Howdy President! That was the sign on the fence at Shane's School this week. President Bush stayed in the Meadowwood Resort here in St. Helena this weekend. I guess they closed off the whole town and demonstrators clogged the streets. The pres went mountain biking at my favorite trail in the Las Posadas State Forest up the hill in Angwin. Small world huh?

Rats! Back in October, we had a family of rats living in our attic. They had a hole to the roof and would come out at night. That was fine, until during a storm, one fell down into the vent over our stove. We called the maintenance guy to come take care of it. Before it was said and done, they pulled two out of the vent, but not before one had started to decompose. The really fun part was the maggots that fell through the vent and onto the stove and kitchen floor. Yummy! Part of the charm of living in the woods. Well, tonight I heard the sound of squealing in the vent again. Joy! Guess I will call and have the guys come over again. I am not about to reach in there myself. Squeak squeak!

8 Years baby! We still got it!