Strawberry, here I come!!

Why is it that if you're dressed and ready to go somewhere, you invariably spill food on your clothes?? Of course if I'd just had grubby clothes on, nothing would've spilled. Ahhh, must be another of ole Murphy's laws, huh?

At any rate, my cooler's packed, I filled up with gas, Stella's spending the night with her sister and as soon as my shirt is dry, I'm heading out! :)
I love me some girlfriend time!!

Hmmm...

So, I had a date yesterday. A very nice guy, easy to talk to, likes to have fun and not bad looking. I could only find one thing I didn't like too much so far... he's shorter than I am :( Didn't seem to bother him but I haven't decided where I stand on the deal.

A big plus was that Allison, Karter and the boys stopped over while he was here. Jameson crawled up on his lap and laid his head on his shoulder. Now had Gage done it, I wouldn't have thought much about it BUT Jameson is just not that comfortable with people when he first meets them. Like I said, Hmmmm....

Happy Birthday David James!!!

One year ago today I got to hold you for the first time. It's hard to believe that it's already been a year. Grandpa Aiken would've been so proud of you! Hope you have a wonderful day, little sweetie!!

Potty Training Breakthrough?

Stella seems to know what I want when I take her outside. It's been many days since we've had an accident. However, I believe I'm the one that's trained. I take her out regularly and she does her business but up until today, she hasn't asked to go outside.
This morning, she actually went to the door and barked. I immediately took her out and she peed. TWICE!!
I sure hope this continues!!

But seriously, she's only been here for 3 weeks and we've had less than 10 accidents in the house. I think she's doing pretty damned good. And she's learning to fetch a ball. She's bringing it back to me about 80% of the time :)

And the biggie is that she definitely knows who she belongs to :) She follows me everywhere :)

PSA to Men in Cars

When you drive by a woman in a bathrobe @ 4AM who is out pottying her dog, DO NOT drive slowly, roll down your window and try to engage her in conversation! You'll scare the shit out of her!
End of message.

Strawberry

It's that time of the year again! Yep, you guessed it, STRAWBERRY!!!! As many Homemakers that can make it show up for three days of good food, good drinks, and good friends! No men or kids allowed! We usually solve MOST of the world's problems :)

The planning meeting is at Patty's tonight and the phone calls will start flying the closer we get. This year we're going against tradition and will go down on a Sunday. Normally we do Wednesday through Friday but because Jennifer's son is getting married August 10, we had to adjust the time. August 12-14 it is :)

I've never missed a Strawberry, and have even brought TPN on two different occasions. Because of Stella G, however, this year I will be going for the days only and driving back each night. I have no one to leave her with, she's too little to be kenneled, and the cabin owners do not like dogs. I will bring her with me but won't let her in the cabin and will clean up after her so they won't even know she was there. Actually, I would clean up after her anyway but out of courtesy, I just can't allow her in the cabin. Which means, I won't be going in either. Sure hope the weather is nice :)

Joining In

A- Available or married? Available
B- Best gift to give? Time
C- Cake or Pie? Cake, butter, yellow cake
D- Drink of Choice? Golden Margaritas
E- Essential Item? Money
F- Favorite Color? Red to wear, otherwise, purple
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? Neither
H- Hometown? Minot, ND
I- Indulgence? Alaskan King Crab
J- January or February? January, it's my birthday month
K- Kids & names? Allison 34, Sarah 31
L- Life is incomplete without? Love
M- Marriage Date? April 28, 1972
N- Number of Siblings? 4
O- Oranges or apples? Oranges
P- Phobias/Fears? The dark
Q-Favorite Quote? "If you're going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance."
R- Reason to Smile? 4 grandsons
S- Season? Fall
T- The last thing you returned? A ham :)
U- Unknown fact about me: I can't go to bed with dishes in the sink
W- Worst habit? Smoking, but I'm working on it and can say I ALMOST have it beat
Y- Your favorite food? Alaskan King Crab
Z- Zodiac? Aquarius

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