Tile has been chosen!! Part Two

After much debate or maybe, I just gave up out of frustration .
The bathroom tile shall be 12x12 white! White crown molding, white sink white walls. Rubbed bronze fixtures and a shower with white tile and rubbed bronze trim (Lord, I won't tell ya what that is setting us back) and bronze fixtures.
I am on a hunt for a cabinet for the sink. I want a dark wood. Looking at old dressers that can be modified or a new bathroom cabinet for such a purpose.
The picture I got for my birthday last year is a hard one to match. I love the picture and it is of Titanic and I had no other place for it to go other than the bathroom. I will post a picture later and maybe if yall have some ideas for me I would be happy to hear em :-)

The air condition and heating will go in this week. after that we can put the floor down then doors and finish the trim around the floor.

Critter told me last night it should be done by May 30th!!!! Can ya believe it? I am so excited!!

Someone could have been seriously hurt or worse!

Critter was putting texture on the bathroom walls today when he called to tell me we have an issue. We thought this was all cleared up last week but apparently we were wrong!
We had to move out feed barrels, hay, tools and it was at this point I was rearranging everything we just moved so, I could have a clear escape route.
My plan was to run like Forrest Gump when the **** hit the fan.
The trouble was brewing just below Critter's feet.
Do you see it?

Still moving stuff out and both of us just kinda had a bad feeling

Do you see THEM now?

We moved the skid and one ran out the barn door towards the back of the property but, this one did not run he stayed in the corner and then crawled back in the skid. We hooked a rope to the skid and drug it out the door and wouldn't ya know what the sucker did.

Yes, I am still gaging from the smell. Critter and I escaped a direct hit but I swear that thing painted all 10 acres with it's magic oils.

Before you call PETA we had no choice. We didn't want to do it.

We found one dead in the barn about a week ago and we have been getting wiffs of the putrid smell but assumed it was just after effects.

Feed and food have been disappearing at an alarming rate and the barn cats have been up at the front barn. and one of us was gonna get hit if we did not remove the problem. Once a skunk finds a feed source they take up residence.

We disposed of the body and soon the vultures did what they do best.

I feel bad for the skunk. I hope the other one does not find his way back.

Do you smell that????????????????????

Have a good weekend!

Honey, I think we have a peeper!

Do you call the cops when you have this kind of peeper ? Or do you give Thanks and Praise to the Lord for giving you all the blessings and the ability to have such creatures in your life?

Row row row your boat .....

So this the rain we got today!
The neighbors(UGGHHH!!) plowed down a natural berm when they seeded their property (3 times last year and still just a field of weeds.) so between the neighbors and the county needing to dig out the bar ditch. WJ Farms has a major flooding problem!

The water was over Critter's boots when he went to feed tonight.

Standing on my road looking to the front of the property

Standing inside! the front barn looking toward the new house

Happenings and The Pickles

The 3 day walk for the cure is Nov 5-7 and I know it sounds like a long way away but in reality it is just around the corner. I got my info packet in the mail today and I am so excited to do this for those who are unable. The fundraising part will be tough but, I will meet the goal of $2300.00 (I pray)

I have in my life known many who have suffered from cancer. All types of cancer and all kinds of people. I have done nothing to make a difference. I AM NOW! I am walking for you and your loved ones. I am walking for me and my loved ones. I AM WALKING FOR A CURE! and I AM EXCITED! So bloggers if you or anyone wants to join me in Dallas Nov 5-7 give me a shout and we can do it together! :-)



I was talking to Pickles tonight and here is a excerpt of the conversation:


Scrappy- Mom, I would love for you to walk with me.

Pickles- If I could ever get over this chest congestion I might be able to walk across the yard
Scrappy- Mom, you need to go back to the doctor

Pickles- All the doctor will do is listen to my chest and say I have bronchitis. Don't worry I have been taking Metamucil this week to clear it up and I will go to the doctor next week if it doesn't

Scrappy- Mom, I really don't think that Metamucil is designed to clear your chest. Are you saying you are now having bowel trouble??

It was a this point I could not stop laughing and then she couldn't stop laughing.

Horsey go round and round

Yesterday, I went to feed and it was a bit cool and after I let one horse into a pasture by himself the others decided to go round and round LOL!

A personal issue exposed

I am not a fan of public humiliation of animals but, I am posting this as a public service.
If you are considering getting a long hair cat I am here to tell you the brutal truth that their butts have long hair to!
Your cat will one day parade in front of you doing his cat swagger after just leaving the little boys room. That is when you will either faint or break out the clippers.
Dash is a long hair cat that has been shaved since he was a kitten. He is semi- OK with me breaking out the clippers and usually I can handle him with no problems but, today I needed a spotter just in case he decided to claw my eyes out after clipping around his .. well ya get the picture.

See, Look at the joy in his eyes
He loves when Critter holds him

No x-rated photos here. Tail placed strategically

His look after I said "Now, that wasn't so bad was it?"

Back in his window and Happy

Ramble On

Someone at a certain place where I spend alot of time M-F went big potty and it is now flowing down the hallway. Yea,I am so lucky to be next door to the ladies room. To quote the maintenance man "Life is like a box of chocolate ya never know what yer gonna get"

I won't even tell ya what the mannequin at work is doing at this very moment. People, People People! Yea, I might have put her in your chair while you stepped out of your office and you came back to find your replacement working away at your keyboard but I NEVER! would have done that! She is a CPR mannequin.

The other day when it snowed 10 inches here. My brother took his truck to the shop and proceeded to tell the service guy he keeps hearing a banging noise in the back of his truck when he accelerates or stops. Man at the dealership says to Mabel. " Mabel that would be all the ice sliding back and forth in the bed and there will be no charge for the diagnostic work"


Good News Back Porch cat that has been missing since Friday has returned. He has been trapped under the house the whole time. Front Porch Cat decided to hold him prisoner. We heard the wildest noise last night when we got home. I think he was telling her he was leaving her and war broke out. We played the role of liberators and now Back Porch kitty is happy and hangin out on his side of the house.

The house on Main and WJ Farms

It started out so innocent....

Where did my lawn go? there is all this strange white stuff on the ground UGGGGHHHHH!

You see, I met this man online. (Ya Critter knows about him and I am sure his wife knows about me) The relationship has blossomed into a quick witted banter( quick wit mostly on his part)

He manages to entertain me on a daily basis on Blogger and Facebook but,mostly in the bedroom ( that's where I usually get my laptop and do all my surfing in the comfort of my bed)

Apparently, it snows alot where this gentleman lives and as you know, I do not like the cold much less snow. I made a comment to him about better him than me in the snow or something to that effect.

So,earlier this week he threw some kind of VOODOO curse this way and I shot back that it NEVER snows here (60 miles south of Dallas) and wouldn't ya know what it is doing outside today!

Granted that we Texans go into survival mode at the sign of a single flake and our snowmen look like they are something out of The Hobbit instead of big ole jolly white guys but,it is still snow and I do not care for it one bit!

So can y'all do me a favor ? If you see this man on the street could ya be so kind as to hit him with a snowball? ( I don't know if he will be carrying a fish but if he is chunk one at the fish too!)

or you could just drop by his blog and say hi and read all about this very interesting man :-)

http://www.mattsteen.blogspot.com/

HMMMM??? I wonder

I lived in the D.C. area and in Northern Missouri before quickly returning to my beloved State of Texas.
I have seen snow. I don't care for snow and I am wondering just why are these folks digging out their car? It does not appear to be a snowmobile and seeing how the snow is as deep as the car is tall, just exactly what kind of car is this ? Once uncovered can the car maneuver such deep snow?
Hovercraft perhaps?
Reminds me of a song - Road to Nowhere by The Talking Heads

MSNBC has pictures of DC ck em out they a wonderful

Make ya laugh on a rainy day

Have a great evening Bloggers

Offical Plans for Sunday

Wake up at 8:30 have coffee eat breakfast
Go back to bed
Wake up at 11:00 put clothes in washer
Break DVD player - Critter to the rescue
Put in movie- make room for self in bed amongst all the critters taking over MY bed
Watch TV sleep on and off all day
(Manage to keep safe distance from hubby who is still "fected")

Enjoy and relax my much needed time off wk

Prepare to start another hectic week at work

A conversation online.

This is my sis and my Pickle in the pic above

So, as ya know this past weekend was Pickles birthday.
I was gonna keep it simple take her to eat then hit the bookstore and just hang out with my Pickle.
She didn't really feel like getting out in the cold so I brought her dinner in and cake and picked up a Crop Circle for her to grow.( I try every year to get her a Chia-Pet and she threatens my life if I do)
Well, She did feel like going to Tom Jones with my big sis and here is what my sis said about that.

RAE:
Nothing could beat Tom Jones. You should have seen your mother I thought she was going to take off her panties and throw them on stage
DONNA: RAE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why is she MY mother if she is taking off her undies and not OUR MOTHER??

FYI: Pickles turned 73 shhhhh!! don't tell her I told ya