The Life and Times of a Part Time Dreamer....

Well after our dear old truck bit the proverbial dust last weekend I've had to find other things to occupy my abundant time and energy.   Eddy is flourishing and  will soon produce little tomatoes.  I designed and duck-taped an alternate mode of transportation. ( The duck-taped became a necessity rather than a decoration. My seat fell off while in a cross walk.)    After a few staggered trips to the second hand store I came up with several tiny pots for my adorable herb garden. I now have a tiny bazil bush, two different kinds of mint and two pepper plants.   I tried to add a touch of garden humor and lots of plant love to my porch garden.  I tried my hand at growing from seeds and ended up with some cilantro that is growing nicely.  My husband laughed at me because I was so excited I hadn't killed them. Our tiny apartment has become a home with all of our treasures on shelves and hanging on t...

The adventure began as any other. We made a check list, packed up, and decided got in our truck to drive a half hour to where we could begin helping my dear mother prepare to take 28 Girls on a "5 mile" hike, which was actually 8 miles.  The trip began uneventful but about halfway to our destination the  truck went "chu-chunk chu-chunk!!" and  died. There was no reviving it.  We called for help and a nice tow-man came and pulled us off the freeway. After returning the soon to be interred vehicle to our home, we rode to our destination in my parents car. the next morning we embarked on a new adventure. 28 girls gathered to learn about why we never leave the hiking path and which bugs are ok to touch and which plants are not.  Each was bestowed with a bug net and the firm belief that bugs should not be scary no matter how much the camp leaders may scream.   Thus, following my mountain goat of a father up the trail, we m...

  We spent our honeymoon in southern California in a condo 5 minutes walk from the beach.  We looked at the boats in the bay, we picked up seashells on the shore, and we ate crab at Joes Crab Shack during the height of crab season. But we also went to the San Diego zoo!!  We saw monkeys......a lot of monkeys. The smaller wildlife was more entertaining than the larger animals that were often too far away to get a good look at.  We fed our map to the birds and decided to try and get lost.  The Mallard ducks were just about the only familiar things in the zoo. we found several just wandering around. (probably stealing nachos from unsuspecting zoo-goers) There were many ferocious plant life.  and incredibly sharp park benches??? puppy sized elephants you can hold in your hand. Nacho stealing plants ass well as ducks.  He's just no good when it comes to the vegetation...

While Cruising the archives of my camera, trying to blog a more current post, I came across these gems.  HALLOWEEN 2012!!! Behold the Sloppy Josephine's in all our 80's glory!! Jasmine, Jacky, Jesibell, and .....I forget the last one....oops. Jessica???   Slender man arrived in all his spandex attire and began wooing the women immediately. Shaggy arrived with his fifties bother.   And quickly made short work of the snacks.  The night of rock continued as more 80's rock stars arrived.  We posed for our cover shot and sang a couple numbers.  Static magic was preformed! Balloon battles ensued.  and then we suddenly time warped to Christmas!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ (Time warping symbols) The ritual dance was done so that the cookies wouldn't burn upon our night of festivities.  Cream puffs and fruit dip helped bring in the holiday spiri...

This morning I woke to my Hubbies handsome face and with a deep appreciation for how much he means to me. After dreaming about being forced to marry someone else it was deeply gratifying to wake up to him.  It began poring yesterday afternoon and it hasn't let up yet. The sky is holding a steady gray over our little town but it makes me glad that I don't have to water my plants today.  But upon returning inside and finding that dishes need to be done and that I'll be on my own for most of the day I got a sudden urge to go put boots on and splash in the puddles and not return for the rest of the day.  Those weren't quite my sentiments but you's understand if you saw the pile of dishes.  But deciding that I couldn't leave my poor hubby to be eaten by the ever growing dishes I put on my big girl pants and put on some music to clean to.  The first song that happens on my list: The Best Things Happen When You Dance! To Danny Kaye's happy ...