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Kinda lonely around here...

Having more car troubles... Back in July my driver's side window slid down and wouldn't come back up. That cost about $380 to repair.

Today, my front passenger side window also dropped down when I shut the door....

Why does it seem like this jeep is just sucking the money right out of me??? I'd like to save up money to make a trip to go see a very special and loverly person... but it's rather difficult when you end up having car trouble after car trouble...

sorry for such a bummed out post today everybody :(....

Nothin' Much

Can't believe it's been two weeks since my last post... and I had been doing so good on keeping on top of it! I got rather distracted with researching my family tree :). I got back to the 1300's on one side of my family and found that they came from royal families in Scotland :). So that was neat :).

I'm now babysitting an 8 month old baby boy Monday through Friday during the day. He's been pretty good so far :).

I'm really hoping for a visit from my two of my bestest friends and I'm also hoping to make a visit to my other bestest friend in Ireland :).

Sittin' Pretty and The Amazing 5 Minute Tennis Ball!

I finally decided to get down on the ground to take pictures of Maximus. I seem to always make him look smaller than he is because I stand above him for his "photo shoots" ;) ha ha....





This is The Amazing 5 Minute Tennisball! Watch, before your very own eyes, this magnificent dog will destroy the ball iin less than 5 minutes! What a fantastic waste of money! :)



I did the worst thing possible just a minute ago.... I showed Maximus his own Vacuum Monster video- and he was convinced that there was another dog in the room with us ;)... uhhh... bad idea.... he's finally stopped barking and has gone back over to play with his shredded tennis ball.

Also, I took Maximus to the vet this morning. 28" tall, 87 lbs.

The Vacuum Monster

BEWARE:.....my voice might be too loud on the video ;).... and I probably taped for too long ;) ha ha....

More Maximus

Today's Favorite

This is my current favorite picture of the moment :).

Pongo, the dalmation that reminds me of Oreo... ("ummm... please won't you pet me???...")

Emily, the girl who loves to give tons of hugs and kidnap my flip-flops

Andrew, my favorite man in zee whole wide world!

Maximus, my current favorite baby :) (He had a growthspurt recently--- he's now 28" at the whithers :)...)

SleepyHead

This is what Maximus does all day.... and when he doesn't, he's as happy as those two bottom pics! I think I'll call him my little Anteater :) since I've decided that's what he resembles! :)

My Own DNA Map Personality Test

Attentive Dreamer

Simply scroll over each block to see how I ranked.

A Bunch of Limes

Our friends, Brian and Jessica, have a lime tree in their backyard. They were kind enough to give us a whole load of them!

As always, I don't enjoy water plain- I must add some squirt of either lemon or lime to it. (I've tried orange slices, and didn't quite care for that...)

I sliced into the lime, expecting to find a pale green interior, and was surprised to find a pale shade of cantaloupe... The taste was similar to that of a store-bought lime, but the smell was more like an aromatic oil :). I don't think I'll die....

Picture Project and Other Blogs

(Sample Picture from my newly uploaded Flickr pics)

I'm quite proud of myself :)... I finished organizing all the pictures on my computer, and then I uploaded about a zillion pictures onto my flickr site :). I'm so proud of myself ;)--- it's nice to mentally check something that big off of your list!

I started another blog the other day... one dedicated to homemaking... I was in a literary mood, so the first post seems rather---- stiff. So I think I'll go back and edit it. And then make it publicly known to people ;) hee hee... Sorry to all your loverly sisters that I shared it with and then you probably thought I was being goofily stuck up :).

And then as I was *trying* to falling asleep last night, it occured to me that keeping up with two blogs might prove difficult- and how much easier and more colorful it would be if I just posted everything onto one blog. But alas, I've decided to keep them separate, so that the homemaking blog is solely about homemaking :).

Off to send my mother all the Screaming Banshee e-cards from Hallmark.com, as she requested :). (She thought the Valentines Day Banshee card I sent to Justin was hilarious :)...)

Some Cute Little Avatars

I always like discovering new avatars.... Here are some ones I just found.

Little Birdy (http://www.hallmark.com/)

Screaming Banshee (http://www.hallmark.com/)

The Screaming Banshee is hilarious.

And my most favorite of all time :)...

The Famous Village poster (www.vllg.com) made famous in Domino Magazine.

My Little Outing for the Day

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For my morning "run" (that means driving ;)....) I stopped by the dollar store and found this DVD, "Martha Stewart's Homemade Holidays," for only $3.00 So of course I bought it. Good thing too... my Blockbuster DVDs didn't come in this morning- and they are now three days late. So now I can have something worthwhile to watch.

Also, I didn't have my coffee pot pushed under the dripper properly and everything overflowed...uck.... so I am now settled and will now have a new cup of coffee and a palmier while I watch my show....

Whitney English Papers Part II

Additional papers....

Whitney English Papers Part I

An assortment of my favorites...

http://www.whitneyenglish.com/

A Quiet Life

The title says it all.... It's quiet down here. My schedule is rather open.... My event of the week is my grocery shopping trip to a city about 40 minutes away. It's a rather big day for me :). I go to Blockbuster, Wal-Mart, and sometimes HEB- if I don't get what I need at Wal-Mart. I'm also planning on meeting weekly for lunch with a friend and her two small children. Right now, she's the only other wife I know around here :).

Not much to say, other than I'm really enjoying DSL. And I'm looking forward to getting settled into a church hopefully soon!

Loving Life on the Border

We're enjoying the quiet life on the border! :) My Love enjoys (and so do I!) the short 2 minute drive to work! The closest "cityfied" town is about 30 minutes away. Also, the drive back to our families isn't really all that bad- right under 4 hours back to the edge of the Hill Country for my family. And the drive is quite calm and pretty, too.

I just realized that I haven't been visiting nigella.com lately and need to get back to it! :)

OH, and we're also enjoying our new DSL ;)

Graduation Approaching!

I can't believe it... ONE WEEK till Graduation!!!!

MY LOVE, I am unbelievably proud of you!!!! :) I already have your gift picked out for you :). Can't wait to see you on Friday! :) Don't forget me at the airport, please ;)

Maximus at 6 months

Can't Decide

I'm having a hard time being decisive when it comes to picking colors and templates for my blog... ughhh... what an update, huh?

Well the puppy isn't really much of a puppy anymore... he's 26" at the whithers and already 75 lbs. at just 7 months :). He came home from training at the end of May. We still have to work on his training just about everyday to make sure he remembers it. They say GSDs take about 2 years to fully mature... I can see that now ;).

My Love is over halfway done with his job training! :) Graduation is at the beginning of August... and then we move :).

Surviving the 4 Months

Well, I have this wonderful feeling that I will make it out alive through the four months of separation :). My Love seems to be doing good, too. I just wish he could get better sleep at night :(....

My giant puppy has gone to school- for 5 weeks of obedience training at a nearby kennel. Really nice place and it's only about 30 minutes away. They owners and trainers are really sweet people.

I just put together three care packages for My Love and shipped them off today. He's getting a zillion jelly beans- mainly pink ones, so he'll think of me :)- and some twizzlers and a Hello Kitty Pez ;).

I thought about shipping him some benadryl so he could sleep better at night! ;)