Red Ribbon Walk Against Drugs

This past Saturday Darrell took Nathan to the City of Mission Viejo Walk Against Drugs. I'm not sure how far they walked, but they were gone all morning. There were thousands of people in attendance. I think they had fun, although they were both hot and tired when I picked them up. Aren't they cute??

Whole Lotta Puppy Food!

Molly cannot eat "regular" puppy food like most dogs. She has food "issues." Those of you who know our family will not be at all surprised by this. The food she eats, for dogs with sensitive digestive systems, comes in 20 pound bags. Holy cow, Molly only weighs 9 pounds...and she eats about a cup of food per day. If we have a big earthquake, we could feed all the dogs in the neighborhood depending on where she is in her bag of food. Check out the picture...pretty funny and a visual image of this craziness.

Kansas Girl Allergic To WHEAT!!??

How can it be?? The girl from Kansas (that's me) is allergic to wheat! I don't really get how, at 40 years old, they can finally diagnose an allergy. It is not a itchy eye, stuffy nose kind of allergy. It affects your small intestines and doesn't let your body absorb vitamins, nutrients, iron, calcium...and so on. Who knew?? SO...no more wheat for me. No bread. No pasta. No tortillas. No muffins. No donuts. I have been shopping at the organic markets for Gluten-Free products. Some of them taste okay, but they're expensive. Anyone have any good Gluten-Free recipes???

Fall Centerpiece

SO...I decorated my house for fall a couple of days ago, however I was not happy with the dining room table. I had removed the placemats and put a couple of pumpkins there, but it didn't look "right." I went to JoAnn Fabrics and bought some fabric, put it under the pumpkins (didn't even sew the edges), and sprayed the small pumpkins a cream color (oh how I love spray paint), and moved stuff around a bit. Much better now! By the way, the big pumpkin is real, that's why it doesn't sit straight on the pedestal! NOW it looks "right."

Wordless Wednesday #8a ~ No More Bumper!!

Darrell was taking Kyle to guitar lesson tonight and, according to Kyle, "a 90 year old geezer who couldn't even walk smashed into the back of them without even braking!!" They are all okay, but the Honda Civic Hybrid...uh, not so okay. By the way, they had to tape the bumper together with athletic tape from Kyle's baseball bag to drive home. I know this is supposed to be "wordless", but it needed a couple of words.

Wordless Wednesday #8 ~ Under the Weather

I have not been feeling well lately, so this is where Molly and I have been spending our time...

Fall Is In The Air...

I LOVE FALL!! The weather cools down (although it is about 95 degrees today), the kids are back into the routine of school, and I get to decorate with gorgeous colors! The past 2 days I have been arranging and re-arranging all of my Fall and Halloween stuff. Most of it will stay up until after Thanksgiving, I will put away all the Jack-O-Lantern and get out the turkeys and pilgrims. By the way, I do have a ton of Fall decorations, many of them were gifts from my dear friend Barbie. She is moving back to CA from North Carolina...we are so happy!!