Taking It Easy

Mom came home from work last night, sat on the sofa and read. For like 3 hours! Maybe 4!

She is reading a neat new book she found at the library, called "Havemercy". It is a science fantasy about mechanical dragons. It is a little slow going to start off with, but mom likes it. She was going to see Auntie, but Auntie wasn't home, so mom read! She's starting to act like me! Wow! I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Good Samaritan Mom & Boy

PlusOne walks home from school every day. It is .6 mile. It is not so bad, except that PlusOne has to carry his cello as well as his backpack. As you can see, his cello is rather large.

PlusOne has a friend who's mother drives him to and from school every day. She noticed PlusOne walking home and offered him a ride. Now, PlusOne gets a ride home from school on the days that he doesn't have the First Lego League (legos & robotics). It meets two days a week. Memere says that this mom is an angel. We shall call her GSM for Good Samaritan Mom and GSB for Good Samaritan Boy. Mom wanted to do something to thank GSM & GSB, so she decided to make them cookies.

King Arthur is sponsoring a Life Skills Bread Baking Program at PlusOne's school. They give you the ingredients and you make two loaves of bread with your mom or dad, then you bring in one loaf for the Homeless Shelter. Mom took a break from working on the back porch (a miracle in itself) and made M & M cookies for GSM & GSB and helped PlusOne make the bread. Here are the finished items.

Yes, mom knows the bread looks funny, but it is pretty good and PlusOne wants to make it again some time.

Who's Smarter

Me?
Or Mom?

2-1/2 strips of insulation on the ceiling and then all the insulation will be done. A few more pieces of sheet rock (the last two on the ceiling will be put up next weekend) and plywood, and then it's painting time. The end is in sight!

Mom thought you would all appreciate this.

Working Weekend

Mom is excited it's the weekend. She can finish insulating the sewing room, put up the rest of the sheet rock and the paneling. Whether or not she gets the last two sheets of sheet rock on the ceiling is debatable. But I know mom. She will certainly try.

She really needs to act more like me.

Army Of Women

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program ....

Last night, mom was watching ABC News and saw The Army of Women story. Dr. Susan Love has created an Army of Women. She is committed to fighting and preventing Breast Cancer. This is her mission statement.

"Breast cancer has been around for decades, but it does not have to be our future. We can be the generation that eliminates breast cancer by identifying what causes this disease and stopping it before it starts. This is your chance to be part of the research that will end breast cancer. Sign up for your sister, mother, daughter, granddaughter, best friend, and the woman you met last week."

Help us eradicate breast cancer once and for all. Join the Army of Women today! This means we need you to help us recruit women of all ages, ethnicities, sizes, and shapes. We need women who have had breast cancer and women who have not. We need African American women, Asian women, white women, Latinas, and lesbians to be involved.

You can do your part to help us spread the word about the Army and reach our goal of one million women by:

Emailing an invitation to your friends and family members to join the Army. Send an email today!

Inviting your church, school, professional organization, social group, or sorority, to join the Army. Email us for more information about group affiliations.

Using our “Spread the Word” feature to let friends or family members know about information we have on our site that might interest them.

Forwarding emails you receive from the Army to family members and friends.

Talking to your friends and family members about the Army and the studies you take part in.

Linking to http://www.armyofwomen.org/ from your social networking page, website, or blog. (Consider yourself linked!)

Thank you for joining the movement to go beyond a cure to eradicate breast cancer.



Mom's memere, on the left, had a radical mastectomy 50 or so years ago. At the time, she was given 6 months to live. She died in 2001, a few months before her 95th birthday.


This is memere, and memere's sister. Memere had a benign cyst removed in the early 1970's.

Auntie also had a scare a few years ago. These are the three reasons mom joined the Army of Women. Consider the loved ones in your life and please, join as well.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress.

Mom wants to apologize for not blog reading today. It is the worst time of the year for her, year end inventory, and she is wiped. She will get back on track tomorrow. I promise.

Thursday Thirteen

Harry & Nevis are doing 10 things you like about specific letters. I have "N" and Lucky has "O". Since it is Thursday Thirteen, we will do thirteen things we like about these letters.

I am going first.

1) Ninjas. After all, I am one.

2) Noodles. (Ninjas with noodles....) Or spaghetti, but that doesn't start with the letter "N".

3) Night time. When I get to go to bed with mom. Under the blankets. On her hip.

4) Noses. You can smell so much with a nose. The food that fell on the floor, or between the sofa cushions.

5) Noon. When the sun is shining, nice and warm on me!

6) Newts. Well, not really, but the line "She turned me into a newt.... " and "I got better." are two of dad and PlusOne's favorites.

7) Norway. Where my friends the Wigglebutts live.

8) Normal. It like it when things are normal in the house, and not screwy!

9) Nightgowns. I love sleeping on mom's nightgowns. They remind me of her.

10) Names. I love my name. Roxy Dragon Pebbles. Isn't it a great name? Names are so much fun.

11) Nonconformist. That's me all right, a nonconformist.

12) Naked. Or rather, being naked. It is so much more fun then when mom stuffs me in clothes. They just cramp my style. I need to be free.

13) Naps. I love naps. Who doesn't!

My turn. I have the letter "O". Roxy thought this would be hard for me. Little does she know that I am an educated pug and nothing is difficult for me. Except for going up stairs.

1) Online. Or rather, being online. Then I can read about my sweet Luxor, and see his wonderful face and all the beautiful photos his bean takes of him.

2) Ocean. I love the ocean. And lakes and ponds and anything I can swim in.

3) One on one. As in one on one time with mom or PlusOne, without Roxy pushing her way in between us.

4) Outside. I love being outside in the sun.

5) Orchestras. I love classical music. And I love listening to PlusOne practice his cello, for his orchestra class.

6) Open. I love it when the curtains are open, and the sun is shining in. Then I can lay in the sunspot.

7) On. I love being on PlusOne's or mom's lap. Or on the recliner.

8) Oak trees. I love sitting in the shade of oak trees. Especially when it is really, really hot out.

9) My Occupation. I love my occupation. It is to hug humans and make them smile. And want to take me home. Though I do not want to go home with anyone but PlusOne or Luxor.

10) Observing. I love observing how mom and dad and PlusOne all act. It is a very stimulating study, though it does make me tired at times. Beans are so silly.

11) Off. I love it when mom makes Roxy get off her lap. Then I get to sit there.

12) Office. I love my office, otherwise known as my dog bed. I conduct all my business there. No, not THAT kind of business. The other kind. Eating the cinnamon bread that memere made dad, sleeping, observing, and snuggling against my sister.

13) Opera. I love opera. The Magic Flute is one of my favorites.

See, Roxy, that wasn't so hard. Not for an educated pug like me.

Wordless Wednesday