Meet Abbey!

This is Abbey.  (Yes like Abbey Road.  Patrick picked it.)

They said she was calm, but I'm pretty sure she's going to give  Yellow Dog from Funny Farm a run for it's money...

I tried to get some shots of her while she was exploring, but everytime I got the camera out, she thought I was supposed to be petting her and stuck her nose in it.  Maybe tomorrow.

And I'm hooked!

Thank YOU Google Suggest!

I would like to thank Google Suggest (you know, where you start typing your search words, and it trys to guess what you're going to type) for making my evening with this little suggestion...

Please note the very first suggestion:

But really, who doesn't want to know that?!?!?

You just can't make this stuff up!

Patrick: 1, Amanda: 4

I just beat Patterick 4 games to 1 in 301.

I just wanted that to be recorded somewhere.

Seriously an awesome night here at the Broughton house though!  Ridiculously nice weather.  Lots of wine time.  Met some fun new neighbors.  Short ribs and asparagus on the grill.  Lots of Patrick time (my most favorite!).  Good stuff!

Also, we bought a lawnmover - and yes it's electric - but we seriously have like 40 square feet of grass until the back grows, and it was only $75, so it'll do for now.  No making fun of the extension cord though.  I'll beat you up.



Now we just need a weed eater! 

Did I mentioned I kicked Patrick's dart-throwing butt?!?!?

For mom/mommy/mother/momma/JoNell/mom/mom/mommy/mom...hi!

I love this time of year!  Everything is pretty and bloomy.  It smells like fresh cut grass.  You can drive everywhere and sleep with the windows open.  Everyone is friendly and cheerful and just glad to be outside after hibernation.  Everything's just so fresh!!!  Love love love it!

Mom: I told you you should've come to see me now!  You're going to miss all the pretty trees...

Patrick won't let me have any of these trees because they are 'messy and smelly'.  He's probably right, but these two weeks a year would make it totally worth it.  For sure.

Also, what is this yellow stuff that everyone has called??  These are things I need to know.