EASTER IN WALLA WALLA

JEFF AND I WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO TO WALLA WALLA TO SEE BEN AND MICHELLE OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND.  WE GOT THERE ON FRIDAY AND BEN AND MICHELLE TOOK ME TO A PLACE FOR LUNCH THAT I WON'T SOON FORGET.  "GRAZE" WAS THE NAME OF THE EATERY AND I LOVED MY LUNCH, I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK. 
SATURDAY WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE THE SUN SHINE AND FEEL A LITTLE WARMTH IN THE AIR.  WE WENT ANTIQUE SHOPPING FOR ME TO HELP ME FIND A SEWING TABLE WHICH WE SUCCESSFULLY FOUND.  WE TOOK OUR LUNCH TO THE PARK AND HAD A PICNIC.  SOMETHING THAT LIVING IN IDAHO WE DON'T GET TO DO VERY OFTEN BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS SO UNPREDICTABLE, BUT SOMETHING THAT I REMEMBER DOING ALL THE TIME AS A KID OVER EASTER. AFTER LUNCH  WE WENT TO A CANYON SOMEWHERE AND TOOK A NICE LONG AFTERNOON HIKE.  MICHELLE IS DOING SO GREAT SO FAR IN HER PREGNANCY, SHE IS STILL THE ENERGIZER BUNNY (NO EASTER PUN INTENDED)

WE HAD A GREAT EASTER SUNDAY, BEN AND MICHELLE KEPT US FEED  ALL DAY WITH YUMMY FOOD.  BEN'S PORK CHOPS FOR DINNER WERE THE BEST AND YOU CAN FIND THE RECIPE ON OUR RECIPE BLOG.   WE'VE MADE IT A HABIT TO GO FOR A WALK AFTER DINNER AND TONIGHT WE WENT TO A CUTE PARK WITH AN AVIARY.  THERE ARE SO MANY NICE PARKS AND PLACES TO WALK IN WALLA WALLA, ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT THAT LITTLE TOWN.

BECAUSE I HAD A FEW DAYS OFF, I HUNG OUT WITH JEFF AND WE HEADED TO
COEUR D' ALENE, IDAHO.  JEFF MADE SALES CALLS AND I ENJOYED SOME DOWN TIME, THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS GIG IS THAT JEFF LIKES TO GET ON THE ROAD EARLY, SO NO SLEEPING IN. WHEN WE PULLED IN THE WEATHER WAS SO NICE WE WERE ABLE TO EAT OUR DINNER ON THE RESTAURANT PATIO, BUT IN TRUE IDAHO FASHION, THE WEATHER CHANGED OVERNIGHT AND WAS VERY CHILLY IN THE MORNING BUT I STILL GOT  A 4 MILE WALK/RUN IN DOWN BY THE LAKE BEFORE WE LEFT TOWN. 

I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN I GET A CHANCE TO GO SEE MY KIDS AND TO ALSO SPEND TIME ON THE ROAD WITH JEFF.  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.  TO BAD THE WEEK HAD TO END WITH MY  FIRST COLONOSCOPY, BUT WE ARE'NT GOING THERE. ENOUGH SAID.

I DID IT AGAIN....

So lately I have not been myself.  I have been on overload and  have a lot of things cluttering my mind and this has led me to doing things that I wouldn't ordinarily do.  Recently  I got to work  and realized that I had on blue pants instead of black, and then I almost went to work with my slippers on another day.  Well just when I think things are back to normal  today I find myself again with my coat on and slippers still on my feet.   I have to admit these are petty comfortable slippers and if I thought I could get away with it, I would wear them to work, but I'm thinking it wouldn't look so good.  I also got to work today and realized that I had my shirt on backwards and didn't put my rings on.  What is up with this?  I'm thinking I am in early stages of dimensia, or... the thing that has been cluttering up my mind (RS) is still bothering me and I need to take care of it.  I am surely looking forward to a couple of day traveling with Jeff and seeing the kids in Walla Walla maybe that will clear my head.

OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH....

I AM A GLASS HALF EMPTY KINDA PERSON AND JEFF IS A GLASS HALF FULL KIND OF GUY.  GENERALLY HE IS RIGHT WHEN HE  TELLS ME THAT IT IS GOING TO BE SUNNY ON THE HILL ESPECIALLY WHILE WE ARE DRIVING THROUGH THE FOG... WHAT CAN I SAY...ANOTHER BLUEBIRD SKI DAY.  WHERE WERE THE BLUE SKIES WHEN WE WERE IN CANADA A MONTH AGO?  HUH?

OUR LITTLE CALIFORNIA GIRL GETS AROUND...

HERE IS OUR LITTLE CALIFORNIA GIRL HAILEY.  WITH ALL THE CUTE PICTURES THAT DAYNA HAS BEEN SENDING ME I JUST COULDN'T RESIST  MAKING A SLIDESHOW WITH A LITTTLE BEACH BOY MUSIC.  I MEAN REALLY HOW CUTE IS THIS LITTLE GIRL. 

SPRING SKI

OUR FRIENDS BRYANT AND GLENDA BELNAP

TODAY WE SKIED JACKSON HOLE SKI RESORT.  I HAVE NEVER SKIED THERE AND I WAS EXCITED BUT A LITTLE NERVOUS.  THANK GOODNESS THE SUN GODS WERE WITH US TODAY... IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A PERFECT SKI DAY.  THE SUN WAS OUT EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LITTLE CLOUD AT THE TOP OF THE GONDOLA FIRST THING THIS MORNING BUT NOT TO WORRY THE SUN CAME OUT IN ALL IT GLORY.

IT WAS THE QUINTICENTIAL SPRING SKI DAY.  THE SUN WAS OUT THE TEMPS WERE WARM.  ALL IN ALL A GREAT DAY. I HAVE TO ADD THAT I DO LOVE MY NEW SKIS THEY PLOW THROUGH THE SNOW WITH NO PROBLEM, AND EVEN WITH GOING TO THE GYM AND ALL THE SQUATTS THAT I DO... I DO I WISH MY LEGS WOULD LAST LONGER WHEN SKIING THROUGH THE HEAVY STUFF, BUT I GUESS TIRED LEGS MEANS I WORKED HARD AND I KNOW WE HAD FUN.

WEEKEND PROJECT

 SO LAST SATURDAY THE WEATHER WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE.  IT WAS SO WINDY AND SNOWY THAT IT CAKED MY KITCHEN WINDOW TO THE POINT THAT I COULDN'T SEE OUT. JEFF BRAVED THE SKI HILL AND I STAYED HOME, A GREAT DAY FOR A WEEKEND ORGANIZATION PROJECT....

Like how I haven't taken down my holiday
 decor yet?

                 

                 

MY SISTER KAREN SENT ME A PICTURE OF HOW SHE ORGANIZED HER

NECKLACES IN HER CLOSET AND I KNEW I JUST HAD TO HAVE ONE.  ALL YOU NEED IS A BELT HOLDER/ORGANIZER FOUND AT HOME DEPOT IN THE CLOSET SYSTEM  SECTION, FIND A PLACE TO HANG IT, PUT YOUR NECKLACES ON IT AND VIOLA! A GREAT WAY  TO GET THOSE NECKLACES OUT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM.

PERFECT!
      THANKS KAREN FOR THE GREAT IDEA