Happy Mother's Day

I want to thank my husband and daughter for a great Mother's Day.  My husband brought home Kerby Lane Cafe breakfast (my favorite) which contained

• Gingerbread pancakes
• Scrambled Eggs
• Soy Sausage
• Country style potatoes

My daughter baked a pound cake for me and it was quite good.  My husband and daughter worked together to create a fabulous dinner, which was:

• Spinach Lasagna
• Chicken Marsala (first time it was made and my husband did a tremendous job on it)
• Garlic bread

Also, to my total surprise I received gift cards to Starbucks and Joannes.  Well I must say that my crafting and coffee addiction (recenlty acquired coffee additction, considering I could not stand it a few years ago, same thing happened with Chineese food) will be satisfied (as just on Saturday I broke down and purchased me a gift card to Sarbucks as well, go figure 2 gift cards for COFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE), I will be overwhelmed with

• Venti
• Bold
• Carmel
• Little room for cream

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day, I know that I did.

Also, I picked this weekend to inventory and enter all the books that I have in my mini library into an electronic database http://www.goodreads.com/, turns out I have 559 books.  I like this program so far, as I can have it with me at all times so that when I come across a book that I need and it is on sale, I can purchase it without purchasing a duplicate.

Sleep Well Sadie Girl (1999-2010)

On Monday, June 28th around 3:00 pm, we lost our Sadie girl (basset hound).  We had her for many years and she was truly loved by us.

We got her from a family who were moving and could not take her with them.  I can remember the first time we saw her.  She shied away and did not want to come from behind the chair to greet us.  We coaxed her out of her hiding place and eventually that night we took her home..  Of course the story does not end there.  As soon as we got her into the car she began to shake uncontrollably.  We all figured she was just scarred and in due time she would be alright.  Well as soon as we opened the door to the car (because we wanted to take her to go potty first and then trough the front door (rather than the garage door), she bolted, even with the leash still on her neck.  This dog was sturdy and had serious muscles on her.  Well believe it or not once, but twice around the subdivision, walking after her, she came to our driveway and had a seat.  I guess she was saying, "well since your not giving up on me, then I will allow you to keep me".  From that point on she has been here to stay.

The video below shows Sadie and Mia (mainly Mia being a poop head playing with a grasshopper, the grasshopper did not make it after this video).  Sadie investigates occasionally, but she ultimately knows that it is way to much energy to expend because she was getting up there in age.

                                             

Sadie had to be thinking can I run and still get away from this total humiliation?

Well, I guess I will stay....

Once Mia (Chihuahua) came into the picture, Sadie's energy level soared (including jealousy but that too was no problem)



Sadie girl you are truly missed. Rest, relax and know that you were and still is loved.

Daughter's 8th Grade Formal Dance

Man does time fly. She is now 14 and growing up so fast she just went to her 8th grade formal dance (so glad without a date). The sad part is it was truly hard to find a dress that was conservative and did not show case too much. Some of the dresses out there were not for a then 13 year now 14.