Been having so much fun last couple months on Facebook that I forgot about my blog. Have reconnected with cousins and old friends. Its been really good to talk to Trish, Carlene, Ron & all the others.

35th Class reunion coming up for the Class of '75. .Had fun scanning pages from my freshman year at Crook County Jr. High. If you are hitting here hoping for reunion info try http://www.ochoco.com/~jbony/classof75

Time flies when your having fun! I can't believe how long its been since I've been on the blog. Here is what is happening here:

Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 10AM Monday for Central Oregon. Snow will turn to rain Sunday afternoon below 3500'. Areas south of Bend and above 3000' in North Central Oregon will see around 2-4" Sunday and 1-2" Sunday Night and into Monday morning. Accumulations of 3-6" are possible above 3000'.

South winds today of 10-20mph may cause some blowing and drifting snow and periods of reduced visibilities. A Winter Weather Advisory means travel could be hazardous during the advisory period.

It's cold, wet and nasty outside. At least the dirt from driving over the pass last Monday is getting washed off my car.

So currently Todd is working on an accounting problem for one of his counties, Elin is collapsed on the couch vegetating with Disney channel, Mom is in Hawaii and I'm stuck with laundry, dishes and cooking. What fun. Made cinnamon rolls this morning, cooked eggs hashbrowns and sausages for lunch and am going to make chicken noodle soup for dinner. Great way to pass a snowy/rainy cold nasty day.

AYSO, (American Youth Soccer Org) has combined with WPS, (Women's Professional Soccer), soccer stars: Mia Hamm & Brandi Chastain and MedImmune to create "Don't Play with the Flu". If you are a face book user, please log in and go to http://www.facebook.com/DontPlaywiththeFlu

MedImmune will donate $1 (up to $50,000) to Families Fighting Flu, a not-for-profit organization committed to flu prevention for each person who becomes a fan. Be sure to pass on the information on preventing the flu. Don't forget your flu vaccination!

Symptoms of H1N1 Flu in Children:
1. Rapid Breathing or difficulty in breathing
2. Grayish or bluish skin color
3. Dehydration
4. Persistent severe vomiting
5. Not able to interact properly with people, becomes irritable
6. Flu like symptoms, bad cough and fever

In Adults:
1. Shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing
2. Pain in chest or abdomen
3. Sudden dizziness or loss of energy
4. Severe or continuous vomiting
5. Flu like symptoms, bad cough and fever

Symptoms of H1N1 are similar to the ones that people get in regular, seasonal flu and so things like fever, sneezing, cough, body ache, head ache, shivering, sore throat and fatigue are common. Diarrhea and vomiting are also symptoms that have been associated with some cases of this flu, also know as Influenza A.

This information was taken from ezine @rticles
http://ezinearticles.com/?Symptoms-of-Swine_flu---Know-the-Difference-Between-H1N1-Flu-and-Regular-Flu&id=2748043

It contains excellent information on the difference between flu and Swine flu H1N1

This is my new car. It is a 2010 Kia Soul plus. I picked it up on Friday from the new Team Kia dealership in Bend. One month to the day after the insurance company closed the claim on the car I broke backing into Brother Todd's pickup. My old baby was totaled, didn't even scratch the rust on Todd's truckThis is the back end of the car
My new car and my 131/2 year old Sasha. Guess who doesn't get to ride in the new car!

Todd and I did a great deal of research, pricing and traveling to figure out which car "I" wanted. This was not the first choice, but I'm very happy with the decision. Of course, I'll have to live with it for a long time. It has really cool tech things like bluetooth giving hands free cell phone use, volume control in the steering wheel and a USB port in the dash. It came with 3 months free of Sirius Satellite radio.

So, a new link to check out if you are wanting to follow gas economy on your own vehicle:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov
You can set up an account and enter your millage, gallons and cost of gas. It tracks how you drive (stop & go vs. highway) and then you can compare how your millage compares to others. There are only 2 other Souls on it (Florida & Missouri, so it will be interesting to see how those drivers compare to me for gas usage.

Young Eagles and Soccer

We need to go back a couple weeks, to fair the first of July. Elin got the chance to be a goat milker. Somehow, I managed no to get any pictures of her ribbons. Goat milking seemed to be a lot more fun.

Elin went up in her first small aircraft today. What fun she had. This was the flight that was postponed when Grandpa Mel had his accident.

She was out and about for about 45 minutes, which was enough time to fly over our house, grammy & pappa's house and out to Ochoco Dam.

Soccer is going on, the 5, 6 & 7 year old's play for another week or two, then the older kids start up. It goes on into the middle of October. Burrr...
Its already getting chilly at night (last night was a frost warning for central Oregon). Its already getting dark as the games end. Won't be much longer till its headlight soccer.

Hope your summers went well, it went way too fast for us. Never seemed to find the time to do anything...

Its August! We have survived a week of 100 + degree days here in Prineville the last week of July and into the first couple days of August. Fantastic thunder storms with magnificent lightning and lots of small fires around central Oregon. Now the clear blue skies look dun colored with smoke.

Last week was British Soccer Camp and I spent 5 days down at the fields watching 2 coaches and 25 kids run around in the heat. They were awsome! We went through 6 cases of water.

This week is county fair. My daughter took her 3 rabbits in yesterday and then they showed them today. She got Reserve Grand Champion with Spice, and blue ribbons with Ebby. Poor Shadow was disqualified this year, so it is his last fair trip.

I'm asked a lot in my line of work, what type of camera someone should get. Now I have a great helper tool! NPR, National Public Radio has just done an article on this very subject: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106441414&ft=1&f=1019
You can also listen to the program as it aired.