Saturday bullets

It's glorious. Finally, the day they promised has come. No clouds and 70s today. Thank you, God, and whoever else does the weather.

• My horses are in horse heaven. It's their first morning in the big pasture. They won't spend long cuz they can get bad tummies if they eat too much spring grass. John Fuller trimmed their feet yesterday, so they don't look like platypusses any more.
• Hallelujah! My Outlook Express mail is working for the first time in about three weeks. Of course, all mail sent to me in the past five years is gone. Even my archives box got devoured yesterday. BUT while discussing the issue with me, Chris Curtis from Sandpoint Computers uttered one sentence that made all the difference after I'd brought the computer home for the second time, only to have the mail situation go from bad to worse. He told me that without the details from the MSIMN error that kept shutting down the program and eating everything, he could not speculate what was going wrong. DUH! That's the first time I ever knew I could look at the "details" when the ugly error message kept disordering my life. So, the next time it appeared, I copied the details, sent 'em to Chris. He sent me four links which could tell me how to fix the problem. I opened one, followed instructions and 30 seconds later, my Outlook was fixed. Thank you, Chris. You're the hero of my week.
• Saturday tip: Try the new brew pub on First Avenue. I believe it's called Mick and Duff's. It's located in the old Pend Oreille Sports Shop, Whistlestop, Griff and Willies (in that order). We ate there last night. Great soup. Huge delicious sandwiches made with varieties of home-baked bread. Nice atmosphere. I told Bill that Annie was going to like this place because it has much the same feel as O'Doherty's in Spokane. We did have to wait for a few minutes, but once they realized the oversight, the serving staff more than made up for it. I'm sure we'll be eating there again.
  
• Tomorrow is Mother's Day. So, to all mothers, I wish you the best of days. May your families remind you in their unique ways how much you mean to them. I received a letter from Laura Delamarter Gray this week after the blog posting about her birthday. We both agreed that we are so lucky to have our mothers at this stage in our lives. "They're both strong women," Laura wrote. I agree.
• Speaking of a wonderful mother figure, I'd like to extend my deepest condolences to the Haynes family who lost their mother Jane this week. She has always been one of Sandpoint's treasures, having been lured here decades ago, along with her husband. They came from Oklahoma where Jane's father coached Oklahoma Sooner football. She was a woman of many achievements, but I'm sure she'll always be most honored for her motherhood. I know that her family all admired her very much.
  
• Sandpoint lost another of its longtime respected citizens this week when Jim Nelson died. Jim and Alice were always among my favorite couples. It was obvious they were lovebirds from the get-go. I don't think Alice ever lost an election when she served as county treasurer, and I'm sure not a person in town can ever remember a time when Jim didn't greet them with a big smile. We'll miss that smile and miss seeing the friendly team of Jim and Alice in local gatherings. They contributed so much to the wholesome atmosphere in this community.
  

Now, it's time to get outside and enjoy all that this day has to offer. May it be a good one wherever you are.