I Do Exist!!!

I do know how to blog. I bet some of you were beginning to wonder about that.
I'll have to post a more detailed blog later. (yes, i will actually post in the near future, quit rolling your eyes at me)




When my friend, Lisa, moved this summer to D.C. I inherited some of her plants. This one is my favorite. My picture doens't do it justice. Too bad Alan doesn't live closer!

I forget what PWOC event I was at, but while we were at the chapel Lorelei was running around the annex like a mad woman and somehow managed to fall into the TV stand. The amazing part was that she only manged to smash the very edge of her ear.

For Lisa's farewell party we had a Noah's Ark theme since she collects them. I found this great photo online of a watermellon ark punch bowl. I figure it's not bad for my first attempt. Next time, when I have more time, I'll make that roof that was supposed to go on it.

Just a random picture of my fatty cat, Bonkers. She's topping about 15 pounds now.

Lorelei wanted to wear her crochet skirt and Houston helped with the rest of the outfit. I think it is hilarious that he squeezed her into a size 12 month jacket and that she let him. What's really funny is that except for the sleeve length, the jacket fits.

Loser Blogger

I just looked at my blog and noticed the date of my last posting. Wow, I really have been a loser blogger lately!!! It's not my fault, though. And anyone who has every been on Facebook can attest to that. It is just too darn addicting!! Especially the Hatchlings application. It's an easter egg hunt that never ends!! Too much fun.

I'll try in the future not to be such a loser blogger. :)

Give Away!!

No, not me!! Go check out this blog, http://theivanovskys.blogspot.com/ and look at the giveaway for the reuseable grocery bag filled with a month's supply of Kashi. So pretty!!

Makes Me Nervous

Sorry about the poor quality, the humidy was so bad that day. Every few minutes the camera lens would steam up.



The upside, now we all know that Paisley was definately ready to quit PT when her therapist went on maternity leave. (I have some more videos that prove this. She started walking full time on vacation in May, I just can't find them). The downside is that she is no longer allowed outside by herself. (by that I mean, with her brother and sister and me checking every couple of minutes, like I used to be able to do when I made dinner. Oh well.)



If you listen real careful, you can hear her say "wee" as she climbs.

Finished!!

Here is the finished product. For the most part I am pretty happy with the end result. The special, customized touch is that I am betting this is the only Noah's Ark picture with border collies in it. My friend has a 15 year old border collie that she and her family have to put down for health reasons. (he's got old creaky joints and is now in congestive heart failure). I hope this is a special way to remember him.

Crossing my fingers

My best friend is PCSing in a couple of weeks, and as a going away present from our women's group I am painting a Noah's Ark picture (she collects Noah's Arks) and will have everyone sign the back of the painting. Here is a sketch of what I have done. I am hoping that it will look good painted on canvas as well.

Jessica's New "Toy"

Pretty much ever since we moved into our house I have been bugging Brian to put a clothesline in for me. I love the way clothes, especially bedding, smell when they are dried on the line. Plus, living in Arkansas means I can use my clothesline April through October. Talk about a great savings on our electricity bill!! In August of 2007 I put in a circle clothesline. However, I really couldn't put the bedding on it or really even a full load of laundry. Mom was telling me that Dennis knows how to weld and if I asked real nice like and paid for the materials, then he might make me a t-bar clothesline. This last trip to Nebraska was the perfect opportunity since Brian was along to help haul stuff and we have a truck now to haul stuff with. All I asked Dennis was if we paid for the material and if Brian helped, would he mind making the clothesline. He said sure. To me surprise, he had two already made and in his barn that had been previously dug out his yard. Yea!!! Over the weekend Brian "lovingly" put the in the ground for me. I just love having a big clothesline!!

When we left Nebraska, we just put the posts in and let them lean against the tailgate. That make for a big pain for packing the truck bed and a big pain when we had to lower the tailgate to let Kodiak in and out. When we got to Texas Brian and his dad made this great custom clothesline post holder. I highly reccomend it for anyone traveling with a clothesline post. The a-frame section was snug up against the tailgate, so once it was closed those bad boys weren't going anywhere.