Maid of the Mist boat through the trees.

American Falls

View of Canada from America.

Flowers in front of the American Falls.

Squirrel!

Vacation

In no particular order...

This is Mandy's favorite billboard, it was on the way to Lewiston from the airport.

Lewiston is the town Mandy lives in. It was quaint and smelled like flowers.

This was the "fish cleaning station" down by the water in Lewiston.

I'll be honest, it did not smell great.

But it had some funny signs. They used the word "clean" a lot.

And they stated the obvious a lot.

Pics from today at Mandy's blog.

twitter

I am sitting in the airport, watching the sun come up and listening to the hustle and bustle. They have started boarding for my flight now. Chad thought it might be interesting if I started a twitter account for my vacation sop he knew what I was up to. If anyone else is interested in following me, my username is katiedeshon. Not sure if you have to sign up to follow me or not, so don't sign up if you don't want to, I doubt anything I say will be that interesting.

My life has turned upside down

for the following reasons:
1. My hair is being worn curly. You know me, I prefer the straight. But it is naturally curly, why have I been fighting it so long?
2. My beautiful red bug is in very poor health and must be replaced with a new car. I had my heart set on another beautiful red bug, in hopes of smoothing the transition between cars, but then I test drove a mini cooper. And my heart was lost. Hopefully the mini comes to live at my house tonight. Pics to follow.
3. I am working on a Wednesday because I am going on vacation on Friday! My flight to Buffalo, NY leaves at 6am. Mandy will pick me up and play tour guide until I come home next Tuesday evening. Pics to follow.
4. I got a new phone. My last phone was very small. This phone is very big. Pics to follow.
5. Did I mention my hair is curly?

Happy Memorial Day

We slept in this morning.  For breakfast I baked a french toast casserole that I made last night.  It wasn't bad, but not fantastic either.  At 12:30 we will be leaving to go to the Royal's game that Chad is afraid will be either rained out or just delayed.  I really like rain delays.  This evening I will be making these cookies.  Some to take to work for a birthday party tomorrow and some for Chad to take to work just because I'm nice like that.  

Yesterday we went to Bethyl Presbyterian Church because a member of our Sunday School class was a guest preacher.  It was interesting.  Then we rushed home so I could get a bunch of animals together and take them to Petsmart and try to get them adopted.  I didn't have any takers, but I handed out a lot of business cards, so hopefully it got us some advertising and people will keep us in mind next time they need a pet.  

We watched "The Nines" yesterday evening - it was crazy weird and the only reason I sat through it was Ryan Reynolds.  Then we watched the last part of the Memorial Day Celebration in D.C.  I remember my mom watching it every year when I was a kid and I liked the fireworks, but I don't think I ever really "got" what was going on.  Well I certainly do now and I am so appreciative for everyone who has served my country.  

Well I guess I should go get ready to sit in the rain.  Hope everyone has had a good holiday weekend!

Oh, hi!  What's up?  So you've come to my blog in hopes of getting an update on my life?  Well here it is.  

Work, work, a little bit of work, some work with a little work added in, just for fun.  And sometimes I work.  

I am completely over-run with animals that need homes.  

I look like I'm a cutter, thanks to all the kittens at the shelter.

I have a suspicious bruise on my finger, no idea how it happened, but it is pretty ugly.

I hurt my shoulder today when I stood up into a piece of metel.  It hurts pretty good.

This job appears to be a hazard to my health.

My dad came out on Monday and took me to lunch.  It was so busy when I got back that I felt guilty for leaving in the first place.  But what am I supposed to do, never take a lunch, just in case it gets busy?

I got to drive dad's new truck - it is sweet, 2009 Ford 150, and blue!

Today was the first day back for my boss after his accident.  

On Monday I will have more/different kennel workers in the morning, that will help with a lot of the issues we are having.  

I have had some clients complaining about my new girl's attitude.  But I've also been lectured by my boss to "be nicer" and "not micro-manage" so part of me feels like her attitude isn't really my problem.  And the fact she wears jeans, t-shirts and flip-flops to work isn't my problem either. It's nice to have a problem that isn't my responsibility.  

If everything goes as planned I will be visiting my sister in NY in less than a month.  I love having something to look forward to.

So that's what is going on with me.