I got a letter from the Pocatello Mayor’s office a couple of days ago informing me that I didn’t make the “short list” for consideration to be appointed to City Council. I was one of 26 applicants. I’m satisfied with the short-listed folks and pleased about several who were not on the short list. That all bodes well for the City Council. I’m not well enough known in town to be able to compete with some of the folks that are on the short list. The final selection will be presented to the City Council for ratification on June 17th.

The website I’ve been struggling with took a major step forward today. I met with the client and showed him the issues with proceeding the way we were headed. We had a great discussion … that is, a discussion that resulted in a very good alternative that will be much simpler to implement and accomplish the same goal. I did some testing this afternoon and verified that the new approach will work. That was a big relief!

I posted a picture the other day of a car with a couple of canoes on the top along with other stuff atop the canoe. I saw the same car today in a parking lot and stopped to get some more pictures. They’re along the left side of this blog entry. Click on the pictures for some more detail and then click again for a full-sized view.

Mother had an appointment with an allergist here in Pocatello. We’d prefer that she not drive herself over here and back (we’d be devastated if something happened while she was driving and we could have driven her ourselves). So, Nina went over to Soda Springs and brought her in to see the doctor. Afterwards they had lunch together and did some shopping which resulted in a fun afternoon for

the two of them. Afterwards I drove mother back to Soda Springs so Nina could get some other things done here at the house … which resulted in a blog post and picture of one of the birds frequenting her bird feeders on the back deck.

Our weather continues to be more like winter than spring. Driving over and back to Soda Springs, not only did I safely get through two speed traps, but drove through two hail storms on the way over and two more on the way back. These were pretty intense storms for the few minutes it took to drive through them.

Two years ago today Nina and I were driving across Idaho to Boise for a Big Event where my cousin Cheryl was to be sealed to her husband and family. On the way I learned by way of Twitter that a Utah friend had taken his 2-year-old daughter to the emergency room, that she was transported to Primary Children’s Hospital, and there diagnosed with leukemia. The prognosis at the time was grim. We were literally glued to the iPhone and Twitter updates as we made our way across the Interstate. It’s nice to be able to report two years later that she’s doing well, is in remission, and growing up to be quite the young lady. I still love Twitter!

Finally, I simply don’t understand the big hubbub over Arizona’s new law to codify into state law what is the Federal Law of the Land (but not being enforced). I applaud their efforts to curb illegal immigrants and hope that other states will follow to make up for a Federal Government doing worse than ignoring Federal Law by condoning illegal immigration.