Day 105 [Privacy]

I love Spring.

For many reasons.

One of them being the fact that we start to regain the privacy we love from our backyard neighbors.  I looked out the window in the dining room this afternoon and realized the leaves are starting to come back on the corner tree which will provide us with complete privacy from the neighbors once it's in full bloom. 

Day 104 [Dear Cowards]

Dear Cowards,

I'm can see you are feeling guilty over your cowardly act yesterday, and you should be!

I took the liberty of doing what you should have done in the first place and had the dog taken to the animal shelter, where the officer who picked her up said she will be adopted for sure.

The fact that you would come back and dump your dogs stuff on my front porch this morning is unbelieveable!  Do you honestly think that we wanted and would keep your dog, just because you placed her on our front porch!? 

I hope you never own another pet as you obviously are not worthy of a pets love!

Day 103 [Front Porch Surprise]

This picture is blurry....probably because it was taken at 6:25 am this morning, exactly 2 minutes after my husband woke me up to tell me about this! 

That's right, some cowardly, horrible person placed this shakenly scared and I'm sure cold, little dog on our front porch sometime in the middle of the night!

Who does something like that??!!?? 

Our cat is who tipped off my husband to the front door visitor.

I now have a very frightened dog in my garage while I wait for Animal Control to open so I can call them to come pick her up.  In the meantime, my cat is going nuts knowing there is a stranger in his garage!

Day 102 [This Picture Sucks]

Get it!? 

LOL!!  My husband came up with it and encouraged me to use it. 

Danced with the vacuum today.

I prefer not to lead, but this dance partner requires leading.  I would love for it to do a solo dance, suppose if I had a roomba...but I don't, so every week I strap on my dancing shoes and take to the floor with my Lift Off.

Day 101 [A VeggieTale]

In an effort of overall eating better in our house I have taken to serving some sort of salad with dinner every night.  My husband and I usually have a salad with dinner several nights a week, but our son avoids anything green and healthy like the plague! 

That time has come to an end.  We have taken to making him eat a small {very small} salad with dinner (the nerve of  us!).  This is not going over very well, but he's participating with minimal resistance, which is a huge step in this house! 

Tonight I made a fantastic salad that I saw Giada make on her show several months ago.

As someone who does not like dressings/vinaigrettes I saw that her vinaigrette didn't actually use vinegar, so I tried it.  OUTSTANDING!!!

I didn't make the frico cups as I do not have a silpat mat in my kitchen....this will be a near future purchase as I'm dying to know just how much better the salad will be served in a frico cup! 

Day 100 [A Whole Lotta Nothin']

It's been a whole lot of this today!

Michel took off for golfing this morning, Bailey planted his seat at the computer desk and after spending the morning in my scrap studio I plopped my tushy on the couch!

Two movies and a bunch of HGTV.

A much needed way to spend a Saturday.

Day 99 [Real and Fabulous!]

It's a post it! 

How hilarious is that?

I go away with a fantastically funny group of ladies every fall for a scrap weekend.  I'm in charge of booking the house so I also collect all the money to pay for said house.

One of the gals sent me her check today with this hilarious post it attached to it.

Priceless!

Thanks M for making me giggle!

Day 98 [Painful Pumping]

ARGH!

The prices keep going up!

We were here, at this same station on Tuesday getting a quick $20 fill on our way out.  Today we needed a full fill.....ended up costing us 8 cents more a gallon then if we had just filled up on Tuesday! 

Of course with my 'fancy' car, she requires the premium gasoline, so we are painfully paying $3.29 a gallon.  YUCK! 

Day 97 [Porch Packages]

Internet shopping = Porch packages!

I love getting boxes in the mailbox or dropped on the porch by the FedEx guy or man in brown.

Today I waited and waited and waited for the FedEx guy to stop by my house.

Finally after 6:30 this evening my porch package arrived! 

Fabulous scrappy items that I got at a really great price and with FREE shipping!

Yeah ME! =)

Day 96 [Literary Kitty]

The book: Atlas Shrugged

The owner: My Husband

The place: Window Sill in the Living Room

The story:  My husband will read his book in the living room near the window.  When he's done he places the book on the window sill.  The window sill is the cat's domain during the day.  The place he gazes out the window dreaming of the adventures he could have if he were allowed outside, the place he cackles at the birds outside thinking he will entice them near him then pounce, even though there is glass between the two of them.

 He is not fond of this book taking up space on the window sill, his window sill.

Totally cramps his style.

So, he will sit as close as he can to said book and stare at it.  As if to mentally banish it's existence from the house entirely.  Of course I came along with my camera, propped open the book and snapped!

My literary kitty! 

Day 95 [Spring Green]

Our front yard is sportin' Spring Green grass!

LOVE IT!!!

I always love the bright green grass that comes after a springtime shower.

Day 94 [Egglicious]

Happy Easter!

Gathered with my family today for an early afternoon Easter dinner.

Dinner's conversation topic was politics!

Being the only one in the room that leans to the left, it was not as enjoyable a topic for me! Being out numbered 5 to 1 is not fun.

Other then the political talk it was an enjoyable afternoon.

My nephew and little brother dyed some eggs.

This is the first year I have not done this in my own home.

I thought the colorful eggs were delightful, think I'll need to reinstate this next year!

Day 93 [Elementary, My Dear]

Elementary, my dear, two time two is four.

Elementary, my dear, two time three is six.

Elementary, my dear, two time four is eight.

Elementary, my dear, two time five is ten.

Remember School House Rock!

If only this were that easy!

My husband has recently gone back to school.

He is taking a math placement test next week and wants to do a refresher before subjecting himself to the real test.  Because, you know, we haven't sat around for the past 20 years since high school doing algebraic equations just for fun!

The first question has that funny little o between the 6 and 2.  Stopped him dead in his tracks!  Asked a few people we thought might know but came up empty.  After some serious research online I do believe he has found the answer to what that thing is and how to move forward!

Day 92 [Standing Still]

Apparently time stands still in our powder room.

I have put a new battery in that clock 3 times in the past 6 weeks!

Either the rechargable batteries we have are losing their power or were not fully charged....or the clock mechanism is going bad.  Will try one more battery before just allowing time to stand still!

Day 91 [Got Milk?]

Love fresh milk delivered to the house!

I can remember having the milk box on the front porch of my childhood home.  A few years ago the sales rep for the milkman came by the house.  I signed up and haven't looked back since!  The milk is SO good, fresh and free of all the stuff they add to milk these days.