Hot Rod Harry

Well the kid (Cameron) got his first speeding ticket the other night. Can't seem to keep his foot out of it since putting the new engine in his Monte especially since the pipes sound sweet when it's romped on pretty good. The problem is, Missoula is currently being visited by Hell's Angels. Everywhere you turn you see the black of leather and hear the rumble of Harleys. Of course the police are on full patrol and pulling over everything that doesn't follow the rules to a "T." He got to take a field sobriety test, just in case, and was ticketed for 10 miles over the speed limit. Good thing he pays his own insurance cuz it's gonna suck now. Oh the lessons of life can be difficult yet sometimes they just have to be that way for us to learn a single blasted thing.

He better behave on the drive down to Oregon or I'll throw him in the gorge.

A Little Friday Humor

For those of you feeling like you may get a little wild and crazy tonight...................

Patiently Waiting

I got the car rental buttoned down the other day for the trip to OR next month. I'm excited to see what they will have us drive. Of course I wanted a Charger and Cameron wanted a Monte Carlo but Enterprise couldn't make a guarantee of what they would have at the time so it's a crap shoot.

Waiting for vacation feels like forever and then as we all know, once it's here, it will fly. Can't wait, though. It's much needed. Sometimes I look back at the past year and wonder how we did it but then everyone knows the answer to that if you know me and the kind of person I am.

Back to work tomorrow...damn! I only got to sleep in once this weekend. That should be a punishable crime!

Montana Humor

Snorkeling in Montana.........alcohol may have been involved.

Plugging into July

I made it past my birthday. Now I'm on the home stretch for the 40 year old club. Wonder if it's like boy and girl scouts, will I get a badge? My birthday was fun. A bunch of my friends and I got together at Bonner Park that night because the Missoula City Band was playing...it was cool stuff like music from Pirates of the Carribean. My friends forgot to bring my birthday cake so I didn't have any candles to blow out but right about at the same time, Mt Sentinel caught on fire so they told me I could go try to blow the mountain out. It was pretty spectacular until Gracie looked up and saw the fire, panicked and puked. Dairy Queen everywhere. It's all good now.

About 300 acres burned. We now have a black mountain to look at on the drive to work. I giggle every time I look at it thinking what great friends I have to light a mountain for me on my birthday.

We Survived

Well we made it through the 4th of July without any medical emergencies. Everyone was well behaved, except my neighbor. He showed up on my doorstep Thursday night with artillery shells and rum. I shoooed him away and carried on. We ate BBQ and watched the fireworks Friday night then went out for a little tailfeather shaking afterwards. All in all I'd call the day a successful one.
Saturday was a day of reflecting and napping. It felt good to relax. Sunday was girl day for me and Grace. We hung out doing foo fooey things that boys don't like to do. I love having a girl to play with. She's still at the age where she thinks I'm cool, unlike the boys. They think I'm cool when I share my finances with them........doesn't seem fair.
I rode my bike to work this morning and it sucked because I haven't for a couple days now. Gotta get back into the groove of peddling my ass around town again.

Happy Independence Day

So let's not forget why we are celebrating this day. It's not about the bbq and fireworks. Our men and women throughout the years have fought their asses off to keep us free and that's the way I'd like it to stay. Keep that little tidbit in the back of your mind as you're sucking the last of the sauce off the chicken leg today. Much love to all of you.......please come back with all 10 fingers.