Showing posts with label lois lane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lois lane. Show all posts
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Great Day!
Today has been a great day because Lois Lane just got adopted and she is going to live on a big ranch in Medina! Lois Lane Rocks!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Loyce Lane!
This morning after I did my chores my morning started out exciting. On a scale of one to ten for excitement with ten being the highest, I would rate my morning surprise an eight and a half. The rest of my morning and early afternoon dropped down to a four and then around three-thirty it jumped back up to an eight and a half again.
With the dogs fed and the laundry washing in Queen Bee I poured myself a hot cup of Guayaki Yerba Mate organic tea and sat down at the kitchen table to check my e-mail. But before I checked it I decided to go to eBay to see if anyone had placed a bid on my first fasterpiece watercolor painting, "Canyon Of Forgetting" that only took me thirty minutes to paint, because I used my hair dryer to speed-dry the paint.
I laughed out loud and nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that my fasterpiece had already received five bids from three serious bidders and the selling price of five dollars that I had set the bidding price to start at, to help cover my shipping and handling costs had more than tripled! I couldn't believe it. We're talking $15.50.
As I continued to laugh, out of curiosity I thought about why anyone would want to buy a stupid Cousin Nancy watercolor fasterpiece, so I checked to see who had placed bids on it. The only bidder's name that I recognized were my good friends Sandy and Jon Wolfmueller of Wolfmuellers Books, which made me laugh even harder and that is when Tony walked inside the trailer and asked me what was so funny.
"It's official T.! I'm a starving artist! Three people have already..." I happily explained, as I showed him the status of my auction fasterpiece item on eBay. "This is so hilarious. I'm calling Wolfmuellers as soon as they open at nine.
"Wolmueller's Books," Jon said, at two minutes past nine, and I burst out laughing.
"Jon, this is Nancy."
"I know."
"I can't believe that y'all bid on my stupid-looking watercolor fasterpiece..." After we laughed about it I said, "If y'all win the auction I will hand deliver it to y'all to save the five dollars shipping and handling cost. Which means the rescue ranch will make a cool $7.75 and so will I. Not bad for thirty minutes of work. What are y'all going to do if you win it—hang it in the bathroom for laughs? I bet Cheryl and Walt Ratliff are going to be greatly relieved too that someone is buying it, because I told them that I was going to give it to them for a Christmas present if no one bought it which probably scared them..."
My day dropped down to a four on the scale of excitement when our phone conversation ended and I started taking care of business doing paperwork, returning phone calls and e-mails, etc.
Kinky called me around one o'clock to tell me that he had some visitors coming out and he wanted to know if we would be around and if it was okay for him to bring them over to meet us and see the rescue ranch.
At three-thirty Kinky and his guests arrived over here and he introduced us to Barry and Ann from Santa Barbara, California and then we got to gabbing. Within two minutes all of us were in the front yard of my writing cabin visiting with Lois Lane, because Ann and Barry were interested in adopting her. "Okay, y'all," I said. "I need for y'all to help me settle a bet that I made with Tony this morning. Isn't Lois Lane the name of Superman's girlfriend? Tony thinks her name is Loyce Lane not Lois." After everyone agreed with me that her name is Lois not Loyce we laughed and teased T. as Lois Lane hammed it up with Barry and Ann—she was working them, because she knew they were thinking about adopting her. She is such a cool dog.
My day shot back up to an eight and a half when Ann said, "We like Lois Lane and I think we want to adopt her. We are going to be in Texas for the next three weeks and I want to come back out to the rescue ranch and spend some time with her until we make a commitment."
"That's what I like to hear," Kinky said. "When you said, "make a commitment" that means that you're going to adopt her in my book." Fifteen minutes after playing with Lois Lane and telling the very nice couple about what a great dog she was I took Ann to meet Nellybelle, another one of our sweet Pit Bulls that she also liked.
Before they left to go with Kinky and Frank to Wolfmueller's Books and then out to eat I signed and gave Ann and Barry copies of my books. I really liked these people and feel almost certain that in a few weeks Lois Lane will be running up and down the beach in Santa Barbara with this super couple.
Y'all have a great evening!
With the dogs fed and the laundry washing in Queen Bee I poured myself a hot cup of Guayaki Yerba Mate organic tea and sat down at the kitchen table to check my e-mail. But before I checked it I decided to go to eBay to see if anyone had placed a bid on my first fasterpiece watercolor painting, "Canyon Of Forgetting" that only took me thirty minutes to paint, because I used my hair dryer to speed-dry the paint.
I laughed out loud and nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that my fasterpiece had already received five bids from three serious bidders and the selling price of five dollars that I had set the bidding price to start at, to help cover my shipping and handling costs had more than tripled! I couldn't believe it. We're talking $15.50.
As I continued to laugh, out of curiosity I thought about why anyone would want to buy a stupid Cousin Nancy watercolor fasterpiece, so I checked to see who had placed bids on it. The only bidder's name that I recognized were my good friends Sandy and Jon Wolfmueller of Wolfmuellers Books, which made me laugh even harder and that is when Tony walked inside the trailer and asked me what was so funny.
"It's official T.! I'm a starving artist! Three people have already..." I happily explained, as I showed him the status of my auction fasterpiece item on eBay. "This is so hilarious. I'm calling Wolfmuellers as soon as they open at nine.
"Wolmueller's Books," Jon said, at two minutes past nine, and I burst out laughing.
"Jon, this is Nancy."
"I know."
"I can't believe that y'all bid on my stupid-looking watercolor fasterpiece..." After we laughed about it I said, "If y'all win the auction I will hand deliver it to y'all to save the five dollars shipping and handling cost. Which means the rescue ranch will make a cool $7.75 and so will I. Not bad for thirty minutes of work. What are y'all going to do if you win it—hang it in the bathroom for laughs? I bet Cheryl and Walt Ratliff are going to be greatly relieved too that someone is buying it, because I told them that I was going to give it to them for a Christmas present if no one bought it which probably scared them..."
My day dropped down to a four on the scale of excitement when our phone conversation ended and I started taking care of business doing paperwork, returning phone calls and e-mails, etc.
Kinky called me around one o'clock to tell me that he had some visitors coming out and he wanted to know if we would be around and if it was okay for him to bring them over to meet us and see the rescue ranch.
At three-thirty Kinky and his guests arrived over here and he introduced us to Barry and Ann from Santa Barbara, California and then we got to gabbing. Within two minutes all of us were in the front yard of my writing cabin visiting with Lois Lane, because Ann and Barry were interested in adopting her. "Okay, y'all," I said. "I need for y'all to help me settle a bet that I made with Tony this morning. Isn't Lois Lane the name of Superman's girlfriend? Tony thinks her name is Loyce Lane not Lois." After everyone agreed with me that her name is Lois not Loyce we laughed and teased T. as Lois Lane hammed it up with Barry and Ann—she was working them, because she knew they were thinking about adopting her. She is such a cool dog.
"That's what I like to hear," Kinky said. "When you said, "make a commitment" that means that you're going to adopt her in my book." Fifteen minutes after playing with Lois Lane and telling the very nice couple about what a great dog she was I took Ann to meet Nellybelle, another one of our sweet Pit Bulls that she also liked.
Before they left to go with Kinky and Frank to Wolfmueller's Books and then out to eat I signed and gave Ann and Barry copies of my books. I really liked these people and feel almost certain that in a few weeks Lois Lane will be running up and down the beach in Santa Barbara with this super couple.
Y'all have a great evening!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Me In The Middle!
Today was a fun day and we had a lot of visitors come out to see our ranch. Unfortunately, no one adopted one of our dogs, but we enjoyed giving them tours and meeting the people.
This afternoon while I was on the phone having a fun visit with my friend, Reverend Analea Rawson, the minister of the Unity Church of Austin, I had to get off of the phone, because Kim Williamson and her husband Brian of the popular Kerrville television station KVHC 15 arrived to tape me in advance with some of our dogs for the show that I will be doing about my new book.
Tomorrow afternoon at the television station is when Kim will interview me. The show will air on Monday at 7:30 AM and then a few more times during the day. They told me that it will be on the internet also, so anyone who wants to watch me make a fool out of myself on TV please check out:
www.kvhc.com and click on the the little yellow TV near the bottom of the screen.
As always I am a little bit nervous about being on TV, especially since the last time that I was on KVHC, with Sponge Bob Diaper Pants—I was covered in poop and we stunk to high heaven. But I think that I will be okay this time, since Tone will be there in the audience and I will have one of our dogs sitting beside me.
When I got off of the phone with Analea I went into Outer Space to join Kim, Brian and Tony. We had a fun visit and then we took off for the pens, so Kim could shoot me with some of our dogs, because they want to show some of the footage while Kim is interviewing me.
Our first stop was at Nellybelle's and Hank's pen and here is a short video clip that T. took of Kim shooting Hank and me. We then went to several more dog pens and I introduced the dogs and talked about them as Kim took videos.
When we were done with the taping Tony took this picture of Brian, me in the middle and Kim.
This afternoon while I was on the phone having a fun visit with my friend, Reverend Analea Rawson, the minister of the Unity Church of Austin, I had to get off of the phone, because Kim Williamson and her husband Brian of the popular Kerrville television station KVHC 15 arrived to tape me in advance with some of our dogs for the show that I will be doing about my new book.
Tomorrow afternoon at the television station is when Kim will interview me. The show will air on Monday at 7:30 AM and then a few more times during the day. They told me that it will be on the internet also, so anyone who wants to watch me make a fool out of myself on TV please check out:
www.kvhc.com and click on the the little yellow TV near the bottom of the screen.
As always I am a little bit nervous about being on TV, especially since the last time that I was on KVHC, with Sponge Bob Diaper Pants—I was covered in poop and we stunk to high heaven. But I think that I will be okay this time, since Tone will be there in the audience and I will have one of our dogs sitting beside me.
When I got off of the phone with Analea I went into Outer Space to join Kim, Brian and Tony. We had a fun visit and then we took off for the pens, so Kim could shoot me with some of our dogs, because they want to show some of the footage while Kim is interviewing me.
Our first stop was at Nellybelle's and Hank's pen and here is a short video clip that T. took of Kim shooting Hank and me. We then went to several more dog pens and I introduced the dogs and talked about them as Kim took videos.
When we were done with the taping Tony took this picture of Brian, me in the middle and Kim.
After T. took this picture of us Kim asked me if I was hot, since it was ninety-five degrees outside. "Yes, I am burning up, Kim. I purposefully wore this dark navy, long sleeved t-shirt, so I wouldn't look fat in front of the camera." Kim and Brian laughed. "I'm serious, y'all."
Before leaving Kim and Brian wanted to meet our pigs. While we introduced them to them and Kim shot them—Lois Lane, who is staying in the front yard of my writing cabin, which is next door to the pigpen started barking at us and that is when I pulled a fast one on T. "Kim, why don't you shoot Tony talking about Lois Lane? He is Lois Lane's Super Man."
With Kim's camera focused on Tony as he changed out the water in Lois' water bucket and talked about her—I turned on my camera and shot him, too! Here is a short video clip of Tone with Lois.
After we said goodbye to Kim and Brian and they drove away we came inside the trailer and that is when I turned into Nervous Nancy. "Tony, what do you think I should wear tomorrow? I love my overalls, but they make me look fat. I could wear my new cotton candy, pink colored Crocs with my jeans or..."
"I don't know. Which dog do you want to take to the station?"
"I don't know," I said, as I refilled our dog's water bowl. "Ben Stiller would be a good one, but he will be taller than me if he sits next to me on the couch. Maybe I should wear dark clothes like I did today, so I don't look fat. My muffin top could blend in nicely with Ben's black coat?"
Fifteen minutes later our conversation was over and T. was back in his office—harvesting a crop. As I type this I still don't know what to wear or which dog to bring with me to the station tomorrow and I just remembered that Mercury is still in retrograde, so I am sure that if anything can go wrong tomorrow—it will.
I am fixin' to pop some popcorn and sit down and watch, "Dan In Real Life" or "Something's Gotta Give." I love both of those movies.
P.S. Mark—Welcome to Texas! We can't wait to meet you!
Y'all have a great evening!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Lois Lane Rocks!
This morning I didn't walk because I had a lot of paperwork to take care of, so instead of walking early, I went outside and handed out treats to the dogs and they ate them up, while Jim walked our dogs. Thank you, Jim.
Around eleven-thirty Lois Lane showed up at the rescue ranch. We weren't surprised because we had been expecting her. Ten days ago, Lori, an outstanding member of the famous Kerrtown agility team—The NoMads and Cowboy Steak House, found her on her ranch—Lois had been dumped by some creep who I hope gets what he deserves in life.
After Lori rescued her, she took L.L. to her vet and got her spayed, wormed, put on heart worm preventative and given all of her shots. Then she took her home to recuperate. This morning after Lori removed Ms. Lane's stitches she brought her to us, so we can adopt her out to a great home.
The minute we met this beautiful, awesome dog we fell in love with her. Since we are over-full out here at this time, we put this sweetheart of a dog in the front yard of my writing cabin and she had no complaints. All she wanted to do was run around the big yard, kiss us and play in the plastic pool that we had set up for her.
As Lori, Tone and I visited inside the yard we watched in amazement as T. tossed a big rock into her blue pool and she jumped into the water and put her head under water so she could find the rock. It was totally awesome watching her fetch rocks out of the wading pool. Here is a short video clip that I took this evening of her retrieving rocks. Lois Lane Rocks!
Before Lori left she gave us two fifty pound sacks of dog food which was great, because we were out after Tone fed this morning and we had planned to go to Kerrville to buy some dog food later today. Thank you, Lori! You saved us a lot of money and a trip.
This evening Rick called me from Port Aransas and we had a fun visit. He told me that he really enjoyed Cindy's, Nita's and my visit and he watched the video of us on his Triump and thought it was funny. Before we hung up, Rick jokingly said, "Cousin Nancy, since y'all didn't steal anything—y'all are welcome to come back anytime."
P.S. I have great news! Kinky will be back at the ranch tomorrow and I can't wait to see him, because he has been gone for over a month. I know that he is going to fall in love with Lois Lane, too!
Y'all have a great evening!
Around eleven-thirty Lois Lane showed up at the rescue ranch. We weren't surprised because we had been expecting her. Ten days ago, Lori, an outstanding member of the famous Kerrtown agility team—The NoMads and Cowboy Steak House, found her on her ranch—Lois had been dumped by some creep who I hope gets what he deserves in life.
After Lori rescued her, she took L.L. to her vet and got her spayed, wormed, put on heart worm preventative and given all of her shots. Then she took her home to recuperate. This morning after Lori removed Ms. Lane's stitches she brought her to us, so we can adopt her out to a great home.
As Lori, Tone and I visited inside the yard we watched in amazement as T. tossed a big rock into her blue pool and she jumped into the water and put her head under water so she could find the rock. It was totally awesome watching her fetch rocks out of the wading pool. Here is a short video clip that I took this evening of her retrieving rocks. Lois Lane Rocks!
Before Lori left she gave us two fifty pound sacks of dog food which was great, because we were out after Tone fed this morning and we had planned to go to Kerrville to buy some dog food later today. Thank you, Lori! You saved us a lot of money and a trip.
This evening Rick called me from Port Aransas and we had a fun visit. He told me that he really enjoyed Cindy's, Nita's and my visit and he watched the video of us on his Triump and thought it was funny. Before we hung up, Rick jokingly said, "Cousin Nancy, since y'all didn't steal anything—y'all are welcome to come back anytime."
P.S. I have great news! Kinky will be back at the ranch tomorrow and I can't wait to see him, because he has been gone for over a month. I know that he is going to fall in love with Lois Lane, too!
Y'all have a great evening!
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