The Puppy Journey begins!

Here they are singing for their food, well at least Beau is, it looks as though Woody is SMILIN! I love this picture!

Well I know she is coming, I heard the bowls rattle, do you see her Beau?
Here she comes with our FOOD!!!!! Yeah the world is perfect!

I am sooo excited!!!! We are leaving on our Journey to pick up Woody!!! I have posted pictures of our cute adorable puppy, Jillian sent these over, obviously to wet our appetite in getting this dog. We are leaving to do family gathering in Las Vegas then Sunday we head over to Pahrump Nevada to get WOODY! I promise I will log the whole adventure on my camera, just hope I get the pics on the blog!

Wow, toys, dog bowls, bed, crate, cookies, leashes, collars, OH MY!!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will be writing on Monday!

We're goin to San Diego! Yacht living that is.....swimming pools and lovin' life!

We are going to San Diego!!! Wheww Hewww! We decided to go ahead and book the yacht for our little getaway!!!! Wow! I am soooooo excited!!!! I went ahead and made reservations and now just have to wait! My sister is having her friend Jo visit from Minnesota and that will be the finale of her trip!! How exciting is this!!!

Can't wait to go play!

OK only in Southern California!

Well, I decided last night to start looking at some rentals for one evening in San Diego. We wanted to drive down there (aprox. 3 hours) and play for the weekend, in fact, wanted to go there to visit our other sister, Stephanie (our meaning Bobbie and mine).

I am definitely a house rental person. Andy is a hotel person. We have had this discussion (I think it is an argument) for MANY years. I don't like the people at the pool, crowds at dinner and so on. Don't get me wrong I love people and I am the first one to get the party going. But I like the lay back life in a house. Andy likes it for room service (though he never uses it) I like to make my own meals (or for the most part, Andy does that, especially breakfast)

Now don't get me wrong, there are time I love staying in a hotel a.k.a Mission Inn. Enough said on this part.

So I go on house rentals in San Diego and they have some really nice houses, on the beach and the prices are actually really good for what you are getting. When you break it down with another couple, it actually makes it really easy. Then I see this!!!! An actual yacht that you can rent 2 day minimum for $269 a day!!! WOW!!!!! Take a look at it's web site! http://www.greatrentals.com/rental-property/p160719

How much fun would this be to get six girls for the weekend and play! I love girls weekend.

THE REALITY....Well after going to bed with yachts floating over my head, I woke up to Andy telling me that we would not be able to go to San Diego this weekend due to his work schedule. AWWWWWW!! We will just have to save it for another time. But next weekend we are getting our puppy, I don't want to leave him home without us or even put him in a kennel. But wait, I did see a beach house that did allow dogs........

Update on the Weekend!

Well, Bobbie and I had the best day! She and Gordon got here...early....well my early, the boys took off FAST!!! Good thing, good riddance! We sat down and laughed to see little Bobbie shutter and shiver because it was really cold, and she only weighs 35 pounds!!! We took off for a great lunch at my favorite restaurant then did a little shopping, the usual girl thing.

Decided to have salmon (Andy makes the best salmon) and I am really surprised to find out how inexpensive salmon really is, and how easy it is to cook. Makes us look really good!

So we took our cameras out, played with the settings and click click click! Played on the computer, talked about our favorite blogs and the new friends we made. Enjoyed sharing special moments with her.

The boys came home ate and ate. I pulled out the Wii. Showed Gordon how to use it, played a couple of games then I decided to box. I hurt myself! However, I kicked the He** out of Victor! I won, Bobbie yelled really loud, before I even realized I had won! Boy was that a hoot! I beat a guy!!!!!!

Really enjoyed having them up. next it is my turn to head on down!!!!

Great picture of this flower, how did I do that?

flower picture
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I really like how I got the clear photo with Bobbie blurred in the background. Also you can see my laptop at my kitchen table, now you know where I usually have my coffee in the morning!

close up of flower

close up of flower
Originally uploaded by jeaninesturgeon

Wow there is not too many times that the picture is actually prettier than the real flower

Details, love the details!

Close up of flower
Originally uploaded by jeaninesturgeon

I love the detail that my camera picked up, this was lot of fun with my sister Bobbie.

Guess who's comin up!

My sister Bobbie! You know, from Bobbie's house in the Ranch blog. I am so excited! My B-I-L and Andy are golfing, I am thinking he is getting serious about this sport, well it has to be better than riding motorcycles.

Anyway, we are going to have a girls day which hasn't happened since my birthday in September. I told her to bring her camera so we can play.

I'll post pictures, YEA!!!!

Deep Fried Jalapenos! Second Recipe

My husband and I were at Hooters, and yes I do go there for their chicken wings! We were with my sister and B-I-L and we ordered these little golden goodies.

To start, I love hot food, but not hot food to burn me, I like the taste not the burn! So, I loved these so much I came home and tried these the next week. I am (very lazily) making a spicy cookbook and it will be done hopefully not in long in the future, I said that last year, but getting it done is a lot harder than saying it.

Let me know what you think, remember to wash your hands after handling the peppers, there was a time that I cut jalapenos then wiped my eye......

INGREDIENTS
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 eggs
1 cup beer
1/2 quart vegetable oil
2 cups sliced jalapeno peppers


DIRECTIONS
Mix flour, salt, pepper, red chili powder, garlic powder, eggs, and beer together in a bowl.
In a deep fryer, or large pot heat oil to 365 degrees F (180 degrees C). (Or until it bubbles when you add the first jalapeno)
Dip the sliced jalapenos in the batter. Place battered jalapenos in deep fryer. The jalapenos are fully cooked when they float to the surface of the oil. They should be golden brown and crispy.

P.S. they are REALLY good served with Melted Nacho cheese!