Hope Everyone Had a Merry Christmas!!

I had a great Christmas...got a wonderful new quilt and some lollipops! We'll do pictures later when I get it all set up. Michelle did the small tree this year, she didn't feel like hauling out all the ornaments and stuff & doing it all herself, so we just set up on the dining room table. It still turned out well & everyone had a great holiday.

It's starting to look like Christmas

December Mother Bear Project bear holding a couple of the angel ornaments Michelle has been making for friends. And yes, December bear has a definate Christmas type thing going on.

Close up of the face. Michelle likes this face best of the ones she has made.

Happy Halloween!

Have a safe & happy Halloween!

Finally, Michelle gets back to her projects!

Well, Michelle finally sat down & got some projects done...she's been getting her Angels For Hope done weekly, but this is the first time she was done by the weekend. She also FINALLY finished the pink blankie bear that has been a work in progress for over a month-they never take that long! And last but not least she finished September's Mother Bear Project bear...she's usually a month ahead on this, so she's running late by her standards.

Tomorrow Gidgett the Foster Chihuahua gets to be driven to Eugene to meet up with the mother of her new little girl. Gidgett just got her last bath here & is currently running around acting crazy like dogs do when they get out of the bath. She will be missed, but it's a great comfort to know that she's going to a home where she is much wanted & will be greatly loved.

Drag racing in Woodburn

We raced this weekend in Woodburn...They have a big JR dragster Wally race on Saturday, although they let the big cars race also, and then on Sunday it's the All Ford Dragrace/Show/Swapmeet. Doug got perfect light on Saturday! He got stickers for his car & also a t-shirt showing that he's in the Perfect Light Club.

Riley went to the quarter finals on the Wally race, but went out first round during the regular et race & the Run Tough race. She was having major car issues...first she fouled a spark plug, then fuel filter, and then had a flat tire, and finally her clutch driven broke into pieces...by the time we're done it will be a new car!

Here's Michelle's camera bag. It contains video camera, digital camera, cell phone, me, and sometimes Gregg's camera...and on this trip the chargers for all of the above. Saturday the temperatures had to be almost 100 degrees...not good for us Coasties. Thankfully, our hotel had a swimming pool...our first stop after the races.

This was the first time Doug has run a 1/4 mile track. He broke some stuff also. Day one he broke his driveline...it was changed over to his spare. Day two he broke the spare driveline-Gregg & Dean patched one together from the broken two, his starter...again had to be patched together since we didn't have a spare & couldn't find one, and the thing that did him in was his tach broke & he didn't know where to shift. We gotta teach him old school and how to listen to his motor to know when to shift.

Today is Riley's 11th birthday, so a special shout-out:Happy Birthday Riley!

August Mother Bear Project Bear

Michelle just finished her August bear today & got him/her mailed off. She made this one a sleeping bear...just to shake things up a little.

Drag Race Weekend

Here is Riley getting ready to make a pass on Saturday. She didn't run on Sunday because she would've been the only JR dragster & that's no fun.

Her friend Tess came out w/us on Saturday to watch Riley run. She got 2nd place on Saturday. She was beaten by Shannon, someone new to our track, but who has been racing for long time & has a really cool car.

Doug ran on Saturday & Sunday.

You can't see it real well in this picture, but there's rubber from his tires from about where I am clear up over the trunk from him doing his burn outs before the race.

He's not really happy about it, now he's got a mess to clean off his car. He went out 2nd round both days, but had a good time!