Yesterday was great niece Jessica’s birthday.  I’m sure she was well celebrated by lots of family and friends.  Hope you had a wonderful day and didn’t eat too much turkey. Don’t forget that Christmas is about giving, NOT getting.  And, that doesn’t mean something you go out on Black Friday and buy.  Give of yourself [...]

We decided we want to beat the rush – so we already have our Christmas tree up.  It’s an artificial tree so we don’t have to worry about either Ruff or Redi trying to eat any of the needles since evergreens can be toxic to pets and we don’t have to be concerned about it [...]

Veteran’s Day is fast approaching and is a time to remember all veterans and active military personnel.  What a great time to say thank you for all that they have done to protect our freedoms. And, this would be a good time to contact the VFW or American Legion where you live and see if [...]

This morning dawned sunny and bright, but cool – 19 degrees.  Fortunately we did not get snow like they are having in Colorado.  For about 15 minutes yesterday we had humongous flakes and it was coming down really hard – looked like big white feathers were falling from the sky – but it quit as [...]

Did I mention Mt. Cowen (White Bear) is 11,206 feet high?  Almost 7,000 feet higher than our little town.  And this morning it is covered with a beautiful dusting of snow.  What a grrrreat view we have!!  Our friends who live in Silver Gate, MT actually watched a Christmas movie yesterday and baked cookies – [...]