Merry Christmas!

From our house to yours 

Happy Halloween!!

So this was me dressed up a couple weekends ago for two parties on the same date.  I can't ever get the Mr to dress up, he came as himself 

Happy Halloween~

My new friend...

We just call him the homeless one

We've got a new friend

Why do i bother doing my hair?

Open windows and long hair

Yours truly

The view from dinner friday night

Montauk NY

Girls weekend

This year we picked long island.   Wonderful place and tons of vineyards

Summer is coming to an end

Caterpillars and Jethro .... I can't go anywhere in my yard without this cat.... He's a dirty old bad breath whiner... I'm not complaining.. I love him and he is such a love... I don't know what I'd do without him

Lions, Tigers and Bears.....

Last weekend we went to the Adirondack Animal Museum.  We've driven by a million times and never went in.  Cost $10 and there was no one else there.....40,000 square feet of stuffed animals, boars, lions, bears, cows, fish, coyote, moose, wolves, anything you can imagine 

Blue Mountain Lake, NY

Another Hike checked off my bucket list

Our favorite place to eat in NY

You will never be disapointed eating at this place, YUM! 

Mojito and Squirt guns?

My new neighbors have 3 dogs and who knows how many kids....They don't keep track of the dogs very well, I find them in my yard quite often and since Jethro is getting old , I am afraid he will not be able to get away from these dogs.... So I have a backup plan with the water blaster.  So far, I have not had to use it but I'm prepared.  BTW I don't care for the new neighbors... they have been there over 5 months and we have not even met.... not very social and they don't seem very pleasant.  this is the house that my old crazy neighbors used to live in, not much has changed, just new tenants, same old problems. 

Still friends after all these years

A few of the Hartland girls....we all grew up together.  This is just a handful of us, there are a bunch more and we are all still friends since gradeschool..  We may not see each other often but thanks to FB and an occasional get together we keep in touch 

 

From our trip to Austin TX

Adirondack NY Weekend

I have such trouble blogging from work so I'm sorry I just use my cell phone and the pictures are not such great quality.

This past weekend I went to our place in NY with my friend Teri.  We have been there a few times this year so far and spent vacation there again.  We've go the house for sale actually but it doesn't seem to be selling with the realtor so Ray and I decided I will try to sell it myself.  Teri and I spent a good amount of time cleaning and taking pictures which I will post at a later date.  Somehow I have to figure out a web page or marketing plan to get this house sold. 

We just don't use it like we used too.  The kids are all busy and we sold all the water toys we had so there isn't much to do.  Well I find plenty to do and just sitting my fanny down to read a book is just fine with me.

We have also found a lot of hiking trails that we never did before, probably because we were always at the lake.  My cousin owned a lakefront lot that we kept a dock and boat at but he sold it so that's another reason we got rid of the water toys.

Any how.... here are a few pics from Blue Mountain Lake and the Adirondack Animal Museum

Yep thats me!

My friend the bear

Blue Mountain Lake NY

Powder mildew ewe

Deck paint

I came home from vacation  to find ray had our deck repainted.

Panther mountain ny

Things that make me happy.......

Excuse the poor quality of the pictures, my cell phone and blogger don't come out as nice as I wish....they look way better on my phone and FB but then I send them to blogger and I have a fuzzy haze............hmmmm

OK so some of my favorite things....Corey cleaning up his dinner dishes.. I know thats what kids are supposed to do, we did...well I hate to say it but a lot of kids now a days just don't do it

My mothers day card.... complete with $1 and appropriately signed Coconuts,  thats what I call Corey's GF

Corey's old boots I turned into a planter

Date night in Torrington CT to the Warner theatre to see Cash is King, a tribute band to Johnny Cash, Wonderful show!!

I'm going to TX SOON!!!  Austin to be exact for Ray's son and fiance' wedding, SO Excited, I have wanted to go to TX forever

The Emmons brothers, Steve the fish man ( he owns our local FABULOUS pet store) and his Brother Artie.  We get together every now and again with them and Steve's wife Pam, never a dull moment

Custom order of signs I did for a local girl I grew up with, for her daughters bedroom

and finally........my window balls on a gloomy rainy day....these are some of the many things that make me happy

Hello kitty

This is me.....

Maybe whoever you are that comes by to read my blog could say a nice hello back and tell me a little about You since you like to take a peek into my little part of this world.

A day at the beach

I have not been to the CT or RI beach ever in the winter.... How can that be in 45 years, I have not done this?  When I was younger, I spent a lot of time sitting on the beach.  My parents took us camping in RI all the time and we spent a lot of time playing in the ocean.  As a teenager and my early 20's I also spent a lot of time baking my skin to the point of a sunburn.  I was scolded yesterday at my annual checkup at the Dr for doing this and warned not to do it any more.  Guilty as charged..... I still sit in the sun at the NY house lake.  I do miss the ocean though and it was quite fun to go there when it was not crowded except for the gulls.