A Mystery

We have been missing the remote to Katie's TV for a while now. Last week I bought another receiver box at Costco for her TV and it came with a new remote BUT, we still needed to return the old one. I pretty much told Bob it was a lost cause, we were not going to find it, he was going to have to resign himself to the fact that we would need to pay the 35 dollar fee for losing it. Yesterday I went upstairs to put something away in Katie's room and when I walked into her room, there lying on the bed, were TWO remotes. I thought to myself, well yeah Katie, she found it. I send her a text and said I was glad she found the remote. She text me back and said she didn't find it, she went into her room and they were both just sitting there on her bed. I didn't find it, Katie didn't find it, Bob didn't find it. What do you think?? Do we have a possessed cat, was it an answer to a prayer (oh, wait I didn't actually say a prayer to find it), maybe it will just be a mystery! Oh well, Bob's happy.

sometimes I miss Elder Richardson

A Different Perspective...

I just thought I would share an interesting principle that was shared by our high council speaker at church yesterday. His topic was adversity (it seems like that has been the topic quite a bit lately). He shared an experience he had recently with someone that he home teaches. It is a woman who lives every day with chronic pain that is quite debilitating. He mentioned his topic for his upcoming talk to her and she said oh that's easy (meaning living with adversity). He encouraged her to share her insight which was this: "life is meant to be challenging and difficult with occasional periods of ease, not the other way around". Wow. I mean I guess I really knew this deep down but I still want to believe that life should generally be easy with occasional trials and challenges. It is something to think about...

Welcome Spring, I've Been Waiting For You!

waiting for so long! Signs of spring around here:warmer temps (I didn't say warm, just warmer)... flowers waiting to be planted...
new door mat (all winter decor put away, I don't want to look at anything close to resembling snow or snowmen)...

of course spring isn't complete without a few new items to freshen up your wardrobe! I loved this jacket and I got it at Fred Meyer.

and for all the sports fans out there, spring also includes March Madness! (I had to chuckle today, Kyle sent me a text that said something like "I know this sounds bad but i don't want to be at church today because I'm missing games" I said "well, I don't know what to say" Kyle said "but I'm here" and I said "and sometimes that's all we can do is be there" :)

These are just a few favorites, what are yours?

New Do's

it's kind of hard to tell, but both dog's have been to the beauty parlor for the "works" which includes: bath, hair-cut, nails trimmed and teeth brushed. Next it's Bob's turn. :)

You Win Some...

and you lose some(in case you can't read the score board, it is home team (them): 15, visitors (us): 6
Katie did hit the ball every time at bat (I didn't say she got on base every time), she did have one good hit: a double

I have to say that she did pitch good despite the score. I really don't know how many of the runs were actually earned. Not 15. Lots of errors. Hard to win with lots of errors. There's always next game. Softball season is officially underway!

Small Town Parade ... Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Bob and I went to the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Chelan today. It was a cold, cloudy day, but at least not snowing or raining! The parade is mostly what this sign say's: dogs, dogs, and more dogs.



a few dancers...

big dogs

medium dogs

and little dogs!

In the parade were the young

and the old

and last but not least, there was even a marriage proposal right in the middle of everything! She said yes.

And that was our Saturday.

Crossword Puzzle Clue (one across, four letters)

What is a shopper's paradise?

Answer: Sale (of course)

A couple days ago as I was working away on paper-work in my tiny little office at work (which happens to be right off the dining room where meals and most of the resident's activities happen). That particular afternoon the activity planned was a crossword puzzle. This was the first clue. Of course the word shoppers caught my attention so I listened on and I just kind of blurted out the answer, quietly I thought. But then I heard the activities director say, I heard someone say the answer, so I peeked my head around out the door and admitted it was me who knew that answer so quickly, haha. I have to say, they were pretty impressed.

The picture above shows my latest bargain. I found these cute rain boots at Macy's for ten bucks! That's right, ten bucks! I had been keeping my eye out for a cute little pair of rain boots for Katie and Joslin. I mean, you have to have cute boots when you go feed and water your pigs! I looked at Target and their boots were 24.99, not too bad I thought but still not on sale, so I kept looking, Then I found my bargain. They were on a rack that was 40% off, there was a sign that they were an additional 50% off, and of course I had a coupon to save an additional 20%. So there you have it, my ten dollar boots so the girls will look cute and stylish as they care for their pigs this spring/summer. Pitiful that this is all I have to blog about. :)