Mini Vacation

Mini Vacations are a lot of work. You spend most of your time packing and unpacking. Is it worth it?

Jake and Marissa thought so...

 Ok, so it wasn't Earl yet... but Danielle I think...  tossing some pretty radical waves  Sunday.

But Jake wasn't about to let big ol' Danielle throw a wrench in his fun...

So we played on the beach...

Spent a night at the boardwalk...

Baked a cake...

Fixed Lasagna...

Did some grooming...

Ate out at really neat places with fun things to do...

Did I say.... licked the cake frosting bowl???

Met a beautiful Rescue dog named Boomer...

Stayed up late watching Scooby Doo...

Ate cookies till we couldn't eat no more...

Played some more on the beach...

Shared stories...

Enjoyed popcorn while watching Winnie The Pooh...

.... and did really silly stuff. 

Our mini vacation might have been a lot of work, but it was worth it. 

A Dog's Life

Dear Diary,


My human, who calls herself Mom, has lost her marbles.  No,  really.  I knew she was kind of wacky when on our walks she started putting my defecation in bags and bringing it home with us.  One day she's yelling at me for doing such a thing on the floor, next day she's dragging it home from afar.  Who can figure her out?

But I put up with her and her shenanigans because she does toss me  some pretty tasty treats once in a while.  However... the lady has a lot of fun at my expense. 

This outfit's five years old for crying out loud!  I've put on a few pounds since then.  When I heard her saying "oh, Gracie... look what I found..." I knew I was in trouble.  But what the heck, gotta keep  her happy.

It wasn't bad enough that she poured me into a dress that barely fits... but then she parades me outside for all the world to see.  Ugh!

I'm going to bed now and I'm going to try to forget this day ever happened.  Gracie.

Yard sale in the neighborhood

Right in the middle of cleaning the house I noticed (as I peeked out the window) that there was a yard sale in the neighborhood so I grabbed my pocketbook and ran.

This stand that I picked up for $3 freed up some space in my hall closet.  I can never resist little stands or tables...  my mindset is always... "I'll find something I can use it for..."  And I did!

I finally put my dried  wildflowers together to make an arrangement.  It was more work than worth if you ask me, but here they are...  Don't mind me.  Seeing summer wind down is always sad for me...  

So I pruned my very-dry- and-dead hydrangea bush.  I'd never done this before, and later did research on how to do it. It probably should have been done weeks ago.  I hope it blooms okay next year.

Remember how pretty they were at 

the beginning of summer?

 *sniff, sniff*  

I always feel better if I can move furniture 

around a bit.  So I switched chairs with Gracie. 

 Yes, she has her own recliner...  

Gracie hates change.