MoparMom

What a beautiful way to start the day!!! Demonstrating your love for Shorty is a wonderful lesson for us all. He's beautiful and so are you. Love Moparmom

That is super W&F!!!! What an inspiration you are. I weigh only 130 lbs and being diligent with what we eat and how we eat it has always been a big issue here. Once you throw out the junk & crap you never return. I'm a health advocate and I'm so happy for you and this BIG life change. Love ya, moparmom

This is Good Friday and for me it always means that I shut out the world and go one-on-one with my Creator for 3 hours. The cattle gate is locked and I emerge myself in total solitude and prayer with complete silence. I pray for all of you, the needs of the world and for peace. Please turn your thoughts to Him for some prayer today. Do not abondon Him. Just talk to Him...He'll answer. Respectfully MoparMom

Michael is part of the safety crew for this event and will be sitting out on the river aboard a boat for the next couple of days. Do not expect him home until Monday morning. He has the RV over at his buddy, Kelly's place in town which is jam-packed. I'm 15 miles away and that traffic has been pouring into the canyon all night. They should get some good pictures for you all. This end of the canyon is packed with fishermem, and the north end has the boats. Love Moparmom

Blessings to you, Joe and your new church. Thank you for the update and progress report. You and yours have been in my prayers. Loving your neighbor takes many forms in our respective communities. We still have to love and care about one another as He does. God bless. Moparmom with love.

Has anyone heard from Dripley? If you remember, he was going home to celebrate his birthday with his family after 3/6. I had Michael place a call to him, but there has been no response. Looking out from the family members....a concerned Moparmom.

Children, children, children!!! How many times do I have to tell you to play nice in your sandboxes and share your toys??? Moparmom

http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/03/idaho-gov-signs-emergency-legislation-nullify-federal-gun-laws/ Thought you might be interested in our new law here. Moparmom

Michael & his Chief are 1 hour away from Reno,Nv. They are going to drive on into Winnemucca, Nv. and stay there. They are pleased with the diesel they are bring back and they are enjoying the trip. Very pleased with everything. Love MoparMom.

Ok, here's your 3/21 up-date .....Michael & Chief Allen are now waking up for the day. They had the luck of landing in a motel that is only a few blocks away from where they are supposed to pick up that truck. They are refreshed, alert, etc., and plan to get the hell out of Cali as soon as the papers are signed and the truck is loaded. Plan is to drive into Reno, Nv and spend the night. All this is subject to change....but for the time now...that's their plan. Love ya, Moparmom

JR they are truck related but sometimes when someone is in the middle of a problem them want a human voice not a form. Trying to toss people over on the form during their crisis just doesn't make them happy. They want that human touch, and hold their hand attitude Michael's style as he encourages and nurse them through the mine field under the hood. Rember, we have a lot of guys that never looked under the hood.!!!!!

Michael sent e-mail that they had checked into a motel in Modesto at 12:14 am. Now today they pick up the diesel truck and head back if all the paper work is in order. Have a problem here.....too many phone calls coming in for Mike and I can't keep refering them on to his cell. Can someone else give me their phone numbers so I can hand them over to you. Some times the site does not get them info quick enough. Help me out here. Love MoparMom

Cancel that above message. Ya, I thought they were using common sense, but I was wrong. Those two jerks decided to push on to Modesto this evening. They go into Sacramento, and thought they would just "keep on trucking". Michael should send a PM when he get into a motel. This is insane. Is there a prize for this insanity. Love MoparMom.

Michael just called and he and the chief are 30 miles outside of Cali. A motel,dinner,showers & sleep are next on the agenda. All is going well for them. Sorry I could not respond to your calls here at the ranch, but the power has been out since 2:45. We're restored and back in business. Love Moparmom

Hex! Just a note in agreement with Jag1...Mike and I have tried to reach you several times and your phone does not put us through. I've got the same complaint Jag1 has. Look how many people are trying to reach you are left out in the cold. Fix that sucker...your friends are calling. Love Moparmom

Welcome to the family Ian from Michael & MoparMom.

Mighty Mouth (Michael) called and they are making their way off the mountain now. Training is complete. Has been snowing all night and all day here. Very glad they will return in about 3 hours. The snow is going to slow them down a bit. Love Moparmom

ISX some days I think I'm going to smack you across the head...and then I get hit with your sharp humor and I just start laughing. Where do you come up with these ideas? Michael got up at 5am today and headed out for avalanche training with Idaho Search & Rescue. They are going to areas outside of Grangeville, Id., and waay back in the high country for very intense learning. So, if there are any calls here for a family reunion/raffle....please contact ISX everyone....before I kill him!!!!!! Love Moparmom

Your adventure reminded me of the day that we were moving into Idaho. We came out of Cali., and had entered Nevada. Dad and I were in the Dodge Mag...Michael was in the Charger. Dad was speeding right along and Michael was following Along came the Nevada Highway Patrol and pulled Michael over for speeding, and of course Dad had gotten out to find out the problem. The officer then became aware that we were a family traveling together. He asked for driver licenses from both of them and verifying address said, "Yes, your son was speeding, but since you were setting a bad example as a parent, I'm giving the ticket to you." And he handed it to Dad. Told us to have a nice day....Michael smiled...I screamed...and we drove on to Idaho. Love Moparmom.

A Pilot Father's Love... Most people today think it improper to discipline children, so I have tried other methods to control kids when they have had one of 'those moments.' Since I'm a pilot, one method that I have found very effective is for me to just take the child for a short flight during which I say nothing and give the child the opportunity to reflect on his or her behavior. I don't know whether it's the steady vibration from the engines, or just the time away from any distractions such as TV, video games, computer, iPod, etc. Either way, the kid usually calms down and stops misbehaving after our flight together. I believe that eye to eye contact during these sessions is an important element in achieving the desired results. I' ve included a photo below of one of my sessions with a child, in case you would like to use the technique. Should work with grandkids also!

To Joecool....thank you for the prayers. Keep them coming. When Betty comes over I'll let her read your note. Mike wants to teach her how to use a computer after he builds one for her. I'll ask her to reply to your words. She is a very religious lady. To W&F and MnTom....I'm so very sad to hear about your legal escapades. My God how these divorces destroy families and loved (past tense) one at the same time. For both of you gentlemen, you can still feel the hurt in your words. It never goes away does it? Going through this divorce action revealed to me the ugliness of a liberal/dishonest/should be dis-bared judge. The rotteness of the legal system, the pain that comes to all the family members, and the discrimination the court itself displays to the deaf handicaped. I mean we were subjected to a lot of hostility and plain rudeness that really is a wake-up call. Old attorneys are bailing out of the system, and the young one coming in are supporting the liberal judge no matter what. There was a young man before the judge on a minor offense and the judge looked down at him and said, "Do not open your mouth or attempt to speak to me. I will talk only to your attorney." Kiss the freedom of speech farewell even in small town USA. You both talked about the attorney fees, and they are outrageous! Our attorney had requested a phone conference rather then drive 4 hours up to Grangeville from Fruitland for a 15 min., court appearance. He did not want to bill Betty for all that mileage, etc. The judge got so mad he said, "If I want you before me for 3 min., you'll drive up here and bill your client accordingly." That was against the law!!!! I learned that if the attorney comes from another county....he'll automatically loose his case. The judge caters only to his local attorneys. Prejudice? Oh my, yes! There is no justice Gentlemen. It died! Love Moparmom

For over two years Michael & I have been involved in a legal matter that we were unable to tell you about because we were in and out of court. Betty is our rural postal carrier & over 2 years ago her husband sold off everything he could lay his hands on to (guns, property, atvs etc) to raise cash, filed for divorce and then fled the state of Idaho. Betty was hit broadsided! She came to Mike & I for help. Now Betty is an abuse and rape victim but Betty is also deaf. She works 6 days a week and could not see how she could contest a divorce. Mike & I set to work to put in a method to assist her. We went to meet her attorney, Steve F. (appointed by Rose Advocates/abuse chapter) who is located 3 hours away in Fruitland, Id. We then set up the communications for e-mail here so we could quickly expedite Betty's legal matters. Steve could then call us, e-mail, etc., and we relaid to Betty. We set up appointments so that we drove Betty down there on Sunday morning to confer with Steve. We were there every step of the way. Our dining room table began to pile high with legal papers regarding interrogatories, motions, inventories of house, garage, house appraisal etc. The pile grew on the table and it was a daily reminder. We had court appearances in Grangeville, Id., that is a hour away. Mike had the deathly fires of the summer, and we ended up in court for 5 hours instead of a 15 minute appearance. There was a lot of help that came in from other neighbors when word got out to help Betty. Now everyone was under the impression that Betty could read lips....wrong! I soon realize that she could not. If you're delivering mail in the backcountry, you don't communicate that much...you read their mind. If someone hands you a letter and says, “How are you?” , you can see where you are just used to a jester and a verbal lip response. An abuse victim does not get an education in lip reading. So we had a challenge before us and we work are way around it by the grace of God. Mike & I scheduled our conferences with Steve F., every time we had to be in Ontario, Or., on errands for the house. Papers got delivered, picked up, and we kept Betty informed at all times. If Steve F., needed to talk to Betty we set up the time here, put the speaker/phone on, Steve asked the question of Betty, we relay question to Betty, she answered and Steve could hear her response. And life went on and we we progressed until last year when Steve and the Judge got into an argument and Steve had to step out of the case because this Judge was hostile. Steve took his complaint to the Idaho Bar Assoc., and helped us move to another attorney having only a 2 weeks notice before the court. This was madding time!!! All this paper work was now going to a new attorney, Chuck S. in Lewiston, Id. Instead of a 3 hr. drive south, we were driving 3 hrs., north. Since over a year had gone by Chuck S., insisted that we do the house appraisal, garage, inventories all over again. House value dropped again. Betty wanted to keep the house and give her x-husband the inventory of the garage. We went into Court on Oct.28, 2013 and the case was settled. The contents of the garage took until last Sunday for the removal of the same. So we could not tell you what was going on due to the legalities, but we're glad it's over. Really nice to get our lives back. Love Moparmom

Your a smart young lady, YabbaDoo!. Excellent point....Jag1 you do have the knowledge about the right truck to haul an RV and YabbaDoo was/is so right. You have half the battle won! Now go for it. Thank you Yabba....love ya. MoparMom

This will scare the hell out of you...... http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-are-dozens-of-high-ranking-officers-being-purged-from-the-u-s-militaryhttp://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-are-dozens-of-high-ranking-officers-being-purged-from-the-u-s-military

Pay attention to the dates of the 2nd & 3rd articles. This situation was getting a lot of attention last week with a lot of pictures of the citizens and how well organized they are in their efforts. Now look at the lst article and run your eyes down to the related links. Second to the last is an article entitled "Fast & Furious FBI tied to border agents death". Now you see why they have to squash that revolt. Love Moparmom