Quote of the week

"Stop in for a faith lift"

-This is the first in the series: "church quotes". Chosen from church signs around the Michiana area

Maggie wants to come outside too! 

Maggie with her favorite toy Alien 

Cars and neighbors

Yesterday we started the process of buying a new car. For those of you who know me well know that the husband and I have been sharing a Saturn (no power steering or power anything) for the last 6 years and I've never bought a car (except the $1 dad charged for the Honda Civic...what a great car!). We bit the bullet and are going to buy a Toyota Prius. We don't know what color yet, we just said anything but Black (they had two black ones on the lot yesterday). Will send pictures when we get it!

p.s. Went out for a walk last night with hubby and Maggs. Met Norma and heard about her cat Molly. Norma lives down the road..so we really aren't neighbors, but it was nice to have someone talk to us on a walk....don't get much of that in California.

You know you're back in the midwest (red state) when....

....there are restaurants with names like:
"Between the Buns"
"Macadoos: sausage, gravy, and biscuit outlet" (this place is about the size of our old condo)

....Many Jesus signs
...gun stores and tobacco discount stores every other block.

More keen observations to come....

The D. O. G.

If you go to the Pet Refuge website and scroll down to 'Maggie' you'll see what we did last night! We took Maggie back to her old 'home' and she got to visit with all the folks there. She definitely remembered everyone! It was cool. We also got a picture of her puppies...and heard that someone has a video of her giving birth to the puppies! I'm not sure whether or not I want to see that video! But, we made it official and have adopted Maggs (otherwise known as Mag-a-roo).

The Diane Rehm Show

Heard interesting discussions today on the Diane Rehm show while driving the pooch back and forth from the vet (all clear, by the way!) and thought that both Hobbled Runner and S might be interested in the 11:00 discussion with Richard Louv and his book "Last Child in the Woods" (You should be able to listen to it with Real Player or some such thing soon) They are doing their part by sending the niece to Girl Scout camp where, I hear, she is the only one smart enough to be sporting hiking boots for tromping through the woods. I believe there is some discussion about the Scouts in this book...many Scout groups have found that there is little to no interest in the outdoor camping and hiking activities anymore.

Perhaps the bro would be interested in the 10:00am discussion on Energy???

On a much lighter noter. I also saw this link to a festival in Idaho dedicated to last year's movie Napoleon Dynamite. A totally hilarious movie, by the way, which competes well with some of my favorite comedy classics like 'Airplane', 'Caddyshack', Blues Brothers, and any of the 'Vacation' movies with Chevy Chase.

OK---after all that...I better get off the computer and get outside and enjoy the summer!

It's raining cats and dogs

Have you ever tried to introduce a somewhat cranky aging cat to a puppy-like dog who is bigger and faster? The past two weeks have been consumed with keeping EL GATO safe from EL PERO (is my spanish even close?) We now have a baby gate up in the hallway raised up enough so the cat can squeeze through but the dog cant' We also have half the house closed off for the dog and the other for the cat. The dog is good 90% of the time when we put them in the same room, but did chase the cat once (we went a little too quickly in the introductions initially) and now whenever we try to introduce them again (all the while keeping the dog sitting and feeding her treats) the cats hair rises up off her back and she makes a horrible hissing sound. If only her previous owners had left her front claws in then she might have a fighting chance to tell Maggie who should be boss. I'm thinking that one good swipe across the nose with cat claws might make Mags think twice about chasing that speedy little grey thing. Do they sell 'false claws' or do claw inplants?????????????

70's food

Been caught up in the move for the last month so I haven't blogged much....getting settled into life here in Indiana. Thought of a good blog topic, though. I make fun of the husband for some of the types of foods he likes....for example he loves things like coleslaw and potato salad. I joke that these foods are 'so 70's'. So, I thought I would come up with a list of top 70's foods. Hope you send in your thoughts.

Here goes:
10)mandarin oranges
9)meatloaf
8)lemon meringue pie
7)jolly ranchers
6)cheese whiz
5)potato salad
4)cole slaw
3)jello
2)fruit cocktail
1)fruit cocktail jello salad!