Anyone? Well, someone might have gotten older today too, but we will just be happy with wiser...and if we get technical, we all got a day older today...but nobody is gonna sing to meeeeeee.

Ok, where did everybody go???? I am gonna go have some tea now...life is good, so share the wealth! What really great things happened for you today? Movie recommendation! Wild Hogs is funneeeeee, if you are looking for a new comedy to enjoy...we bought it we like it so much. William H. Macy makes the movie, if you ask me, which is weird since I don't ever remember thinking of him as being funny.

Here is an intentional thought for week two. Happy Monday Everyone. It is going to be a wonderful day today, filled with lots of positive experience...remember, the point of the journey is to be joyful, so"in joy" the ride!"I am giving the Universe positive thoughts and feelings today. What I am thinking and feeling continues to expand as the Universe says yes to me today and every day."

Happy Friday to you all! Fall is in the air, and if I look closely, the trees are beginning to turn golden. Our weather still remains hot and dry. I looked out of my office window yesterday afternoon, and there was so much smoke in the air, that the hills were starting to fade into nothingness. The firing center set something on fire, and then I understand that we have a fire up the Rattlesnake someplace too. Life has been busy, but very good. I am very much enjoying work, and as we are really...

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I think that it would be great if we had a weekly intention...meaning a spiritual request, statement...an affirmation of gratitude and positive energy. Remember, the more positive energy we exude, the more powerfully the Universe hears the intention, and responds with doing. This was sent to me in an email. It seems appropriate. Write on your mirror for this week:"I am grateful for all my experiences in life.I am learning to receive the good from all oflife. I am blessed with added faith and...

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What a terrific weekend! The weather has been beautiful, and we have missed"hot" for the last fewdays. It has been pleasant, and was perfect for company. Dad, Peggy and Violet arrived Wednesday night. They stayed at Frank and Karen's house, but came to visit us during the day. I took Friday off, so that I could see them too! Peggy and Violet baked chocolate cake to celebrate Ron's birthday, and we BBQed a big salmon that was given to me by a fishing friend. Dad kicked our heineys at croquet...

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Good Morning all of you excellent Todnems! Happy Birthday to the beautiful redhead in the East! You are probably sleeping in from your deployment day, but we want you to have an amazing birthday day today. It is not every year that you get to be twenty nine again..or again. I really do wish that we lived closer so that we could go do girl stuff, or hen stuff...whatever.It looks like it is going to be another sunny day in Yakima. We have had some cooler temperatures (and by cooler, I mean in...

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Hi All! Kjetil, I am soooo glad to hear from you, and to know that you are doing well! I am sorry that I have been the absent one...don't worry, as Uncle Dave mentioned, this is just my form of chat mode...sort of a processing mechanism, or virtual diary of a sort. It is most likely in that the apple just did not fall far from the Mommy tree, so I come by it naturally...and I will get back into it sooooon. I am glad that Grandma is doing well, and will put some energy out for answers...it is...

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Where did everyone go? Uncle Dave is probably hunting skunks...Dad must be incapacitated by the wounded finger, Peggy and Violet are poolin' in up, Jeff and HeatherDawn are toolin' around in their hybrid, and Grandpa is hangin' around in his underwear. Doesn't anyone have ANYTHING to write????

I am really missing the wit of our friend from the North East...so I hope that all is going well, and that your family is enjoying one another and thriving.

Happy Monday Everyone! It is the beginning of another week of opportunity. I got the pond in this weekend. It was a fair amount of work, but fun. I only had to make one quick trip to Naches, with the kids, to get a few odds and ends to make it work. Of course, Zachary tried to climb into their bitty shopping carts, by himself, and launched himself into the concrete, but our trauma was shortlived. The kids and I then headed for the hills, in search of rock. Since I could only partially dig the...

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Hey All, Everyone must be busy with Summer chores...the evenings around here are lovely, and it is hard to come in at night. Kids are not going to sleep until ten o'clock at night...I cannot blame them. I bought my pond tonight, with pump, so I am excited to start my project. It will take some sweat, but I hope that the end result is worth it. I will take some before and after pics.Thank you Melody for the beautiful card...Michael has not been in yet to see it, but I posted it on the...

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Well, he had a very long fuzzy life, but Tas died today. He was acting funny last night, and I thought that perhaps he was shutting down, and Michael came home and found him under the rose bush in the back yard. Not under the house, thankfully. We should have probably entered him into the Guiness Book of World Records as the longest living Bichon, since he outlived all of the rest by about five year. He was a good dog, loving and kind, and we will miss him.

Ok everyone! I have a new book for you. As you may know, I have put requests out to the Universe to send my information as I need it. My friend Cheryl hand delivered me a copy of The Secret. Go get a copy and READ IT! It is more on the incredible power of positive thinking, but in a non-religious format. VERY interesting. Get a copy for yourself!

Hi! Do you remember when it was that you sent me the information on the pond construction? I am not finding it...gonna start digging today. I know that pasted it into a blog, but I am not coming up with it. HELP!

Good Morning All! I think that we are supposed to be another 100 plus, toasty degrees today. Ugh. Mostly I do not mind, but getting into the car after it has been sitting in the heat, makes me feel like a butter cookie.Michael and I took the day off yesterday to attend Nellie's funeral. It was a nice service, but very disorganized. Nobody had told Michael that he was a pallbearer. The poor family got launched into a surprise receiving line in the front row, as people filed past the casket. The...

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Well, everyone must be out enjoying the Summer sunshine...have a wonderful day today!

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Sunday! It looks like it is going to be another beeeeautiful day in the Valley. While is was warm and sunny yesterday, we got a reprieve from the hot hot weather, as we had a nice wind blowing. The wind also helped kick the fire into gear last night, when someone started one off the side of the road by Matson's ranch. This is only somewhere between a quarter and a half mile upwind from our house...and Matson raises hay. Needless to say, I was out last night creating...

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Good Morning Todnems! We are home. I have a quick minute before I rush off to work...Zachary, Brianna and I had a wonderful trip south. We were entertained, fed and relaxed. Grandpa and Grandma are most likely still prone on a floor or chair somewhere, trying to recover from the sheer shock of it all. I will catch up with more later.Michael called me as I was approaching Portland, to see where we were. He has been spending all of his spare time over at Boone and Nellie's house, as Nellie's...

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No Notes from the South. No Notes from the North. No Notes from across the Sea. I sit down and waitTo read notes of lateOnly to catch up with Me.Notes are a great way to sayAll that goes on in your day, It thrills us to share, Reminds us to care, So sit down and write or PAY! The Summer is chalk full of fun, And most of us enjoy the sun, We are playing awayAnd filling our daysWith chores that never get done! I know that writings a choreOr perhaps your day was a boreIt does not matter at all, A...

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