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Today I really haven’t done much of anything…..that is sad. I did get most of my pics from MN resized….keep having issues with it. But it has been too hot. We have been downstairs all day and I find it is hard to work away from my desk….too unorganized.

I did have some interesting discussions on the board I surf. Which is something I rarely do, because I don’t post much. I have a hard time getting my thoughts out sometimes and things that pisses me off is not worth getting into a pissing match over.

I did go tanning, ran to the store, cleaned the litters and got a walk in….boy was I sweating. Came home and took a cold shower. We are going to have to break down and get an air conditioner.

Just dawned on me, I was going to download the pictures I took today on my walk and I can’t because I’m on my wireless card and it is the slot I need…..doh….So I may do a post with them tomorrow, I may wait until after my walk tomorrow.

Now these are from my little camera. I haven’t gotten the ones from our Nikon yet.

A Minnesota swamp.

Results of an old above ground iron mine.  We went to visit the Soudon Underground Mine State Park.  And ironically the day we visited and went over half mile under ground, it was the nicest day weather wise…..lol

This hole is so deep that snow sometimes last through the 4th of July.

It was so cool to see all the bats in the mine.

Left over from the years of mining.

We like to take self portraits on our trips.

Of course on May 10th it really started to snow….got about 2inches….crazy…lol

I was going to put up more.  But my head is hurting from sitting on the floor all day…..I’ll do more tomorrow.

Today we had some stunning weather, I’m actually getting concerned on how we are going to deal with the summer since the place doesn’t have central air (not standard here in the NW). We are going to have to get an air conditioner, but then I was looking at the window the other night and wondered how are we going to get it to work. Our windows open side to side, not up and down….normally when you put an air conditioner in the window comes down on it so to help hold it in…..but then it has been years since I’ve had to deal with a window air conditioner, so maybe they have changed how you do it…..

My arms are finally feeling a little better, they have been hurting better much since Friday’s workout. I had difficulty even lifting cat food when I picked it up from the store…icks My trainer really worked them. He is good. I just wish I can jump to July to see what shape I will be in by then…..I’m probably building my expections up, but I’m hoping…..

I pretty much didn’t do much yesterday and today work wise, did maybe extreme basic stuff for about an hour each day. Which is kind of weird, because on one hand it is the perfect time to get to things that I can’t get to during the week, but at the same time I’ve gotten into “weekend” mode….don’t want to do work crap on the weekend when dealing with people….and I’ve worked like 80% of weekend in my life, so I am use to it.

Tomorrow, I need to take time in the evening and start with some of our packing for Minnesota….it will take me a day or so, just because we are trying to minimize as much as possible.

Yesterday wasn’t as nice, it was the normal spring rain….which sucked in that I like to do my walk on Saturdays since I attack cleaning around the house on Sundays.. but I did get my walk in today, even after adding in scrubbing the bath tub on to my to do list. My walks are also great on me taking time to call my family, so got to play catch up with my sister and folks. Of course, I took the camera my walk…way too many flowers out there not to. =)

Folks around here plant a lot of these kind of flowers.

I love the brightness of the yellows.

I know I have a bunch of these pictures, but I’ve never seen so many flowering trees in one area and I LOVE how they contrast against the blue sky.

I don’t remember seeing this before.

I thought these were cool looking.

Mt. Hood from the main road.

I don’t need to wait until Fall to get bright leaf colors.

Not a bad view from our house, is it? =)

I haven’t felt like doing much of extra work, being getting antsy about updating my site with all the pictures we have taken over the last 9 months.  I also have gotten a little sloppy on my files….not a good thing.  So I’m doing some little maintenance because the next 2 days is work intense.

I did happen to come across a this picture of my work area.  Just to give you an idea what our office looks like…..at least from my area….lol