Hi. This is a picture of my small, downstairs powder room. I wanted to show Sherry how I put the fabric in the vanity. Some people (men) enjoy the awful look of heavy solid, oaken doors. I think the curtain is prettier to look at. And, in a small space, who wants to swing an ugly oak door into your shin? Anyway, it was dirt cheap because my aunt gave me the fabric for FREE!

















This was taken at baseball practice last night. See the coach guy in the blue v-neck and blue hat? He was screaming and yelling at the time this pic was taken. I'm so glad they divided up the group into two teams, and Sean is not on his team. A bit too intense for my taste.




Cheerful children cooking cornbread with the cat.

Thursday March 23, 2006

Sherry C., this one's for you. A pic of my dogs behind, sans tail, per your request. Notice Sean's discarded baseball glove on the floor. It will stay there until I pick it up and get rid of it.









Here's that wreath I made. It's lovely considering I only spent about $6 making it. I wouldn't pay over $10 for something like this. I've got to get something to put in those stupid silvery buckets. Any suggestions?

posted by: Amy

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

Don't tell Jake this pic of him is on the blog. I found it on the internet and thought everyone would be interested to see him in his gear. Remember, mums the word.






Jeff is building a nifty new shed. Here his is spreading the 4 yards of gravel he hauled singlehandedly, to the backyard.








Here is Jeff building the floor. I'll try to post updates on this, so you can chart the shed's progress.









There was a fort in my back room today, with various children and animals inside it. I was allowed a quick peek inside.





This is the outside of the fort. I love the beautiful flowered sheet the boys choose. I think it used to be my mother's. Wow, do I need some art on the wall or what? Quick, someone paint me a picture.

Dark Times

Wow, this is a dark photo, but alas, these are dark times. Things are tough all around these days, the price of gas, housing, electricity - all through the roof. Even food. So, Tangles kindly made the sacrifice to become last night's dinner. Unfortunately, she wouldn't fit in the pot, so we settled for a dry roasting on the stove. You can barely make it out in the photo, it was a somber time, but she was steadfast in her bravery and selflessness, so the family could eat.

SIKE! The crazy cat just decided to curl up on the stove for a while. I'll have to have Jeff look at the camera to find out why it's pitch black. Bye!

Nash is 4

Saturday was Nash's 4th Birthday! His party was at Chuck E. Cheese, and it was a super blast! Here he is doing his Spidey impression - has he got it goin on or what?

















Tearing into one of the many Spiderman themed gifts and.......













blowing out the candles on his Spiderman cake. For those of you that are a little slow, it was a Spiderman party. Now that we're all on the same page, lets see what Sean is doing.











It's game time! Sean is clearly thumbing his nose at either the establishment, or the game. Jeff seems to be gazing to the left of the game, at something on the floor.










Here is Nash showing off his new Spiderman Shirt. Everyone had a super terrific time hanging out with Nash. Thanks for having a birthday and for inviting us!

Domestic Crap

Hey! This is what the checkerboard cake layers looked like when we took them out of the oven. Target practice anyone?













This will soon be a beautiful wreath (I hope).














This is the last piece of checkerboard cake. Ooooh...aaaaaah.













Here is my little monkey friend. He came knocking on my door one day looking for work. I asked him if he would mind holding the bananas for me and he said it was no problem. Luckily, he has a very strong tail. I love him like my own son. His name is Gabe.

Hey Alicia, do I remind you of anyone?

Tuesday March 7, 2006

Hi. Well, the server is not downloading my pics today, I tried twice and got the ole, "This page could not be found, blah blah blah". I'm really T.O.'d. Well, I'll try it again tomorrow night.

Hey Melissa, it's good to hear you're liking the gym. Since you'll be "old" soon, it's really great that you're lifting weights, that helps keep your bone density high. (If you're old, I wonder what I am - makes me scared just thinking about it!)

A big Hey to Sue G. I'm going to be posting a pic of our favorite kitchen monkey soon, he's just so darn cute, we must share him with the world. Keep an eye out for that.

Welcome home to Kathy and Danny, I think their Florida trip went well (except for that horrible bird flu Kathy brought home with her).

Nan, sorry I lost your call last night, I need the torture device website we spoke about, as I didn't write it down. (I'll bet everyone will be wondering about THAT!) Outta room - bye!

Fun with Animals

Carla came by with the kids to visit on Saturday. We had a cozy time inside by the fire. Of course, the boys were outside the whole time, and the girls did some trampolining. Here are the girls surrounded by our menagerie.












Adriane and Tangles having a "cute" moment.















Carla and Tangles. Tangles really gets around!














Poor Jeff was simply trying to read the paper. Scarlet and Yoda were having none of that foolishness - newspaper - bah!











Here are the girls warming their tootsies. It's cold on the trampoline in socks.

Another day

Here's Sean and AJ playing a video game. The new Ikea coffee table works well as a bench. It's so nice to finally have furniture!!!!















Scarlet put herself in jail. I don't know why, but she walked right behind the stools and stayed there for quite a while. It's cute but sad. Maybe this is self-punishment for something she did that we don't know about.

Sean baked this cake last night. He had never done a "layer" cake by himself and was a bit nervous. I think he pulled it off quite nicely. Notice the butter knife sticking out of his head, he had his hand raised up with the intent to make it look like he was going to attack the cake. Should have used the arm we could see, kiddo.









These are the fab tulips I got from the Cub Scout Pack. I'm glad I took this pic, I can see that my table is a tad off center. Maybe one year soon, I'll move it.








Another photo of the cake. Those white things are candy snowflakes we bought at the Amish Market. You must have ze sprinkles for every season and occasion. See how one tried to get away?

Saturday was nice

We had some stellar weather yesterday. It was only about 55 degrees, but very mild, hardly any wind, it was great. Scarlet and I took a short walk. Here she is posing on the pier.










She hates the water, but agrees to go near it if I go with her.











Jeff took this unflattering pic of me, as some sort of revenge I guess. It's funny because I was eating a chicken salad, and all the animals had to gather around like pigeons on the boardwalk. Of course, I gave each of them a taste of chicken - how could I resist!!!

posted by Amy

Blue & Gold 2006

Sean graduated from Cub Scouts today, at the annual Blue & Gold Ceremony. At left, is Sue (wearing black). She is the life force behind Pack 853, meaning, she keeps it all running and organized. Basically, a full-time job, for zero pay. Next to her, is Sharon, who is in charge of the awards. Another time consuming job, that pays no better than the other one. The man on the side is our new Cub Master. It almost looks like he's silently pleading for a reprieve from his new position.




Here is Sean showing off his Arrow Of Light award. He is holding an actual arrow shaft, that I painted symbols on, to match his Cub Scout achievements. Now, he's been in this for 5 long years, so I had a lot of painting to do.
















Here is Sean enjoying that cupcake a bit too much. I guess you're never too old to stick your nose in icing. Shawn is looking at his, like he's not sure he should eat it or not.













The pack, very graciously, awarded all departing leaders with wonderful gifts. Janet, Vicki and myself, received a beautiful pot of tulips. Bob and Roy each got cool walking sticks. It was so nice of the pack to recognize the departing leaders. Also, those tulips look fabulous on my hall entry table. Thanks Sue!!!









Here are the 5 Webelo 2's, aiming their arrows of achievement. The poor man on the right looks terrified. In the back is Roy, performing his last duties as Cubmaster of Pack 853.












Here are the 3 who earned the "Heavy Shoulder" award. That means, they earned the max amount of badges possible, which happened to be 20. It was a lot of work. That's Jasper, Mz Vicki, Shawn, Mz Janet and Sean.

Hey, its been ages since my last posting, I've been sort of sick and busy. Anyway, I took a picture of Jeff making Sean's dinner. He was suspicious of me for some reason.










Here is Sean eating dinner. Sorry, today was a slow news day. For those who care, Nan got a new side by side and it's five by five!!!!!!



posted by: Amy

President's Day

Hey Melissa, I loved your spa pics so much, I thought I'd put some of our's up. The kids were off today, thanks to the presidents, so Sean had Shawn over to spend the night. The temp was 38 degrees, so the 104 degree water was nice.










Shawn and Sean soaking it up.














Shawn and the waterfall.
















If you look closely, you'll notice Yoda on top of the woodpile, and Scarlet wanting to get him. She tried but never did.

















King of the hill.

Christmas in February

Alicia and Rob came over on Sunday, it was the best Christmas EVER! As you can see, we did a lot of laying around.



We forced Alicia to watch Napoleon Dynamite, ate some Thai Beef, talked about animals etc. Jake made a special guest appearance as well.





Note the last picture: that's Rob on the computer, looking at the blog that you are also now looking at.Eerie huh?