Saturday, January 19, 2013

Smoked Prime Rib Review!

Smoked Prime Rib
Six stars!! Yes, it's that good. This is super juicy, very very tasty, and so so tender. It just doesn't 

Smoked Corn Review!

Smoked corn on the cob


This corn taste amazing. So so delicious. The smokey flavor goes go well with the green onions.

Smoked Garlic Potatoes and Onions Review!

Smoked Garlic  Potatoes and Onions
These are very good but would be better I think if they were enclosed in reynolds wrap rather than left in the open air. Will 

Weekend here yet!

It's been a very very long day. Glad it is almost over!

Friday, January 18, 2013

Let's Not!!!


My body, my choice!



Gun Control!!

High Five Fridays!



High Five
This weeks almost over!!

High Five
That "Weekly Goals" blog hop is off to such a great start. Thank you all so much that joined in. 
To learn more 
  weekly-goals-linkup. New link for this goes up late Saturday night.

High Five
that I have done almost everything on my goals list this week with 2 days left. Woo-Hoo!

High Five
that it is trying to warm up. I hate this cold weather

High Five
 to lazy days!




Friday Letters!


Dear Kisha,
 Thanks for all your help. Our blog hops are off to a great start. I love and miss you a bunch. Have a super great day.

Dear Laci, 
You know what you need to do, find time, please! I love you.

Dear Sammy Boy, 
You have been a real joy this week. I have enjoyed all the playtime we had. It was fun. I love you so much, little buddy. 

Dear Don,
Nuff said!

Dear Cold Weather,
Please go away. I hate you!

Dear Mom,
 I wish I could have been there with you on your birthday. Hopefully I will get up there soon. I love you,

Dear Rick and Kay,
Thank you so much for taking such great care of mom. You are so so so appreciated.

Dear Friday,
GO AWAY!!!

Dear Self, 
I love you. Feel better.


Thursday, January 17, 2013

Amen!


Loyal Dogs!

My Best Little Buddy-Sammy Boy!

I worry all time about my Sammy Boy. I don't know what he would do if something were to happen to me. He's incredibly loyal and I know how very sad he would be.  There us nothing more selfless, loving or patient than a dog. Then my Sammy Boy! 

This story touched me
 Loyal dog continues to attend mass at church where owner’s funeral was held
Tommy at Santa Maria Assunta church (Nikonarte Fotografia/Daily Mail)
A loyal dog whose owner died late last year has apparently been showing up for Mass every day for the last two months at the church where the funeral was held.
Tommy, a 7-year-old German shepherd, used to accompany his owner, Maria Margherita Lochi, to services at Santa Maria Assunta church in San Donaci, Italy, according to the Daily Mail, and was allowed to sit at her feet.
After Lochi died, the dog "joined mourners at her funeral service" according to locals and "followed after Maria's coffin" as it was carried into the church.
Tommy, a stray who was adopted by Lochi, has been showing up "when the bell rings out to mark the beginning of services" ever since.
"He's there every time I celebrate mass and is very well behaved," Father Donato Panna told the paper. "He doesn't make a sound."
None of the other parishioners has complained, Panna said, and villagers give the dog food and water and allow him to sleep nearby.
"I've not heard one bark from him in all the time he has been coming in," Panna added. "He waits patiently by the side of the altar and just sits there quietly. I didn't have the heart to throw him out—I've just recently lost my own dog, so I leave him there until Mass finishes and then I let him out."
A dog lies near the casket of a fallen Navy SEAL in 2011. (The Atlantic)
Examples of this type of extreme canine loyalty are incredibly common.
In 2011, a fallen Navy SEAL's Labrador retriever lay down next to his owner's casket at a funeral service in Rockford, Iowa, refusing to leave.
The heart-wrenching photo of the scene, taken by the SEAL's cousin and posted to Facebook, soon went viral.
And on Tuesday, a 60-year-old man's dog watched and waited for 30 minutes for the fire department to rescue his owner, who had fallen through thin ice into the freezing waters of the Colorado River:
Nearby hunters witnessed the accident and called 911. But while they waited for help, the man's dog refused to leave the scene. Like a worried relative in the waiting room, the dog paced back and forth, trying to reach the man, who repeatedly waved the dog off, fearing for its safety.
"This is simply who dogs are," Dr. Karen Overall, an animal behavior expert, told Yahoo! Shine. "We have had a close, cognitive, emotional and working relationship with dogs for tens of thousands of years, and we have both been changed by that history. Dogs are heroic to us because they live up to that relationship."
Canine loyalty extends beyond humans.
Last year, a male pit bull refused to leave the side of a female pit bull who had been dead on the side of a road in Phoenix. According to local news reports, the male pit bull stayed with her for more than 14 hours.

Thankful Thursday!



What am I Thankful for today. Well, let's see

I am Thankful
That I have learned over time how to control my temper when I get so friggin mad!!  Good thing!!!

I am Thankful, 
That my phone has a mute button on it!

I am Thankful,
for the peace and quiet that I am sure I am going to have tonight!

I am Thankful
that I am strong enough to Stand Up and not Sit Down!

I am Thankful
that yesterday was Wednesday and I didn't have to deal with Thursday!

I am Thankful
that days do come to an end, and a new day shows up! Come on Friday!



IT'S OK Thursday!




IT'S OK
that I haven't lost all my marbles but there is definitely a hole in the bag! ~  

 IT'S OK
That things aren't always as they seem. I will figure 
this out too

IT'S OK
that I am not smoking the prime rib today. I don't feel like it

IT'S OK
if I am very angry today. You shouldn't piss me off!!

IT'S OK
if I don't answer my phone to you. It's my phone and I will answer it when I damn well please!

IT'S OK
that I am just OK with whatever at this point!

IT'S OK
that it's OK!!!!
  


We joined Texas EquuSearch!!!

Don and I have joined 


Mission Statement

Texas EquuSearch:  Lost Is Not Alone
 Our Vision
           To return those missing back to their loved ones.
 Our Mission
           We are committed to providing experienced, organized and ethical volunteer search efforts for missing persons, utilizing the most suitable and up to date technologies and methodologies.
 Our Values
 Integrity – we will be ethical, honest, professional, respectful and fair in all our actions
 Determination – we will never give up
 Compassion – we know how it feels to have a loved one missing, and we will act with compassion, understanding and sensitivity
 Innovation – we will use the best available and suitable technologies, methodologies and training
Stewardship – we will operate with discipline and have responsibility and accountability to donors and volunteers who generously support our cause
 Collaboration -  we will work with law enforcement and other organizations to comply with laws and maintain organization during searches
 We really wanted to do some more volunteer work so this is what we decided to help with. Go out and search for those that disappear, and hopefully help bring their loved ones home. I think this is a great program to get involved in.