THANK GOD FOR HOV LANES

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

"My DOG is half PIT-BULL, half POODLE. Not much of a WATCHDOG, but a vicious gossip! --- Craig Shoemaker

Hi dear friends,

Did you notice the flower of the day? Does it look familiar? It is a old picture the Mommy took in the summer of a flower on her favorite hibiscus bush. The Mommy really misses her hibiscus during the winter and even though I want to see snow and she does too, she just wants her hibiscus bushes back. She has been known to sit for hours just looking at them. She says it's very relaxing, sitting on the patio, listening to all the wind chimes, watching me play and smelling the flowers.

Strings of Friendship "K"

My very dear doggie friends, Addie and Lucie and their Mom Staci told the Mommy about this doggie. Addie won a contest over a her blog and Addie's Mom told her to donate the prize money to Dachshund Rescue of Houston. That is so pawsome!!

KYLIE the Border Collie/flat coat Retriever from Hopkinton, MA

Kylie looks so regal and look at all the lovely snow. I am so, so jealous. We only got a thin coat of snow back in December, but look what Kylie got. It looks so deep and so pretty!! I wonder if my Mommy could talk to Kylie's Mommy and work something out so I could go play in the snow with Kylie.

Kylie's blog address is: http://misskyliem.wordpress.com

Run on over and say hello and tell her to send some snow done here to Texas.

This morning it was a little cold and when the Mommy got to the traffic light at West Road she saw this tree. Kinda looks like leaves hanging on but they are really blackbirds. The Mommy was fascinated how they keep flying in & out of the tree. She is the only person, I know of, who doesn't mind being stuck in traffic waiting for light to change. Told ya she was a Doofuss!!

After work today, the Mommy and several friends decided to go out to dinner to try to relieve the stress and sadness of this week. Since most of those that went live on my side of town they decided they wanted seafood and would go to Pappas Seafood. Traffic in Houston during rush hour traffic is horrendous but if you have 2 or more people in your car you can get on the HOV lanes and fly. Here are a few pictures of how it is on the freeways of Houston.





Traffic in the HOV lane.

Traffic to the right

Traffic to the left

Our exit off 45 North

Traffic on the feeder--not much better

The Mommy says "Thank you Lord for High Occupancy Vehicle lanes on 45N". To bad the Mommy has to use the regular lanes when it's just her.




Pappas Seafood House

The Garden at the restaurant

The Mommy took these pictures through the window. They sat at a table looking out into the garden. It was very quite and peaceful. The Mommy didn't bring me any leftovers. She had crab cakes with craw fish in a white cream sauce with capers and a Greek Salad. She said it was wonderful but I just have to take her word for it cause I didn't get any as usual.

That all for folks..........Love, kisses and (((huggies))) to all.....Mona