A Growl is Sometimes More Than Just a Growl

I know for those of you who read Princess Maddie Jane's blog will have already heard this story, but that is from her warped point of view.....

When I start to wake up in the mornings, my husband will sometimes put my little black dog, Maddie, on the bed.  And when she gets on the bed and I'm laying on my back, she loves to get on top of my stomach and stare at me until I wake up.  Well, the other morning when this was the case, and she was laying there all still and starring at me, it was very quite and then....my stomach growled......OMG... she bolted into the air with this look of horror on her face and pretty much crawled across the air onto the floor (I'm not quite sure if she touch the bed even) and ran right out of the bedroom.  It took her sometime before she would come near me, but kept a close eye on me all morning!!

It Is All In The Family

Silliness and crazy comes naturally in my family.
These are my girls.

My Husband is a Comedian

He loves to take self portraits

I was reading my blog entry to my husband when I asked him, "You do follow my blog, right?  You need to become one of my followers."  to which he replied, "I don't need to follow your blog, because I live it EVERY DAY."  Oh he thinks he is SOOOOOO Hilarious I tell ya!

My Pick

My new "toy".

Photo by:  Lola

     For those of you who don't know what this lovely little tool is, it is a Pick machine.  It clamps the stem of a flower with a metal pick for you to stick into the styrofoam.

     The job I had while in high school was at a gift shop and we did floral arrangements etc.  That is where I learned the beauty of a pick machine.  I have wanted one since, but they were too expensive.  I was recently telling my mom that I would love to have one to make doing flower arrangements much quicker and easier.  Wouldn't you know it, about a month later I was doing my travels through the antique stores, when I spied two old pick machines. I snatched up and bought the one that was all metal and had all the parts.  I was so excited, it is now in my Cottage, where I do crafts etc and I am always Tickled Pink when getting to use it.  Like a little kid in a candy shop.

     Recently at another travel day through the antique shops, I found this wire basket (I have a whole collection, but always in need of a different size and shape).  At the time I wasn't sure what I would do with it, but while at the counter purchasing, my friend said something about potted flowers and boom!!, I finally had something for my outside table top center piece!!!  Never know where inspiration will come from, in this case, my best friend of nearly 33 years!!!  Thanks GIRLFRIEND!

Preparing these in my Cottage was fun. 

Photo by:  Lola

Now sitting on my outside table for a center piece.

Photo by:  Lola

My Birthday Gift

As you may or may not know by reading my blog, we only have one bathroom in our tiny little living quarters (that will "someday" be a guest house, when we finally build the house).  I've been looking forward to a 2nd bathroom for years (going on nine yrs)!  And recently for my birthday my husband got me one......although it is not quite what I had in mind!  I'm going to put it out by my cottage, since those that stay in the cottage only have one complaint....no toilet.  So HA, here ya go!  LOL  Truthfully, I think it is cute and can't wait to place in my landscape.  When I get it placed and decorated, I will blog again about it with a picture.

It's Fun Being Gray

Video by:  Lola

Texas can have very hot days no doubt, and most people here have white vehicles and wear light colored clothes to keep cool.....so what is a black dog to do???  I'll tell ya....they roll in some light colored dirt and then they come in like nothing is wrong until you call them out on it.

Little Black Dog Can't Jump

I'm a Princess

I'm NOT a Turd

Photos by: Lola

"My" dog, is a little black Chihuahua Pomeranian mix.  She is my little princess, mostly because she acts that way.  She loves to be carried and have things her way.  My husband calls her (and by coincidence so does our Vet) "Little Black Turd".  I KNOW! RIGHT?! That's Mean!, but they think its funny.  Aw my poor little princess.  She has such a big personality.  What is really funny is how she argues with my husband.  When he is telling her something she does this funny little howling growl and back talks him.  My husband's dog, a Chihuahua Jack Russel mix is very short and squaty but has very powerful legs and can jump really high onto things,  He loves to get up on our bed and lay in the decorative pillows for which he gets in trouble.  Then we also have a big older dog,  who is a lab cow dog mix.  Anyways, we had been out for awhile and let the dogs stay in.  When we got home, my husband's dog and the older one quickly got off the bed.  I was not happy about the hair on the bed and I was telling him that my dog was the only good one who didn't get on the bed, to which my husband replied, "Cuz the little black dog can't jump".  Which is so funny but true, she may have longer legs then my husband's dog but they are so skinny that she really doesn't have much strength in them.   But we shouldn't make so much fun of her, she has FEELINGS....my precious princess.  Besides... she would say, "I don't need to jump, I'm carried where ever I want to go, because I'm a Princess."