So I’m not a coffee drinker per say in the traditional sense. I’m a Frappe sorta girl that likes her limited amount of coffee blended with ice and loaded with whipped cream on top, and sometimes a touch of caramel to top it off. Continue reading
And that’s all I have to say about that…
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| Yup, Andre up to no good! |
I know I’ve been promising you an introduction to Andre, and well I’ve finally gotten around to writing the post. Part of the delay was me thinking about how to introduce her…to only post good pictures and paint her in a good light. Uh yeah… Continue reading
Just so you know I didn’t have any additional incidents with the trailer, thank God! Well, other than the fact that on our way home I didn’t close the fridge completely…yeah, a bit of a mess. And the fact that my hubby wouldn’t allow me to use my new portable toilet, he didn’t want to deal with black water on the first camping trip…don’t worry, I forgave him for that one.
So the whole purpose of this vacation was to meet up with Andre and her family and to travel to Sagle, Idaho because we were so close…alright, we weren’t that close, about four hours away, but after what happened on the way to the campsite, let’s just say my hubby and boys didn’t complain about driving me four hours to visit Sagle.
…and I wish they had complained because the trip up/down, well, it was something else!
Let’s start out with: It was a dark and dreary morning, the clouds clung to the mountain tops christening them with their tears…You got it, it was raining. No, it wasn’t just raining, it was pouring. For four hours up and four hours back…it rained relentlessly. Getting any decent shots were next to nil and spending four, no wait, eight hours in a truck with three men…there are no words to describe the experience. They say pictures paint a thousand words…go painting.
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| Pouring rain the entire trip. Welcome to Coeur d’Alene… |
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| Gotta love the hubby, he’s soooo, well, you can come up with something on your own. |
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| Mr Looks So Innocent – NOT! |
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| What mom? I didn’t do anything, yet… |
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| Such a gloomy day, but don’t worry, the boys have their own way of brightening things up. |
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| Scenery near Sagle, Idaho |
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| Welcome to Sagle, yup, it’s really small. |
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| Your local Sagle coffee stop. |
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| And elementary school |
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| Whoa! Wait! They have railroad tracks?! |
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| Looks like the kind of place a Timeless would live, right? |
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| Roads leading to small ranches, farms, dwellings |
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| Out in the middle of nowhere |
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| Look honey, another curve in the road… |
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| Community Hall |
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| I think this road leads to the O’Shea’s temporary residence… |
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| Your official “Entering Sagle” sign |
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| And then the fun begins… |
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| The oldest swiped the camera from me |
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| The same rules apply no matter the age…if they’re quiet they’re up to no good! |
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| Yeah, what a goofball! |
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| Mr. Cool |
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| Me kindly requesting my camera back |
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| The oldest thinking he’s super funny |
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| Me threatening him harm if he doesn’t hand it over |
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| Me trying to follow through on the threat…not very well I might add. Notice the hubby laughing in the background? Yeah, funny, sweetie, very funny… |
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| I won’t bore you with the rest, but let’s just say that when I got into the car the word paparazzi was used and the pictures were being snapped wildly…mostly because I was swinging my arm in the back to grab the camera! |
I’ll let my ending comment’s be something like this:
Me replying after hubby says something that he should have regretted: “You like living on the edge, don’t you?”
Hubby: “Baby, I’m on the edge with you everyday, it’s like being on the front lines!”
Enough said!
Watch for Part III, yes, you’ll finally get to meet the real life Andre.
I know, what a strange title for a blog post…but it’s fitting and let me tell you why.
So, we went on a vacation, not a long one, but one to central Idaho to meet up with the real Andre (you’ll meet Andre in another blog posting) and her family as well as visit Sagle, Idaho, the town Cheyenne was living in when the whole story started. Continue reading
So, a few weeks ago Sam and I were chatting…okay, it was more like she was being my ‘life editor’, but that’s a whole other story all together.Anyway, the topic came up that I’m pretty open with you about myself, my likes and dislikes, and probably more things about my life in general than you’d care to know. Sam challenged me to come up with at least ten things that you probably didn’t know about me, not that you cared, but I figured I could do it quite easily and came up with ten, plus a bonus one.
So to get the ball rolling I thought I’d start with things you do know about me.
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| Homemade caramel…yum! |
Things you probably already know…
I’m a carmelholic, yup, I have a serious addiction to the sugary sweet stuff.
I’m an author who writes YA Novels.
I live in Idaho with my husband, two boys and Crazi Mandi, my yellow lab.
I love just about anything related to romances…movies, books, songs.
Eleven things you probably didn’t know about me…
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| Yup, that’s me in my favorite leopard shirt. |
1. I was born in Ohio and moved around a bit spending a good majority of my K-12 years in Colorado. Okay, I moved there when I was in third grade, but close enough.
2. I am the youngest in the family, yes, the baby. I have an older sister and brother and the stories I could tell…
3. I once got into a fist fight. Yeah, you read that right, a fist fight with the neighbor girl. Let’s just say my sister made me do it and the girl got what she deserved. I was bullied and well, had enough.
4. I’ve been working since I was fourteen. I started out babysitting and then moved up to Dairy King, not the Queen, but the King. 
5. My father insisted that I knew how to maintain my car. I can change oil, replace brakes, install new gaskets, give a tune up and change a tire with the best of them.
6. I begged for a flute as a child, my parents bought me a piano. I took lessons, but my loving siblings used to close the cover on my hands while I practiced…sweet, right?
7. I’ve been known to rip out drywall, tile, reroof, frame, lay hardwood, and paint just about any surface imaginable. I even once made a coffee table out of a garden gate…the hubby hated it. I kept telling him it was shabby sheik, but he didn’t buy it.
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| My garden gate coffee table…that I no longer own. |
8. I love photography. My favorite subject is nature, flowers, bees, ladybugs, trees, leaves, and if you can name it I’ve probably taken a picture of it. What can I say? I’m an artist at heart.
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| Me and Santa |
9. I’m related to Santa Clause, he’s the hubby’s uncle. And here’s your picture proof.
10. I hate spiders! As a child, my brother locked me in a crawl space and spiders were crawling all over me…hate them with a passion. I once even slugged the hubby in the face while I slept because I dreamed a spider was beside me. I laughed, he didn’t… 
And finally…
11. Like my book character, Cheyenne, I have the phrase ‘tease me’ tattooed across my forehead in some sort of invisible ink that I can’t see but others do…complete strangers will harass me, and of course I give it back.
So there you have it…eleven things that you probably didn’t know about me and now do. *The sound of thundering footsteps are heard in the background* Hey!! Wait!!! Don’t run away, I have more to tell!