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Going to the In-Laws this weekend

February 22, 2008 by Tricia

I think we’re supposed to get together with the in laws this weekend.

It’s my husbands oldest sisters birthday and I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to go to my parent in laws for a dinner.

Of course we’ll bring the puppy along with us. I suppose if we were only going for a few hours she could stay at home, but we’ve got to go out of town to see the relatives so we’re bound to be away from home for several hours.

I can’t leave my little girl at home now can I?

In fact, since we’ve been having so many crazy snow storms lately there’s always the chance that our day trip could turn into an overnight trip. There’s a section of our trip that’s really dangerous to drive through when it’s snowing hard or just when the weathers bad in general. We’ve been caught in that area in bad fog, blowing snow and wind storms and it’s pretty scary.

I guess if we are going to the in laws I’ll pack up all of our travel gear just in case it ends up being an overnight stay. That means bringing extra food for the puppy too!

If I actually liked going to my in laws it wouldn’t be quite so bad ….

Replaced our Computer monitor with an LCD!

February 22, 2008 by Tricia

You know what? We bought a new monitor for the desktop computer in early January during all the new years sales and I’m certain that I never even mentioned it on any of my blogs. Duh!

You’d think I would have told you about the new HDTV and VGA lcd monitor by now huh? Actually I haven’t even tried it as a television yet either. It works great as a monitor for the computer. I guess I’d better try it out and see it makes a decent HDTV too eh?

Eventually we’re going to get a second laptop and we might give up on having a desktop computer all together. That’s why it was important that we get an LCD monitor that could also be used as a television. It will fit perfectly in one of our guest bedrooms. There’s a small TV set up there on a TV stand already, but that TV is very old and has a fuzzy picture so the LCD monitor would make a perfect replacement if we ever decide to stop using it as a computer monitor.

Did any of you take advantage of all the boxing day or New Years sales that were happening? Get any good deals?

A feast for the dogs

February 20, 2008 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

What’s the old saying about a dogs breakfast?

Well this sure isn’t breakfast. Looks more like a dinner feast for the dogs doesn’t it?

I think that if I set a fully cooked turkey down on the table in front of my Lab puppy it wouldn’t be sitting so patiently in the chair! She’d be right up on the table with her face deep in the turkey and I’m sure she’d think it was pure heaven!

My mother in law actually lost a turkey she’d just cooked, except she lost hers to a cat! The cat jumped up on the counter where the turkey was cooling and while no one was in the room it proceeded to eat about half the turkey! I can’t remember if it was Thanks Giving or Christmas when it happened, but needless to say we ended up having a much different main course than was planned.

My arbor rose

February 17, 2008 by Tricia

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This rose is Breath of Life. It’s a climbing rose. It’s actually the first rose that I picked out for my garden and I gave it a prominent place right at the entrance to the back garden. It’s attached to a rounded bamboo arbor and as it grows each summer I attach some of the large branches to the arbor so that the rose hugs one side and at least half the top of the trellis.

I also grow a large blue/purple clematis. It climbs up the rose and grows over the arbor. On the other side I grow honeysuckle in a large planter so the arbor is completely covered by the three plants.

Together all three plants make quite a lovely and dramatic entrance to the garden.

Do you have a special plant that you grow near the entrance to your garden?

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Someone’s Thirsty

February 13, 2008 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

Wow, this little guy must be very thirsty! Looks like it’s a baby squirrel.

I hope that there’s only water in that cup. Can you imagine a baby squirrel on a sugar rush?

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