Sun Valley

I went to Sun Valley for Valentines Day. It was for work. I scheduled a mediation conference for Friday morning so I needed to go over the night before. I wish Robb could have come along but he is putting in long hours at the office. Maybe someday when it is not tax season, we can spend the weekend in Ketchum, where I stayed. Ketchum is right next to Sun Valley. It is so expensive there that one has to save money to spend a week-end there. Of course this time of year it is expensive and it is a holiday week-end. My room for the night was $161.00 per night. I got some fetticini alfredo with nothing but the sauce for $18.00. It was so expensive!! Then on Friday morning, I was able to get a breakfast wrap, but I did not get to eat that until I was finished with the mediation conference and on my way back to Boise.

Last week the roads were closed to Sun Valley because of snow drifting. I worried about the roads but they were clear. I worried that I would be going over the pass into Mountain Home at sundown and I had been warned about black ice so I did not stop anywhere. I just drove straight to Mountain Home to make sure I would be off the mountain roads at dusk.

After I got home Friday night, I received a text message from Tonie saying she changed her mind and she was coming home for the long week-end. She and I have Monday off as we both work for state governments, me in Idaho and Tonie in Utah. Robb, of course has to work. I think Robbie is snowboarding up at Bogus Basin today. He is settled into his new apartment. We have not seen him for about a week although he calls and lets us know that he is still alive and doing well. He is so busy at the Bank. I am sure Cyn and Kyle are busy with their activities. I don't know if they get Monday off from school or work. Buster just lays around in the sun so it is a normal day for him.

Well, I am involved in doing Humanitarian projects again. I was called as the ward humanitarian co-leader with another sister, Glenna. This time, our ward was responsible for making 70 school bags. The bags were all assigned to different sisters so they could sew them together. I am starting to collect them now from the sisters. We also needed to collect 1500 notebooks for the school bags. When one looks at that number, it seems overwhelming. The notebooks could be about $1.00 per notebooks but ShopKo gave us a good deal. They sold notebooks at a discounted rate of 2 for $1.00 to participate with the project. Glenna does not sew so she took charge of gathering the notebooks. Since I sew, I was in charge of the bags. WHAT TEAMWORK!! :) On February 23, 2008, our stake will meet together at the stake center and assemble the bags. I love doing humanitarian work!! It is exciting to see people's faces light up and want to help.

Tonie and I are going to watch the movie, "No Reservations" today. Tonie bought the movie at Target so we will watch it at home. It is no longer in theaters, I guess.

Oh, one last thing. The last time I renewed my driver's license was eight years ago in Coeur d'Alene, ID when I discovered that I could not rent a car at the airport because my driver's license was expired. Well, Guess What?!! I did it again. I went to rent by car to go to Sun Valley and discovered that I could not rent the car because my driver's license was expired. So, I had to renew is on Valentines day before I could get going to Sun Valley. Now I do not have to renew it for another eight years - at age 63. Boy will I still be able to drive at that age? I guess so. Many people do.

Well, I better go. bye.