soccer

owen trying to get the ball, it is at his feet, but on the wrong side.
jule (#14).
my jule bug.

owen following the general direction of the crowd.

my incredibly strong lyricist

jule douglas decided to bring his guitar and write songs at work today. he worked most of the day on this and wrote several songs (yes, on paper) about all kinds of things. he then asked me if i would hire him to be the shop songwriter (which i agreed to) but i don't pay him, he just wants a job. what a boy! so, the picture is near the end of his day when he came up to show me his muscles. he informed me that they are his "big songwriting muscles". i found this very picture-worthy. that is my jule bug.

here is a song he wrote:

so heres the story about a little man everything was blue for him

the little man sung a song about his self oh im blue muma dee muma do muma dee muma da mumu dee mumu do oh im blue mumu dee muma do muma dee muma do oh im blue the end.

i think this is quite good for a 6 year old.

mama monkey cont.

yes amber makes them. you can read a story about mamamonkey at ambermisfit.blogspot.com/2008/05/mamamonkey-went-to-spa.html

another day in the life.......

we have been really fortunate lately that we have remained to be busy even with the economy in a slump. in fact, we had such a good day that we took all of our employees out to chili charlies for lunch to say "thanks". we have so many drop-offs and estimates that much of our time is filled with customer service rather that servicing customers. it is a challenge to get all of the work out that we have to do, but i am convinced this is a blessing. so, with that, i am grateful. we have a soccer game to attend tonight for tyler (frans great grandson) and tomorrow morning jule has a game then owen afterwards. life just gets busier and busier!

confused poodle.

sofie chicken is 4. romo is 16 weeks..... poor romo. chicken is wanting to breed, but is not smart enough to know what she is doing. she has been absolutly discusting on romos face. romo just sits there and sofie does her thing then romo brushes her off. these two spend most of their day like this lately, with us intervening because it is not appropriate for work, or anyone for that matter. they need to get some private space. nasty dogs of mine. i am so proud....................

soccers opening game

jule as goalie. he got to save 3 balls from going in. his team won 8-2.
jule in action. he is the bald kid in the middle. owen the great

he is number 10. his team lost. (it is the main stitch upholstery team). owen just stands and watches. he is not much of an aggressor.

mama monkey

years ago (nearly 8 to be exact) my friend amber had a son. he was (is) a good son and she wanted to make him something very special. so, the legend of mama monkey was born. now i was ahead of her in kidmaking, so my kids missed out on their own special versions and i have been giving amber a hard time about not having one at our house for awhile now. so, for my birthday/wedding gift she made me my very own special mama monkey which is displayed on my mantle (yes, next to the abraham lincoln bookends). mama monkey is happy next to abe, they are friends. my kids are in love with her and are awaiting their own to love.
my favorite shoes for work. they are like tennis shoes and sandals together and protect my tosies from harm. and, they have blue flowers. huge selling point for me.