A walk on a cold winters day!

Michael has been watching too much television lately and playing too much X-box...So I've been offering diversions to get him away from that dratted TV!! This morning it was a walk on a VERY cold winters day!! We bundled up and took off. Instead of taking my camera we took Michael's little HP point and click....

Michael running to catch up to the cows and Jake stopping to check something out! This is the first time I've taken Jake for a walk without him on a leash and he did fairly well.

Michael looking for tracks and Jake looking for smells.

Ahh Haa....Momma I found a track!! We have a whitetail deer track inside a Momma Cow track!! Good eye Michael!!

Jake sitting pretty!!

Michael took the camera away from Momma and took some photos of the cows!! He was further back but I cropped the photo so you could see the cows, LOL....He does pretty good with his camera!!

Not bad for a little point and click, much easier to carry and lighter...

We enjoyed our cold walk and Michael found lots of tracks...We didn't go far as Momma's hands were cold from having to fix Michael's gloves, put his sock back on and handling the camera...time to warm up and maybe a hot cup of cocoa!!

Spoiled Rotten Males!

My husband and son are spoiled rotten!! Michael wanted pizza today, after my “yummy” meal at the Chinese restaurant, and I told him NO! He had just eaten and I was not buying him a pizza and I was going to cook a roast for dinner. Well when we got home he called Daddy and pleaded with Daddy to bring home a pizza!! Grrr….I told Daddy NO! Absolutely NOT!! Well guess what??? Daddy brought Michael home a pizza, grrrrrrr!! Then Fred takes a shower, eats his roast for dinner and literally “PLOPS” down in front of the Television!! Doesn’t take care of the food, doesn’t get his son something to drink, doesn’t clean up or do the dishes….Just sits in front of the Television!! UGH!! These males here are spoiled rotten…Somehow, Somewhere I have turned into a Maid…Not a Wife, Not a Mother but a full blown MAID!! I blame it on myself I have created two MONSTERS!! Are Wife-Mother-Maids allowed to run away, LOL...is it possible? Can it be done? I have a feeling they would just follow me!! So I suppose I'll just stick around here, maybe find a pair of ear plugs and scrapbook to my hearts content!!

Uhhh, What's that? Ehhh? I can't hear you DEAR!!!

On Relevant "Logic"

On Relevant "Logic"
. .Everyone concentrates on the problems we're having in the U.S.A. lately; illegal immigration, hurricane recovery, alligators attacking people in Florida

Not me. I concentrate on solutions for the problems. It's a win-win situation.

+Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border.

+Send the dirt to New Orleans to raise the level of the levies.

+Put the Florida alligators in the moat along the Mexican border.

Any other problems you would like for me to solve today?

Michaels photos from our Trip North!

I totally forgot to check Michaels camera! He had some interesting photos and I put them into a slide show to share with you!!

I just love seeing the world from his point of view, he makes me laugh!!

One Strange Puppy :o)

It's late and I should be in bed but I am sitting here laughing and no one to share the laugh with...it seems we have one VERY strange PUPPY!!

Jake has run of the house at night and he likes to lay in strange places and in a strange position...

1. He has to lay somewhere where he has something to lean up against.

b. Hallway wall

c. Bathroom closet door

d. Wall next to the bed

2. He lays on his back leaning against the said sturdy object (aka: Wall), with back legs tucked up and front legs stretched out...

Every time I see him I just stare and then start chuckling...I finally decided tonight to snap a photo as he was just too funny...he looks comfy and seems to love his nightly sleeping ritual. He doesn't do this during the day only at night...Silly Puppy!!

Ahhh Jakers life would be so dull without you!!

Trip Photos

Here is a link to our Michigan Photos, Enjoy!

Below is one of several videos I brought back...

Snow Trip

Wow what a trip!!

We left last Friday to go North to Michigan and play in the snow. Michael was so good on the plane as it was his first plane trip since he was 14 months old. We arrived at my Mothers Friday afternoon and headed right out to the snow. We played and played...He loved it!!

One of my favorite photos!

That sparkled in his eyes and that slight grin just made my day!

He was having so much fun!

Grammy and Michael with their snowman just before Michael stomped on it and destroyed it!!

This photo was from Saturday when we went to a local sledding hill.

Michael outside Saturday evening playing in the snow again...

Then the rain hit...it rained and it rained and it rained...By sunday morning most of the snow was gone...boohoo....Michael woke up Sunday morning and was upset as the snow was gone!

We spent Sunday going and visiting my other family members at my Aunt B's house.

This is me with my Cousin Jayne. We were raised together and are more like sisters. I miss her so much and really enjoyed being able to spend some time with her! Hey Jayne how is this photo? You were so worried I would put an awful photo of you up on my blog....LOL....

Yes that is quiet a pile of shoes...and actually that isn't the whole pile as some people had already left...One of my memories of my Aunts House and family get togethers is the pile of shoes at the back door. We always took our shoes off at the door and before to long there would be quiet a pile.

A few of the family members...I wasn't able to get a photo of everyone but it was so good to see them all and Michael and I really enjoyed our visit.

Monday we did a little shopping and then it seemed as though Michael was coming down with something...By Tuesday he had a full case of the FLU!! Grrr....My poor little bugger was one sick puppy!! Tuesday we did manage to go check out a few scrapbook stores but by the afternoon we were back at Grammies and I was laying down with a sick little one. Weds we had a quiet day at Grammies. My sister, Karen, had come down Monday night and stayed until Weds evening and it was good to see her too. By Thursday Michael was feeling a bit better and we hit another scrapbook store. I have so many goodies to play with and can hardly wait to get started...

Friday we flew home...and I call it the plane trip from HELL!! I have never in my life been on a flight like that...We had a LOUD obnoxious woman with her 2 SCREAMING kids two seats behind us...The gentleman that was behind us requested to be moved and they found an empty seat for him towards the front but the rest of us in the back of the plane were out of luck!! Actually the kids weren't to bad it was the MOTHER that drove us all crazy...I told Fred I have never seen a plane unload as quickly as that one did when we landed and pulled up to the gate....everyone practically ran off the plane, LOL...It was the longest 3 hours of the trip, UGH!!

All in All it wasn't too bad of a trip. Michael was able to enjoy the snow and I got some GREAT photos and videos of him. He is feeling a bit better now and I am glad we are home. Today was a beautiful day in South Texas...Sunny and 79 degrees...I stood out in the sun for a while just soaking it up...Fred asked me if I was thawing my cold a$$, ha ha ha isn't he funny!!

I took over 400 photos and have narrowed those down to 40 some photos to put on flickr but I see the flickr site is down for repairs at the moment...when I get the photos loaded on flickr I'll leave a link here so that you can go check them out...