Sunday, July 27, 2008

Music

Hey everybody!

I added a music playlist to the blog, so every time you login, it will automatically start playing some eighty's music. You can see the playlist at the bottom of our blog. If you think of some other 80's songs you'd like me to add, post a comment with the names and I will add them. We can have up to 100 songs on the playlist. Rock On!!!

Weekend & After Work Projects

This year we and by we it usually means my husband, have changed the color on the outside of our house. It was a pale yellow with a pale tan on the shutters and awnings. We took a long time discussing what the new colors would be. We have lived here for 10 years and have never really liked the original colors. We chose a medium sage green as the main color and the awnings and shutters are very dark purple. 3/4's of the job is done it is slow going because of work and other family stuff. We have also purchased a 20' twin keel sloop rigged sailboat that we will be refinishing. My husband is also working on a lot of doors and shelves and desks inside the house to help all of us get reorganized. My sister and nephews will be here for about a year and we all got rid of a lot of stuff and have to be efficient in how we store everything. We will also be performing a minor remodel on our one and only bathroom. I would say that is enough projects for now. I try to help with the carpentry and painting but I usually get distracted with housework yuck and cooking yeah.

What project is everyone else working on or wish they had time for?

Friday, July 18, 2008

Vacation anyone?

Ron's post got me thinking:

Where is the most interesting vacation destination you have been to?

Where would you like to go? Who would you take?

Why haven't you gone?

Sounds a little like a jounal assignment for English class doesn't it? Anyway, I thought it might be interesting to hear where everyone has been and where we'd like to go. Maybe a destination reunion is in order....

Thursday, July 17, 2008

This is what I feel like lately. . .

AAADD - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ! Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, Put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, And notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back On the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think,Since I'm going to be near the mailbox When I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my check book off the table, And see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, So I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, But first I need to push the Coke aside So that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, A vase of flowers on the counter Catches my eye--they need water. I put the Coke on the counter and Discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, But first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter,Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, But I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, So I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, But first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, But quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, Get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to Remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: The car isn't washed The bills aren't paid There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter The flowers don't have enough water, There is still only 1 check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, And I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day, And I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, And I'll try to get some help for it, But first I'll check my e-mail.... Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know,
Because I don't remember who I've sent it to.

Camping June 2009

Bonnie- that is so funny you should say that. Theresa and I were just saying that exact thing, on how no one has blogged. What are we a bunch of talkers and not doers? Well, we will use this site. To all of those who are interested in camping next summer at our cabin. I have done some research to prepare for next years events....The road up to the cabin has some switchbacks that aren't too bad. Road is a little bumpy, but very tight. Tree's are growing next to the road, so anything much bigger than your vehicle will not make it up into our land.
We have some nice land, so we can spread out. There is no running water, but ladies there is a bathroom. We have a generator to the cabin so we can warm up water to shower, we have a shower tent too. We have horse shoe pits, many birds and other wildlife, a ton of wild flowers should be blooming too. The Cabin Bar is not far and I guess has good food. We would like to do a milk can dinner for everyone, probably Friday night? So we don't have to worry about cooking as we all setting up to camp. We also have a fire pit to roast those marshmallows to make smores. don't know if there are people who would like to come but aren't into "camping". Belt is about 12 miles away and Monarch isn't far either and may have some type of rental rooms. But that is the update on the Camping Trip. I am real excited for this to happen next year and hope many can attend.

Where the heck is everyone??

What is everyone up to??? Someone has to have something interesting to say!!!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Blog Posts

Hey everyone!!

Thanks to all who have signed up to be members here--I am so excited!! Remember that you can post right here on the front page of the blog and not just in the comments--when you log in just click on "New Post" and you will be good to go. And Bonnie--I expect you to post your picture with Snoop Dogg on here!! I want to see it!!

Bridgette--the camping trip sounds great--I'm going to put a note on our calendar so that we remember to transfer it to next year's when we get it!! That would be a blast. We'll have to do some research on lakes that are centrally located. BTW, we will be camping up at Canyon Ferry August 10th-16th, so if anybody is interested in joining us, that would be great! We are planning on staying at Hellgate Campground.

And go ahead and let others know about this website that I may have missed. Hopefully I typed everyone's e-mail address correctly. If anybody else wants to join, just send me their e-mail address (kbmsz@live.com) and I will send them an e-mail invite so they can be authors too if they wish.

Brenda

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Welcome Classmates!

Hi Everyone!

This is the first blog on your blog website. I hope you enjoy it! You can post pictures, video, links, whatever.

Blog away and have fun! Sorry it took me so long to get it going!! If you have any problems with it, please let me know. I'll do what I can to help out!

Brenda Emond