Wednesday

Cinny and Mustang, all dressed up and ready to go.

Tara B. took photos at the sled dog race, and got some good ones of Barrie and her dogs.

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I feel kind of like the girl up in the tower - you know, the one who grew her hair long enough to make a ladder? I haven't been downstairs in three days. I mentioned it yesterday, and Barrie didn't think it was a good idea. I think she doesn't want to pick me up from a heap at the bottom of the stairs.

She delivered coffee and eggs and toast to me this morning. Life is good.

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I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

A few years ago, I was looking for a photo to represent "trails" in a contest. I started with this picture of the sign on South Pass marking the Oregon Trail.


There was no "trail" as such, so I drove on. Between Farson and Pinedale, I saw this two track heading out through the sagebrush and stopped to take a picture.


When I got home, I combined the two photos and made a trail right beside the sign. Oh, I love Photoshop!

Tracy called Sunday. She had just installed the latest version of Photoshop. I think I'll just get along with the old version I have. It has more features than I can use.

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My ankle/foot is much better today. In some ways, I'm going to hate to heal up. It's kind of nice to wake up to my fire already on - and a hot cup of coffee delivered to me. Barrie is spoiling me.

Forgot to mention - when she cleaned my bathroom the other day, she even cleaned the litter box. That was incredible, as she hates cats!

Monday

Kasey has a new mushers ruff. She is modeling it in her Tinker Bell Pajamas.

And then she went to bed in it.

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I'm worthless today. Barrie came up about 9:30 and turned my heat on, put the clean rugs back in my bathroom, and left me some crackers and peanut butter, and some beer. So I'm set for the day. Even have a remote on my iPod dock.

She will get a new tire on my truck today and mail the package for me. I'm not going to the doctor. I'm pretty sure nothing is broken.

It should be a good day to draw or paint.

Sunday

Found this interesting house on the Internet.

I bought a small rotisserie. Have been looking at them for a long time, and finally decided to get one. Barrie bought a whole chicken from Specialty Meats and is downstairs right now getting ready to cook it. She usually doesn't use any of my kitchen "gadgets", but she's going to give this one a try.

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I'll be VERY glad when this weekend is over. My tire was slashed while parked in front of the high school Friday night. Barrie's truck was parked in our driveway, and someone put super glue on her gas cap. I think someone doesn't like us! Barrie's tire had been slashed once before, right after she got her truck. That's when she got a locking gas cap.

Barrie called to report it, so a deputy was here yesterday. Of course, we have our suspicions of who did it, but no proof.

Tomorrow, Barrie is going to spend most of her day taking care of me. She will go buy a new tire for me, and take a package to UPS. Then, if she can get me down the stairs, she might be taking me to the clinic to have my ankle X Rayed. I caught my toe on the edge of the rug and fell last night. It hurts like hell!

I slept for a while this afternoon, and Barrie put an ice pack on me. Our ice pack is a package of frozen corn. Works great.

I think I'll keep her. While I was sleeping this afternoon, she cleaned my upstairs bathroom.

Saturday

Sure like my new camera. These were taken in the auditoriam without flash.

Dance Recital

Kasey looks like she is having a lot more fun than that little girl behind her.

And the little girl behind her still hasn't moved.

When they closed the curtains, Kasey took the edge of it and helped close it. But she ended up on the wrong side of the curtain. She did find her way back onto the stage. She was a real crowd pleaser.


Grandpa and Sonny came to watch her dance. After she got off the stage, she showed them some of her dance moves. She was so excited to see us all there.

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When we came home, Barrie pulled in the garage and opened her door. We could hear air rushing out of my right back tire. It is flatter than a pancake. Talk about good timing. Barrie will take it to have it repaired today.

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I actually got something accomplished on the computer yesterday. I installed the newest Norton on my computer and Barrie's. And I found the print program I like to use and downloaded it. The version I had would not work with Windows 7, or my printer.

Okay, if my subscription to McAffee Security has expired and it tells me my computer is not protected, why was it getting in my face with popup windows warning me when I was downloading Norton Internet Security?

Found out why I couldn't install Norton on 2 more computers. You have to install it on all three computers at the same time - can't wait months, unless you pay more.

Friday

The box of pictures in my closet is full of treasures. Here are three aerial shots of Square Top. I flew with Ken Konicek over the mountains quite a few years ago, and he made sure I had lots of photo opportunities.

It sure looks different from above! You can see a little bit of Green River Lake on the top right.

This beats climbing it!

This shows a good view of both upper and lower lakes.

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I've been fighting with the computer all morning. The Dell Desktop has McAfee antivirus installed, and it says the trial period has expired. I don't like McAfee anyway. I have a Norton account and am supposed to be able to install their Internet Security Program on 3 computers. It's only installed on 1, but can't get it installed. It tells me it is an invalid serial number. Good grief! I copied and pasted the number from their site.

My closet is just as scary as my basement. I was looking for a box a camera came in, and found a large box that said "pictures". Sure enough, a box of pictures, and quite a few negatives, too. At least this box of stuff has been sorted through within the past ten years, and there are no slides in the box.

That is a big, deep closet, and I have to use a stepladder to get to the top shelf. Also found a computer keyboard on that shelf?


Dan came in to visit this morning. She rubs on EVERYTHING. She knocked over this basket of knitting at the top of the stairs.

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My second camera sold for more than I expected on EBay Have to finish getting it ready to ship tomorrow.

Just found out something disturbing about my new Bose Sound Dock. It has no on/off switch. That means I can't lose the remote!

Wednesday

Kasey and I made muffins for supper last night. I let her break the eggs by herself (then fished the shells out) and she put the dough in the cups. They were terrible! The recipe came from a very old cookbook from the Park (Shelter) Homemakers. It was Barrie's Grandma Myrtles recipe. It called for 3 TBSP baking powder. Must have been a mistake. Maybe they would be better with just 3 tsp baking powder?


Found this old photo of Dan and Chloe as kittens right after they took up residence at my house.

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The art room was full at Rendezvous Pointe this morning. It would have been hard to fit anyone else in at the tables. Everyone was there (except Judi), Les is back from Alaska, and Miriam C. joined us.

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The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

Quit Laughing.

Tuesday

Ah, the road that keeps going and going, and going.

The year my Mom passed away, I made many trips over South Pass to Riverton, and took several pictures. I can't even count the number of times I've driven over that Hill, sometimes with mandatory chains, sometimes following a snow plow, sometimes trying stay between the reflector posts, and sometimes turning around because they closed it.

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My new Bose sound dock came yesterday. Simple to set up and use, and the sound is wonderful. I can hear a big difference in the sound of the music on my iPod, not so much on XM radio, but still great. I'm listening to Oak Ridge Boys right now.

Last night I listened to Floyd Cramer. I didn't even know I liked Floyd Cramer, but I had 29 of his songs downloaded to my iPod!

The other cat, Dan, came to visit yesterday. Barrie says she hates her, because she can't walk. Dan wraps herself around our ankles, and won't move away.

Monday

Kasey loves to count - especially to ten. If there aren't ten objects to count, she just keeps going to ten anyway.

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Bright sunny day, but it's only 2 degrees. Don't know how cold it got last night.

The first camera I listed on EBay sold, and the second one has one bid, so it will be gone too. That will leave me me with just three cameras, plus my compact camera. Now I need to get the video camera listed. Just had to have the darned thing, and have used it very seldom. Don't even know how to use it for sure.

I finished "The Girl Who Played with Fire" last night. I have the next one of the series on my Kindle. Funny how I didn't even like the first book, but really liked the second one. Maybe I should read the first one over again.

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I was asked, "Watcha doing today?" I said, "Nothing." they said, "You did that yesterday." I told them, "I WASN'T FINISHED!"