I hate cats!

After several weeks I've got my washer and dryer hooked up! What a difference being able to do laundry makes, it feels like home. How sad. So I'm doing house work and evertime I walk near the laundry room where I keep the cat food, my two cats, Larry and Mac, make a fuss running under my feet! Urr. They are on a diet too. Anyway, it's their lunch time so I feed them. They chow, I continue to do house work. I hear someone horking in the other room! And there is Mac barfing up his lunch on my pair of carharts! This, I can wash, but when I let out a "I'm going to kill you" :) he runs over to the rug to continue. I rent my house from my employer and I'm very sure he wouldn't be happy to be aware of all the cat puck piles I randomly find in every room! I hate cats! So, more laundry. And during all my hard labors to keep my house clean, any moment I sit to rest...one of either frickin cat jumps on my lap. Every time I sit down, every time I get on the computer. Even if they aren't there, there is enough hair on every surface to equal for a full grown cat. Hmm, more laundry. Will they ever die? I love my Mac and Larry.

Oh, and Mac is on the arm of the couch trying to get on the computer in my lap so I will pet him which is annoying the hell out of me and I tell him so. Reena doesn't like me getting upset or she doesn't like Mac to be bad.. not sure which. I get mad enough that Mac takes off, but later gets on the back of the couch over my shoulder. And if you could see this you would think it very funny. Reena jumps up and tries to fit her little butt on the arm of the couch were Mac was and is all loving and in my face...ha. Boy is she trying hard. As most of you know, Reena would never seek loving on her own time. Or submit to tiny spaces that cramp her style. Quite the controlling bitch.

Look, more photos.

These are of the Boundary Creek WMA along the Kootenai River and the Canada Border. That line up the mountains in the trees in the Canada Border. Very cool huh.

So check this out. This is my house. When you walk in the front door you have an open area with both the dining room and living room. The dining room is right in front of you and the living room to the left. So the photos start with the dining room and move to the left. The windows above the couch are next to the front door. Not completely decorated yet, but. And the last photo is McArthur Lake (I live on this) from the air in the spring. Aint it beautiful. My house is on the left shore near the opening in the woods.

I have more photos of the area that I will share next time!

Boize dreemzs

I went to Boise this weekend! Thanks so much Jodi for putting me up on your couch. I had a great time hanging out with everyone in between cleaning my old house. I was able to bring Larry back with me, we're a full family again. While sleeping on Jodi's couch I had this dream....it started out kinda hazy. But there were two dogs.















I saw Echo...and Reena...and they were playing...awh how sweet.

They had a grand time. Then they kissed and hugged and said goodbye.

Then I woke up at at 6 am on Jodi's couch :)

Its official: Reena Scrat Bee WHIT

Well, it happened today. Reena and I earned our Wapitti Herding Instinct Test! Yes she has the instinct to chase.

So get this story! I let the pups out to potty and hear that barking and I knew the problem. I went out on the deck to see this huge elk only 50 ft away loping across the yard right in front of me - it was gorgeous. Reena coming up behind it. It didn't seem too concerned, more annoyed that he had to pick up the pace abit so early; loping not running scared. Shear size was on his side.

I couldn't call Reena off and they headed down the wide clearcut corridor along the powerline, Reena barking all the way. I ran to get my shoes and headed out calling her. As I come over a hill I see a dog standing in the middle of the powerline corridor. I'm calling but its not coming, just standing there. Ok, that thing is gray, not dark brown. Then it sits down. Watching. Like, oh this is going to be good, I gotta see this. OMG! can you beleive it! What can I do, I keep calling. Then the coyote gets up and slips into the trees on the right side of the corridor - and not 30 seconds later Reena comes out of the woods on the left side of the corridor - right across from the coyote! So the elk ran into the trees, with Reena hot on its heels, and somewhere along the line a coyote sees the spectacle and watches the whole scene! How crazy is that! I couldn't beleive it was right there, so close to Reena chasing a bull elk and it was just hanging out in the open. Seeing how she'd do I guess! I love coyotes. ...and I love living in the woods:)

too much excitement for a country hick

You can't know how excited I am to get my DirectTV set up tomorrow!! One, I have never had cable tv that I can remember. Maybe when I lived in a house with a bunch of roomates in school but I didn't watch much tv. And I feel so isolated right now that having any tv feels like a life saver! I don't know why but I've been feeling pretty off center since I came up here, probably just pressure from many different directions. With the DirectTV, I'm also getting the DVR or whatever, the little box that lets you watch you shows at anytime, rewind during the show or fast forward...all that new technology stuff I usually just ignore. I can't wait.

Yesterday Roy and I had a huge scare! We were both sitting on the couch by the wood stove, enjoying the cozy fire...ah. Out of nowhere, a huge shotgun blast goes off 4 ft from us and shrapnel of some sort flies across the room! I seriously thought a gun had went off. I couldn't hear a thing for three minutes. I looked around and saw peices of a green lighter blown to peices! I placed the lighter I used to start the fire on a lip of the fireplace. Holy shit! That thing just exploded. Peices of it 30 ft away. I still have hearing loss. Alot of good that DirectTV is going to do me now. I can still see the pictures though. All those perty people.

Wapiti herding is all the rage

The pups are great adjusting to the new rules. We've hiked near the house in both directions and I've made it clear it is a "not to far" location, 100 m at most. No disappearing at your own will REENA. And it has worked very well. I can let them out to potty and go brush my teeth or do something for five minutes and go out on the porch and yell and there they come. How great. This will be tested one day I'm sure. One morning at 6 am in the dark I open the back door and let them loose and they pop right into the middle of a herd of elk in my back yard (those tracks and scat ALL OVER my yard are hardly old). And the chase is on. My plan is to start yelling come bye till Reena understands I want her to herd them. I have confidence :) I'll just have her herd them to me standing in the sliding doors on the back porch, that's fine. She'll be real handy when the population biologists do winter herd counts. They'll all want one. You'll all want to practice for our next GSH Wapiti trial held here in the north. The porch can be an obstacle if Reena can get them used to it. Instead of ducks we can do Caribou...awh, or Goldeneyes I guess if we must.

Here's a few pictures from our hike on Sunday. We explored a little beyond our backyard...just a few miles down the road. I didn't get any scenery pictures on my cell phone that did any justice so I won't bother with those. I can't wait till summer and we can explore forever in any direction. Bryan and I took a tour of the Kootenai Valley all day Monday, again no pictures but I can't wait to share it with friends.



This picture just cracks me up, looks like two totally different photos. I was trying to catch a rare photo of Reena by pretending I was getting me. She knew but pretended that she idn't know. She sat still enough to let me get the photo anyway. But refused to look my way of coarse. Stubborn brat that she is. Stared off in that direction for the full five minutes I tried. Totally ignoring me, not even a glance. She was gracely obliging me, I should be so thankful!