I just found this tonight & wanted to share since there are many dog lovers & people whom own dogs. I honestly can not remember where I found this website, but it is called DoggySpace . It is kind of like a MySpace but for your dog(s).
I decided to make one for Bailey & Zoey tonight, it still needs some work, but I have had a bit of fun with it. There seems to be some contests going on & you can upload photo’s as well as videos of your dogs.
You can also make other dog friends and “add” them as your friends. If you want to find Bailey & Zoey our display name is: Bailey & Zoey. Hope to meet some new dogs and owners
Fall is coming, it is my most favorite time of year. It is when I get to go Apple Picking with family, I can not wait so today I decided to make “Apple Cobbler”. I have never made this before now, and it came out good.
Here is the recipe if you would also like to make it.
Oven: 350 Bake 30 min.
Apple Cobbler
Ingredients:
3-4 Large Granny Smith Apples, peeled & sliced.
1 Cup All-Purpose Flour.
1 Cup Sugar.
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon.
1 Large Egg.
1/2 Cup Butter, melted.
Instructions:
Lay apples on the bottom of a lightly greased 8×8 inch baking dish.
Mix Flour, Sugar, Cinnamon and Egg until it looks like coarse cornmeal.
Sprinkle topping over apples.
Pour melted butter over the entire dish.
Bake 30 minutes or until apples are no longer crunchy.
My, how 1 year has gone by pretty fast. I did not even realize it was today until someone commented on it. Woot and here’s to many more! If you would like to read my very first post it can be found HERE . I hope in this next year I will make many more blogging friends and have many more things to write about. Thanks for stopping by and reading
Fay has finally come our way, I have been going crazy because it gets tiresome waiting for something that you are not sure what the outcome will be. So far we have gotten a good amount of rain and some high winds, none of this has been steady yet, so that has been good as flooding is a major concern for us.
We are expecting to loose our electricity sometime tonight, we have already had some flickering going on. We live on the 1st floor of our apartment so flooding is on our mind, it would not take a whole lot, but we have a plan and I trust things will be OK.
Earlier today I was watching the news and got a stupid, but adventurous idea. There was a weather reporter in our area out near the St.Johns River, so I told Daniel we should get in the car and drive out to a few docks and see for ourselves and get some video.
Two of the videos I took were right around where we live in Clay County & the last video was taken in Green Cove Springs,FL. After the last video we had to head home as things were getting worse out and we didn’t want to get stuck on one side of the bridge as they were talking about closing bridges.
We saw lots of debris as we drove around, winds gusted pretty high at some points we think around 40-45 mph. We were soaked from the rain by the time we got home. Right now it is still a waiting game to see what is going to come of all this, as we have not seen the worst as of yet. As the night goes by I will update or post a new blog.
Here are the videos we took on our adventure this afternoon.
Mom & the kids are now back in Maine. They left yesterday at 5:15pm, Mom wanted to get out before “Fay” became an issue. I can’t blame her. I had a great time with my family while they visited. The kids had been with us for over a month & my Mom, she had been here for a little over 2 weeks.
I am sad they had to leave, but I know they could not stay forever. We did a lot of nice things while they were here, our favorite things I think were going to the beach and then of course we went swimming in the pool every day unless it was closed or if we were going somewhere else.
It was very quiet and a little lonely last night, I got used to having at least the kids around every night while Daniel is at work. I forgot what it was like to have the TV to myself, I really don’t care for TV, so I was not relieved to have it to myself. I ended up watching news and the weather channel.
I woke up in the early morning hours, I must have been dreaming, I thought one of the kids or my Mom called my name, I responded and then realized no one was there,lol. I miss them all very much & I am so grateful that I did get to spend all that time with them. I love you guys and miss you very much!
Congrats to my cousin Shannon (A Reforming Mom) & her husband John on the birth of their daughter Payson Deborah! She is beautiful. She is 8lbs 3oz and 20 inches long. You can see pictures of her over at Shannon’s blog.
This rainbow came about last Friday evening after a nice big storm down at Jacksonville beach, I was getting ready to watch my husband Daniel participate in the 1st race for “Tour De Pain”, which started off with a beach run.
1. What did you last replace batteries for? My wireless Game Cube Controller, I only use rechargeable batteries.
2. What have you thrown away that you probably could have had repaired? A surround sound system.
3. Among items in your line of sight right now, what should probably be put in the trash? A red throw away cup & an empty 20 oz. bottle of Sprite.
4. When did you last use disposable cutlery while dining in your house? Last night, I don’t have a lot of it and family is visiting, so it is an easy & quick fix.
5. Whose actions cause you to waste time you otherwise wouldn’t waste? I do not want to name any name, but this person can not seem to ever remember where their glasses are and they are usually not very hidden.
I was reading the “Times Record” online, this is a local newspaper for where I used to live in Maine. I often read it to keep on-top of what’s going on over there. I read an article yesterday which sparked my interest.
A new law has passed for smokers. It states that, if you are a smoker with children 16 & under in your car & you are smoking, you will now be breaking the law. For the 1st year the law is in effect you will only get warnings, after the 1st year you will get fined $50 for every violation.
I am, an ex-smoker now but when I was smoking I always thought it was not right to smoke in the car while kids were with me. Had I done it a time or two? Yes, and when I did, I felt guilty so it soon stopped.
Common sense tells most people it is not a good idea. Apparently there are many parents/guardians who don’t care about their children or others children, if they did the government wouldn’t have to make these stupid laws.
I do not believe the government has the right to tell us what to do with our own property as they do not work hard for, or pay for our vehicles and so on. However, it IS our responsibility to care for our children, their health & well being.
So until everyone gets a clue and uses common sense, the government will continue to step in and make “rules” for parents/guardians to follow.
I love my mother very much, she is a wonderful woman and very strong willed. When we are apart we talk on the phone almost every night, for hours. We also e-mail each-other daily and on the occasion, snail mail.
Things are not always lovely though as we don’t always see eye to eye on things. I remember being a teenager wondering if mom & I would ever get along. I really didn’t think so at the time.
Back then we were at each other’s throats and I just wanted to get away. We could not seem to find a balance, it was always one way. As I grew older I had glimpses of hope that we could really be friends.
It was when I married and moved out of the house that our relationship started to grow closer. It has been 7 years now since I got married and due to the military we moved away.
I think moving away gave me a greater appreciation for my mom. When we visit each-other we still bug the crap out of each other and may say a few not so nice things along the way but at the end of the day she is still my Mother, and I love her just the same!
It does feel as bad as it sounds. Mom has been here in Florida since Thursday afternoon. We have spent our days and some evenings hanging around the pool. This caused me a bit of pain, I got a sun burn on my face. I did not get to recover from this burn before we headed out to St.Augustine Beach to show mom around on Sunday.
This time we all made sure to put on sunscreen, as I usually do. We had a great time, it was blistering hot out, the ocean was cool and refreshing, even at 3pm. Daniel & the kids made a “Sandman” sandcastle. The kids collected shells, all shapes, sizes and colors.
We spent almost the whole time in the water. We saw fish jumping out of the water right next to us, Daniel got stung by a Jellyfish and nearly escaped the wrath of a stingray! I always pray for my safety when I get in the ocean, I worry way to much and I think of all the bad things that can happen. But thankfully I have not had any issues.
I applied more sunscreen several times over the hours we were there, but I some how knew it just was not enough, I checked the pliability of my skin on my face many times and could feel it tighten over time. It soon was apparent I was crispy fried and I could not fix it.
Mom loved it at the beach and we all had a blast riding the waves in. The only sucky thing was inhailing gallons of sea water and also snorting it up our noses, my hubby Daniel became a pro at drinking the sea water and became sick after a while. My eyes burnt out of my skull, there is no greater feeling than salt water stuck in the eyeball and nothing around to help you, and rubbing your eyes is NOT the solution.
These are all things you remember through the years and smile. Here are a few pictures from our beach trip.
Here is the “Sandman” Daniel & the kids made
Here is a closer and finished view of the Sandman
A beautiful picture of the sun that scortched our skin all day.
Congratulations baby on setting a great goal and reaching it! I was so proud of you this weekend for running those races! WOOT!
My hubby Daniel recently took up running races. It all started in July when we were in Maine, his first race was the 4th Of July in Bath,ME. He did great and I was and still am so proud of him for it. After he ran that race I could tell he really wanted to race more.
He has been training for the “Tour De Pain” race since we got back from Maine. I was really glad my mom and Joel & Irene were here to see him race this weekend. The Tour De Pain consisted of 3 different races over a 2 day period this weekend, the 8th and 9th.
The 1st race was Friday evening at 7:30pm down at Jacksonville Beach and was a 4 mile run on the beach. Daniel was a little worried since he has never tried running on the beach, but he did great! This race took him 40:19.
Here is everyone in the race running down the beach, it was quite a site!
Daniel after he finished the beach run
The 2nd race took place in Jacksonville near 1st Place Sports. The race was a 5K run. It was at 7:30am and it was a perfect morning for a run! It was so nice out. There again were many people racing, so much so that when they shot the gun off for the race to start, most people had to walk for a little bit.
Daniel did great again for this race, he finished at 28:14. We stayed a while later to cheer on all the others.
After everyone took off for the morning race
Daniel after the race
The 3rd and final race was later in the day on the second day, at 3pm. This race was a mile. This race took place Downtown Jacksonville and it was HOT, miserably hot! I have no idea how the runners did not pass out. It was a beautiful day though and a very quick race.
Daniel finished this race in 7:51 which was great for him and I know in time he will get even better.
Here Daniel is running around the loop for the 1st time
Here Daniel is giving it his all getting to the finish line!
I am so proud of him, and look forward to cheering him on in many more races to come! Daniel’s total time for all 3 races was 1hr. 16min. 24sec.
I had signed up for an account a while ago but at the time I was pretty happy using the “reader” in IE 7 until recently. It all of a sudden stopped working, it would not update for several days, by then of course all the updates were old.
I finally decided to start using the Google Reader, and so far I am really happy with it. It used to take a full day for the IE reader to update, with Google Reader it updates constantly, no having to wait it is pretty much instant.
Google Reader is also good for keeping websites you visit together and if they update, then it will let you know, which is cool. You can also search for new blogs to read & subscribe to. Another thing I like is you can log in from any computer and access your Google Reader account. You can check it out for yourself HERE .
This picture was taken in May, it is a Water Spout. We were out at the beach in St.Augustine,FL. There were several that day. I had never seen one before, so I thought it was pretty cool.
Daniel & I love this beach, it has white sand, no seaweed, and the water temp is usually perfect. It is opposite of the ocean in Maine. Daniel & I have been coming to this beach since we moved to Florida in February, we also took my younger sister Lashaya here several times while she was visiting in April.
Joel & Irene were excited about coming to the beach, as we always talk about it. They thought the white sand was cool, and they were happy the ocean was not freezing, or numbing. We spent most of the day in the water, riding in the big waves, just having fun.
Daniel made a sandcastle with them, they had a good time doing that. Then the rain came, I know, no big surprise but I was hoping the rain would skip a day. We had a long day at the beach anyways and we left around 7pm. We took a longer way home so we could check out some other beaches along the way home.
Before we headed out to the beach, we went to our favorite pizza place called “Pizzalley’s” in St.Augustine. It is the BEST pizza around, so if you are ever in St.Augustine head over to Pizzalley’s and try it out, you will be hooked!
Friday, the 25 we took the kids to go see a Baseball game. Irene is the one with the visor on and Joel is in the blue shirt. I have no idea who those other people are but the other boy smiled for the picture. The Suns lost the game, not a big surprise at all, but I think we were there more for the Fireworks after the game. The fireworks were great, best I have seen in a while. We had a nice time
Yesterday, Thursday afternoon we took Joel & Irene for a ride. We had been promising them a surprise this week and would not tell them where we were going. I enjoy the anticipation from the kids, their minds racing. We rode out to St.Augustine, which is my favorite place around, I love the atmosphere.
It was HOT yesterday, we were all sweating like mad when we got there, the heat is not so bad but then you add the smell of Alligator poo and other animal poo roasting in the heat, and you feel sick instantly and there is NO relief from it because it was not windy.
It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect for being outside. The kids went crazy wanting to see it all, Irene took off trying to find monkeys and whatever else she could imagine. I looked for her and yelled for her, she came running back so excited she found monkeys and she could not wait to show me.
Irene is 8, so we had to have a little talk about running off and big sister not knowing where she is, not a good thing. I understand how crazy excited she was but there were tons of people there, as well as a Day Camp so it made it a little hard to keep an eye on them unless they were right next to you.
We had taken my sister Lashaya here back in April when she had visited, so all of this was not new to Daniel & I, so this time around we knew where to take the kids. I took lots of nice pictures and the kids got to feed Alligators and see animals they normally would not see.
Poor Irene got car sick on the ride back home, luckily she also fell asleep shortly after getting sick, she is fine though. We had a great day, lots of memories made. I am glad I got to share the Alligator Farm with them.
