Duane's Birthday!!

Today is Duane (and Wayne's, of course!) birthday.... So, what is he doing? Helping one of our neighbors replace his 2 broken fence posts!! Our neighbor hasn't a clue of what he is doing, good thing my handy hubby is there to help!! I am hoping they wrap it up so we can go have a birthday lunch before I leave for work, I have to be there at 4:30, so with traffic I need to leave at around 3:15. We will see. I work until 11pm tonight, and then have to get up around 4am in the morning or so, ugh!! Duane and I are meeting his folks and their builder in Prineville to discuss details on the building of their new house in Bend. The builder lives in Prineville, so figured that would be a good place to meet. Then we can go up and visit our property, and get back home since Duane has to work on Friday. Well, that is all for now, I am going to go take a shower and go to the store to get some stuff for Dad's lunch while we are gone tomorrow!! I will try to get a current "Birthday" picture of Duane today!!

This picture of Duane is about 2 years old, I know it's kinda creepy posting one of him at a grave marker, but I like the picture!! We were in L.A. at the gravesite of Curly from the 3 Stooges. Duane has always loved them, and said it was the closest he would ever get to their greatness!! His brother, Shemp Howard is in the mausoleum there, we saw that as well. Kinda cool!!

Finally, a little time to catch up!

Here are a few photos from my trip to Idaho, didn't take a lot this time!! I picked up Susie's little girl in The Dalles, she had been staying with her Grandma Joyce in Dufur, so I got to take Holly on home to Weiser. It was great to have the company, it made the trip over go so much faster! Holly just turned 8 in June, and has started 3rd grade. Hard to believe she's that big!! I told Susie that I would be stealing her away in a year or so to hang out with me so I can spoil her rotten!! She's so cute, likes makeup a lot!! I had an extra lipstick, so I gave it to her for her purse. I bought her a powder compact too. She and I would put on our makeup every day, she is quite a pro now!! Her Mom doesn't wear it at all, so I think I will be her instructor, which suits me just fine, lol!! We did our usual, shopped til' we dropped, ate a lot, and enjoyed celebrated Susie's birthday on Saturday (Aug15th). We started the day with "facials" and then went to Boise for a shopping trip to the outlet mall. I was there from Thursday afternoon, until Monday morning, then the long trip home. Not as much fun by myself!! Now the trip with Lois coming up, I have been dragging my feet making our reservations for the motel, it is so expensive over by the Wallowas. I need to go get on with it, I guess!!

Total Meltdown.....

Not 10 minutes after I got to work, long story short, a lady yelled at me and told me I was rude!! If I was, it was not my intent. I have been yelled at, cussed at, demeaned, ignored, interrupted and discriminated against over the past almost 30 years. I pretty much just let it run off my back..... NOT THIS TIME!! I started crying, couldn't stop, poor Kyle (my coworker)!
Kyle sent me off the floor, told me to get some iced tea or something. I went in the bathroom, kept crying. Went to our locker room, kept crying. Got my cell and headed for Starbucks, kept crying!! I called Duane, he tried to settle me down, it kind of helped, but still took me a while. Finally got myself together enough to get a venti green tea, by this time a half an hour had went by!! Poor Kyle was hammered with customers, and had called apparel to cover for him so he could do a customer carry out. Kyle is usually a bit moody and sometimes hard to get along with, he was super to me all night last night, I felt sorry for him having to put up with a basket case!! So, now I ponder, what sent me over the edge? Reflecting, probably a lot of things.... Duane found out a couple of days ago that Albertson's parent company sold all of the Utah stores and the distribution center. The article he brought home mentioned that the new CEO is not done "trimming the fat". Basically, they over bought when the economy was high, and now need to scale down. So, we don't know when and/or if the axe will drop..... Also, a lot of pressure trying to get the bagapoo business going, my Dad drives me nuts, the heat has been stifling, and my hours at work have been all over the place. Duane also thinks the reason I have been so forgetful (AND strung out about it, thinking I am turning into my Dad!) is all of the diet soda I have been drinking. So, will cut that out and see how it goes. Over all, I think that lady yelling at me just broke the dam that had been filling up for some time. Well, gotta go, work starts in an hour!!

OMG!! Sooo Funny!!

My first attempt at downloading video to my blog!! Our 4 year old Chihuahua, Tuco Sam Overcash, and his fetish for fire truck sirens!! He howls at nothing else!! HA!!

Vacations...One right after the other!!

Here are a few more pictures from our trip..... For those who are not familiar with the super-wonderful burger chain, "In and Out" there is a picture of the one we stopped at on our way to the motel in Klammath Falls, via Redding, CA. They have the most AWESOME hamburgers, french fries, and milkshakes on the planet!! Everything is fresh, they even make their own french fries from whole potatoes!! Can't make it much fresher than that!! They are all over California, Duane has been known to hit them twice in one day when we have visited Southern CA, and he is a health consious person by far!! In and Out is worth the risk of heart clogging!

Okay, seriously.... I no more get back from our vacation, and, on the 13th of Aug I am off again, this time on my own!! I try to get over to Idaho every year to visit my best friend Susie for her birthday, which is on the 15th. We are lucky to see each other once a year, so it's a combination visit, birthday celebration!! Her little girl Holly just turned 7 in June, she is as close to being my "kid" as I am ever going to come. I plan to kidnap her in a couple of years when she's more comfortable to be away from her Mom and Dad and spoil her rotten for weeks at a time during Summer break!! In fact, she's at her Grandma's house in Dufur (just outside of The Dalles) right now, and the plan is for me to meet them in town and take Holly back home to Weiser, ID. I am looking forward to that!! Holly usually spends a couple weeks or more with her Grandparents, and takes swimming lessons at the local pool. This year, she will be doing that, and also spending time with her Uncles, Aunts, and going to the "Thrashing Bee" event they have in Dufur every year, there is a parade and other festivities, I went with Susie years ago, and it's pretty fun!!

THEN..... in September, right after Labor Day, Lois and I might be going to the Wallowa Mtn's.

She has been wanting to go for a while now, and I have never been there, so we are planning a trip for a few days. A "girl" trip thing, I guess!! Things are pretty slow at Fred's right now, so me taking time off just gives the guy below me on the totem pole enough hours to not get laid off, so it's for a good cause, LOL!!