The Poodles Take a Roadtrip!

The first Friday of every month is grooming day for Precious and Roxy. Both my little fuzzy girls love to go get pretty...

I walked out the door this morning where Roxy greeted me... I think she knew it was First Friday at Fuzzy Friends...

Both Precious and Roxy run to the car when they know we're going to visit Lisa at her shop. They practically run over me to beat me into the car... good thing they're so little! Imagine if they were Great Danes!

Lisa's shop is only a mile away down this little country road... This is my drive to work everyday... down into the dry creek bed and then up the hill... It's cloudy today... wonder if we'll get rain?

This is Lisa's house... It's the perfect Texas farmhouse...

As soon as we get on the gravel drive to Lisa's shop, the girls start jumping around and whining... they can't wait to see Lisa...

Here's her little shop... which sits next door to her house... she has a short stroll across the yard to work... wouldn't that be great! Inside Lisa's shop, Fuzzy Friends, is always spotlessly clean and neat as a pin!

I'd love to show you photos of getting the girls into Lisa's... but with one poodle under each arm, it's a little difficult to take pictures! Lisa always lets the girls stay in the same kennel because they cry for each other if they are separated... actually, Roxy cries for Precious... Precious could care less...

This is Lisa... who loves her work... loves her shop... and loves the animals that she grooms each month...

and they love her... Maybe one day I'll stick around and take some photos of the grooming process... but today... I'll let Lisa handle this all on her own...

I did take some photos to Lisa of Precious and her muddy excursion... Lisa loved them and hung them on her bulletin board...

Come back later and I'll show you the "after" photos of today's Poodle Roadtrip... down here in French Lique...

Roadtrip to be continued

I'll be catching up tonite. We got back to my sister's home in Mississippi on Sunday night and left this morning. During that time, we've had no cell and no internet service. She lives so far out in the boonies... they can only get dial up...and you can't blog very well on dial up! So I'll catch up tonight, when I'm back in French Lique. Until then, here are some pretty pictures I took Sunday evening of the Alabama sunset, and some US Airforce Planes writing in the sky... enjoy. More later from French Lique...

"X" marks the spot! We couldn't help but wonder what these boys were up to!

Wedding Anniversary

Today is our wedding anniversary. This morning, we woke up at my sister's house near Forest, Mississippi... We had a yummy McDonald's breakfast, and took off on our road trip again. Right now, we're between Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.... and as long as I'm with Ricky, I am home...

We made it to Cherryville NC, picked up Ricky's farm implements about 7:30 pm... then Ricky said... "Well, it's our anniversary, where would you like to go to eat dinner?"... as we were passing Aunt Sadie's Diner in Cherryville. "Looks like as good a place as any to me." I told him. So, we had dinner at Aunt Sadie's, from the buffet bar... Steak & Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Cornbread, Rolls, and Peach Cobbler for dessert... "yum-yum!"

We sat at the little diner style table with my laptop, made reservations online to stay at the Fairfield Inn in Gastonia, NC, ate our dinner and mapped out our route on Ricky's new GPS.

An anniversary to remember... here in Cherryville, North Carolina... it's nice, but it's not French Lique!

The RoadTrip has begun.... Day One

We set out this morning on our road trip to North Carolina... the first glitch... our GPS has decided we should go to Dallas via IH35, then I20 through Shreveport, Louisiana to Jackson, Mississippi. We don't go that way... we take the southern route across I10 East through Houston, Baton Rouge, Louisiana then north toward Jackson. So much for GPS. We left it on for a while, but it kept giving us alternatives to get over to IH35... turned it off... annoying...



Traveling through Houston, we took the HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes though Houston... the only way to go through Houston during rush hour, and are heading for the Louisiana state line.... 7 more hours to sisters.... more later...



ps... you know that little bell that goes off on your GPS every time you exceed the speed limit? well ours appears to be going off a little too often... Ricky may turn the darn thing off again. He just told it to "shut up"...

Just after crossing the Lousiana state line, we stopped for gas here...

THANKS FOR THE WARNING...

They didn't warn me about the man that would be in the ladies room pretending the toilet was a urinal! I walked in on him... oops! walked out... check the sign on the door... yup... "ladies"...

When he walked out, there I stood, arms crossed, glaring... "sorry ma'm" he said... "well, if you're going to use the ladies room, why not lock the door next time?" I scolded in my best irritated Mom voice.... hummmmmp... guess he won't do that again...

Which was right next to this...

The first casino across the Texas state line... Wow... just makes you want to run in there and pull the handle on one of those "one-armed bandits"... or...
You could just drive through for a daiquiris!

Guess they don't have any laws in Lousiana about driving and drinking... but no thanks.. it's a little early... on to Baton Rouge...