This is Miss Velveteen Sugarbaker and next week she'll be a part of our family :)  You can read her story by clicking on the link.

She's a rescue dog from Annabelle's Second Chance.  I love that squishy face!


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OMG OMG OMG!!! Before it was all just planning-planning-planning for the trip to Alaska.  A year ago, it was a concept with a group of friends and we jumped on board and ran with it.  Since then, both sets of friends have had to bail out for financial reasons but we've been gung-ho ever since and moving forward.  Now it's down to the wire and we ( Read more... )

Yesterday we got to work on Phase II of the Bird Garden. We bought the edgers and gravel for the feeder path, soil to till, and mulch to...well...mulch with.

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I felt like my last post was bland and blahhh.  Granted, I know it's just a baby garden and nothing's been planted yet.  But still.  So here are some pics of my Red Columbines, Periwinkle, and a Dutch Iris from my front walkway.


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I felt really good about the progress of my "Bird Garden Project" until I actually uploaded the pictures :/  You have to consider, though, that this area is a very small fraction of our yard.

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We bought Rock Band 2 for the Wii on Friday night.  Man, we've played the shit out of that game all freakin' weekend.  The kids have been with grandma and grandpa since Saturday, so Jeff and I have just been rocking it out for hours on end up until last night ( Read more... )

Considering I'm paying for this account, I really should try to get back to writing more here.

"I'm right on top of that, Rose"  - (name that movie)

TO BE CONTINUED....dunt dunt dunnnn

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I'm not going to go into all details right now, it's been a hell of a week (or two weeks for that).  My Uncle passed away unexpectedly last Monday at the young age of 57. (And he was adopted, so it's not bad health due to family history in regards to myself or anything like that).  Then, while we're at his funeral Friday in New Jersey, my sisters ( Read more... )

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