This is Phoenix.

yesterday, spouselet and I took the dogs to McDonald’s for breakfast, I only do that once or twice a year but they love it so much. Phoenix is the ever curious so spouselet snapped a few pictures while I was driving.

Because texting and taking pictures while driving is dangerous boys and girls.

This is Sedona.

She sits back in the very back of the Pilot and prays that we aren’t taking her to the Doggie Hotel again. She doesn’t RTB (release the butt) until we get back home in the garage.

I love my dogs.

I did the tape page project, but didn’t really like the result much and because of that, I am not posting it.
My blog.
My choice.

The prompt for days 10-15 were to create “your house” and “your family”
It was SO much fun!

My house on the two page spread.

The left side of the two page spread, and I have to admit-my house is nothing like this, but there was no easy way to create a tri-level home with a pocket (for the dolls).

And this is my neighborhood, if I didn’t live in suburbia…but, I like it. Who wouldn’t want to live in a ‘hood with newsprint buildings?

My family.
Aren’t we cute.
Confession time, I have an issue with legs..the 14 yr old and spouselet have really short legs.
Oh and I forgot my hands-Art therapists can have a field day with this project!

I am the smallest one in the family, which actually IS now the case.  The 14 yr old is taller than me by almost 2 inches, so there isn’t an issue there

The family all tucked into the house for storage.

This was my favorite page to do so far, but NOW for day 16!

Sarah Whitmire has created this incredible site with tons of prompts for creating a Soul Journal.

in snow.
This is from last March, but how cute are they?

The spouselet put this video together for me to share on my blog.
Isn’t he the best!

With all of the economic changes my family is considering, one is discontinuing the YMCA. I love the YMCA, however, it is a 16 mile round trip for a 45 minute to hour workout and by the time I shower, dudes that is THREE HOURS!

The time cost isn’t worth the exercise return.

So, I have started walking the dogs.
Today was the 6th walk in 7 days.

I took Sunday off!

The views are better than at the YMCA. Who likes looking at out of shape 40 yr olds? and THAT is just in the mirror!

The dogs are thrilled, you should see their little butts bounce down the street. I tried to take a video but all you could hear was prank call heavy breathing…I don’t think this is that kind of blog! (Silly me captured it while walking UP hill) You can almost see ‘dona’s butt bounce below:

We walk all over the place…through cemetaries and by churches. I even got Phe’ to go down a slide at a playground the other day-now that was something that would NEVER happen at the YMCA!

Has the economy effected your exercise regime?

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Originally Posted Jun. 14th, 2007

Alternate title: The tale of Two Four…untold number of skunks.

The day after Phe killed the skunk in our back yard Sunny and I were heading out of the subdivision when we noticed another skunk (Dagnabit) waddling her furry butt into the garage of a neighbor. I could not leave the vacinity without letting them know they had a SKUNK IN THEIR GARAGE.

(Yes, I was very dramatic and animated about it)

Sunny pulled over and allowed me to waddle up to their house (weight watchers hasn’t being going well lately heh.) and knock on the door. From somewhere deep inside their bi-level home, I hear…

“is that someone at my door?”
“Yup, but it is probably just a neighbor telling you there is a skunk in the garage.”
“O.MY.Garsh! that is exactly why I am here…you are good.”
(I still don’t see any humans, just voices.)
“Oh yeah, honey, they are in there all the time, I just open up the door and clap a few times and off they go…they don’t even bat an eye.”
Then she comes up the stairs and tells me…
“The other day, a woman down the street saw a mama and four babies march right down the center of Maple Ave!”

CRAP!
That means that my dog didn’t kill the only skunk, there are more…MANY MORE.

They did suggest they would all be quite happy to let my dog roam the ‘hood. She is much cheaper than critter ritters!

Originally Posted June 6, 2007
(More skunk…’nuff said)

Oh yeah….

This time….

One skunk.
Two dogs.

I think the skunk is still barely alive in the back yard.  He can’t move but WoooDoggie he can make some interesting noises.

Come to think of it so can dogs when they have been sprayed in the face…

I guess Phoenix figures, I already smell like the ass end of a skunk…may as well eat it…so she tried.

Tomorrow, I am buying stock in OdorMute.

Although, I have a feeling this may be the one skunk who has gotten my family 3 times now…and as far as I can tell from talking to other neighbors 6 times in the ‘hood.

Originally Posted April 25th, 2007
(The year before, in 2005, on the day I moved in to this house, Phoenix, the black dog was sprayed by a skunk….and it is an ongoing series)

This is NOT funny….

Damned skunks in this neighborhood need to find another dog to spray and another house to stink up.

So, last night at 11 pm….yip, always late-freekin’ nocturnal buggers…phe got out of the fence, and was roaming the ‘hood.  Hacked me off because earlier in the day she got out and rolled in some nasty NASTY critter crap (no idea what variety, but something wild)-so I removed her collar and washed it.  I had yet to put it back on….

By now it must be darn near midnight and we are standing in the bathroom nekid with two wash clothes soaked in tomato juice…

Some kind of house initiation we decided…this one was Sunny’s.