SNOW ~ Already?

A couple weeks back it snowed up in the mountains but since we are at 2000 feet Snow has come early this year! Last year it did not Snow until the day after Thanksgiving but this year try November 6th! It has been raining a lot lately but who would of thought that it would SNOW so soon? I am just not ready for it to SNOW this year and I certainly am not ready for our 2 way streets to become one way streets like last year seeing the city did not have anywhere for the snow to go. The plus is that the snow did not stick so maybe if everyone prays a little for us in Sandpoint the snow will not be as bad last year!!! Schweitzer ski resort which is about a 30 minute trip from my house up the mountain now has a snow maker so they can open early and stay open later in the season. Last year they were open until June an I thought that was late have a ski resort open ~ Yes I said June!
Let's face it I like to watch it snow but would rather not deal with driving in it. Several of us that are from the South which include Lindsay and myself who are the only ones that have been through only one winter so we were definitely not excited about the snow! I took a video at work so check it out below!

President Elect- Obama!

Can you believe it? History has been made! At the time of this post 333 vs. 155 in electoral votes!!!!

I don't think I have been as passionate about an election since I was able to VOTE for the first time ! Thank you to everyone who voted no matter who you voted for! Getting involved , getting out and voting is the key. Now we will all need to come together for HOPE and CHANGE!

It is truly moving to see those such as Jessie Jackson, Oprah, and may more so moved at the outcome and the possibility of CHANGE! I give it to McCain for saying that Obama did light the hope in those who might have once believed and then disbelieved in the election process and with Obama being able to bring so many out to vote and believe again in the election process. Even though McCain stated that the failure is his it really is not true. We need change!

I can't wait to see what the future brings!

VOTE!

So tomorrow is the day! Please make sure you exercise your right to VOTE! Here in Idaho you can register the day you VOTE and I know in Tennessee you need to already be registered!
Lines may be long but please stay and VOTE! If you have already VOTED in Early Voting ~ THANK YOU!
Have a great day and make sure you put time on your calendar tomorrow to VOTE!

Happy Halloween!

Get Out and Vote!

I am not a very political person however, I feel that this is the most important election of our time! Remember to VOTE on November 4th!
If you need to VOTE by mail or if you have early voting in your area go ahead and VOTE!
As you can see on my blog I support Obama! Even if you are a McCain supporter just get out and VOTE!

NOVEMBER 4th ~ VOTE!

July 4th Parade in Sandpoint!

It was a nice July 4th, not to hot! Mickey's husband owns a art gallery in town on the main route of the parade so we had great seats to watch! I was in Sandpoint last year for the parade and it was so hot I decided to watch from my hotel room; I had only been here about 2 weeks at that time. So this year it was exciting to see the parade up close! The children's parade was first and basically it is a parade of children dressed up in Red, White and Blue. I told Lindsay, one of my employees, that she would have to dress her son up next year and pull him in a wagon. After the children's parade we had about an hour until the main event. Mickey had set up a small breakfast of fruit and cheeses for us to eat before the parade. The parade started off with the local law enforcement and then on to the other floats and participants. Check out the photos below.

Local Bagpipe Club ~ they were really good!

Had to take a picture of the kids sitting next to us. They were so cute and excited about the parade.


This float had the kids building the flag as they drove through the parade



Smokey kept loosing his pants and sat down as I took this picture. The next one is a little better.


Just like Smokey apparently there is a mascot for the waterways. He is a chipmunk. I can't remember his name, sorry.

Zany Zebra, a store in town had a lawn mover brigade.

These pups were just too cute! They had about 12 of them.

A reminder of home. The Shriner's had the moonshiners come out and entertain us.

The police was caring off one of the moonshiners

The moonshiners official vehicle

Here are some kids after the parade playing in the water fountain in town.

After the parade I went home to get my new bike and ride into town to see Lindsay's new house and let her know we had been invited to Mickey's for a BBQ that evening. Sandpoint has some great fireworks but this year I thought it would be nice to relax and not be in the mass crowd. So off to Mickey's we went, she lives in a neighborhood of about 20 homes and they have lake access which includes a nice lawn with a small beach for all the residents to use. It was like having the lake right in your backyard. We had hamburgers and hotdogs, I made pasta salad which everyone seemed to like. Once it got dark Abigail wanted to start the fireworks they picked up earlier that day. It is illegal to have the up in the sky fireworks in town but you can get them on the Indian reservations. Across the lake from where we were was Georgia's house,who is our President and CMO, in the area where her house was they had some great up in the air fireworks as well as the house next to where we were on the lake. However, the best fireworks were the ones we set off ourselves. Abigail was so excited. It reminded me of when we used to gather as a family at my grandparents and the whole neighborhood would come over for a BBQ and fireworks. Thanks Mickey for a great day!

Lost in the 50's Weekend Photos

As promised when I found my cable for my camera I would post the Lost in the 50's photos.


Everyone came out to the parade. Here is Joe G taking photos of some creekers kids.





We had great seats to view the parade in front of the gallery but I think this young guy had the best seat.

This old truck carried some Sandpoint High School Football players.

After the Lost in the 50's Parade they had a Dance Party. As you can see some of the kids and adults dressed up in 50's attire.

The parade was on Friday and then on Saturday they closed off the main road and re-routed traffic and had all 550 cars parked on the street so you could get a up close of all the cars. Each night they had a concert at the fair grounds with a 50's act.

Sorry ~ I have not posted in a while!

Hello from Idaho! It has been cold here and yes it is June! Summer is not here as of yet. We have been in the 50's and lower 60's on some days. It snowed on the mountain last Friday. It was nice the weekend of Lost in the 50's which is a huge car show. Remember this town has a population of around 8300 and the car show had 550 entries. WOW! It's a Big thing for this little town. I will post some photos of some of the cars that were in the parade when I find my camera cord.

Hope everything is going good in your world. Till next time!

Finally!

Hello all!
It is finally starting to feel a little like Spring! It is suppose to be in the 50's ~ Can you say WOW that is warm? Yes, we still have snow in big piles around town and in front lawns but hopefully it will melt someday.

Busy Month here at work we have our Training Store Managers coming up next week and yet another CWCU which is our University for new Managers, we also have our Regional Managers coming up at the same time as CWCU! WOW! Yes, I have to present at these functions in some way so I will be busy.

On another subject is anyone watching the bachelor? I am and I have to say he needs to get rid of the actress. I had seen her somewhere and once she let him know who her Dad was I knew I had seen her on some "my parent is" type show. She is way to high maintenance for him.

I will leave you with another crazy show to check out which is High School Reunion on the TVLand Channel. I was flipping channels and started watching it and I laugh at how the people on the show have changed but yet not really changed. I just had a thought and I am 3 years away from my 20th reunion. I did not go to the 5th or 10th so maybe the 20th will be the one or maybe not. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Have a great day and keep it real!

Is it Spring?

Did someone say Spring? Not here my friends! It snowed on the first day of spring and again on the second day of Spring and even though it did not stick to the pavement it still snowed. I will say at least I can now get into my correct parking space at my condo since the snow 5 ft of snow has now melted.

Life is good in Sandpoint now that it is in the 40's. The mountain received 5 new inches of snow the Saturday before Easter. WOW if only I could ski! I have decided that I really don't want to brake any bones this year so I am waiting for Alana (one of my co-workers) to have her baby so she can get out there and teach me how to Snowboard but that really looks like next year.

Hope all is well in your world until next time....