https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/A personal journal of my life in the Treasure Valley, Boise, Idaho! hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999200As I've said recently I'm getting ready to put my village up on the 1st of November. I went to the garage thinking I could slide the 4' x8' sheet of plywood into the living room and put it on the table. Alas, a no go! Chris had removed the 2"x4" studs off the bottom to make it easier to store. I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999177I'm cleaning my knickknacks as I take them down and put in bo xes until after Christmas. I've filled two small moving boxes, a banker box and another large box. All I've accomplished is the living room. I have 16 more items to pack up. They are high on a ledge which requires a ladder to get them...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999161One of my favorite Bloggers is having a birthday! I hope her family spoils her to no end. She has so many great qualities! Such a tremendous asset to Blogit as well. Happy Birthday Sherri!!! I have been slowly cleaning my house. I moved to the living room tonight because my Pistons are on TV and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999131When the Lions tried to get a first down instead of punting and failed I thought the game was over. The defense held then blocked the field goal attempt. The Lions took over and went down the field. They could have scored a touchdown but opted to run the clock down with one second to go in the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999097We keep making plans to watch the games of our favorite teams but she has been having to cancel due to fatigue. I tell it's fine and she just needs to worry about getting well and getting the breastfeeding done. She is still having a time getting Jasmine to latch. She is pumping eight times a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999068Living in a desert we rarely see rain in the summer. About the second month of autumn begins the rainy season. It will probably go through the end of December. Some years it gets colder and it will snow but rarely stays on the ground. That's why I tolerate the heat to have a winter with very...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999043I had quite a few errands to do this morning. An Amazon order came in early. I opened the box only to discover it looked like I got someone else's return. The box lid was torn. The whisk wasn't in a plastic bag like the others. It wasn't a decent set so I could understand why it was returned. I...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/999019I was trying to add a picture to post. It was so frustrating because the prompt said the page couldn't be found. I deleted all similar pictures from my gallery and took a new one and cropped it. Finally it was accepted. I did it in the wrong order but I just didn't think about it. As it goes, we...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/998994It's no secret that Jessica loves animals. She's been that way forever. Loving animals does come with heartache due to short life spand compared to humans. She has lost a lot of them over the years. The first heartbreak was the family dog Pinocchio. Unfortunately times change. He had the run of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/sam444/998971Needless to say Jessica is very happy to be home. I can't remember how it came about but she got a sample of formula. At the time she was ready to donate it because she was firmly dedicated to breastfeeding. I told her it might be good idea to hang on to it. So many things get planned in the mind...