Learning to Ride

Things are different it seems today with how children learn to ride a bike. Remember our tricycles, then a bike with training wheels? This cute little Thomas The Train Bicycle has training wheels and is small enough it can apparently eliminate completely the tricycle stage. Sometimes I feel old.
You've seen this cute little guy before, my pseudo grandchild. He's 2 1/2. He loves trains, he really loves Thomas The Train. Remember he and hubby playing with all the Thomas The Train, trains on our deck?



Such fun watching him.

***Hope you didn't miss the previous post, Let the Killing Begin!

Let the Killing Begin!

Argh......enough of you Beetles. I'm not even gonna try to get rid of you without going right to the heavy duty chemicals this year.

For two years I've battled and battled them. I've been kind to the environment and pinged them off into bucket after bucket of soapy water. They kept coming, and ate and ate. They ate my Rose of Sharon, they ate my Mallows, they ate my Lillie's, they ate my Petunia's....even the ones in pots on the deck.

I bumped up the killing and tried to keep them off the plants by soap spray, another kind to the environment listed as worth doing. NOT so, I say. You get rid of them for an hour or two...or until it rains or you need to water again or something like that.

This year, sorry not to be green; I'm going right for the big kill. Been seeing them in my petunia's again in the pots on the deck. Love the smell of them, love the way they attract Humming Birds, particularly the bright red and purple ones.

After all it's not like I'm killing a nice animal. Anyone wanna write last words, cause they're going for sure. I've had it with them.

And, besides I worked too hard with this to let them win
See Previus Post, Wordless Wednesday (Mulch)

Wordless Wednesday

**previous post Monday Mutter Mutter and Questions

Monday, Mutter, Mutter...I've got Question, Do you have Answers?

Started to post this earlier this am, as I was waiting for a delivery of mulch. But, the mulch man came much sooner then I expected and so I didn't get to post. Taking a little break to cool off so thought I'd post now.

Thoughts, mutterings in my mind...and some questions:(hoping to get some of them answered)

• Why do people have a blog and not allow comments? Or allow comments, but require a signing in? I really hate that; and don't get it. Some are good blogs, I'd like to leave comments on; but I don't want to register.....so I pass them by. But, blogging is about interaction, so why make it difficult for people to interact with you?
• Why do people only fly their Nations Flag on Holidays?
• Why do people say, "not to change the subject, but" it always changes the subject, so why do they say that?
• How does one add a link while making a comment on someone's blog? Anyone know? I've been asking and looking around; but haven't found a solution.
  
• How often do you update your blog?
• How many blogs do you have?
• I'm still wondering if I'm getting the hang of adding alt text to photo's, anyone else doing this that can let me know if I'm on tract? I'm talking about the alt text you add to identify your photo's to optimize your photo's.
• I'm continuing to work on the DoFollow, have successfully added the code and believe this is a DoFollow Blog, but am not sure how to test it. Anyone out there using Mozilla FF toolbar that's suppose to aid in doing so? If so could you check and help me understand how to do it? I had the toolbar, but it didn't seem to do anything and so uninstalled it...but am still interested in figuring this out
• So sad to read about the death on the Disney Monorail over the wkend.
• Sarah Palin, quitting? How does one just decide not to honor their commitments and in so doing isn't she dishonoring all who voted for her?
• I've managed to crochet a stack of 6 inch squares that will probably make their way to Pine Ridge Reservation, they're such a good mindless thing to make. And I've managed to start a scarf which when completed will be the homeless over at Bridge and Beyond

And now I fear that huge mound of mulch is still sitting there. Hubby had 10 yards delivered and it pretty well filled up his parking space in the driveway. I've managed to get 3 large flower beds done and am working on the 4th.......though it's a long fence row. Anyone want to come help?

**Previous post Happy Birthday America

Do Follow

I am a DO Follow Blog, and I'm thrilled to have this fabulous list of other DO Follow Blogs:
You'll notice I've started deleting blogs from the list (where the blank spaces are). Some of these blogs are no longer do follow, some blogs aren't there anymore, some are re-directs, some are horribly outdated with no new blog posts. Others have comments closed, which certainly defeats the spirit of do follow. I do not wish to give dead blogs, or blogs not really sharing a link. They certainly aren't sharing if comments are closed, or if you have to subscribe before you can leave a comment. As of today, June 12, 2010 I've moved the first 2 groups of blogs to the bottom of the list to give others a chance at the top. I will do this routinely and will note it here by changing the date.

Blank Canvas
She Rambles On
FullosseousFlaps Dental Blog
gone shopping!

My Thoughts, Ideas, and Ramblings
As the Garden Grows
Sysadmin News
Guitar Licks and Tips
You are in my world now

La Vie de Laurie
go get global news & views
gimme a break
Bisnis-Net.info
My Opinion Counts

House of Freebies
The Pond
By the Sea
Winding Threads
The Other End of the Internet

girls day out
Colloquium
Odd Planet
Flos Place
Eastwood Zhao dot COM

Recipes
Web Tools and Tips
The Den of Iniquity
the so called me
Delightful Work

Lisa Reviews
Dilithium Crystalworks
Breath of Life Photography
Guitar Licks
Craft Blog

Gothic-Peach.Net
On the Horizon

From Emily to You

BlogU
Step Into the Nexus
Dorannes

Im Blogging That!
Erns World
pamibe

Sebastien Page
WeirdInter.net
Flight of The Eaglehawk
Celebrity Scoop
A Saxy Girl

Journal of My Simple Life
No Average Mom
ForumFinderBlog
Tinas Treasured Thoughts
Just for Today

Gadget Girl Accessories
The Loquacious Curmudgeon
krissy.nu - life.unscripted
Skeets Stuff
Inside My Head

Pointless Drivel
Focus Organic.com
The Wired Kayaker
Mslovelys Blog Palace
Daisy the Curly Cat

MissMeliss: Escribition
The Aroengbinang Project
Big Bucks Blogger
cyberst0rm
The Knitting Fiend

Ask Jason Marketing
NickQueen.com
ToastTheTrends- Electronics and Gadgets
Bonnie Writes
Buy better - Have a Better Life

Laura Lohr
Good Enough Mom
Tip Tail - From Agility to Zen!
***JOIN - DO FOLLOW BLOGGERS ***
My Wanderings

Laane on the World
ShowMeHealthBiz
Wannabe Writer
Eliots slant on technology
Chimeric Daydreams

Chanceless
Intellectual Idiots
Another Blogista on the Spot
Her Gardening Blog
Starryskye.org

twogirlsoneblog.com
PAULA NEAL MOONEY
Table for Five
Healing Yourself Naturally
Lifeslackers

SEO Expert - Adam Ok
Aylee bits
www.sandrafirebird.com
An Unschooling Life
Simplify Every Obstacle

RetroMental: Time Capsules
Reality Wired
e_Marketing
Muffin Mumblings
Home of the Decorating Princess

BloggerVention.com
Selenas Musings About Travel and Culture
The Raw & The Cooked
ToastTheTrends- Financial
Debt Free Living

The Fibromyalgia Experiment
Its Write Now
pinay.ws
My Home Recipe
Info4BeingRich

TodayGadgets
Public Speecher
Blogozine
Welcome to Beautiful British Columbia!
My Road Less Traveled By

David Leonhardts SEO Marketing Express
OnTheWebEd.com
Call Me When You Get There
Silver Melody
Kooks In Suits

Wampago - Music Videos and Entertainment Database
Not just any ordinary blog
Crabbie Tail
Off The Cuff
The Ruff Draft

Musings at Windyridge
Learn Spanish Now
New Century Politics
Mom's Chatterbox
Total Web Review

Beautiful British Columbia
Todays Gizmos
lifepassedby.com
Infektia.net
Computer Chit Chat

chilli***body
Brilliant Photography by Richard X. Thripp
Selenas Musings About Raising Children
The Chronicles of My Life
PBriscoe.com

ah ok lah - the blogosphere and life
The Sewing Mom
Pegs AZ Life
Income Opportunities and Website Reviews
MomReviews.net

Xillys Blog
Women Mumbles
AskaX World
Prudence and Madness
Flatwater Tech

Monomuse
A Mothers Horizon
My memoirs
The Web 2.0 Directory
Christy's Coffee Break

The Official Mrs. Rugged
Marisas Dandelion Patch
RoCaBaP
Ask Laane
Wanders World

Surviving NJ
sweet and spicy life
Molly-Coddled.com
ShowMeMoneyBiz.com
I Was Born2Cree8

Chief Prognosticator 2
chilli*movies
Bull3ts Blog
Ultimate Destinations
Listening..Learning..Living

Picture Clusters
Fun, Crafts and Recipes
chilli***philosophy
The passionate ailurophile
Luna Tail

Texas RV Travel blog
Lep's Lair
Down Memory Lanes
Pipsnet Entertainment
RavensBarrow.com

Open Road Biker
Slightly Mordant
my daily snippets
Writers Bloggage
Chris Ns Thoughts and Rants

The Talking Fingers on the Web
Blog Avenues
TechieMinds
Her Home Blog
Successful Blogging With Random Shock

ToastTheTrends- Home Decor
How Can I Do That?
The Sun-Flower Family
Whats All This Then!
The Article Writer

Baby First Year
Healthy Living
Pink Poison Store
Telling It Like It Is
Eliots slant on entertainment

Ask Jason Business
Pixie Tail
Bakkouz
Married With Children
Ferrets Haven

33 is the new 23
Suzanne Says
Musings of a Learning Wife and Mother
The Way It Is
Endangered Spaces

Vegan Videos
A Strange Life
Midlife Musings
Mexico Musings
A Problogger Mom

The Sassy Southerner
MomCooks
Pencil Thin
TinselTown Trash
That Bitchy Chick

Up Scheidt Creek
Cats and Coupons by valmg
Life in General
The Birds & The Beads
Xplicit Gemini

Technology Princess
Night Clicks
Forever Parents
Ask Jason Personal Tech
The Raw Review

ToastTheTrends- Life
My Happy Place
ONwebCHECK
Dragonhearts Domain
Ordinary Folk

In A Class By Itself
Raw Vegan Momma
Rebas Run
What a bald guy told me about technology
Rinsems Rink

Thoughts Out of My Head
Hugo Says...
Its My Imagination
Self-Help Happiness Blog
chonksworld

Roxiticus Desperate Housewives
The Alligator Pit
Casual Blogging
www.IT-Everyday.com
Weight Loss Divas

Learn Spanish fast: vocabulary tricks and visualization
LittleAmerica.us
be my accountant
StandAlone
Movies of My Life

Simple PC Talk
My Happy Place
The Tech Inspector
pinay g-spot
Cheys Place

Polliwogs Pond
Los Angeles Blog: LA Snark
Accentuate the Positive
I know EVERYTHING, just ask my hubby
Kitnets Ponderings

Selenas Musings About Life
Into the Bit
Ravens Roads
Opinionated
Life in the Fast Lane

Adventures in Hong Kong
Twas Brillig
My Road
JT Music Review
SQKIKs Simple Tech

HOTOs BUSINESS SPOT
homemadehealthypetfood.com
BenSpark 2: Electric Boogaloo
Agents Heaven - Real Estate Blog
ToastTheTrends- Fashion

A Prairie View
Hi Guyz and Galz
The Internet Sidestreet
Musings Of A Manic Mom
Blogging made devilishly simple

Candid Quips
Bits Of Dust
TutorialsPortal - Photoshop Tutorials ...
Elements of Fishing
Ramblings Of An Undisturbed Mind

Google Adsense Article
Window Shopper
Confessions of an Everyday housewife
Free For All
Miles Business Blog

Chief Prognosticator
chilli*music
Is It So?
Mo Mhile Gra
Renaissance Culinaire

Up the Hill Gang
Cactuus
Not Much More Than This
chilli***faith
Pounding Heartbeat

tales from the ballpark: 2007
Laurigami.com
CoolAdzine for Marketers
Pfunksfoolosophy
High Strangeness Altoona

Pipsnet Technology
Beautiful Minds
My Muddled Mind
I am Who I am
Shopping Flavor

Scented Soy Candle Making
Silkenhuts World
catsynth.com
Hot Chick Writer
Fanaticspace - Blog

Live From Allied Drive
chilli*technology
ToastTheTrends- Entertainment
The Millionaire Secrets
Scribble On The Wall

Talk Of
My Adventures into The Street
Adapt, Adopt, and Improve
Aaron Roselo
Raspberry Patch Soapworks

Yourmoneyinfo.com
Eco Shopper
THE THINK LINK
Ask Jason
Bloggers for Dollars

The Other Side of New York
Karebear Central
Just My Opinion
Advanced Wellness Solutions
DRiNK . a . MOChA !

Callias Corner
Work At Home Musings
Wild in London
Advertising for Success
Dons Theatre

Losing It
Magical Rose Garden
Bibliotica
Dew Knight
Culture Shiok!

A Writers Words, An Editors Eye
Slobokans Site O Schtuff
Just A Touch of Sweetness

Blacksheep Speaks

Step away from the cake
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Life With Heathens
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*Living Life Abundantly at Marenda.Biz
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*Home and Garden Diva
*Get WebStyle

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