Whew! Has It Really Been 11 Days?

Yup, it really HAS been 11 days since I last posted! What a bad blogger I have been! It is awful enough not to post but even worse that I haven't been able to visit most of you!

I want to thank each one of you who visited recently and left such sweet and uplifting comments for me. Each one has meant so much to me and I wanted you to know that. Thank you!

As a thank you and as an apology for not being a good bloggy friend of late, I wanted to offer some pictures I took last week. These were all taken in and around our little community.

Autumn is here in all it's glory!

I hope that your weekend was a sweet one and that your week ahead will bring you many smiles and happy moments. I have lots to share from this past week and I will be hopping all around blog world to say hello to each one of you....till then,

Love and Hugs Always,

Susie Q

A Kiss Is Just A Kiss...

....a sigh is just a sigh. Oh go ahead.

You KNOW you wanna sigh...it IS adorable!

I just discovered a wonderful web site I want to share

with all of you. It's called Zoo Borns and

is not only precious but also educational and down right fun.

If you have a few spare moments, hop on over to Zoo Borns!

You will be delighted!

I will be back posting and visiting soon. It has been oh so busy

here of late and there are just not enough hours in the day! Or, to be truthful, old Susie Q does not have enough brain cells left at the end of the day to do all she needs to do!

I hope you are all well and enjoying a sweet week!

Love,

Susie Q

A Soggy Bloggy Apology

To all of my friends out in old cyberspace...

I send you my love and say, "I'm red of face!"

I've been a bad blogger for far too long now...

My head is a hangin', I feel as down as the Dow.

I have not been a visitin' you all as I should...

and I truly feel rotten, I know I'm no good.

My posts are sporadic, quite boring and dull...

a worse blogger there ain't and that is no bull!

I miss each of your blogs when I just can't come by...

and then I feel guilty, I mumble, I sigh.

I sputter and drool, I make a big mess...

Susie Q needs a kick in the pants I confess!

I'm afraid that I've lost many old blogging pals...

and I know it's my fault, I've been bad to my gals.

I promise to improve if you'll all give me time...

and I shan't be a writin' another sad rhyme.

Why, Brian himself would tell me to "Can it!"

Stop whinin' and cryin', just buck up and man it...

Get back to bloggin' the way that I should...

go without water and daylight and food...

Write more and comment and visit and blog...

post about Ritter's and Kipper the Dog!

Stop by each friend's blog and show that I care...

why it's only right! It's only fair!

I'll get off of my keister and get back to work...

I hope you'll forgive me for bein' a jerk!

Love and Hugs,

Susie Q

Poor, Poor Pitiful Poster

Ah, romance! February is the month to celebrate love!

These are images I took of my great grandparent's wedding certificate.

Yes, yes. I am the original poor, pitiful poster/blogger of late. I truly do apologize for it. I have so many ideas for posts and am so behind...behind in both my posting and my commenting at YOUR blogs! I do hope you can forgive me...I always feel just terribly about it. This week has just been jam packed with this, that and the other thing...so just not enough time to visit everyone AND leave comments as I love to do.

I do hope you are all having a good week...Valentine's Day just crept right up on us didn't it? As I have been visiting all of you, I have so been enjoying all the sweet and pretty decor in your homes...all dedicated to the most romantic of holidays! We are having a little get together Saturday night, a casual Valentine party for some very special friends. Grace is already getting ready! The kid loves a good party!

Tomorrow I am volunteering at Grace's class Valentine party and what's not to love about a school party? Okay, so it gets loud and rowdy (31 4th graders hopped on sugar!) but that is all part of the fun right? RIGHT?

I am off, in a bit, to attend the teacher's conference for this quarter...Bill will meet me at Grace's school and

then we will all have dinner at a near by Mexican place we just discovered.

Did you watch the Westminster Dog Show this week? Of course, I never choose the winning dogs (My choice this year was the Golden Retriever and he only made 2nd in his group) but was so in love with last year's top dog, that sweet little Beagle! I hope this year's winner will be just as great an ambassador for dogs as his predecessor! He was a cutie...

We love to see their names...both the *Paper names* and the ones they use in their *Real* lives!

I thought the story behind the little terrier called "Chip" was cute. His *Daddy* had won some money in a Poker game and gave it to his *Mama* to get the dog she so wanted! Thus, "Chip" as in Poker Chip! Fun huh?

Oh those Pedigree commercials. Some are so adorable but some are so sad that I can not watch anymore. Those little faces behind the cage doors...I always think what would have happened to our Kipper had I not have found him at the shelter that lucky day 8 years ago.

Mom and I had lunch today after running a few errands. The wind was howling and now the rain has moved in. We have been in the 50s and 6os since last weekend but the cold is returning...all thanks to Henry's groundhog friend! *smile*

If you think about it, could you say a little prayer for my doggie niece Casey? I know most of you are animal lovers and understand how much I love our family's pets. Casey ran after a squirrel on Sunday and ended up falling on a tree limb that had come down in their yard. She never really *complained* or seemed injured until later. She ended up at the Emergency Vet's office late Sunday afternoon where it was discovered she had punctured a deep hole in her chest. Just a few centimeters over and we would have lost her. She is home and feeling more like herself now...she has 2 sets of stitches inside and a row of staples out. Bless her heart...she is a klutz much like her Auntie Sue! Casey is one of the most loving dogs I have ever been blessed to know. Gentle and loving but wow. She out "Marley's" Marley of book and film fame! Casey is found, more often than not, doing something she shouldn't....like destroying my brother's cell phone, digging craters in the back yard, stealing fish from the pond or just generally being silly & naughty. She is 15 months old and I hear that Labs take a while to calm down! Bless her...she is a handful but oh so sweet. She looks at me with those big brown eyes and I melt. Not a barker at all, so gentle with my nephew and just loves all of us...I pray she will heal quickly. I visited her Monday and today, letting her out and trying to make sure she gets a drink and stretches her legs. What is it about a protective head cone that makes a dog look so comical? I KNOW it is there because she was hurt but it is still hard NOT to chuckle. I promised Casey I wouldn't though...it embarrasses her so!

I will do a little catch up on the blog soon..till then please know how often I think of each one of you. I am so blessed by your friendship and support and love.

Happy Wednesday!

Love and Hugs,

Susie Q

Sweet Weekend....

Yes, I know what a bad blogger I have been...no real juicy posts and few comments left on your, oh so special to me, blog sites. It has been an awfully hectic week but I do promise to get back in the swing next week! Please know I have been stopping by your blogs and seeing what you are up to! I wish you a sweet weekend! Do something nice for yourself and take care. You are very important to so many....and to me, of course! I offer you with a photo I took on Wednesday....a sunset just over my Mother's rooftop. There is nothing like a good sunset...hmm...unless it is a good sunrise. Or, a really good hamburger. Or a chocolate bar. How about looking at a pretty sunset while eating a really good hamburger and that chocolate bar. Now THAT is great stuff. Till later...

Hugs, Susie Q

A Moody Thursday

So, here's the story. Sad old blogger is not letting me post pictures OR comments on my friend's blogs. How awful is that? And I have a horrible headache and I feel lousy and I need to clean and I have no energy and I coughed all night and the cats got into a fight and I got NO sleep.

Am I whining enough for you?

No? Okay...I usually love the Winter but this year I just see dark, dreary days and soggy, brown yards. Yuck. I miss Bill, he MAY be home in March but that still feels like a long time so I am feeling down and I have been so bad at keeping most of my goals this week...NOW, am I whining enough for you yet? Yes? Okay!

I am in one of those moods where I feel

that my blogging is useless to anyone BUT me and I should

stop this self indulgence. You agree??

Oh gee...you didn't have to be SO quick to

do THAT! *grin* But heck, is anyone even out

there? Some days I know there are a few

but most days...well, this is ONE of those days.

So now my whining will drive off those brave souls who

DO remain!

I am in one of those moods where I feel that

I will never be able to grab ahold of myself and lose some weight

and be healthier. NOT to win any beauty pagents (Like THAT was

ever gonna happen) but just to FEEL better.

I am so proud of Teresa and Coleen. They are brave and bold and WILL do well. I so wish I was more like them. I am their biggest cheerleader...and when I say BIGGEST I mean...oh, YOU know what I mean! Don't ya? Of course, there is THAT too...biggest...aw gee...

I wish I could give Jolene a hug and make all her worries go away.

I am in one of those moods where I feel like the the biggest failure that ever walked this planet! I know it will pass but today is just one of THOSE days. You know?

Argh...ack...okay mood. This is Sue speaking. Leave me alone...please. There. I said please. Pretty please? With brown sugar on it? How much nicer can I be to you, you lousy mood you? Go away!!! NOW! Argh...

So, I will now go sulk in silence and come back when

I am a better behaved blogger. 'Kay??

Hugs,

Suzie Q