Gotta buck?

It’s a helpless feeling, watching someone you love battle Alzheimer's disease. So, I decided to take action. I am participating in a very special event called the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®.

I am walking for the more than 5 million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. I am walking because I can, and because I should.

The Alzheimer’s Association, the world leader in Alzheimer’s research, care and support, is dedicated to finding prevention methods, treatments and an eventual cure for the disease.

I hope to be able to raise at least $500 to support the local Alzheimer’s Association, which provides consultation, information and referral, and support programs to those affected by Alzheimer’s.

I know I can do this with the support of friends like you. Would you please consider making a donation? Please visit my online fundraising headquarters at Team Lolly's Chickadees , to learn more and to make a donation directly online, or mail in a donation using the enclosed pledge form. Please note that checks should be made payable to the Alzheimer's Association, and are tax deductible.

Thank you in advance for your time and generosity. Please ask your employer if they have a matching gift program. They may double your donation.
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Sorry for the guilt-trippy form letter. But hey, whatever works.

I'm walking in honor of my grandmother..Alzheimer's Disease affected one of the funniest, brightest women I will ever know.

If you're close to Pittsburgh, join our team...we're a good time :)

I've been fighting with the website/sign-up stuff..if the links are screwy, let me know. I just got the damned thing to load!

We're boring...and annoying!

After dinner, Michael and I were talking about cleaning the kitchen cabinets.
A 20 minute discussion on the best way to clean the cabinets.

He stops and looks at me, "Holy gods, are we boring?"
I froze.."Shit! We ARE boring! We're so boring my hair hurts!"


I think Michael's vacation days are starting to wear on us. 24/7 of..well..US.
Michael and I have been together for 13 years (!). We spend a LOT of time together, when he isn't at work. We like each other. Our differences knock the other out of their comfort zone, and yet we've got each other for a bit of safety net. We're disgustingly hand-holdy and kissyface.
Still...24/7 of anyone. I don't even want to be around ME that much.

I was cleaning our bedroom last night...Michael gathering trash for pickup day.
Michael: What do you do with all the lids from the bottled water?
Me: I lose them.
Michael: How?!
Me: Actually, I'm building a castle in the woods with them. To hide my lover.
Michael: I don't understand how you lose them on the nightstand.
Me: My lover is going to live in the plastic lid castle..and one day..we'll kill you and run away.
Michael: There's no logic.. the nightstand is RIGHT THERE.
Me: Is it still a nightstand in the morning? :D
Michael: exits, while muttering "Oh ..Jesus".

*I edited the sweet, loving part where I told him I was saving bottle lids to stuff them in a body part of his.

We agreed the last 5 days of his vacation should be spent eating great dinners, taking the dogs to the parks in our area and watching movies. No more home repair.

We're heading to a "new" park. I went there years ago..as a teenager..when I was still an Innocent *sniffle*.
To drink with my supercool boyfriend and his band...heh. We would pack up the cooler with cheap beer and spend an evening at the overlook.

Now, I'm packing a husband and 3 dogs..and poop bags. Annnd homemade organic dog biscuits.
I'm really ok with that.

Wild chickens ...and skim milk

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
with a side of HEHEHEHEHEHEHE!

I think..that is one of the funniest things ever. I nearly died.
"Roaming the streets"..like..thugs? Ahahahaha.
Federal agency?! BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA


Moving on...
One part skim milk, to 8 parts water. That's the organic way to deal with powdery mildew. Spray the top and bottoms of leaves.
Seems to be working on the one squash plant affected.
Of course, that does leave the problem of raccoons showing up with their Oreos.

Presque Isle

Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pa...easily one of my favorite places.
It's a 5 hour round-trip, but it's an easy drive.

We had a good day on the beach. The dogs LOVE the waves.
Our very first trip to Presque Isle was with Isis. Bittersweet realization on the way there.

Our Amazing Girl

We chose to let Isis go this morning.








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You are loved, Good Girl.

I rested well with you here, your big white head close to my side.

I am glad we could release you from lymphoma and old age...after all you've given us.



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Do not stand at my grave and weep;

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there. I did not die.

Paint, odd sky and Buddha

I starting painting our spare room this morning...Michael's *stuff* room/the cats' room/etc.
I let Michael pick the color.
Blue.
Of course.
It's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. Softer...a Martha Stewart-ish hue.
Should be ok.
If left up to Michael, it would get painted in 2103, so I jumped in and went at it.

The color looks good on Voodoo's tail. *sigh*
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Very pretty sky this morning, but odd.
Wish I had taken a few minutes to fool with the settings, but I was in a rush.
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Picked up a birthday gift for my mom. $15 at Walmart. That amused me to NO end.
Buddha don't sell good in WV Walmarts. :D

Works for me, however. $75 at the trendy store where I first found one I wanted (well, my mom wanted).


FINE! Go ahead and pout!
We still aren't stopping for ice cream.

This thing weighed about 7500 pounds, so strapping it in was a safety thing.. and not just amusement. The cargo area of the Vue was full of freaking paint, or the Big B woulda been riding in the back!

How come...

When you say "I do not like -insert political figure-", most often the person replies "Oh and you think -insert opposing figure- would have done a better job?! At least ExampleA is worried about blahblah!"


Not to be impolite...but shut the fuck up already?
Your opinion is just that...your opinion.

So.. enjoy a big, icy cold glass of ShutYourPieHole and let me have my own misguided political beliefs, ok?
thanxmuch.