Found Camera- neat story !!

http://basinfoundcamera.blogspot.com/

A Camera was found at the Basin in Upper New Hampshire and someone picked it up and got all the photos off the old rusted out camera. Go check out this blog (above) and see if you know the people in the photos. It's a neat story and I hope he finds the owner of the camera. I have to say one of the people looks like someone I've seen before but then who knows. Lisa

Spring is in the air ?? Hahaha !!

Well, I haven't posted in a bit but after I saw my new friends Terri's blog, i just had to get out of my blogging slump and post something. So Terri says that she see's signs of spring. lolol Well, in her defense, she is in Tennessee but Spring ??? I did see a couple of Robins last week- personally I think the poor things were lost and I thought maybe someone should buy them a GPS so they could find the south and the worms because all the worms here are in the deep freeze and a bit crunchy. Yummmm This photo is from before we got our last 9" this Wednesday. If the dogs got a hold of the snow shoes, they could step over their fence so now they have to be watched when they go out so we don't loose one. All you can see now is the top 3" of the fence and I hear there is more snow coming this week. I guess I might have to go shovel a mote or we will loose a dog.

Well, I want to thank Terri for getting me out of my blogging slump, now I'm off to bed. Night Night !

Always tell people you love them

no matter how long it's been or what's going on in your life, you always need to remember to let your friends and family know that your thinking of them with a card, a call and a hug. It can be too late sometimes and you won't get that second chance. Today I got that dreaded call. I thought the caller was a salesman and thought he said that he had some good news for me. what he said was he had some bad news. Then he paused and I said well speak... He said Minor died this week, I had to make him repeat it three times because I was confused at who he was and when I figured it out, I was more confused at why he would be telling me my best friend died. that can't happen, she is too young- just 41 He said she had been sick this past year and then when his son got the flu, she caught it from him and passed away from it. I was one of the few that called her Nancy, I hated to call her by her nick name Minor, I thought it was silly. She tried to get me to change it, I refused. Nancy was there for me when I became single, she found me a lawyer when mine gave me the run around. then when James was hit by a car, she and her husband to be- made sure I could go be with my son before he passed away. She opened a jewelry shop and made sure I had a flexible job that fit in with my weird custody arrangement. She brought me food when I was broke, a shoulder to cry on when James died a friend always there for me. I will miss her forever. Nancy, I love you, Lisa

Ice Storm !!

sorry this is late at being posted but for some reason, I just never got around to it with the holidays and such.
Anyway..... On December 11th there was a call for rain and a freeze afterwords which messed up our plans to go see my older son on his birthday. We really didn't watch the weather much that night but went to bed thinking it would be a bit icy in the morning. That was a understatement to be sure ! We heard things popping with loud bangs in the morning and no electric so came downstairs to check things out and saw quite a sight. Everything had a half inch to a inch of ice on it, even all the branches of the trees. The trees were breaking all around us and it sounded like gun shots all around us. Our 4 huge pine trees had branches all around them on the ground in a pile. Kevin decided to go check things out in the truck and then came back and asked if we wanted to go see. I made it about two miles before I made him take me back ( I have a fear of driving in the ice and snow with someone else driving) This is what we saw...( the date on the photos should say 12/12/08)


as you can see by the last photo, it looked like we lived in a crystal palace. everything was shimmering and it was beautiful ! But, it only lasted a day or two that way and then it all melted. My sisters basement flooded with out her sump pump working because of the lack of electric. She had a foot of water in her basement so someone let them barrow a gas pump to get it out. what a mess. We went and drove around after the roads dried and it look like a tornado hit everywhere we went. Tree tops snapped of like twigs, telephone poles snapped with lines down every where you looked. We were one of the lucky few with a wood stove that has a cook top so we gathered up all our hurricane lanterns for the night and flashlights and made grilled ham and cheese sandwiches in foil on the stove with soup. we ate good and kept warm. Our only problem was a lack of wood and since Kevin is a bus driver, his checks stopped since there was now no school. The banks were all close and it took forever to find a working ATM to get what little we had, out of the bank. The stores couldn't accept debit cards since the banks were down and so were their machines. We went and picked up some trees that had been cut by someone clearing a road and dug some wood out of the snow that Kevin had cut in the spring. we did ok till the next Thursday when we heard a report of a foot of snow coming and then I lost it. The only wood we had left was in the back yard and would be buried. My parents had no way to heat their house so they ended up in a shelter by the next Thursday when they had enough of the cold. My sister was down with the stress of frustrated kids. We were lucky Joey was with his father so we spent the time catching up on our reading and I read 16 books. lol Kevin was wonderful as usual, he cut down trees at my parents house that had fallen on their wires so my father wouldn't have to do it or pay someone else to do it. He truly is a wonder to me with his upbeat attitude about everything and always had a smile even when everything was looking grim. the lights came back on Friday December 19 after 8 days of no power. The furnace didn't work right after that and Kevin had to fix that the next day after things started getting cold again. It was a adventure that's for sure. I have to say that it wasn't too bad cooking on the wood stove and read lots of books. Next time I will be more prepared with wood in the barn and my box of supplies in the pantry. I know better because it happens alot around here - just not usually that long. anyway, that's the joy of living in New Hampshire !! Lisa ( Kevin said I should say how I took those photos since the green leaves do look odd. It was taken through the window and the green is a plant in the house. lol )

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Friends and Family

I just want to take this time to tell you all how thankful I am to have you in my life. This has been a great year for us all, having such a wonderful family and friends. I hope everyone has lots on their mind to be thankful for. I know I do. Enjoy your day with family and friends and remember those that are far away. Thank you everyone that reads my blog too. Lisa, Kevin & Joey

Pay it Forward

well, my new found friend Terri posted this over on her blog. Now I know my blog doesn't get much traffic but I'm going to play along with this one because it's on of my favorite things to do, specially this time of year. anyway, here's the idea...

For the first 5 (I want to change it up) people who post a comment to this post, I will make you a handmade gift each. The rules are that you have to have a blog yourself, and be willing to pass the 'Pay It Forward' concept on. So you will then have to put it on your blog and make three gifts for other people. Let's spread some happiness and have some fun! The rules state that we have 365 days (ample time!) to make a gift in. I'm more than happy to send something internationally - so everyone can be involved!!
so now everyone get out my favorite Movie "Pay it Forward" get a box of tissues, and pay it forward !!!

fine feathered friends

well, I forgot to post this last week but then I also didn't want the Ornament Swap to get lost is the posts either. Anyway, we added to our flock a week ago and when Joey came home last Wednesday, I took some photos of them. This is the new call ducks. they are male and female so maybe we will get lucky and have some ducklings to sell in the spring. Funny, I looked them up on line and it said they could fly very well. They weren't kidding ! I looked out the window last week to see one flying around the yard. I thought 'there she goes' but she flew back into the yard and then I clipped her wings so that won't be happening again ! Then Joey went out to see them and found these old beads in the pen and proceeded to put them on the chickens to wear. Don't all the chickens need a pair of beads to wear to their next outing ?? lol He had fun and we took the beads out when we were done dressing up the chickens. Oh one more photo... Joey had his Halloween party at school and then went to his fathers that night to trick or treat (and then they came to our town anyway even thought they live in another town) So I had to supply his costume for school and trick or treating this year. He wanted to be silly for school with orange hair and alot of bling on as well so that's what he got ! His cheeks are red as well since he had his flu shot that Wed. and had a red cheek reaction to it. I have to say that I stayed home that night and hid from trick or treaters that night because I was missing out on sharing it with Joey. There's always next year !!

Ornament Swap Anyone ??

I was thinking yesterday that I would love to do a Ornament swap with my on line friends. How you say ?? Well, we need at least 5-10 people then when I stop collecting names, everyone makes that many ornaments. send them all here, I will divide them all up into 10 different boxes and mail them all back to everyone that participated. you will get 10 new ornaments for your tree and we will all have fun getting to know our new friends. I will pay for postage(one way back to you) for the swap if you all will contribute. so get started making your ornaments, make one or two of your favorite kind (for each person) and then bag them up with a small tag that tells us something about you as well. If we get more than 10 people, then maybe everyone can send $1.00 along to help with shipping. Ok, so anyone wanting to play along, post a comment.

Our Etsy shop

well, I finally got around to loading some Candles on our Etsy shop today. I've been meaning to add something to My sister's and my shop for months but it always was something I would do tomorrow and that tomorrow never came. Well, it's finally tomorrow and it's about time I got off my duff and did it !! I have a ton more painted things to add this week and my goal has been to add at least 5 things a week this month.
My sister paints the small signs and makes the scrapbook things and pin cushions. I make the painted things, candles,soaps, and lip balms type things. Actually, I make way too many crafts and have a house full of them that are waiting to be sold so I can make more room to make more. I know, it's a illness !
So go check out our shop and spread the wealth lol
www.glenshire.etsy.com

Make sure you vote !!!

we got back from voting about a hour ago. we wanted to be one of the first in line and we were. Someone else sneaked by us but we were 2nd and 3rd in line. I have to say that this is the first year that I was so excited to get out there and make my voice heard by voting. Now we will be watching all day to see how it goes while we do things around the house. I'm glad the kids have the day off so Kevin will be home today too since he drives a school bus. Now everyone get out there and Vote !! have a great day !!

the Nekkid Advenger !!

Kevin called me the nekkid avenger this morning when the dog started barking at 7 am. He finally went down stairs to see what the commotion was about and then I heard the chickens squawking again. I jumped out of bed and looked out the window to see a fox ( edited to add that we figured out it was a Fisher) running around with one of my white chickens in his mouth. I streaked downs stairs (literally) and was yelling fox fox fox. Kevin didn't hear me since he was in the other room. I opened the back door and there was the fox (Fisher) trying to get out of our chicken pen. The fence is 6 feet tall and he was jumping up the sides (no chicken in his mouth now) and he finally made it up the fence and out. All the time Kevin is laughing at me. He said we got us a nekkid avenger. He said I thought you were going to run out side like that lol. I almost did.
well the damn fox (Fisher) didn't get away with any of the chickens but he killed one of our Buff Orpingtons and our White Silky roster. @##@$ Fox !!! So now we are setting a trap and this predator will be gone soon I hope. I also need to find another silky roster some time soon. Poor girls will be so upset with out their man and I will miss his crowing. Has anyone ever used predator pee ? I'm wondering how it works.

first anniversary wonderful weekend !

Kevin told me he had been saving for our anniversary which I forgot about. He had been saving because when he gets his pay check, he signs it and then hands it to me so he's been putting aside his coffee money and what ever is left after a weekend excursion. I melted !! He is so sweet !! We had Joey that weekend so we decided to go and ride on the cog railway but when we got there we found it was full of leaf peepers and there were no rides left for the day. Joey had asked to go to Maine So off we went to find a place in Maine. Kevin said he wanted to take me to a place on the beach where we could watch the water from the hotel room at night and listen to the waves. After we cruised around enjoying the sights, we found a beautiful hotel on the water in Booth Bay Harbor. We had a wonderful dinner of seafood yummies and enjoyed the night listening to the waves. The next day we went to the neat Maritime Museum, checked out all the great stuff in the Museum and then took a wonderful cruise in the harbor checking out the seals and bald eagles. We saw three Bald Eagles at their nesting site which was awesome to see and the seals were really neat too since I didn't even know their were seals in the east. What a fabulous weekend with my two favorite men. Kevin is always surprising me with his kindness and love. It's so nice to see there are still knights in shining armor out there for us women to find. Joey loved the trip and was very tired after all the sight seeing.

Don't Vote !!

I was never so interested in a election as I am now and I'm enjoying learning all about it with someone who enjoys explaining all the ins and out of politics. Even Joey gets into it and asks us who were voting for and why. Anyway, I wanted to pass this video on and hope you watch it.

Lost ARG and other random stuff for the week

I finally made it to number two on the Lost game ARG and that's where I will stay. I made a promise to BadNumber ( the number 1 person ) that I wouldn't boot him out of that spot since he helped me out so much with the game. It was said in the last email from Hans that the games would be done on Oct. 7th so lets hope that this ARG gets off to a good start after this long winded beginning. Oh and I called Hans today and left him a message since his phone number was left in the source code of the email. Didn't everyone call him ?

~Tomorrow, Joey has a school field trip but since he was at his Fathers house the week the permission slips came out, I won't get to go with him. Then tonight his father called to tell Joey he wants to make sure Joey wore pants without holes. We don't want others to see Joey in holey pants while out with his father lol Joey asked for money for the gift shop and his father told him he would give him twenty dollars if he made sure not to wear pants with holes. Both Kevin and I were so tempted to just give him a twenty and then make sure he wore holey jeans. We didn't want Joey to be the one that was punished for our humor so we will pass on that one. But it was good for a laugh anyway !! Every other week on Thursday night as I put Joey to bed, I cry because I realize that he now goes to his fathers for a whole week. People told me it would get easier as time went on but they are so wrong. How can it be easy to not see your son for 26 weeks out of the year ? I hope who ever thought up this new kind of custody has to do it them self- that would be only fair !
~Life is so disjointed now. I spend a week getting Joey up for school, waiting for him to come home, helping him with his home work, having his friends over, playing talking and hugging. then Friday comes, he leaves for school and then the week without him starts. Its too quiet without him here. No kids to listen to playing and watching cartoons just silence. I hate it !!

~ I got the chicken pen done finally so now they are playing in the chicken yard running around after bugs and playing as only chickens can do. I'm wondering when Kevin will notice that it's done lol One more big thing done that needed to be done before the snow flies ! First frost tonight so it's going to be a coooollllllddddd winter !

Gorman invasion !

I had a invasion of the Gorman type this week. Leo, Kevin's brother is a trucker and just happen to be coming to a site near us this week so when he found out he had a day to kill, he called. Kevin went to pick him up in Littleton and they got home Wednesday night around 10. Thank goodness it took them a while so I got all my spring cleaning finished by the time they got here. :smile: anyway, it was wonderful to have Leo here. you could just see how much Kevin and Leo are alike and it was fun to watch them together. We stayed up and chatted till midnight till Kevin started talking jibberish from too little sleep so we went to bed. Kevin had to go to work the next morning so we talked while we waited for him to get back. They fixed my broken truck and then we took some pictures before I drove Leo back to his truck. It's so nice to see them together after being apart for over 30 years with just seeing each other a couple times durring that long distance. they are so close now. They spent the whole time talking and laughing and reminissing. It's nice to see them together. Now they are back to talking on the phone every day again. I can't wait for him to come back and stay longer. Joey got to check out Leo's truck and was very impressed that he actually slept in it. Oh and he has a playstation it it as well. lol Next time Leo shows up around here again, he's going to take Joey with him for a short trip. sounds like fun !!

fun weekend

well, I'm glad the weekend is over, it was fun but very tiring. We did alot this weekend starting out with doing nothing on Saturday except resting up from the long week of bus driving and visiting with my Mom and Dad. then Sunday, we dropped off the goats at their new home. It took us a hour and a half to get there. Justin, Joey and Kevin and I all crammed into the small white car with the two goats in a dog crate in the back. We got there and Cookie was sick so her good natured Husband came out, showed us around, tried to give us some ducks (which we said no to) and then we passed on the goats. When we left Joey burst into tears because his goat friends were gone. He has such a hard time with loss. Even when it's planned like that. Kevin saved the day when we were out shopping. I stayed in the car with Justin while Kevin and Joey scoped out some stores for a seat for the bus when Kevin spotted a set of Joeys new favorite toys. He bought him the set for his help with the goats and Joey cheered right up after that calling Kevin his favorite guy lol After alot more stores looking for the perfect things for the bus we got home late, ate dinner and fell into bed 2 hours later. Oh and I also forgot to say that when we came home Sunday, we found the bathroom door open and the baby squirell gone. I was quite upset and looked for him for a long time but I'm guessing that one of the cats found him and well, you know the end of that story. :-( Monday was Labor day and I wasn't allowing Kevin to do any labor since his back was still bothering him from all the bus driving. Justin enjoyed flooding the bathroom that morning making the water run through the kitchen celing which was something he hadn't done in a long time. We went to the Francestown Labor day festival in the afternoon, met up with the whole fam damily and enjoyed the parade and all the junk sales. we of course, came home with a few goodies and stopped at the local yard sale to get a couple boat pillows for the canoe and then called it a day at hoem with frozen pizza. Justin went home that evening bored as usual here at his second home. He will be back on Friday for another visit. well, that was the whole busy weekend, I'm glad it's over and life is calmed down a bit again.

there should be a law

When the house is messy, there should be a law that says... No one allowed to stop by with out a permission slip !! ( and those permission slips will have amazingly vanished into thin air !) We stayed home today after the week long of driving kidlets around on the bus, both of us dog tired from the long hours and bumpy roads. Nothing got done at the house this week and I do mean NOTHING !! There was dog hair in every corner, dishes in the sink, toys in the living room not to mention what ever else got left out in the week. And in our defense, Kevins back was killing him and I had a migraine all morning.
So anyway, we went to the small store in town to get some comfort food and something for dinner and we come home to my parents in the driveway. I gulped thinking oh god, they saw us, no way out of this ! so we let them in the house as I madly ran around trying to close doors and pick up stuff here and there. It's too late, they are inside. well, needless to say I was mortified, they were disgusted and they left quick. (Thank god they didn't need to use the bathroom !) So here I am with my strong drink and my comfort food drowning my sorrows and shame. I'm sorry mom and dad, I really did have a migraine this morning on my first day off this week. Ok, I'll go climb under my rock after I clean up the house !

Amazing Bus Drivers !!

I'm alone for the first day this week and boy it's a weird feeling !! I've been riding with Kevin this week as he drives the bus around the towns to pick up and drop off High School, Middle School and Elementary kids. Wow am I beat and I'm not even driving !!! I have to say that I have this new and HUGE appreciation for the drivers of the buses ! He gets up at 4:30 AM, were off by 5 AM and then out of the yard just before 6 am. He says hello to each and every child that gets on the bus, while trying to remember this 5 pages of kids around the twists and turns of these lovely NH roads. The older kids are half asleep, some quiet, moody, some smiling, ready to start the day. The young kids are all charged with energy raring to go and boy can they get noisy ! We drop them all off which takes 3 hours from start to finish having stopped at 3 different schools. It's funny to listen to the CB that buzzes in the back ground of parents complaining and kids that didn't show up. If they could only have a parents day so they could ride, they would never complain again ! We go home for 3 hours only to run back to start it all over again for another 3 hours of fun, only in reverse. The older kids screaming if you pass their house with the young ones half asleep not caring if you take them home with you. One young one- that wasn't on the sheet we figured out when we ran out of houses and she was still with us- didn't know where she lived or her last name. Luckily someone else on the CB knew her and told us where to take her to her waiting father. Then he's back to drop off the bus after her gets gas. Dog tired because half of the roads in these towns are dirt and covered with pot holes and wash boards. Ever feel like your teeth would fall out of your head from bumpy roads ?? Well, try doing that 7 hours a day !! I wish every parent could ride in a bus for a couple of days. They would never again look down at the driver, get upset with them or think badly of them. They are gold in my book. Everyone of them deserving of a golden medal and a life of honor. You are my hero Kevin ! Lisa

School Starts

Every year when school starts, I want to cry. I get this huge packet of papers to fill out and it's a argument with the ex about how to fill them out. Technically, his home address is here otherwise he wouldn't be going to this town school. Then I have to fill out his papers to explain where he lives, who he is with and all that crap. The worst is when I take a school calendar and mark every other week with a highlighter and then try to explain to the new teacher when Joey will be here and how if I don't get his school papers here, I will never see them. They won't get passed on. I also see that, as usual, Joey spends every week long school vacation with his father. Oh joy ! Another year of missed vacations yet again. I never get to take him to his first day of school either. :-( At least it's on a Wednesday this year so I get to see him after school for a couple of hours. I hate this custody agreement !!
Here are Joey and Jack after school watching cartoons.

to all you Lost Geeks

I have been playing the LOST ARG (alternate reality game ) on the net and my boy friend Kevin thinks I'm obsessively nuts about it all. He really knew that was true this morning when I yelled YES at the top of my lungs this morning after seeing the leader board on the game site. I was in the 10th spot which is ok by me considering this game is played around the world. You can see that by just checking out the leader board. It has people on it from all over the world. I did my snoopy dance and tried to tell everyone that would be interested (which isn't very many people at all lol) The game is going very slowly but I'm having fun and that's all that matters ;-)
here's the leader board, I'm in the #10 spot, maladylis ( click on it to see it larger) any other geeks out there playing too ?