Feeling Kind Of Beat Up Today

 Patio coffee was very satisfying on this morning.  In spite of the three ridiculous nightmares, or maybe because of, I actually slept in an extra hour.  That's unheard of, but only because I had a puppy nose in my face at midnight.  When you gotta go, you gotta go.  A low of 73 degrees didn't bode well for this day.

I actually did finish the puzzle, although there was only 1/4 to go.  Cyndae would have done the whole thing in a few hours.  It's more like a treasure hunt to me.  See what you need, look for that one piece and CONGRATULATIONS!!  You got ONE!!

On her way out of town, Cyndae picked up two more puzzles for me.  How sweet was that!!  I opened the first box and almost had a heart attack.  Oh my aching back (bending over the table) ... this is a 1000 piece puzzle and every single piece is the exact same shape.  As you can see, it's running horses.  Gee whiz!!  No wonder the box has never been opened.  I may have to save this one for Patsy Richards, the puzzle guru.  

You saw TWO boxes?  Ummmmm yes and the second one is harder than THIS one.  I think I need to look for puzzles with the words 8 yrs and up.

Time to head out to Costco for those shirts.  They open at 9:00 here now, making it a walk in the park.  I mean really, walking down those aisles it was like there was an apocalypse and I was the only one left.  Except ... you could smell the smells.  OMG!!  In the early morning when no one is there, the smells just grab your nose and drag you kicking and screaming to the far back corner.  

Yessirree .... my fortitude was completely smashed when I saw the muffins.  You just can't beat them, OR the price of 74 cents apiece.  Of course you have to buy TWELVE.  Thankfully there's room in my freezer.

I quickly moved on to the shirts.  For a second I thought they were sold out, but luckily they still had a few stacks of them, although not many in my size.  I scrounged around and came up with two more.  I'm just so excited to wear shirts that don't have holes in them!!!

That's it!  That's all I bought ... mostly because I couldn't juggle anything else without a basket.  That may be my plan for Costco from now on ..... NO big basket, which of course is twice the size of any other store's basket.

And then I was off.  Where you ask??  Up to the Sierra Nevada mountain range to see the devastation from the LAST big fire we had.  You just cannot imagine what this looks like unless you are there.  These pictures make it look pretty good.  It took out many homes and cabins for as far as the eye can see.  I just can't imagine the wildlife.  

This is Clark Fork.  The Donnell fire burned 36,000+ acres and destroyed 135 buildings.  

It was a very long day driving, in spite of the blueberry muffin sustenance that kept me going.  I'll post more picture tomorrow, because right now the spice one is calling my name.  I'm feeling kind of beat up today after 7 hours of driving.  Maybe TWO muffins will renew my strength.  After all, I have ELEVEN more to eat!!!