Dog Days of August

I asked my puppy to pose. Little did I know, he is influenced by his surroundings. Neil Diamond is singing on the Television behind him and Snickers is not impressed. In the other pose, I did ask him to be nice-and he stuck out his tongue. So, take my word for it-he is getting huge, and he is a nice puppy, generally. On the other hand, I think he is picking up on my personality. I am scared!!

ISU Parent's Day

Alex and I went to Iowa State University's Parent's Day on Saturday. We chose not to go to the game, but instead walked around campus for a while-visited her new dorm room, and drove by her sorority. If you would like to see more pictures, they are on my Picasa album at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/goddess.di.arte/ISUParentSDayOctober42008#

Winter Storm Today

An ice and snow storm. We ended up with a 1/2" to 3/4" layer of ice, followed by about 5" of snow. This is my yard and a couple of shots of the ice on my car. I am not sure if you can see it -but way in the back behind and beside the garage-I have a whole lot of huge limbs down. It will take a ton of cleanup. The ice and the snow storm has stopped here. We are hoping that there will be no wind, or I could lose more trees. I hope that does not happen! There are a ton of so many in Iowa without power.

My Baby is Graduating???

What the heck happened?? I just gave birth to her. I just watched her take her first steps. How can she be old enough to leave the nest?

November New Flower

I raked today, and on the side of a hill, I found this little purple flower growing. Yes, it was among the weeds, but still-we have had a few below freezing temperature nights, and this is Iowa! Go figure!

Irene and Bobbe-This One is for You!!

How else should one spend the eve of a Holiday? How about tearing apart a refrigerator-removing each shelf and drawer? My advice-do not go there. Buy a new one! Several science experiments and totally gross viewings later-a clean fridge. The South Beach Diet wraps belong to Alex. (I hate those things.) The Diet Dr. Pepper and the yogurt are all mine. I threw away all condiments-I was unable to determine the date I purchased them. My dd said she would die without ketchup. Based on the looks of what I tossed-she would have died from the ketchup. Yuck!

Saturday, September 1

On Saturday, Alex and I headed north to visit the folks. They love buffets, so we lunched at a buffet at a Casino. My sister and her niece were there. Here are a few photos:

Prom

My baby, Alex or Allie to her friends, is growing up too fast. She is now a junior, and went to prom with her senior friend, Grant. Can you tell she is excited???