HEY AVA....

you awake yet? I wanna go play in the snow. Love, Gus

ZOO DAY!!!!

Well, this morning it was 23* and we, being the brave and strong souls that we are, went to the zoo!! Who am I kidding....it was freaking COLD!!! Brrrr!! Miss Aves was all bundled up, complete with a blanket. I go out of the house with a t-shirt and vest. Uh, yeah...we walked really fast. It was awesome...beautiful. A little snow left on the ground and the sun was shining. Aww. Can I bottle that moment please?
The best part was....we got to see the baby elephant, Sumantra, have his first training lesson! He is so stinkin' cute!! Thought he was a she until, err, Dave pointed out that he was indeed a he!! Sorry. Had to share. TMI, I know! Anyway. He was born in October and weighs 775 pounds already. He will get to be 14-15 thousand pounds! Holy smokes!!
Great day. Sigh.

Feedin' the ducks...

Gma and Gpa Knowlton came over to visit today and we went to feed the ducks. It's a beautiful day...about 38* and sunny...my favorite kind of day!!
I realized where Dave was standing...check out the sign above his head...bad daddy, bad daddy. (Click on picture to see what the sign says)
Shiloh, with her Beagle nose fully working, found Earl again. Earl is the mole that terrorizes Dave. He digs all over our yard. Shiloh loves him.
BTW....disclamer....Dave is telling me right now to take that pic of him out of this post...says it makes him look like a punk. I think it's funny. Sorry Dave...it's my blog so it's stayin'!!!!

Converstion with Aves.....

As I'm walking through the living room last night, I happen to step in something warm and wet. Uhoh.
"Ava, did you go pee-pee on the floor?"
"YEAH."
"Seriously?"
"YEAH!!!!"

Is there something wrong with me????

If you think so, please don't answer. If you think I'm normal, please comment.
So. Here's the deal. In my Yahoo mailbox, I have 23492 messages. You see, I don't ever delete them. Takes too long. I can only delete 15 at a time. Do you have any idea how long it would take me to delete all of them? No way!! Anyway. Dave thinks I'm nuts. He just can't wrap his mind around how a person could have THAT MANY messages in their inbox. Me, whatever....who cares. Who's right?

Multnomah Falls...another bust.

Well snap. We went to another of my favorite places yesterday...Multnomah Falls. SO beautiful, centered right in the middle of the Columbia Gorge. Ava was just fine waving at the falls from the car, but all Hell broke loose when we got out. Ugh. I'm not sure if it was the water gushing, the noise or the mist on her face...well, I understand if it was the mist. Mist does bad, bad things to hair. Anyway, we will try again this summer. She'll come around. She has to. Her mama is green and by-gum, darnit, she is going to be green! Snicker.

New 'do!!

I can't believe how fast babygirl's hair has grown! Last time I checked, all I could do was put little "puffs" in it. Now...drum roll...she can wear pigtails!! She hollered at me when I parted her hair with the comb, but other than that loves them.
John, Dad and Pat....quit reading here.
To the ladies. I have a bitch. I went to get new undies and bras today. WTH?!!? $145.00 for 4 bras (buy 2 get two free) and 5 pairs of unders. WTH!!! Oh, and I got a belt. But that was only twenty bucks! Again, WTH!?!? I've been putting it off because it's like buying new tires....you have to have them, but who wants to pay for them! Sorry. I had to complain. I'm still in shock.

HAPPY 2009!!!!

Well, here it is...2009. It doesn't seem real! Wasn't it just a year ago that everyone was stocking up for Y2K?
I made a New Year's resolution for Ava. No more playing in the dog food. Well, that resolution didn't mean squat to her and she broke it already! WTH!?!? The girl is obsessed with playing in the dog food!!! I seriously think she does it because she knows it makes me CRAZY!!!
While waiting for dinner to finish baking, I was in here catching up on emails and blogs. For maybe 20 minutes...don't worry...Dave's was out with Aves....somehow that doesn't give me a whole lot of comfort! haha!! Anyway, I go out to check on the dinner and, snap...the kid is in the friggin' dog food!! AGAIN!!!! I guess she wasn't really "playing" in it. More like throwing across the house! Now Gus...being the good dog that he is....is running to and fro trying to eat it all up. Not. He's not that fast. I must have stepped on 100 little pieces of kibble. Whatever. I give up.