Don't make eye contact

When will I ever learn not to hit enter after the title of this thing so there is now a post of just a title! Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
Now back to my blog! Just got back from a short trip to New York State to see the foliage so I thought. My husband has a friend with a cabin that I have been to once years ago and since I found myself on vacation with no trips planned(yes I know that is a great shock but it did happen) I said yes to a trip to the cabin! The cabin is very nice but we weren't in the door when my husband had his hunting gear on and calling the dog to see if he could find some grouse. Now it became all clear to me this was a hunting trip under the guise of a fall foliage, apple country trip. Now I didn't mind but again just like hitting enter instead of tab on this computer when will I learn. The weather and the color of the foliage were spectacular so even though I was in the dark about the real reason for the trip I enjoyed myself!

My Eyes, My Eyes

I have previously told you we have 14 guinea hens and boy are they stupid! We let some of them out each day so they can eat the ticks and insects in our yard(the reason we got them). We only let some of them out and not all because if all are out they tend to roam further distances and if only some are out they stay pretty much in our yard. They have their own large pen with a hen house with Andersen windows and door(lock included just to keep the fox from knocking). Yes they have a double and two single Andersen windows with screens to keep the bugs out of their pooped house! Don't ask I don't know why?

My husband knew it was time before winter sets in to clean the hen house so he got in there and removed the chips that had been there all summer and replaced it with wood shavings that his brother had given him. These wood shavings were light in color compared to the usual wood chips we had been using but we never counted on the guinea hens being afraid of the wood shavings and fleeing their home and refusing to re -enter it! They will sleep on top of the cage or house but not inside. So we are trying mixing the light color wood shavings with the dark color chips to see what happens. Wish us luck! If anyone whats to know what guinea hens look like here they are.

Costco

Now that I am back into blogging you might never stop me!!

I like a lot of women I like to shop but as I age the people in the store start to scare me!! I just got back from Costco (looking for the 6th season of Monk on DVD) and while I was there I noticed several types of people! The group that go for the free samples and wear clothes that used to fit, the group that haven't eaten in years so I don't know why they are at Costco buying in bulk(probably cleaning products) and a large group of about to be in the need of medical help! I don't know what group I fit in but I don't eat the samples, I live to eat, and God I hope I am not in the last group!!

Back to my original thoughts Costco. Before our trip to Alaska I bought a camera package from Costco because everyone said I needed one. I think my smaller point and shoot did almost as well but my eyes are aging. We are using this new camera with it's telephoto lens and it just decides to stop working on day 2 of our trip!! Now I don't want to point fingers but my husband was using it when it stopped and he is not known for his photo/camera expertise! The next day we are on the way to Denali to see Mt. McKinley without the "good camera" so I say lets stop at Costco in Anchorage on our way there. To make a long story short they took the camera back with me promising to mail a few books I had left home and sold us the newer upgraded model even though I had had the camera more then 90 days. I must have looked really sad or scary you can pick one. Thank You Costco

Lost and forgotten

Sorry I haven't blogged in a long time but I have been so busy living! Or do I mean working? Since my last post I have been to Alaska for two weeks. One week we rented a car and toured around Alaska on our own hiking and fishing! Mainly we would hike to fish so Frank really liked that. We got to see Mt. McKinley really well which we hear is not that common so we were lucky. I feel God decided that I deserved a break!

Frank loved Alaska because there was so much fishing.

I even stopped by VP candidate's place in Juneau but she wasn't home

I tried on a few new hats to see how they fit.

There were tons of glaciers and Frank got to hold one back!

It was a trip filled with wonderful views and adventures.