Archive for February, 2010

Hot Politicians

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

My dear husband is on a first name basis with all the local television newsbabes. We’ll be watching the weather report and he’ll come out with remarks like “Candace looks hot in that outfit” Hmmmph. I pay them no mind. I know it’s all “image” and I call them “unremarkable blondes” Local television personalities must [...]

Laundrypalooza

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Now it can be told Mr. Pyrate went out of town on February 6 for some technical training in the wild suburbs of Chicagoland. Meanwhile the dogs and I had the adventure of facing the SECOND big snowstorm (sort of) alone. I was saved from being snowbound by our neighbor next door. We let [...]

Blizzard Dogs

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

There was canine weirdness with Tesla last week when we had the second big storm.
Monday morning he woke up throwing up (eeeewwww) My reaction was “good grief Puppy, what did you eat now?” He’s terrible about stealing goodies out of the waste basket. I figured as long as he kept drinking a bit of [...]

Meet Thing 2

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Oh hi! The other blizzard was last Friday/Saturday. And then we had another one Tuesday/Wednesday. I’m getting used to it. But hey, what about that SNOW in Florida?????
We just ordered a new camera and it arrived this morning. I haven’t quite figured it out, but I got some pictures uploaded.
This is the homestead with 40 [...]

b-b-b-blizzard???

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Well, a BIG snow anyhow. So far, the heat and the lights are staying on, so it’s a day of enforced rest except for first responders, medical people and grocery store clerks!
Got some action shots!
This is the front end of Pyrate’s truck….the lump next to it is my little car- buried!

This is the front yard. [...]

A wish for green shoes…..

Monday, February 1st, 2010

I’m depressed about my shoe size. 10 D
I used to be an 8 1/2 B, but feet grow to accommodate weight- big bummer. Online shopping really helps because I can’t just walk into a shoe store and find my size. 10’s are hard to find in general. My theory is the young people (in their [...]