It's Mom's Last Day

Wahoo!!!

It's a big day for Mom

It is her last day at work at the Potato Processing Plant were she has worked for 44 1/2 yrs

Mom was just a teenager (18 yrs. old) when she arrived in Idaho from her home state of California.

One week later she started working for Lamb Weston, a company that makes french fries and other potato products

The first 12 years Mom worked in the production plant in several different positions. General Labor, Quality Assurance, Operator and even worked in the Maintenance Dept! In 1984 she began working in the Accounting Department doing the Payroll and did that job for 22 years. The last ten years Mom has done the Cost Accounting. 

A lot of life goes by in 44 years

Mom got married

Had two children, a son and a daughter

got divorced

bought a home to raise her children in

sang with a local country western band

took some college classes in accounting

adopted an older pug and fell in love with breed

Met her soul mate 

 remarried gaining 5 more children

Sold her home 

Mom & Dad bought some property to put a home on

 and that is now The PugRanch

Lost her Dad in 1999

welcomed 25 grandchildren

was diagnosed with Breast Cancer

Started a blog called the Idaho PugRanch

lost her Step Mom in 2015

celebrated 5 yrs cancer free

And through it all she had her job at Lamb Weston

Now a new life chapter called 

Retirement!!!

Congrats Mom!

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey, Hazel & Mabel