I’m 30, female, easy-going, very few posessions. I have no pets. I need a room to rent/share in Big Sky. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! hlshook1 @ hotmail.com
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New Flickr Groups

November 29, 2005 | 1 Comment

I created 2 new Flickr groups (I should have done it a few weeks ago but it will do for next year): Montana State University and University of Montana. Go add your photos!

Griz Coach Status

November 28, 2005 | 2 Comments

From a comment left by Wayne Monroe on an earlier entry:
There are strong, very strong rumors around Butte today (Monday) that Bobby Hauck is out as the Griz coach….Have you heard anything ..????

Moving to Montana?

November 28, 2005 | 38 Comments

My husband and I have decided to move to the Bozeman area. Currently we live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are just fed up with the traffic, outrageous housing prices, bad schools, and sheer materialism. We both enjoy the outdoors tremendously. My husband grew up flyfishing and at one point had a [...]

The Big Snow

November 27, 2005 | 4 Comments

OK, fellow Big Sky Bloggers – how much snow did you receive in your area this weekend? Here in Great Falls, I think we’re at about one foot, with drifts up to two feet. Leave a comment, or trackback to this entry, to tell us how things are looking in your neighborhood. [...]

Help Wanted

November 25, 2005 | 1 Comment

Michel from Baltimore is moving to Montana and is looking for some help finding a job – can anyone offer advice or such?
This is a long shot, but I am moving to Big Sky Montana in about a month. I currently work in a coffee shop in Baltimore MD and would like to work in [...]

Winter Ahead (?)

November 25, 2005 | 1 Comment

Take a look at the weather forecast for the cities and towns around Montana – looks like the near Spring-like weather we’ve been enjoying will begin to change on Friday night, with most areas (finally!) getting some decent snow and our first real sub-freezing temperatures.

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Ta!

November 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving In Montana, 2005: anything particular that you are thankful for on this day? Here’s the results of a Google image search for “thanksgiving montana” to give you some inspiration.

AKA the “Big Sky Bloggies!” The polls have closed, the ballots counted, and there are no hanging chads. A hearty thanks to Wulfgar for organizing this herd of bloggy cats – and a sincere THANK YOU to everyone who voted the Big Sky Blog as the Best Montana Community Website! The [...]

Best Places

November 22, 2005 | 4 Comments

What’s the best place to live? According to this analysis, Montana has 3 communities in the Top 331…heh. Climate, cost-of-living, crime, culture, and other factors were all thrown together to come up with the rankings, apparently. Fine by me that we don’t rank higher – we don’t want to be over-run! [...]

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