Monday, July 20, 2009

July 19, 2009


Another Sunday, another hockey game. I spend nearly every Sunday night at the ice rink watching Todd play hockey. Not where I'd love to be on a Sunday night, but it makes him happy when I go....so I do. Last night they played a team that I thought they'd have some on-ice issues with (given that Todd boarded one of their players - blatantly - when they met last) so I was a little nervous.

Surprisingly they played pretty well - not to knock Todd's team but 95% of them only put on skates one night a week and they never practice as a team. They wound up tied and in his league there is no OT, they go straight to the shoot out.

Todd went #3 in the shoot out, and I've never seen him in a shoot out before. Here he is taking off! Go Todd! He wasn't successful, but his team did win.

July 18, 2009


Today was the first day of doing my photo-a-day project that I was torn between photos!

The kids are with us every other weekend and Ashley takes pictures of everything - so I was tempted to include one of her photos. But then I remembered that this is all about me. ;o)

At our house we play - A LOT. Todd was throwing an 8 pound ball to Ashley while she was on a big yoga ball getting her to do situps with the weighted ball. While I love my step-daughter to death the adjective "coordinated" doesn't necessarily come to mind when I think of her, so this was very amusing to watch. I love this picture because the dog is also in it and she was very excited about this game - running around and barking. Trust me when I say that our house is never quiet on the weekends.

My other photo choice was going to be our lemonade. I am on this homemade lemonade kick currently and got a juicer this weekend to make the squeezing a little easier. Not one to let things go, when we were done with the lemonade Ashley wanted to use food coloring to make it purple. Instead she found turquoise instructions on the food coloring box and went that route. It was a lovely shade of teal, so we enjoyed Sharks lemonade with dinner that night.


July 17, 2009


I don't know if you know this....but it's summer....and it's damn hot. Have a mentioned that?

The dog and I were hanging by the pool after 10:00 on Friday night trying to keep cool. It was still close to 90 at this time. I sat with my feet in the water (with a glass of vino, of course!) and she swam.

Friday, July 17, 2009

July 16, 2009


Seriously?

I.Hate.Heat.

Growing up in the Bay Area, 80 was a hot day. I get in my car to leave work and this is what the temp reading is on the dashboard. Granted, to be fair (and a little less dramatic), it did get down to a balmy 106 and stayed there. Ugh. Remind me why I moved to this part of California?

July 15, 2009


Why does seeing an animal lay like this always make me giggle? So un-ladylike. A human can't get away with this (well, most humans), but Merlot can!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

July 14. 2009


We have babies!
This is the 3rd set of Dove babies that have been born in our backyard this summer. The last baby, born about a month or so ago, was an only child and he/she wound up out of the nest too soon, so I'm keeping an eye on the 2 babies in the nest now to make sure they make it okay. I thought there was only 1 baby again, but I caught a glimpse of two tiny tails the other day.....it must be crowded in there!

I love having dove babies in our backyard!

July 13, 2009


Still on my walking high, I decided that my new sticker for the car made me happy today!