Friday Morning in Darrington, Washington

Good morning, friends old and new,

And another beautiful morning it is!! The sun is shining on the mountain and the sky is a clear baby blue color and it promises to be a wonderful day. I slept in a little late this morning with my Mommy. Daddy got up early and went out to read......he's been reading a lot on this vacation. Mommy says he needs to find another kind of book to read because the cowboy ones have some really sexy parts and they give him ideas.....I try not to pay any attention, but sometimes it's hard. Anyhow....there I go, digressing again. Depressing digressing.....I love words.

Yesterday I hung out with Daddy and Uncle Charlie while Mommy and Uncle Al went down below to shop. Actually, Uncle Al just dropped Mommy off at a big outlet mall and she went crazy. Then he went on to do some errands.....I'm not supposed to tell you, but he also went to the casino for awhile. There are a lot of casinos over here on this side of the country but I haven't been to one.....yet. Mommy would probably say I was too young to go inside one, but I'm all potty trained and everything. Oh well, I guess I'd rather stay here and chase rabbits anyhow. There are a lot of those, too!! And as long as I don't go far, and can stay out of the gardens, I'm allowed to chase them. Keeps them from eating the flowers, so see? I can be a big help when people let me.

Mommy stopped by to pick up the truck and the fix-it place, but it wasn't ready yet. The man told her that the old U joint was rusted and frozed to the axle, so they hadn't been able to get it apart yet. She'll have to take Daddy down today in Uncle Al's car......I hope I can go with them. It's been a few days since I've been for a ride, and I miss traveling!! I do walk down the road to get the paper in the mornings with Daddy, but it's not the same as going ridey-by.

So, today I'll stay with Daddy and the uncles while Mommy goes out for lunch with her old girlfriends. Her friend Jan....the one who had us all over to supper the other night...she's one of the nicest people I know, and she likes me, too.....is hostessing the hen party...that's what Daddy calls it.....Uncle Al says it's all the old heifers getting together to moooooooo-n over their lost youth....whatever that means. He's making pies this morning for a party tomorrow here at the house. He's making tamales like they do in Colombia and he's invited half the neighborhood. I think I've met most of them, though, so it'll be fun.

Well, I'll ask Mommy to take the computer with her when she goes uptown, and maybe she can find a place to put some more pictures in. It's so pretty out here....she says she feels like she's home again. She really loved it here and loved all of the people. Uncle Gene comes over in the morning sometimes, to say hello and give Mommy a hug. He's a nice man 'cept he doesn't like me to kiss him. I keep trying!! I'm such a good girl.

Hope you all have a great day and I'll come back soon. Love to all, Juni