Gecko!

Up close and personal!

ORANGE...

leaves are one of my faves! My all time favorites color leaf in the Fall are the deep red ones. I will post one of those as soon as I scan it in... Unfortunately, the original is on the hard drive that CRASHED last year... :( but for now, here's some orange ones....

Slug

A real snail. Jamie has these on her sidewalk everytime it rains. I havent seen any until yesterday at our house. I had to get a picture!

And this is just how little these things are! I had two little visitors yesterday and a few on my patio this morning.

Friday Fragments....

My first! I have been blogging more, mainly because my friend Jamie tells me I must.... So, I shall give Friday Fragments a whirl! I have been saving up my fragments throughout this week. If you'd like to join in with Mrs 4444, just click on the beautimous button! Enjoy!

** My poor little Rigsby. Last Friday, he had to go get a dental cleaning at the vet. Had him there between drop-off times, 7-8am. I'm pretty sure we've never had his teeth cleaned. SO, I NEVER get a phone call, ALL day to tell me he's ready for pick-up. I didnt call, because I thought they may just have a bunch of patients. Well, I go by there at 6:20pm. I say, "I never got a phone call". The girl says "oh, yeah it looks like no one called". DUH. I ask about what time he was probably done, and she says probably around 4 or 4:30pm. OK. That's ok at this point b/c I probably couldnt have picked him up anyway, however, a phone call wouldve been nice. They bring him out and both of his legs are shaved where they had to do an IV. An IV?? Well, I was under the impression that they might give him a diphenhydramine (benadryl) shot, but not an IV!! I pay the $16 (wouldve been MUCH more if we didnt have doggy insurance) and we go home. He's so sad. I start to flip through the paperwork and read what they did to him... I see, "Internal Organ Func Screen" "Blood Sample Collect" "IV Fluid/Catheter Insertion" "Anesthesia" "Tracheal Intubation" "Ampicillin Trihydrate"...... I have no clue why my dog needed all this to get his teeth cleaned! They havent said anything about any diseases or anything to be concerned about besides tartar. I'm very upset with Banfield... To top it off, I found a flea on him too!!!!! Ugh...


** So, we have a house for rent in SC. Well, it's not rented out yet, and its been sitting empty since March. My brother was in the neighborhood and decided to drive by to check on things. He sends me a text... "No wonder your house hasnt rented. There's not a sign in sight anywhere!".... Well, this isnt the first time the sign has been MIA. I told him to check in the window because thats where the management company said they put it, because the one in the yard kept going missing. He drove back by to be sure he wasnt crazy, and NO SIGN. Not in the yard, not in the window.... I didnt get this info until 7:30 EST, 6:30 CT. On Friday.... the first day of a LONG weekend. These people dont work on weekends, so, I have to wait til Tuesday to call and bless them out! I swear, if they dont do something soon, I'm gonna scream!!!! ;)

UPDATE on the house... On Tuesday I called the management company to complain about the sign not being anywhere in sight, and they proceeded to say "Oh, it rented today"... It rented? When were you gonna call and tell us?? SO, it did, it rented and we wont have to pay two house payments come the beginning of October! WOOHOO!!!!!!! :D


** On Monday, Labor Day, I did some hard labor. I cut the grass. I dont do this often b/c my sweet hubby usually does. We had a self-propelled mower while he was on his last tour of Ancient Babylon so that it would be easier for me. I loved that mower! ;) Well, we didnt want to bring it to TX, so we bought a push-mower when we got here. Well, HE decided we'd get an actual PUSH mower... not a self-propelled. Well, the hubby is in GA at school. I called him in the midst of my mowing and told him that I was not impressed with the decision to buy this friggin' PUSH mower! It was kicking my butt! I did get it done though, and am proud that I did it! He did say he felt bad that I was having to do it, but really thought he'd be the only one mowing. I told him "And you should be the only one!!!!" LOL

** Also on Labor Day, it was Free Chicken sandwich day at Chick Fil A if you wore a sports team logo. I went with Jamie and her 3 all dressed up! I actually wore my softball jersey from my senior year of high school! I am a Clemson University fan, and would have worn my CU shirt if it hadnt been long sleeves. Sleeves and 92 degrees dont mix well! We did see some Clemson fans seated just a couple tables over from us though, which was too cool. Its a small world and an even smaller Army. It's so neat to meet people who are from your state, let alone 30 mins from your hometown!! That's one of many things I love about the military!


** So, my poor Rigsby has been sick since going to get his teeth cleaned last Friday. He has been yacking (i dont like the word vomit, yuck) every other day since Saturday. So, I took him back to the vet on Wednesday (my fabulous day off!). They did a couple tests on him, and found nothing wrong. However they gave him an antibiotic that covers from "stomach to rear-end" to catch and fix anything bug he may have. Lets hope it helps!

** RAIN! Thank the good Lord for rain!! It rained off and on yesterday all day. Since last night, it has rained and rained and rained. Its a great day to be a duck!! ;) I'm hoping the grass will not need another cut!!

Happy ATWT!!

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This is Pretty Place that I talked about in Mondays Photo-a-day. I cant tell you how breath-taking this location is. As soon as you walk into the "church" on the side of this mountain, you almost cant take another step without thanking the Good Lord for his creation. Its absolutely gorgeous. Lots of people get married up here. Can you imagine? I bet the sunrise is beautiful from there too, however we were there midday. My Mother-in-law and Granny-in-law and I went here for a day trip. Both of them love to just drive and see what they can see :) They know lots of good places!!

SO ready for FALL

My photo of the day....

The Blue Ridge Mountains.... :) This is taken at a place called "Pretty Place". Keep checking back because I plan to theme the next month or two with Autumn photos. I will be posting the best picture of "Pretty Place" on Thursday for ATWT. :) I am so ready for cooler weather. Back home in SC, it has been back and forth with low 50s at night! Here in Central TX, it is currently 93 degrees out. :( Upstate SC is currently 80 degrees. What I would do for an 80 degree day!!!!

Little Rigsby

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Little Rigsby. I wonder what he's thinking in this photo. This was at Corpus Christi, Emerald Beach. We went there for 4th of July weekend this year. Had a blast! We stayed at the Holiday Inn, Emerald Beach. One of the CLEANEST pet friendly hotels I've ever been to!! We very much enjoyed our stay there and will hopefully return for another visit before we leave TX (which wont be for another 2.5 yrs anyway!). We also visited the USS Lexington and Texas State Aquarium. And watched fireworks from our balcony! A great TX adventure! :)