Gone Fishing

We have a "lake" behind our house. I think it's more of a retention pond, but, whatever. All the people that live directly on it are considered waterfront property. The neighbors that live to the north of us let us use their dock when ever we want. Very nice people. Even though it has been pretty frigid Babe took Stinky over the other day. I tagged along just long enough to get some pictures and then I ran home like a little baby because it was to cold. This is what I got.

Stinky actually caught a catfish all by himself. He wouldn't touch it, but he caught it. I wouldn't touch it either. I would be affraid it would spit toxic waste in my eye and I would have to walk around in a purple jacket with a smile put on my face by makeup. Then every one would call me the bride of The Joker. Then my kids would get made fun of for having a mommy that only wears a purple jacket and can't do make up right. I'm just saying.

I never understood why people like fishing, but it sure does make for good photos.

Thank you and Good night.

Cards anyone?

My family has been on a card game kick lately. Uno, Skip-bo, Rummy. We love it. I'm the Uno champ and Trev is the Skip-bo king. Babe, well, he's fun to beat. Someones got to lose right?

I was looking on the internet for coupons. Yes I use coupons. If I remember to take them with me when I go shopping. They don't do any good when you leave them sitting on the counter at home. I am blonde you know. Well I found a coupon here. It is $5.00 off any Pictureka game. Did I mention ANY. So I took my little coupon with me to Target and found this



















It is Pictureka the card game. I haven't played it yet so I can't tell you how it is. What I can tell you is that it is $5.24 without the coupon. Use that coupon and voila .24 cents for a card game. Not to shabby if I do say so myself. Hold your applause, please.

Your welcome.

Thank you and Good night.

What a lucky man

Over the weekend Babe received a phone call from one of our neighbors. He had something to show him and wanted him to come over. Babe got there to find a huge pine tree on the ground. I guess the other day the wind decided it did not like that tree being in that spot and dropped it. This tree was huge.

Here is the root system.

Pretty impressive isn't it. Can you see the pool in the background? This massive tree decided to land right on the deck. It missed the house by about 5 feet. The only damage was to the pool deck and it was minimal.

 

Look at the size of the trunk. This could have done some very serious damage. Look at that hunky man of mine. Mama likes it when he works.

This tree gave Babe a run for his money, but he did it. I was so proud of him. 

I love that man of mine.

Thank you and Good night.

Girls are so cute

I am really getting into the Scrapbooking challenges that Inspiration Lane has. It gives me ideas and most importantly gets me scrapping. I have so many pictures to scrap it's not even funny. 13,805 to be exact. I guess that is what happens when you have a love affair with your camera.

This is the last page I did for one of those said challenges. It was a template challenge.

 

These are my nieces. Cute is an understatement.  They ooze cuteness from every cell in there body.  Scrapping them gives me a break from the typical boyish layouts I normally do. I don't think Trev would like to see his picture on a page with pink paper and hearts. Although I did just do a "The Beatles" layout with purple paper on it. He liked it.

On a scrapbooking tip I used the free kit from Inspiration Lanes Daily Download called "Our Town". You can get it here, but not for free anymore. 

Thank you and Good night.