Idaho Jan

This is a white blouse I thrifted recently. I dyed a couple pairs of jeans today and thought this needed an update... Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Woah! I didn't know how it would turn out, but I like the antique purple that resulted. Sorry about it being upside down. You get the idea... Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

I don't mind snow coming down as long as I can keep warm in my house. You probably can't see it, but there are huge, beautiful flakes coming down. Looks like a snow globe to me! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

I had company today-Kyler and Holdem. We went to lunch at McDONALD'S and now it's time for Astro Boy. A full day of activity. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Madison and Kyler. When Kyler was willing to bowl. I think we should do this more often! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Madison and Kyler a few days before Christmas. I really should write more... This was a work party at Fat Cats and we were able to bring the grandchildren. Kyler didn't want to bowl at first, but we bribed him to participate. He saw the "bowling ball" water bottle and I told him I would get it for him when we finished bowling. We then ate pizza and watched the latest Narnia movie. I think parties are more fun when the grandchildren come. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

We were very happy to be able to eat here again for lunch. Last week we had three luncheons to attend. I didn't mind a bit! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Daughter L invited us over for lunch and boxing. I have forgotten how much fun that is. Christmas day was very nice in spite of a visit from Murphy! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Actually, not a happy one. I came downstairs and saw that the rug in front of my dryer was soaking wet. When I traced the source, it led to this. Thanks Murphy! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Us girls having fun. We went to Megamind. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Someone made this at the corner of Broulims. I like it! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Just what the pumps needed... a bow to doll up my feet. Only a $4 find while thrifting. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Adding ribbon... Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

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Real troupers. They have thee little ones and Tyson is working on his masters in Spanish. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

What can I say...I had to use my phone camera :) Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Our outing today. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

This is baby Jacobeon. He sure is sweet! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Visitor 2 Amri Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Cambria's son Jeffrey. Cambria is my niece from Utah. She and her husband Tyson are here in town to go to a cousins reunion. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

Lori was featured today on a blog called thedaybook . Check it out. There are some cute pictures to see.

My daughter Lori gave me the idea for this. She will be making these for a local botique. Kinda fun to wear and I can keep warm too. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

We are here at Stockmans in Rigby tonight. I'm ready! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

It only took FIVE hours but it was so good! Dale did that while I went to the Turkey Choir concert. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

I love it when we have a good time together. I thought this was a nice picture of Lori and Cole. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

I made these last Thursday to entertain myself. Quiet fun. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5

I found this jacket/shirt at DI for $4.00. It was a good blue color and the fabric was like a suede. So I did what my daughter taught me to do...I cut off the collar! Now it is a mandarin style neckline and will go better when I put it on over my other shirts. Kinda fun and I didn't worry about ruining it since it only cost $4! Try updating your shirts!

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

This was the band we listened and danced to after our four course dinner. They are called the Fabulous Kingpins . They played some good oldies. This a view from our 14th floor room. Oh, it was fun! Another picture of the band. Their music was done good to dance to and the lead singer played the saxaphone and was awesome.

Dale and I got to go to northern Idaho with the University Physical Plant supervisors. Dale was the designated driver. He does a good job and kept us on time and on the road. This is just as we were leaving on our dinner cruise around the lake. We have sailor hats on theat they provided for everyone. Through all this, I learned how to spell Coeur d'Alene and that is sure is fun to get away for a few days with my best friend Dale.

This is Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park . We stopped by there on our way the Coeu d'Alene Resort. It is the oldest standing building in all of Idaho. The confessional was locked up but where I was standing is where one would kneel and ask for forgiveness. Good thing Dale couldn't get into the priest's spot! There was NO heat in that little building and it was crazy cold. Made me appreciate where I worship and for modern conveniences (even though our chapel is quite chilly on some days).

The Before~ Lori helped me pick out some colors to update my living room. I really like turquoise and I thought maybe yellow would be another good accent color since my furniture is brown and I have tan walls. She came up with the great idea of using placemats and picked these out for me. The top left fabric is actually a napkin set. Napkins were $9.99 and placemats $3.99 each The After~ Walla! I recycled the innards from my old pillows so that didn't cost anything. The little round green one is actually a creation with some of my scraps. It was supposed to be a ball shape but ended up looking like a squashed pumpkin! I added a ribbon rose to decorate it up. The "W" was embroidered by a company here in Rexburg ($6.24). The pillows were easy to make-I just unpicked one edge, stuffed it with batting and stitched it up again. It has been nice to have time to sew since I've been off work for the last week with Spud Harvest. Cool days make for a good sewing time.

When my children were young, I read to them a book called Apple Pigs . about the wonderful apple tree that produced so many apples the family did not know what to do with them all. We don't have huge trees, but we were very surprised to see how many apples were on our two semi-dwarf trees this year! We picked about 6 bushels! They are hard and tart...great for eating or baking pies and cobblers. In our case, it is applesauce for our food storage. I swore I would never can applesauce alone again but here I am! That was about five years ago when I didn't have a "system" yet and I made a huge mess! It still is messy but this year Dale had to work and I was home for spud harvest so I was elected to start the all-day project. What really helped is using my Playtex gloves. I didn't have sticky hands to distract me all the time. It also helps to have a heavy duty large pressure cooker, a Victorio Strainer (don't try making applesauce without it!) and sufficient jars

The last time my daughter Mandy saw this trunk in our yard it was just felled by Dale because it was rotted out. She asked Dale, "How long is that going to be there Dad?" Well, it has been about three years. Finally, we found a chain saw to borrow and he got it chopped up. Now it is sitting in pieces between the fence and the canal. Dale said it is too wet to burn yet. Any wagers on how long the wood will sit there? (Just kidding honey.) The yard does look a lot better now although we'll have to find a new place to sit for family pictures...

I was checking the other day for zucchinis. . . This is what I found under a big leaf! I went our almost every day to pick them small as in 4 inches long so I wouldn't get one of these. Good thing the newspaper just put out an article on recipes to use zucchini squash just in time. I passed on the recipes and the squash to Lori. Was that mean of me? :)

Well, Cole turned 25 on September 4th. We had a little gathering over at Lori's home. Holdem kept saying, "Where's your birthday!" It turned out to be a pumpkin chocolate-chip loaf from Great Harvest, if that's what Holdem meant. Happy Birthday Cole!