Well, there has been good news and bad news this week.  The bad news first, I think.....
....we've been infested at the apartment with mice, but a few days ago there was a visit from the friendly neighborhood Orkin man who set loads of traps, found their nest (which my cousin and I managed to get out of the basement...) and then got rid of the two I ( Read more... )

I am GOING to get this stalker mouse.  Oh yes, I am.  
There are several in here, I've used HOT running water to get one back down the tub drain from whence it was trying to come.....William was in the bathroom, had looked down and shouted, "MOUSE!!!!!"  Well, there was a tail sticking straight up the tub thingie - *shudders*  iiiiick.
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I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight . . .

* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're 'exotic, different.'

* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers? A quintessential American story.

* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

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Missoula is so funny.....the mornings are chilly - so much so that you can see your breath (which has brought to mind Annick Smith's quote that it's when you see your breath that you know you're alive. I love that!)  Then by mid-afternoon it turns HOT - 89 degrees F today!  
Also incredibly busy on the business end - whew, BUSY!!!

Shonna --


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....is and will always be the phoenix rising from the ashes.  
It's a beautiful thing and I am so proud of the list, the Mods and *most* of those onlist ;)  That said, the list won't be brought down by pettiness or vitriol.  The people there are genuine and beautiful and were brought together in the beginning to continue to learn together and ( Read more... )

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Thanks Cee, now I'm even more spooked by this wench than before!  *shudders*  iiiiicky!!!

I think I'm going to call her "PaliBush" from now on......

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Thanks Cee, now I'm even more spooked by this wench than before!  *shudders*  iiiiicky!!!

I think I'm going to call her "PaliBush" from now on......

Here's the situation: John McCain and Sarah Palin are repeatedly deceiving, manipulating, and flat-out lying. And polls are showing that some of those lies are convincing voters. If we don't get the truth out to voters in key states, now, we could be in serious trouble. Can you help? Click below to chip in $25:


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