Cocoa and Bartholomew.

Cocoa. The Coconut. The Cocoanator.

Notice the tilt of her head, the wrinkles on her brow, the spot of drool on her lower lip.

All I had to say to get this freeze-frame reaction is: BANANA.

This dog will do anything to have a banana. A little tip for anyone visiting our house, if you plan on eating a banana, you had best do it when the dog is outside and can’t hear you break one off the bunch or smell it when you begin to peel. She has risen from a dead sleep in another room just at the sound/smell of a banana.

And after I snapped this picture we went inside and shared a banana and all was right in the world.

I heart my banana loving doggies and of course I heart ‘Bartholomew.’ He is the quietest creature we have. And he does not require bananas. (you can’t see it well, but his ‘greenery’ is coming in very nice)

A Visit To The Confessional

I am dipping my toes into dark waters, getting my feet wet in the pool of my memories. And just so you know, it ain’t always pretty. Please don't worry about me though, I have on my floaties.

(yes, I know ain’t ain’t a word, but I like it anyway)

Click HERE to read my thoughts at The Women’s Colony, in the ‘Confessional.’

By the way, if you have never visited The Women’s Colony, you are missing out on some good stuff. The 'cabana' area in particular cracks me up.

W is for…

Weddings.

I love love love weddings. For many years it seemed we were going to weddings all the time. Then it slowed down for a few years and then we were invited to 2nd weddings. Now, they are few and far between, most of our friends have been married or divorced by now.

I just love weddings so much, but they always make me cry. Well, if you know me at all, I cry at everything, so a wedding is just a bonus. When they coined the phrase ‘wearing your heart on your sleeve’, they were talking about ME.

I don’t think there is a wedding I have attended that I did not cry at…Except for MY OWN WEDDING. Nope.not.a.tear.shed. I surprised everyone, especially myself. I think I was just so darn giddy with love, that I had not a tear sitting in a duct. My ducts were bone dry.

I love watching the show “who’s wedding is it anyway?” It is ‘reality’ with planners and the coupIes. I know think I would be a great wedding planner. I would love doing that for couples in love, but I am pretty sure most people would annoy the heck out of me. So, lets scratch that profession.

I sometimes wish we could do our wedding all over again, we did not have much for money and we had way too many people to invite. But alas, this is part of our story. It was a beautiful ceremony in a cute little (for 250 people) Chappell and the reception was close to being a ‘classy’ kegger party, but emphasis on the classy part please. Thank you. We had a wonderful time..dancing, laughing and enjoying our family and friends.

And of course the wedding is not the most important thing…the marriage is. We have made up for the wedding tenfold.

This is what an exhausted bride and groom look like at the end of their wedding day!

Speaking of weddings…guess what???? I just finished reading ‘THE WEDDING’ By Nicholas Sparks.

This was a gift from the Coach a while ago and I just got around to it…It was a nice, easy read and I really enjoyed it!!! I give it 2 glasses of champagne!!

To see how other peeps used the letter W this week, hop on over to: A-Z Mondays

TGIF, Dance like no one is watching.

I purchased a new CD this week. You are welcome for my help in stimulating the economy.

No, I am not a huge MJ fan, but I do LIKE most of his oldies.

Really, my main reason for this purchase was for for Linds. She is going to do the THRILLER in the fall with her dance group. This dance was planned prior to MJ’s passing.

As a bonus, it is nice for me to get some new songs on my IPod…nothing like some new music to get me moving on the tread torture mill.

Have you ever seen someone dance and walk quickly on an incline on their treadmill ? That is what I do. It is a really good workout…I sweat like a, like a, um like a girl walking uphill and dancing at the same time. If you want to see, click HERE.

Did you see how much I am sweating?I love dancing so much that I ignore the sweating part.

Pretty silly huh?

What? You could not see anything?????

You really did not think I would post that for the world to see did you? I am silly, not crazy.

Quite the joker huh? Yes, I need my own stage..darnit I need ONE. :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

I wish for you all to find joy in the little things in life; love from your family and friends, laughter whenever you can get it and remember to always dance like no one is watching, because in reality, NO ONE IS WATCHING!!! (unless you post it on your blog!!)

Happy Friday!!!