wal-Mart at 9:00 last night & did not leave until 11:00. Had to purchase a lot of stuff for the boat. Difficult to anticipate what we might need on it. Towels, RV toilet paper, food, snacks, water, rope, band-aids, sun protectant, shampoo...

Then we picked up tacos and went home to unload the perishables. I unloaded the rest of it this morning onto the boat.

Hope it floats because that is an awful lot of weight in that thing.

Clean Day

2011-08-18T13:45:00.001-07:00

Cleaned boat. Cleaned house. Tired.
Went to WalMart to get supplies after hubby worked in shop tonight.

Plop In Water Day

2011-08-17T12:47:00.001-07:00

Boat on dock

PICK UP BOAT DAY

2011-08-16T22:16:00.000-07:00

driving boat home

Sunday Sailing

2011-08-14T21:06:00.001-07:00

SUNDAY:

Breakfast at Cowboy Cafe

Memorial for Samson at CDA Dog Park

Angus Pink Kiss

SATURDAY:

Athol DAZE RMOR Car Crushing

Undetermined

2011-08-12T15:01:00.001-07:00

Friday August 12
Watered plants, transplanted plants into pots, picked up dog poo, did laundry, did dishes.

Bud

Nails

2011-08-09T11:38:00.001-07:00

Tuesday August 9
Went to get my nails done this morning at 9am. Bud came with me. Traffic was not bad. Got a strawberry/pina colada jet tea in town. Let Kitty outside to roam.

Kitty

Wednesday August 10
Hubby texted me he found boat. Drove into town with Bud. Washed car & got latte. Picked hubby up at 4:30 on the dot. Drove over to Freedom RV. They had traded boat in on new RV. Boat was nice. Filled out paperwork.

Went to eat at 5 Guys Burgers. Hubby thought it was real good! Too many fries. Put them in sack for doggies at home.

Took hubby back to work to pick up his truck. He took Bud & went to Wendy's for burgers.

I drove home by myself. Hubby worked in shop tonight.

Boat

Thursday August 11
Dropped Angus off at 8:45AM to get shaved again. Then got my toenails done at Nails2000.

Pink Toes

Shopped at WalMart to waste some time. Purchased Wendy's burgers at the Barker Road exit. Got over to S.C.R.A.P.S. by 12:00 when they opened; LOTS of people in line. No black kitties left at all.

Drove home to puppies & let Kitty out into yard again. Apryl's Grooming called at 2:30 to let me know Angus was done. Went into town to pick her up & came home again. Exhausted.

Endo cramps in the middle of the night. 3AM. Got up 3 times. Took multiple aspirins. Because I had so many drugs in my system, hubby scared me when he tried to kiss me Friday morning!

Why?

2011-08-07T19:08:00.001-07:00

Why is my family so insensitive to all that I do for them? Why is it so difficult for them to acknowledge anything I do? Why do I even bother anymore?

Why does my husband buy crap all the time? After 30 years, there is not going to be any big celebration for our anniversary. Why is it so difficult for him to understand that I don't like living in crap all the time?

Why?

Why does my husband think it is "fun" to drive 6 hours in a truck that doesn't work on a Sunday? Why can't we have any fun on a motorcycle? Why can't we do anything I want to do? Why is it that there is so much shitty fucking trucks in our yard that it looks like a dump?

Why doesn't anything work?

Moose & Deer

2011-08-04T22:27:00.001-07:00

Moose this morning. Deer tonight. Love the wildlife.

Depressed

2011-08-03T08:30:00.000-07:00

I have just not been feeling "right" lately. Am experiencing an overwhelming sense of depression. I really have to force myself to do anything lately. Do not want to clean, it only gets dirty again. Don't want to organize anything, so the house looks like a mess. Don't want to clean the cars, but they smell absolutely awful.

Wish there were magic faeries to take care of everything every night!

There are termites eating our wood in the house. The side deck is sloping and needs to be fixed. We need spend lots to get propane to prepare for fall. Ick. One of my favorite evergreen plants is dying. And what the Hell is with all the dead birds I have been finding lately? In the rock garden, on the basement patio, on the driveway. I am sick of picking of dead little bird bodies. The summer sucked and it is almost winter again. Another LONG winter.

#3 left for a vacation of two weeks without planting the rest of my plants. So they are out in the circle driveway, just waiting for him to return. Hubby says he won't plant them.

I saw some other plants on sale at Lowe's when we were there this weekend, but I keep thinking "what's the point?" Saw some mid size lilac plants. I want to get a lot to surround the house. Love the Lilacs.

Found a boat to buy, but hubby was very negative about it. Had to remind him repeatedly to get him to call and reserve a room for us at the Davenport for our anniversary. He is still whining about the cost & just going. His mood has been negative lately and I wonder if that is feeding my personality so that I have become negative.

Last night he stayed home with me instead of going to the shop to work. He sat on the couch and slept for 2 hours after coming home. Then I had to wake him up so that we could take the dogs for a walk in the park. He lagged behind the whole time. And I really can't blame him because he works in the hot and the heat every day lately because the powers that be at work decided to purchase vehicles WITHOUT air conditioning. Can you even imagine? The vehicles CAME with standard A/C. But they specifically paid MORE to have it taken out. Dumbass Verizon.

There really needs to be an end to this melancholy mood I have been in lately. Hope the end comes soon.

"They" seem to be chip-sealing every road in the county lately. Can't drive anywhere because that awful tar & those rocks ruin the car. There was a road crew even doing all the streets in Athol, so I cannot take the dogs thru town to see all their puppy friends. Depressing.

Tonight I have to take kitty's food away from him at 8PM because he has his neutering surgery tomorrow.

I really enjoy my iPhone. Not only the songs that I can carry on it, but I have all my To-Dos and Bills listed. So much easier to consult it than a calendar!

Buck up! Think positive.

We are babysitting the Bravo this weekend. Pick him up tonight. The kids are going on a "secret" get away weekend. Why can't we?

(Another) New Truck

2011-08-01T11:41:00.001-07:00

Sunday was too hot to walk the dogs. We sat on the back deck in the rocking chairs enjoying the morning. We decided to install a gate for the back deck so we can open the door & dogs can walk around on back deck, also.

Jen-Bunny had returned from her trip to see her boyfriend, so we were overjoyed to see her at the latte stand.

We picked up the new truck that hubby purchased in Post Falls. All leather interior. Quite a steal.

New Ford Pickup

I ran the FMF thru the car wash while he drove over to the bank for a deposit. Then he returned and ran the new truck thru the car wash, also. We drove home.

While we were home, hubby called on a couple boats. Still looking. Running out of season...

Then drove into town with the FMF to purchase fence gate parts at Lowe's. I observed quite a few plants that I wanted to purchase. We decided to bring the truck in tomorrow to get them. Got Wendy's burgers on the way home for puppies to eat. Decided to have steaks on the barbie tonight for dinner. Went to Spirit Lake Grocery for steaks, hamburgers & buns.

Kitty is still doing well. He likes his new carpeted sleep area. Likes to sleep in the box we got from the emergency vet. Is going potty quite well in his cat box. Just have to keep him in the basement until after his surgery on Friday. Dogs have been going down to meet him and reacting to him quite well. Sniffing butts & occasional growls.

Sleepy Saturday

2011-07-30T16:26:00.000-07:00

I got up at 6AM as the dogs were stirring. Opened the door for them to do their "business". Tripped back to bed with my eyes still closed.

Hubby got up at 9AM and got dressed. Went down to say hi to kitty for a while in the basement bathroom. He was very happy. Purring & eating his canned cat food. We sat on the deck for a while until the sun peeked over the trees & it became too hot to sit outside. Went inside to sit on the couches with the dogs. Hubby fell asleep until 11:45 when we went in to A-town to get lattes from Amber.

I took care of plants at house & picked up poo. Austin and his friend Tanner came up to mow around circle driveway. Then #3 came up at 4:00 to dig holes for plants.

Shopping

2011-07-29T23:33:00.000-07:00

Met KRN in Spokane at the Costco to go shopping. I got a latte in Post Falls on the way. Before I met with KRN, I filled the tank with gasoline at Costco.

We parked cars & waited for 30 minutes before Costco opened. KRN got all her coffee supplies for the week (lots of yummy muffins!) and I got cat food & cat litter. We definitely HAD to stop at the latte stand on North Sullivan Blvd. - Shotzy's Coffee. They were having their 8th year anniversary and gave away a free pre-paid card to KRN as she paid! Yippee. Afterwards, we shopped at the Valley Mall. Picked up sunglasses & sandals at JCPenney, sweater at American Eagle (returned the other stuff I had ordered online).

AE Sweater

After we were done shopping at the mall, we went to Petco to get carpeted cat box & fish plants then next door to 5 Guys Burgers & Fries for lunch. YUMMY burgers!

Drove to Fish place on Barker Road but it appears to be permanently closed.

Also went to Kohl's briefly but did not find anything for KRN. She was looking for a blouse.

KRN drove me back to Costco so I could get my car & drive home.

Hubby came home late. Then he worked in the shop til past midnight.

2011-07-27T14:30:00.000-07:00

"Roadkill"

Our new kitty. Took him to Dr Mike vet today at 12:00. His chin & neck are still swollen. Dr gave him anti-inflammatories, antibiotics & pain medication. Treated him for ear mites. Made appt for neutering in one week after Roadkill has healed up! Hubby happened to stop by & surprised me by knocking on exam room door. He was concerned about cat. Nice to have him up in this neighborhood working again!

Dr said does not appear to have ringworm (our friends Chachi & Joanie got a rescue kitty that had ringworm. Spread it to all their dogs...then had to bleach everything, special medicine & wash dogs/cat several times with special medicine shampoo; so hubby was extra worried that cat not have ringworm!)

Got drinks for Earl & #3 while I was in town at latte stand. Had Deralee show me through the trailer she is trying to sell. Then came home.

Sore Throat & Road Kill

2011-07-26T22:43:00.000-07:00

I was not feeling very well today, yet I picked up dog poo; did laundry; watered plants; and called Tickets West about our Parking Ticket error.

My throat has been sore & I have been running a fever.

UPS brought my original KEDS that I had ordered! Yippee. I knew that if I held out long enough, Keds would bring back the original canvas shoe! My feet/toes are in heaven.

Hubby came home in the middle of the afternoon long enough to kiss me & grab a sandwich.

When he came home from work, he ran down to the shop for an hour. Then we drove to Post Falls to pay for the shortbed extra cab white pickup that we will be bringing home. He plans to put dually axles and a lift kit under it. Will look nice. Then we picked up Wendy's burgers for the dogs.

On the way home driving through Rathdrum, I accidentally hit a cat. We drove around the block to make sure of what I had hit...and it was a cat. My heart dropped. Hubby got out to drag the dead body to the side of the road. However...it was NOT dead. Only in shock. We dialed the closest Emergency Vet and took kitty there in the back of the car. Which was kinda difficult to do. We had no blanket or anything. Also...the dogs were with us. Bit & Bud. They went nuts sniffing the cat!

At the Emergency Vet in Post Falls, hubby took the kitty in while I took Bud & Bit to let them pee. Hubby came out with the cat in a box; he was told there was nothing other than a severe cut on his mouth. He is a intact male cat - probably the luckiest cat ever to survive a car hit! So should we name him Lucky or Roadkill?

We stopped at the grocery store on the way home to get cat food, litter box & litter.

Kitty is in the basement bathroom recovering tonight.

Sunday and No Dogs

2011-07-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

Saturday - Horrible drinks with Heather at latte stand. Took dogs for walk at park. Nice. Was cool & partly cloudy. Took drink back & she made WORSE drink. Then I went to Spirit Lake to get a better drink and got crappy regular coffee instead of white coffee. I really want a home machine.

I exercised for 2 hours on Saturday. Picked up dog poo. Did laundry. Watered plants.

Remote control came for TV already! Played new game on iPhone - Pet Hotel. Very addictive. Similar to Farmville. LOL.

Also, UPROAR tickets came! Yippee! 

Tim came down at 10:30 to look at fixing deck. He made list of wood that hubby needs to pick up. Will fix deck next week.

Hubby put air in tires on bike & fixed handlebars.

About 6:00PM hubby came home exhausted from shop. Decided to stay home & do running errands tomorrow. 
 Angus on grass, Happy dogs Harry & Bud on deck. See Bud smiling!

Sunday - Hubby awoke early at 6AM & opened the door for the dogs. It is still too chilly at night to leave the door open. Has been an odd, cold summer. Tho it did finally hit about 88 today, 90 in Spokane.

Sat on the deck for a while before hubby whined to take dogs for walk before it got too hot.

We walked the dogs at 8AM at Farragut Park. I talked hubby into taking a different path & the dogs loved walking through a different area of the woods on the trail. New smells. Isabelle especially had her tail held high and her nose up!

Drinks with Amber. Yippee. Good drinks for once.

Dumped dogs at home. Removed everything that could be chewed. Hubby and I took FMF to Costco (where he saw cool 4WD Van complete with pop-top and living quarters). Then over to WalMart in Post Falls and on to Fish Place in Spokane Valley (which happened to be closed on Sundays. Darn.)

Picked up Wendy's burgers on way home & washed FMF.

Hubby tried to grill corn on the cob when we got home, but he fell asleep & it all burnt. Darn.

He went later to get milk at Lil Town Market while I stayed home with dogs to make sure they did not chew anything up.

Rested for the night.

Nails & Exercise

2011-07-22T13:14:00.001-07:00

Went to get my nails done today.

Exercised for 2 hours.

Laundry word cloud for the top of washer/dryer.

Clean & Vacuum & Mow

2011-07-21T09:51:00.000-07:00

It seems the work around here is never done. I now HATE vacuuming.

Worked all day yesterday (Wednesday) cleaning house.

Mowed back yard today.

While I was mowing the dog area which is over 1 acre, Bud was mad that I had left him and the others in the house (for their protection) so he chewed up our Surround System remote!

Kids Over

2011-07-18T00:24:00.001-07:00

Kids over this weekend.

Saturday - Dog walk at Farragut.

Sunday - Stopped at Big Lots to shop...no summer stuff all the school supplies are out.

Guys went over to Big 5 so hubby could try on boots. He could not find anything. We then all went over to Lowe's. I got plants!

Plants...

and More plants

Doggie Spa Day

2011-07-15T19:55:00.000-07:00

Took hubby into town to work this morning as he had to pick up his Dodge. Then came back with Bud & Lil Bit. It was already starting to warm up a bit after a cold night.

At 10:30, I took Isabelle, Bud, and Lil Bit to Apryl's for their grooming. It was a nice drive in, but people are driving crazy.

Went to get money from the ATM, then picked up a latte at Higher Ground Espresso in town. Saw a motorcycle cavalcade for a funeral. Then washed car at the automated car wash. Drove to Rathdrum to meet hubby at the Street Fair at the high school grounds for Rathdrum Daze. He was manning the Frontier booth for a couple hours.

Drove home to Angus & Harriet, but had to stop for an EXTREMELY long coal loaded train. Watered plants & picked up poo. Did some laundry.

Angus at home

Hubby brought other dogs home at 5pm. Bit is SO very soft. All of the dogs were wearing cute little scarves. They smell SO very good and have their toenails trimmed!

Dogs

2011-07-14T17:05:00.001-07:00

We have 5 dogs. I pick up their poo everyday so they have a clean area. They have access to fresh water outside in a large barrel and 3 inside bowls inside available. They are fed quite well.

My dogs are licensed, vaccinated, and chipped.

They have over 1 acre of fenced area to roam around upon and another 20 acres that are non fenced. Bud & Isabelle are the only ones that I can trust outside the fence. Usually they wander down to the shop to be with daddy.

I play with them daily. Usually we race around the house or toss balls outside. They love it when I walk with them outside.

My dogs are groomed by a professional groomer that I have total trust & faith in. They regularly have baths & their toenails are cut before they grow too long. I brush them at home so that they do not have matted hair.

Most of them go everywhere with us. They go to the dog park, they go shopping with us, they go for walks with us.

In the rare times that they have to be left at home, when we return they greet us like long lost friends that are so excited to see us after such a long time.

Two of them sleep with us. Not only is it warm at night, it is also comforting to have their trusting little bodies scooted up to us so closely.

The hubby and I usually manage to take them walking on both days of the weekend and more often during the week in the summer.

They see the vet as often as they need to for shots & misc visits. If they exhibit signs of illness or injury, we immediately taken them to the doctor.

I love my dogs. That is why I have them. It is enjoyable to see their joy in life, their excitement and their love. they bring me happiness.

My dogs are not starved, ignored, chained, beaten, or abused.

They are healthy, happy specimens of canine life.

It's a dog's life!

Took Harriet our Boxer to the Vet today for a pocket of infection on her lower left jaw. Dr Mike prescribed antibiotics & warm wet compresses.

Bruised

2011-07-12T08:47:00.000-07:00

Monday - Took a lot of rest on Monday to recover from the weekend. I need another weekend to recover from the weekend.

#3 had a horrible accident at the racetrack on Friday night we learned. Fell on his head & got a concussion.

I oiled all the gates & frost-frees to make it easier to get into things. Watered the plants. Washed clothes.

Found a couple other boats to look at.

Hubby came home & then went up to Priest River to get the truck he bought with a friend who has a rolloff.

4 Wheelin Compressor Creek

2011-07-10T18:57:00.001-07:00

SUNDAY July 10 - Roc Bronc all packed & ready to go on the trailer we picked up from Mike last night. Loaded Bud in the dually at 6AM for a fun day. Stopped at WalMart to pick up trail mix, then at Higher Ground Espresso in CDA for hot lattes. It was quite cool this morning; only 48 degrees. Wore sweatshirts with our t-shirts underneath. Met everybody at the Tesoro 7:30 AM and got acquainted. Only one other girl was there with me - Kristin. She was nice. Her husband was Matt.

Got on I-90 and traveled to exit 68 Mullan and off loaded the Bronco at 9:30; started up a steep trail just outside town and then 4wheeled the Compressor Creek for the next 4 hours. It was quite intensive & stressful. Lots of huge rocks & trees downed in the creek; slippery & difficult trail. We got to a particularly difficult area & I hiked up a bit. There was no trail to take off of the creek, and it narrowed quite a lot. Hubby had already fallen in the water and scraped his arm & leg. I happened to go around the same side but forgot about the log only to fall where hubby had fallen. Soaking wet, a massive bruise on my left leg & my right forearm scratched to high heaven! We were both throughly done for the day. With a huge fallen log across the way near the bend ahead, hubby & I decided to turn around to go back to the nearest dirt trailhead. A Toyota guy came with us and we made our way slowly back. Around 3:30 we finally got back to Mullan to again load the Roc Bronc onto the trailer for our trip back to CDA.

Got to CDA quite quickly 4:30 and picked up Wendy's cheeseburgers for dogs & KFC chicken for us. We were EXHAUSTED. Unloaded everything at home. We ate dinner out on our rarely used deck. It was very relaxing in the shade and I started the sprinklers so it would be cooler.

hubby & Bud fourwheelin'

SATURDAY July 9 - Hubby and I got lattes from Jen-Bunny in A-Town, then headed up to Priest River to pay for a truck hubby was going to pick up. Used my iPhone GPS (what a lifesaver!) to find this address in the boonies. Paid the guy then stopped at a Garage Sale to pick up some funnels, trailer hitch & other tools for hubby. What a deal! Hubby was very amped to get truck & garage sale finds! Then took the dogs to wild dog walk along the river. Watched them VERY carefully to make sure they did not roll around in Goose Poop!

Returned home to unload the puppies & hubby went to the shop to work. I relaxed by doing a couple loads of laundry and then vacuumed house.

Had to borrow a trailer from Painter Mike so that we could haul the Roc Bronc up to Mullan tomorrow for the 4wheelin' with the North Idaho Trail Blazers clubs. Will go wheelin' with Joe H, Dave G and others...

Cooler and Sunny

2011-07-08T20:14:00.000-07:00

Only a high of 75 today. So I got to work after getting lattes. Mowed the front yard again, picked up more pinecones from the strong wind last night.

Mowed the dog yard in back. Also picked up more pinecones and dog poo. Transplanted my plants that I got the other day at Home Depot into pots.

Washed laundry. Did dishes. Rested for a while. Took a shower before hubby came home. Picked up more dog poo in back yard & branches. Hubby came in highway from Spirit Lake & beeped at us. Dogs were walking with me in back yard.

Hubby went down to shop to work for a while. I vacuumed house.

Mowing Day

2011-07-06T20:10:00.001-07:00

Mowed from 8:30am until 11:30. Picked up pinecones, watered plants, & mowed lawn.

Need to do lots after holiday weekend.

4th Holiday Cupcakes

2011-07-05T15:16:00.000-07:00

Making cupcakes today. Pictures to come.

Got latte from Deralee this morning, then went back home to water plants. Washed clothes. Made cupcakes. Ready to frost this late afternoon.

Took Harriet to Vet at 2:15PM. She has fungus growing in her ears. They packed them with antibiotics. Should be better in about 2 weeks.

Angus

Angus resting on the deck.

We were too late to get the boat. It had been sold just minutes before we were supposed to view it at 5pm. Original owners found it and wanted it back. Was very disappointing as Greg thought it was the best value for trailer & engines.

Oh well. Came home & walked the dogs at Farragut. Then hunted online for boats until midnight.

Happy Fourth of JULY 2011

2011-07-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

Got lattes from Deralee at 8:00am. Went to get nails & toes done for me, pedicure for hubby. 9AM to 11AM. Then picked up plants & cedar wood chips from Home Depot. Saw Bonnie Graham & talked to her for a while while hubby loaded our wood chips. Got Wendy's cheeseburgers for dogs. Went all by ourselves with NO dogs today.

Then went home to feed puppies, dumped wood chips out and unloaded plants. Packed up Buddy & left other dogs at home. Loaded Roc Bronc on trailer & drove up to Pinehurst, Idaho to go four wheeling. On the way we passed Lake Coeur d'Alene with some BEAUTIFUL patriotic Red, White, & Blue clouds in the sky. It was awesome. Stopped to get snacks in downtown Pinehurst & another latte. Hubby got lost for a while before we finally found Forest Road path. Was fun.

Drove thru the old age Cedar forest and got out to inspect the river. Bud had great fun sitting in the back of the Bronco. We had brought his new dog bed to cushion his ride. Four-wheeled until around 6PM; Headed towards home. Saw Chris Howard in his white Ford Bronco in town and waved at hime. Headed home where we then loaded up all the dogs for a one mile walk in Farragut Park. Hurried home to rest for a while. I watered plants outside & vacuumed Dodge. Then we dashed over to Silverwood to watch fireworks at 10PM.

Plant Day

2011-07-02T22:21:00.001-07:00

Took dogs to walk in Athol Cemetery today. It is private and the dogs thought it was exciting to be someplace new.

Drove up to Priest River and bought plants at PJ's Tree Nursery. Only paid $137 for a truck bed full of plants. Now have to get #3 to plant them.

On the way back, we got cheeseburgers & famous fries at Burger Heaven, then had a picnic at the park with Lil Bit. He behaved like a perfect little gentleman!

Got home and unloaded plants, I hooked up sprinkler to blueberries.

Took a bath, then I fell asleep at 6pm for a nap and ended up sleeping until 10:30. Felt horrible. Low grade fever and all my joints hurt.

RoadKill

2011-07-01T00:38:00.000-07:00

Wednesday - During the day, it was cloudy & cooler. I worked on cleaning the house. I frosted the rest of the cupcakes that I had made. Hubby brought home milk when he finally got home at 8PM. There are several employees at work scheduled off for this 4th of July week vacation. So he had to cover over in Kellogg.
He worked in shop til late. Angus was surprised by a bee that wandered into the house. We had to catch it and release it outside.

Thursday - I cleaned up dog poo in the back yard. It takes a lot longer as there is so much area to cover. And the dogs love to hide their poo. Also cleaned up Isabelle's poo in front yard. Watered plants as it has not rained yet. Blueberries are getting bigger & healthier. Bumble bees are everywhere. Ants are also really bad out on the front deck.

Hubby came home late again 7PM. He ran down to the shop to work for a while, then came back and said he wanted me to drive into CDA with him to pick up bolts. We stopped at Home Depot (where Bud & Bit saw a massive black Great Dane in the back of a pickup) and then a cute little brownish PitBull in a car next to us.

We drove over to Lowe's to find more bolts, then returned the other stuff to Home Depot. Stopped at Wendy's to get burgers for #3 and Tim in the shop. Hubby ate his in the truck while I drove home. On Hwy 54 just west of Clagstone I narrowly avoided a dog hit in the road. It was awful. It looked like it had exploded. Poor little thing. Took Bud & Bit home and gave burgers to the other dogs. Then I took the truck down with hubby so he could get the poor dog off to the side of the road. There was blood for almost 1/2 a mile it had been hit so bad & repeatedly. Hubby got the leash with tags off the dog. I called the owners. The wife was in Montana and contacted her husband who lived just about a mile from where the dog had been hit. He said that the dog was very old and totally blind. It had escaped the yard. So very sad. I am still shaking from thinking about it.

I know that we have lost a few dogs & cats to the Hwy. Now with the extensive fence in the backyard, they are safe to roam & wander to their hearts' content. Hopefully the Hwy will not take anymore pets.

Wild Dog Walk in Goose Poop!

2011-06-28T10:00:00.001-07:00

On Monday morning, I picked up a latte with Bud & Lil Bit then rushed to the doctor at 9:45am because my right eye swelled up.

The doctor prescribed anti-biotics and warm compresses. He also repeatedly keep asking if I was "SURE" that I was on no medications. Is this because most people are on medications or because of my age? I did not ask.

Then went to grocery store to pick up laundry detergent & bought store out of patriotic napkins for KRN. I was sure that the drug store next door would have filled my prescription after 15 minutes. When I returned, they could not find the order. It appears that somebody had forgotten to fill the fax machine with paper and I had to wait a further 15 minutes.

Finally got out of the drugstore and went to McDonalds for cheeseburger treats for dogs. Went home and fed them to puppies.

Rested for a while after taking my medication then vacuumed house, cleaned out FMF, and did laundry.

Hubby came home and he rested on the couch for a while, then we took dogs up to Wild Dog Walk. However, wild geese had moved into the area and pooped EVERYWHERE. The dogs proceeded to roll in goose poop and all of them stank! We had to return home to wash every single dog. Tiredly, we dragged ourselves to the couch to watch TV for a while before we went to bed.

Tuesday - Austin is mowing back yard for the dogs. I am having to water plants outside as it has not rained in 3 days straight!

Angus was extremely tired today as it was so hot outside. Inside was nice and cool on the floor with the A/C blowing...

tired Angus

I also picked up all the pinecones in the dog back yard. Below is a snapshot of Bud relaxing in his new BIG yard.

Bud in new big back yard!

URM

2011-06-26T22:15:00.000-07:00

We got lattes early this morning around 8:30am. Then while hubby, Bud & Lil Bit waited patiently in the car, Jen-Bunny french braided my hair again. It was nice to be so fresh & clean.

Drove over to Spoky-Jo to meet K&M at URM wholesale grocery store. Never had been there before. Lots of restaurant supply equipment & food.

Then we took the dogs for a short walk in the grassy area and decided to eat at Flamin' Joe's. Followed the kids there, and took seating in the outside patio. Was a wonderful sunshiny day! Had a great lunch. Good drinks.

Bid the kids goodbye and we walked the dogs again. On the way home, after stopping to test sit on some Harley Davidson's, we also stopped at Walgreens to let me pee & pick up some hairspray to keep my hair together from the wind. Tried to wash Bud & Bit at the dog wash, but Bit ran away and Bud was not interested. Bought cheeseburgers at Wendy's for the dogs.

At home, we fed the cheeseburgers to the dogs, then loaded up all the dogs in the newly cleaned Dodge for wild dog walk up by Priest River. We found a couple bird feathers for Jen-Bunny.

bud & harry on wild dog walk

Drove home the long way around and stopped in Spirit Lake to get milk. But forgot laundry detergent!

Gave Harriet & Bit bathes at home. Will have to wash Bud & Isabelle on the deck tomorrow.

Hubby grilled hot dogs on the grille. Was a nice night, so we sat on the deck for a while.

Saturday, Sunny but Cooler

2011-06-25T22:40:00.000-07:00

On Friday I took Harriet into the vet for her 10 day check up. She is clear & free. No more incarceration!

I cleaned the FMF. It does not take long to do. Vacuumed, scrubbed the carpets, washed the windows & detailed the interior. Picked up hubby from work as he dropped off his work truck. This was the end of his on-call. Got lattes in town & took the FMF through the automatic car wash in town. We got burgers from Wendy's for the dogs on the way home.

Saturday dawned sunny and cooler. Had to wear my sweatshirt today.

Got lattes from new girl at stand. Horrible drinks. Will not be going back if she ever works there again.

We took the dogs up to wild dog walk along the river. It was so fun. Harry did her "BOING" jumping through the grass. Lil Bit had to "swim" through the tall grass because he is so short.

I printed more muffin labels for KRN's business.

When we returned home, hubby went to shop to work, while I cleaned the truck today. Vacuumed, scrubbed the carpets, washed the windows & detailed the interior. It took almost four hours to do it.

Angus is Shorn

2011-06-22T23:55:00.000-07:00

Took Angus to Apryl's at 10:00 for her shearing/spa day. She got her toenails clipped, hair shaved & a wonderful bath. She is a fresh clean girl.

Jen-Bunny french braided my hair at 12:00. Hung around for a while to talk while Buddy waited in the truck for me.

Went home to briefly supervise #3 while he was finishing up fence. He put up the chicken wire so that Bit could not escape.

Fence Day & Cupcakes

2011-06-21T16:27:00.000-07:00

Frosted the cupcakes that I made yesterday. Was very warm & sunny today. #3 worked on the dog fence with Austin. They finished up the basic design & got the gates put in. Tomorrow they will put up the chicken wire fence so that Lil Bit does not escape.

Went down to get drinks for them & myself at 12:30. Said Hi to Deralee.

Father's Day Weekend

2011-06-20T10:01:00.001-07:00

KRN did not come over as MSN has been gone for a couple weeks off base. So hubby and I walked the dogs. It was a very laid back Father's Day Weekend.

Made cupcakes. Vanilla & Dark Chocolate.

cupcakes

Gave Bit a bath in the sink.

Lil Bit bath

Picked up cattle panels to enlarge the back yard for the dogs. They will have just a tad bit under 1 acre to roam around.

cattle panels at Ziggys

Rain & What Else? More Rain!

2011-06-16T10:03:00.000-07:00

It has been raining steadily here for the past two days. Hubby has not gone down to the shop to work as he is tired.

We tried to take the dogs out for a walk on Tuesday night, but Harriet got in trouble and we are having to deal with that now.

I have not been able to clean the house or vacuum because of my back injury. Life sucks in general right now.

Rain & More Rain & Flooding

2011-06-13T19:49:00.001-07:00

Lake Pend Oreille is 1 foot above flood stage. There was a torrent of rain today. It has been a horrible spring/summer thus far. The news is reporting that we won't see 80 degrees for the first time this year until the end of June.

Spokane Dog Walk

2011-06-11T18:25:00.000-07:00

Up at 7:30 and got lattes from Jen Bunny. Drove to Spokane, WA Humane Society to do the "2011 Parade of Paws". Took Angus, Bud & Bit. Met KRN there at 9AM to register. Her friend Jeff from the base walked Angus for her (a dog is quite a "chick magnet") and went for the 2 mile walk. Saw lots of dogs. People that lived in the neighborhood were kind enough to have water out for the dogs to refresh themselves! Was a real great time.

Afterwards, I rode with KRN in her Jeep and hubby followed with dogs over to Costco where KRN had to get supplies for the week. Muffins, cookies, chai tea. We got dog food. Also stopped at Wendy's to pick up cheeseburgers for the dogs. They were quite pooped after the long walk.

Followed KRN over to URM but did not have time to shop.

Then hubby and I went to funeral for his friend at work's wife. She recently died of brain cancer at age 57.
We came home and let the dogs sleep for the rest of the day. Fed the rest of the burgers to Isabelle & Harriet.

Watched TV. Free HBO/Showtime weekend.

Angus resting on the deck after her exciting dog walk...

Angus

Mowing Lawn

2011-06-09T15:42:00.000-07:00

Thursday dawned with cold weather. It was sunny for a short time, then clouded over. 60 degrees in the house this morning when we got up.

Drove down to get a latte. Jen Bunny was there along with Deralee.

Austin worked on the circle driveway - mowing, weed eating, picking up pine cones, and raking. It looks better. Now he just needs to do the rest of the property.

Dogs were mad that I made them stay inside while he was out working...

Crack-A-Back

2011-06-07T12:47:00.000-07:00

Went into CDA today to get my nails done. Got hot latte at Higher Ground Espresso by the car wash. Yum. Went to Nails 2000 and got pink/white nails.

Walked dogs - Bud & Bit after getting nails done by 10:00. Then washed car at auto car wash. Went to banks to deposit life insurance check from my dad & Paypal settlement check! Yippee.

Time for appointment at Chiropractor at 11:00. Then by 11:15 went to Wendy's to get burgers for dogs. Dropped off donation stuff at Goodwill.

Stopped to say Hi to Jen Bunny at latte stand. Then came home. Got mail - new dog sweatshirt in it for me! ABS sensor started acting up again just as I pulled into driveway.

Earl said he would talk to his friend about ABS sensor. Picked up check that Matt had dropped off from this morning.

Raked pinecones out of driveway. Back still hurts. Drank lunch protein drink & took more pills.

Sunday & 75!

2011-06-05T20:51:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, I was so bored. Woke up at 830. Kids had come in at 11:30 last night. Bit barked and hubby had to get up with him.

My back still hurting, so I stayed home while kids got drinks from Amber at latte stand. Hubby finally went down to shop. Kids walked Beebo around property. Beebo went "swimming" in filthy pond water. Kelsey had to give Mr. B a bath in our tub.

Hubby went to Spokane to pick up Tim's sister & husband as their car had broken down. Hubby got into a minor accident when he did not realize which lanes turned into the street.

When he returned home, he installed the A/C with Matt and cleaned it out.

Grad Night

2011-06-02T12:04:00.001-07:00

Thursday - Rainy day. Continuing from a rainy night. Our spring in the Northwest is dreary and dull. Too much rain almost killing the plants. Ick.

Drove down to get lattes with Bud & Bit. Then home to rest on heating pad.

When hubby came home from work, he changed clothes & we drove to Post Falls at Real Life Ministry for Timberlake graduation. Saw #3 graduate from the comfort of chairs in the lobby watching remote TVs. Hubby had also gotten a latte at the stand in the lobby!

Left after the presentation and got cheeseburgers for dogs & tacos for us before going home.

Friday - I stayed home with bad back. Had to vacuum and clean house before kids came. Back started hurting worse even with meds. I stayed home while KRN, MSN, and hubby went to Spirit Lake for Jen-Bunny's graduation. They had to sit on bleachers in gym. Good thing I did not go.

The kids went out later with Addison & "grandma" for dinner.

Hubby brought home milk. I went to bed in pain.