Post Falls, ID

We have been having an amazing winter here on the prairie in North Idaho. New construction has hardly missed a day of work this winter. UnderGroundForce is moving along ahead of schedule on their new manufacturing building in Post Falls, Idaho. They definitely plan on having a spring opening of this fantastic new facility.

Sooo they still need a lot of new workers. Anyone out there looking for work? They need welders, fabricators, assembly line people and painters. The wage for skilled and trained workers starts at around $30,000 per year. You can go this site for more information www.gfmfg.com

Ground Force is located in Post Falls, Idaho at 5650 E. Seltice Way.

I have had the opportunity the past several years to work with an amazing lady, by the name of, Barb Chambers. She just recently was awarded Volunteer of Year, from the Post Falls Chamber. Barb gives countless hours to our community, working for the Post Falls Food Bank, the Post Falls Chamber, working to help kids involved in domestic abuse, and somehow she stills manages to find time to help her husband with his business, Ground Force Manufacturing.

Barb heads up the Ambassadors, which in my opinion is a fun group for the chamber. We get to meet all of the new members and go to the actual businesses. We meet once a month to visit the businesses and introduce ourselves. It is a great way to get to know folks in our community. Barb does an awesome job as our leader, so it's not a surprise that this fabulous lady is Volunteer of the Year! Way to go Barb!!

Well, we did have a fair amount of snow the past few days here in Post Falls, Idaho, but fortunately not nearly as much as was forecasted. We did end up with about 12 inches of snow. The kids really had a blast playing and making their own creations. I am so glad the kids, when left to their own devices, were able to come up with a creative project that took a whole day to do! They had so much fun playing in the snow.

The grandkids decided to take the snow that was shoveled off their driveway and make a snow house. They had a front door and a back door and a living room inside. All of the grandkids could fit inside at the same time. Here are some pictures of the kids and their handy work. Then as the temperature warmed up, they had just as much fun knocking the house apart.

Just an update from out here on the prairie in Post Falls, Idaho. We finally got some snow and it has been easy to push around, as there is not too much moisture in it. I will take this type of light snow anytime. Just got off the phone with our son in the Seattle area; they are having an ice storm, he has no power, has a power line down across the road, and is not able to get an estimate of when it will be repaired as there are many lines down and lot and lots of people with out power. So life is good out here on the prairie in Post Falls.

We have fed the game birds and within a few minutes of putting out the food this morning, the birds were there eating; mostly quail and pheasants. I do so enjoy watching the game birds.

Here it is the big day! I am going to talk about the entrees that we had at the Oval Office, in Post Falls, Idaho the other day. Now, I have eaten many times at their flagship restaurant the White House Grill, also in Post Falls, and always had great food. My all time favorite there is the grilled sea bass. One of the reasons that this fish is so good it is always fresh. By that I mean they get the whole fish in fresh (almost still wriggling) and they do their own filleting of the fish.

At the oval Office you can get the Naughty Sea Bass which is a slightly spicy marinated sea bass topped with a caramelized walnut sauce with Frangelico. Well I am here to tell you that this entrée was awesome!!

The other entrée that we tried was also magnificent, and that was the New York Gangster. This is a blackened New York steak pan-seared and topped with a mushroom, gorgonzola cheese sauce. The steak was perfectly cooked, and oh so good. Our kudos go to Chef Will, who was the chef of the night at The Oval Office.