A Few Words…

I have been absent from my blog more than I have been present.  I don’t like that at all.  This afternoon I am sitting on my front porch, my place of refuge and my favorite place to be in the entire house, I thought to myself…it’s time to blog!  So I grabbed my computer!!  :o)

So, I sit here, with a loss of what to say.  Totally not like me.  There has been a lot that has been going on in life lately, but nothing blog worthy enough to post.  I lie, that’s wrong…lots of blog worthy moments, but maybe I have the summer time blues and really have not taken the time to blog about them!  There is always something going on, I just have been lazy and not got my fingers moving across the key board to talk about it. 

Have any of you lacked the motivation to blog this summer?? 

I guess I have not entirely not been blogging, I have been busy with Higgins blog trying to get it up and running and it has been a blast!  I have also been extremely busy with a few blog designs, which makes me smile!  So I have not completely fell off the blogsphere, just my own personal blog!

I WANT THAT TO CHANGE!!

Any suggestions on how to do that??  I know the best way to change a bad habit is to get in a routine and do that routine for 21 days straight…so maybe that is what I need to do with my blogging!!  Oh well, I will be back tomorrow…promise, with something blog worthy!  Until them, have a great day!  :o)

So Who Is Watching Big Brother This Summer?

I AM!!

Yeah, I know….guilty pleasure.  But, there is nothing else on TV! 

Actually, I love this show!!!

If you watch, who are you wanting to win?? 

If you don’t watch this post will totally bore you!  :o)

I am a big fan of Jeff & Jordan and I really, really like Adam. I also like Rachel. I feel sorry for her, can’t help it!  I actually think she is great player that lets her emotions get in her way.  So they are my top four!

 

 

I was really a big Shelly fan until she started playing all sides.  I loved the fact that she came in as a caring mother figure but then the lying started getting on my nerves and then her Rachel bashing pushed me over the edge!  No more Shelly, can’t wait for her to get booted!  I am a little sadden in her game play choices, because she really has the power of persuasion of getting votes flipped.  Be loyal, stick with your alliance or get outta there!!  For those that may not be totally up on BB here is a picture of Shelly…

Now on to my bashing of Kalia, Porsche and Danielle….OH MY GOODNESS!!

First, Danielle in my opinion made a big move way to early.  I am a stickler for alliances and grated, sometimes you have to make big moves, but be prepared for others to retaliate and make big moves back.  Quit your whining!  Geeze…If her dad was still there, he would have told her to shut up and get over it already!  You made a big move, others are entitled to big moves as well!

Here are pictures of Danielle and Evil Dick…

 

Kalia, you just plain get on my nerves.  She let Danielle run her first and hopefully only HOH, and for that, phth…I am over you!  Stand up for yourself and do what you want.  Plus, I think she is totally lazy.

Then there is Porsche, poor girl…she has floated her way through.  I want to like her, really I do and I am trying to like her...  I think she just got caught up in the Danielle and Kalia parade and that made me dislike her some! 

So those are my thoughts…what’s yours?

 

Back to Reality

We  have been on a fabulous vacation!   We went to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg for a mini, but wonderful time away!  I was super excited because this time we took with us…

Higgins and

Maggie!!

It was so nice to be able to take our animals with us.  We also have a poodle, but he does not do change very well, so he opted to stay with friends!

We rented a cabin that had glorious views and was by far, one of the nicest places we have stayed in when we have visited the mountains.  Here are the views from the third floor balcony and they are heavenly!

 

Our room shared a wall of windows to the view above, but I never got a very good picture, but I did snap one of Higgins getting in a little nap.  Can we say SPOILED?

This was the view the second morning of our trip.  It rained so hard during the night and in the morning there was a beautiful fog that drifted among the mountains.

I would say one of the most exciting and terrifying things about the trip was the encounters with the bears.  In all the years that we have been visiting the mountains (20 off and on) I have never seen a bear.  This year I caught a glimpse of one on our way back to the cabin one night.  It was not very far from where we were staying.  Of course Jeremy only saw the bear as it was going off the road and was making fun of me saying that I didn’t really see one.  Then of course, the two teenage boys that I gave birth too decided to terrorize me as well!

That was short lived!!!!

We pulled up to the cabin on our last night there and what stood large and in charge??  A huge mama bear and her cub!    I tried to take a picture but I was screaming “there are bears….I told you so!” and I was shaking so badly that I could not get the picture!!  I am such a nerd! 

It made for a rough night because the bears were not leaving and they were enjoying themselves at the next door neighbors garbage cans.  The guy next door walked outside and almost ran right into one.   We also had motion detected flood lights so every time they would come on, I was trying to catch a glimpse with my camera, but no luck.  We went outside on the third floor porch (cause I was to scared to go any lower) and we could hear them, but never saw them to get a picture.  Oh well, that is fine with me!

On our trip we also enjoyed zip lining, Dollywood and strolls down the main drag of Gatlinburg!  Here is a picture of Joey on one of the ziplines…

I am so sad that we had to come home…oh well, that is life.  Too bad we are not zillionaires where we could stay on an extended 365 day vacation!  HA!  

Y’all It’s Hot Outside!!

We are sweatin’ y’all!!  IT IS HOT!!!

I had an appointment today in town and my thermostat in the Jeep read 102 degrees.  Of course, by the time I fumbled for my phone, stopped at a red light that stayed red for 2 seconds…(that never happens if you are in a hurry, but when you want it to stay red, it changes-FAST!) and by the time I got the next red light it had dropped to 101.  Oh well, I took a picture anyways.  Granted, I do not need to show you a picture, if you are living in the South, or anywhere in the Good ‘ol USA for that matter, It’s hot and you need no picture to know that!  HA!

Here is a cute picture…it’s been floating around on Facebook, but even if you have seen it, it’s still funny!!

Then there is all the one liner jokes about the heat….here are a few of my favorites:

• It's so hot that I saw two trees fighting over a dog.
• It’s so hot the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.
• It's hotter than a billy goat in a pepper patch.
• It’s so hot that ice pops are melting in the freezer
• It’s so hot that ranchers are selling BBQ directly form the fields.
• It’s so hot that Campbell Soup Co. has changed the directions on its cans to, "Just pour and eat."
• It’s so hot that public pools are encouraging swimmers to ignore the “no peeing in the pool” rule.

Now, I like the way these people think….wish I would of thought of that today!!

Y’all stay cool!!!

 

Yes, Dogs Do Blog, At Least Mine Does!

I am very happy to announce the newest blogger to blog land….

Higgins!!!!

If you have a few extra minutes, head over to http://theadventuresofhiggins.blogspot.com/

We have high hopes with this blog.  There are many things that as a dog and dog owner that we have tried and loved, and as well, tried and not loved.  We are here for you and your best four legged friend. 

Over the course of this blog, after getting to know Higgins of course, we hope to be a help to bloggers and their best four legged friends.  We are on the adventure of our life to try new things and tell you about it.  Higgins, of course, is very excited about this new journey!  If there is something that we try and love, we might give one away, so always stay tuned!  If there is something that you would love for us to try, let us know and we will do our best! 

So show us him some love.  Follow his page, leave comments and mention us to your friends.  We are looking forward to this adventure and hope that you join in!!!