Blogthings.....................

As I am sure you may have noticed by now.... I have discovered the "Blogthings" website. Very cute & funny stuff!!! Hope everyone has a very HAPPY ( & safe) NEW YEAR!!!!!

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would it Be?

The Movie Of Your Life Is An Indie Flick

You do things your own way - and it's made for colorful times. Your life hasn't turned out how anyone expected, thank goodness! Your best movie matches: Clerks, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Quiz: What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You?

What Your Sleeping Position Says

You are calm and rational. You are also giving and kind - a great friend. You are easy going and trusting. However, you are too sensible to fall for mind games.

What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You?

WHAT CHRISTMAS TREE ARE YOU?

You Are a Traditional Christmas Tree

For a good Christmas, you don't have to re-invent the wheel. You already have traditions, foods, and special things you bring out every year.

What Christmas Tree Are You?

One Week From Today......

I will officailly be "in my 30's" Now I am just 30.. BUT.. Next week.. I will be 31!!!! (ugh)

That's all I have to say.. Just venting about getting OLD(er). This is nothing.. I was way more upset about 25.. & last year.. 30... I took the day off of work & I was gonna stay in bed all day : ) But ended up going to the spa for a facial, manicure, & pedicure instead.. went with my good friend, Danielle, who had turned 30 herself just a few days before.. This year I have to go to work. I think that is worse than the age (he he he)

The Best Seat in the House

WOW.. Can't believe it has been soooo long since I have posted to my blog! My plan when I started this was to write every day.. As you can tell I am not very good at sticking to the plan : ) As you can see from this picture Jose has made a full recovery from his illness this past summer.... It seems he had gotten into my craft supplies & swallowed quite a large amount of RIBBON. He "passed" the ribbon after a few days & all was well again. He really likes ribbon (as well as any string like items & elastics) He has never chewed any of my shoe laces though..Strange kitty. He does enjoy the sunbeam..This pic was taken on 10/31.. It was a pleasantly warm day for this time of year & I even had some windows open...One would never guess that it was snowing only 2 days earlier. Wendy & Jim had a Halloween party on Sat 10/29.. Well anyone who was at their wedding knows what kind of luck they have with parties & precipitation ( not just the wedding.. the bachelor/bachelorette BBQ bash they threw themselves the week before the wedding was also a very WET WET WET day) It was only appropriate that we had SNOW in October on the day of the Halloween party that they had been planning for months. It was fun none the less. Oh well, that is about all I have for now.

Sick Kitty

My Jose is a sick little kitty.. ( well not quite so little.. he weighed in at a whopping 18lbs & that was after he has been vomiting & not eating for just about 2 days) From what I could tell.. he hadn't been drinking either & was somewhat lathargic.. I was very concerned about dehydration( among other things) so I took him to the vet this afternoon. No specific diagnosis.. but he did prescribe an antibotic to be taken twice a day for 10 days..He also injected him with fuids as well as a shot of a steroid that he hopes will enduce his appetite. We have been home (from the vet) for about 3 hours now & he is still just laying arround for the most part..Hopefully he will be feeling better in the morning.. A few minutes ago he did walk over to his water bowl & take a small drink. I was VERY happy to see that.

Lazy Day

It is a beautiful, 85 degree, sunny Sunday afternoon.. & I just can't motivate myself to do anything. Just like my lazy kitty (Buddy) in the picture...we are just sitting around the house. I was supposed to go to the beach with my friend Danielle & her son, Jack. But I was not able to get in touch with her.. left messages on her home & cell phones.. Oh well.. There are plenty of things that I could & SHOULD be doing.. like laundry, grocery shopping, house cleaning.. or even making cards for swaps that are due soon.. But I am just being lazy (like the cats) Maybe I will head outside to enjoy the weather for while.. I will of course take my camera.. just in case..I will most likely end up at one of my favorite ocean-side destinations.. who knows.. Maybe I wil visit them both.. they are not far from me or eachother : )

Bumper Cars...

I forgot how FUN those were.. Until this afternoon when I was convinced to give it a shot...highly recommended.. great way to release stress of daily life . I spent the better part of this afternoon at "Fantasy Land" attending Jack's 5th Birthday Party... There he is on the carousel.

A Perfect Summer Weekend!

That Tall Ship in the distance...
Originally uploaded by SarahB_.

Weekends.. They always end too soon.. even the long ones! The weather was wonderful (its about time) with temps in the 80's.. On sat. my friend, Karen & I took the ferry over to Martha's Vineyard for the day. It was a very nice (but long) day. We chose to take the traditional ferry rather than the high speed one because of the price... SO we had a 2 hour boat ride in each direction.. It was not bad though. We left New Bedford at 8:00AM and arrived in Oak Bluffs at 10:00 AM. The one problem with the traditional ferry is the schedule.. we would not be ready to leave the Island at 3:30PM..And the next ferry wasn't until 8:30PM..needless to say, we arrived back in New Bedford at 10:30pm (very tired. It was a great day though & I wouldn't have changed a thing!
Today. after waking up unusually early for me.. Especially for a Sunday (you would think that I would have slept in after the day trip to the Vineyard..) I went to the BEACH (yeah!!!) with my friends Danielle & Kathie, Danielle's son, Jack, Kathie's Son, Sammy & Sammy's cousin, Amber. We went to Demarest Lloyd State Park in Dartmouth, MA. It is a great beach for kids because it's small & the water is very shallow. We stayed at the beach for about 3 hours.. which was plenty of sun & sand for the boys (as well at the teenager & the adults). Later in the afternoon, after I went food shopping, I made some cards (one of my hobbies). I have decided that I will scan & upload the cards I make for swaps so I will have record of them. They will be posted on my Flickr page for anyone interested (click "My Photos" link.. As well at pictures from Martha's Vineyard & Demarest Lloyd. Well. I suppose it is time to get ready for bed & deal w/ the inevitable rapidly approaching.. Dreaded MONDAY MORNING.

A Great Find!

While on the hunt for a backpack to use on a day trip tomorrow, I came upon a a treasure (in my eyes anyway) In a plastic storage tote.. hidden under some smaller plastic storage totes ( ok.. ok.. my dirty secret is out....I moved here 8 months ago and I am not completely unpacked...) I found a whole lot of pictures that I have not added to my scrapbook..Actually to tell you the truth I was unaware that the pics were missing until I found them.. OOPS! Anyway.. I was very glad to see them because one of the envelopes contained a small assortment of some of my very favorite pictures.. which of course I scanned & uploaded to share them! : )

Jose

Jose
Originally uploaded by SarahB_.

This is my FAVORITE picture of this silly kitty! For some reason he LOVES these shoes of mine (that I bought in Cocoa Beach) Whenever I take them off he will lay on them.. usually with his silly fat cat head resting right in one of them.

dragonfly

dragonfly
Originally uploaded by SarahB_.

This was taken on another Girl Scout trip.. I took my troop camping.. very glad I had the camera with me to catch this

Sandwich Beach

sandwich beach
Originally uploaded by SarahB_.

I took this one at Sandwich Beach in Sandwich, MA while on a trip with the Junior Girl Scout troop that I was the troop leader of.. I do love the beach!

Cocoa Beach Pier

cocoa beach
Originally uploaded by SarahB_.

I just love the coloring in this one

There they go again...

Never a dull moment when you live half a block a way from a fire station. Both engines just went racing down the street with lights & sirens blaring.. I hope it's not something tragic like a house fire..I hear there was one over the weekend that took the lives of a mother & her two children. It's just so sad. Oh good.. Both of the firetrucks just came back up the street.. guess it was nothing after all (this time). Speaking of sad... My good friend, Kristen, got some very bad news today... one of her sisters has been diagnosed with breast cancer. We have lunch together & she found out just before our lunch break... Not the best 30 minutes of my day.. I just felt awful for her & her family.. But what do you say.. what can you say??

Hello there...

Hello..
Welcome to my little corner of the web... Just a little place for my thoughts & what-nots (is that even a word?.. does it matter if it is a word.. this is MY space.. I can make up my own words!)
Oh well.. Whatever!