I'm baaaaaccckkkk......!

Hello All! Well, well, well . . . I guess I though that I was a blogger but I got blindsided and I could't think straight for many months.

I must let you know what happened. If you notice the last post on this blog was on August 16. On August 24, my co-worker, Tony Elfering, was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. He was a very dear friend and I miss him terribly every day. Tony and I started working for Idaho Rural Water the same week and I had worked closely with him for six years (although I took one of those years off and went to California with Wayne) but that is beside the point. Tony and his son, James (a senior this year in high school), were dirt biking near their home in Bellevue and apparently James wrecked his motorcycle around a corner and Tony didn't see it happen as he was behind James. When Tony came around the corner, we don't know if he actually hit James's bike or if he veered to avoid the bike, but Tony was ejected down into a ravine and was killed instantly. Ever since that day, it feels as if a part of me died along with Tony - he was a great guy. If you go to our website, http://www.idahoruralwater.com we have a memorial page for Tony. We also have a newsletter that I will be posting on the website in a few weeks (Winter 2009) that has alot of information about Tony. Needless to say, it has been a crappy fall/winter for us at IRWA adjusting to not having Tony around to talk with - we all truly loved him!

So now that we have a new year - I am going to 'TRY' to keep this blog updated. I have good examples to follow as my daughters' are great bloggers!

We do have many things to be thankful for this new year and number one is that grandson, Beau, is doing so well. He is just the most precious and cuddly baby boy ever! Love you, Beau!!

Joshua is working on getting our other grandson, Jayden, 'out of hock' and home where he belongs and I believe that this will be accomplished sooner than later.

I am still working at home and away - although, I did take the last week of '09 off on vacation. I just stayed home and got some things cleaned out, which feels pretty good. Also slept a bit more so I felt rested on Monday and here it is Tuesday and I'm back to feeling tired again.

I think that I have rambled on enough for one day - so am going to post this and hopefully get some new pictures up for you to enjoy.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! May the Lord Bless each and every one of you reading this with his infinite love this year!! I'm sure that the best is yet to come.... :)