Beautiful Views and Fun Weekend!

Here's a few pictures from our drive to Portland yesterday! The shopping was great but I could have taken spent hours looking at the views all the way from Jen's house to IKEA and back. It was a beautiful day and we were blessed with these amazing scenes of the mountains and the sun.

On Hwy 97, heading south to the Columbia River

The view from around the sign!

Mt. Hood at the Dalles Dam

Starbucks at Hood River

Friend Janet and daughter Jennifer

Yours truly with her favorite coffee drink!

Multinomah Falls

A rubber stamp I want at Craft Warehouse

The sun at IKEA

"Spokane Under Snow Seige"

WA State and Spokane!

Where is Spokane? It's in Eastern WA, very close to the Idaho border. We're 300 miles east of Seattle!

The title is taken from NWC.com's post and you can read all about Spokane's battle with the snow/ice/slush/short tempers on their website.

http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_010709WXN_spokane_snow_LJ.164d38f.html

A few excerpts:

• Spokane has received more than 78 inches of snow -- about the height of Michael Jordan -- since mid-December. That's far above its average of less than 50 inches for an entire winter. Normally about 16 inches would have fallen at this point.


• Treacherous roads are a major complaint. Many are covered with ice, heavily rutted and reduced to one lane by piles of plowed snow.


• One man was arrested by Spokane police after gunshots were fired Monday morning at a private snow plow operator who was clearing a parking lot. Police said the motorist apparently got upset when the plow operator honked his horn.


• But two women who work at the Chocolate Apothecary in downtown Spokane have found a coping mechanism. "We are surrounded by chocolate," said owner Susan Davis. "It's all good in here."

Wonder if I can get there from my house today? I think I'll stay in my safe home and work on my stash of chocolates here, plus enjoy my Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee. A perfect time to get caught up on rubberstamping, too!

"We Girls Can Do Anything!"

I love my friend Holly's blog title for today (and the card she's posted on her website!)...it's perfect for all of the things I've learned to do while David has been deployed with the Air Force, on his unaccompanied tours or just because I needed to learn! (still haven't mastered the "catch a mouse" yet, though!) It's true in the military life that the military spouse has the toughest job!!!

Anyways, Holly has a rubberstamping blog that you've got to stop to see! You'll love her card ideas that she posts almost every day. Creavity runs in her family!!

http://hogwildaboutstamping.blogspot.com/

Below is the blog candy that Holly is giving away! You'll want to visit her blog every day and leave a comment, too, to have more chances to win this amazing assortment of crafting goodies! Thanks so much, Holly!!

Holly's blog candy