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Rainy Spring Weekend

The weather this weekend wasn’t so great. It was cold and rainy pretty much all weekend. But my mother-in-law enjoyed her visit at the WV place nonetheless.

You can see Hubby’s Mom, Dena Jeanne Murphy, pictured here with Meg. It was a quiet weekend. We sat and chatted, read, napped, and ate. We walked around with the dogs a bit, too, of course. I can’t go to WV and not walk the dogs down the driveway. They just love that.

Their friend, Buddy, visited a couple of times, too. The floor is covered with muddy dog prints, but that’s okay. They’ll wash off eventually.

My mother-in-law got a kick out of seeing how much the dogs both enjoy the WV place. She remarked that Belle doesn’t know how to walk when in WV. She runs everywhere. Belle absolutely LOVES running through the woods.

This weekend she had a bit too much fun though.

Early this morning, she found herself what must have been a huge pile of turkey poo. This is what she looked like upon her return…

Her neck is black from turkey poo. It was all caked in her ears, too. Her ears look wet, but they aren’t. They are encrusted with turkey poo.

She stunk. Bad.

So bad that I was getting sick to my stomach while cooking breakfast. Hubby took her outside and hosed her off. It helped, but she still stunk. So she got a real bath as soon as we got home to MD.

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Disturbing My Peace

Sometimes, words just can’t describe the doggy activity around here accurately enough. So I made a slide show for your viewing pleasure.

I hope you find Meg and Belle as entertaining as I do!

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Spreading the Word

I’m not a particularly religious person. I don’t have much use for churches. But I do sometimes find them entertaining.

It isn’t the churches themselves that entertain me, it’s those church signs.

It tickles me when they get creative.

And when they try to be funny.

It tickles me more when I see a sign like this one. The first image that pops into my mind when reading this one is not someone praying.

Now here’s one that might at least get me to peek in a church’s door.

These images are all from a Web site called Church Sign Generator. It is refreshing to know I am not the only person that finds these things entertaining.

I found this Web site after seeing one sign in particular that really made me wonder who writes these things. It said, “Body piercing saved my life.” I had to think about that one for a couple of minutes!

Here are a couple of others for your entertainment…




Wanna see more? Go to Church Sign Generator.

Let me know if you see a REALLY funny / strange / confusing one!

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It’s That Time

It’s Spring. Know what that means? According to Hubby, it means time to ride this…

That’s Hubby’s motorcycle. He’s really ready to start riding again. There’ve been some days here and there this winter when it was warm enough to ride. But since our garage at the Maryland house is so tiny, we keep the bikes in West Virginia. And while we’ve had a couple of warm days there, the two miles of gravel road between our property and the main road has just been too wet and muddy.

Anyway… wanna know just how ready to ride that Hubby of mine really is? He’s planning a trip to Oklahoma. You know, that place where the wind comes sweeping down the plains?

It’s a long ride. The “short” route, via interstate highway, is over 1,400 miles (2,253 kilometers). Each way.

But short routes are no fun on a motorcycle. You need back roads. You know, those smooth, windy, uncrowded 2-lane roads through the mountains and countryside that we like so much.

Here’s a dandy image to give you an idea as to just how far Oklahoma is from Maryland…

The green line represents the short route I spoke of.

Why would Hubby want to do such a thing? He’s a guy. They do weird stuff like that. That’s way too far for me to want to ride my motorcycle in a short amount of time (three days in each direction). So I am going to take the easy route. I’ll just fly to Oklahoma City and meet him. We’ll tool around Oklahoma for a bit then head east into Arkansas. I’ve been wanting to see the Ozark Mountains anyway. Then I’ll fly home from Little Rock a few days later.

This map represents all the states where Hubby has already ridden a motorcycle. The white states are the ones he has NOT ridden a motorcycle. So, once the trip is all said and done, he’ll have a more-colorful map.

And I’ll have something exciting to Blog about. Cool pictures to share, too, no doubt.

When Hubby was in the Army, he spent some time in Oklahoma. He really liked it there. He speaks of it often. So I guess it’s time I see the place, too.

This is still in the planning stages. As time draws nearer, I’ll give you more details.