A to Z Mondays ~ The Letter M

Enough said!

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Cassie & Gail Making Mosaic Flower Pots

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My friend Gail had her big 6-0 Birthday on March 14th. Her gift from me was a flowerpot mosaic class at D & D Tile* in Central Phoenix. I made the arrangements for us to get together to make our pots for today. We started at 1045am and had completed all but the grouting by 115pm. Yvonne from the tile showroom gave us instructions on how to use the tools and she checked up on us to make sure we were doing okay. Usually when Gail and I get together we go out to eat and sit and talk around food for 3 hours. This time we were using our hands for something other than feeding our faces and the end results were very satisfying too! We'll get together in a few weeks (after Passover & Easter) and have a grouting party to finish up our pots. Yvonne said this should only take about an hour. I'll post a picture of our finished pots then. I bet you can hardly wait! Hope you all are having a good day.

Blessings on your heads! love, Cassie

*Some of you have commented on the porcelain tile in our condo. D & D Tile is who laid that for us. I've done a couple small mosaic projects with them since then.

Some People Are Like Slinkies...

He he he. Love this poster.

Slinkies always remind me of a really old, really funny Saturday Night Live skit with Gilda Radnor and Bill Murray where Lisa talked about her father, Mr. Loopner. She explained how he had no spine so was curled up like a slinky in a dog bed. She said he was the inventor of the slinky. he he. The image has never left my warped mind. I love slinkies and even purchased one a few years ago at Restoration Hardware. Unfortunately the stairs (for all levels) at our cabin are too deep, so the slinky can only take one step, then stops. Phooey!

A to Z Mondays ~ The Letter L

Okay, so I cheated. I thought of Love, but knew it might already be posted there on A to Z Mondays by another, quicker blogger. Then Log cabin 'cuz we have one. Then Luddite, which is a great word, but I didn't want to get "into it". Leapin' Lizzards. no. Finally, I decided [since the old brain was obviously in a fog] to consult my friend, the handy, dandy WikiAnswers.com. Here's the way it went:

Cassie's QQ:

What are words with the letter L?

Wiki's Answer:

Look, lets leave all the letters out of this and learn the lesson of this lazy question. So many words collected in the lexicon contain the letter L. Words like lap and louse and levee all start with the letter L, but there are words filled with the letter L, like filled and filling and apple pie filling and calling and falling and bellowing or mellowing but for me the coolest words with letter L are the words that end with L, like pal, or gal. I really like words like banal and idol and seal but the coolest of all are words that end in the double L. After all, alls well that ends well.

And with that, my friends, I am now Leaving you! Oh yeah, for more A to Z Mondays go on over to Lovely Jen's blog.

Love, yes love, and blessings, Lazy Lassie Cassie

Porkopolis

Where in the world is Porkopolis? No, it's not in a comic book; it's actually in Ohio. Cincinnati was once called Porkopolis for being the first and biggest pork producer. ~ taken from Trader Joe's Culinary Compendium Vol.#2, 2009

Easy Way To Peel A Potato!

This is the coolest video on how to peel a potato. I am definately going to do it this way from now on. Now I can hardly wait for the next potluck so I can make potato salad. Thanks to my cousin Sheila for sending this to me. love ya, Cassie

A to Z Mondays ~ The Letter K

K is for Kayak. In the summers, as a teenager, I got to be a gate judge at the annual Whitewater Races at World's End State Park on the Loyalsock Creek. I don't think they even have these races anymore, but they were something that we always looked forward to back then. My buddy Sue and I would love to work the races, then get to meet kayakers from all over. Since moving to our place up in farrr N.Idaho where there are a zillion waterways, I've been rebitten with the kayak bug. Maybe I'll take lessons this summer! I hope I'm not too old or to out of shape to do it. Doesn't this look like fun?

Now for more A to Z bloggers, go visit Jen. She has them listed on her sidebar.

March 21st - A Busy Day

Diane T.,my first cousin once removed, & moi!

At the ASU track. Diane is the one in the black 2-piece. This is Diane practicing the day before her meet. After we went out to lunch we stopped by the condo.

Diane met Baby last year, but this was her first encounter with Mr. Hootie!

My cousin Mary's daughter, Diane, runs track for Manhattan College and her team was at ASU for an invitational track meet. The track pics are ones I took last year. The regular photos are from this visit on Saturday. It really tickles me that Diane takes the time out of her schedule to call this old gal so we can get together when she is out here. This year Patrick also got to go out to eat with us and it was a nice visit. We didn't make it over to her meet in the evening, as we were both exhausted. We had taken Hootie and Baby to a Dale meet up earlier in the morning. It was a busy day. Hope your weekend was as eventful as ours! God bless all who pass this way!

love, Cassie

Spring Has Sprung!

The bumble bees and bunnies are out!!

Our Dogs Are Having Another Give Away!

Spring Fling Give Away!!

Baby Rocket Dog and Hootie are having another give away on their blog. This one is the first annual Spring Fling Give Away so please go visit their blog and leave a comment. The prizes are doggy toys, so if you have a pooch that likes to play with toys, make sure to enter. Or, if you are a bit odd & like to play with dog toys yourself, that's okay too. They squeek! Anyone can enter, and like the pups say, "You don't have to be pretty or talented to win!" Just click on the cartoon above to get to their blog. It's that easy!

Have a great day friends! love, Cassie