Dog Vs. Nature

It is fight night at the Jolley/Schumacher household! (Hum out loud the theme to Rocky) In one corner weighing much less then she should we have EVIE-LA-ROO and in the other corner we have MOTHER NATURE!!!! (ROAR ... the crow goes wild)

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Well I would like to report that Mother Nature held her own, but in truth she was no match for the Evie Monster. It was a TKO in the first round, so very sad.

OK, you are probably wondering what prompted this bizarre posting. Think back about a week ago, I told you about the beautiful Clematis vine we planted (the picture is of a different flower, but you gt the idea), with high hopes that it would survive better then it's predecessor the Jasmine. Well Evie apparently wasn't pleased with our floral addition. This morning we found our dear Clematis completely dug up and dismembered in the back yard. Sheesh! Brad thinks our only other option in our fight to have some sort of garden in the back yard will have to be cactus'. So there you have it, Evie-La-Roo is the all time garden-eating Heavy Weight Champion of the subdivision!!

Today we took the dogs out running in Eagle Mountain. It is so nice when we can just let them run non-stop with out worry of them bothering anyone or getting hurt. Running full throttle like a wild banshee is about the only thing that will wear Evie out. It was a beautiful spring day. So hear is a shot looking West from Eagle Mountain.

This morning we went to Costco for a few groceries. Brad has been looking forward to having Coconut Cream Pie from there on his b-day for weeks now. Well he noticed that all of a sudden they didn't have any CC Pies, so he asked the bakery and low and behold they have stopped making them. (Imagine Brad turning into the Incredible Hulk!) He walks over to where I am standing in produce, grabs a pear and squeezes it as hard as he can, then proceeds to throw the pear to the ground with such force that "splat" there are pear remnants all over!! I was in such shock I just stood their staring in amazement at my husband throwing a temper tantrum. He eventually calmed down, but I will forever remember my "hulk" demolishing a helpless little pear in mighty rage over a PIE!!!

This afternoon I was beading, making a couple of bracelets for Gracie's up-coming B-Day (good thing she cant read yet or this would kind of ruin the surprise). So I have strung the bracelets and have them ready for when I have a measurement of Grace's wrist before putting the toggles on. Brad decided to "try on" one of the bracelets ... yep you guessed it, he manages to break the temporary end off of the wire and beads go flying all over the kitchen floor. I just put my head down and half cried/laughed as he is crawling around on all fours searching for beads and apologizing profusely. He is even talking to the dogs "come on Evie help me find Mommy's beads, no no don't eat them!" Well it was such a funny scene that I couldn't be mad at him. And I must give him credit he did find all but one bead (probably that stray that Evie found).

So there you have it, the day in the life of our crazy little household!! Have a safe memorial day!!

"You cant roller skate in a buffalo heard, but you can be happy if you've a mind too." -- Tom T Hall