A completed book

This is the 8x8 book I did with photos from our Engagement session with the photographer that did our wedding photos.
Chad Spencer ~ www.cmsphoto.com

Just a dog?

My Deli Manager, Sandra, just recently had to say good-bye to one of her dogs last month. She asked me if I would put a poem she wrote in a nice frame. How could I say no? She had Symba for about 14 years. He is the German Shepard.


The poem reads:
"Every time I hear those words
my blood pressure starts to rise
They are always uttered by
those who think they are wise
But how little they know
and just don’t seem to understand
What a pleasure one feels when
a four-legged “FRIEND” licks their hand.
They don’t know the joy of walking
into a home filled with a special love
Or what it’s like to be greeted by
a wagging tail and a playful shove
A dog gives so much
and asks so little in return
He’s eager to please
and willing to learn
He’ll fetch, sit, lay down,
heel, speak, and guard
And ask for no more than
a meal and a trip to the yard
When you are feeling down
and having a bad day
His little antics always
chase your gloom away
JUST A DOG? No way
at least not to me
He’s my friend, my pal,
and a member of the family
And when God decides
his life on earth must end
I know there is a special place
in Heaven reserved just for him."

“MY FRIEND” MARCH 26, 2008

What a day for a daydream....

Berkley and I went out on the boat and increased the reason for living where we do. We live in a beautiful area. Some would call it "paradise." I don't know WHY anyone would move away (wink wink Mom, Dad, and Sara...just kidding). I'm not even sure where exactly we were. We were around the Pine Island area. We stopped at a little island and I got out so I could take pictures. The first picture here shows 2 bid dolphins. I was standing at the edge of the "shoreline" and didn't have the camera zoomed at all. They were fairly close. We orignally stopped because of the Osprey nest on the "cottage."


We found another place to stop for lunch. It was so relaxing. We beached the boat on the backside of an island. One the other side was a beach. It was beautiful! We cooked out on the little grill and enjoyed the scenery.


This is about the area that Charlie first started coming close to land. This is around Pine Island. This is what the mangroves look like almost 4 years later.

I got flocked

Publix Pie Toss

To help raise money for Special Olympics a few weeks ago, my store decided to have a pie toss. My MALE store manager and another MALE manager were getting pied. What more appropriate than a FEMALE cheerleader.

Orlando weekend

We took a weekend off of work and went to Orlando. We went to Mardi Gras at Universal Studios. Sunday we just went to the parks. I love Lucy!
These are weird statue heads that were part of the MG decorations.
Berkley and I LOVE to ride the Mummy. We like to pose for the picture. Instead of paying an arm and a leg for the photo from the park, I just took a picture of the screen with my camera.
You can barely see it, but look in the sky right above the tree that's to the left of the roof. An airplane was drawing a smiley in the sky. We figured it was probably a WAL*MART...aka..."Blue Devil" pilot.
Goofing off waiting for a show to start. We watched "Fear Factor Live." They really had people eat gross things. yuck