Relaxing on a summer night

It was such a wonderful summer night. The weather is perfect (nice 75-80) and we sat outside on the back porch playing with the puppers. Lola and Jujube were playing ball and Kato sat by Mark and just chilled. Mark made us some yummy drinks and we sat and watched the birds and Koi. I love my husband, my backyard,my puppies. My life is really great.


Tomorrow I get to see Angie and Amy for Angie's shower. I can't wait to hang with my friends.

Dinner date

Mark had a party to play at tonight so I made dinner. I can't believe I actually cooked. I made stuff salmon, aspargus, bread with mango sorbet for dessert. I decided to make it a romantic dinner and

 have it outside in our back yard. I had wonderful french music going, candles and a nice breeze. Wonderful wine and conversation.

Proof that I can cook (yes, the apron proves it) and the dinner table before we ate.

Featured Project on Craftster!

I'm a featured project on Craftster! YES! That was one of my goals! The pillowcases I made for AlwaysInspired got picked. I am SOOOOOO happy and proud! Yippee!

Let's see, what else is going on. I got more work done on my tattoo but I am still waiting for the redness to go down before posting another picture.

I had Mark take this picture today of a flowering plant we have in our front yard. I am 5 feet 4 inches and this plant is a good foot taller than me. It's crazy!



Mark and I went out to lunch today. I don't think he wanted his picture taken. My OMP!

Mod Squad meetup 2008

In June a bunch of us mods from Craftster got together for our annual get together. This year we met up in Boston and Leah and her husband David were the best hosts ever! They wore us out. As a surprise we gave sweets4ever and Mr. Sweets4ever a babyshower. It was so much fun. My wonderful friends also surprised me with a wonderful birthday party. Here are just a few pictures from the trip. I can't wait till next year to see my friends again. I miss them so much. (Missing from the group shot is Rackycoo and Emilyflew. They met up with us later that day. I need another group shot with them.



We saw so many amazing things. The Kowloon is a Tiki bar in the middle of nowhere. It was so random.


This is a liquor store we saw in Salem. It cracked me up.


Last but not least, OMP and me in the airport with Little Amy having some sushi.

Crafts, Koi and stupid computer!

I tried and tried last night to get online to blog and ofcourse my crappy computer took a nosedive and decided not to get online or work at all. Stupid computer! How dare it! So, I will do some blogging today with some crafty goodness. Here is a pillowcase that I made for the Invite Your Partner Swap. I made it for AlwaysInspired. I hope she likes it. I am making another one so she will have a set.





In other news, our pond is finally clear and we can see and play with Pucca and Garu, our Koi. We have been reading about how Koi bond with their owners and have they pick humans. They are like cats.

Not much to report

Not much is going on today. I wish I had more. Since I am not working 2 jobs I feel like I am on vacation. I really need to get back on a schedule and back into gear. Yeah, so, nothing new going on. My computer is being crappy so I am not going to write much and watch a movie and do some embroidery.

Yippee! Fireworks! Let's blow a limb off!

Okay, so I'm not being very Pro-4th of July when I say that I hate fireworks. Not all fireworks, just the kind that Mr. and Mrs. Stupid down the street can get. The ones that scare animals, can cause bodily harm. Sparklers and those little snake things. Those are fun. Not causing any problem, you can write your name in the air with them. Fun. The ones that make loud noises that for some reason make a 15 year old zit face boy think he's a man-those are the ones I hate. They freak out animals and small children and are not pretty. The kind that your local govt. put on or that you see at Disney-I really like those. They are beautiful to look at, you have a trained professional doing it. So, please for the love of God, if you are one of those people who like to blow things up-think about how much harm you are doing to animals and little kids everywhere.