Zach's new yard!!

Since we had to put Mac to sleep the Monday before Christmas. The boys have been busing themselves with cleaning up Zach's backyard. This post is for my Mom and Wendy. It only makes since if you have seen the yard before. Nothing will grow back there. It is all hard ground and Mac's poop most of the time.

There are going to build a fire pit with some of the Granite we have here on the property.
The Awning got put on awhile back.  Zach has been planting in pots and made a little rock garden in this corner with two benches. The Pepper Tree is growing beautifully.
Here is his little barbecue area. Phil gave him his old barbecue.

Check out the new Gadget!

I finally got "Missy Made It" gadget to work. I don't know why I have been having such a hard time. Check out her paper piercings. I just love them.

Coyote!!

We think this might have been the Coyote that got Avi. Our neighbor Ken has been feeding him for a few months and giving him some medicine. If you look closely you can see that he has a cut ear. It almost looks like he has three ears. They don't bother us at all and you don't even know they are there. We just have to keep our cats inside. Which isn't a problem for me.

Here he is standing on Ken & Syndi's rock.
He is actually eating off there yard area.
I hope Mr. Coyote stays over near them for awhile.

Word!!

I have picked my word for the year. I am waiting to get a new Header created before I say what my word is going to be. I will work on that this week.

Have you all picked your word for the year??? Let me know what it is going to be.

Avi Girl!!!

We almost lost our orange kitty Avi. Pete was in the front with them waxing his truck. He heard some rustling noise in the grove and looked over the wall. He saw a coyote with Avi in his mouth. He starting hollering and the Coyote ran off. We looked and looked for Avi for about 30 minutes and we could not find her anywhere. He wasn't sure if the Coyote had her in his mouth or not when he ran off. You have to remember we has 23 acres of land that surrounds my house. That is a lot of area to be looking in. We stayed right where he heard the commotion. We sat in the grove and just listened. Pete would call her and then we would just listen to see if we could hear anything. We looked up every tree. Then Pete hollered he found her up a tree. Pete climbed up and got her down. We both got several scratches all over us from carrying her back to the house. She had a little wet spot on her and a few cuts but nothing else. She is one lucky cat.

She will not go outside again. We think what happened is that she just was submissive to the Coyote and he only had his mouth on her shoulder area, when Pete yelled he got scared and let go.

The previous owner has had cats up here that have lived outside for 12 years or more. They do very well outside. We only let them out when we are outside. She is just very sweet and used to having dogs around. She doesn't have the smell like Sergi or the fear. She could have even walked right up to the Coyote and that would not have surprised me at all.


Avi and Sergi are best friends.  he was very upset with the Coyote situation.  He could smell the Coyote on her.  He got all big and was really checking her out when he came inside.
Avi our little Christmas Present.  She loved sitting under the tree.  Neither one of them tried to climb the tree this year.   I got lucky with that one.

New Header!!

I have wanted to make a custom Header for awhile. Everyone else does such a nice job with their's. My problem is I don't have little kids or nothing cute to put on the Header itself.

I have been inspired by Missy's Header's . Missy uses scrapblog.com for her creations. Check them out as well. The link is also on my sidebar.

I know this is a New Years one and I will be changing it soon. It just goes with my background.

I think I have learned something new that could be dangerous.

Happy Friday!!

Happy New Year To All!!

Happy New Years to all my blog friends. I will be thinking about my Resolutions and posting them later today. 2008 has not been too bad. It has been a bit challenging but not to bad. One of my favorite things to do at the end of the year is to do a recap of the year. I will also post that later.

Missy's Blog Giveaway!!

Missy is having a New Year Giveaway!!! Check out her Blog Spot!!

This is part of the blog with a picture of the giveaway. Go to her site for all the details:

Missy Made It Blog Spot

THURSDAY, JANUARY 01, 2009
Happy New Year 2009!
Wow ...
Happy, Happy New Year dear friends!

How about let's start the New Year off with a fun little give-a-way???

Now is your chance to win.  Just check out her site and leave a comment or two.  Make sure you follow the instructions.

Good Luck!!  Not too much luck I like this change purse. LOL

SDV!!!

OK Girls its time for SDV. " Scrappers Dream Vacation" If you have ever gone to an SDV you know how much fun we have. If you have never gone you are in for a treat. It is indescribable. Here are a few pictures from last year.

This was one of our late night photos.  It goes as follows.  Deb,Wendy, Me, Amanda, Chris, Mom.  We sure have a great time.
Me & one of my projects.
Wendy being silly with the pringles.  Check out her shirt.  It used to be Mark's and it shrunk.  So now she wears it.  I guess that's what you think when you are the little sister.

Amanda & I at the Melting Pot.  That is a fun place to eat. I was threatening her to put her flame out.  Inside joke.

Now's your chance to get in on the fun.  Check out the site.  Even if you just go for the day scrapping it is fun.

Check out the Time clock. 78 Days to SDV!!!

A New Person I watch!!

Check out this new site I watch. She is having a great giveaway for her Anniversary:

Blogiversary Giveaway!!

363 days of blogging. 298 posts. Man, I talk a lot! To celebrate this milestone, I am having a giveaway of some of my favorite things! Here's what's up for grabs:





John Deere Mom

Go to her site and follow the directions. I haven't followed her for long but I do like what she has to say.