summer at Base Camp

...summer time when the living is easy

 

Base Camp is in it's first summer

 we opened at the tail end of August last year

 and we are experiencing what volume is like.

 

~ Feeling blessed ~

 

Have a great weekend! 

...when one door opens

 

Many things came to a final this month.

 

Summer vacation!

Kids are finally out of school and no more driving 780 miles these next months-

relief

 

 

My mom came to visit us for a month

 always a highlight in my year to be with her

the neat thing is I don't have to wait to see her for another 6 mos

( Actually I am seeing her and my whole familia next month)

 

I am going home to

~ NORWAY ~

in July

It's been 19 years!

 

 

Something that has been a big cloud hanging over my head

since the beginning of the year is slowly coming to an end.

 

I was victim of check fraud.

 

 A local woman and 4 other accomplice had stolen my newly ordered box of checks from my mailbox.

We live in the country so the mailboxes are by the road.

 

They had helped themselves to all the checks and written out THOUSANDS of dollars

 that would have potentially ruined my credit and needless to say drained my account.

If it wasn't for the amazing ladies at the bank that helped refund my money.

 

 There have been numerous sheriffs here at the house

 been working with a detective for the past months

 

I have never felt so violated in my life!

 

She/they stole my identity- she had several id's with my name- and wrote checks to places locally where I would go shopping and fill gas.

 

The hard part is that they know where I live- they have my address.

 - Worried for my children

no longer do I feel really safe

 

They have now all been caught with possession of dangerous drugs

 and are  sitting in jail

 

 I will be subpoenaed this fall to testify in court

  Just wrote my statement and sent it off to the judge.

I am scared.

 

But I have to put my big girl pants on

and see this thru.

 

But even with this fresh hell

life goes on....

Needed to clear my head and my heart

and nature is just the elixir

Somehow the outdoors makes everything right
 a place to breathe and think

 

In other news....

Jules got his drivers license yesterday!

Can not believe my baby is driving.

 

 

I have had so many creative thoughts dancing in my head lately

nothing better than feeling inspired amidst all this turmoil

Craving peace and simplicity

 

and usually in those moments.....

 

 

 

are when doors open

 

...and I do see one opening !

 

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy"

Dalai Lama

love to all

 peace out - beansprout!

get lost

 

 

Getting lost for a while....

 

 

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. 

John Muir

- See you around the bend

 

Fog horns Birthday

May 04.05

11.45pm

this little guy was born.

I pushed so hard to not have him born on cinco de mayo

why?

Jules was almost a Halloween baby.

Sophia was born on St. Lucia

 

I like birthday's to be birthday's and holidays

 to be holidays

 

We asked Fog horn what he wanted to do on his special day?

 

Bug hunting !

in Lone Pine state park

 

Not too many bugs out yet...

but what ever ants and flies that could be found was celebrated.

 

We had a fine Montana spring day

walking in the woods under blue skies and sunshine.

 

It's simply amazing how fast time flies

-Young man, who said you could grow up so fast?

 

Hipp Hurra

Gratulerer med dagen!

 

weekending

 

 

There aren't enough days in the weekend. 

~Rod Schmidt

 

 

This weekend...

 

It rained and snowed.

Had a good visit with my father who has Alzheimer's -

he sang Edelweiss and joked around speaking Danish 

 

Found 2 amazing juices - that I craved at 2 o'clock at night when I couldn't sleep......grrr

 

Cleaned tack

 

Saw the movie "Trouble with the Curve" a.w.e.s.o.m.e 

 

Had brunch ( Zermatt waffles) at the café

 

Started a new knitting project

 

Ran

 

Had Bouillabaisse for dinner with the fam

 

Watched Auggie practice soccer

 

 ****

 

Tonight:

 

Nachos

Planning Jules soccer trip to Idaho in May

Bed early.

 

Joining Amanda

 

So how was your weekend?