Well wasn't that a party!

No, really ... a great one.

A singular party of one.

That is all.

A great deal of time has slipped away from me ... so much so .. that July on this blog didn't even happen. I don't even think July really happened. Not sure how that is so, but it is ... and July is well and gone, and we are heading into the second week of August. Not sure how that has happened again .. but that is where we are at.

Wow.

However ... being that the months have come and gone .. didn't mean theat was without greatness nor excitement ... because there is, and has been!

Life in the little home has been expanding .. in ways that make your heart sing!

Angus arrived on July 16th. Wow ... what a little fireball of spunk and spitfire. He is as handsome as the day is long, the iphone is extremely handy for handling the ten trillion pictures that I take of him, on top of instagraming him. Hey .. have a gadget .. must use it excessively. Maybe one day if I get my complete self together .. I might even upload pictures to here. But only if I am feeling lucky!

So .. since the furry boy has arrived in the homeland .. I have never seen the fine craftsman husband in our bed since. Yes, readers .. do laugh !! I too find it amazingly peaceful having the big bed all to myself ... BUT .. there is a story that goes with that ...

The fine craftsman husband found himself sleeping with his dog rather than his wife due to the commitment he made to himself to ensure that the little Angus boy would never have to be on his own, in his first weeks at home with the crazy family. AND .. too boot .. the husbandman began work on the homeland structure, and simply due to the fact that every single morning he woke up, and his back was not one iota sore nor stiff, he felt that he would curse himself if he made the attempt to re-enter the current sleeping arrangements of the last 21 years. Perhaps sleeping with the wife has been the curse .. and his devotion to his dog has turned out to be a good thing.

In things that continue to be good .. our little house has started with a complete make-over. Holy crumble towns folks ... it is one hot mess living down this end of the street. Well .. a mess it isn't, but a beautiful transformation in the making ... all done by the Fine Mr. Craftsman Husbandman .. who deserves more than a Cost.co ready meal and a glass of red wine.... but that is for another day.

Unfortunately .. last night ... we had a massive thunderstorm .. and while our beautiful porch is still under construction .. so is the roof,, so while it was completely tarped off from complete wetness ... our storm watching porch wasn't available to us yet .. since there was water pouring all over the place ... I will hope for even a bigger better storm in the months to come .. where we can roll up our lounge chairs and enjoy the chaos!

The second youngest male of the family has been busying himself with his beautiful and lovely girlfriend .. his band .. and his work. He has yet to start his Science 10 .. but that will come in time .. I am thinking ... The band released their CD ... a very fine piece of music .. we invited all the people that the MusicMan has known in his life .. and people got to see them perform. It was a nice moment to share with family and friends ... kind of like a religious event that one would go to .. if one was very religious ... for us .. this was as close as it got ...

Oh .. in other exciting news .. I went to see Neil Diamond. A very spur of the moment (in the end) event ... and was without a doubt so thrilled to have seen him. More importantly I got to see him at the same time the boy got to see him ... not that we went together, but we shared the same experience. I am ever so greatful that the boy has the same passion for Neil's style of music, and firmly believe that this will only enhance and build on what this boy has already done, and has yet to do in the future. That boy of mine has grown in leaps and bounds beyond my scope of imagination in this last year. Wow.

The girl is without a doubt the most amazing young lady that I know. I enrolled her in voice lessons yesterday. It was my one job that I had to do .. and if I didn't have it done by the end of the day .. I would not have been allowed to rest. This lovely chickster has continued to blossom into a stunning dahlia ... I would say rose .. but this girl has no thorns .. she is just lovely, lovely, lovely from top to bottom, inside out. I admire her, she has spent almost every week as a volunteer at a summer day camp .. and has performed amazingly. The leaders that are in the program all wish for her to be with their group. Her ability to work with all types of kids is beyond amazing, for someone of her age. She is greatness, on all levels. Wow.

In things that one would not speak of ...

I have been completely thrown off the bus, under the train, behind the boat, adrift in the snow. I used to run, I used to walk, I used to .. I used to .. I used to .. interestingly I have not lost my momentum .. however the sheer pain and agony of waking up in the morning, and putting my little sad right foot on the ground is enough to send a bear running FROM one of the garbage cans. It's like reverse OCD ... because every thing you do involves taking a step, or moving .. I am reminded constantly that I have an electric fence sitting on the top of my foot .. and every time I move it lets me know ... however .. I hope I am beginning to make some ground on repairing this strange and horribly life altering situation .. because .. now I have Manuka Honey on board. As odd as that sounds.

In things that are not horrible .. but have me temporarily puzzled ... I can not remember if I gave away my Sugoi pants or not ... I dont' think I did .. but then .. I can't seem to remember that in a fit of frenzy I decided that I really didn't like them .. and in fact gave them away. What an idiot. I removed every folded piece of material from my closet last week ... looking for them ... and alas have come up short.... well .. I will keep looking since I am all OCD like and have convinced myself that I would not have given them away, given the praciticality of the cheapness in me!

Not sure about this instagram business ... I downloaded that App .. and now I am hooked ... good lawd woman .. really ... this is how you spend your time?? Oh well ... I do not have an attention span to read a book .. so this is the next best thing to managing my time while not being able to do as much as I like ... well .. I like to take pictures of the little guy ... so it works .. for me... for the time being!


And that is all ... for today. I have missed countless peoples birthdays, and other odd assorted congratulations .. but when one exists to get through the moment ... well .. it is what it is ... I'm still looking for the correct lottery numbers so I can do the big life excursions that I would love to do .. in the meantime .. I will skulk down to the bear crazed area .. and hope for a good shot that way!

Happy picturing ... !

Bear sighting .. but this time close up.

 

 

 

 

 

adventure in puppyville!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy vanlentines Day

 

105 point 7

Where have you been in my existance?

I turned the stereo on the other day ... and have yet to turn it off.

I am in love with what this station has to offer me ... and so every morning ... I happily press the button to some earfilling lovliness.

In other things lovely: the PIP. I watched her at her choir recital last week. that girl is beautiful, with a beautiful voice. So blessed by this chickster! I also love her reasoning ... she refused to go to the awards ceremony .. no amount of asking her to go would change her mind in going, it's a long time sitting and waiting .. she said she would rather wait until she got more awards, then it would be more worthwhile going ... so next year I will be waiting for the three or more awards .. then we might get a chance to go .. and watch her receive her hard earned awards. My PIP .. always the practical one.

I got a chance to watch the boys band play on Sunday. So did the Sir. They are continuing to do well, play well, and have moved their game up a bit by shaking the crowds hands after their set. Nice to see.

My weeks continue to roll into the next .. I can't really remember what it is that I have done on a regular basis .. so I think that might just mean I am busy .. although I am happy to be busy ... cause .. why not ... !

I managed to scrapbook on Saturday afternoon/eve .. it was quite exciting ... although ... next time .. if there is a next time .. I will ask people to go. This time .. I went on my own .. I just needed to get my head back into the efforts of scrapbooking .. just to throw myself back in ... to my SLAP and SCRAP .. It's MY terminology for kinda fast scrapping, without the labourous hours or carefully placing letters and gadgets to embellish the page to utter perfection .. I am more into getting pictures onto paper, and add a splash of colour while doing so. BUT .. the next time I do go to one of these things .. I will tell all my scrapbooking peoples .. because it was very enjoyable to sit in a room (gym) with like minded people, and just create. Even more important .. I had to remain focused .. cause I didn't know anybody .. but by the night .. I was happily chatting with the lady next to me .. and as small worlds go ... she works with a friend of mine! Of course I looked like a gong show .. with my laundry basket full of stuff, minus the special suitcases, and caddies .. and proceeded to lay everything out on my table ... much to the terrifying looks to my new friend. She said that she was quite terrified by my ability to function amongst the array of colours, and pictures, and stickers and assorted tools .. ( an old shoe box of Fussy's little shoes... ) she killed herself laughing at my style. I had a comment about her sterile scrapbooking style ... very meticulous and methodical .. and almost like someone had abandoned their station for another craft .. except hers was in a high state of activity. I was extremely pleased with my efforts .. and hopefully will continue ... except now I still haven't emptied the laundry basket .. and am sortof needing to do that ... but that is becuase I am stalling ... because I have to add a gadget to my work of puttign things away .. it's some sort of embelisher .. and it looks like a purse .. so it's going to be hard to fit ... I did do something right .. and that was to get rid of the box ... because I am a box loving queen .. and I can see how this would have quickly turned into an amazing storage system of amazing items ... uh .. how about no. So .. now it's just me and the gadget purse ... which is going to require some further purchases .. which I thought I had stopped purchasing scrapbooking things .. but ALAS .. this could help in the card making department .. so that's all fun!

Well .. I am about to scan the newspaper for a coupon ... cause I am good for that.

As I listen away to the 105 point 7 fromt he other room.

If I was really a smartie pants:

I would be eating smarties.
Love the smarties.
Whoever thought of smarties anyways?
smart smart smart ...
How many does one have to eat to become a smartie?
One can't be the simple qualifier...
There has to be some sort of smartie investment  ... wouldn't you think?

Does a coffee bean make you a coffee drinker?
I mean .. you have to hoard the coffee beans to get the coffees happening.
No?

Back to the comment at hand ... the lone smartie pants.

I would be prepared if I was a smartie pants ...
Except I am no good at being prepared .. just semi prepared!

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With the weekend now over .. I can just sigh...

Relief .....

I have to admit ... it's hard keeping up to that boy. He's here .. there.. and back .. and then repeat .. x 10.

The non graduating boyfriend ... yet...

 

Well here we are:

It's the end of the boys Grade 11 year ... and here we are .... embarking on something as exciting as graduation .. for a child that I could only HOPE will see through to his graduation .. which is NEXT year.

WE have rented a tuxedo.
Splurged on a SALON hair cut.
Purchased corsages & assorted flowers.
Bought a card & a small gift.
Bought dinner tickets & after dinner limo service rides.

And now the day is upon us ....

His LOVELY girlfriend is graduating!

I can only hope for the same .. this time next year ... for my very own superson!

MY GIRL ... this time 3 years from now ... will be sporting everything as lovely as she already is ... this time 3 years from now ... I will be broke ... !! BECAUSE my lovely princess doll ... will be graduating .. and she will get NOTHING but everything for her very beautiful heart that she desires!

In the meantime ... I am sporting a camera around my neck and taking photos of the crazy boy .. in a tuxedo ... with his LIGHTSABER .. which the GRADUATING GIRL bought him ... I'm not sure why this just sounds so all assumingly sensible to me ... but it does!

Wish me luck out there .. in cameraland .. cause I am going to need it .. because I am in the great indoors taking photos due to the unco-operation with the weather .. of course the weather was adequate yesterday .. and will be brilliantly beautiful tomorrow .. but for today ... ya ... it's a no gooder!

peace, an empty stage & flying guitarist

 

 

 

And he was here ...

 

What a cool adventure. Got a photo of the boy on stage... this is a very hard photo to collect .. I will admit ... with lights flashing, and people and objects in the way ... I was glad to have got this. Now I will move onto perfecting this shot ... LOVED the lights ... minus the the people that create the big sound associated with the objects.

What a day of adventure!!

The lone drummer .. will learn next time to make sure I get an excellent photo of him ... only because he will be otherwise impossible to shoot ...

this was an amazing concert ...and an amazing day .... this is truly enjoying the successes of hardwork and devotion ...

Hunting in the coolest of spots:

My friend and I spent the day/afternoon together ... it was the coolest of times!

24 hours later

And the hair is still flat.

I took it out of the barrett that was holding onto the flatness, and now it is just hanging, and flat.

I'm not used to this amount of flatness, I am used to FATNESS! ha ha ha .. .quite an amusing comment for moir. Yes, ... I guess I am just used to being puffy all over .. except that I am not puffy all over ... except my hair. I'm about to get scruffy all over ... as soon as I clean out a box.

It's not my box ... it's the Jimmy's box .. except he will never clean out the box, as it's as good as gone from his sights .. since it left the bedroom of his in January .. or was it February .. at any rate .. it's a box, with his stuff .. that I think he wanted, but maybe didn't ... and it's been quietly sitting .. and taking up space, which I now want to reclaim the space ... for my own special stuff ... so now it must go!

I am HALF inclined to not look in the box .. and just GIVE it away. I will brace myself ...

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I had an interesting day yesterday .. almost a proposition. Not of one that some people would expect ... it's all about doing something absolutely surreal and out of the box for me, it's almost comical. BUT ... I am still of the mind that 2012 has something totally new and adventuresome instore for me .. so my mind is open to opportunities that might float past .. !! Keep you posted .. like that promised picture of the troll ... behind the chair... in the livingroom.

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In other things ... very exciting ... got to straighten the girls GORGI-LOCKS again today ... this PIPchick of mine has got luxurious hair. OH .. and in things even more exciting than her hair ... she started making a movie trailer with her ipad ... ohmagawd .. too funny. With the additional HELPS of the movie features ... this PIPchick is on her way to STEVEN.SPIELBERG proportions!

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Well .. onto that box ... and other assorted items that will consume my day!ENJOY!

Wicked and old

It's wicked, to be old.
To be old, it's wicked.
Story is true.
However it unfolds.

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In things that are possible because it's a Monday:

Straightened the girls hair with the new flattening ironing. Wow ... her hair is hugely longy, and hugely flat ... and dreamy like.

I straightened my hair, then it became crooked. As in one side much bigger than the other side. Alas ... I didn't straighten my hair, but curl it ... so one side ended up being hugely curlier than the otherside ... which didn't do much at all, except straighten. In the end I just tucked the hugely curly side behind my ear, and well the straight side .. it stayed straight. Today ... now the hair has NO EMOTION WHATSOEVER, it's straight, and oddly complicated looking. I have tossed it together with a barrett, but it needs some life rejuvenating moisture thrown back into it, to give it that fresh and frazzled look that it requires, and somehow I am content with. This will all have to be fixed tomorrow ... as today is not the day to start the hair rejuvenation process ...

Onto other things even more complicated:

There is a fresh bag of frozen blueberries in my freezer. I put them in their, except now I am afraid to take them out. They are neatly positioned in a precise location, where one wrong move, and the whole shelf will be sitting at my feet, freshly departed from the freezer shelf without my approval. BUT ... I do wish for my yogurt and blueberries ... so something is going to have to cave ...

I found some polysporin that I have had kicking around for pink eye. I don't know if I have pink eye, but I certainly do have something ... so I will conveniently use up the entire bottle ridding myself of red eyes ... if not I will head back to the doctor ... the current antibiotic regime that i have visited the doctor with twice in the last two weeks doesn't seem to have an effect on the eyebulb situation apparently....

It's Monday ... and guess what that means ... I am guessing about whether I am going to my camera club tonight .. I think it's tonight ... because I didn't go last week .. SO SO SO SO disappointed .. just remembered that I put it in "my notes" ... camera club isn't until NEXT WEEK. ooohhh. I think tonight I am going to go on a walking tour and take some photographs .. I am going to head over to the little part of downtown Port.Coquitlam and see what great things I can come up with. Rats.

Moving on ... you know .. I might just be getting afraid of th little Santa Claus that sits behind our chair in the living room. ... in all other seasons, other than the festive christmas event .. he really does look like a little troll ... I will post a picture .. ONE day ... and you will see for yourself.

Meanwhile back at the ranch:

The PIP is now 15. She's a doll. A real life doll. A real life PIP doll. With super beautiful hair. What a lucky PIP doll she is!

The Jimmyson... his band spent 7 hours in a studio last night, after he worked for 8 hours yesterday, after sleeping for 4.5 hours, after being out at a gathering for 3 hours, after having band practice for 3 hours, after working for 8 hours. He has mud on his runners ... he will have to find the time to clean them ... between his crazy shedule of events.

Now ... it's time to deal with the hair .. again .. and fill my eyes with more polysporin drops ... I will go to the group with a good joke .. that way I can cry myself into crazy laughter ...

The dog will be arriving sometime in the third week of July.GAWD.

Having some fun ...

 

 

 

Turn it up a notch ...

The jimmyson made me a CD ... I quite like it .. it goes with the brain, where I was at ... at some point in my life. .... I am not quite sure ... but why is that I really like Neil Diamond? If I actually watch him .. he is stiff, and almost doesn't look comfortable standing on a big stage with flashes happening a hundren a second ... but rather ... it's that guys sound ... or the sound that is incorporated with his sound. I don't know .. whoever the boss of Neil's career is the winner here ... cause did he come up with the big brass sounds, or the ladies singing in the background, or of course the huge piano riffs that find their way through his songs ... cause that man is rather stiff ... it looks like he wishes to break free .. but then doesn't.

In the meantime .. his recordings from the studio are amazing ... and currently I am in love "longfellow serenade" ... it just sounds good to me people .. well that is when I am not listening to "sooliamon" .. I love the bizarre sounds that arrive in the song, and somehow fit. Excellent ... producer or engineer people .. just excellent!

In other things turned up a notch:

The Jimmy is out there ... driving! I refused to let him drive up to his band practice last night .. so instead I made the SIR drive with him ... The Jimmy was waiting on the day that he could drive to band practice ... and yesterday was just that day ... omagawd da Jim ... driving the Mazda5 up the hills, and stopping ... with the manual transmission ... not sure what happened ... last week this time he couldn't drive ... and now he can ... I am thrilled with the GRAND purchase of driving lessons ... best money spent ... and huge peace of mind ...in just over ONE year from now ... I will be purchasing the SAME thing for the Fusspot. Can't believe that a FUSSPOT will be able to drive this time next year! Actually .. I love that fact that she will be in a driving mode ... he and the Sir will go jeeping together ... that's big in the notch factory revolution.

In not so notcheville ...

We have the PUP factor happening. zzzzzzzzzzz. Yes, I will hit the snooooooze button on that one. BUT ... it will be just so exciting to see this blog filled with ten trigazillion photos ...

In other things not notchville:

Have stalled in the reading of the books department, and have taken up a complete transformation with words with friends. The situational crisis is that I can only have twenty friends at one time playing the game. OK seriously ... ONE can't have TOO many friends when playing words with friends. Somehow I am going to have to resolve this current high stress situation. GAWD.

In things crazy:

Hmm .. shouldn't be hard .. this is me ...

The Jimmyson gave me a sneakpeak of his backpack yesterday. This guy doesn't purposely walk around with things of this sort of obstacles ... except when it is holding a DOUBLE EDGED LIGHT SABER! He is 7 all over again. He brought it to school ... and proceeded to make grand entrances to all his classes ... then because almost all the teachers he has are MALES ... they then grabbed it ... and began flinging it around ... I guess that is why I didn't get the phone call from the school complaining that my son had brought a weapon to school ... because at the end of the day his play experience had been enhanced by the education from the teachers in LIGHT SABERING.  Today we are back to dullsville, and the lightsaber has been left by the piano .. where todays great excitement will come from the boy playing "freebird - live version" - so there is no light sabering included in that festival of fun.

So I had my hair chomped a couple of weeks back, and I have been dealing with it ... I think I have had maybe two good hair days since the chomp effect ... I even bought a big huge super sonic brush to defrizz and enhance the big curls that my hair has the ability to do ... HULLOOOO .. I'm still waiting.... I'm usually half glass full ... still waiting ... since the huge chomp for some control. I guess will adjust my frame of mind .. I will never have control!

My little mini ... (aka Fusspost, Pip, Fusslina, FussyDoll, or Princessdoll) ... is almost as tall as her brother ... well .. she has only a couple of inches beneath him. The latest converstions taking place are one that was planted in our heads last week ... the jimmysons friends dating his sister. Sparks started to fly ... from the Jimmysons eyes .. and equally from some of the friends ... enlightenment. One fellow was terrified at the thought ... the wrath of the double edged light sabering brother ... !

The ANTMAN is coming this week ... I booked the appointment .. I will let the SIR deal with the situation ... ah yes ... letting the husbandman deal with lifes little discontments .... moisture ants .. nothing content about that ... this is his jurisdiction ...

My house is silent at the moment .. where it shouldnt be ... I have a couple chores to do .. namely laundry ... and if I were to be a highly functioning person .. I would be running the machines while running this one ... so it's best that I figure out my priorities ...

Here .. I have another story ...

Just kidding .. later gaters.

Frozen in time.

That's me all the time, most of the time, some of the time, the majority of the time.

Frozen.

Todays moment of frozen in time was capturing the Jimmyson in a tuxedo. Very cool. I only got a yicky iphone picture of him ... as I was trying to be the low key mother and yet perpetual paparazzi queen that I really am .... BUT ... what I did secure for myself today was the very consent of the girlfriend of the Jimmy that I could YES in fact come and take pictures ... YES I could ... and since the JIMMY has stated that he is a talking mannequin, he has no weight in this picture taking event ... since it is all about her ... and not him .. he's just her date .. her being the one graduating, her being the one that it is all about .. hence him being just the mannequin that she wished to dress up. One hundred and eight five bucks later dress up like. What a bargain of a barbie doll, but rather a Jimmy Doll.

In other things of funness and trivia worth typing about ...

The Jimmy loved his driving lesson yesterday. LOVED it ... yae me. The instructor told me that one minute this couldn't drive, and after doing some figure eights in a parking lot ... he exited the lot, and could drive. Very well. Not my words, but what was said to me. Cool .. Jimmy the driving boy. Now that's an odd sound.

I reminded the fuss that in exactly a little over a year from now I will purchase her driving lessons. She's the type of chickster that just wont need them ... she will just get driving .. I can already tell ... she gets a lot of stuff ... because that girl has a whack of common sense. Lucky chickster. EXCEPT ... she is still going to get driving lessons ... surprise ... or not. Yes .. can't believe that the PIP will be 15 in a few short weeks. What a babe! Doing what she does in life with a certain ease and style of her own. At least at this rate she will be driving after her brother ... because it was looking like the young lady would be purchasing her own ride, and then riding around with her brother and his band shit all loaded down in her vehicle ... in fact ... I can see that happening ... because somehow I see the jimmy's car sitting in the driveway .. un-insured, out of gas, and a flat tire ... of which he will not figure out how all of that happened ... ! except he will be able to sing and play something for someone to gain his supper.

Wow .. I win the mother award ... I will pass it along to someone else ... as I tend to win this award very often! ha ha ah ah ah

In other things of even more excitement but non adventurous ... I had to quit running for a bit. STOPSVILLE. My little foot has taken a little backslide in the good health department ... so until it heals up all nice ... I wont pound the living shit out of it by running ... makes sense .. no?

In things that make a difference in the world ...

I wore a scarf today. And a T-Shirt that was comfortable, ... ALONG with a jean jacket that I am equally as uncomfortable in as the scarf. GAWD .. I am making headway in the COMPLETE style department. Lesssons in life that the sister has taught me ... wear it, own it. Doesn't always apply mind you when one frequents the aisles of walma.rt.Seriously some bad style happening there. .. however ... it doesn make for some pretty humourous views while waiting for the Jimmy to be done his shift at the local wal.mart location!

Well .. I'm off .. to drive the Jimmy. That is what I do ... wonder what I will do when I don't drive the Jimmy ...

THE magic of call display!

I looked around the internet world yesterday afternoon, and hunted for a driving school. I decided to call one person. Answering machine - so I hung up. I wanted a human .. my computer time was done!

My wish ... came true .. the fellow called me back .. and sold me on his service (him).

Today, the Jimston starts his driving lessons.

Could we teach him!

Sure.

Would we teach him!

Sure.

Do we have a car to teach him!

No!

Well .. we have a car ... a singular vehicle that is a five speed in a world where hills are in abundance. WE have a work truck, which if it isn't being driven for work .. doesn't get driven. We have a jeep, if it isn't being driven to mountain sides with challenging driving skills, it otherwise can not be driven. dun dun dunnnnnn.

And now for the greatest challenge of all ... get that boy his driving lessons!

He has now decided that buying a car is high on his priority list .. .... sonny boy has seen the sun, the light, the stars and the moon all in one sitting. Large praises for small miracles.

OH . and because the pipster is in in the know of these driving lessons that are occuring .. I told the young lady that will soon be 15 ... she too will have driving lessons ... in a YEAR .. oh good gawd ...  ONE LESS THING TO TAKE CARE OF on MY END!

Yes ... all this because the magic of call display.

This really happened:

I learned how to use my manual setting on my camera. (SUCCESSFULLY)

I learned how to pan. (SUCCESSFULLY)

I learned how to create abstract art. (HOW CAN THIS BE UNSUCCESSFUL?)

I was thrilled to be a part of the next step of photography ... now my job is to practice non stop. NON stop. I don't really like taking pictures of flowers .. well .. I do ... but then I don't.

In other things way less exciting ... but extremely exciting ....

It's only almost thirty years coming ... but it's back ...

I'm taking up my drawing interests again ...

Once upon a time, well ... 25 PLUS years ago .. I used to draw. Might as well start again ... as the days are not any less busy now, as they were a zillion years ago, and another zillion to come ... might as well look to now to get the job done.

Now ... I just need to find an image to reproduce ... this could take a while. HA!

Meanwhile .. back at the ranch ... we limbed up a number of trees last week. Wow ... we can see the mountain behind us.... as well as the dumb dumb neighbours .. that just stare - and stare some more. Now the SIR is convinced there is a glitch in the system of the city that since we didn't plant these overly annoying trees, that certainly there must be a way that he can be rid of them, despite the one tree a year removal law.

In other things equally exciting .. it looks like we have a little furball arriving on our doorstep in the summer. At least I think we do ...

struck gold!

After 25 years plugging away at a little job, with the majority of that time spent working on the weekends I get to have a little gift. I had a choice of binoculars, a bracelet, two types of clocks and a gold necklace .... well ... I struck gold ... the Pippy Doll doesn't have a gold necklace ... so I will give it to her ... 25 years of plugging away will bring my Pip a little bit of gold digger happiness.

In other small parts of happiness:

Who couldn't like Vanilla yogurt?

Be ALL end ALL.

That's how much I love it.

And ... since I have consumed my little container .. I am moving on to Cuban Coffee. Thanks ... to the Pip. Although I guess we can get Cuban coffee here ... it seems more genuine since it came home in the Pip's suitcase.

In other things time consuming ... the boy is playing tonight, and again on Friday. Not sure where he is tonight .. except that he has to be their at 5, and they do not go on til midnight. Downtown. I'm the driver. Gawd ... this is business for a bunch of clowns.

That is all ... sip sip sippin away ...