Did you see my DNA Visual "thing" in the upper right hand corner?

I copied it from my friend Lesa's blog. She did it and after I looked at hers, i thought that is so neat, I need to make my own so I did. It tells a little more about me that maybe you don't already know :).

Another hot day here in the Carolinas. It got up to 96 today, going to be 97 tomorrow ... whew, why is it so hot? And we still need rain. We need LOTS AND LOTS of rain.... but none is in sight.

Tudi is still doing great. We are calling her by her name, it has grown on all of us. I call her Tudi Fruity. LOL When she wakes up in the morning, I go to her crate and let her out .... watch out, she comes barrelling out like a tornado as fast as she can hopping in the air ... she is so excited to see me... she shakes the whole house, its a good thing she's small !! ha ha She still follows me around all thru the house.

Had my annual mammogram this morning at 8 am. It is nice to get it done early - I was in and out in 7 minutes. I get my results in about a week so let's hope all is good there.

Charlie's mom is here from VA for a few days but we're just hanging out here.

That's all my news which isn't much ... ;)

I must show off my one and only sunflower that bloomed ...

SOMEONE who will remain nameless for now, killed all of my sunflowers. I am not sure "he" did it with weed killer or what but I only have 1 sunflower "bush" (is it a bush?) that made it. And its not even yellow. Oh well. Its still pretty to me and I even captured a bug on it too :).

I went and picked up the new dog today. She is still known as Tudi for the time being ....

She is doing so good with Ladybug and Ladybug is doing great with her. I had to run to the pet store to get her a crate as Ms. Ladybug did not want to share her crate (she hasn't used her crate in almost 2 years but the thought of another dog using it, made her go running to it and not coming out of it!) so I thought it would be a good idea to go get her own crate which I found at PetSmart. I got her a few rawhide bones and she chewed on one bone for like 3 hours today so that kept her content. Of course, Ladybug had to chew on one too so she was content for about 30 minutes with hers. lol I fed both dogs at the same time. If you have ever seen Ladybug eat, she woofs it down so fast, its gone in like 5 seconds. Tudi casually ate hers and took her sweet time!! So Ladybug just sat there hoping she would leave some for her to eat but she ate every bite. That's about it for now. Here's a photo of the 2 of them together. Ladybug is on the right.

Back from whirlwind trip to Orlando ....

We left Sunday, drove 8 hours to Orlando. It was close to 100 degrees everyday with way too many people at both Universal and Islands of Adventure so we drove back Wednesday. We did have a good time despite the heat but if it had been about 20 degrees cooler, it would've been so much better!! Oh well ... note to self - no theme parks in the month of August in Florida.

We pick up our new addition to our family today. She is a 15 month old English Springer Spaniel named Tudi - its short for "attitude". She was in the paper for sale, I called about her. She is crate trained, potty trained, obedience trained and so we all went and looked at her the day before we went to Orlando. She is so sweet and loving and very very tiny for her age. They have other Springers they "show" regularly and this one is always left behind because she is too tiny to qualify so they decided to sell her. We all want to rename her and are having a hard time coming up with a single name we all like. At the moment, it may be "Libby" but I want to see what she looks like when we pick her up. I wonder how Ladybug will do when she sees her in "her" house. I just hope they get along great!!!

Marie, my MIL is coming on Saturday for a few days so I will have a busy few days ahead of me. That's all for now ... Here is a photo of Tudi aka Libby when we met her. (In this photo, she looks alot like Ladybug but she is actually liver and white where Ladybug is black/white/tan (tri-color). They also come from the same Hillcrest family from many years ago which I find is pretty amazing that they come from the same blood line!!!

Who is this cupcake card for? Whoopi Goldberg???

Yes you read that right. When I heard Whoopi was the new choice for co-host on The View (which I watch everyday at noon) I was so glad. I think she is so funny and smart. So ... I posted a note on the Stamp Shack asking who wanted to send Whoopi Congratulations cards and I got a ton of responses. Here is my card ... I had to use my new cupcake stamps. We are all hoping she mentions us on the air and wouldn't it be fun if she invited us to be on their show?!?!? HA HA I know, wishful thinking ... but hey, you never know!!! I will be thrilled if she just shows our cards on the air or says a little blurb about the Stamp Shack gals.... Keep your eyes tuned to the show and let me know if you see it. I hope I don't miss the show that day. LOL

I'm seeing cupcakes ... LOTS and LOTS of cupcakes ...

My new stamps came today from: http://inkspirations.ca/shop.html. Its a brand new stamp company from Canada and these stamps come unmounted by the sheet or individual. I just love them!! Shipping is very reasonable and they came within about a week. I had to make some cards to show them off :).

Some of you have asked how Robin is doing ...

I talked to her yesterday and she was having a not so great day. Felt blaah all day, was having a hard time breathing ... in alot of pain. She asked the Hospice nurse what more she can give her for pain and she said morphine and she does not want morphine unless its the last resort. She just keeps fighting and fighting!! She gave Jeff the ring and he acts like he doesn't want it - doesn't want that to be the last gift from her so she may take the ring back. I am trying to convince her to keep it so he can pull it out later if he wants but she won't listen to anyone so I will just do what i can do :). They are planning one more family trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. She let their 10 yo sold pick where he wanted to go and told him he could bring a friend and he said "Mom, I don't want to bring a friend. I want to spend this time with you". Isnt' that sweet? Sorry if it made you cry. It almost makes me cry just to type it out.

We leave for Orlando on Sunday for 4 fun filled days! I just hope and pray a cold front will come through FL while we are there. HA HA