Thursday

I didn't have time to post my after school things last week or this, so here is a composite memoir!

Last Thursday I went to Boise right from school got on an airplane Friday and ended up at a weekend long birthday party for my 30 year old baby in Kansas City, MO. It was fun! Both daughters and I had a great time eating, shopping, laughing and hanging out together. We picked KC because it was easy for all 3 of us to get to and far enough away from Holly's house that she wouldn't plan to go home after dinner with her sister. She didn't know I was coming, thought she was meeting here little sister at the KC airport and the first words out of her mouth when I got off the plane were, "What are you doing here?" SURPRISE!!!!!

My trip home was less than enjoyable but the time spent with my kids made whatever mess I ended up in worth it.

So, I left KC Sunday evening with plans to be in Boise Sunday night and plans to drive home Monday giving me time for laundry and recuperation after the weekend. Instead I went from Denver International to the Denver Holiday Inn with a rerouted Monday morning flight to Spokane then a flight on another airline to Boise. I got hone 6:30 Monday evening and went to sleep! My Sunday night plane to Boise had mechanical issues and by the time they were fixed, fog had shut down Boise's airport. Flight canceled...


This Thursday, I came home turned on an episode of Monk and took a nap in front of the tv, a good place for me to drift off for a short snooze, then left for Pendleton at 4 to rehearse with the Inland Northwest Orchestra. Good drive, good rhearsal, good trip home, home by 12:30 and there were a bunch of deer in my yard! Sort of a welcome home gathering! They hopped over the fence and left as soon as I opened my car door but it was still fun to see them!

Many thanks to Matt for getting my music and getting it to me in time, now you may graduate! LOL (Yes, another internet abbreviation on the PAN blog! or YAIAOTPANB!)

Sickness Cancels School and a New Website

Today I am taking advantage of our rarely working Internet. The event that brought me to this rare event was too many sick children at Providence. In the interest of everyones well-being we decided to take the day off. I was really surprised when no one complained. As I type I am uploading the latest changes to the school website and I think the new look is a good one. I still would like to see more student pictures on the front page but size is always an issue. The Seniors are hard at work on the Lostine History Project and soon we will have our first five Alumni interviews online (both text and audio).
In other news: yesterday we were blessed to get a wireless internet connection at school (courtesy of an anonymous donation) and by the end of next week we hope to have internet available for student research! What a long awaited blessing that will be. God is very good to provide what we need just when we need it.

If anyone is actually interested...

Here's a further edit of the wedding picture from Nathaniel's post.

Brian Buck's Ireland Adventure

Providence Academy - Friday night was the scene of a blowout success as Brian Buck presented a slideshow of his recent trip in Ireland. He told some great stories, relating one in which he could have potentially been blown off a cliff. There was an intermission at a point, with refreshments. After the intermission Brian resumed his narrative slideshow of his trip.













It had been previously reported that Brian left Ireland with more money than he possessed upon coming to Ireland. This was confirmed at Providence by Brian himself.












It is reported that Brian is currently sick. He was coughing at the presentation, and was not present at Christ Covenant Church today. Poor Brian. Pray for him.

Kiss Crop

Yes, here is the long awaited edit. Well, edits. Lawl.

Anyway, compare against here, and tell me what you think.

The next installment. . .

You've all been waiting for it so here it comes!

After school today I went home with my chauffeur. (The hubby came to get me) and we went to Wallowa to get new snow tires on my car. It took about an hour to get through it and as I was sitting there in my car listening to Piano Puzzler on NPR, semi watching Kevin and the Hubby messing about with the tires, I fell asleep! I was awakened abruptly when the hubby opened the car door and set the 'keys are in the ignition' reminder pinging. I assumed it was the alarm clock and woke confused and searching for the snooze button.

This tells me that I need to go to bed earlier at night!

Then, to make amends, the hubby suggested we stop and get a pizza to take home for dinner, then we needed gas so we went to Gobels. Then headed home but noticed that, as Wallowa doesn't have a Dunkin' Donuts, a Sheriff and a State Cop car were parked in front of the Blond Strawberry.

This tells me that we have 'cool' law enforcement personnel.

As we came to Lostine, we drove through the Blue Banana and I ordered yet another Peppermint Mocha. Loretta laughed at me. She knows what I want when I get there and I just have to order 'the usual'!

This tells me I am stuck in a rut. I like my rut, it's warm and cozy and tastes like Christmas!

Then we came home, did the chores, cooked that pizza and I did a load of laundry, read the paper and sent the Hubby up for his pre-work nap.

Somethings never change!

Here are some photos from the recent Tollefson-Leithart wedding in Pullman, Idaho. I took them using my parents camera, which is an older Nikon. The last one is a modified version of the kiss photograph.