The week before Christmas

Well, one week to Christmas. And the House is all a-glow.
The lights have been hung with care, and LADDERS, and GLOVES, and BEANIES, and WINTER GEAR.
The SHOPPING, is FINISHED, (pretty much), With LOVE and CARE, with GLOVES, BEANIES, and WINTER GEAR,
The CAR adorned with WINTER STUDDED TIRES, has done its job, TOO.

I had noticed we had one headlight burned out on the car, so, off to the local car part store to buy one headlight for $10. I asked the attendant if I needed any special tools to replace it? He said not really and he walked me to the car and INSTALLED IT .....NO CHARGE!!!!!
I love living in a small community!!!!

So, the next day, my dishwasher quit working. We drained it manually,twice, looked into it and decided that a 9 year old dishwasher, needing repairs, could cost up to $200 for service charge and parts...............So off to the local appliance store, to pick a new one out.......Within the BUDGET......$300.
They had about 15 dishwashers, and the salesman was very patient with me.... After about 20 minutes of opening many of them..... I opened one and I said "this looks just like the one I have at home now, which we bought from your store 9 years ago." The salesman said that in that model, usually only one part ever gives out! He explained that I needed to take off 4 screws, remove the old part, insert the new part, and WHA--LAA, it should work...
I paid him for the part $ 15, and JIGGEDEE-JIGGED my way home.. 15 minutes later, I fired up the old dishwasher, and she performed and beautiful WASH, RINSE & DRY CYCLE.
I enjoy living in a small community.

I waited for Don to come home, and tell him about the $700(ha-ha) dishwasher, that I had fallen in love with, that came with all the BELLS & WHISTLES..... He was almost speechless... okay he was very speechless..... I could not torture him anymore,, and then explained to him that I was able to fix the current dishwasher, and had just saved him LOTS OF MONEY..
See there is a reason that my current title is.. HIS DOMESTIC GODDESS.

Winter in Idaho Poem

Its Winter in Idaho

And the gentle breezes blow

Seventy miles and hour

and thirty five below.

OH, how I Love I-DA-HO

When the snows up to your butt

You take a breath of winter

And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful

So, I guess I'll hang around

I could never leave Idaho

Cuz, I'm frozen to the ground

Our November

Dustin & Andrew

Brandon, Jennifer & Sophie

Dylan

Tis The Season......... In the Month of November, we have set a record for snowfall... 29+ inches.

I have been trying to decorate the house along with moving 2 close friends...

IN THE DEAD OF WINTER..

Our Thanksgiving was wonderful.. The house was bustly, but very joyful...

Leapin' Frogs

Okay... I confess... I have come to the age in my life where..........


I have been so startled that....


I PEED MY PANTS!!!!!


Yup..... I had had a very busy morning, About 9 errands to run, I was so happy to be done.. As I was backing the car into the garage... and.... this healthy frog fell onto my windshield.... He was all sprawled out and I

OFFICIALLY LOST IT!!!


I should be embarrased but...

The Painting Class

I have started taking a painting class, and wanted to choose an easy first picture. My picture was on display at last months Local Art Show, along with 40 other pictures. Out of nowhere this woman came and asked if I would sell her the painting!!!!! ME????ME??? I felt so special. I am giving the painting to Lance for his birthday.

Winterizing the Toys

Well, the saddest time of year for us....... is the winterization of all summer toys...

I have spent the last weeks cleaning and mucking out the camper. I then headed to clean out the truck from our summer adventures... and LOOK we had brought home a SPIDER of some kind... who proceded to make a nice web in the cab of the truck.

Last weekend we had to put the camper away for the winter, All the way across the LAWN??

I wish it could go somewhere else, but this is where Don likes it.... look at the ruts is the grass .... AGAIN.

Our morning guest

This morning was another first
for us.....Don gets up at 5:50 and is getting
ready for work, he heads into the kitchen and looks out of our sliding glass door,,, we feed our dog right there so there was a dish of dog food left out there.... and Don sees a KRITTER
eating the food!!!! It was a

VERY LARGE

RACOON!!!

YUP... Here are his original footprints on the steps to the deck.. the planks are 2 x4.

I was trying to get the camera to work while he was eating... didn't work. But he did look at us through the glass and then dissappeared out of the back yard.

It is amazing the things... that have been created... for our pleasure~~

Life is beautiful..

My visit with Andrew....

OH, I finally was able to spend and afternoon with Andrew for his birthday... So we did a self-timer and took this picture. He is doing so good, we are all proud of him, he has fought a lot of challenges, and is taking life one day at a time..... Life is so precious... and time is flying by so fast... I am so blessed....

Dustin & Dylan came over today....... They both needed haircuts....

We promised Dylan he could go swimming..... if he sat still for his haircut.... that his Daddy gave him. Here they are enjoying some time together.

They are so cute togethere.. Dylan is talking so much more and his imagination is starting to run.

Headed to work

A video from Lance, headed to work, somewhere in the hills in Southern California. I always wondered how they got to the top of the hills to work on the Power Lines. Sometimes it can make a mother, WONDER........HHHHMMMMM, OH, I wish sometimes I didn't know stuff???????