Updates from Idaho

Idaho Updates

We've been in Idaho almost 8 weeks now.

Here is what's been happening.

Building Progress:

concrete footer walls were poured 

Plumber has the floors ready for radiant floor heating.

The house is ready to have the log walls go up on Monday!  Yeah!

By the end of the week the walls should all be up and it will look more like a house.

What I (Cindy) have been doing with my days while Bryan is out working with the contractors on the house building project:

• Tuesday Bible Study - I've been enjoying getting to know the 19 ladies attending the Tuesday Bible Studies. We're studying the fruit of the spirit "Patience".   Quite appropriate for me given all the transitions.  This week I went for a walk and had a great visit with one of the ladies from Bible Study.  She is also new to the area and we have a lot in common.  I look forward to spending more time with Amy and building on our friendship when we return to Idaho after the holidays.
• Bike Rides -   I needed to overcome my fear of being on the Weiser River Trail by myself, so last week I rode my bike from Cambridge to our house.  It was approximately a ten mile ride.  It was a gorgeous sunny 80 degree with-a-breeze day.  And I didn't run into any large wildlife on the ride, for which I was extremely grateful.  (I did have my pepper spray though just in case.  ha ha.)
• Local Events - Bryan and I attended the new Hot Springs Pool Open House a couple weeks ago.  SO NICE soaking in the natural hot spring pools.  The owners of the hot springs pool are super nice people too.   We watched a Regional Cattle Dog Herding Competition the weekend that we went to Lewiston, ID.  Today we walked up to the little local Harvest Days Arts & Crafts Festival and then we watched a part of the Jr & Sr. High School Rodeo Competition.  Interesting!!! It is such a different world out here.
• Window Shopping for Lighting, Ceiling Fans, Floor Stone/Tile, Fireplace Stone & Kitchen Cabinets
• Arabic Class -  I sat in on an Intermediate Arabic class and hope to sit in on an 1st Level Class to gauge where to enroll should it work out for me to study Arabic at Boise State.  The instructor was very helpful. I'd love to take the Arabic classes if the timing of our return works out.
• Exploring - I've been driving all over the place learning my way around and seeing where the shopping spots are etc.  Last Sunday Bryan and I both drove to the C Ben Ross Reservoir, The Crane Creek Reservoir, & The Mann Creek Reservoir.  We saw tons of beautiful birds and over a dozen deer.  The water levels are really, really low.  Idaho has not had much rain all summer.
• Life Stuff  - Oh yeah, and I still have the day to day responsibilities of meal prep, laundry, and cleaning the RV etc.  There is so much dust!
• Agility with Kelby -  I've attended a few agility training classes and a Match at Ann Morrison Park. On  Oct. 12 & 13th I have Kelby entered into an AKC Agility Trial at the Expo Idaho center in Boise.

Bryan and I are both looking forward to Samantha's visit.  She is driving my car out for me and enjoying her own cross country trip.  She should arrive in Idaho on Thursday, October 11th.

I'll post more later.

See you all in a few weeks.