2-27-17

Queen for a day...and EVERY day!

Princess Harley showing off her regal pose. :-)

2-26-17

James & Bob installing our new window.

Harley supervising.

The finished window looks great. It's so clean & clear that it doesn't even look like there is glass in there! Our old window had a middle divider & the seal was broken so moisture was inside & making the glass cloudy. Thanks, James & Bob!

2-25-17

Me and...

The Dog.

2-24-17

So we painted our old garage sale stools metallic silver. They were black before.

The silver legs look good & match the 2 metal posts downstairs. Even though I like the retro green fabric it's time for a change.

Here are 3 swatches we currently like.

It's really too hard to pick from such small samples. We welcome your input!

2-23-17

New couch & new pillows! Found this inexpensive sleeper sofa on Wayfair.com; a website many friends rave about for home furnishings. We needed something to take the place of the 2 chairs that moved to the next room & I wanted it to function as a bed.

The sole reason for needing a part-time bed downstairs is my mom is staying with us in April for 2 weeks (maybe a bit longer if it goes well). Now that mom uses a walker she can't manage the stairs. I think & hope this set-up will work well for her visit.

Here's the back of the couch. I'm using the throw blanket to cover the 2 zippers where the pop-out bed support legs are stored. I think for the price it's a very nice couch.

Then I had to shop for pillows! :-) Love the pretty colors.

And fun textures.

New mustard yellow pillow.

2-22-17

I kinda like that guy who's photo bombing me. ;-)

2-21-17

Penelope continues...

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BTW: Is the illustration better with 2 butterflies & 3 birds (below)? Maybe there needs to be a sun in the picture? Hmmm.

2-20-17

Bob's been home, then gone, then home & now gone again. Harley taking advantage of the time Bob had for a dog run early this morning. Bob left at 8am & he'll be home at 6pm tonight. He's had quite a few short trips these last 2 weeks which will allow him to go to Argentina with me in March. Yay!!

2-19-17

A very rainy morning!! Abbie & I were signed up to do a 5 mile running race so we had to toughen up. Glad we had our support crew of Bob, Mike & Ellie who cheered & took our jackets last minute.

Then we were off. It was awfully wet out there. Cold too. And since we were doing the trail run we had a LOT of puddles, slick rocks & mud to navigate!

It was definitely an adventurous 5 miles! 

I finished up 1st in my age group (45-49), was 10th female overall and 28th out of 440 runners (men & women). Happy with that result!

How cute is this little peanut!? She was so good & even gave Abbie a high 5 when she finished. 8 month old, Ellie. :-)

2-18-17

Harley's thoughts...

1) I hear you coyotes but I am the boss.

2) Here bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny!!

3) This is my "I wanna take a walk" look. Is it working, mom?!

4) I'm hungry. 23 more minutes until dinner time.

4) My good sniffer says rain is in the air. I don't like getting wet. In fact, I hate dog baths.

I don't need a bath; I smell pretty!

5) I also don't like the vet. Don't take me to the vet ever.

5) SQUIRREL!!!!

2-17-17

Getting a vaccine shot, and then another and another and another!!

Bob & I will be traveling to Argentina next month & then Africa in October!! Now is the time to get our Hep A, Hep B, Typhoid, & Yellow Fever vaccinations. These are all on the CDC recommended list. No surprise but we both had really sore arms the next day! :-/ I'll write more later about our upcoming trips but Argentina involves cycling & Africa involves hiking (& seeing a few big animals)!! :-)

2-16-17

Penelope says...

Penelope teaching the farm animals about thinking positive! :-)

2-15-17

I guess we're keeping the carpet! :-)

Harley makes the point every morning & throughout the day that this rug is great.

It's soft & suitable for lounging (Harley's words).

2-14-17

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you all had a SWEET day.

XOXO to my Valentine, Bob. Luv U!

2-13-17

The story of Penelope continues!

It's been months since I've been able to sit down & draw about Penelope the Positive Pony. Today I did & finished a page!

2-12-17

It felt good to go on a long hike today! Here is 1 armed "Vanna White" cactus. She used to have 2 arms & it looked like she was show casing a vowel (thus the name Vanna White). Sadly 1 of her arms fell off a couple years ago. :-(

It was so nice to have Bob home to go hiking too. Bob also has an arm problem (still recovering from surgery last month) but at least it hasn't fallen off!! ;-) Rich joined us hiking & he picked the route in South Mountain. We trekked 10 miles today!

Many tall happy saguaros along the trail.

2-11-17

I'm in a flower rut. ;-)

But I've never seen our aloe plant bloom before.

It's like little sunshines in our backyard.

Have a bright sunshiny day!

2-10-17

It's that time of year again!

Love the African Daisies blooming in the neighborhood.

2-9-17

This is Perro. We brought him home from Mexico.

Harley says Perro can stay. See...they can even be in the same room together without a dog fight. ;-) By the way...do you like the new rug in the piano room? I'm testing it out for a couple days & may return it. 

But so far I like it...I think. It's soft & I like that the colors are muted. Had tried several bolder colored rugs but they didn't seem right. Maybe it's better with no rug? I also brought in the two chairs from the TV room which I like...I think. :-0 Now that leaves 2 empty spots in the TV room. Nothing like creating problems! :-/

Back to Perro. He's cute! And he likes the rug.

2-8-17

Sunflower Love.

Our neighbor, Patti grows the best sunflowers. They shine rising tall above our connecting backyard wall.

Thanks to Patti for sending the pretty pic.

2-7-17

Back on the boat we headed out to sea.

Lea was the whale tour coordinator. She's connected since she regularly charters boats for her scuba trips.

We passed a shipping boat...cool to see.

Then we spotted a whale!

Oh....there's a mommy & her baby!!

It really was exciting to see a whale & then another & another! They are HUGE!

During our 3 hour tour we spotted & were fairly close to about 10 Fin Whales and 1 Humpback Whale.

All amazing!

This was the 1st whale watching tour for Bob & I.

It was Harley's 1st whale experience too.

Harley eventually lost interest & took a nap.

We found a few pods of dolphins too. Several would swim along side the bow & play.

Harley awake & back at work directing the boat to land again.

Such a fun & successful whale watching tour. Thanks Lea & Nate!! The whole weekend was a blast. PS: After the tour we all drove back to Phoenix. No car lines crossing the border & we were home in 4 hours.