Comfort

Monty is actually sleeping with his pillow against Toonces. They slept this way for awhile and eventually Toonces shifted. Winston was snoring in my lap, oblivious to the world.

Jolie Blonde

Jolie Blonde is the "cajun national anthem." My college alma mater, McNeese State, used it as their fight song.

Stumble Upon led me to this new foodie blog: Bunny's Warm Oven.

Dog Park Day

Sunday we went to the dog park. It has been damaged from the Hurricane Ike windstorm. The small dog area is closed, so we got to hang out in the big dog area.

These are the flowers I received for my birthday and here is a bulletin board from my office.

Ever heard of Pug Ugly Beer? Here's how it got its name: "Ugly Pug is a schwarzbier, or black lager. But the real story is its name. Fritz saw his mother-in-law’s pug, Oscar, lounging in a chair and he (Fritz) shouted, 'What an ugly pug!' Everyone laughed. You’re right – they were drinking a test batch that night."

Happy Dogs

From the Steelers web: "Rookie Rashard Mendenhall will get his first NFL start filling in for Parker. “Rashard is ready,” said Tomlin. “He is a talented guy. He has been practicing well. He gets his opportunity and that is what team football is about. You look at his peers around the league and they’ve been getting opportunities, partly because they don’t have Willie Parker playing in front of them. He gets his opportunity. I am sure he is excited about it. I know our team is excited to see what he is capable of doing. What better way to start than on Monday Night Football against the Baltimore Ravens.” Willie suffered a sprained knee after tussling with the Eagles Sunday.

Electricity

Hurricane Ike and a cold front collided last Sunday afternoon. We experienced 3 hours of high wind gusts up to 70 mph. Major damage was felt throughout the region with trees falling and shingles flying. Our trees were trimmed over a month ago and we only lost a few limbs and no shingles. The electricity went out around 2:00 p.m. It came back on Tuesday night. The streets across from us to the east and north got their electricity back Thursday night. Some of my co-workers were still without electricity Friday. I let everything in my fridge and freezer get cold again before I threw it out.

Having no idea how widespread the damage was, we headed out to BW3's Sunday night to see the Steelers-Browns game. They had power! We put our name on a list for a table and some gracious strangers offered to share their table of 6 seats with us since they were only a party of 2. Even better, they were Steeler fans. They were plenty of Browns fans present, and it was very loud and entertaining to hear the cheers and jeers after every play. You would think in this area that a Steeler-Browns game would be very noisy compared to an Eagles-Cowboys game.

Well, Monday night we headed back to BW3's to try and watch the Eagles-Cowboys game. We had to wait over an hour for a table and ended up in the bar area. The fans there that night were way louder than Sunday night's crowd! It was incredibly entertaining, as was the game.

Finally Football

The boys and I watched the Steelers today. (Toonces slept through most of the game. It's OK; he's 17-1/2.)

Yesterday, Monty decided he wanted to sleep in a drawer. It was partially open, so he made it into his bed.

Tidewash

Power? More likely tidewash. Well at least Miles has Snoop Dog to lean on.

Labor (Snooze) Day

Winston sleeps hard, plays hard, and eats with gusto. He can also pitch a really good fit if he thinks he's being unjustly treated.

Things Black, Red and Fawn

I bought a new purse last weekend. Marshall's has the best deals on purses.

I got a total of 2 tomatoes from the garden...no rain.

Watermelon

This picture came from the Alexandria Town Talk.

Roasted Rind

All my watermelon rinds have been out in the garden roasting and shrinking under the sun's rays. The boys decided to start chewing on this stuff. Why? What can it taste like? Dog stomachs are truly amazing.

Visitors

Brotherly Love

Winston gave Monty a kiss. Monty evidently did not mind. Winston is not a licker, but he will lick Monty from time to time.

I have several cucumbers growing, the squash are still small, and the tomatoes have just started to bloom.

This lemonade was great if you like it tart and sweet. I finally found it cheap enough to try with a coupon.

5K Run

My husband ran in a 5K this morning in Centerville. The first 800 participants got a free running shirt.

We are awaiting the rain to stop so we can grill some burgers. The boys have slept most of the day.

Cityfolk Dayton

Tonight we went to Dayton's Cityfolk festival to hear a little salsa and some cajun music. The cajun band was Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie. Cajun music is happy music. It makes you want to dance! The festival will conclude Saturday night.


Today I cooked some pork shoulder ribs. The boys got the bones and we put sauce in the meat for sandwiches with pickles and onions. We also had homemade fries. It rained on and off during the day.