Guess What I got for my birthday!!

Strep throat

nice eh?

I'll be back to post about my vacation to New Hampshire, and to Minnesota when I'm feeling better.

Long time No post...

Well, get used to it people. Apparently life gets the best of me and I forget that I have a blog.

I seemed to have lost my inspiration... well not lost, just transplanted.

So , I'm back from my trip to Minnesota and sorry I've not posted pictures yet. I'll be heading off to North Conway NH Saturday for a week away in the mountains... and then back to work for a few days only to head back to Minnesota for a long weekend...

and then... I work October 9 to October 26 with NO days off (hopefully I'll survive) and perhaps during those long gruelling hours I can find SOMETHING interesting to post about... (no pictures from the work computer though) and at least tell you about my vacations
even if i don't manage to get pictures. I know, useless without pictures.... eh
get over it. I'll add the pictures later.

So, that's that. not much else going on in my world... blog worthy anyway.

Hope all is well with all of you.

Finally A Picture....

Yes folks, a picture. Not PICTURES OF THE TRIP, but a picture.




I cooked this morning, and was so proud of myself I took a picture of my breakfast.


Trust me when I tell you this is an amazing occurrence, considering I'm lucky if I even eat breakfast. Often think about it...or what I could make, and by the time I get done thinking about it its lunchtime.


So there you have it. My breakfast....

An omelet made with bacon/cheddar/chives topped with fresh chives from my herb garden. Two slices of leftover french bread, toasted. Grapes and raspberries. And a glass of orange mango juice.

ROAD TRIP!!

Hi all

Been crazy busy, working 65 plus hours a week.
My skirt wearing is in direct correlation with wearing skirts I swear.
I've even purchased a few more. (when did this become a habit)

I hate to admit, they are quite comfortable... and cooler than pants. (duh)


So I stopped in to say goodbye for a while... I'm leaving Friday ... NOT on a jet plane this time, but driving out to Minnesota, my old stomping ground.

Looking forward to spending some time with my family and TONI!!!!! (I cannot wait to see you)

So, I'll be back on the 22ND with pictures and stories.... that might actually make it to this blog!

when Hell freezes

Seriously, It is

WHY? you ask .... do I say that hell is freezing (frozen over?)

because I am wearing a skirt today.

and I'm going to work.

The work thing, well I work a lot, sometimes 14 days in a row with one day off... twice in one month. (July I only have 5 days off the entire month I'm tired, but halfway through)

Anyhow, hell has froze over not due to me going to work... but
because I am going to wear a skirt out in public.

mark it on the calander folks... I may be another 10 years before this happens again.
We will just have to see. I'll be sure to report every ones reaction. *No I will not allow photographs of this momentous occasion*

Has it really been two weeks?

Yes, I guess it has. See what happens when you get a round to it?

I've been so busy with my life that I needed a gentle reminder yesterday that there are some of you out there who anxiously await a new blog from me (more than once every two weeks)

I just happen to have taken pictures of one of our garden friends yesterday morning.

In my last post I had a photo of a small grayish/greenish baby? praying mantis. Remember it?

Well the dog, in all of his cuteness had to go outside for his morning business. This is the dog, his name is Teeko. Isn't he cute?

So while the dog is running around in the yard protecting us from everything that might have walked past in the night I glance over to my left and see some grass stuck on the grill. I have to admit I squealed a bit when the grass moved as I got closer to it. Turns out, the mantis has grown and gotten its bright green color. I'm going to pretend it is one of the locals from 'round the other side of the house, same guy I took pictures of two weeks ago... yes? humor me. I'd like to think the neighbors are happy with us.

And I've watched so many episodes of CSI I know how important it is to include something in a photo so you have an idea of its actual size. Scale? I believe its called. I didn't happen to have a dollar bill handy, but I did have a bottle cap. So there you go. You can see that it really is just a tiny little thing, but way cool in all its perfect smallness.

I will gladly take suggestions for a name for this neighbor of mine. I plan on keeping an eye out and snapping pictures if he happens to hang around for the summer.

So now...

That I've gotten a roundtoit. I've been pretty busy doing stuff.
More recently, spending time in the garden and getting my seedlings that

are now finally grown up... out into the big old world. (the side flowerbed of the yard really)

The tomato plants were getting too big for their pots and were also tall enough for the cat

to think they were quite fun to bat around. Before they died I figured I should get them outside where hopefully, they will grow.

I've also managed to keep a few herbs away from the cat. I think I will just leave these inside, It doesn't look like they will get much bigger.

And while trimming the forsythia bush back a bit, I noticed some movement... before I screamed ( I hate spiders, and its ALWAYS a spider) I realized

that it wasnt a spider this time, in fact, it appeared to be a pair of baby praying mantis (manti?)

I couldnt only find one of them after I ran inside to grab the camera.

At least, it sure looks like a praying mantis, although I have never seen one this small before. It was probably no more than 2 inches long. I thought it was pretty cool that we had baby mantises? what is the plural for that anyway....