Jan

31

To Buy or Not to Buy?

January 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment

So I was just reading the Chronicle online and I noticed an ad for property for sale. Rolling Glen Ranch had a ton of lots for sale, most a little over 5 acres and just short of $60,000. So of course I’d love to buy a nice little plot of land but my mind is [...]

Jan

31

Tickets to See President Bush

January 31, 2005 | 4 Comments

If you want to see President George W. Bush when he visits Great Falls on Thursday, February 3, then you need to act quickly!
Maximum capacity in the Four Seasons Arena is about 6,000 people. Marketing Director Lori Cox said Sunday that security and the traveling corps of media representatives and staff members would take up [...]

Jan

31

I Think I’ve Been Robbed!

January 31, 2005 | 3 Comments

..by the wonderful U.S. government. While I realize I am tired I am completely unhappy with my deduction. Turbo Tax isn’t feeling all that Turbo right now because I know of one credit they didn’t ask me for (renter’s deduction). I will try and recalculate it tomorrow when I am not quite so tired. I’d [...]

Jan

30

Misplaced No Longer

January 30, 2005 | 4 Comments

So I’m home once again and couldn’t be happier. I’ve missed the feeling of peace, and internal happiness that Montana always seems to bring to me. It felt so nice driving through Bozeman today and seeing all of the familiar sights that I’ve missed. Even driving N 7th and seeing Taco Time, which still made [...]

Jan

30

Welcome to Great Falls

January 30, 2005 | 4 Comments

Yes it is true: President Bush will be visiting Great Falls, Montana – Thursday, February 3rd, 2005.
For more information about the visit or about Great Falls, please visit Great Falls First!

Jan

29

Local Girl Makes Good

January 29, 2005 | 6 Comments

Our very own Canadian in training has made the local paper!
If you want to find out what Kim has been up to check her blog and read where hypothermia almost set in. Scary indeed!

Jan

27

Sugar

January 27, 2005 | 4 Comments

Just did my morning dog walk over sugar crystals. Well, technically I think it was freezing rain, but it was sparkling under the street lamps and crunching under my feet very much the way sugar does. Trust me, I’m a mother of three, I know what it’s like to walk on spilled sugar.
This was [...]

Jan

27

Hail To The Chief

January 27, 2005 | 1 Comment

Guess who might — MIGHT — be visiting Great Falls next week? President George W. Bush himself…that’s the rumor, anyway. According to the grapevine, the visit may take place next Thursday, following the President’s State of The Union address. Sam figures that the money spent on travelling might be used more [...]

Jan

25

Big Sky Blogger Round-up

January 25, 2005 | 1 Comment

I can hear you say to yourself, “What’s going on in the lives of the Big Sky Bloggers?” To which I respond…ask, and ye shall receive…

> read the rest (click here) all done

Jan

23

B-Ball In Great Falls

January 23, 2005 | 3 Comments

You all remember that semi-pro basketball is coming to Montana, right? Well, I read in Sunday’s Great Falls Tribune that the name of the Great Falls team will be…(drum roll, please)…the Cowboys. The Great Falls Cowboys. Hm. Well, it could be worse, but honestly…Wyoming is the Cowboy State, so their [...]

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