History, indeed!

     No matter what...we have history in the making happening right now!
     Either an African American President or a woman Vice President will be elected in only two months!
     We are alive in an incredible time! It's crazy to think it was only in 1870 (15th Amendment) that all men were allowed to vote, and then later in 1920 (19th Amendment) women, too. That's not that long ago at all.
     Can you imagine what people like Elizabeth Cady Stanton or Hiram Revels would have to say??
     The other day I was involved in a conversation about the meth-heads arrested in Denver and believed to have planned an assassination attempt on Obama.
     That is such a fearful thing to me. That we live in a time where someone would kill our President because of the color of his skin.
     Of course, everyone is jumping all over Obama's slip when he introduced Biden as the next President, and then corrected to Vice President. A prediction?
     Of course, one cannot forget when Marilyn Monroe (because she arrived so late to the event) was introduced as the Late Marilyn Monroe, only to die just a few months later. Creepy.
     I hope I live in a country where Obama's speaking mistake will not come true!

So, here was the first assignment (notice how many words the title is)

     Today we did a little spin on the six-word memoir, and rather than write our life stories in a short little sentence, we wrote six-word summer stories!
     Some of them were fantastic! Here are some of my favorites.
     Why is summer always too short?
     I like to golf and fish.
     I am glad to be back.
     First love, first car, I'm sixteen.
     I missed my friends; divorce sucks.
     Belief: Everything changes for a reason.
     Half of my to do list.
     Horse, family, move: all equal happiness.

     The last three are mine. What's yours??

CODY

will be home on Friday, and I can't hardly believe it. SIGH.

My baby is coming home!!!

Cody will be home on Friday!!!! I can't wait! He's so cute; he sent his request for certain meals, his favorites :)

Dog days of summer, literally!

I have a Chihuahua named Turbo, and we often call him Turby! He is naked on his tummy, and for whatever reason people think that I shave him??!! But, the vet said he has a recessive gene from a hairless Chihuahua. Thank goodness it only affected his tummy! LOL!

Turbo hooked up with our Pomeranian/Datsun dog, Gracie. She had the most beautiful puppies ever, one of which is Rambo. He is the most loving dog on the planet.

They are both such a part of our family!

Anyhoot, I caught them the other day lounging like cats in the sunshine from the window.

Here is Turb:


His son Rambo:


And, the complete pic:

My baby!!!!

     Cody is coming home next week!! I can't believe he will be here on Friday. I am totally happy, happy, happy about it!
     I haven't hugged that little fart since January.

Working at the car wash!

     If you have ever had the pleasure of fundraising with kids, you no doubt have either worked a car wash for endless hours or a bake sale, right?
     WELL...hold onto your shorts folks! Here is the twist on our car wash FUNdraiser!
     Brett Yusi (a local Okanogan businessman and HUGE supporter of our kids, and someone I consider a family friend) invited the OHS Fall Cheer girls to DRY at the car wash!
     Yup, we are drying cars for donations. And, the super cool thing is that Brett Yusi is going match what we collect! Plus, he even bought all the girls t-shirts for the occasion!
     SO, come out and support his new car wash, which by the way, I love the automatic one!!
     We will be out there this Wednesday, August 20th from 1:00 p.m. until around 3:30 or so at the Clean Image Car Wash across from the Western and right next to Randy's Towing on Elmway.
     I know they are doing a live radio broadcast and giving out all sorts of prizes and stuff!
     Bring your dirty rigs in!