Memorial Day Activities!

As you can see, we went to the cabin for our Memorial Day Weekend. We knew there was lots of work to be done, plus wanted to get out of town again.

Friday night we got there and got the plumbing done, well at least Jim got the plumbing done. I was good moral support though.

Saturday morning, we got up and had a great "mountain" breakfast, and then got to work. We raked all the pine needles off of the lawn, and then Jim mowed and fertilized it. We finished un-winterizing the cabin, and various other little things around the place. Later that day, we went up the road to Baumgartners Hot Springs to soak in the pool.

Jim took tons of pictures of the Hummingbirds, some of which I have included. There were a bunch of them around this weekend. In one of the pictures, you can see three . There was one time that there were five buzzing around, but I couldn't get them all in a picture.

We saw lots of wildlife, deer mostly. There are a few pics of them as well.

Sunday we took it easy, and just took a nice drive into some areas we hadn't been before. The dogs enjoyed the ride in the back of the truck, except for when the hail started. Gunner didn't seem to mind, but Daisy wasn't too excited about it.

Monday we got up and finished the last of the chores and started cleaning so we could go home. We got home about 4:00, leaving Jim plenty of time to mow the lawn, and me to get some laundry done.

It was a great weekend, and we really enjoyed being in the mountains again.

Water Ski Trip

We've been to the lake several times already this year, but last weekend was the first time it was actually warm enough for me to get in the water. Therefore, it was my first attempt at waterskiing. I am happy to say that I got up on my second try (the first time was the drivers fault!), and two more times after that. The water was kind of rough, so skiing wasn't really that much fun, but it's good to have the "first-time" out of the way.
Thanks to our friends, the Birds, for always taking us with them. If it weren't for them, we'd probably never get to go.
P.S. Please don't notice my wonderful fashion statement.....purple life-jacket, brown shorts, and a red swimming suit....lovely, isn't it?

Who Done It?

Last night, Jim and I were in our front room watching a movie - actually we were both asleep. At about 11:30 the door bell rings and scares the you-know-what out of me. Belll rings or door knocks at this time of night can only mean two things at our house......1) It's the police trying to find out who is harassing our crazy neighbors, or 2) It's scary people wanting to use our phone because their car broke down on the way to the drug-dealer neighbors house, and the drug-dealers won't answer their door.

Needless to say, I made Jim answer the door. He looks out, shuts the door, and says "It's for you." He wouldn't tell me what was waiting for for me, but this is what I found.....a Heart-Attack!! If you can't tell, there are construction paper hearts and "confetti" all over the house, and our driveway & walkway.

A few minutes later (over the noise of the John Wayne movie) I can hear a cell phone vibrating. I figured it was Jim's phone, and that he had missed a text from his buddy, but it was actually me! Whoever my "attackers" were had left me a creep message from a restricted phone number. The voice was "changed" and it said something like... "Sister Solosabal, I saw you watching TV on your couch. Hope you like your house...."

By now, my mind is buzzing, wondering who it could have been. Actually, I think I know exactly who it was, but I'm not going to name them. Let's just say it was probably one of my awesome young women (and probably a few accomplices (sp?) letting me know that I am loved.

Thanks whoever you are. I feel VERY loved!

NOW I HAVE TO GO CLEAN IT UP :)

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Baby Chloe

When we sold our puppies we told the new owners that we would love for them to send us pictures of the puppies so that we can see how our dogs turn out. Here is the first one we have received.....I guess you could say she is our "grand-puppy!" Her name is Chloe and a lady that Jim works with bought her. It's not a very big picture, but I couldn't get it bigger and make it still look good. I think she is pretty cute anyway!

First Weekend at the Cabin!

We've been waiting months to go to the cabin, and we finally got to this past weekend. We were hoping to be able to do a little yard work, and get the yard cleaned up a bit, but there was still too much snow on the lawn. Still, it was so nice to be up there, away from town, and the worries of the world.

We got there about 9:00 pm on Friday night. All appeared to be well until we tried to turn the water on. Someone had forgotten to cover the main valve with insulation, so......it had frozen and we couldn't turn it on or it would leak in the crawl. Luckily we could get water out of the outside faucets, so could at least flush the toilets and cook some. Jim called his dad that night and convinced them to bring up the needed repair supplies on Saturday. They got it fixed and we able to enjoy the rest of the weekend with free flowing water. It's amazing how no water can cramp your style!

We couldn't do much yard work, but were able to clean up the inside a bit. We were surprised at how clean things were. Usually after months of nobody being there, it is quite a mess. Somehow, the mice were stopped, so no little droppings everywhere to clean up. Just dead flies in the windowsills. Nothing that a vacume can't take care of.

We did encounter one problem that the snow caused....the wood stove was smoking so bad and we couldn't get a decent fire going! Jim's dad finally decided that they should run the brush down the chimney pipe. (Think Burt in Mary Poppins!) Sunday morning he and Jim climbed on top of the cabin and cleaned out the pipe. It seemed to do the trick, and the fires were back to normal.

The dogs had a grand time, running, and playing, and fetching.......that Daisy, she's always fetching, or at least wanting to. They played so hard that they've been napping ever since we got home today. That's one thing I love about taking them to the cabin or the ranch, they sleep for a couple of days after we get home!

We had a great time and can't wait to go back. We are hoping that in a few weeks the snow will be gone and we can rake all the pine needles off the lawn and get some fertilizer on the it. Summer is a comin!