It's Spring! (mostly)

And I am SO ready for it! I'm sure we're not done with snow yet but I can pretend.

I escaped Mountain Home today and went on a wine tour to the Sawtooth Winery. The base community center organized the tour and drove two vans full of merry makers to the winery for tour and tasting, and then to Nampa for dinner. The winery sits on a hill overlooking the Owyhee Mountains.


I would like to see it in the summer--I'm sure it is beautiful. The tour was interesting, the wine drinkable, and the dinner quite good. It was a welcome escape.

I came home and further escaped into the book "Twilight." Yes, it's the vampire one. I finally succumbed to the hype and had to read it. Unfortunately, it really grabbed me and I have not accomplished much this week. (Altho I did make rice krispie bars--only because I could stir and read at the same time.) Fortunately, there is a waiting list for the second in the series so maybe I'll get something done.

Things have been a bit slow on the house. I ordered windows (boring but necessary) and finally decided on tile for the kitchen backsplash, which will hopefully be installed this week. I can then post pictures of a fully completed room. And it only took four months... The guest bathroom should be reassembled this week, as well, so anyone planning a visit will be have accommodations (hint, hint).