Back to normal this week after a short trip to NOLA

I am painting again this week..I always enjoy it but it takes so much longer than I want it to. I am painting another southwest pot as a gift for some one.
We went to New Orleans for a long week end ( last weekend.)We went for the Zydeco/Cajun festival. I think it's the shortest vacation we have ever taken and probably the most fun! I don't think you can go hear that kind of music anywhere but in NOLA. It's amazing that it is so popular. I have loved it since I first saw the movie "The Big Easy", many many years ago. This is the 2nd festival that we have gone to in New Orleans. I can't wait for our next one! The only downfall was (no pun intended)  that the whole time we were there it rained! One of the days it poured most of the day. We had an umbrella and we bought one of those funny plastic pull over rain coats for 3 bucks. Everyone looked like they weighed 200 pounds in those plastic coverings, but at least they kept us dry!    We didn't mind the rain at all, though...the temperature was in the 80s. We really had a great time.

A visit every 6 months is not enough!

Well it's not my fault that I am here...My niece asked me some questions about blogging and the next thing I know..I am on my blog -- writing.

 I have been spending a lot of time doing something I really enjoy.  Painting fun projects. Both projects are clay pots....but I did something different with each pot..
One was pretty work intensive and the other was just fun.  The first one is a candle pot made up of clay pots and saucers. It's painted with a southwestern fiesta flair.  It took quite a long time for me to get this one done.

the 2nd one I did a bronze faux finish and then decided to add a few fun southwestern objects and then....well I just had fun.

I just have to plant the flowers into the new pot and I am done with this project!!

So now I am looking for a new project to do.

                                                                         

Rambling in different directions.

Gosh it's been awhile since last posting. I edited the pictures of my little Ellie in the previous  post and decided as long as I am here I may as well drop a note..
Every time I am here....I always wonder why I don't spend time blogging any more. I enjoyed it a lot....but I do a lot of private journaling so maybe that is why I stay away from the blog.
I still want to upload some pictures from our Alaska trip and and some favs from other trips...I should do that....Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Sweet Verbena: Spoonable Smoothies: a recipe

I signed up for pininterest and it seems like it's going to fab!  BUT, I haven't got it figured out yet! One of the many pinners I chose to follow was someone who had a food blog...  This looked very good and since I LOVE sharing food I decided to share this recipe.

Sweet Verbena: Spoonable Smoothies: a recipe: I live about 5 seconds from one of those little frozen yogurt stores. At Red Mango they serve these awesome spoonable smoothies with fr...

A Vacation A Year, Keeps The Sanity Near

We try to take at least one vacation a year...often we get 2 in. In Feb we drove (3 days) to Az and spent 3 days there and drove 3 days back. We also, for whatever reason, took our 4 month old puppy with us. What an adventure. After 12 hrs of driving , we landed in Dallas, Tx at the Hard Rock cafe for dinner. We were lucky enough to find a parking space right outside the cafe in front of windows so we could watch over our Ellie! I was a mess...all I wanted was a strong drink. Never again will we drive....never!
We have a passion for the Hard Rock cafes. If we visit a city or Island that has one we have to look it up!! We also visited the Albuequerque Hard Rock Hotel, which is awesome. We always have to buy an article of clothing and a hurricane glass. I recently have begun saving their hard rock pins, also. Since we had our puppy in the car we couldn't spend a lot of time inside on this trip, but we were at least able to purchase a few fun things. I am hoping to find what I did with my pictures and post a few of those!

Then last month we took an Alaskan Cruise, visiting Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, Canada.  We left From and ended up in Seattle, where we spent a couple days sight seeing! We went whale watching in Juneau and even tho it was pouring rain, we got our money's worth!  It was all good but colder than I like!!  I really enjoyed Victoria and Seattle.  We had beautiful weather while we were there. Pictures to come :-)

I haven't been rambling on line much

well, its been a long time. Everytime I look through the blogs I wonder why I don't write in mine regularly.

My life is pretty uneventful. I got a new puppy in December and I love that little thing :-) She has been keeping me busy.  Her name is Ellie and she is a yorkie. She follows me everywhere I go...needless to say, I don't get much done around here. As long as I sit...she sits... :-) Here are a few pics that show how much she's grown in such a short time. Yorkies go through a complete change from puppyhood to adulthood! 

9 weeks old

I bowl on a league and have had fun.

I look around the house and wish I had more energy to really clean the heck out of it!

I have been doing less activity and more eating and you know what that means.UGH

3 months old

41/2 months old - after her first haircut

wow, how fast she changes!

Ellie is now 1 yr and 5 months old...she loves to play in the snow.  She is extremely smart and as sweet as any dog could possibly be. I love this little girl!!!

The Absent Blogger

It's been quite awhile since blogging...I don't know why but, I manage to totally forget about my blog for months at a time.
When I open my blog...(after hours of trying to remember passwords and blog address) I always remember how soothing it is too keep track of life via the blog (or diary).
This summer was actually quite uneventful.  I have spent a lot of this year with upper respiratory infections. I don't know why, but I can't seem to stay healthy.
We are going to have a new addition to our family in December...I'll be posting picture of our new puppy, Ellie as soon as I can.

The cold weather has set in and we are supposed to have some snow next week.  I absolutely hate cold weather and really would move to Arizona in a heart beat! And besides that, this is really not the prime time of year to house train a puppy.  Wish me luck.