Straight Line Winds!!!

This is what I came home to on Saturday morning! I received a call from Cath, who said that trees had fallen. As it turned out, the tops of two trees and a big branch came down. The house was NOT damaged which we were very happy about!!!


There are angels living right in the neighborhood! Our next door neighbors and their friends from down the street helped out for the rest of Saturday...we took down two trees and stacked up all of the brush!!!

The heat in July!!!

We are on our 8th straight day of over 90 degree heat with terrible humidity! I went outside this morning at 6:15 and by 8am, sweat was rolling down my face ... so here I am in the air conditioned house, blogging!

I look down the street at the house on the corner and can see the smog/humidity because the house is 'cloudy'. I thought it was just my eyes until I mentioned it to Cath and she said the same thing!

"They say" we are supposed to have rain tonight and that tomorrow it should get down to 79! Minnesota is a state of extremes ... it goes from 99 degrees to 79 degrees with nothing in between. We'll see if it rains and brings the temp down.

Have a great day! It's onto the couch for a movie..

In Memory of Kizzie

Friday will be a year since Kizzie left us. It was a very stressful time for us and for me, this week has been a very sad week. She definitely had a personality all to her own. She thought she was a 'queen' and let everyone know it! (Too bad for Cath since both Sabrina and I think we are queens too!!!).... but to Sabrina and I, Cathy is a queen!!

Kizzie was 14 years old and started to slow down rapidly before July 15, 2004. It was a very sad time of all three of us. Her memory lives on with her pictures on the wall in our living room and a her paw prints that someone at the vets office got and made into a wonderful plaque, which I surprised Cath with in October!

I have a great stories about Kizzie but one that still makes me laugh, even to this day!! Cath and I had been in Duluth for the weekend and both Kizzie and Sabrina were in day care for the weekend. We picked them up around 5pm on Sunday, knowing we would have the evening to spend quality time with them before the work week started. Well, when we got home we had major toilet issues and had to call a plumber in. We spent the next 3.5 to 4 hours with the plumber trying so solve our issue (which mushroomed into a few issues) so we didn't get to spend much quality time with either Kizzie or Sabrina that night.

Come Monday morning, Cath chose to stay home and clean the house. We were in the middle of remodeling our house ourselves and had some paneling in the basement that needed to get moved outside for our bon fire. Cath had been clearing that out for most of the morning and the door was open. Cath knew that Kizzie was safe since she never walked down the deck stairs. Well, apparently, Kizzie (being a queen) was not happy with the lack of attention and decided she had had enough and took off down the street to Rena's (our day care lady) house! (we could just hear her saying... screw this, if you aren't going to spend time with me, I am going back to Rena's house).

When Cath realized that Kizzie was not in the house, she started calling Kizzie's name. Sabrina, who always found Kizzie before we did, kept going to the end of the driveway and back while Cath was looking around the house. Finally, Cath realized that Sabrina was trying to tell her to come with her, went to the end of the driveway and looked down the street and there was Kizzie!!!

Cath called out Kizzie's name and apparently she (Kizzie) turned, looked at Cath and turned the other direction and continued down the street. Cath kept calling her name and Kizzie kept on walkin'!!! All of a sudden a van turned and started down the street towards Kizzie. Cath ran as fast as she could to grab her out of the way and oooo, Cath was mad! Kizzie got a stern talking to that day!

The picture above is Kizzie with my cousins son... Kizzie loved laps!!

We love you Kizzie and miss you!
In loving memory.....

The Hot Weekend!!!

After spending the mornings in the sun, it was time to go into the house which has central air! Thanks god! I just don't do so well anymore. I got some good color, though, and that is the only reason to play in the yard.

We got new toys this weekend...Cath got a weed whip/egder and I got a wagon! I am very, very excited! I put all my gardening tools in it and walked around the yard... this beats a wheel barrel any day! Now I feel like a true gardener!

There are lots of casualities in the garden this year because of all the rain in the spring. I have powdery mildew and rust! I am doing all I can to help the new growth stay healthy...

We also have a very big slug problem so I have been putting down slug bait! Oh how I hate that visual...makes me want to gag every time I think about it.
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Well, the weekend is here and it's going to be hot! Cath and I are off to do a little shopping to prepare to fix the garage, plant grass seed and barbecue! Sabrina will enjoy the air conditioning and swimming in her pool!!!
Enjoy the weekend!

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