I LOVE FOOTBALL!

Don't take me literally. I really

hate the sport. What I love about football is it brings my family together, well those that live close by. This was a great year because the Cowboys didn't make it to the Superbowl so it was a mellow few hours. By the sounds of it everyone enjoyed the game. Me, well I enjoyed slaving in the kitchen all day to make food for the big event. And playing UNO and YAHTZEE with the little grand darlings. Days like this are priceless!

I don't care what Punxsutawney Phil saw yesterday. I went ahead and fixed a good old fashioned barbecue dinner last night. Lit up the grill, threw on some hamburgers and hot dogs, baked up some delicious baked beans, made some potato salad, opened a bag of chips, invited over some friends, ignored the temperature and had a grand time! Hopefully Mother Nature will ignore Phil also and bring on da funk(and by funk I mean spring)!

(sorry this photo is so explicit)

In Jacks world there is nothing that a good ole belly

rub won't cure!

If the he is sad cause the dog park is closed-

belly rub.

If he is in trouble from jumping his muddy body on my bed-

belly rub.

If he is happy and excited-

belly rub.

If he climbs in my bed early in the morning just cause I got

up like an old person(which I am) to go potty, he won't get off my bed

he just turns over for a-

belly rub.
Oh how I wish for a life that a belly rub were the cure for everything!

and you thought uncle fester was talented.

(for those who don't know who uncle fester was, check out the adams family)

Muddy. That's what the dog park was today. Muddy.

And Jack likes mud.

And mud likes Jack.

They stick together like birds of a feather!

Lucky me.

Jack is a chocolate lab.

Mud blends in real well with him.

He didn't wallow around in the mud today, although he ran through it several times.

I wiped his feet.

I though he was fairly clean before entering

my bedroom and

hopping on my bed.

Wrong.

Today will be the third washing of my bed cover this week.

A few months ago I decided to cover my down comforter with a sheet.

At least that was a good decision!

Anyone want to come along with me?

I'm leaving this very minute.

If you can't come right now I understand

but head on over very soon.

One of my favorite quotes is by

Abraham Lincoln and it says-

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their

minds to be".

And we all know his nickname was "honest abe"

so we have to believe him, we just have too!

For a little lift today

go to

http://www.goodnews.com

and read good news for a change.

There is an awful lot of it happening out there every day.

So read about it.

Wonderful people doing wonderful things.

Average folks doing small good deeds.

Each of us helping where ever we can.

That's what life should be about!

Yeah for happiness!!!!!

Let's all pray for Haiti. Pray that parents will find their children, hopefully unharmed, pray that children will find their parents alive. Even though this is such a poverty stricken country they still have dreams of a better life for themselves and their children.

Living in an area of the country where we live on an earthquake fault line, I have often thought through the years what I would do if this ever happened and I have absolutely no answer. We have always tried to be prepared for something like this, but if and when it does happen, I have no clue as to what I would do. I pray for strength for the Haitians, because that is what I would need for me if I were in their situation. And I thank God I am not. At least not today.