Strange Happenings

First of all, we had a fun time in Ohio.  Unbelievble to me....I took my camara and didn't take one picture.  What the?  Anyway, Cassie and Layne and their family have a lovely new home and are enjoying it after their last year of multiple apartment/house dwelling.  They are surrounded with woods and neighbors with ponds and pools and summertime looks to be very fun.  I really enjoyed watching her cooking skills (pretty amazing) in her beautiful new kitchen.  Very nice.  Jay noticed their nice toilets.  When he mentioned how nice they were to Layne he told us that a plumber friend told him to be sure to get a certain kind of toilet.....so good that it would flush a football!  When Layne went to see what kind of toilets they were getting, wa-la!  The very kind was sitting in his garage.  Very gnarly. 
While there, we experienced a lot of pretty harsh weather.  We are not pansies, being true Idahoans, but those ice storm things are pretty severe...and the tornado warnings.  Anyway got home safe and sound, only to experience lost luggage.

  We were told that they didn't show our luggage arriving in Detroit, so maybe it was still in Columbus?   I thought, okay, they'll deliver it early the next morning.  Not to be.  We went that whole next day, no luggage.  We went to the airport again, shoulder shrugs.  It's just kind of hard to get ready for the day without the makeup you're used to, but most of all...the hair stuff.  That 1" X 3" flat iron just didn't cut it. 

The next day, I decided to at least go and get some decent eye shadow and liner.  Then....8pm on the third day, it arrived.  Yea.  I had even made a list (and it was long too) of everything inside the bag.  Everytime I went to get something, it was, "oh ya, it's in the suitcase".  But, all is well, and because of it, I have discovered a new and very favorite toothpaste.  I'm not kidding, this is good stuff! 

I'm off to work to see if the repair guy fixed our fireplace.  Now that was a strange noise.  I was sure glad we called "first call Jewel".  They showed up in no time.  Now, just need to see if the fan really is working.  I wasn't really sure yesterday.