Well, it is nearly April and March is making sure that we have a last winter hurrah! Last week started out in temps near the 70's but ended up Friday with temps in the low 40's and snow flurries. Guess you can never count out March!
Crocuses are popping up in the front gardens, giving an illusion of spring! Many other plants are pushing up but I still have no idea what most of it is, and if I did know, I forgot. The Rose of Sharon bushes along the neighbor's fence are starting to show little green buds, but we have got to get out there and thin them out. Last year, they filled out the fenced side with loads of trees and flowers. It looked great but was attacked pretty badly with those darn beetles! Hopefully, we can make it look a little more clean and not so overgrown!
Moxie is growing up quickly, she is 8 months old and grown to about 8 1/2 pounds! She keeps us laughing everyday! One of her favorite things to do is hide her treats around the living room and hallway. Unfortunately, her hiding spots leave a lot to be desired! The first one she always goes to is putting the treat next the the fireplace and pretends like no one could see it! If you walk towards it, she kinda panics and has to run and grab and start looking for a new hiding place. She enjoys going outside and got to meet the neighbor dog, Isabelle, a few weeks back. They had quite the conversation! She finished her Puppy class at Pet Smart in January and we have been a little lax on keeping up with the practice. We really need to work on some of those tricks again. Looking at going on to do the Intermediate class later this spring. She is such a good cuddler in the mornings, it makes it hard to get up and go to work!
Looking forward to getting out into the gardens this spring! We have ordered and gotten the brackets for our raised garden beds but now the hard part - getting around to putting them together! Got to clear out the grass, put down some weed paper and filling them up with soil! Maybe we'll have some stuff growing next year! We are also looking at putting in a fence this summer so Moxie can run, run, run and not flip herself over when she gets to the end of her lead. Which, while not nice, is EXTREMELY Funny!!
Other plans around the compound...
Going to Branson in May for a long weekend. Still looking for some suggestions for interesting spots to visit. So far, several people suggested just not going...not really an option! We hope the weather will cooperate as we are looking forward to doing some hiking and outdoorsy kinda stuff! June finds me going to Wisconsin to visit a friend's cottage for a "Book Club Retreat." Makes you want to join book club, doesn't it! Kent plans to take some time for lounging around in June, hopefully the weather will be good for that! We are planning to go to Iowa in July for a Bodensteiner family reunion and spending a little extra time with the fam. Seems like time just keeps flying by!
Well, that's a little update from the Bone Compound! Stop on by anytime! See you soon!
Kent and Karen
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
All right - what's new around the Bone compound...
Ok folks - here is the long awaited Bone compound update!! I know everyone is eagerly gripping the edge of their seats!
Over the last few months, Kent and I have been keeping quite busy with Moxie and general homeowner responsiblities!
Moxie joined us the end of September and we can hardly imagine life without her anymore! She makes us laugh, grrrr and smile every single day! Yes - I realize we are talking about a dog - but she is our child! She is a spunky, little Shorkie - a mix of Shih tzu and Yorkie. She is fuzzy and clever! The first week we had her home, Kent and I both took several days off work in order to work on getting her comfy and potty trained in her new home. Thank goodness we did that, because the first Monday, I got a call at work from Kent saying we had a pipe spraying water all over the basement! It would have been MUCH worse if no one had been home to find it! Well, after we got the plumber over and all was repaired, it turned out that we had illegal gas and water lines and a less than stellar water heater! One would like to think that the home inspection would have caught such an important thing as copper gas lines and far too small of water lines, but I guess that's not necessarily the kind of things our inspector was looking for! So our little leak ended up costing almost $2000.00! Ah, the joys of homeownership!
Moxie was about 2.2 pounds at her first vet visit and is now a WHOOPING 5 1/2 to 6 pounds! I'm pretty sure most of it is fluff! She went to class at the local PetSmart and graduated at the top of her class in Puppy Training. (Ok - she was the only one in her class but that doesn't change the ranking!) She can do sit, down, beg, stay, come, leave it, take it - but mostly she does it when SHE wants, not necessarily when we want her to do it! In the spring, we plan to go on to the Intermediate class to keep working on skills. Hopefully, she will be behaved well enough to go to the hospital and visit patients when she is old enough!
Halloween was a fun time at our very own home! We got around 50 trick or treaters and we had some pretty great costumes come through the neighborhood! Moxie was also in the spirit with her Count Dracula costume!
Hmmmm - other news around the town - Brian got engaged to Aimee and they are planning a fall wedding! Finally - I get another sister!!! 'Bout time, Brian!!
Of course, no update would be complete without a note about the Hawkeyes and their bowl win!!!! AWESOME!!! Too bad that makes next year's ticket more expensive and we will have to wait another year to introduce Kent to the blinding beauty that is Kinnick Stadium!!!!!!
The new year snuck in and here we are in February already! No big plans for vacations this year - working on the house is the only big plan we have. We are taking a short trip to Branson in May - never been but looking forward to any suggestions you Blog Followers may have for us!
Kent and the snow blower have gotten quite a workout this year already! We had a big blizzard the first of February and ended up with about 14 inches of snow! Blowing and drifting and snowing like crazy - makes me think of Iowa!!
Looking forward to posting some photos of Moxie and the house as the Spring warms things up!
Getting excited to host my first House Party for Philadelpia Cooking Creme! If you want to know more about House Party - check out my party page at:
http://www.houseparty.com/party/464302
Also - be sure to check out Lynn's shop on Etsy!!
http://www.elrbe.etsy.com/
If you tell her you saw it on the Bone Blog, maybe she'll send your order super quick!!! Just kidding - I have no authority to give discounts or anything!!
Well - there it is - 6 months in a few paragraphs! I know I've said it before but hopefully I will be better in the new year about blog updates! Too bad life gets in the way!!
Keep smiling and see you around the compound!!!!!
Karen and Kent and Moxie!!!
Over the last few months, Kent and I have been keeping quite busy with Moxie and general homeowner responsiblities!
Moxie joined us the end of September and we can hardly imagine life without her anymore! She makes us laugh, grrrr and smile every single day! Yes - I realize we are talking about a dog - but she is our child! She is a spunky, little Shorkie - a mix of Shih tzu and Yorkie. She is fuzzy and clever! The first week we had her home, Kent and I both took several days off work in order to work on getting her comfy and potty trained in her new home. Thank goodness we did that, because the first Monday, I got a call at work from Kent saying we had a pipe spraying water all over the basement! It would have been MUCH worse if no one had been home to find it! Well, after we got the plumber over and all was repaired, it turned out that we had illegal gas and water lines and a less than stellar water heater! One would like to think that the home inspection would have caught such an important thing as copper gas lines and far too small of water lines, but I guess that's not necessarily the kind of things our inspector was looking for! So our little leak ended up costing almost $2000.00! Ah, the joys of homeownership!
Moxie was about 2.2 pounds at her first vet visit and is now a WHOOPING 5 1/2 to 6 pounds! I'm pretty sure most of it is fluff! She went to class at the local PetSmart and graduated at the top of her class in Puppy Training. (Ok - she was the only one in her class but that doesn't change the ranking!) She can do sit, down, beg, stay, come, leave it, take it - but mostly she does it when SHE wants, not necessarily when we want her to do it! In the spring, we plan to go on to the Intermediate class to keep working on skills. Hopefully, she will be behaved well enough to go to the hospital and visit patients when she is old enough!
Halloween was a fun time at our very own home! We got around 50 trick or treaters and we had some pretty great costumes come through the neighborhood! Moxie was also in the spirit with her Count Dracula costume!
Hmmmm - other news around the town - Brian got engaged to Aimee and they are planning a fall wedding! Finally - I get another sister!!! 'Bout time, Brian!!
Of course, no update would be complete without a note about the Hawkeyes and their bowl win!!!! AWESOME!!! Too bad that makes next year's ticket more expensive and we will have to wait another year to introduce Kent to the blinding beauty that is Kinnick Stadium!!!!!!
The new year snuck in and here we are in February already! No big plans for vacations this year - working on the house is the only big plan we have. We are taking a short trip to Branson in May - never been but looking forward to any suggestions you Blog Followers may have for us!
Kent and the snow blower have gotten quite a workout this year already! We had a big blizzard the first of February and ended up with about 14 inches of snow! Blowing and drifting and snowing like crazy - makes me think of Iowa!!
Looking forward to posting some photos of Moxie and the house as the Spring warms things up!
Getting excited to host my first House Party for Philadelpia Cooking Creme! If you want to know more about House Party - check out my party page at:
http://www.houseparty.com/party/464302
Also - be sure to check out Lynn's shop on Etsy!!
http://www.elrbe.etsy.com/
If you tell her you saw it on the Bone Blog, maybe she'll send your order super quick!!! Just kidding - I have no authority to give discounts or anything!!
Well - there it is - 6 months in a few paragraphs! I know I've said it before but hopefully I will be better in the new year about blog updates! Too bad life gets in the way!!
Keep smiling and see you around the compound!!!!!
Karen and Kent and Moxie!!!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Wow - been a long time!!
ok - so it haas been a VERY long time since the last blog entry and I wish I could say it was because I was SOOOO busy, but - let's face it - I just kept putting it off! Well, that and I was waiting for some pictures of Moxie that I could post but I didn't get those either!
Well - this is just a quick hello! Need to update all the Bone Blog followers with everything new around the compound!
See you soon around the Blog!
Karen
Well - this is just a quick hello! Need to update all the Bone Blog followers with everything new around the compound!
See you soon around the Blog!
Karen
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