Happy Halloween!

2,11,9,12,8

These are the numbers that were chosen by our random generator friend. We were so happy to see so many nice comments from old blogging buddies, as well as new face we hope to see often!

Now that means that there are five special bloggers who will have a chance for the our buglet giveaway at 5:55 pm tonight!

Angus has been feeling a little itchy and under the weather the past few days so he may not be able to go trick or treating with our Becky BlueBonnet. He will however be peeking out from under the covers to choose our winner later tonight!

Until then Happy Trick or Treating!!

Before ANOTHER Day Goes By....

...it's time to check in with our fellow bloggers...wherever they are.....

We are more than amiss.........we are awful......complacent, lethargic, and much too embarassed to explain our abscence.....but we are back.....we have a project we are working on...
have been actually for several months............a BIG project, which only a handful of people knew about....didn't want to jinx things any more in our lives......we have however taken some time to R-E-L-A-X and take in all the beauty that surrounds us.......in all shapes and sizes...
in trees....or on the ground...

....they all are something to marvel at...

Now we know that a few wonderful things have happened recently, the most important being the arrival of five little buglets at Rocky Creek Farms!

Which gives us reason to celebrate..and so we will be having another

"G-I-V-E-A-W-A-Y"

Now we want to make this a little more interseting so we are going to scramble things up a bit. We are going to draw five names...after we have our five names we will be posting them on Halloween( but not necessarily in the order they were picked.)

After we post the five names on Halloween, we will choose the winner from that five at 5:55 p.m.....right about the time that the candy runs out ;o)Feeling a little dizzy yet..it gets better.......for every comment you post either here or on the Rocky Creek Farms Blog you have an additional chance to win......up to five posts of course.........hmmm..I think I see a theme here...

Now I think that we need to give you FIVE HINTS about the prize we are giving away; it will be:

1)cute
2)soft
3)colorful
4)flat
5)SCOTTIE

OK now comment often here or there......check back often, and don't forget to tell us how you and your peeps are going to celebrate Halloween this weekend!!!!!

May Day & Murphy's Law

MAY DAY........MAY DAY....ahhhh the visions of youth dancing around the Maypole.....I can still recall last year when in an attempt to engage my 93 year old mother in "blogging",she told her own tale about May Day....what lovely images her story conjures up..I can almost smell the lily of the valleys.

Our May Day was a little different this year, as was Arbor Day

and Easter,
and well just about every day the last few weeks. We have begun to embark on a journey that no homeowner wants to....renovating, beginning with a new window in the den...
...and trust me any work in an 85 year old home is filled with surprises......

Take AC...no not Atlantic City, although had we won a million or two it would be easier to begin working on our "home". We do not have duct work....we have working ducks
.... but no duct work. That means that in order to install the central air conditioning, we have to have ducts run throughout the house, the closets, the walls, and anywhere else they feel we need them.

Why are we doing it now, after living here for twenty years? Well we currently have not one but SIX window units, and for all of you who think that if you live 3 blocks from the ocean that it is a cool breeze that you feel on hot summer nights...WRONG!

Sorry Charlie, but it is warm air...stagnant warm air. Also after the electric bills from last year, we decided to bite the bullet and get it installed. It gets a little insane turning the window units on and off, with the fans, all day long for Mom who is hot, then cold, then hot..no wait that's me now ;o) (hint hint)

That's where Murphy's law comes into the picture ( and the picture I will be referring to is none other than, "The Money Pit"

Right after we signed the contract to finance our major purchase, we had a storm here....and the roof began to leak....and then the hot water heater began to leak...and then my brains began to leak...I know that my brains leaked as well, because I saw Becky and Gus running away with them in the yard, trying to find a place to bury them
......that would be in the deep holes that we dug for the two trees we were planting for Arbor Day.

So here we are....with new trees, a new hot water heater, a repaired roof and awaiting the destruction of our home..be it ever so humble,as Dorothy said, "There's No Place Like Home!"

We're Trying To Move Forward Here...............

............it's not easy.....too many thoughts running non stop through our heads here.....it is a slow process and we have our good and bad days....

 

....but we are now trying to put our selves back together...

 

because we know that she would want us all to carry on as usual...with the addition of a gentle reminder of what's most important in life.....

 

........always try to live in the moment....

 

We promise that the blog winners will be receiving their prizes very soon with a little help from our dear friends and family at Rocky Creek......and tomorrow will be a new day and a very GREEN one at that...so'll we'll see you all tomorrow to show the wearin' of the green ;o)

Thank you to all of you for your kind words and prayers through a very dark period in our life.......it means more than words can ever say!
PLEASE remember to keep the remarkable people of Japan in your prayers...it would be an understatement to say that they are facing this unthinkable tragedy with grace, faith and dignity.

Let The Countdown Commence

 

Where DID all the time go?????
Beginning tomorrow, we will start our countdown. Every day we will chronicle a month in the life of Becky Blue Bonnet....what she did, what she learned, who she met.........you get the picture!

Now for the fun part..............THE GIVEAWAY!
Whenever you leave a comment on the daily blog for Becky, you will have a chance at winning a gift bag on her official birthday, February 9.....in keeping with the theme:

NINE

We will be picking 9 names...........every time you leave a comment, you have a chance at winning one of the 9 pawty packages...get the picture?

Hmmmmmmmmm....maybe we need to show you a picture of the possible prizes....

 

Until tomorrow........ARRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Guess who will be having a birthday soon?

Well will you look at that CAKE!
NINE CANDLES FOR NINE PUPPIES..hmmmmm now I wonder what that means?

 

Can you guess who will be having a birthday soon?

 

"Becky do you know that you and your puppy clan are going to be a year old soon?"

"Uh yea Ma.....will it hurt when I turn one year old?"

 

"Why NO my angel not at all........you can ask your brother Angus...

 

what fun turning a year old will mean...we'll be having a blog party, with lots of fun and surprises!"

 

"Yea puppy, it will be a piece of cake!"

 

Now be certain to keep watching for our daily puppy update ;o)

Guess Who Turned 9 Months Old Today?

Whew...Ma & Pa have been too buzy packing and almost forgot a very important day...I'm a little puzzled....

 

Ma told me that someone had a mini birthday today...

 

...now I have been thinkin' and thinkin'...

 

tryin' REALLY hard to remember who it might be....

 

Hmmmmm...gee can I have a hint Ma?

...animal, vegetable or mineral...

 

Animal??" Wow it could be anyone here in the menagerie ...

 

What Ma...think about the number nine?

 

........nine.....nine..lemme think REALLY hard now

 

awwwwwww Ma.....NOW I remember!!!

 

I'm the one who turned nine whole months today......me and my Rocky Creek Farm siblings.....A big Happy B'day to my brother Ruiari and all the other boys and girls thatI was lucky to be born with!