Wild Kingdom

 

Feeling a little frisky this Valentines Day, Spike and Lucky shared the love.

It was like watching an episode of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom and I just happened to have my camera ready to document the affection.

 

Like any respectable, gentleman-like duel, the two warriors bow before the carnage begins. 

I couldn’t help but laugh watching them play – yes, they are playing. 

Lucky dog does this spinning-flipping thing around Spike to taunt him. 

Spike is like a lion on the African plains taking down a weeks worth of dinner at a time. 

Check out the claws on the hinny, or Spikes teeth sinking in. 

Lucky gets is jabs in too, what goes around comes around and in the end all is well.

 

 

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Today…

 

Seems I’ve been MIA from blogging, though the time I’ve spent on Blogger has made my head spin like Linda Blair’s character Regan in The Exorcist.  January was jumping – dumping –  at least it seemed like it.  So, here’s a month in a nutshell.

 

• cleaned out the Farmers rooms
• cleaned out the game closet
• cleaned out the pantry
• cleaned out the cupboard, drawers and every other kitchen nook and cranny
• cleaned out the laundry room
• cleaned out the master room  (finally got rid of three boxes that sat on the floor, unpacked for the last *cough* four years!)
• cleaned out the master bath and nearly lost my life.  (Not really, though the fumes –good and bad – were enough to do me in.)
• made six, packed bus loads to various charities
• lived without a functioning dishwasher and yet remain married
• made homemade white chicken chili – soaked beans and all
• field trip with Devin to NNU for a science fair (way cool)
• field trip with D.J. to NNU to see the Boise Philharmonic perform (way cool too)
• had a baby session to shoot, edit and deliver
• met with the couple that I’ve been hired to shoot their wedding
• lost a lousy 8 lbs.
• finished the 2009 fed taxes
• asked to be a LIFE mentor
• organizing the next ward activity (Circus themed)
• went to an Enrichment that I didn’t have anything to do with
• PTA stuff
• played with Lucky (yes, we’re taking good care of him!)
• tossed my cookies and then some (in no way do I want to go “bulimic”)
• sick Farmers too  (Miss Is is home today)
• Miss Is was awarded a Positive People award for being an excellent student
• fed the missionaries
• went to a wedding reception
• lunch date with hubs at Olive Garden where I pigged out on Zuppa and salad
• custom designed my “stuff”
• caught up on LOST  (missed all of last season and I’m still just as confuzeded)
• got a new ‘do and colors too
• felt guilty for the past 30+ days for posting jack-diddly-do-daugh, noth’n.

Hmm, that sums it up.  Hopefully February will be much better.  I can’t tell you how relieved I feel about unloading all the extra stuff; the house feels cleaner even though there are still dirty socks and Lego's everywhere.  Getting close to “launching” officially.  Today I’ve been fighting with the devil of a registrar and blogger; they don’t like each other very much and the tech guys helping out must have a voodoo doll just for me, I’m sure.  Bridals are coming up – excited about that and praying that this yucky weather will improve, that the grass with magically go green or it dumps a fresh blanket of snow.   Making custom V-day cards for the Farmers.  I made Devin’s last night in about 30mins, including an on-location shoot!   I really like how they turned out!  With any luck I won’t catch whatever Miss Is has brought home and will be able to keep on keep’n on.   And just like Em, I feel like every post needs a picture… granted, mine couldn’t be as cool as hers even if I had walked on the moon. 

 

Me and my new ‘do.

 

The Farmers watched Willy Wonka the other day (in my wee-little mind there is only one Wonka, Mr. Gene Wilder) while I was cleaning out the kitchen and I got to sneak a peek between cupboards.  This picture is inspired by the lovely blueberry tint Miss Violet Beauregarde takes on because of her impatience.  We have a lot in common, Miss B and I.  “…a mop of curly brown hair” and “talks very fast.”  I’m not sure about being a 10’ tall, 2000 lb blueberry, but some days it feels like it.  Farmers… Ooompa Loompas?  Maybe not.