a Sunday drive in the sunshine...

we hit the road right after veggie soup for lunch...

to be out in the sunshine and see how much snow is left...

tomorrow will be in the upper 40s with rain...

but the melting has already begin...

the little streams are running...

and here is your funny for the day...

got it in an email from a friend who knows us well...

TO ALL NON-PET OWNERS WHO VISIT AND COMPLAIN

(1) They live here....you don't.

(2) If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. That's why they call it “fur”-niture.

(3) I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.

(4) To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours and don't speak clearly.

Remember, dogs and cats are better than kids because they:

(1) eat less,

(2) don't ask for money all the time,

(3) are easier to train,

(4) normally come when called,

(5) never ask to drive the car,

(6) don't hang out with drug-using people;

(7) don't smoke or drink,

(8) don't want to wear your clothes,

(9) don't have to buy the latest fashions,

(10) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and

(11) if they get pregnant, you can give their children away.....

the best advice I ever got was to face my fears...

if you turn around and look it in the eye...

it gets so much smaller than you imagined it was...

but to gain confidence...

it does shrink all fears...

fear is from the devil...

to take away our joy in life...

so swing today until you can touch the clouds...

and if you should fall...

God will catch  you...

have a great evening!

my day...

isn't this so true...

what if God said to you- "hey, catch!"...

and whatever you were holding onto you had to let go or get hit in the face...

what would you do?

every great salesperson knows that if the shopper's hands are full, she won't pick up something else...

yeah, I had that worked out...

I would take it out of her hands and lay it on the counter for her...

always walking slightly behind her, watching for the "limit" she could hold...

and swoop in and snatch it all up so she could do it again and again...

keep the hands empty, or at least to where you can pick up one more thing...

if your hands are too full, you are going to miss that treasure just around the corner...

let go of the stuff in your life that doesn't fit your life...

that doesn't bring joy, a smile, a giggle...

find your giggles and your smile will never fade...

so while it was like this today...

the new Birds and Blooms came in the mail today...

now this is how our birds are hanging out...

but soon, this is coming...

and this...

and a chance to wear something like these...

and do these...

got my chocolate milkshake today...

DQ...

my DH brought it home to me today while he was in town shopping...

then he got sick late afternoon and isn't doing too good...

dizzy and sick to his stomach...

flu time has come...

maybe what I had wasn't all the meds and IBS...

same symptoms...

so that was the day...

and helping a few friends out along the way...

it was a good day for me...

something to think about...

winter is the time to plan ahead...

just look at this porch...

awesome, huh?

cozy...

THE place to be on a summer's night...

another cozy little front porch idea...

shabby...

fun...

this shows its not the amount of space you have, but what you do with it...

another fun space, but I think I would only have pots on one side, so there is room to sit on the steps...

do you do that?

just sit on the steps?

awe, what a space to read, relax and daydream...

bring on the sunsets!

talk about romance...

shabby quaint does it for me...

love the outdoor mantle...

and check this out...

love the teal gems here...

a splash of color for all those white rooms that are out there...

this would sure go with all those vintage jars at the Lakehouse...

are you planning for spring as the snow flies?

I am...

so, what are your dreams?

August 2011- the end of looking back...

what a month that was!

it was a hot one...

and a little dry...

but the blooms kept coming and we were out for late night walks almost every evening...

can't wait for it to come again...

I have a couple more posts put together for you for the weekend, so you all come back when you can...

have a great night!

Happy Friday the 13th...

Loved that gal!

the snow didn't amount to too much here...

its the 40+ degree difference that is hard to take...

which means a little more nap time...

its really hard to clean house when almost every seating surface is covered with a furr baby...

Craig's arm is mending...

its sore...

and a funny for you...

my Bebe can relate...

he wouldn't go off the porch to pee last time...

still having some minor tummy problems...

had to run a few times this morning...

other than that, doing ok...

stepped out on the porch briefly, so I have been outside...

not brave enough to have Craig push me down the street in the chair though...

maybe Rebecca could loan me one of her many sleds!

woo hoo for old crazy people!

we rule!