Who else got their wife a pile of rocks for Christmas?

Definitely not the load(s) that yours was, and it wasn’t for Christmas, but during our remodel, she had the Brick Fireplace in the Family room refaced with stone


not a great pic, looks a Lot better in person





The GrandDogter inspecting the progress





Oh Yeah, I’m Liking this one a Whole Lot Better
( wood stove in the living room)



Ok Mom, we need to go back to Grammy and GrandPaw’s, this just Ain’t the same, you ain’t foolin me



The GrandDogter ready to go wood cutting, she likes that part too, and really loves going, in GrandPaw’s Big Red Truck



Okay, I KNOW those are Mine, but this “Waiting” thing is getting Old


You might have figured out, I kinda Enjoy having the GrandDogter around, jus a little bit.

Emmy was still living at home when she got Willow, and I did make one mistake, I forgot to get a “Prepuptial Agreement” and she had some Silly Idea, that she got to take Her Dawg with her when she moved out


Doug

 

You better not let her see that you posted this pic, she might bite you!
Nice stonework/fireplace(s)

 

Looking forward to the planting beds you make with those stones. That's a terrific find!

 

For a minute, I thought you got her a real nice piece of diamond jewelry She can always hope for next year, Scotty Overkill

 

Nice gift, happy wife, happy life.

 

Wife wanted new shed doors that opened out instead of in. Took a day but was able to make it happen, had to custom make the hinges.

 

I got her stone cookware. Is that close enough to rocks?

 

Thanks ( to you both).

I didn’t do either, the stonework around the wood stove was original to the house, but it was one of the things that really appealed to me, when we toured the house, that and having a Fireplace as well. The fireplace isn’t much on heating, they usually aren’t, but it does add a nice ambiance when we do burn in it

Willow is a Sweet girl (most of the time) an American Bulldog wouldn’t be my breed of choice, but when the Daughter brings this home, how do you say No?






She’s been Grandpaw’s girl from the beginning

About the only time I have to worry about her teeth, is when she needs s her nails trimmed, most gals Love getting their nails done, Not Willow, she literally has to be sedated. She gets absolutely violent about her feet being messed with, my Son in Law is a pretty burly guy, the Two of can’t manage her, to do her nails



Golden Retrievers are my breed of choice, but having a dog full time, doesn’t work for us right now. I sure miss that dawg, it’s closer to 30 years now, than 20, and I still miss “Barney”, total goofball, but a Heart Bigger than Texas


Doug

 

Any dog that enjoys a ride on a TRX 250R is one cool character!

 

she loves that Pampered Chef Stoneware. Last kid is slated to move Feb 1 so she wanted some smaller pieces for two instead of five

 

You obviously know enough about the TRX250R, to know that it is a 2 Stroke, ol Barney absolutely Loved riding the quad, I had an 8x16 high deck flatbed trailer that I hauled the toys on going to the dunes, he would recognize hooking up the trailer as a sign that we were going to go play in the sand.

What would trip him up though, is when I would fire up Ol Reliable, my 266XP, that he would come running, with that big goofy grin on his face, which would then turn to a look of confusion, when he didn’t see the quad.

I didn’t get too carried away, with Barney riding with me, but he was up to more than you would expect. With him riding in front of me, with my arms around him holding the handlebars, if he saw anything serious ahead, he would sit up, and push his back into my chest, and was actually pretty solidly seated.

The Lucky ones of us have had that one World’s Greatest Dog, Barney was mine, I have had many other Great dogs, Willow is a Close Second, but there will never be another “Barney”

Unfortunately, we didn’t have these cell phones with incredible cameras in our pockets 24/7 back then, and I did take him for granted some what, so I don’t have many pictures of him, those two were “Lost” pictures that I recently refound, needless to say, finding those put a Big Goofy Grin on my face that would have done Barney justice, I just don’t have that seemingly foot long tongue sticking out of my mouth

Doug

 

Sounds like she knows her cookware.
My Wife, though not currently active, is a Pampered Chef consultant, that Pampered Chef is Good Stuff.

A word from the wise, Don’t EVER, use the “Deep Covered Baker” on the Stove Top, it won’t end well, and we won’t talk about how I know that

My Wife is Definitely a “Keeper “, she was active in Pampered Chef early in our marriage, I never asked what she did with the money she earned from it, I figured it was her “Fun Money “

One Day she walked up and said “I Know that you Miss having a Boat, Let’s go buy one”

It was hardly “New” when we got it, but it has given us many Great Memories



Boat camping ️ on McGuire Island, Columbia River near Portland, OR





Good Days on the Nehalem River, Bay and Ocean, Oregon Coast

I grew up on boats, especially on the Columbia River, Boats and Water are my Favorite “Happy Place “


Doug