911 on Pine Street!

So if the new neighbor drama is not enough then read on ~ I was sitting on my couch the other night watching John and Kate plus 8 and heard alot of noise outside. I just thought it was someone on the porch next door and until I heard the door open so I knew it was not them. So naturally I looked outside and then opened my door. I could not believe what I saw and said "what in the hell?" I saw 2 guys beating each other to a pulp! Yes can you believe it? The new neighbot drama was not enough! This went on for about 5 minutes and I said to the girls next door "I don't think this is going to stop"! I have never (knock on wood) had to call 911 but I can't say that now! I decided it might be best if I called! The operator took my information and then while I was talking to the operator a woman came out to tell the 2 guys to stop (the girl was one guys girlfriend). By this time I could hear the 2 guys stating one had a broke nose the other had a broken tooth, ect.
As I was waiting for Sandpoint police to show up they move to the back of the building. The first of 3 cop cars show up (slow night in Sandpoint) and a young skinny kid and yes I said kid gets out of the car and the first thing that came to my mind was "what is he going to be able to do"! So the next 2 cars pull up and the girls next door tell me that those 2 guys and the girl are from unit 5 since they went to the back of their place to see the action. I had already figured this out already since every Saturday the boyfriend and girlfriend have a fight around 1am out on thier porch and everyone can hear it. So I think they are going to carry off the 2 guys but to my surprise they carry off the girl. An hour late the ordeal was over or was it?
Of course not.......
I am in my room ready for bed and hear a guy on his phone out in back and then hear a woman yell at him letting him know she hated him and then proceeded to slammed the door to their condo. The police had let her go. This was not enough for her and since the entire neighborhood knows the routine by now she came back out to yell at him some more. Since the guy in the end unit in front is in bed by 10pm I know what is going to happen next so I just got in bed and waited for him to yell at them to be quite. To my surprise he not only yelled at them stating "that's enough" but then hit the back wall of his unit so hard I heard it 3 doors down. At that very moment we had silence on Pine Street!

The following day I returned the call of Jamie at Sandpoint Property who manages the property for the condos about the new neighbors above me. I told her about the 911 call. Jamie did not believe me and then told me that the girl was moving so we would not have to listen to them much longer or have to call 911 in the future. Thank goodness!

Update on the neighors upstairs ~ Jamie sent them a letter telling them they needed to fix the noise level! To my surpise she said the hand delivered it to work. The best part is apparently CWC pays for this place so he does not have to drive home in the winter but Jamie told me he told them that he would be going home on the weekends! I only wish!!! The big part is he called me at work! He left a message stating he had some questions and I don't deal with him with what I do so it had to be about the noise. I called him back and left a message but he has not called me back. Stay tune! Hopefully this weekend will be uneventful! I would like to go to Seattle before the weather turns bad! Maybe if the neighbors return I will flee!

New Neighbors ~ Good or Bad you decide!

About a week ago I came home from my Trip to Arizona to find I had new neighbors who moved in up stairs. It seems that there is NO insulation between the 2 floors bad news. One would think that you would hear some walking but definitely not what I am about to say....I now have heard the man upstairs PEE ~ yes you heard me right and blow his nose twice the other morning. So I went to work telling this story and someone said at least it's only a man and not a small child. Well, I came home Friday and sat down on my couch to hear small foot steps RUNNING across the floor not once but back and forth. I could not take it and went upstairs to see a lady and a small child in the living room since they have not put up blinds yet. I knock on the door and tell them that I live downstairs and that there is NO insulation between the floors and I can hear everything. I also asked if they could turn on the fan in the bathrooms when they are in there as I can hear everything thinking if I tell them this it will be a big enough hint and that I can even hear him blow his nose. The lady stated that her and the little girl are only there on the weekends and the man is only there a couple of nights a week as they live in Spokane, Washington but he works at CWC.
OK ~ to be honest the first thing that came to my mind when she said they were only there on the weekends was great I am home all day on the weekends and like to relax with very little noise and this can not be good! Was I right?
Apparently, they can not sell their house but I would think it would be cheaper if he drove home each night or went home on the weekends!!!! If he went home on the weekends I would be happy and not want to shoot myself!
Apparently, my visit was not a big enough hint as to the noise level! Saturday it was cold outside and like each morning for the last week I was woken up at 6am. Ok it's Saturday and I think I might be able to go back to sleep but NO! Little feet running back and forth for hours or dropping of the toys and then running!! I can deal with the adult feet since the steps are wider and sometimes not as loud and Adults will finally sit down but little feet do not! So today comes which is Sunday and again up at 6am and little feet back and forth. Remember it's Sunday and not even 10:30am and they decide to vacuum on the hardwood and I would of thought she was in my house vacuuming! At that point I have lost it and gone outside on my porch in 50 degree weather trying to get a glimpse of piece and quite! Finally, around 10:30am they go to the park as I was outside and heard them leave! Yes I am venting because I have not had a good nights sleep in days! I have to get all of my sleep or I am a bear or what others would say a Bitch! The one thing that sticks out in my mind is when I knocked on the door the woman said of we are going to be really good tenants. Well, I don't think we are on a good roll! The property management company will be hearing from me tomorrow! I will end on the kicker ~ As I stated above the man works at CWC. He works with the wife of someone who works in the same department as I do. I am trying to be nice but when all your hear every 15 minutes for hours is BANG, BANG, BANG of footsteps, dropped toys, and ect.

Oh did I leave out when the girls next door had someone live above them one of the girls heard a small child cry over her room and then in the other room she heard the parents and I will leave the rest to your imagination.

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!