Man... what a week I'm having!

Do you have food? No?

Do we get to run now? No?

Then go away so we can sleep.

Those of you that know me, know that these beauties belong to a friend of mine. They are part of her Sleddog kennel in Alaska and she will be making her first trip to the 2007 Iditarod! It's so exciting and I'm not even going to be there!

But really, how can you not be excited? Just to actually know someone that will be competing is just so cool! She's been training for more than a year and there's still a huge amount of training to do yet... But you can bet I'm going to find somebody that has cable or satellite TV to tape race coverage for me!

Other than that we've had some rain, some sun, some hail (earlier tonight) the last one really bummed me out because the hail really shredded my newly blossomed Russian Irises. I just hope the ones that haven't bloomed yet will still open. It was getting dark and I couldn't tell if the pods were as damaged as the blooms were.

I've been making plans to have one of my best friend's daughter over the summer here and there. Her Dad is in Afghanistan and Mom is a "farm wife" and the young one will need two things... a break from her Mom, the chores and being cooped up out in the country!

I'm looking forward to doing fun stuff with her as well as the mundane... sometimes just an overnight and maybe a pizza and a movie can be more than enough. I just want to keep things as positive as I can for her. I'm even willing to have her bring friends along or stay with her when her Mom's working to enjoy having her friends for a visit. It should be fun.

Well, I intended to post more, but the thundering is picking up as have the lightning flashes so I'm outta here!