Thursday April 16th

Yahhhhh...finally 2 gorgeous days in a row. Managed to get some gardening done, raking up all the old leaves, pulling weeds, but now comes the fun stuff...I am going to buy some annuals!!!

They always look so great when you first get them in, unfortunately this year...my big dog MO has decided flowerbeds make a great shortcut to other places.....does not seem to matter how many times he hears BAD or NO...next time he is jumping through it again!!

Wow my daughter only has 7 more weeks before grad, and less than a month until she turns 18!!! Time has just flown by!!! Then she is off to Mexico for a week with her grad class and thats it....reality will hit when she realizes she is now considered an adult, maybe get a job...LOL.

Enjoy the new pictures of my MO dog....and have a great week!!!!

Time sure gets away from me

I cannot believe it is almost a month again since I stopped by to update this blog.

I hope everyone is well, I had a great time last weekend with my little sister (35), I had not seen her for about 3 years. We shopped, drank mochas and I got her addicted to Guitar Hero...I know I am too old for these games but I just LOVE IT.....wonderful time waster, and you never know, maybe one day I will get so good I can join a world tour...LOL.

Here are a couple of pics of her playing GH and with my daughter and MO.

Wow only 3.5 months until my daughters graduation......what she will do after that is anyones guess...right now we are just keeping our fingers crossed she makes it....she is very much like me in that way, definitely not scholarly but EXTREMELY social. If there was a class for that....an A would certainly come her way.

Our weather has been awesome for the past few days and I actually managed to get outside and do some gardening, but back to grey skies now.

I have been making some really cool beads with new design I was playing with, I just love the way they have been turning out...still a couple of pairs on etsy if you are interested.


MO (my dog) is almost 90 LBS now and so DEMANDING...all he wants to do is PLAY...but I am still having so much fun with him, and he forces me to go out for a walk everyday...so I have lost enough weight now I am back into some old jeans!!! He absolutely LOVES puppets, so when I found this monkey I know he had to come home with us, and he is definitely MO's favorite toy.....





Anyway HI JHEIRA!!!! LOL...hope you are still stopping by, I really have to start updating this much more often!!!

SATURDAY DEC 27 2008

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We had lots of fun, but other than 'Mo' it was pretty quiet at our house. Mo did really well at opening his presents, but after a month of practising I should hope so...LOl.

A couple of days before Christmas one of my daughters friends brought over and adorable puppy and Mo and he (TANK) played for about 5 hours straight. There were a few nips and a few angry snarls but in general they did quite well together.


On a Christmas note, I got a BOSE speaker IPOD dock so now I have awesome tunes in my house again. Of course I wait until my hubby is out to crank it but then out comes the old school music and lots of bass and head bangin' (well not really but I do like my music loud...thanks to my mum!!!)

Anyway enjoy the pictures and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR...see you in 2009!!!!!!!!!!

December 13, 2008

Wow, how time is flying...only 11 more sleeps til Christmas Eve. I used to love Christmas so much, I was always going to parties and having people over, but so many friends don't live near me anymore and others are home with their families so it has been tough to get into the Christmas spirit, but once I started shopping it helped...one day I must sign up for a twelve step program for shopping addicts but I love it!!!

But even with the economy as bad as it is around here, I am amazed at how many people have gone all out with their decorations. Our neighborhood has some fantastic displays and our house looks pretty awesome too thanks to my DH!

Mo has been practising opening presents in preparation for the big day. He is doing great but does tend to crush the cookies or whatever I have packed up. LOL. He is just too much fun. Forces me to go out for walks as well...but NOT today. It is getting so cold and we are in for some temps that we have not seen around here for 20 years. So definitely hang out in the house, sit by the fire and watch some DVDS kind of weekend.

I have closed my etsy store down until Jan 5th!!! It is kind of nice knowing I don't HAVE to go out to work...kind of like taking a real holiday!!

anyway thats it for now...HI JHEIRA!!!!LOL...thanks for looking at my blog on a regular basis and sorry for so long it took to update it, I will try and get to it a little more often!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

November 2nd, 2008

Hi there, hope you all had a great Halloween. After 3 days to decorate the outside of my house we had a blast. Not as many kids as normal but so many in our subdivision are growing up. I had my daughter and her friend dress up and hang out with us for a couple of hours as live actors in my scary scenes...they did so well!!! We had a fog machine going and they would appear out of the fog, or follow people very closely!!! Wonderful, just love scaring people ( I got that from my mum)!!!


Then there was me, as usual I had to go for as ugly as possible!!! The teeth were too fun.....poor little kids they just never know what to expect.


As for 'Mo' (my dog) it was his first halloween and after the initial barking at me, until I spoke he was good as gold with the trick or treaters, had to be in the thick of it...but here is a pic of him waiting for that next doorbell!!!



Wow only 2 more days until the election, it certainly is going to be interesting!!! It is my birthday this month, I am feeling SOOOOO old....but at least I still look a little better than I did on Halloween.

I have some new listings up on ebay, you can find me through my seller name which is the same as on etsy, it is rufusandroxy.

Hope you all have a wonderful week and I will chat again soon!!!

October 14th, 2008

Man, I just don't know how the days keep flying by so fast. I think for me, after I turned 30 the days went by way too fast!!!

Already mid- October...time to start getting my halloween decorations up. Since I have so many animated ones, I wonder how 'MO' will do with them...bet he won't like the life size talking butler...LOL.

Speaking of Mo...this was a few cute shots I got of him with a chew toy the other day.

Been working on Christmas beads lately, here are some pictures of some of the ones that have sold on etsy. Many more to come!!! Debating whether or not to start listing some beads on eBay again, it has been a really long time since I did, but I kind of miss the auction/bidding rush!!







Have a great day.
Amanda

MO, Palin, and life in general

Well first some positive thoughts. Having a blast with my dog still...he is getting HUGE!!! 6 months and he hit over 50 LBS. Lots of energy which is good, since it means I am losing weight with all the playing and the walks. Enjoy the new pics.


As for our politics...well I must admit I think Palin looks like a really nice, fun and animated person, but I really don't think she could handle being president if something happened to McCain. I don't think I have ever watched a vice presidential debate before, but I, as so many others was glued to the TV. She is brilliant at avoiding answering questions, and obviously did some work on getting to remember some foreign policies and names...but come on....vice president I dont think she is!!!

Going to be a pretty interesting 30 days to see what this all comes down too.

I am in full swing in my etsy store. This is my busiest time of year. Had lots of custom orders to work on...but also managed to keep the store stocked up. Some fun Halloween beads are available, and I should have some more Christmas beads this week.

Have a great day all.

Amanda