The Life of the Unemployed

I have now officially been unemployed for over a month and what a busy month it has been. So about all those days I dreamed of getting to sleep in and laze around the house...yeah never happened. Memorial day weekend, mom & dad came to help me move from my apartment back to Sequim and I have been on the road ever since. I went to Chelan convention for a few days, picked Sue up in Spokane and went to Thompson Falls, then on to Ronan Convention, picked up Carolyn in Post Falls and went back to Chelan for a few days then on to Gresham with Gail to go apartment hunting, back to Sequim for some camping, took mom & dad to the airport, delivered Carolyn to Tri-cities so she could go back to her field, Teana and I spent the weekend in Chelan and then we came back to Sequim again. This week I have finally stayed in one place but I am watching some of the daycare kids so the alarm is still going off at 7 am. This morning I got the priviledge of mowing dad's lawn. Not as bad as I thought since I actually got a little bit of a tan while doing it. Nothing like being able to multi-task. Hope everyone else is enjoying their summer so far! The weather is finally getting nice around here.

Saying goodbye to Mom,Dad and Leah on their way to see Lisa in Israel
Just missing Lisa
Leah might kill me for this one..we decided she looks like a Hessian
Kari and Carolyn at their best
Kari testing out her photography skills on the Sanderson sisters
Carolyn getting us some hot dog roasters
Carolyn testing out her skills as a barista....pretty good!!
Dad showing me how to operate his lawnmower...this is a skill I should promptly forget once he gets home.
Leah and Gail playing a duet at their recital. Sigh......I am the only Sanderson girl who doesn't know how to play the piano
Dad finally got his red, white and blue car picture
Jason felt the need to have his sins forgiven by washing all of our feet.
Wade trying to fit in with the big boys
Celebrating Cody's 4th Birthday!!
First campfire of the season
Hiking around Thompson Island

To Beth

Hey Boof! I just wanted you to know that I am thinking about you tonight. Hope you are having a good convention. Love you lots.

Roomate Reunion

Well the first week of June found all three of us roomates back in Montana. Beth had been at Ronan Preps for about a month and we hadn't seen Sue in 6 months so our little reunion was long overdue. It was a wet and rainy week but we got to go mud bogging with the Kubota, revisit our Chile trip by restacking wood piles at preps, and then of course we had the wonderful priviledge of convention. All in all it was lots of fun. Maybe someday Beth will go labor in Hawaii or Tahiti so we can have a beach reunion : )
Special thanks to Subway for giving Beth a proper Ya Hello into the work.
The Roomies...Just in case you were wondering Sue is the trend setter and was the first one to buy what has now affectionately been dubbed "The Roomate Jacket"
Beth and Sue revisiting their childhood

One Last Look

Well now that I have officially been granted authorship duties to this new blog I feel the need to add my two cents...not that anyone wants to hear them. I do feel that it is only right to have one blog of the move from Great Falls so you all can enjoy it as much as I did. It was a wet rainy day but with both Buckingham and Sanderson parents...and a whiny little mouse there were lots of laughs to be had. It was Mousie's 17th birthday and my present to her was the priviledge of cleaning the shower. The pictures will tell the story so without further ado (go ahead and make fun of the spelling I have no clue).
For those of you who have visited us in Great Falls I am sure you will appreciate the one last look at our favoite cowboy "Big John"
One last urgent phone call to beth....ummm what do I do with the carpet cleaning receipt.
Our Kitchen is finally clean!!
Beth's room...looks wierd huh?
What's left of Sue and I's room. Good times were had by all.

Ode to Jewls

Ode to Jewls

Two paths diverged from a grassy plain,
And sorry we could not together go,
And be as one traveler, long we remained

Now here together, soon to and fro.

We shall be telling this with a smile
Somewhere ages and ages from now:
Two roads diverged on a plain, and while-

We took seperate ones as God's plan allowed,

We're always as sisters in the second mile.

Love you roomie!!! -Beth