Snow and Old Friends...

We had our first snow of the season two weeks ago. It left about 3" at DaHouse and over 8" at Storms house. He had all sorts of trouble from it as a lot of tree branches broke and took out his power. Luckily, we don't have trees yet, and our power is all underground until it gets to the big poles.

Last week, Erik and Karen came here for a short visit. They were returning from a trip in Wyoming and stopped by to say hi and visit. We had a great and grand time as we have not seen each other for many years. Erik is my oldest friend and it was great to see him again.

We have been getting a lot of winter sort of weather. One day its 80deg and the next it will be 35deg. But, so far, we have not had any weather that has caused much damage or problems.

Pam's sister, Roberta, turned us onto an auction that was happening up her way. It was being given by the FDIC getting rid of all the assets of the Bank of Idaho. I could view all of the items online but had no way to see what they were really like. I ended up getting a great laserjet 4000 printer with a duplexer and Jet Direct card for $40. They were also selling Dell PCs but I didn't get any. Roberta got one for $25 and it is very nice. They take the hard drives out of them, but still it was a great deal. It even came with a nice flat screen monitor. If I would have known more about what was going on, we would have got a lot more stuff.

Roberta brought down the printer last Saturday and I got it all hooked up and running. Its a very nice printer. So, we now have a printer for each of the labels we use for the needle products. It will be a very welcomed addition to the business.

Speaking of business, all is going well. We have been putting together the large order, 300 sets, of needles that has to be out in a couple of weeks. Shortly after that is all done, Pam will be starting to work here after the Dell layoff, it will give us some time to train her on everything about the business before its gets crazy after the first of the year.

We are still working of the new Serving Jig product. I think we will be doing the wooden bases there locally. So, I am not sure yet if I will be doing them or if I can find a friend that needs work to make them up for us. I really don't have time to deal with them, so I am sure we can get someone to put them together. There are a lot of people out of work around here. And, with Dell and a number of local companies laying off people, it should be a while before a lot of them will find work.

All in all, all is all good. There have been a lot of birthdays in the families this last month. Then, very soon it will be winter again and we will have all the usual winter fun to deal with. I hope all you readers are doing well and prospering. Well, that is about all there is to say from here in DaHo...

What can I say...

It's been almost a month since I have posted to this blog. I have never been so derelict before since I started this many years ago. I will try to start my usual regular posting so any readers can keep track of all of the happening here in DaHo.

I have been having all sorts of problems with my lower back and left hip. Most of this time since my last post I have basically been invalid. I can barely walk a few yards, when it is acting up, before I can barely stand or continue.

I was suppose to get another back shot, but my doctor said that I have had enough of them and that relief is not practical any more. So, now I am going to to find a back surgeon and see if that is a way to finally resolve this. I really cannot take it as it is.

Pam's last day at Dell is 11/11. The whole community is reeling from their call center closure here in Twin Falls. They have over 500 employees and there aren't hardly many jobs anywhere around here to be had.

And, besides my back problems, Pam has had this horrible cold, or flu or something, off and on, but mostly on for the past three weeks. Its hard to do telephone support when you cannot speak or are coughing all the time.

Well, back onto cheerer topics...

One by one, the animals have driven us crazy until we let them go outside with the other ones that can. So we got collars and tags for them all, and let them out during the day. Tommy, the dog is limited to the patio and a very small part of the yard as he doesn't stay around. But he is the one that started it all. He had to go out to go to the bathroom, and Felix would cry and try to get out, so we got her fitted with the collar and tags and let her start to go out. And, within two weeks, Cali was doing the same thing and - well you get the idea...

I am now back on a pool league. I can barely make it, but so far I can go to the matches as I can sit down a lot and there is not much walking at all. I am not doing very well, but holding my own.

The business is still going well. A lot of the ongoing orders have slowed down a lot as the whole country has, but we have a couple of dealers selling product like crazy and that is good. Also, our big deal that we have been working on for months is starting to happen. They have ordered 300 sets of needles and we will get access to all their dealers, so that will bring in a lot of business. Pam is going to start working for the business and is going to be in charge of the phones and new business development.

It seems there is much more to do that time to do it in lately. Much more than in the recent past. But, I will get this back thing resolved soon and will be back to posting here regularly. Again, I am sorry for not keeping everybody informed in our Life in DaHo...