A Billings Trip and A Busy Saturday

Yesterday my quilt machine renter had a change of plans so we decided to make a trip to Billings. We got a late start and thus were late getting home, too.

What to do with Emmi--too hot to take her with us and Nat plays cards in the afternoon at the Senior Center on Fridays. So, Emmi went to Steve and Jeane's--they have two dogs of their own, a Corgi named Gizmo and a red Setter named Red. They are also baby sitting a border collie about the same age as Emmi. When we picked Emmi up last night she was exhausted and Jeane said their dogs were too.

Michael got the bumper back on the Explorer today and if you didn't know it, it would be hard to tell we hit a deer! A $500 fix instead of a $4000 fix, jeez that man is handy! We carried liability only insurance on the Explorer--it is over 9 years old and has 130,000 miles on it. Both of us are good drivers--I've never had an accident (knock on wood) and Michael has had one accident way back when he was a teenager--so we took a chance and had only liability insurance. Sure am glad I have that handy husband!

I planted the Aero Garden today that my friend Nancy gave me and did not want back--can't wait to see those basil and lettuce sprouts!

Late this afternoon I had a hankering for ice cream and was brave enough to drive the VW to Big Timber to get some. I got all the way there and back in the VW, YEA!


We disturbed this big guy and his harem this morning on our walk.
I don't like venison but if this keeps up, we may have venison! I was in the bathroom which looks out over our backyard and saw movement in the reflection of the mirror--I turned around and there was this guy snacking on my flowers!