Happy Birthday Blog!

My blog is 3 years old today! Wow....can't believe I have kept this up for 3 years!!

Crazy Dash

Name that plant.

Over the weekend I went to Home Depot and bought a few plants for the house. We have been plant sitting for some friends over the past several months and as they take their plants home I realize that I miss them decorating the house. So I bought my own.

I bought 3 from Home Depot and one of them is nameless. On the ID tag it read "house plant" for the plant type. I thought having an "all things plant pathology" husband he would know the type. No luck. So I looked online. No luck. So maybe one of you will know the plant. Name that plant.

The Old North State

It is heartbreaking to see such devastation from the recent tornadoes that ripped through my dear old north state. Houses, cars and trees everywhere. The loss of life. I am so glad my family is okay. Get well soon NC.

Weekend Project

When Jimmy is out of town I tend to take on projects. A few weekends ago I made these. I took wrapping paper. These I purchased by the sheet, not roll. I bought 4 square frames from Michael's and voila...ART!

The pictures were hung above the bed in the guest bedroom.

Signs of Spring

As I sit outside on the porch there are little signs of spring everywhere. Here are two glimpses of spring at the Kerns' home.

Behind again.....

I can definitely tell it is spring aka financial aid season, which means my blog will suffer. Sorry folks, I know you are just dying to hear our latest daily dash or catch up on Wisconsin politics.

Well, for those of you who think Dash is just "doggie decor" he has learned to howl. For those who don't know - Dash is well...lazy and likes to lay around and never barks. We practially wouldn't even know he was in the house sometimes. There was a joke made over Christmas saying Bruno was a real dog and Dash was just decor. Made to lay around and look pretty. He is pretty and he does lay around a lot.

Over the weekend we were at the Mercier's and Jack was playing the guitar for us on the front porch. As soon as Jack started playing Dash would howl. Every time the guitar would make a noise he would howl, the guitar would stop, Dash would stop. This is something special for us because he never barks or howls or really makes any noises at all. Way to go Dash!

I also have a video of Dash that will also prove that he is becoming a real dog. I will post it later. Too sleepy right now. To Dash's credit, he was raised 4 years in a kennel....poor guy!

Now for more exciting news....the lakes are ice freeze. This means it truly IS spring. Sometime between Friday and Monday morning Mendota and Monona both thawed. Bring it on!

Sorry blog, with financial aid craziness in full effect I will try to post the most I can but can't promise much!!