Category Archives: Life in Motion

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2011Life in Motion, Play By Play Series, Booksjaciburton

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I hope your day is filled with love and romance.

I’m guest blogging over at the As The Pages Turn blog today. You could win THE PERFECT PLAY, so head on over and leave a comment!

Biker Dude and I finally got out of the house this past weekend. The weather is warming, the snow is melting, and I think everyone within a hundred mile radius of where we live thought much the same thing about the warm weather and snow melt–FREEDOM! Traffic was heinous, the mall was packed as if it was the day before Christmas, and I’m pretty sure couples were doing their Valentine’s Day partying on Saturday, because crowds were thick. It was hideous, but I still didn’t care. I was out of the house, the roads were clear and I was one happy camper–okay, except for the traffic. Could have lived without that, but far be it for me to begrudge the other people on the road their opportunity to get the hell out of their houses.

Not sure wehther we’ll go out tonight or not. I might be just as happy staying home and ordering a pizza. I’m easy that way. How about you? Any big Valentine’s Day plans?

Sink into a romance today. It’s the best thing to do on Valentine’s Day. 🙂

A Short But Mighty Story

February 9, 2011Life in Motionjaciburton

So last night and this morning we got hit with another 10″ of snow.

When it was time for the dogs to go out, the snow was blowing sideways, north winds were howling, and the dogs were having none of it.

No going outside, no breakfast. That’s the rule.

We waited. And waited. There’s 30″ of snow on the ground by now and it’s really damn cold outside. Can’t say as I blame them.
Now we live on an acre and a half, so it’s kind of a far trek out to the trees. Someone was going to have to make the path in those 30″ of snow.

But who was going to be first?

Was it these three dogs? Our three largest dogs?

Wuss, Sissy, Pansy (Not their real names)

No. They didn’t go out.

How about this one?

Weiner (Not his real name, either)

Finally, one brave dog ventured out to dig the path in the snow.

It was this one, Bee, the smallest dog in the house.

The one who weighs 9 lbs, whose belly is 4″ off the ground. She’s the one who blazed the trail for the Wuss, the Pansy, the Sissy and the Weiner. After she went out and hopped through the 30″ of snow and made a path, they dragged their chicken butts outside.