Porch

This is my favorite spot on the front porch. The plant on the table is the home to the mama bird and her nest of 5 eggs.

After I accidentally scared the mama out of her nest ( see previous post), I got a photo of a couple of the eggs in her nest.

Never leave the door open...

when you are watering plants that have bird's nests in them! I was putting a little water in the plant on the front porch that is housing a mama bird and 5 eggs and it startled the mama (even though I was very careful and not near the nest!) and she promptly flew into the house, via the front door I'd left standing open! She checked out the dining room and the living room and finally flew back outside. She never made a peep in the house but the instant she got outside, you could hear her sassing me for a country mile!

YUMMY!

I went to a Stampin' Up! class last weekend and the gal served the yummiest cheese dip and it's SO simple! I made some last night and served it over taco salads but it's awesome to eat it with just taco/tortilla chips!
Recipe:

1 can Hormel chili without beans
2 bricks cream cheese, 8 oz. each, cut into pieces

Melt ingredients over low heat in a saucepan on the stove, or you can put into a crock pot on low. Stir well and serve!

YUM!

Our adopted soldier!

Last week, there was an article in our newspaper about a program called "Soldier's Angel...May No Soldier Go Unloved". I decided to check it out online, read about it and we decided to "adopt" a soldier! I just did this last night and today, we received our soldier's info! His name is Robert and he is in Afghanistan.
I'm SO excited! If you'd like to adopt a deployed soldier or just want to read about the program, go here: http://www.soldiersangels.com/
We may never hear back from our soldier, but if we do, I'll be sure to post it here!

My poor pool

Every night, we have raccoons in our back yard around the pool. I've been afraid one would stand up on the side of our pool and puncture it or something. Well, something has happened! All the water is gone, save for a few inches! Wah!! It isn't the hoses or the pump. Don't know what has happened but I'm bummed!

Peterson Creek Primitives feature

My home and business have been featured in a Primitive Blog! You can check it out here:

http://eweniquetreasures.blogspot.com/2007/06/wednesday-inspirations-620.html

Lazy Saturday

I guess we're going to be really lazy two days in a row! lol It's nearly 3 PM and we're both still in our p.j.'s. It's raining a nice, steady gentle rain that we so desperately need. I tried to sit in the rocking chair on the front porch and go through some cookbooks, but with the breeze, I froze and had to come in. It's so chilly out!
Right next to the rocking chair on the porch is a small table with a potted flower. I went out the other day to see dirt all over the table and on the porch right around the table. I investigated and found a bird's nest in the potted plant with one egg in it! I looked in the nest last night and there are 5 eggs now.