Poor Little Piggy

Poor little piggy, named Not, died today. The same dog that hurt our last little piggy, Ham Bone, was caught in the act, again. The dog needs to go and we can go back to "free range".

Ice Storm of 2009

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Itinerary

Thursday we depart fom Memphis, to Amsterdam, to Barcelona. Then we are free to explore until we board the Norwegian Gem on Sunday. Monday we are at sea. Tuesday we arrive in Valletta, Malta 8am-3pm, Wednesday we arrive in Naples/Pompeii 8am-7pm. Thursday we arrive in Rome 7am-7pm, James is taking a country side bike ride, Chuck & Cheryl are touring the Vatican, while I am free to explore what I didn't get to see the first time. Friday we hit Livorno/Florence 7am-7pm. Our last day finds us in Villefrance/Nice/Monaco. I'll have to look my best. Sunday brings us back to Barcelona and on our way home.

Power Outage

When the eye of the hurricane went our northern Arkansas, we lost power for 30 hours. Good thing my man is handsome and handy! He boiled water and poured it into my coffee maker...Yum. Then he plugged in the generator and hooked up the fridges.The strangest thing about that morning was how quiet my house was and could I stand the silence. A-Ha, iPod. Then I started packing for our cruise since I could make use of the daylight. Time to make some calls and talk to some of my peeps. Another cord led to the TV/Bose, another one snaked up the stairs and hooked up the internet. It's getting difficult to walk around the cords and the fridge is dusty. Real Simple publishes the A-Ha Use for items - outdoor Christmas cords make wonderful electricity from the generator to my home.

Whenever life gets too crazy, try to live a day with the lights off and see how beautiful life is under candlelight. It's been a good 30 hours.

I think I'll try it again tonight!! A-Ha la la la la!

Tye, Master Stone Layer

Tye, Master Stone Layer, originally uploaded by dancgbear4757.

Steady Eddie works on this early in the day an keeps making progress...

stone and rumble

stone and rumble, originally uploaded by dancgbear4757.

yeah this doesn't look too good...set it in cement, damn it!

future patio in front of oven & fireplace

future patio in front of oven & fireplace, originally uploaded by dancgbear4757.

so many pretty stones, so many pretty stones......