Allergy season

OK, it's here. I didn't want to admit it, but it's true. The grass seed is in the air, and with it came my sneezes, red itchy eyes, itchy skin, drippy nose, and cough.
The last three or four nights I have woken up in the middle of the night to a drippy nose. This in turn wakes my husband up, and that is NO good. So, the past three or four nights I have moved myself to the couch to blow, sneeze, squirm, and suffer.
Tonight was no different... I found myself on the couch at a decent hour this time, and was able to catch the last half hour of CSI: New York. nice.
However, I am still awake. I tried the air conditioner, meds, TV, the couch, and now laundry and blogging. Still awake. It's 11:45. nice.
So, to all of your allergy suffers out there, I'm feelin' ya. Hang in there, this too shall pass.
To all of you who don't know or understand what in the world I'm talking about, I hate you. =)

Catching up

Some pictures of what we have been up to this year.
Tubing in January at HooDoo.


Salmon fishing on the Columbia in March (?)


Wives club celebration in June.


Memorial Day camping with the CEM crew.

The Shack

I just finished reading The Shack. This is a book I could have read in one day. It grabbed my attention, and kept me curious through out the entire book. This doesn't happen too often for me. I struggle when reading books like this.
This book made me stop and think about things in a different way. My religion, Christianity, spirituality, my God, everything.
It makes you think about God and religion in a new way. If you don't believe, you might after this book. If you do believe, you might believe something different by the time you finish this book. It is amazing. I recommend that you go to Wal-Mart, to Amazon, or to your local book seller and read this book. I'm glad I did, and I think you'll be glad you did too.

Ty

Here is a link to the East Oregonian article on Ty Hansell.
http://www.eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&subsectionID=48&articleID=79346&Q=35762.05

I can't believe it...

Yesterday, as I was browsing in Borders, looking at books and enjoying my morning I got a phone call that stopped my world. I lost the ability to talk, I had to sit down.
As I was looking in the 'education' section at Borders, my phone started singing to me. I stopped what I was doing, grabbed my phone, and saw that it was my good friend Lindsay.
The moment she and I spoke our hellos, I knew something was wrong.
She gently told me that the husband of my of my favorite people had suffered a massive stroke the night before, had been life flighted to Portland, and was on life support. They were waiting for all of the family to arrive, and then they would take him off of life support. There wasn't anything they could do for him.
15 minutes later Lindsay called me back to tell me he was gone. It was confirmed. This man I had known only for a short time, but whose family was so important to me was dead.
I was halted in my little world. So many questions, so many uncertainties, so many tears.
So please, keep the Hansell family in your prayers over these next weeks. This is going to be a hard blow to get over, but I know they will be fine. They are a wonderful family. Our thoughts and prayers will be needed though.

projects

So I have had a few days at home now, and as you may know from my last post, I have had a chance to rejuvenate myself. I'm feeling a little bit more rested, and ready to get creative again. So I have begun to dig into my craft room, sift through the piles, and remember what it is that I want to do. I have so many projects that I want to work on and FINISH this summer...so here is my chance, right?!

Here they are, in no particular order:

Make a book for Brandon about his trip to Idaho.

Make a graduation book for my sister, she earned her Masters Degree this month!

Burn Luke's graduation pictures onto a CD and send to him. Maybe make a book for him?

Make a frame for my good friend Nate and his bride to be Bethany.

Make a frame for my friend Jill and her husband to be Corey?

Organize my school stuff and put it away. (Still waiting for another job interview).

There are more, but lets start small. haha very funny.