Surviving Quarantine

Eva's school pictures arrived today!!

We survived!! All is well, made garbanzo bean stew for dinner, finished our pumpkins, and are so happy to have avoided hospital time. Eva is enjoying a pomegranate right now, Ben is snoozin' after his Daddy Bottle. It's trying to snow here. Looking forward to the last couple days of unlimited yoga, and Halloween.

Trick or Treat!!

Peace to all!! Happy Pagan New Year! Celebrate the Harvest!

the Millers

Anniversary Camping Trip

Doing some retroactive blogging...I don't know if that is cheesy or not, but I wanted to share photos of our camping trip from the end of September. To celebrate Robert and Leslie's 30th wedding anniversary, Justin, Liam and I rented the Canyon Creek cabin near Melrose, MT. We missed Liam as he wasn't able to join us for studying and working hard on his Construction Management masters degree in Seattle, WA. We went in Friday September 25 and joined our good friends Lia Ballou and Josh Hix (probably the last time they come camping with us b/c they always seem to have car trouble whenever we head up into the woods together). The Clark/Miller clan stayed until Sunday noonish, then walked through the charcoal kilns on the way out. Enjoying cheddarwursts around the fire is where the great picture of a sooty Eva comes from...

The cabin was totally clean, stocked and cozy and we look forward to checking more cabins in the future, maybe renting one this winter for cross country skiing.

peace to all

First Entry

This is my first blog entry (if it works!), a feat resultant from our weekend of swine flu quarantine. I also finished my Halloween costume which, if all goes well, there will also be pictures of on this blog. In other Montana Miller family news, Friday the cat returned home to us Monday, October 12, just as I was heading out the door for a catering gig. She was gone almost 4 months (which must be a record for cat absence length), and now dones a flourescent pink collar with her name and phone number on it. I thought she would strongly dislike the collar and bell, but she seems proud to be claimed, owned, and loved. She left shortly after Eva left for her summer visit with her mom in Europe, the end of June. The stories she'd tell if she could!

Our coffee shop is parked beside the house, ready for us to break loose and set 'er up! Besides slinging hot coffee, we will also be offering breakfast burritos and fisherman lunches. The last should be the best reliable business for us...right now it looks like we could be making ~5000 lunches April through October. When you run a business that depends on seasonal clientele, it is important to be there every day through the busy times. This means that in 2010, we will be unable to take any family vacations April through October. No auction, no Desbarats. We're committed to making this work for our family. Come visit Jumping Rainbow Espresso, open 6-6, 7 days a week (April through October...we'll have shorter winter hours). thanks!!

This next week is the last week that I'll be teaching extra morning classes at the Twin Spirits Yoga Studio, www.yogamontana.com, also marking the end of our 6 weeks of unlimited yoga promotion. Friday October 30th, our last extra class will be a Satsanga style class, followed by sun and moon salutations (maybe a child salutation, as well).

Ben remains well; no sign of fever. I'm still available for flu chat, although by this time tomorrow, I'm sure I'll be pulling my hair out, ready to climb mountains, stretch the legs...

did I mention that hunting season started today??

Many blessings to all, we'll see how this blog thing goes.

the Montana Millers