almost done....

After buying plants at Wal-Mart, A.J. Nursery, Home Depot and Lowes (stimulating Phoenix, remember?) this is what the planters look like today. We are almost done....

In One Word

As I looked through Arizona Highway magazines today, waiting for my truck to be repaired (under warranty) - I saw this picture. I thought if I could describe my life in three words, what would they be? When I saw this picture only one word came to mind. This picture describes my whole life....... "decisions."
Every other word I could think of always came back to - decisions. What would your "word" be? Would it be a picture in a magazine that inspires your word? Just wondering.

Stimulating Arizona

The sprinklers work today - woohoo! My aloe vera are planted today - double woohoo! Tomorrow I'm going to go out and stimulate the economy :) at the nursery that just happens to be two blocks east of me. Sure glad we have a truck or two or three :)

Addition Update

Three times my husband assembled the stones - then took them apart (because he didn't like it) and REassembled them again. I've never known him to be that picky. He put 3 tons of dirt in. He turned on the sprinkler system he installed. Oh no! He didn't make sure that there were no gaps between the stones. When he turned on the sprinklers the dirt escaped through the cracks :( So he had to REassemble all the back stones. Today he turned on the sprinkler again AND no leaks in the cracks. But.... the sprinklers spray in the wrong directions. So the dirt will be moved aside again and the sprinkler will have to be REadjusted.
Determined to show me that this area didn't need to be professionally done..... you know, "the" that costs too much money, I can do that myself, husband is still not done.
This is what the project looks like today, well at 1pm today :)

Alert the Media!

Phoenix city resident spends morning repotting her plants. While working in her potting shed, she thinks "Where should I plant this very large pot of Aloe Vera?" Thinking that maybe the best place would be on the side of the barn ( her name for the huge addition her husband built in their backyard), she continues to repot the rest of her plants. When she finished, she walks over to the side of the barn. To her surprise.... her psychic ( or maybe more like psychotic) rottweiler had dug a hole right where she was thinking of planting the Aloe Vera.
This Phoenix city resident claims that she had not trained her dog to be psychic. She showed us the training CD her husband bought her to use to train this lively 72 pound, 6 month old puppy.

On the back side we confirmed that there was no training skills taught by this CD on digging or psychic abilities. So we are alerting the media that: Psychic Rottweiler in Phoenix is available for "minimal" charge.

Phoenix city resident showed us what the planter looks like now. She told us that this is just temporary until Psychic Rottweiler reads her mind again.

Mr. Mailman - This is for you!

A little 4 year old ran up to my husband this last Saturday. "Here, Mr. Mailman, this is for you!" As the 4 year old stood there giggling, my husband opened it to find this wonderful letter. My husband and I don't speak "4 year old" anymore. I'm not sure what it says but..... it sure was cute.

This little 4 year old thought that the mailman should get some mail too.

Where is this?

Yes this is in Arizona. We had to find someplace to pull over and stop so I could get this picture. Have any idea where this is? It's on Hwy 87 almost to Winslow, Arizona. Just North of Payson, halfway up to Winslow is this clearing ( meadow, or whatever you want to call it). It's on the left hand side of Hwy87. While driving up there, it was mostly forest like. Then it seemed - like "out in the blue" there was this massive clearing. Absolutely breath taking!

By the way, all the pictures I post are "my" personal pictures. When other people are in my pictures, they have given me permission to post them. One of my daughters gave me permission to post about her and my grand daughter. So if you see very few family pictures, I respect their privacy.

I feel that my dogs and cats are "fair game" to my postings. Since there are four of them it seems like something is always going on. (Bandit!)

I am approaching my 300 post and am not sure if I'm going to just continue to ramble about anything and everything. I thinking of starting another blog and pick a favorite interest of mine. But.... which one? :::::shaking head::::: I don't know.

Bad Dog Bandit!

I've been trusting the dogs in the house lately. Their favorite spot in the house is in the living room by the front window. They bark at anything they see out the window. They have really been good - no bad dog mess.

I was ready to leave out the front door and in the corner of my eye I saw something white. A closer observation I found my dining room chair. Bad Dog Bandit, although she has plenty of dog toys decided to use my chair as one of her toys too.

I found her laying on the couch as if nothing was wrong. She looked at me - I looked at her - she ran (no, galloped) out the back door. She is hiding (as if a rottweiler can hide?) over by the diving board. I guess she knows she's going to be walking the plank soon!

Precious Moments Carthage Missouri

I'm still looking for those pictures I wanted to post and can't find. I ran across these pictures. One of the companies that I worked for 18 years, gave me 1 month of vacation time each year. One week I'd spend fixing things around the house. One week I'd spend traveling around my "home" state. The other two weeks I'd go check out places I hadn't seen.

These are pictures of Precious Moments in Carthage Missouri. I was heading for Branson, Missouri on this trip. Precious Moments was along the way :)

The trip was in April and it was raining. Most of the outside attractions were closed. Cool place, though!

in comes in four flavors?

I saw this on some one's blog. It reminded me of Fluffy the neighbor's (four houses down) cat. I don't see her very often since we got a rottweiler. Before Bandit, Fluffy use to come over every day. She use to lay under my bushes and wait for birds.
I saw her two days ago and the neighbor's had shaved her fur into the shape of a skunk. Oh My! I got a "fast" picture of her (it's not very clear).
Anyway..... you wouldn't catch my cats, Si, and definitely never Mindy being concerned about birds. But Fluffy.......

Wyoming :)

I've mentioned before that Wyoming is one of my "stomping" grounds. I was attached to the 133rd Engineers, Laramie, Wyoming.
This is Wyoming's wild (?) life. Laramie has more bars than people (no not really). I'd say all the wildlife is at the bars.

Chugwater's rest area - definately not like the ones down here in Arizona!

Howdy from Chugwater!

Everyone goes to Wyoming for their fireworks! Golly, these pictures make me a bit homesick. When we share our pictures on our blogs, we all get to "visit" places we might never see.

Brinton Desert Botanical Garden

Yesterday, I went over to Mesa, Arizona. My CPA that does my taxes lives in this neighborhood that is right next door to Brinton Desert Botanical Gardens. In the eight years he has done our taxes, I never went to the gardens until now. I didn't have time yesterday (always so busy). I made a special trip over there today just to check it out.

What a cool place! I must have taken 100 pictures - no one else was there - what a nice day.

On Route 66 - Which way?

I was looking for a peculiar picture that I wanted to post about. Strange how I saw it yesterday - now today, (when I got the scanner to work) I can't find it. I ran across this picture.

I love reading through other's blogs. Some blogs are up on current news. Some blogs are just plain funny! Some share pictures of places I'll never get to see. Some blog about places I've been - it brings back memories. Some people are just so creative!

On March 15, will be my one year of blogging :) I'm hoping to have my 300 post by that day. Where is that picture??!!

Smartee

I saw this in one of my neighbor's driveway. I've never seen one before. I had to check online to see what it actually is. These are called Smart Cars made by Mercedes-Benz. Do you see the license plate? They "named" it Smartee.

Special Note: You wouldn't catch me driving one of those. After being in that accident last year, I was sure glad I was driving a TRUCK! That little Honda that ran the light and hit me head on was totalled. My truck got a new bumper and headlight. AND an even more cautious driver than before. Drive safe everyone.....

McD in Teal Green

Did you know that "we" (Arizona) have the only McDonalds with teal green arches? On my first trip to Sedona, my husband stopped at McD's. He said - take a picture, you won't find a McD's anywhere else like this one. We didn't eat there but I did get a picture.

Take it Easy

You ever hear a song on the radio - you just can't get it out of your head - you sing it all day long? On this rare moment on my blog I'm posting a picture of me.

"I'm standing on the corner of Winslow Arizona" (humming as I type)

My husband and I went up to Winslow, Arizona one weekend about 4 years ago. The shops were open so we did the "tourist thing" and shopped. Or as they say in Winslow: "we were taking it easy." We took pictures. We had lunch. And then drove back down to Phoenix.

Retired Life

I thought I'd show you my life being retired. First stop you'll see my truck parked at L&M Masonry. I need to find more stones to finish our project. We bought the ones somewhere else at a closeout. This place has them ..... at $8.11 a stone :( We need at 30 or more to finish $$$

Next stop is UPS. I hate to go in there since my husband works for the US Postal Office. He said that this particular box would be cheaper to send UPS ground. So off it goes..... UPS

It's going to be a busy day. I had to stop off at a mini bank. It's one of those drive up, get your money and go....

Next is Target! The dog - you know which one - got into the laundry. As I was folding laundry the other day I discovered my "undies" had been chewed on. ummm..... Bandit, where are you?

Now I'm at Fry's. It's being remodeled so the Fry's sign is down. I need to pick up a few things for dinner tonight. While I was in there, I ran into a friend of mine I haven't seen for a few months. We use to go out to dinner with them when we use to live in Scottsdale. I was surprised to see her here.

I'm always going to PetCo! I feel like I'm getting dog food or cat food every day!

I noticed the temperature in the truck's mirror. It says 92. Can you see it? We are suppose to be breaking a temperature record today.

Last stop is B&B Pools. I always park in the back because all the pool supplies are heavy. It makes it easier for them to carry it all to my truck. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I need to get the pool ready.

I had more errands to run. I guess tomorrow will be another run around day. I always wondered what it would be like to be retired. Sometimes I think I work harder being retired than when I was working a job.

drive-by shootings

Here are the pictures of houses in my neighborhood with flowers in their front yards. I shot these pictures while driving in my truck. It's suppose to be 89 degrees today. Tomorrow we will get our first 90 degrees for 2009. Bring it on!