Mornin!!!

This is what morning is around our house.

I got up this morning at 5.

Jerry did too!!

That is NOT what he usually does. Lately he's been sleeping in.

Oh, about 6.30.

Yeah, that's late morning for him. Of course with it being DST, until Sunday, it's still dark outside.

So, Jerry and Sarah decided to take a little snooze.

Actually they slept longer than 9 minutes.  

More like 1 1/2 hours. But it was good for both of them.  

At least they didn't wake up cranky!!

Have you ever heard or gotten the cranky looks from a 14 pound Yorkie.

Well, honey YOU DON'T WANT that to happen. 

EVER!!!!

More later, Linda

Baby Pics!!

 This is our yard.  We have some pecan trees in the front and some Iris next to the road and HAIL!! Two times that winter we had some, LOTS of snow and ICE!!


Jerry even fell as he was walking back to the house. He hit his head hard and didn't tell me for a month!!


Boy, did I ever----scream, scold, SCREAM and SCOLD.

We do an mri and it didn't show anything---no, not that, it didn't show any damage.



And of course, Sarah had to have her day about the hail.



Looks really impressed, doesn't she!!!                                                                         


 NOT!!!

More later, Linda

I'm NOT sharing!!!

Our friend Alice went to visit with her grandson while he was in the hospital and couldn't take her furry person with her. Here is Harley. She is so cute. Now, mind you, she is a few years older. But she is still cute. But Sarah had never been around others since she had left the litter. She used to play with her litter mates, but since she came to be with us she had not had to share anything.

Harley did NOT go over very well.


In fact not at all.

Does this give you an idea of Sarah's acceptance of another in her house.

I think that furry people are just like us. They have their likes and dislikes, they will accept or reject whoever.

And REJECTION is written all over Sarah.

SHE is NOT gonna eat my food.  Or drink my water!!

No way!

Never!!

NADA!!

What did I do??? I just want someone to play with me because my mama just left me here and I don't know when she's gonna come back.

Well, I guess she can sleep in her bed----coz she's not gonna sleep in mine.  NEVERY EVERY!!!!

Enough said.

Sarah got her way

AGAIN!!

More later, Linda

Jerry was PO'D

As you already know, Sarah sleeps with us.

Mandy slept with us and so did Georgie.

They found their place and they didn't move.

And if you tried to move Mandy, she would growl. Not that short little growl. A long drawn out growl.  Way deep in her throat. Just a warning, but we didn't want to test it. So we did NOT move her.

AT ALL!!!!

Georgie was really flexible about being moved. I could even put her in her bed during the night if I had to. Of course her bed was on top of the night stand. She would sleep in it during the summer months.It got too cold in NM in the winter for her to sleep there.

And then there came SARAH!!

She will sleep on her side in a ball, she sleeps on her side stretched out, she sleeps on her back, she sleeps on her other side.

And ALL that happens in about 20 minutes.

You can imagine what happens in 8 hours!!!!

Do you see any in those eyes???

NEITHER do I.

I just see someone who KNOWS she belongs.

And this is how Jerry woke this morning.

As you can see,  Sarah has the prime spot.

Right in the MIDDLE of his side of the bed!!!

And the pretty pink blanket.  All cozy fleece.

Our Nonie made it for me last year for Christmas. Those are the PINK bows to remind us about the desperate need for a cure to Breast Cancer.

Now Sarah is PO'D.!!!! Because I woke her up!!!

What am I gonna do-----they're both PO'D now!!!

More later, Linda

In the Path of Sandy

Our Nonie is in Virginia. Close to DC.

The hurricane is in Virginia. Close to DC.

Things are happening there.

Last update, she was ok.

Just wondering about some things

Just fill in the blank.

Have you ever wanted to be a pilot?

Not me!!!

NOOOOOO!!

I don't think I could ever get into a cockpit and fly a plane.

Have you ever wanted to be a jockey?

Even though I am at the top end of height and way over the weight limit, yes, I think I would like to be a jockey.

Wanna know why???

Well, I like animals. And to be a fantastic jockey a person would have to KNOW what that horse was thinking.  She would have to be so in tune with that horse that she would know what they were thinking and when they were going to move.

Would I ever want to be a teacher??

No, NO, nada, NEVER.  Don't get me wrong---I like kids of all ages. I love to watch little kids do all those funny things that we think are really over the top when they get to be teenagers.

But I am from the old school and I really don't like being treated like the son the the Simpson's show treated his dad.  And let's face it---that's the attitude most of the students have these days.

Do I want to ever work for someone else??

NOT!!!!

I like MY job!!

More later, Linda

Looking Through Pictures

Are you like I am?  I have a ton of pictures!!

On my phone and on my camera.

I have just figured out how to down---no, that's UPload pictures from the phone to the computer. From the camera to the computer is easy.

Anyway, today we are going to go through some of the pictures.

Let's have some fun!!!

When Lynn took me to DC with her to visit with Nonie, we were in our Jamie Oliver cookbook. So there was this recipe for Roast Lamb.  We found a shank of lamb---we I don't really remember if you can get a lamb roast. It was a big hunk of meat is all I know.

And so we had, Yorkshire puddings as you can see. We also had fennel, and gravy and some other things that I hope Lynn will comment to.

Wonderful how we always talk about food and then get together and eat.

While we were in DC we went to see our cousin Kenneth.

Can you see a family resemblance??? I am snickering even as I type.!!!

Lynn was 9 months old when she last saw Kenneth and I haven't figured out how old I was. Now Kretsinger is not a real common last name. So when I looked on the facebook for Kenneth Kretsinger, I was amazed to find 25 Kenneth Kretsingers.  So I started scrolling down the page. Most people don't have pictures on their facebook profile. About half way down I saw this guy. Went right past it.  Then I scrolled back, he lived in Maryland, he was about the right age and had a link to email him.

So, this is what I wrote.  If your dad was named Bill and your mom was Ellie,  the HELLO Cus!! and he wrote me back. "Hello!! Cousin."

Lynn and he get together every time she goes to DC and he and May are planning a trip to see all the rest of us Kretsingers here and in Texas. It's strange how things work out. Well, really its a God thing!!

And then there's Sarah.  Here she is in 2010. We had just gotten her. Already she weighed more than 4 pounds. And right now she is at 14. Large for a Yorkie, but she is so CUTE!! she does the weirdest things and I just have to take pictures.

The flowers we had at our 50th Anniversary party. Patricia VanDer Breggan got them for us. We had cupcakes instead of cake and Andrew and Lynn made these wonderful finger foods. I can spell that other word. Bacon wrapped haricot verte. Stuffed cherry tomatoes. Lynn stuffed them with ground cooked bacon and lettuce. So we had bacon lettuce and tomato things. WONDERFUL!!!

And then in December we had Jerry's 70th birthday party. From right to left is Donald, Keith, Ruben and Tyler. I cooked a roast and roasted some chicken and all the mashed potatoes than Jerry could eat and leave some for the rest of us.

So that was part of 2010. From February to December.

We cook together and we eat together and we have a good time.

More later, Linda