Pictures finally...

Christy & Rod
25th Wedding Anniversary May, 2008



Ceira, 16
This is our granddaughter??? Gorgeous!




Kootenay country - where we moved from
22 years ago



Concrete slab where house is to go



After first full day of work

FINALLY I AM ABLE TO GET SOME PICTURES ON OUR BLOG.

I am sitting at the GM dealership in Sandpoint accessing their WYFI while John is getting a new starter put into his truck. It was dragging sometimes after it was warm and needed to be started again, so he decided to get it looked after right away. It is considerably cheaper to have it done down here than in Canada.

It is a lovely sunny day in the U.S. Understand it froze at home night before last. Can't remember if I have anything out that would have frozen.

U.S. Memorial Day

Here we are, enjoying ANOTHER long weekend. Working, of course. As of the end of today, all the outside walls of Steve and Peggy's house will be erect. It is a fine looking floor plan, all one level, on a cement slab. There was a bit of rain over the week, but it didn't halt construction much. Today, it is sunny and warm. John would say HOT, right now.

I have been working on my antique tin can footstools. I phoned around and finally found a place that uses the tomato juice tins I need - the kitchen manager at the Bonner County Hospital kindly said she would save them for me. Thank you thank you, as I was unable to find any... Out of desperation for something to do in the evenings, I made one out of three coffee tins, which are a larger diameter, and about a quarter-in lower. It is a nice footstool, but not as nice as the one with the 7 tins. I am also assisting Peggy in getting rid of some of her cloth scraps that she has had for crafts for years.

I've also been collecting some flat rocks for my border around our fire pit at home. Peggy says help yourself to all the rocks you want - their whole mountainside is full of rocks! There are a lot of rocks that have gold fleck in them too which are really pretty.

Today we are planting her garden while the men finish the walls. It feels late for planting, but they had a late spring. She was just barely able to find any seed potatoes. Everything that the wildlife would find tasty has to be enclosed with wire. There is lots of wildlife around here! Haven't seen turkey-lurkey for a day or two though.

John and Steve worked on Sunday morning for a few hours, as Peggy worked from 6 to 11 a.m.and the plan was to take Linda to the Flea Market across the Sandpoint Bridge, and then go out to some friends' for coffee (for John). There wasn't too much at the Flea Market, but it was nice to go through it. Then we went to Larry and Marian's, where there is a "field of dreams" for the guys. A bunch of Mopar treasures and one old Mustang. Kept them busy for about two hours investigating and taking pictures...

Well, I guess that's it for today. Hope everyone travelling on Memorial Day weekend is safe. The gas prices don't seem to be slowing down the travellers any!

Take care, and God Bless.

Have to figure out how to get pictures on here from Peggy's computer...

Now in Sandpoint, Idaho - May 20, 2008

It's been a while! We wre in Creston for Christy and Rod's 25th wedding anniversary barbeque, and then came down to Steve and Peggy's in Sandpoint on Sunday, May 18th - sure was a long line-up at the border, but it wasn't long before we got through, with no searches or anything. A pleasant surprise for a change...

Spent yesterday in town getting material ordered for their new home and a starter for John's new diesel truck which we found for pulling the Fifth Wheel next year. It has been grinding when it is warm and he's afraid it is going to leave him stranded so might as well fix it now.

John said Steve should go to work if he had a job to go to, so off he went, and John was here when the material trick arrived first thing this morning. He helped the driver unload (with his forklift) and then was anxious to get started. There was lots of measuring and planning and strategizing to do before he can actually get to work - comparing the blue prints to the mesurements of the concrete slab, etc etc etc. Thankfully, although it was quite cool, it didn't rain (too much) and the sun came out to take the chill off. Peggy did start up the fire in the garage which is presently their (our) living quarters, as it really was chilly and damp.

Peggy and I spent an hour outside pulling nails out of some wood too. We also had gone to town to get some wire and blades for John. I learned there are 3 towns making up the district of Sandponit - Ponderay, Kootenai and Sandpoint. Kind of like the tri-cities in Port Arthur Texas area.

It is kind of neat for John to be greeted at the door first thing in the morning when he goes out for his smoke, by a large wild turkey gobbler right outside. He disappears later in the day but hangs around all morning. He is seeing a lot of pretty birds around too. Took a pot shot at a cowbird that chases the nice birds away from the bird feeder, but missed. Steve had a wood tick on him yesterday, and Peggy found one on her today, so we will have to be checking ourselves closely every day.