He Was a Big Fella Too

May 172012
 

We had a little visitor the other night.

Garbage day is Wednesday in the wee hours of the morning, so we have to set the can out the night before.

We hadn’t had any trouble with bears for the last couple years, but when I heard that familiar crash outside the window, I knew exactly what it was.

Naturally, I went to get my camera and quietly snuck out the front door onto the porch to see if I could get some pictures. *

He must have heard me because he shot back into the woods.

No matter, I knew he’d be back.  So I patiently waited while he paced back and forth in the woods.

Rick was nice enough to stand in the doorway and keep me company.

And I was right!  But before he could completely demolish our dumpster, Rick came out of the doorway to scare him away for good.

But he wasn’t just going to yell.  He had the handgun with him.

And one bullet.  No, he wasn’t going to shoot the bear (I made sure of that).  He just wanted to get his point across that we aren’t fans of cleaning up his mess.

BANG!

The ringing in my ears didn’t stop for 5 minutes.

The bear must of got the hint because we didn’t see hide nor hair of him the rest of the night.

And our garbage can was upright and in one piece the next morning when I got up.

Oh, and Rick decided to load the clip for the gun with bullets (plural) just in case I ever need it.

I’m glad he takes such good care of me.

 

*Sorry for such crappy photos.  I guess my settings were a tad off.  I’ll try to do better next time.

 

 

Divas

May 162012
 

There are 2 things that Alexis & Kayla love.  One is having their picture taken;

And the other is bling.

Anything with purple or pink and with shiny rhinestones on it and bam, they gotta have it.

They are quite the little fashion models in front of the lens.

But then again, so is their Mama.

Timberrrrrrrrr!

May 152012
 

All the paperwork has been finalized and we are now the proud owners of 2 lots across from our house.

Not much to look at here.

But 4 hours later and 2 guys hyped up on caffeine, and it has possibilities.

Quite a few of the trees were used as meals for the woodpeckers, and as soon as they hit the ground they broke apart.

We always keep a few dead trees around just for them.  Keeps them away from pecking on the house.

Oh, and the forest holds a special gift!

Now this rusted old bed frame might look like junk to someone else, but to me it is beautiful.

I can already see it coming alive with beautiful climbing flowers.

There’s still a lot of work to be done, but I’m already making plans for this little space.

Let’s hope that Rick goes along with them.

They Know Me So Well

May 142012
 

I hope that all you Moms out there had a wonderful Mother’s  Day!

I certainly did!!  I got a wonderful phone call from Chris and got to spend the day shopping with Nichole, Alexis and Kayla (I even got treated to lunch at Red Lobster *happy dance*).

And as usual, neither of my daughters listened to me.  When asked what I wanted for my special day, I said “nothing“.  When they wouldn’t relent, I told them a phone call is all that I wanted.

End of story.

You can about guess how far that went.

Nichole found this gorgeous wooden chest for me…

I finally get to post the rules of the house for the grandkids…

And make lots of new nummy things for them to eat when they visit!

Chris totally has me pegged with these garden stakes!

I can’t wait to see them peeking out of the vegetables that will start going into the garden today.

I love my girls so much!

(even when they won’t listen to me)

I Wouldn’t Grill Those

May 102012
 

We’ve always been a BBQing family.  Even the hint of warm weather will get the grill going non-stop from Spring ’til fall.

Saturday night was always “grilling night” when I was young.  Steaks, brats, chicken… rain or shine my Dad would fire up that grill and we’d have smokey charred goodness for supper.

I didn’t save the contraption for a special night when the kids were growing up.  If it was sunny, warm and no snow, there was no way I was cooking indoors.  That grill was fired up and raring to go!

My kids have taken to this love of cooking in the great outdoors (usually on a deck, but that’s outdoors, right?) into their adulthood with them, and I couldn’t be prouder.

However, I was kinda worried about the type of vittles that Nichole and Corey were cooking up when she posted this on her blog:

 

Now, I’m thinking that either they aren’t using that grill as often as they should or they need to post a no-vacancy sign on the thing for birds that need rental property.

I hope they have a Plan B because grilling season has begun, and that thing is out of commission until those babies are hatched and leave the nest.

 

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