Truer Words...

In response to this......
Chelsea’s wedding: $15K for toilets

My grandma said this....
You can crap in any toilet!

UnHappy Swimmers

Boating in the lake was not quite what everyone expected. Stinky Pete finished the swim-check in no time flat. She said it was totally easy. Kelly and Barbara finished a little while after Stinky Pete. Then there was all that drama about buddies and lack of buddies and little children and, and, and....

Finally they got to go in a rowboat.

We didn't, but I think we still had fun anyway.

This is Eugene's weird water dance. It was hilarious!

Happy Campers

We made it to camp and spent several glorious days relaxing.

Here are some random shots of our fun.

Farmer at Heart

After a rest in Butt(e), Montana -- actually we didn't even drive into Butt(e) we stayed on the outskirts in Rocker, Montana. Which is an ok place, but just so you know... make sure and take shampoo with you. Seriously, what hotel in this day and age doesn't at least have a tiny bottle of shampoo?! Motel 6 in Rocker doesn't.

Anyway, we had a long drive still to go. But we did manage to stop and enjoy these -

This is the tractor I want. The exact one. Someday....

Oh, and funny story about the tractor store. As I was perusing the racks of clothes, someone pages Mike Rowe. I immediately perk up and start frantically scanning for that amazing, hilarious man. No such luck. Then my mom apparently said she heard them page "The Dirty Jobs Guy" and I again started searching. If a new Dirty Jobs airs about the John Deere store in Missoula, I'll be pissed that I was there and didn't get to meet Mike Rowe.

That would have been AWESOME!

After Missoula, we drove and drove, then wandered around Main Street in Couer d'Alene.

I found some great jewelry and saw these cute little statues.

Museums of Potatoes

We headed off on our LONG drive to Warshington. I've heard rumors that the Potato Museum can't be missed, so we stopped. Too bad it was closed for the evening. I did manage to get this shot from the car.

And since I've never seen the actual falls that Idaho Falls is named after, we stopped there as well. I wasn't too impressed, but whatever. The rotten fish stench left much to be desired. Even with the smell there was a ton of people enjoying the nice summer weather.

Changes

So apparently I logged onto my blog and found a fancy little note stating my background was going to disappear if I didn't change it. Well, I didn't want to change it and I like the black/white/red design. But I tried to fix it and since I'm only a basic blogger, we ended up with this new fancy design. Hope it is pleasing to all of you, if not... too bad.

Out of the mouth....

Statement of the month (although it was said last month, or maybe the month before -- it is still hilarious and I need it documented forever).

Scene: Me jumping out and scaring Eugene. Later, Eugene jumping up and scaring Grandma. She responded by saying he scared her.
To which Eugene replied, in his most serious voice, "Jamie scared me out of the crap."

Still funny!

Feel Bads

I really don't know what to say.... I have neglected this fancy little blog for quite some time. Although I know my followers are limited to a select few, I feel bad for myself for seeming like I don't have any funny things to share with the Internet Machine.

I have reasons - they aren't excuses if they are true! Work has been chaotic. This new job thing has actually been great. The first month was really hard and I worried daily that I would be yelled at for unknown reasons. (And just so you know, that has never happened). I lucked out and got a GREAT supervisor who is open to my ramblings about the Evil Ice Queen (sometimes when I am really mad at her I will add a mean word to the end of that title, but I will save your precious minds today). And that GREAT supervisor is also SO easy going, I'm starting to feel my place in the social work arena again.

Even with all that goodness, I had a lot of crazy cases. In a matter of three weeks I had to remove six -- yes I typed that correctly, SIX -- children. Three separate cases, three separate court hearings, a bazillion documents to fill out. This has consumed me all day and sometimes into the evening.

Today, I finally have a little breathing room. Actually I do have some paperwork I need to get caught up on, but I have a couple hours to work on that still.

And just in case you were wondering..... I haven't only done work things for the past month. I also got new eyes, went jet-skiing for the first time, and knitted up some treasures. (I did other things too I'm sure, I just don't want to make you jealous of all my fun -- or announce that I'm boring because I only did those few things).

Later today I'm off to the fabulous state of Warshington again. Road-tripping up then flying home. I will make sure and take lots of glorious pictures so this little blog can get back on track.