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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Ashleigh at work

Here I am at work yesterday. As you can see I have a comfy chair & lots of stuff to do. The monitor to my right is the telephone, the monitor to the left is CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch). There's one more on the far left, and that one is the radio.
And here is a bag of 4 blankie bears that Michelle gave to Child Welfare yesterday. They gave her a nice thank you card that was signed by everyone at Child Welfare, that was really nice, we weren't expecting it.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Great Crocus Experiment-week 5

Week 5-I think the tips look more green, and possibly more growth. I still see no roots, this concerns me, I think there should be roots.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Volunteering at the Animal Shelter

This week during Spring Break, Michelle, Riley & I volunteered at the Coos County Animal shelter. We walked dogs, groomed & cuddled cats, baked homemade dog biscuits, and Riley made Happy Socks for the kitties. She's also been busy taking in cans to raise money to buy food & kitty litter. She raised enough money to buy 3lbs of cat food, 2 lbs of dog food, and 5 lbs of kitty litter!
This little charmer is an American Eskimo & was one of the dogs we walked...Michelle's favorite! If we weren't already owned by three dogs this one would come home with us. He's very smart, and good with kids. He also is just one of the happiest dogs we've ever met. We call him Fluffball.

This is one of the kitties we groomed & cuddled. He's a neutered male and very playful.

Here's Riley with one of her biggest fans. Each day we came, as soon as she walked into the kitty room, this cat & his almost twin would mob Riley! They just love her...as you can tell the sentiment is returned.
We're not sure if this little love is male or female...kinda aloof & stayed under the table watching us. I think he/she is very regal.
Michelle loves the face on this guy...although he's a little irritated with her here. She was chasing him around the kitty room trying to get a picture & he just wanted to be left alone. After Michelle put her camera away, he cuddled right up with her, so all was forgiven.





Sunday, March 21, 2010

The Great Crocus Experiment week 4

Week 4-there's a little more growth on top, but still not enough to remove from the frig yet, and I'm not seeing any roots. I wonder if there's supposed to be roots.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Drag Racing & Tadpoles are Back!

Today at the track we had arm drop races...these are races like they do on PINKS. Basically it was a nice test & tune for Doug & Gregg. Doug is now racing the 1950 Ford pickup. You can see me in the window looking out.
And here is Gregg checking the air pressure in his tires in the staging lanes. Riley didn't get to race because her car is street legal.

While at the track, Riley, did find some tadpoles though! So tadpoles were caught and added to our little backyard pond. You can just see one coming down the water being poured out of the bottle.



The here's one of the about two dozen that Riley caught today. This week while Doug & Riley are on Spring Break we're going to relocate the roses & then plant the butterfly garden & maybe get a wading pool set up for more tadpoles.


Thursday, March 18, 2010

And the Parade of Bunnies Continues

Here are Doug & Riley's Easter bunnies...Riley's is the pink one, Doug's is the fuzzy one.
And here is this year's Easter Bunny! She has a dress that almst exactly matches my Easter dress!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Great Crocus Experiment week 3

Week 3 & we think we're starting to see some top growth. Not a lot, but some. And notice on the middle one...there's a new sprout!

Saturday, March 13, 2010

New Project Bears

Michelle has a blankie bear & Mother Bear Project bear finished up. She's about half done w/a 2nd blankie bear. When she has 4-5 done she will give them to Child Welfare. She's hoping to mail out the Mother Bear Project bear on Monday. Can you tell by the colors that she's ready for Spring & Easter?

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Bring on the Bunnies!

Easter is coming! That means we begin the parade of bunnies! The bunny on the left is going to Booger & the bunny on the right is going to T.Rose. They will be on the postal bus sometime this week. Michelle is still working on bunnies so stay tuned there will be more to come.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Getting ready for St Patrick's Day

Here are some of the vintage bears that live at our house. We thought it would be fun to get dressed up for St Patrick's Day, so Michelle bought us these green ribbons to wear & made Paddy O'Bear a green hat. I, of course, am wearing my St Patrick's Day hat & ribbon also.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

The Great Crocus Experiment-Week 2

Week 2-Not a lot of change so far. But since the directions said it would 11-12 weeks, this is not terribly surprising. Check back next Sunday, maybe there will be something.