Had fun with a post over on the Sherwood Forest Natural Rabbit Food blog. If you'd like to see how well I did remembering all the famous rabbits in the world..go check it out here.  Just for fun. And then go and tell your friends all about us and our amazing rabbit food!!


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Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!!!

Five Fun Things to Do in April....Check it out!

A great Blog following the rising of another beautiful Temple!!
Click here to check it out!!
Thanks Cheryl!

"As he peered ahead into the great land that

stretched before him, the way seemed long.

But the sky was bright, and he somehow 

felt that he was headed in the right direction."

from: Stuart Little

by: E.B. White

My Builder has been busy!
All his studying and experimenting is paying off.
He tried his hand at this website....and look how nicely it turned out!!

Go check it out and let us know what you think-- click here!!!

And please do tell your friends!!!

found HERE

My creative daughter-in-law is at it again!!

And if you'd like her to design your Christmas card this year....and you'd be nuts Not to let her do it....go HERE to see what she can do for you!!

Have fun!!

(How is it that its already time to be thinking about Christmas??!!)

There is nothing like a doorbell to precipitate the

potential into the kinetic. When you stand outside a

door and push the button, something has to happen.

Someone must respond; whatever is inside must be reveled.

Questions will be answered, uncertainties or mysteries

dispelled. A situation will be started on its way through

unknown complications to an unpredictable conclusion.

from: Crossing to Safety

by: Wallace Stegner

For more months than I can count, My Builder has been delving into the unknown regions of web building. Thats the simplistic explanation.

Recently My Builder has hooked up with Anna's man, and together they have developed a whole web site and an e-book and a whole lot of other stuff that I know nothing about, which has just now "gone public."

David is the brains behind all things rabbit...and much, much more of course...

and my Builder is the "builder" of things....like websites....

and now my contribution is to help get the word out that there is now a wonderful resource on rabbits and their food.

So go check it out!!

copy and paste this web address in the tool bar and stand by to be impressed!!

http://www.naturalrabbitfood.com

In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It's back!

For those who've missed Anna's wedding blog, you can see it HERE now, after some re-vamping...it is wonderful!

So VERY Cool!!!

Paper Roll Forest Cutouts by Yuken Teruya — a master in transforming everyday objects into beautiful works of art.

via swissmiss

Never miss a chance to Dance!!!

...and for a great cause no less!!!




thanks Jude!!

Our word for school comes from the Greek
word for leisure. Of course, reasoned the
Greek, given a leisure a man will employ
it in thinking and finding out about
things. Leisure and the pursuit of knowledge,
the connection was inevitable- to a Greek.
from: The Greek Way
by: Edith Hamilton 1930




I think shes brilliant!! How about you?
Click on the above button and go see all the beautiful, clever blogs my daughter-in-law has designed.
I'll be thanking her for forever and day for my new look!!
It makes me smile so!!!
And...shes not through!!
I cant wait to see what she comes up with next!!

The PERFECT Holiday Card for me!
found here!!! on flickr by s.britt

My Parents Were Awesome!!!

"I think it's impossible to really
understand somebody, what they want,
what they believe, and not love
them the way they love themselves."
from: Enders Game
by: Orson Scott Card

I just discovered the coolest new blog!!!
If you arent already enjoying Awkward Family Photos you must try it!!
And then- add this new one to your 'hit list' as well.
Its another site that is bound to make you smile, reminisce, become nostalgic, and wonder where YOUR groovy striped bell bottoms are hidden, and what became of all your hair!!??????

By the way...the above awesome parents....
they would me MINE!!

Click HERE for the fun!!!

White Tenny Runners and True Love!!!!

I dont know these adorable people. Oh but I wish I did!!
I guess they are as close to being celebrities in the blog world and in the wedding blog world as one can become though. I surfed one day and found them and fell in love.
You know by now that anything with a dancing theme will catch my attention.
And great weddings should have dancing!!
Who knew a choreographer should be added to the wedding expenses? I think you'll agree that it was well worth it in this case!!!
If I had a 'do-over' button, that is the one thing I would do differently at our wedding those many eons ago.
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!! (truthfully there are several things I might have done differently....had I known better.)
So click here, sit back and enjoy!!

(be sure to click on all three thumbnails to enjoy all aspects of the wedding!!)

Also, you may enjoy this blog where you'll find fun pictures of couples and their marriage advice. Its a sweet site.

THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!

The flaxen cords have been caressing
you for years. They have been wrapping
themselves around your thoughts, your
feelings, your memories, your desires.
Having indulged them- having even been
flattered by them-you have offered
another the reins of your heart.
from:The Peacegiver
by:James Ferrell

GLENN BECK: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona. She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership:
I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?

Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:

One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.

Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.

Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.

Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.

Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!

Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.

Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.

Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why ‑‑ what do you have against shareholders making a profit?

Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.

Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band‑Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.

Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try ‑‑ please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.

Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.

Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.

I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.

From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.

We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when hewill rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.

Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
Signed,
Janet Contreras of Arizona

AMEN!!!

Go HERE if you'd like to sign the petition!!! Be patient, its 'crashing' often because of the high volume of activity.

A MAN HUNT IN SCOTLAND!!!

You can have extensive farming and
intensive farming; well, I am going to
have intensive living after this. Im
going to enjoy every second, and Im
going to KNOW Im enjoying it while
Im enjoying it.
from: Daddy-Long-Legs
by:Jean Webster

I'd like you to meet someone!!

This is Flora and she's a guest at the Ridge for the next few weeks.
Shes a dream guest.
She has a smile that will light up any room.
She has taken to our program- "hiking is fun!!!"
She loves life!!
She is full of youthful exuberance!!
And....she may be my newest hero!!! (Make a little room Lynley!!)
You just gotta love women who takes their destiny into their own hands in hopes of making dreams and wishes come true!!
First I have Lynley, my sweet cousin, who left the southern comfort of her home and her family and friends. She left the lush greenness and humidity of the south for our hot, dry, red rock tundra, without nary a soul of acquaintance!! (except us)
And now I've spent some time with sweet Flora, and heard her story.
Its worth sharing.
Here we have a 30something girl who had an epiphany of sorts. She has come to realize that sitting in a high rise office for 62 hours a week, just wasnt getting her what she wants the most.
And what does she want the most you ask????
TRUE LOVE AND FAMILY!!!
Eastern Canada has been her home, and the man of her dreams didnt manifest himself there...so she has decided to go where her "ideal" man may be. Shes doing her best to stack the cards in her favor.
Flora will soon be casting off to distant lands, where the men are red-headed, freckled,and tall and handsome!! This dear woman has quit her job- bought a one-way ticket to the bonny land of Scotland where she has already landed a waitressing job-"what better way to actually meet people!?"
She's taking a month to be with us at the Ridge, "to kick her butt into shape and to do some "me" time." She signed up for a significant duration of intense physical activity...for herself!! I think shes already learned to love hiking!!
So I suppose....
Im not ashamed to admit that I'm am a little envious. The adventures of youth havent lost their appeal. Traveling, change, and the unknown are all things that have appealed to me!! This beautiful young lady has the world at her feet. Shes taking control, and not resolved to just complaining about what's not right in her life. Shes got Girl Power, and is doing something about it!! I feel certain that all of my 'girly' readers will be wishing her the very best in her new adventure. Some of us will even be jealous....
YOU GO DEAR GIRL!!!
May the red-heads stand up and take notice!!!

Stay tuned for the 'Adventures of Lynley' as well!!

(I'll need to be sure to recommend THIS movie to Flora before she goes!! And this fabulously entertaining PBS mini-series called Monarch of the Glen!!! So fun!!)

Do you have a favorite red-head?

SOMEONE NEEDS OUR HELP!!!

Please go HERE to learn about this family and the tragedy they are dealing with. The blogging world is a powerful tool, lets do what we can.

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH....

Animals arrived, liked the look of the place,

took up their quarter, settled down, spread,

and flourished. They didnt bother themselves

about the past-they never do; they're too busy.

from: The Wind and the Willows

by: Kenneth Grahame

Do you find yourself muttering under your breath, "Enough already!! She goes on and on about her job and her hikes and the weather! Enough!!"
It may be true that I share too many pictures of of my beloved red rock, and blue skies and the footpaths I tread each day. But...therein lies my passion.
For today I thought I'd share with you a different window into what life is like for all those affiliated with Fitness Ridge. Its fun to share a different perspective.
I hope you enjoy meeting Jim-a beloved guest, who we always look forward to seeing when he returns to our midst.

RANDOMNESS!!!

She did not entirely approve of volcanoes: their

action, she implied, was disruptive like the

tantrum of a child. Rivers that overflowed their

banks were rather silly. The grandeur of

mountain ranges and the fertility of valleys she

spoke with respect. Her tone, when she

described a plateau, was almost affectionate.

from: Good Morning Miss Dove

by: Frances Gray Patton

People are so clever!! GoHERE and see if you agree with me!!!

Are you like me and trying to unravel the twisted, convoluted mess in my mind that is the phenomenon called LOST...read this, maybe it'll help???????????

Are you a lover of tasty desserts...try this site, you,re bound to find something to add to your hips!!

Maybe there really is someone in Hollywood who's smart and talented and worth watching. See if you agree after watching ,THIS

Laugh out loud with this fun blog--but be careful, we all have one in a drawer or book somewhere close! (thanks chelsea for this one!!! )

In closing, I think this post needs a beautiful picture dont ya think?????

There, now I feel better!!!!