The House Kat

What a wonderful weekend!The Flathead Valley Exchange Club's 2025 Field of Honor® is winding down, but there is still time to honor a loved one with a flying American flag.Monday at 1pm the 2025 event will end, and the 1,000 flags that are flying for personal heroes, will be taken down, folded, a...

The April 2025 ActiveRain Challenge is called "Are you blooming or being a fool?." Our challenge, should we accept it, is to share an example of something in our life that bloomed, and/or to share an April fool's type story. After thinking about this nearly all month, this particular writer will ...

The Flathead Valley Exchange Club is holding a Field of Honor® from Friday May 23rd at 10:30am to Monday May 26th at 1:00pm. The free event will be held at Glacier High School, 375 Wolfpack Way, Kalispell, MT 59901. The event will officially kick off on Friday May 23rd, with an opening ceremony ...

I found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1938 ordinance that related to regulation and licensing of electric wiring.This time, I'm sharing a 1939 ordinance which officia...

Patricia Feager and Lew Corcoran are hosting a March challenge which is about Sharing the Gift of Who You Are. Our challenge is to share the impact someone had which helped shape who we are today. Similar to several other posters, I've just got to start this challenge by talking about my dad, Pat...

I found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1937 ordinance that related to "Inner Fire Limits" . As I was looking at the 1938 ordinances, I saw the Inner Fire Limits were r...

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Good morning! Our Second Chance Saturday hostess, Carol Williams , has been under the weather again a...

This is an entry into Pat Starnes-Front Gate Realty and Debe Maxwell, CRS 's February 2024 Challenge: Why We Love What We Do. The rules are straightforward - write a post that describes why we love what we do, in terms of our career choice.I have had three distinct careers so far. First, a thirty...

I found an online directory of Kalispell City ordinances and thought it would be intriguing to see what some of the ordinances of the past were. The last post covered a 1936 ordinance called "Cosmetology and Beauty Shops." Moving ahead to 1937, I found two Ordinances related to each other, #458 a...

"Sometimes you deserve a second chance, not because you weren't fabulous the first time but because the timing and circumstances weren't quite right. You just got overlooked."   -Carol Williams  Good morning! Our Second Chance Saturday hostess, Carol Williams , has been under the weather the las...