It's a dog's life

Rich's parents started a blog. Well, I should say Rich's parent's dog Ernie started a blog. Somehow Ernie has figured out how to use the computer and he updates his own blog about him and his sister/pal Sasha's doggie adventures. They often feature our puppy dog, Murphy but recently they highlighted a few photos of my Dad and Jackie's dog, Cece. Cece is a chinese crested powder puff type of dog and she's adorable! Apparently, there is another breed of the chinese crested that isn't nearly as cute as Cece. Cece got a lot of attention from Ernie's readers recently- check out the comments (I "borrowed them" from Ernie's blog):

"Little CC does look so soft and fluffy. She is a really pretty grey color, too."


"I like CC also, she is just my size to play with. I didn't know that there were other kinds of those chinese crescant dogs. This one is really cute, sometimes the other one are, well never mind. (likely written by another intelligent dog)"

"we think CC is very cute. we've never seen one of the powder puff CCs before. she's way cuter than the bald ones!"

"CC is adorable. She's the first Powder Puff I've seen"

We love little CC! Photo credit to Barb Blanco.

What I've Been Up To

Chelan for a week with Macey-Jo (niece), Kathleen (cousin), Kathleen's Daughter Grace and Pam (cousin by marriage):





Fourth of July BBQ at our house:





Hike and trail run at Wynochee:






Some mountain biking, working and just trying to get stuff done around the house.

Oh, and I've been spending too much time on the computer so am limiting my computer time- hence the rare updates.

One last tid-bit. I found this vampire comparison pretty interesting. It should be no surprise to you that I'm a fan of vampire mythology although I have yet to finish reading Dracula and have not read any Anne Rice books yet. I found this intersting. Not sure why the original Dracula is not listed too. He doesn't get any pop-culture props!


Ok- really, last tid-bit RIP Michael Jackson. I'm disappointed he will no longer be creating music because he did that so well. I'm sad for his family and his children and can't imagine what they are going thru. I'm grateful for life and pray for him and all that have passed at far too young an age.

Monkey Pee

If a monkey ever pees on me I hope I'm as good natured about it as this President.

My Attempts at Gardening

A friend of mine told me about a big blueberry plant she has on her back porch. She goes out there to get fresh blueberries all summer long. I decided to get two blueberry plants and give the growing of food a try. I do not have a green thumb but this summer I've noticed most of the shrubs and plants I planted last year and the year before have grown a lot this year. Peonies bloomed (well two beautiful pink ones) and my peonie tree grew a lot (it's almost 5-feet now). The beauty bush bloomed beautiful flowers and a bunch of other plants ans shrubs I planted surprised me with awesome color. So, despite my historical lack of a green thumb, I am feeling a bit positive this year about expanding my gardening. I bought two blueberry plants, each will fertilize the other, and planted them in some cool pots.



I also bought some cilantro, basil, a tomato plant and some lemon tyme.



The trick is I planted them all in pots and put them on my deck. That way it's easy to water them and I can pop out from the kitchen to gather the food once it grows!

Ciao Bella

My friend Amy introduced me to Ciao Bella Gelato and I bought a pint of Malted Milk Ball last night. This stuff is so good it's dangerous! I ate the whole pint over the last two nights. I will not be purchasing this much anymore. It has a power over me that is too scary. It shall not enter my house (unless I really, really crave it!).

Watermark

A few days (maybe weeks) ago my sister Deanna started using watermarks on some of her photos. She explained that she didn't want some stranger using photos of Daisy taken by her or a professional photographer (see was given the "proofs" from the pro). I stumbled upon this today which, though no harm was done, made me think my sister is so smart and so ahead of the game! Imagine getting an e-mail from a friend visiting Praque who sees a huge photo of you and your family in the window of a cafe?!?

"Family Mystery Photo"

Daisy is 2!!

My youngest niece turned 2 last weekend. She is possibly one of the most adorable kids and I'm proud to be her "Tauntie" (Auntie in Daisy language). I was not able to join her for her big party but I did visit mid-week last week and brought her some presents. She absolutely loves water and spent some time in her little pool and had no fear of putting her face in the water. My sister Deanna has a great post of her big 2 year birthday day. Happy Birthday to Daisy!