My first-ever blog post! (Lori)

Hey everyone, I'm trying this out, I've never written in a blog before. I'll have to speak for both Ray and myself, since Ray types at approximately the speed of a sleepy sloth, with just two fingers, poor guy! He also doesn't have much, if any, free time.

We very much enjoyed the reunion! It was great to see everybody, and the food was fantastic, as usual. Big thanks to all the cooks! You all are such comedians too, I don't remember the last time I laughed so much! Oh, and thank you to the organizers-- who is in charge for next year? Seems like Bev still gets to do a large share of the work no matter who is in charge, thank you Bev for your un-ending toil! :)

Ok, now for just a little update on us; Jessica sends her love to everyone, she *really* wanted to go to the reunion but work kept her from doing so. She is now the manager of a check-loan store and it keeps her pretty busy. She's got a nice apartment in Midvale, and it's a two-bedroom so Ray can crash there when he works too late to make driving home and then back feasible. We help out a bit on the rent because of that, and it works out really well. Jess is also seeing someone that she likes a lot, and Ray and I both approve of him, so all is good there. :)

Ray and I also have a new dog. I had happened upon a website called "Monday's Dogs" which is a rescue site when I was researching Catahoulas, and I just couldn't help but inquire on a little blue-eyed pup who was listed as "Critical, has less than 48 hours to live". Animal shelters are overflowing even more than usual these days because of the economy. Anyway, I got a response, no one else had inquired on the puppy and so I decided to adopt her. She was in Louisiana, in the Katrina hurricane-hit area and so had to be flown here. Her name is Lexi, and she is wearing a t-shirt in her picture because her spay sutures had to be protected from her licking them, so I put that on her and tied it up around her haunches. Pretty comical, but it worked! :) I'd like to invite everyone to take a look at my website, "Magic Mist Miniatures", Val has included the link on this page. If you aren't interested in seeing the horses, there are still a few pictures of our house and some of the surrounding area, for those who haven't yet seen it for themselves. Thanks for starting this blog, Val, I think it's going to be great! Lori