Flooding Again....

Millie and I just returned from our morning walk {later than normal due to heavy rain, but now it is windy and sunny} and I happened to look out the window and this is what I saw.........The river is flooding again. We were just walking on the path that is now covered with water~ the past few nights have had gale force winds and torrential rains and it is expected to last a few more days.

***click on photos and you can see how high the water is by looking at the trees and kind of gauge the speed of the water by the splashing on the trees...the dots in the background are sheep.

Cha Cha Cha CHIA!!

The Chia pet has been available in the US around the holidays for as long as I can remember. The concept is easy ~ have this clay pot, soak it in water, add seeds and watch it grow! Well, they are now a source of humor in our family and we just laugh at them. My mom received one as a gag gift this year and did not want it {imagine that} but Maggie, on the otherhand, thought it was cool so we are now the proud owners of said Chia Tree. We brought it home and have started the process of growing our OWN Chia Tree!! Here it is in the packaging and then day 1 after we started it. We will keep you posted on its progress.

A Puzzle For You...

A man stopped his car opposite a hotel and immediately knew that he was bankrupt. HOW did he know this???

Don't you just hate that you can spend the better part of the day cleaning the house only to have to do it all over again in a couple days? The house is in such a state since our return from the states and I MUST get it done but I am not motivated in the least. I have everything unpacked and laundry done but still have SOOOOOOO much more to do.

There’s not enough coffee in the entire world to motivate me enough to move away from the computer. Nope, no way, forget about it.........ok, I really need to get it done.

Humor for today

I received a great email today from a friend listing George Carlin's new rules for 2007 ~ what a laugh. I am posting a few of the best ones!!

• New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days--mowing my lawn.


• New Rule: If you need to shave and you still collect baseball cards, you're a dope. If you're a kid, the cards are keepsakes of your idols. If you're a grown man, they're pictures of men.


• New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy.

Yahooooooooooo!!

The missing camera has been located. I went and spoke to the hotel manager and he went to the head housekeeper to ask about our camera...well she had it. They put in in a bag with the room it was found in and that was all. I guess they were waiting for someone to claim it rather than ask the person who left said room at 2 am and were in another room in the same hotel!!

The kids and I are back at home safely in the UK. The flights back were uneventful and all of our luggage made it back too { all 8 bags}. We picked Millie up on our way home from the airport and she was VERY excited to see us. She has been keeping us awake today which is good as no one slept on the plane overnight.

Have You Seen Me??

Well, not me but my camera? It is missing :-( We last remember seeing it last Saturday prior to switching hotel rooms due to the mouse. While packing things up tonight we realized we did not have the camera...we think we left it in the other room in our rush to get out! Of course, it was not turned in to the front desk {no surprise there} I plan on seeing the head of housekeeping in the morning to see if they know anything about it. I am not holding my breath and really do not expect to see the camera again.....I don't care about the camera as much as the memory card that was in it with the photos.

Oh well.....time to get a new camera I guess.