Workin' My Way Back to You Babe...

This is my girlfriend's little Yorkie (and my Max's sister) who spent the night with us last night. Isn't this so cute? She's just staring at the door waiting for her mom to come back! My boys do the same thing when I'm gone; only they lie on the floor next to each other, staring at the front door. Which is sort of weird, because I rarely come and go thru the front door, LOL.

Anyway, I spent all last night covered in Yorkies! I couldn't move in bed without feeling something furry, no matter which way I turned. I had two under the covers near the bottom of the bed and one who has to sleep practically surgically attached to my body, haha. And HE snores! Needless to say, I didn't get a whole lot of sleep yesterday. But then they say, sleep is overrated. I'm not so sure about that!

It's a beautiful day here today but a little cool for me. I think it's around 70 degrees, but it feels so cold! Not doing much anyway, just a little posting at CDW because it's so fun!

Going out for Mexican food later, which will be fun. Always nice to see the people who work there; maybe Melan'ee will join us if she's gotten some sleep.

The boys are napping on the bed, they really need a bath (the dogs, not the husband, but he could probably use one too, LOL), but I hate to get them all wet when it's so cold in the house. Maybe later ....or, as Scarlett was fond of saying "tomorrow is another day".

Where does the time go????

I just wanted to get something on here tonite! What a day! I'm not sure really why I have been so busy; but I suppose it was b/c I had a lot to do. Feed all the animals, clean the cat's box and room, clean bird cages, do laundry and then fold it and put it away, make Madison's rice and turkey. Slice up sourdough bread loaves and wrap in plastic wrap to put in the freezer. Only I ran out of the plastic wrap and still needed to wrap the dog's food to put in the freezer. UGH..I hate it when I run out of stuff.
Then get onto the job sites, which of course, there are NO jobs for me, but you never know when one will pop up! Of course the dogs have to have some sort of sustenance every two hours, so it was getting up to address that issue too. Get online to find pictures to post for CDW and then write up blurbs for them and get them posted online. It's not that difficult; I'm just new to actually posting and writing the blurbs, so it was a little slow going for me this morning.

Other than that, it's been a beautiful day; Melan'ee came over to drop Pie off while she ran a couple of errands (one of them being an angel and picking up plastic wrap for me) and then came back for dinner, while we watched AMC that I'd dvr'd. It's fun~ we have a nice dinner with good company, our little doggies and get mad at the characters on the soaps, LOL. Aren't girlfriends the BEST??? Well, I know she is, for sure!

I'm tired and the boys are knocked out, snoring even, LOL. So, it must be time to pick the little guys up and deposit them on the bed for a nice sleep for all of us! Tomorrow is another day, God willing! I am thankful for my friends~ close friends and my internet friends. You all keep me going and make me stronger than sometimes I feel that I am. Sometimes I just need to say that, because it matters to me! Nitey nite to you all~ sweet dreams!

These are my new favorite things~~~

I love it when I hear about products or services that other people love...and I end up loving them too, so I like to share with others~~~

If any of you know me, you know what a neat/clean freak I am. I'm a stickler about surfaces especially being clean and sparkling, and for a long time now, I've had granite counters and either granite or ceramic tiled floors. I can't stand dirty, much less, smeary, greasy-feeling surfaces, and years ago, I started using a diluted Simple Green solution on my floors and counters. I like the smell and it did a great job. But I've found something the other day that I like even BETTER!!! It's not just better; it's FABULOSO! I diluted it and spray it on all my counters and used it even on glass tables. I LOVE the smell of the Lavande scent; there's several different scents, but a friend told me this was the "original" one. It just smells so CLEAN and it does such a nice job! Everything is sparkling around here now and it smells GOOOD! OH...AND it's Cheep-cheep-cheep (as one of my dearest friends would say). I think you can sometimes find it at the dollar stores.















I will not even TOUCH this story about it however....





"Cleanser looks like a sports drink
Nearly 100 people have mistakenly ingested Fabuloso, thinking it was a beverage.
By Jeff Sturgeon

Cleaning products such as Fabuloso looks similar to sport drinks, such as the Gatorade products displayed here besides three examples of Fabuloso.


The health risk is low. The yuck factor is high.

A physicians group warned Wednesday that dozens of Texans mistakenly drank a mild cleaning product that happens to look like a sports drink.

Fabuloso is a buck a bottle at some Roanoke stores, deliciously colored and fits comfortably in the hand. Its purpose, however, is cleaning floors and toilets.

But researchers with the American College of Emergency documented 94 cases of accidental ingestion during the first four months of the year across Texas. Many were children under 6, the group said."



OK...I lied again. I can't help myself...it says "many" were under 6...okey dokey...I can accept that (maybe) some kids will ingest anything. And I agree that the smaller size DOES sort of look like a sports drink in a sports drink bottle. But WHERE are people storing this stuff?? In the fridge? I don't get it. And if not, do they not have cleaning supplies out of reach of little kids (who apparently weren't blessed with a sense of smell)? Again, I don't get it.
Now, as far as the rest of them who were over 6, I am just supposing that they've had their sinuses burned out by one method or another. Because all the scents I smelled are REALLY STRONG- smelling in their concentrated form. I'm just sayin'.......
And I'm not going to say anything about where the story originated. You can't MAKE me, LOL.




Another prouct that a friend on her blog mentioned is this:




It's Rimmel London's Lift and Renew foundation. I LOVE IT! It's been a long time since I've found any foundation that isn't mask-like and I hate that. This is light and dewy, so if you need a lot of coverage, it's probably not what you're looking for, but it's just what I've been wanting and it's only around $7 at Walmart.

I know there's more, but at the moment, my brain is being pulled like taffy in too many directions, so I'll post as time goes on.....

Happy Birthday To You

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Maxi
Happy Birthday to you!










Awww, today is my little boy's 4th birthday! The top photo is of Max when we first got him at 11 weeks old. One of his ears hadn't stood up yet and we thought it was so cute. We thought it might stay that way, but it didn't....a couple of weeks later, it went up all by itself and has stayed there ever since. The bottom photo is him now. He's grown into such a handsome guy we think.
It seems like just yesterday almost that we got him, and man, have we been through a lot with him. We've both learned a lot...what to freak out about, what to just chalk up to "it's a Yorkie thing", and how to love and share unconditionally. The bed is his, the best blankets are his, we sleep like mountain climbers most of the time, hanging off one side of the bed or other. He gets fed first in the morning...before the coffee gets made, before we use the restroom. If it's cold, he's swaddled in the softest blankeys that were made just for him and if it's too hot in the house, it doesn't matter if the A/C bill is $2000 a month; it's justifiable. He's our little doll-baby and even though we now have little Madison, Max will always be our Numero Uno, Number One, King of the Hill. Yep, dh's friends can't believe he's so gaga over a dog, but it's true. So, today is celebration day~ party to follow, LOL! It's also my best girlfriend's dog, Princess Little Pie's birthday since she's Max's sister, so there will definitely be a party later. I have doggie treats and a cake to get made!

So much to yak about today! The weekend was fun (kind of)~ I say "kind of" because it was also a lot of work and because we worked til late Saturday night and then went out afterward, and had to be up really early Sunday morning to get to Palm Springs. The fun part was seeing all the phenomenally gorgeous and exquisite classic cars. I don't think I even realized that quite a few of those cars even existed. So beautifully restored or maintained. I love the history behind all of them. It's interesting to me who built the cars and the story of how they came to be built. OK....I won't bore you with my fascination with every detail and I can't wait to show you my MOST FAVORITE car there~ this was not taken at this show, but at Pebble Beach last year where it won Best in Class. I was too hot and tired to take photos, which I'm now kicking myself for! There were some cars that I can't find online anywhere to show you (and I feel like EVERYBODY should be able to be exposed and enjoy such beauty, LOL)....OK..are you ready? Get ready to swoon!!!









This is a 1948 Delahaye 135 MS Cabriolet built by Faget-Varnet. These photos really don't do it justice. There's not very many of these around anymore, in any condition. This particular car was supposedly built for one of the coachbuilder's (Varnet)daughter to use for her wedding. Can't you just see a young beautiful bride in her big white wedding gown and her veil and her groom in that car? It's a beautiful car and a romantic car, I think. I usually can't stand anything blue, and it just struck me that my two favorite entries were some shade of blue! How odd.
The other vehicle that just gave me a great feeling of nostalgia on multiple levels was one that looked sort of like this:




and it was hitched to the cutest little Eriba Puck camping trailer. I'm almost ready to sell the Jag and get the same setup, LOL. Oh, the YE's would LOVE it!!!I'm SERIOUS, really.

OK..only ONE more...this was a really insane vehicle....built from the ground up...a 1938 Packard (that's a PT boat engine people!) 1608 12 cylinder Towncar...yeah, right, LOL~




OK, I lied...ONE MORE...you HAVE to see the motor~




I'm done. I have a party to plan, hahaha...well, it IS my specialty, right?