Fun N’ Frolic
Coffee Talk
Both Chris and I work from home. Him in his office, me in my office – a wall separating the two of us for the better part of our days. We emerge every few hours to share a 15 minute coffee break together before we both go back and bury ourselves in our respective ‘caves’. We finished our last coffee break about 10 minutes ago, and Chris pretty much dominated the conversation about something he heard once… either in an article, or from a commedian..he couldn’t remember.. but it went like this: “You know how much the internet has grown […]
Back to school
Quote of the day? “freshmen are the most annoying…. things. i swear they get more and more cocky every year” This bit of wisdom is brought to you by a teenage girl who is 2 whole days into her sophmore year of high school. Heh. I’ve been under the weather. Down and out. Sick and tired (literally sick and tired). I’m behind on email. I apologize. Tonight is my mass-emailing night to get myself caught up. In the meantime – have a look at my new photoblog – – well, it’s not new, really. I’ve had it since June 2005. […]
Caught – Yellow-Handed!
We’re so good to the bird visitors in our yard. We have a nice little habitat back there – something for everyone. We give them suet, millet, sunflower seeds (striped and black oil), fruit, nuts – – a bird bath with a nice mister for them to wash and play in — We have hummingbird feeders, oriole feeders and thistle finch feeders. We even put out special ‘bunting’ for them to tear apart to make their nests out of. Today – I have an ungrateful finch. Here’s the culprit: Looks innocent enough, doesn’t he? He flew up and perched atop […]
A lazy, relaxing weekend
My daughter stayed at her friends house on Friday and Saturday night. Because we hadn’t met this friends parent yet – we decided to take her over there and meet the folks. They’re extremely nice people – the kind of folks we’d enjoy having over for a BBQ later in the summer. I was admiring the flower bed in their front yard when the Mrs. informed me that it’s all her husbands green thumb, and as a matter of fact, his garden was being featured in a gardening publication next month. Wow! I mean, the front yard was beautiful – […]
Patio Garden
Last Sunday was my birthday. Chris and the kids gave me a $500 certificate for our local garden shop!! Now you know why I haven’t been posting on this blog at all! If I’m not working – I’m outside digging in the dirt and rolling in the mud! I decided to start building a container garden around the patio. I was happy to find, when we arrived at the garden center, they had whiskey barrels on sale! (sadly, they were void of any whiskey). We got a bunch of those. Filled the truck with a dozen bags dirt and then […]
From The Email Files
Got this funny in my email this morning. It made me laugh, so thought I’d share! EXCERPTS FROM A DOG’S DAILY DIARY: 8:00 a.m. Oh, boy! Dog food! My favorite! 9:30 a.m. Wow! A car ride! This is a blast! 9:40 a.m. A walk in the park! Ate some crap…Delicious! 10:30 a.m. Getting rubbed and petted! I’m in love! 12:00 p.m. Lunch! Yummy! 1:00 p.m. Playing in the yard! I just love it! 3:00 p.m. Staring adoringly at my masters…they’re the best! I’ll wag my tail in joy. 4:00 p.m. Hooray! The kids are home! I’m bouncing off the walls! […]
I'm Starving!
I CANNOT believe it’s 1:30 in the afternoon! I swear, I am on hiatus, but working harder than ever. Just launched a cute new blog for Amy today called Kvetch Blog – – moved her off Blogger onto her own WordPress blog hosted at Blogs About. She was great fun to work with and I’m looking forward to reading her kvetches. More new site launches coming up this week – at SOME point I will unbury myself from this pile I’m hiding under. It’s 1:30 and I haven’t eaten lunch yet. Since I’ve been on this diet and workout regieme […]
Heaven in a cup
Marble Mocha Macchiato is the perfect marriage of our White Chocolate Mocha and our Caffe Mocha. A shot of Espresso “marks” the foam on top, delivering bold espresso flavor upfront, with a sweet white chocolate finish, topped with a signature cross-hatch of Mocha sauce. I tried one of these this morning and I just have to say… .YUM! Man that was good! Although, weighing in at a whopping 230 calories per cup? I’d have to say I’ll do this in moderation, at best. Why does all the taste-good stuff have such a heavy waistline price? Dammit! But it was a […]
Johnny or Matthew?
It’s a tough choice. Leanne and I were gabbing on the phone this morning and we got onto the topic of Johnny Depp. IS there a bad picture of this guy in existance? I mean – he even dampened my drawers as Edward Scissorhands, for crying out loud. “It’s because you go for that freaky shit”, Leanne says. Freaky shit? Is Johnny Depp freaky? Damn, he better be freaky – or all my day dreams and night sweats were all for naught. One night, I’m sitting up in bed.. trying to work on my laptop, but being totally distracted by […]