FRIIIIDAY!!!!

Being FRIDAY! I thought that you'd all like something a little special.  So, here it is...a contest.  If someone can tell me what these two flowers are and send me a link with their info, I will give them......something, maybe a framed picture that I've taken or sumin'...I dunno, I just need the info and would whore my photo abilities to do it..I'm a sick puppy, yes I am.

Flower #1

FLOWER #2

And now, random bits of photography...
Not really artsy, just sort of there.

A Blue Jay easting dogfood

See, dogfood!

Speaking of dog things...

Dogwood Blossom..ohhh artsy
(yeah, I said not artsy, I lie..didn't you know that?)

LT-Cheesy-Face

BT & LT..can you see the personalities of each?
BT-Being the center of attention, acting all cute.
LT-Beating the crap outta the cow, with a wiffle-ball bat.

More Picture Madness...
you said you liked pictures..didn't you?

Sunshine

Sammie

Iris

BUG!

SNAIL!

SLUG!

An old glass milk bottle with moss growing out of the mouth.
The bottle is buried under years of leaves and sticks..kind of awesome to think how many years it took for the dirt to build up so much that the moss could actually grow...Think about it.

Buds on my Burning Bush

A 'Cow Bird'

BIRD!

Sorry, for all the pictures lately...the weather has been AWESOME around here and all I do is take pics.  Some pictures (especially the birds) are pretty crappy, but only because I can't get that close and the digital zoom, well hell, people, it's fucking D-G-I-T-A-L!!! Ok, so there..I've said my peace...I hope you enjoy these and I'll have more entries with susbstance, later...much later.

Need a New Outlook?

My DH says that I have an interesting outlook on life.  When asked to elaborate he says that I see things that others might overlook. 

There are times when we are sitting outside or, hell, inside, for that matter, and I start staring off into space.  The hubby will ask me what the problem is or if anything's wrong.  I always tell him nothing, or no.  Usually I am watching something.  Today, it was a car driving slowly down the driveway of the house behind us (they live on a farm, the driveway is long).  The sunlight bounced off the roof of the car and it was interesting to see the light change and bend with each tree the driver went under.

Another time, we were setting up our new TV in the bedroom and I noticed the cup rings on the dresser that my mother had given us.  The dresser belonged to my great grandfather or uncle, I don't remember which.  At any rate, the furniture is old.  I was sort of thinking outloud when I said, "I love these cup rings, it's so interesting to think who put them here, what were they like?  What did the cup look like, where did they put their furniture, what was on top of this when it was theirs?"  DH just chuckled and said, "I love you."  I asked why he was laughing and he replied, "You have the most interesting outlook about things, you can take something so simple, like those cup rings, and turn them into something so intriguing".....He has a point.

I like to look at things and try to see them differently than someone else may.  All things have a million interesting facts about them, I want to know every last one of them.

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A Nature Walk Around The Yard
A pictorial adventure.

Some pictures may be clickable! CLICK!!! CLICK!!!!

Notice the little aphid?
I didn't even see this little guy until I was downloading the pics!

Large Clovers

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Another view of clovers.

This little guy was on my hand when I came back from taking the clover pics.
He's about 3mm long..TINY!

Birds at the birdfeeder

Caterpillars can be cool!
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White Azalea

Probably my last tulip of the season

One front flowerbed..AWESOME perspective..dizzy?

The second front flowerbed

The first front flowerbed..without the fucked up perspective..much better, huh?

The flowers by the mailbox..I planted these!!

And Finally....

The flag we put up on Saturday

How I Spent My Weekend With DH
Click for full view, especially the last picture!

Blue Delphinium

Blue Pincushion

Another Blue Pincushion

Yeah, Pincushion..you got it, right?

Lavender Sachet

Salvia

In case you haven't figured it out.  DH and I planted flowers this weekend, well on Sunday at least.  Saturday we went and bought half of the flowers that I needed, figured out that I needed MANY more and went and got the rest. We planted 40 plants, well ok, I planted 9 and DH planted the rest...he's cool that way. I'll have pictures of the flower beds up tomorrow, I hope!  It's hard to get the right light out front.
HAVE A GREAT MONDAY!

PS-DH arrived home safe and sound, thank you for your positive thoughts...I'm a paranoid freak when it comes to him driving 650+ miles

I was sitting downstairs talking to DH before he hit the backwoods of VA and lost his cellular/sattelite signal.  He had just lost his signal and I had put the phone down when I heard Iris screaming in pain.  The screaming wasn't stopping.  I ran upstairs and found her limping around, trying to run from the pain.  BT was no where to be found.  LT was sitting in the chair smiling (probably thinking, "Now HE gets to get in big trouble, NOT ME! HOOHOO!).  I finally get Iris to stop screaming and I calm her down when BT appears.  He is continually saying, "I'm sorry."  I ask who did it and he says that he did.  I went crazy.

I love my animals, anyone hurts them and I don't like it.  My children have been taught since they were babies, that you are to be NICE to animals, any and all animals...always nice.  BT, it seems, had, if only for a moment, forgotten this little lesson.  He thought that playing rough with the puppy was a great idea.  I took Iris to the vet and she's fine.  A little bruised, but otherwise fine.  They gave me some pain meds and told me that she'll be fine by tomorrow, but to have the meds in case she needs them.  Nothing is broken thank heavens. 

I told BT that he broke her leg and that I was pissed.  I also threatened to call the police and have him thrown in jail...this seemed to turn the light on in his head that you don't do stupid shit when it comes to animals.  When I finally was calm enough to ask him exactly what happened he starts off with, "Don't be mad."  Seriously, I was already livid, the kid is telling me, "Don't be mad"???????? AS IF!

DH was on the road and got a signal for a few minutes and called me and I told him what had happened and that I was going to take her to the vet when they got back from lunch (this happened at noon and they aren't in the office from 12-2p).  DH was worried, he loves animals and they are his children.

The vet that I took Iris to is a new vet that I take our other dogs to, to be groomed. I haven't used them for medical purposes yet.  I got to today and I have to say that I am IN LOVE with my vet.  He's the nicest, kindest, most wonderful vet that I've ever met in my life.  I'm so happy that I've found him.

Iris is fine, she's walking better and seems to be in better spirits.  BT on the other hand is sad because he can't play Nintendo...do kids EVER get it? Or should I be asking, Do MEN ever get it? UGH.

hehe I just noticed that yesterday I wrote, "Much watch war coverage" gah! I WAS drunk!  That should have been, MUST...sheesh...then of course the tired hangover yesterday, I didn't proofread..hehehehehe, good thing I'm not an English major, eh?

So...THE DH IS COMIN' HOME!!! HOOOOOO FUCKIN' HOOOOOOO!!!!!
He's on his way now, depending on when you're reading this.  Please keep some positive vibes his way, while he drives all the way to Atlanta from DC..PLEASE?!?!? Thanks, I know that I can count on all my cool Xangans...RIGHT?!??!

Have a great weekend everyone!  I probably won't be posting..I'll be a little 'tied' up this weekend (my mom might take the kids on Saturday..WHEEEEEE!)

Mousy brown hair? HA! Not anymore, now it's red with blonde highlights, so THERE!

So, I've lived through 2 full days and 1 partial day of my husband being gone.  I'm tired, depressed and overall ready for this little trip to be done with. 

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I wrote the above earlier on Wednesday...now it's later on Wednesday, I've had a couple of beer(s?) and I'm working on my third.  It's amazing what a little bit of Miller Lite can do to a girl....depressed? not in the least.  Tired? NOPE! Ready for the business trip to be over with? HELL YES!!!!!

But at any rate, I'm still alive and functioning, although a little buzzed....I'll write more later, much watch war coverage, dude this is COOL!

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Ok, later....No one will read this entry tomorrow, my jumpy entries never get any feedback, but that's ok because I'm really writing this for me, not YOU!!! Well, ok a little for you...yeah, shaddap!

Anyway, my husband is out with 'the boys' drinking and living it up....he's at a semi-nice restaraunt (gawd I cannot spell restaraunt to save my ever lovin' life) and the kids ate frozen corn dogs heated in the microwave..yep, he's just miserable there in VA.  Oh well, if he can drink so can I, right?  I rarely do stupid immature shit, this is my one time...must go get more beer...oh yeah, the point of this paragraph is that my husband told me at 5:30 that he'd call me when he got back to his room...it's 8:30 and I have yet to hear from him...yep, he's only wild when he's with guys...fucker.....

9:30 and still no hubby.  4 beers down and I think I'm going to stop.  It's amazing what you can/cannot drink when you're alone.  I hate drinking alone, I get giddy and silly when I'm drunk (and I llluuuvvvvvv everybody too!) and not being able to be silly with anyone sucks, so I'll go back to diet coke and wait for my sorry assed husband to call me, if he ever does......

Ya know, the last time he called me after going out drinking, we were first dating and he had gone to a titty bar...he was smashed when he called me and he passed out while still on the phone...he better not call me drunk, or I'll have his head..ok, he can be a little tipsy, but he's driving and I'll kill him if he drives while under the influence.

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Ok, in drunken stupidness I wrote most of the above entry.  I now have a headache and it's Thursday morning...but hey, there is some true entertainment up there...take it all with a grain of salt (then a shot of tequila and little lime slice) though.

BTW, hubby finally called me at 10:30p and he hadn't been drinking at all, he was honestly stone cold sober....gah! He isn't even wild when he's out with the guys! Shit!

Must. Go. Get. Coffee. And. Advil. Head. Hurts.

Quiz of the day

What do I look like?  I'm seriously curious...What does everyone think I look like?

I know that when I meet someone online I have a picture of what they look like, usually it's wrong, but I still have that mental picture....so....what's yours of me?

I probably won't post a picture to tell you if you're right or not, but then again, I might! you NEVER know!!!!

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So, Iris had to take yet ANOTHER bath today, she just lays down in the kitchen sink, now.  She's had so many baths that she just takes them....we never really had to fight her to take baths, she actually kinda likes water. FINALLY a dog that likes water, neither of our other two want anything to do with water, the freaks.

So I'm on day 3 of my honey-less adventure....I'm still somewhat sane, the medication helps.  I've been cleaning everything that I can find, so far.....the kitchen has been mopped and all the laundry done, I still need to clean the bathrooms and dust everything.  Get the layer of pollen off of the furniture, I love the warm weather and I open windows, only to be reminded when my coffee table turns yellow, that pollen comes in the windows too.

My kids have actually been pretty good, LT is clingy..he is probably missing his daddy by now, he REALLY loves his daddy.  BT is playing Nintendo (something that he hasn't done in MONTHS around here).  BT doesn't really care for his daddy too much, he's jealous that daddy and mommy hang out together all the time..he's going through the 'I want to live with you forever, Mommy!' phase, I hope this shit ends soon...'cause I got news for the kid, 18 and he's outta here.....I love my children; they just drive me fucking mad!

Iris And Her Daily Adventures

Clean the puppy and the dishes at the same time!

Alice puttin' the smack down.

FINALLY! He's in VA!!!!
Sorry, but I worry too damn much, and him being in VA means that I can worry a little bit less...just a little though....oh well.

Wow, after 6 years (almost!) of marriage and 4 business trips (one international), I am having the hardest time with this trip.  I spent much of Monday in a depressed stupor.  I hate it when my husband isn't around me.  Seriously, if you would have told me 18 months ago that he had to go on a business trip, I would have been dancing in the streets.....now, though...I don't want to be awake, let alone dance.

Aunt Flo showed up Saturday night, so this just makes me all the more crazier in my moods.  Hormones and an absent husband, S U C K!  I am, however, thanking my lucky stars that he didn't listen to me when we were about to be married.....and he didn't re-enlist in the Navy...there is no way I would survive as a Navy wife.  All those Military wives; y'all are freakin' SAINTS!!!  No way would I ever be able to handle all that.

I'm just looking forward to waking up Saturday morning and he being next to me....then he's working from home all next week, HELL YEAH!!!!!  I'm so going to be attached to him at the fucking hip, forEVER!  *sigh* I need a nap.

So, I'm outside yesterday talking to B (she's been keeping me company while DH is away) and Iris is hopping around playing.  Now, Iris is NOT the most graceful dog in the world..ok actually, she's extremely clumsy.  We have a storm drain that drains out in between our house and the neighbors, Sunshine sits and waits ont he rat that lives in there, to come out and eat birdseed.  So, Iris is hopping along and goes under the tree that is growing out of the ditch, trying to get to Sunshine, when she rolls down the little hill into the sludgy mud.  It was pretty funny to watch (it wasn't far down and she didn't get hurt, she rolled maybe once, if that).  Anyway, her muzzle was covered in mud as was one ear, and one leg and part of her tail.  I got the camera, but she had already rubbed through the wet grass, so this is what I got...GAWD that was funny!!

Yesterday's 'What Is It?'...A close-up shot of pollen covering my car...it's nasty around here...actually it's yellow around here!