Me and My boys, and a commentary to go along with it....

Oivey Ivey!'s Commentary:

Erin: Boys! Smile, dangit, smile!
Dogs: He's touching me! Stop touching me! Mooooooommmmm, tell him not to
touch me!

Or

Dogs on the outside: You better not move, middle child. We'll bust you.
Bust you hard!
Middle dog: Mommma, waaaaaah. They're picking on me! I'm scared! Tell
them to leave me along!"
Erin: Boys! Leave your brother alone. Or NO ONE is getting a spaghetti
dinner tonight!
All dogs: Awww, MOM!

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Gustav

Track the storm here.

Sadly, everywhere I turn, my family can at some point during the season be in the direct path of a hurricane....

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Unique name of the day

Manlove.

For real.

And yes, he is a lover of the men.

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Idiot alert!

As gas prices soar (okay, I've seen a drop lately), we are all impacted....yes ALL of us, including P Diddy, er Puffy, er Sean...whatever. Poor thing is flying commercial now.............. Is he for real? Is it that bad to fly commercial? I highly doubt that Mr Ditty or Diddy or Diddly Squat is crammed between two sweaty fat guys munching on $5 peanuts and an $8 soda.

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Let the games begin!

Memories of a Mountain Top

Saturday was a busy one for us. We went from this:

To this:
All done pretty quickly and with only very minor injuries and little blood. Then, we assembled a bench -- of course, instructions state it takes 20 minutes for 2 people. For us, that translates into about and hour and a half or so. We settled in for the night with Sweeney Todd and had only a few projects today. Off to watch some TV before the start of a new week. Happy Monday Eve to all!

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A Vet-acious & Tropic Kinda Day

I took a couple of well-earned (I think) days off...D is off today too. We started the day by taking Junior to the vet for his shots and heartworm test. Poor little guy.....he's drugged on pain meds now. Here's my baby at the vet:

After that, we took George to see Tropic Thunder -- George enjoyed the show and was surprised with Tom Cruise's performance. Robert Downey Jr was great....

We're off to dinner with friends tonight...just relaxing now and hoping some more rain comes through.
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Georgie Michael caught in a jungle

We had a busy weekend. We made a couple of visits to Michael's for some framing items. George played in the jungle while we shopped.
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Good News Friday

I got a raise.

Mom got a full time job (so proud of her!!)

And, one month from tomorrow, we have our first doc visit to get this baby business started.

Oh yes, and it's Friday!

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Oh! The places George will go.....

From time to time, you will get to live the life of a stuffed monkey. George will accompany us on our outings. Here, you see Georgie on Wednesday sitting on 183 in Austin, where it bottlenecks at 5:40 every day:

Today, George took a ride with me to a meeting. Here we are killing time because we arrived a few minutes early:


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Back stage pass to the 'lympics

I'd like to give a "shout out" to the Chinese during these Olympic games. China has instructed it's restaurants to ban serving dog until September. And a big thank you to the Chinese for basically calling the little girl with the most beautiful voice ugly.

I think I will hug my dogs tonight and tell an ugly kid he's cute today. You, too, should do the same.
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Name of the Day

Well kids its been a while, but I am back with another Unique name.

Today our name is:

TEKEYLA

Oh yes, that's right, like Tequila. Either Mom and Dad are huge fans of Jose, or its just really effed up!

Now go, spread the joy!

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Shredded Cheese-Heads

For those of us who are hard core football fans, the time is approaching for the games to begin. If you don't know who Brett Favre is, then just stop reading now. See, Brett, one of the most successful and talented quarterbacks in football, decided earlier this year to retire. Why not? He's set almost every record and, well, he's older now (pushing 39) and it just seems right. Why not go out on top? Like many before him -- Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson -- he too had decided to come out of retirement. Sure, come out of retirement.....but why should the guy who has been your back-up for years, the one who now deserves that spot, have to ride the pine again? So, Brett doesn't get his way and leaves Green Bay. So be it. They are better off without the old man. Brett is now a Jet. And all of the so called "cheese-heads" will follow him to New York. Oh, and he gets $12 million for this season. $12,000,000 a year (which really is not a year but a few months) to throw a ball. I love football. LOVE IT. But no one is worth that kind of money. How about those of us who work to ensure people have the medication they need, that they have a roof over their heads...take out a few zeros there. Brett needs to realize that what he had was a good thing .... a good career and the opportunity to retire healthy, wealthy, and happy with his family. So, basically, my rant is that Brett is a big Baby. There. GO SAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's all a bunch of Crocs™.....

I came across this article bashing my favorite shoes... It's an interesting read, and really, he has some great points about the ugly lil shoes. I joked about them for years. Until that one day that I purchased my first pair......and now, I have two and wear them all of the time. I even have the flip flops.
Editor's note here: As comfy as these are, beware when walking. Yes, they are shoes, and you walk in them all of the time. However, you may fall down a flight of stairs (oh, yes I have seen the bloody knee), or even get your toe ripped off on an escalator (those kids didn't need a pinky toe anyway). But, all you need to do it take careful steps.......Because those steps will be wonderful....

Long Live the Crocs™!

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Feast fit for a Cajun Princess

My leading lady helped me to flash back to good family food. She mastered three of my favorite dishes. First....the pickled shrimp, a Grandma A classic. Secondly, the shrimp po-boy. Then, Grandma P's trademark....the custard pie. The shrimp were perfect; but, I didn't remember them being so rich (possibly the cup of olive oil)so couln't eat as many as I had planned. The po-boy was great because she knew the one little thing that makes it authintic for me -- the hot sauce. And the pie was the best. No one has yet mastered the custard pie. It only took a West Coast Mexican-American to do it!

The culmination of the weekend was a very unexpected present -- a bracelet. I love it and will wear it always! =)

So a big THANK YOU to D for a great weekend! I love you!

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Megan Rocks!

I love my friend Megan!!!!

Thanks!!!!!!!!
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Have a good weekend!

*courtesy of YouTube and Family Guy