Just step a little to your right please.

Here are your basic, everday petrified trees.

 Here are some photos I found on Mom's camera. Timmy was doing school with Grandpa and kinda had a accident, I'd call that a little topsy-turvy wouldn't you? I wonder how many times he has been told not to lean back in his chair or he will fall.

Had a little fire in the stove tonight, I guess it is officially fall. I am not really ready for this yet but.....

Here are a few pictures of what has been keeping me busy.

Terry is making a rustic cedar gun cabinet that is really going to be unusual and pretty. Will post a picture when we get it done.

I finally got an afternoon off the other day, Terry went to see his mom on a Sunday afternoon so I decided to go home for a few hours. What did I do with my afternoon? I organised my photos on my computer and made copies on cd's and put them away in a notebook just in case my computer kicks the bucket. It has been acting bad for a while now I didn't want to loose everything I had on my computer. I have uploaded all my important stuff to a spot on the internet so now if it goes south on me I won't be totally whacked. This computer is about 5 years old so it is probably on its way out.

Our latest batch of new pups are up and playing now, so cute, so kissable, so huggable. Love that puppy breath! These pups are from our new mommies so we didn't know what to expect. Looks like we got a batch of short haired ones this time. Bummer. The long haired ones are really cuter and better sellers. We'll see how well these ones go out. 4 of them are Sis's, she gets the money too so she will be the one to do the cleaning up after.

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He drives now!

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Wev'e been hit

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California dust storm

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California girl

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Its rainin

Yea! we finally have electric! Now I can explain about the photos in NM and CA. My Sis is with our trucker Sis on a run to California. She left during the storm on Sunday. We met the truck in Carefree and they will be back sometime next week. She is having a blast, loving it, I can tell by her calls home. Stay tuned for more pictures from her cell phone. She isn't saying much though.

Our electric was out from Sunday afternoon and was on when we got home Tuesday evening.  We had a tree down across the power lines on the driveway. We had to clean out the fridge and freezer and take it to the shop. We has a couple of nice quiet evenings by lamp light here but we didn't stay up long, nothing to do but crank the emergency radio and look for any news. The lights are still out at Bea's, thank God for the nice weather. Not hot nor cold, just right. They were giving away food at the firehouse and the J C's for people that didn't have any.

Lois got a tree through her roof over Timmy's room and a hole above the living room. Nobody was hurt but they are praying for no rain until it can be fixed. Mom and Dad have no electricty but they have a generator.

Gas is $4.30 a gal. here! Yikes!

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California!

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Arizona

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In arazona

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Lava rocks from nm

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St lewis mo

Hurricane force winds

This is two girls practically scared out of their wits by the catagory one (75 MPH) winds, and praying hard that we get home in one piece.

Mad as a Hatter

This is Terry, mad and grumbling about the the photo below.

Ouch!

This happened 2 minutes after the photo below. A walnut, propelled by the high winds hit the windshield.

Windy Day!

This was right after church on the way home from Bea's.

She was resting her head on the pup like a pillow.

This baby boy does not go hungry, he has plenty to choose from.

All together now, Ahhhhhhhh

New pups (cell phone pic)

Here is a picture of the new babies

We had a beautiful day Saturday, didn't make much money but it was a nice day. We sold 3-4 signs and one bench. We would have sold more benches but there was so many people there that they were walking up to a half mile from their parked cars and they couldn't get in to pick up a bench. They were too heavy to carry out so we couldn't make the sale. We could only refer them to our shop and hope they come back. We got orders for a few signs so I will be busy for the next 2 weeks. I think they said there was about 4-5 thousand people there. I did give out all my cards and had to handwrite a few so it was a good day anyway. My dog Becka was due to have puppies that weekend but I thought it would be about Sunday or Monday. When I got up at 6am on Saturday I noticed she was about to deliver. I grabbed a laundry basket and a blanket and in 5 minutes it was coming out. I had to help because it was coming feet first and that is not the usual way. I pulled on it a little and it popped out. She only had the one and Mom and pup are fine.

Lois, Timmy wants to check out the web page Jurassic Fight Club so I said I would find it and send him a link. If you click on this he can look around, see pictures and play a little game there. Use it as a reward for getting a page of home work done or something like that.

Goodbye Baby Girl

Dr. vet man checked her out. She had a hole in the lip under her nose that went through the upper pallet and into the nasal passages. He said she would probably get pneumonia by accidentally inhaling milk into the lungs. So we said goodbye to our baby girl.

I didn't get to check out the puppies real good before I had to leave for work Monday morning and Sarah called me later in the day and said there was something wrong with one of the puppies. It sounds like what she was describing was was a cleft pallet but not being able to see it I wasn't sure. I did some research on the Internet and it says that if that is the problem, the puppy cannot get suction and can't eat. They don't recommend trying to save them, it will need surgery and a lot of attention. Sarah called me tonight and said that it looks like the pup is losing weight, now I am worried. I get off work at 9 in the morning and will be going home to check on it then.

Just messing with Sis's cell phone. He used to fit inside that coffee cup.

Tinkerbell started labor about 12 last night. I stayed up until almost 3 am and she had two puppies by then. I decided to go to bed and let Sis sit up and do the worrying. I got up at 5:30 to check on them and Sarah was asleep in the dog pen and Tinkerbell had 5 of the cutest little babies you have ever seen! Mom and babies are fine but Sarah is a little sleepy. I wanted to get pictures to share with you but I had to go to work and wont be home again until Wednesday evening. I will take some then.

Hey, where is my caffeine ? I wondered why I was so sleepy about 5 pm tonight. I see now, Mom bought decaffeinated coffee! Now I will have to go to bed early tonight.

Below is my MySpace blog for tonight.

You should hear Sis squeal when she feels a puppy kicking in Mommie's belly, and boy, do they kick! You would think she has never had puppies around before. Even after about 18 litters of puppies, she still feels like a new mommie herself. I guess it is because it is her dog this time.

She has spent 3 days washing down and cleaning out the pool so we can fold it up and put it away for the winter. I told her to notice how hard she is working to take care of her pool. It makes a difference how you take care of your things when you have to sacrifice and save to buy it. If we had bought that pool for her, I doubt she would be taking such good care of it.

Taken outside Bea's kitchen window


Below is a copy of what I posted on my blog at MySpace. Jeanie told me that you have to sign up for a page to see my photos that I post there. She signed up a while ago to see one of her friends pictures so I accepted her as a friend and she can see my photos. I like to post at MySpace because some of my 'friends' are Jeana, Andrea, Rachel, Jeanie, David, Greg, Jessica, and I even found Ronnie, Frans son on there. Oh, by the way, he is 24, married with 2 kids now. All my 'friends' can see what I posted and I can see everything new on their pages, like blogs, pictures, bullitens and who they have for 'friends'. If you would like, or if you don't know how, I can sign you up and tell you what your password is.


Finally, a moment to sit down. The dishes are done, the animals (2 legged and 4 legged) are fed and the fire is banked. Now I get a moment to myself.
After church this morning we went home and changed out of our "Sunday clothes" and fixed leftovers for lunch then went to the shop. Sis and her friend helped paint signs while I cut out some more. I will post some photos of the signs when I get them varnished. It was really hot today but we made it through. Had Hamburger Helper and a salad for supper. On Sunday evenings we usually share the job of doing the dishes. I am really thankful for the help. Dad does the silverware, I do the glasses, cups and plates and Sis finishes up with the pots and pans. Works great for us.

We decided the drain the pool tonight. It really got too far gone to swim in it anymore. It would have to be drained and refilled to be able to swim anymore this year and we didn't want to do that this late in the year so we'll just put it away for this year. It sure was nice the few times I got to get in it, will be looking forward to putting it up again next year.

Andrea commented on some photos that I uploaded to my MySpace page. Look for the 'View my pics' button in the first dark red box.

I'm gonna feed this girl some coffee more often! She cleaned up the laundry room and if anybody knows, that laundry room is always so bad you just don't want to go in there. It looks great now. She mopped my kitchen floor! Say bye-bye to the messy spots in front of the refrigerator, the spill that has been by the table for the last 3 weeks and the puppy pee that I didn't get cleaned up in time. Wait, thats not all! She wiped down all my white kitchen cabinets, wiped the shelf under the table and went right from there to clean the bathtub. I'm going to kiss that kid!

Here is one of the patterns I am doing for a sign this week. It seems to be a popular sign.

For todays blog post you must visit my MySpace page and find the latest blog and click on it.

Sarah sent me this picture from her cell phone to mine. She took it outside where she works. I thought it was beautiful. It is my desktop background now. Not bad for a cell phone.