March 30th.....

..And it's still there!!

Can you tell by the quality of this pix ..
I was not a happy boomer..?

Come on DOT move the sucker..!
Maybe i'll take a quick trip somewhere and send them the price tag for my R&R.....

Misskitty agrees....

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Annoying....

....it's a blinking sign....!!

This little lovely appeared sometime last Friday while we all at work..
it's been blinking for almost a week...

It's in the curve at the bottom of the hill...
We can see it from the great room.....the master bedroom....the sewing room...
the kitchen...

It's little blinking lights seem to follow us around the house...

Mia and Max barked at it for the first three days...
Misskitty stares at it ...thinking it's an alien invading her space...
I hope she's giving it the "evil" eye....

It blinks 24/7....!!

It's become our new night light...

It blinks ..." ROAD CLOSED 3/28 - 3/29"...

With any luck it'll be gone this afternoon

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Almost Wordless Wednesday......

What'ya do'n...?

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What Happened...??

...to the warm temps and gentle breezes...?
It was in the 30's last night...!

Good thing Boomer didn't put the blankies away....

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How Far Up...

...in the mountains do we live...??
Well..
Here's main street....two red lights...
no waiting...
On street parking....
Whoooaaa..
Don't see that very often...

This was a busy Saturday morning...

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The View.....

...looking thru the red buds toward the RV Campground....

....down by the mailbox....

and thru the red buds down the road to the main gate...

This is the view from the window over my desk...

Looks like the red buds are in for a banner year...
plus
I love my zoom lens and macro feature...

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Signs of....

...Spring are everywhere..!!

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Thankful Thursday....

...i'm thankful those eyes aren't aimed at me...!!

Misskitty at her best.....on watch...

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Live...!!

Today - Is - The - Day..!!

The new reservation system goes live today..!!
All those people that have called in the last two and a half weeks were told to call back...
Today..!!

Wish us luck!!

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Whhaatt...?

.....i'm napping here....!!!

Good News..
We don't have to learn the second program...
It's designed for parks that have souvenir shops or campground stores or ferries or museums...
parks that have more attractions than camping...

That's not us...
Camping and the river...
That's it...!!
Maybe a little fishing...

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This is it.....

...this is what it looks like in my neck of the woods this AM..

Makes me feels like going back to bed and pulling the covers over my head...
instead i've made it to work and found out...
we have another new computer program we must learn before Wednesday...
But..
so far we've found no info or e-mail explaining how to get into or how to work with this 2nd new program....
Maybe as the day unfolds the instructions will appear...!!

Maybe they're waiting for the sun shine and cool spring breezes...
Good Luck!!
Weather gurus are predicting rain...!!

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TGIF....

Things are looking good for Spring up here in the high country...!

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Update..

Insurance Company and Doctor's office believe we have a coding error (billing mistake) on the hospital's part....
They suggest recoding and resubmitting the charges...

Hospital has not returned my calls....
Hummmmmm....

Thanks for all your encouraging comments..
the fight goes on!!

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Stunned...!!

(picture - March 15, 2010)

Sorry about yesterday....
But...for the last two days i have been speechless....stunned....wordless...writerless...
You see...
I we got the explanation of benefits for my hospital bill on Tuesday afternoon...
$22,469.16....!!!
I was in the hospital for approx. 26 hours and had my female organs removed...
Does this seem a little high ($$) to you...?
And
Here's the good part....
My insurance is paying nothing...
Zero.....Nada....$0.00.....Nope not a thing...
Cause...
The hospital has me billed as an out-patient..
Which to the insurance company means observation patient only....
Observation....??!!....i had my guts ripped out...!!
Sooooo
Today the phone calls begin...
To the hospital.....to the doctor(which is paid in full by the way)
To change my patient status from out to in....
In hopes that the powers that be at the insurance company will pay
SOMETHING...!!

If not....
To quote CityBoy....."we'll pay'um $50 bucks a month until you die..."
Great thought....isn't it...!!

On a brighter note.....the income tax return came !!

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Aahhhhh........?

...where's the road...??

I have to drive into Boone this AM....
I sort'a need the road...

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Whoaaaa Mama...!!

...almost time to leave for work....
And
It's still dark out there...!!

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In the Mail Box....

...was a new kit from "Quilts for Kids.."

This one looks just right for a little boy..

I think i'll name it "Monkey Business..."

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The MaleChild.....

..was at it again last night...

He claims..." this pic is not as good as usual"..
But
"It was cold out there and i didn't have on a jacket"...

Oh Well..
Better luck next time..!!

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More Irish.....

Several years ago....
I made a set of Irish place mats in celebration of St. Pat's day...

This year i felt the need for a little more Irish...
Plus....
It was time for the Christmas mini-quilt to come down ..

So...
I dug around in the stash ...
And here's what i came up with...

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Good Morning Mist..

"Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words"

Who said that...??!!

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Almost Wordless Wednesday......

Two more pairs...
Males on the left.....female on the right..of the tree..

Looks like "lots" of baby bird this Spring..

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I Made It.....

(today's sunrise)

Yes....i made it to work...
Took be over an hour..!

When i left the Twelve Acre Wood..
the sun was shinning and the winds were quite..
Before i made it into town....ran into white-out conditions and icy roads...
Thank Goodness for 4-wheel drive..!!
I clicked in the 4x4 and creeped along at 20-25 mph..
On the other side of town the roads were clear and almost dry..
Go figure..,!!
It stopped snowing around noon..
But
The wind....!!!!**@@##
It was pushing me thru the parking lot...
and i'm pretty bottom heavy...!!

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I knew this would happen....

I'm sitting here waiting to go to work...
Outside is near white-out conditions...
CityBoy just called...he made it to work..
But
the 15 minute drive took him 45 minutes...
he said..."you've gotta go 20 miles....stay home till it's better..."

I knew this would happen...
A beautiful mild winter....until i went back to work...then
WHAM..!!
A Nor'easter hits us with full force....

Owwwww
I think i just swallowed a bug....

Go'na be a gooood day....!!

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Hello....Mom & Dad....

Watched this pair flitting around the Twelve Acre Wood...
Spring must be ...
just around the corner...
But
Snow tonight and tomorrow...!!

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What'a do...?

...when your nice warm furry heating units have deserted you to the cold sheets...?
What'a you do when it's 5:30 AM and these heating units have decided that there is a varmint in the green flower pot....the one with the dead petunia.....the one under the table on the front porch....

They've left you shivering and unprotected from the night winds....to pro sue the hype of the hunt..
You bundle up....
Go back to bed...
And let them have at it....!!

They'll get tired sometime today...

Took these pictures after i got another hour and a half of sleep...
And after CityBoy had cleaned up the mess before he went to work...
But
Max and Mia are still looking...
Cause
"There's a varmint in these somewhere....!!"

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Just like.....

...i never left..

Filled out the necessary paperwork..
Pulled out my hidden box of stuff...
rearranged my desk....to the way i like it...
Changed all my passwords...
Recorded weather and water data...
Made copies...
Replenished the brochure rack...
Ordered more brochures from various places...
Created and printed flyer's for up-coming programs...

Answered all the....."your back" questions...
With this answer....

"Yes....i'm back.....let the games begin..!"

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Hi Ho..!!......HI HO....!!

..It's back to work i go...!!

Fur babies know something is up and are hanging on to my ankles...

Don't worry kids...
Only 8 months and 2 days to go..!!

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