Archive for February, 2009

The Angry Sea

Today the wind was blowing and the waves were crashing. There were white caps on the water and to me the sea was angry. The color of the water was gray with foam blowing across the beach. Sand was blowing with force across the road and hitting the cars with force. Enough […]

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Flooding

Wow…I just looked outside again and after I shooed away all the mosquitoes that swarmed around me due to the rain (yay) I looked over at my side yard. It is under water. The water overflowed from my creek in the back yard and the ditches along the road both on the […]

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OH NO!! Sweet Pea was injured!

Poor Sweet Pea was attacked by another dog lately. The grandson of Alex and Vicki brought his girlfriend and her dog to the house. The dog attacked poor Sweet Pea. Just viciously attacked her for no reason. They had to take her to the vet where had to be knocked out to […]

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Such a puppy she is….

One would look at Sweet Pea and think she was still just a puppy. She jumps and runs around and is so full of energy. When she was hurt she slowed down understandably but she is bouncing back now.
When I come in the dining room if I am there she wants me to […]

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The Ice Age Monster

I was house sitting and doggie sitting one time. One night I let Sweet Pea out for one more time before hitting the sheets and I hear her screaming coming from the back of their yard. I can’t find a yard light so I grab a flash light and I can see […]

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Sweet Pea

Living and working in Destin has brought me close to people that I have met through work. I work at Publix in Destin. Throughout the 8 plus years that I have worked there I have met and stayed friends with some super people. Two of my favorites are Alex and Vicki. Alex […]

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Nature

Living where I live I often have deer in my yard. Sometimes I am lucky and a big buck will show up. He knows that my boss is out to get him and hides in my back by the trees. Tonight there were two little does out. First I saw them on the side of […]

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Sweet Pea and Scooby

Alex and Vicki had their daughters little beagle Scooby staying with them and needed to go out of town and I stayed there dog sitting. Scooby is a character that you just have to witness to believe.
Sweet Pea was very much on patrol while I was there. I am hers and she was […]

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Taking Time Off

I know that living and working in a tourist area does not always work out in my favor. Especially when it comes time to plan days off to enjoy yourself. You have to really think ahead about what you want to do and when. Space it around times that either the business is not going […]

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