A Komodo in my Kitchen!

Much to my surprise, I rounded the corner of my kitchen only to hear the scraping of claws from a full blown Komodo Dragon. Here is a picture of him...

In case you need a better look, here's another shot...

OK, maybe the first picture is a little dramatic but honestly this wasn't some cute little gecko. I REALLY could hear his claws scape as he tried to scurry across the floor. I wasn't too freaked out because I felt an odd connection to him as well as his family.

It all started 3 1/2 years ago when Matt and I moved into this house. As we were unloading, we saw a monster of a lizard on our driveway. He was incredibly big and incredibly fast. We named him "Lemony Snicket the Lizard that Lives in our Driveway" and made a game out of him. The object of the game was that every time we saw him we had to say, "Hey, there's Lemony Snicket the Lizard that Lives in our Driveway" as fast as we could before he ran away. To date, Lemony has won every time. He's a fast little booger. He's been busy too because over the past 3 1/2 years he has managed to create an entire colony of Lemony Snickets that are now residing in the bush by our front door. (which leads me to suspect that Lemony is in fact a Polygamist) There are tons of them and they are all enormous! It was just a matter of time before one of them got the courage up to make the incredible journey into our humble abode. Lucky for this Lemony descendant, Owen and Rudy were in their crates!

Halloween 2008...Better Late than Never

Well, I finally got my little camera back from the mean and nasty Geek Squad people. Now I can post pics of my precious little "Monkey" on Halloween...

Practicing his "Aren't I cute...give me more than just one puny little Dum Dum" smile.

Tankin up on chicken nuggets before the madness begins.

1st time he has really understood the idea of trick or treating :)
By the end he was making out like a bandit!

The whole gang

If only it were that easy...

Ok, don't call CPS just yet....let me explain. Sam loves to play in the dog crates. He gets all of his Chuck E. Cheese balls and puts them in Rudy's crate. Then he climbs in after them and shuts the door. He could play in there forever! I'm sure it helps that they are nasty with dog hair and dirt. Although we clean them often, it doesn't take long for a 100 lb. dog to dirty them up. What can I say, he's all boy!

Shameless Plug for my FANTASTIC Hair Dresser!

Ok ladies...this is a shameless plug for my FANTASTIC hair dresser! She is really good with color and cuts and is UNBELIEVABLY reasonable with her prices....just $50 for color, cut and style. That's right, $50! It doesn't matter if you do low lights, highlights etc., it's the same! I am super picky with my blonde and she does a really good job. She is located in Southlake. Her name is Debbie and her # is 817-229-8687. Give her a call and tell her I sent you! :)

Meet Otis

Ok...as you saw in my previous post, I just bought my first Digital SLR camera and I'm very excited about it! I'd like to introduce you to Otis. As I mentioned before, I like to name inanimate objects that are important to me and give them a personality. I tend to lean towards "old men" names hence Owen and Rudy (the dogs) and Sam (my precious baby boy). I always name my cars. So far I have had the honor of driving a Jerome, Peter, Haans, and am currently cruising around in Hank. Sooo, I have attached some pictures that Otis and I took this morning.

No More Tire Kickin'

I took the plunge! I finally bought my new pride and joy...my first DSLR camera! I'm super excited!!! For months I have been beating a dead horse...researching and analyzing as I do with most purchases and finally decided to just do it already! Soooo, I haven't yet named him but as many of you know I like to name inanimate objects that are important to me and give them a personality. So, stay tuned, I will soon introduce him to you by name followed by many rough, early pics (of Sam Bo of course) :)