Lint

You know how when lint gets on a black shirt and drives you crazy?  Well that's how I feel about all of those Helicopter things (Yard lint) off the tree's all over our freshly mulched landscaping.  Next year, we'll wait until they fall off the tree first.  

Of course if I weren't so OCD I'd just let it go...

The Ball

Today we found the Ball in of all places, Bowyn's crayon box. 

Hmmm, wonder how it got there?

Not getting what you paid for...

You know waht really makes me mad?  It's not getting what you paid for after you already paid for it.  Try to do something nice for someone, as they're young and starting up their business, well it doesn't always work out the way you thought it would. 

Short story is that we had our Tree's trimmed about 2 months ago, and now that Spring is here and we look at them, we are sorely disappointed and know we could  have done a better job ourselves. 

NFL 2010 Free Agent

Bengals Sign Former OSU Kicker As Free Agent
Nugent Drafted By Jets In 2nd Round Of '05 Draft


The Bengals have signed a former Ohio State kicker as a free agent.
The team announced Friday afternoon on its Twitter feed that it had agreed to terms with ex-Buckeye Mike Nugent.


The 28-year-old Nugent played parts of the last three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Jets.

* FYI OSU fans, how about this awesome news break.  This will be so great to have Nuge, back on Ohio turf again.  Yehaw, we can hardly wait for the season to begin.  Let's wish him good luck.

Poor dog...

Poor dog...

You know your too old when...

Monday's are always my long day with Bowyn, so tought we would do some planting outside.  We had lost our Dogwood tree to an ice storm in 08, so guessed it was time to replace it.   Today Bowyn and I were on a quest for the perfect tree.  First of all it takes alittle to get going, so after lunch we were on the road.  The first place we went to was a garden nursery with 20% off all their tree's.   They're were so many amazing and it was so over whelming, so many to choose from.  Well I was just getting into a grove when all of a sudden I hear "Grammy, I have to poo..."  Yeap, right there with no bathrooms in sight (Great, just how much poo can one little guy have?  He's gone twice this morning already!  Give me a break...).  Well I said "OK, no problem let's go home".  So off we went back home to change and go to another store. 

So on the road again, we decide to try Home Depot, since they had their Weeping Cherry's on sale the week before, maybe we'll have luck there.   Absolutely nothing, now it's onto Lowe's (should have gone there in the first place).  Ah this is more like it, bigger selection, reasonably priced, getting into the grove and "Grammy I need to go bathroom!" (Great!)  So off I run pulling a garden cart with Bowyn on it as fast as I could, glancing over my shoulder now and again to make sure he was still on it and to say HOLD IT we're almost there, all the way through Lowe's.  Well at least we made it, but damn we picked a small stall, it's hard to fit 2 people in those things, but we did it and all was fine.  Well now we need a drink (water for him and alcohol for me please...) so it's off in search of refreshments, and yes they have them located at the front of the store, next to the check out.  Next thing you know we are arguing over what to drink (give me a break will ya!).  Okay, finally satisfied and replenished, it's back to the task of finding a tree (the perfect one of course), buying it and transporting it home with him in tow.   You'll  be happy to know that we did find a lovely "Weeping Pussy Willow", and now we are trying to plant it.  That's a whole other story.

Moral of the story:  Damn I'm too old for this stuff...

Movie Review

Think of this:  27 years ago, we took Nicholas to his first Drive In Movie to see "Clash of the Titans", and today Ric and I went and saw the new updated version (Nix didn't want to go).  It was good so we will give this a 1 Thumb Up on the Movie Review list. 

What NOT to do - Again...

You all know that we still have 5 more things to do before the bathroom is finished.  Today I thought I'd tackle a few, since they seemed easy enough to do buy myself.  Right!  Here's the thing, we had gotten a new Shower faucet set and what looked easy enough in the directions, has left us with NO water and a call into the Plumber.  Let's also consider the fact that today is Saturday, so you can only imagin what this little mistake is going to cost!

Morral of the story: some things are better left to those who can actully do them. 

Can I just say that I married the BEST guy in the world, since he is sooooooooo forgiving of my stupid mistakes.  Love you Ric

P.S.

Don't forget to check out the deleted scenes on the "Pirate Radio".  What a great laugh.   Again, Enjoy!

Movie Review

Here's a great movie to rent "Pirate Radio".  This is inspired by actual events, from 1966.  The music is great and will bring back great memories from the past.  As we say, it is a "Pause to Pee" movie.  We rate it 2 thumbs UP.  ENJOY!

NOT equal too

I and we the public are sick and tired of NOT getting our equal share of what we paid for.  It irks me to no end to buy something and open it to see that the packaging is bigger than what I have actually paid for.  Like potatoe chips, a glass of wine, TUMS antacid, Dammit give me what I paid for.  NOT air, just product.  Stop trying to deceive us and give us what we want, the proper Equal share of what we actually paid for.  Thank you...

Sardines

By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press Writer Clarke Canfield, Associated Press Writer – Wed Apr 14, 1:56 pm ET



PROSPECT HARBOR, Maine – The intensely fishy smell of sardines has been the smell of money for generations of workers in Maine who have snipped, sliced and packed small, silvery fish into billions of cans on their way to Americans' lunch buckets and kitchen cabinets.
For the past 135 years, sardine canneries have been as much a part of Maine's small coastal villages as the thick Down East fog. It's been estimated that more than 400 canneries have come and gone along the state's long, jagged coast.
The lone survivor, the Stinson Seafood plant here in this eastern Maine shoreside town, shuts down this week after a century in operation. It is the last sardine cannery not just in Maine, but in the United States.

"It just doesn't seem possible this is the end," Anderson lamented last week while taking a break at the plant where she's worked for 54 years. She and nearly 130 co-workers will lose their jobs.

Once considered an imported delicacy, sardines now have a humble reputation. They aren't one species of fish. Instead, sardines are any of dozens of small, oily, cold-water fish that are part of the herring family that are sold in tightly packed cans.
The first U.S. sardine cannery opened in Maine in 1875, when a New York businessman set up the Eagle Preserved Fish Co. in Eastport.

Ronnie Peabody, who runs the Maine Coast Sardine History Museum in the town of Jonesport 35 miles up the road from the Stinson plant, has a cookbook published in 1950 called "58 Ways to Serve Sardines." It includes recipes for sardine soup, sardine casserole, baked eggs and sardines, and creamed sardines and spinach.


*Another one bites the dust, and that's just sad.  I remember my brothers eatting those things when we were little kids.  My mom would come home from the grocery store, and they would crab a can or two and off they'd go the the park across the street and gobble them up.  Think about the design of the can itself, with that little key you would use to unwind the lid.  Guess you could say they don't make things like they used too, and aren't going to anymore from the looks of it. 

Let's all bow our heads in a moment of silence for the loss of yet another  American company.

La Bathroom

We have only 5 more things left to do on
"La Bathroom", so thought we'd share our progress thus far.  Amazing what you can do for under $1,000.00.  We absolutely love it.  Enjoy La View...

Dancing With The Stars

Don't forget to vote for your favorite DSW Cincinnati Bengal's "Chad Ochocinco".  He was really on his game last night.  And have you seen the bling on Cheryls finger?  Wow, what a nice gift that was.

Dance Partner: Cheryl Burke
Week 4 Stats  Dance: Rumba

Score – Technique: 21 points,

Score – Performance: 23 points

TOTAL: 44 points
Vote Phone Number:

800-VOTE4-01
800-VOTE4-01 (800-868-3401
800-868-3401 )
Text Code:

3401

Under cover

I have been a year with this project in my mind, so today decided to put it to completion.   We bought Ric a TV for outside on the deck for Father's Day last year.   Well we all know how the weather can be, so I wanted to do a cover to protect it from the elements.  So here is it's unveiling:

Naked day

No this is not Richard Hatch from Survivor, nor is it Terry Bradshaw from the movie "Failure to launch".  This is Bowyn from "Bowyn's naked day".  Ah to be young again.

One Extreme Town

We were watching this program today called "Extreme Towns" around the US.  I thought it would be interesting since some of you are getting to the TAX dead line (April 15th), that you might want to take a road trip to Hell!   
Hell, Michigan that is.   They will stamp your tax return envelope and even singe it with a flame for you to make it look like it actually came from Hell.  And hey while your at it take a vacation to: 

Located within Hell and a Handbasket: Canoe & Kayak Rental
4045 Patterson Lake Road

Hell, MI 48169

(734)648-0457 (734)648-0457
 
*Life doesn't get any better than that.

"Shovel Ready" - revisited

We all know how the economy is and is not, so I decided to revisit the whole "Shovel Ready"  speach.  Since my husband works in the Industry this really effects us as well as every other American out there who does.  First of all let's take a look at the most recent poll on the Construction Industry in the Tri-State area.   Construction is DOWN:

• Indiana 12%
• Ohio     15%
• Kentucky 19%

Okay, now that we have establised that, let's move on.  The only one's I see ready is, well Bowyn for one.  He is "Shovel Ready" 24/7, and he can really make a dent if you know what I mean.  The other one would be the "Jerry's Do-It-All", who seem's to be undercutting all the True and Reputable Contractors out there on every bid that's coming out these days.  "Call in OSHA! 

Little do they know, that "Jerry's", project will be in so poorly constructed, that this is going to end up actually costing the States & Government so much extra $$$ to fix the problems, then our financial situations will be in worse shape than they are already.  We are certainly in a crisis whether we believe it or not.

Wake up America...
Small print: This is SuzView and not the views of others...

Quest for the perfect basket

Today, found me on a quest for the perfect basket, Laundry Basket that is.  Now it couldn't be too large, too small, too wide, or too yuck.  I picked up, put down and carried around so many different baskets (kind of like Purse shopping).  I even considered a large flower pot at one point ($12.98 @ Target).  Laugh if you will, but think of the possibilities it has, and no one else would have one, right!  I was just about to give up and there it was, the perfect one, it even has a rectangular chalk board attached to it, so of course I wrote "Laundry" on it. The crazy thing is it was located in the outdoor dept.,   Whatever,  the point is, it's ours now and looks fabulous in the new revamped Bathroom.

Quest complete...

Shingles update

Just wanted to update you on the "Shingles" vaccination.  I need to wait until I'm 60 to get one.   At least I'm "Shingle" Free for now at least.

Damn Insurance companies...

The Test of will power

Since we have been changing things in our bathroom, today I decided to test my will power and go to my favorite store "Dilliard's".  It's been since Christmas since I've visited, so trust me this would be the ultimate challenge.  To start things off, the parking was awesome and got me a front row spot, then the doors opened up to me like the parting of the Red Sea.  Inside was so bright and inviting you could almost hear Arc Angels singing.    Each department was beckoning me to come for a visit, shoes, cloths, kids, purses.   Yes, I said purses!  This was the hardest challenge as there was this amazing Coach bag on sale that was so ME,  and it fit just right, but there was this sound in my head saying "Put the purse down Susan and walk away"  (the voice was familiar and sounded so mcuh like, "Sharon"...)  It was almost too much to bare, as I almost succumbed to the temtation.   But I just hugged the purse, said a sad good bye and walked away. 

Shewwww, that was a close call.  I stayed the course and made it to the Home (Bath) section, where I hit upon an amazing clearence sale.  Can I just say, "Wow, that was fun".

The Hose

So today was a great day to wash the deck!  Hmmm, do you see where I'm going with this: Water hose, Bowyn & Brutus.  Now mind you we started out good, but it soon turned into a free for all with Bowyn & Brutus.  Brutus loves the water from the hose, so they had a blast.  So much for deck.

Tippey Toes

We have been in the process of remolding our downstairs bathroom.  Not a total bare walls kind of thing, just a little face lift sort of.  We decided to replace the sink and the toilet, as these were here when we moved in 18 yrs ago.  Both new pieces look awesome and we are loving the updates so far. 

BUT, let me speak freely as I would like to  touch upon the toilet though.  The other one was so short, it felt like you were falling down before you actually hit it, therefore a good reason to change it, right.  Now in my opinion, they should have the toilets where you can try them out, kind of like you do a bed before you buy it.  Ok, sounds strange I know, but hear me out.  The new said toilet is at 16.5 inches, now add on the seat an additional 1", well all I can say is now I'm on my tippey toes.  There are also two choices you can make Round or Oblong, we choose Oblong.  Don't get me wrong, it's a nice fit so to speak, it's just the tippey toe thing.  Can you imagin if we would have choosen the 17", I would have needed Bowyn's step stool.  

I know, your asking yourselves "What on earth is she talking about now..."  This may be too sensitive a subject for some of you, but trust me I think it's important information to keep in mind for those of you who might decide to change your "seat" in the future.

Silly Wabbit

 There once was a  boy named Bowyn, who liked to go a wondering.  And while he was a wondering, he came upon a wonderous treasure.  But what could it be, but an Easter treasure just for he.   Surprise, he said to his Grandparents and thee "Look what was left behind for me!"  (The surprise was not on he but on us)  That Silly Wabbit, little did he know that it was just a day early.

Happy Easter!

News

No news is good news I always say.   Must have a brain freeze or something.

Update on Abby

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Cape Horn at Last   I rounded Cape Horn today!!
Cape Horn is considered by some the Mount Everest of sailing and I believe I am the youngest person to ever sail around it alone.

She did it and such an awesome feat for someone her age, and solo at that.  I just can't say it enough "I'm impressed with her".  Keep her in your prayers.