Sunday, March 26, 2006

80 mile per hour winds ruin fence



Last night in Pocatello/Chubbuck we had a huge storm come through with upwards of 80 mile per hour winds. It was moving 95 mph, and blew through here and took my back fence, that borders yellowstone hwy. with it. You can click on the link to see more pictures of the damage.

http://community.webshots.com/user/robicole
I'm having trouble getting this link to work correctly, Looks like you will need to cut and paste it into your browser to see themn. The pictures are in the random pictures file.

My homeowner's insurance will cover it to be replaced. But its pretty frustrating. In the last 2 weeks Danielle's car broke down (on her birthday) $500 to fix, The engine in Tony's truck went out $6000, My window in my jeep broke $300, and now the $500 deductible on the homeowners insurance. I've about had enough. I have no idea how we're going to pay for this, I go to the accountant tomorrow, hopefully we'll get a good refund, and can have the engine replaced, my jeep fixed, and pay this new deductable. I know I sound whiney, but if we don't get a refund, I will have to take money out of my retirement savings, and pay 10% fines, and then to add insult to injury I will have to pay income tax on any I take out also, and an irs penalty for early withdrawal. Waaaaa!

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Quilt for a Cure



Quilt for a cure is sponsored by The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I made this one from the quilt for a cure fabrics. This one is for Aunt Lee, and Grandma.
You can learn more about this if you click on the quilt for a cure link on the right hand side of this page.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Nellie's birthday quilt


Here is the quilt I made Nellie for her birthday. She really wanted a new car, but this will keep her warmer.
Colene

My baby is all grown up!


Well, I can't believe this day has come! Happy Birthday Danielle! We made it to 18 and didn't kill each other. (this is the goal of every parent right?) Whoo Hooo! LOL! I now am officially OLD. :( I have a grown child. Hope you have a great birthday. Love you Mom

Friday, March 10, 2006

Butterlies Are Free!


Except for these butterflies, which are sewn to a piece of fabric. And... those poor butterlies that are stuck with pins into some ghooolish person's bug collection. The rest of the butterflies are FREE!

Saturday, March 04, 2006

I'm an ant :)






Aidin Micheal Hopwood
7 lbs 14 oz 20 In long
Born at 3:29 pm
Pocatello,ID

I just had to post this exciting news. Stormy and David's beautiful baby boy was born yesterday afternoon. I received the good news by e-mail. (remember when they used to use the phone?) LOL! Congratulations to the new parents, and new grandparents, and new uncles and ANTS.