All we need to do now is plant

The bamboo/flower bed has been created and is ready for planting. We plan on getting the actual plants in the beds sometime in September. By the spring, we should have a nice natural privacy "fence" along the pool and deck side.

My own little bit of Paradise

Just a quick note to let everyone know that reads this that I am still doing well and enjoying the summer.

LIFE IS GOOD!!!

Two Weeks

Its been 2 weeks since Sierra and I have been back in Idaho and all is still going well. I have gotten alot of things accomplished and currently Kyle and I are building our version of the "Great Wall" but in our backyard.

Let me explain further. We are building a bamboo/flower bed in the open area by the pool and deck. The bamboo will grow in the raised wall bed in the back and then we will have grasses and flowers in the lower portion. In theory, this will provide for a natural privacy fence as well as bringing some color and foliage to the back yard. We have really enjoyed the back yard alot more this year and I think that the deck and pool have contributed to that.

Until next time.........

Being a Statistic

After enjoying the sunny weekend, hanging out with Diana and Sierra, relaxing in the pool, and getting back in the Idaho groove, I plan to go on Monday and start "signing up for unemployment" now that I am physically back in the state. Yes - I am going to do my part to bring the unemployment rate in Idaho down even lower.

North to Alaska !!!

Not me, but Kyle. After having a nice day with Kyle on Friday, and after Diana got home from work, we got Kyle all packed and then all of four of us headed to the airport so that Kyle could catch his evening flight to Anchorage Alaska, via Seattle. He and his Auntie Linda and a few others head out this weekend out of Anchorage for a weeks long excursion of floating the river fishing and doing some river dip netting down in Kenai. If only I would have planned it better, so that I could have went with him. At least I wouldn't have had to drive.

We Are Back In Idaho

After 4 days of driving, Sierra and I got into Boise around 5pm Thursday afternoon. Since Diana was working during this time, Sierra and I decided to swing by her job and say hello before coming to Nampa.

After getting home to Nampa (taking the back roads), and being greeted by Kyle, we unloaded the van of the cedar hope chest, antique chair, and all of the other things that came with us across the United States, and then settled into a nice reunion evening. As Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz, "There's No Place Like Home".

Last Day

We woke up in Wyoming on Thursday and headed back to Idaho. It was a great drive but seemed to last longer than the previous day, even though in reality it was a shorter day. Driving through the western part of Wyoming and then Utah was ok and the sights were awesome. I enjoyed seeing all of the wind farms and really hope that this alternative energy source catches on and becomes a normal thing to see more of, even in Idaho.