Power Wheel re-invented
14 years ago
Monday, September 15, 2008
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!
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!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Pizza oven and fireplace update
Yeah baby, it's looking great! Check out that scaffolding! Eventually, it was 3 levels high.
Stone path from kitchen to outdoor kitchen
The new path is easy to walk down the hill. A big hit for me!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Farm Help
A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife. She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand.
Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk. She thought long and hard about it, and when no one else applied she decided to hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to have him around the house than the drunk. He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching.
For weeks, the two of them worked, and the ranch was doing very well. Then one day, the rancher's widow said to the hired hand, 'You have done a really good job, and the ranch looks great. You should go into town and kick up your heels. The hired hand readily agreed and went into town one Saturday night. One o'clock came, however, and he didn't return. Two o'clock and no hired hand. Finally he returned around two-thirty, and upon entering the room, he found the rancher's widow sitting by the fireplace with a glass of wine, waiting for him.
She quietly called him over to her. 'Unbutton my blouse and take it off,' she said. Trembling, he did as she directed. 'Now take off my boots.' He did as she asked, ever so slowly. 'Now take off my socks.' He removed each gently and placed them neatly by her boots. 'Now take off my skirt.' He slowly unbuttoned it, constantly watching her eyes in the fire light. 'Now take off my bra.' Again, with trembling hands, he did as he was told and dropped it to the floor. Then she looked at him and said, 'If you ever wear my clothes into town again, you're fired.'
Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk. She thought long and hard about it, and when no one else applied she decided to hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to have him around the house than the drunk. He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching.
For weeks, the two of them worked, and the ranch was doing very well. Then one day, the rancher's widow said to the hired hand, 'You have done a really good job, and the ranch looks great. You should go into town and kick up your heels. The hired hand readily agreed and went into town one Saturday night. One o'clock came, however, and he didn't return. Two o'clock and no hired hand. Finally he returned around two-thirty, and upon entering the room, he found the rancher's widow sitting by the fireplace with a glass of wine, waiting for him.
She quietly called him over to her. 'Unbutton my blouse and take it off,' she said. Trembling, he did as she directed. 'Now take off my boots.' He did as she asked, ever so slowly. 'Now take off my socks.' He removed each gently and placed them neatly by her boots. 'Now take off my skirt.' He slowly unbuttoned it, constantly watching her eyes in the fire light. 'Now take off my bra.' Again, with trembling hands, he did as he was told and dropped it to the floor. Then she looked at him and said, 'If you ever wear my clothes into town again, you're fired.'
While you were out...
AFTER PHOTO
Looks like the stone guys were BUSY this week - they made some real progress while I was out of town visiting the grandsons this past week.
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Looks like the stone guys were BUSY this week - they made some real progress while I was out of town visiting the grandsons this past week.
check out more at Fliker
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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