A Weekend Alone

Portia is at her grandma's for a family wedding and Jason is out for the weekend mountain biking and camping with his buddies (a well deserved and long overdue guys weekend out). Meanwhile, for the last week I've planned on lots of things to do with my limited quiet time home. Friday night was spent with Mom and we had a yummy dinner at Olive Garden and an evening out at the gambling boat. Unfortunately the slots weren't playing in my favor, but it's always exciting anyway. One of these days I'll learn how to play roulette or craps and do some real gambling. I came home, watched some tv and when I started nodding off on the couch around 1:00 am I went to bed.

My plan was to be lazy and sleep in Saturday morning. That plan was foiled around 8:00 am when the dogs decided it was high time I get my butt out of bed. I was awakened by two dogs spelunking around the bed, a wet nose in my ear and someone nibbling on my toes. After yelling at them to lay down I roll over only to have the third dog staring at me and whining until I invite him onto the bed. This leads to more dog wrestling and so much chaos that at 8:30 I finally gave up and crawled out of bed to make some coffee.

I decided to be productive and paid my bills for the next 2 weeks, checked email, fed the dogs, fed the cat and showered. The next item on the list...medicate Portia's rabbit. Now I knew this part of my day would be a challenge...Bunn doesn't much care for me and he decided to show me just how much when he saw me coming after him with a syringe full of baytril. Tip #1 - when medicating a bunny, remove the bunny before letting him see a medicine syringe. After 10 minutes of bunny growling and lunging I gave up and decided to wait until Portia returned to medicate the Evil One. Tip #2 - make friends with the rabbit so he will allow you to medicate when necessary.

So after this saga I ran up to the bank to deposit a check for Jason. Our neighborhood was having it's bi-annual city wide yard sale so I drove around looking for some deals. I did manage to get a huge box of miscellaneous scrapbook items for $10 and a few glass pieces to etch/paint on. On the way home I was trying decide what craft I'd like to indulge in with all my free time. Once I got home I remembered some work I had to do and killed 2 hours messing with all of that. After that, my motivation was gone. I watched some tv, filled up the bird feeders (Jason would be proud!), reheated some pizza for lunch, called Mom and chatted for a bit and organized the scrapbook goodies I bought at the yard sale. I then watched some more tv, talked to Portia for about 45 minutes and once the sun started to go down I watered the plants (again, Jason would be proud).

So now here I sit at 8:00 pm bored out of my mind. I'm in one of those horrid moods where I really want to do something, but really don't know what to do. I could read, I could craft, I could surf the net, I could watch more tv, I could call a friend, but no...nothing sounds good. So here I am blogging away on a Saturday night. Normally this time on a Saturday night Jason and I would be sitting on the back porch chatting (probably with John) and just hanging out. I've been out on the back porch today and it's cool for about 30 minutes and then it gets really boring. Needless to say, I would make a really crappy "alone" person. I don't see how people live alone and stay sane.

I guess now that it's almost 8:30 pm I should be thinking about dinner. I don't cook, I hate cooking and when I feed myself it's always something nukable or delivery. Luckily Jason thought ahead and bought me some nukable food for his weekend away. So, I'm off to nuke something for dinner and find something to do...

A Weekend Alone

Portia is at her grandma's for a family wedding and Jason is out for the weekend mountain biking and camping with his buddies (a well deserved and long overdue guys weekend out). Meanwhile, for the last week I've planned on lots of things to do with my limited quiet time home. Friday night was spent with Mom and we had a yummy dinner at Olive Garden and an evening out at the gambling boat. Unfortunately the slots weren't playing in my favor, but it's always exciting anyway. One of these days I'll learn how to play roulette or craps and do some real gambling. I came home, watched some tv and when I started nodding off on the couch around 1:00 am I went to bed.

My plan was to be lazy and sleep in Saturday morning. That plan was foiled around 8:00 am when the dogs decided it was high time I get my butt out of bed. I was awakened by two dogs spelunking around the bed, a wet nose in my ear and someone nibbling on my toes. After yelling at them to lay down I roll over only to have the third dog staring at me and whining until I invite him onto the bed. This leads to more dog wrestling and so much chaos that at 8:30 I finally gave up and crawled out of bed to make some coffee.

I decided to be productive and paid my bills for the next 2 weeks, checked email, fed the dogs, fed the cat and showered. The next item on the list...medicate Portia's rabbit. Now I knew this part of my day would be a challenge...Bunn doesn't much care for me and he decided to show me just how much when he saw me coming after him with a syringe full of baytril. Tip #1 - when medicating a bunny, remove the bunny before letting him see a medicine syringe. After 10 minutes of bunny growling and lunging I gave up and decided to wait until Portia returned to medicate the Evil One. Tip #2 - make friends with the rabbit so he will allow you to medicate when necessary.

So after this saga I ran up to the bank to deposit a check for Jason. Our neighborhood was having it's bi-annual city wide yard sale so I drove around looking for some deals. I did manage to get a huge box of miscellaneous scrapbook items for $10 and a few glass pieces to etch/paint on. On the way home I was trying decide what craft I'd like to indulge in with all my free time. Once I got home I remembered some work I had to do and killed 2 hours messing with all of that. After that, my motivation was gone. I watched some tv, filled up the bird feeders (Jason would be proud!), reheated some pizza for lunch, called Mom and chatted for a bit and organized the scrapbook goodies I bought at the yard sale. I then watched some more tv, talked to Portia for about 45 minutes and once the sun started to go down I watered the plants (again, Jason would be proud).

So now here I sit at 8:00 pm bored out of my mind. I'm in one of those horrid moods where I really want to do something, but really don't know what to do. I could read, I could craft, I could surf the net, I could watch more tv, I could call a friend, but no...nothing sounds good. So here I am blogging away on a Saturday night. Normally this time on a Saturday night Jason and I would be sitting on the back porch chatting (probably with John) and just hanging out. I've been out on the back porch today and it's cool for about 30 minutes and then it gets really boring. Needless to say, I would make a really crappy "alone" person. I don't see how people live alone and stay sane.

I guess now that it's almost 8:30 pm I should be thinking about dinner. I don't cook, I hate cooking and when I feed myself it's always something nukable or delivery. Luckily Jason thought ahead and bought me some nukable food for his weekend away. So, I'm off to nuke something for dinner and find something to do...

Jellystone Park Camping Trip

We returned home today from our first camping expedition with the travel trailer. We went to Jellystone Park - Mammoth Cave in Cave City, Ky from Friday through Sunday. We had a wonderful time! The weather was perfect - mid 70's during the day and high 50's at night.

We had a full crew to test out the camper - me, Jason, Portia, Rebecca (Portia's friend), all three dogs and the rabbit. All of the animals traveled well and did great at the camp site. Bunn had his great wall to play in outside where he could get some fresh air. The dogs had the screened in 12 x 12 tent to wander around in when they weren't in the camper. There was a nice dog play area where we could take them off leash and let them get some run time.

Since it was our first trip we figured we'd end up with a list of things that we forgot, but we actually did very well and had everything we needed. We did find that our sewage hookups aren't the same as most "normal" travel trailers, so that will have to be fixed before Jason goes on his guys only mountain biking/camping trip next weekend.

We had a yummy steak dinner Saturday night and made smore's over the campfire. The park is very family oriented and there was lots of things for the girls to do. They played basketball, watched the ducks in the pond, hung out at the arcade and even did some homework - imagine that!

The only complaint we had throughout the entire weekend was when Saturday afternoon the park employees spent three hours cutting up a fallen tree two camp sites down from us. Three hours of listening to chainsaws is not my idea of relaxing with nature. Luckily once they finished they left the other two trees for later.

We're already planning our next trip, though, and we may even head back to the same camp ground. We're trying to get in as much camping as we can before winter gets here, forcing us to wait until next spring.

Photos from the trip can be seen here.

Jellystone Park Camping Trip

We returned home today from our first camping expedition with the travel trailer. We went to Jellystone Park - Mammoth Cave in Cave City, Ky from Friday through Sunday. We had a wonderful time! The weather was perfect - mid 70's during the day and high 50's at night.

We had a full crew to test out the camper - me, Jason, Portia, Rebecca (Portia's friend), all three dogs and the rabbit. All of the animals traveled well and did great at the camp site. Bunn had his great wall to play in outside where he could get some fresh air. The dogs had the screened in 12 x 12 tent to wander around in when they weren't in the camper. There was a nice dog play area where we could take them off leash and let them get some run time.

Since it was our first trip we figured we'd end up with a list of things that we forgot, but we actually did very well and had everything we needed. We did find that our sewage hookups aren't the same as most "normal" travel trailers, so that will have to be fixed before Jason goes on his guys only mountain biking/camping trip next weekend.

We had a yummy steak dinner Saturday night and made smore's over the campfire. The park is very family oriented and there was lots of things for the girls to do. They played basketball, watched the ducks in the pond, hung out at the arcade and even did some homework - imagine that!

The only complaint we had throughout the entire weekend was when Saturday afternoon the park employees spent three hours cutting up a fallen tree two camp sites down from us. Three hours of listening to chainsaws is not my idea of relaxing with nature. Luckily once they finished they left the other two trees for later.

We're already planning our next trip, though, and we may even head back to the same camp ground. We're trying to get in as much camping as we can before winter gets here, forcing us to wait until next spring.

Photos from the trip can be seen here.

Camping Trip #1

Our first camping trip is scheduled for this weekend and boy what a great weekend for it! Highs in the mid-70's and low's in the 50's - woooo! We are headed for Jellystone Park - Mammoth Cave in Cave City, Kentucky. Since this will be our first trip with the camper we figure a lot of the first night will be spent figuring out how to get everything hooked up and organized inside the trailer. Since this is also the first trip for our three dogs we will likely be spending a lot of time getting them used to being in a new place and around strange people, sights and smells. Portia is bringing her best friend, Becca, so they should have a great time.

The camping park has lots of nice amenities such as basketball/volleyball courts, an arcade, outdoor family movie night and even kid karaoke. There used to be a petting zoo, which has now been turned into a fenced in dog run so campers can let their dogs off leash to run and play. Lois Lane will definitely need some running time to keep us all from going nuts. Oreo, the rabbit, is also coming with us this trip. He's on medication for an infected tooth and I wouldn't give my worst enemy the task of shoving banana flavored antibiotics down his throat twice a day. Evil little so-and-so...

Camping updates and photos to come!

Camping Trip #1

Our first camping trip is scheduled for this weekend and boy what a great weekend for it! Highs in the mid-70's and low's in the 50's - woooo! We are headed for Jellystone Park - Mammoth Cave in Cave City, Kentucky. Since this will be our first trip with the camper we figure a lot of the first night will be spent figuring out how to get everything hooked up and organized inside the trailer. Since this is also the first trip for our three dogs we will likely be spending a lot of time getting them used to being in a new place and around strange people, sights and smells. Portia is bringing her best friend, Becca, so they should have a great time.

The camping park has lots of nice amenities such as basketball/volleyball courts, an arcade, outdoor family movie night and even kid karaoke. There used to be a petting zoo, which has now been turned into a fenced in dog run so campers can let their dogs off leash to run and play. Lois Lane will definitely need some running time to keep us all from going nuts. Oreo, the rabbit, is also coming with us this trip. He's on medication for an infected tooth and I wouldn't give my worst enemy the task of shoving banana flavored antibiotics down his throat twice a day. Evil little so-and-so...

Camping updates and photos to come!

This Blogging Thing...

So I finally decided it was time to enter the lovely world of blogging. I love reading friends blogs, and even some techy blogs, so why not?

A little about me to start things off. I'm currently 31 years old and live in Kentucky with my husband, Jason, and my daughter, Portia. We have 3 dogs (Hardy, Blue & Lois Lane), one cat (Big Worm) and one rabbit (Oreo, aka: Bunn). I used to have pet rats up until a couple of months ago. Great little pets, but it was time for a rat break after 12 years and too much heartache.

I work for a local insurance company as a web developer/web focus admin/programmer. I also have my own business in web development. I named my company after my dog, Blue. :) [ B.Dog Development merged with Go Boy I.T. to create Webfoo, Inc. ] In my spare time I love to try out new crafts and hobbies and improve on others, namely scrapbooking, glass etching, rubber stamping and photography.

One of the big reasons I wanted to start blogging is to capture our soon to come camping expeditions. We recently purchased a travel trailer so we can go camping with our family, friends and furry critters.

Much more blogging and photography to come!

This Blogging Thing...

So I finally decided it was time to enter the lovely world of blogging. I love reading friends blogs, and even some techy blogs, so why not?

A little about me to start things off. I'm currently 31 years old and live in Kentucky with my husband, Jason, and my daughter, Portia. We have 3 dogs (Hardy, Blue & Lois Lane), one cat (Big Worm) and one rabbit (Oreo, aka: Bunn). I used to have pet rats up until a couple of months ago. Great little pets, but it was time for a rat break after 12 years and too much heartache.

I work for a local insurance company as a web developer/web focus admin/programmer. I also have my own business in web development. I named my company after my dog, Blue. :) In my spare time I love to try out new crafts and hobbies and improve on others, namely scrapbooking, glass etching, rubber stamping and photography.

One of the big reasons I wanted to start blogging is to capture our soon to come camping expeditions. We recently purchased a travel trailer so we can go camping with our family, friends and furry critters.

Much more blogging and photography to come!