House Projects

Here is the reason why I haven't blogged in a few days...we decided to start working on our bedroom which badly needed to be renovated. We are replacing the center door space with an extra window since we never used the door and it was in the way of our bed. We are also replacing the carpet, redoing the walls and fully redecorating the entire room. The top picture shows the load of some type of cement compound that was delivered yesterday so Daryl can complete the minature putt putt course around our house...he is standing on part of it in the second picture. Yes you heard me right, a mini putt putt course. I am married to the biggest kid in the world!!

The Horse Fair

We went to the Horse Fair in Madison this past weekend. It was Olivia's first. She loved seeing all the horses and of course got a new pink cowgirl hat. I had to include the picture of Livy carrying the bag of popcorn that was as big as she was. She thought it was just for her too.

Birthday's Celebrated

We celebrated two birthday's recently...my mother's who as you can see cashed in on last year's birthday present and took an introductory flying lesson (she got to sit in the driver's seat, take off, fly once up, and land with minimal help) and the only time she wasn't piloting was when she had the instructor take over for a brief moment so she could look around. The whole lesson lasted about an hour.

The other birthday celebrated was my father's. Livy made her version of a birthday cake for him. He enjoyed it very much :)

Excerpts from a Dog's diary:

Dog...
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

Excerpts from a Cat's Daily Diary:

Day 683 of my captivity:
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.

The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the floor. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet.

I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. The audacity!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food.

I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow --but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded!

The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move.

My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.......

For now...

This is a LYNX. Can you believe they apparently allow you to own a lynx in Florida as long as you pass a really tough course on owning one. Daryl and I were on a cruise a few weeks ago, and we met a couple from the ship who took us to their friends house when we returned to show us their lynx. That is actually my hand petting it....I Swear!! They have to fly in frozen packed meat from who knows where, thaw it and feed it raw. What really amazed me was the fact that they owned it on just under an acreage of land in the center of Ft. Lauderdale on a horse farm! They also owned a parrot, turtles, goats, ducks....sounds like a walking grocery store for this special cat...yikes. As you can see they keep it on a harness and rope. It has it's own cushioned chair and special "cat" room in the house. It apparently jumps up on the counters, and sleeps in bed with them. The cat is fairly young, it's paws were HUGE! I loved just sitting there petting that georgous cat! Wonder what my horse would think of her. :) Pictures of the cruise to come.

Today, Olivia and I went out to the horses. My mother and I both own horses and board them at a stable close to my mother's house. This picture is obviously from winter, but you get the idea. This is my mother's horse "Murphy". Olivia only gets to ride Murphy for now because my horse "Dipper" isn't safe enough in my opinion for her to ride. Anyway, today Oliva walked up to the owner and her horse and said "Your horse has a baby in it's tummy". She laughed because her horse is a male. She replied "There is no doubt now, he needs to go on a diet" :)

I've Been Talked Into It!

I've finally decided to create this blog thanks to my friend Beekie, who will probably be the only one actually viewing it anyway. What to blog and what not to blog, that is the question. Where in the world do I begin?? I guess I'll just start with today. I'm very excited because my hubby is going to pick me up a new program that will allow us to design to the detail our future house we want to build. It lets you pick out everything from the structural design of the house and where you want to place room, how large, etc., right down to paint color, type of siding, where to put outlets, even landscaping in detail. Then when you are all finished, you get a tour of your new house inside and out in photo quality, and of course it will print out your blueprints to scale and even seperate the plumbing blueprints from the electrical, etc. I can't wait!! You can even use the program to update your current home. Simply take a picture, import it into the program and go from there. Everything from physically altering it to simply giving it a new paint job. You can even pick out furniture and where to put it so you know it works with your designing. Then it tells you where to get it and how much it will cost you. I love modern technology! It's a seven disk set...we'll see how long it takes me to figure it all out.