Forgot to mention I bought a new car over the weekend. We had been looking to get rid of my truck as it only gets 11 mpg. We started looking around and settled on a Toyota Corolla. I picked it up and surprised Susie with it when she got home. It gets 37 mpg hwy. and 31 in town. We will save a bunch of money on gas. Not going to drive it in the nasty weather, right now. Still have the big truck for the snow and bad weather.

Well, more winter weather for us. Been snowing for a couple of days. About 6" or so on the ground. Susie was over on West side with the grandson while his parents were in Portland for a bike race. I talked her into coming home a day early as the 'Pineapple Express' is coming in behind all of this snow and cold. The west side folks are busy building an Arc as flooding is predicted by Tuesday. She had an interesting trip back, driving through a small avalanche just on the west side of summit and a total white out in Tumwater Canyon. But she made it okay. We may have rain coming to us tomorrow which will create a real wet, slushy mess. Anyway, we're finishing our Christmas shopping and enjoying life. This Tuesday I have a information meeting that the Mayor has put together for new applicants for the Council position. Try to let everyone know what the job entails and the time involved. I think the application process ends Dec. 20. The interviews will be held on Jan. 3, 2008. We still don't know if they will announce 1 or 2 openings as Craig Larson has not, yet, given notice for an ending date. Slowwwwwwwwwww process. More later.