So earlier this busy week when I picked up the girl from school, her teacher sent along this sweet gift.

The caption at the top reads:
Thanks for helping us grow.

How sweet is that! The pot was signed by all 27 kids in the class just for helping out on library day throughout the year!
I love it!!

On Thursday I decide it’s time to bring in my plants for the winter…not realizing the very next day it will be 88°F.

So yesterday afternoon I come around the corner in the family room and find this….
It’s a tree frog!!
And it has adhered itself to the INSIDE of my brand new sliding glass door!!!! Are you kidding me!?!?
Apparently I moved his home indoors without an eviction notice.

I gently evicted him with the help of a plastic cup and spoon…wishing him a happy life somewhere in the OUTDOORS.

This is the last photo I have of him. I took it last fall on Labor Day when the kids and I were visiting him at the nursing home.

In an email update to family and friends yesterday I said:  

“He is ready…he’s been ready…it’s time for him to go HOME where he can have peace. It’s hard but I can’t stand to see him locked inside a body and mind that’s betrayed him anymore.”

He is free now!

I love you Daddy…rest in peace.

“Obie” 1927-2010

What do you think? I really need some feedback on certain issues.

1. Does it take to long to load?
2. Is the text easy to read?
3. Are the colors to harsh?

I’m also having an issue with the blue underlined links….they should not be that way!!  Even though I have changed the color in the blogger dashboard they remain blue underlined links. Somewhere I have a bit of code messed up and can’t figure it out.  GRRR! I’ve spent so much time hand coding that my eyes are ready to bug out of my head!

I was so surprised this morning when I read a comment left by Shelliebellie at STUFF by me telling me she had given me an award.

Upon receiving this award I am to tell 7 things about myself and pick 7 others who are deserving of this award. Here goes…

1. I’m an only child.
2. I have a commercial drivers licence.
3. I hate baking but love to cook.
4. I think I’m allergic to chocolate but it doesn’t stop me from eating it.
5. I want to learn to weld so I can make garden art sculptures.
6. I’m terrified going over bridges.
7. We have fish every Friday and we aren’t even Catholic.

It was hard to pick just 7 blogs I enjoy. I did manage to narrow it down to these…

1. Everyday Beauty
2. AlteredBookLover
3. Creative Junque by Stacie
4. living the creative teen life
5. Caspiana
6. Art Beneath the Cotton Woods
7. Artvisionz