Category Archives: Pics

Outside Project

I have been mentioning that we had been working on making a rock pathway in the front of our place.  Here is some before and after pictures (they are posted on our Bio page, under Living Spaces):

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/house/2009_Mar/index.htm

We are still working on the other side.  We are trying to wait and see (well, I am, I’m impatient about it…lol) what is growing from the owner, before we add more.  But it hard….we’ve planted some flowers and I would really love to get more and get more color and less mud look.  I’m just not sure what I want other then they be perennials and colorful.  I’m debating between ground cover flowers or bigger ones….I just don’t know yet.

Sunny Day

Today was a beautiful day out.  It was in the 30s this am, so it took forever to get the chill out of the house.  But the sun was out and we hit about 63 and are suppose to hit 70 tomorrow.  So looking forward to it.  I would love it to be warm enough to have all our windows open.

We didn’t want to go anywhere, but with the weather I was restless.  I didn’t really feel like a walk, I wanted to get some things done around the house.  Hubby racked up what can be called a back yard for lack of a better description…lol  I swept up all the down branches, leaves and tree needles that were on the side of house.  We filled up our yard waste container to the rim.  We have about 2 more containers worth in the back once they empty this one Wednesday.

We need to pick up some more walk way rock and flowers for the front patch and bedroom balcony.  Not sure what we are doing in the back yard.  We get a lot of shade, so we can’t plant roses and don’t think grass would work, besides it is too small and not worth getting a lawn mower for it.  The good thing is that we have a very nice size deck.  =)  Once the leaves grow out and we get a little bit more work done, I’ll take some pictures to show our families.

I didn’t do any internet work………grin  It felt good.  That will change tomorrow evening when I start worrying about what I need to get done on Monday, especially if we are heading up to Canada on Tues I need to get things done.  But today we watched the Sarah Connor Chronicles and Mich St beat UConn downstairs away from the pcs and in the sunlight.  It was nice.  =)

Then I attacked the house on vacuuming.  Got it all but the stairs, I can’t handle the vacuum for that, that is something for hubby.  =)

Then I took some pictures of our town house.  They are posted on this page : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/bio/

Here is the link to the actual gallery : http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/house/2009_Apr/index.htm

There is no pictures of our office, it is a mess.  If we get cleaned up, I will take a few pictures.  But there is some work that we want to do in there first.

Like I stated farther up, once all the greens come in and we do a little bit more work, I’ll take some pictures of the outside.

We hope to get to the garage tomorrow, if not, I’ll go for a walk.

New Galleries

Found a bunch of pictures that Harold had on his pc that I didn’t have.  Most of them of the cats in Florida.  =)

Finally got them done up and uploaded to the server.

Here is the page that they are one :  http://www.paulineantoinette.com/our-cats/

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2005_Aurora_fl/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2006_Mar/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2007_Jan_Reggie/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2007_Jan_Feb/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2007_Sept/index.htm

http://paulineantoinette.com/PNH/cats/2009_March/index.htm

And I found a bunch of misc ones that Harold took around the house in Florida.  They are posted on this page : http://www.paulineantoinette.com/landscapes-nature/

http://www.paulineantoinette.com/PNH/nature/2006_misc_FL/index.htm

*Note to self

The Grand Canyon

Next time you buy a flashlight, read the specs…

My new flashlight next to the screen of the online pic where I bought it.

We Lost Our “Baby” Today

For those who have been reading my blog, you know that 13yr old, Reggie Miller, had an inoperable nasal tumor.  He was diagnosed over a year ago.  He started losing weight about a month ago, but he was still his ornery self, begging for food, demanding attention…..still chasing the laser beam 5 days ago.  But the last 2 days, when he tried to eat solids he threw it up.  After he did that yesterday, Harold stated that it was time….we lost it.

I really hate these kind of decisions.  He wasn’t out of it, his attitude was normal….was it too soon?  Am I selfish for wanting him to live longer?  To continue cuddling with me in bed at night?  Sometimes I wish that when it is time, our babies just go to sleep and not wake up at home, so we don’t have to make that decision.

But when Reggie didn’t even come downstairs to beg when I was having dinner, it confirmed that it was time.  Reggie use to just sit there and stare at me when I was eating, he knew I was easier then Harold….grin  In fact, he would take scraps more from me not him, just because I’m the one who gave him treats from my plate so he was use to it. He was use to getting food from Harold in the kitchen….he would be right there meowing at him when he heard that Harold was in there.

This really sucks.  It is going a long while before I won’t be crying every time I turn around when I think about him.  I try to be “logical” about it, less cat litter messes, less cat hair, less scratches in the furniture, less furballs….but it doesn’t work.  I still miss him as if none of those annoyances ever existed.  =(

It is going to be hard tonight.  When we had a queen size bed, Reggie use to sleep between my feet.  Since we got the king, he has been laying next to me.   He may be next to Harold when I come in, but once I’m in bed he aims for me.   I think it is because even in my sleep I’m “conscious” of our cats and careful of my movements.  Even when Drew would get next to me first, Reggie didn’t let it stop him from claiming his spot, even it meant putting his tail in Drew’s face.  But Drew didn’t care….you can move him anywhere and he is fine…lol

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