Well, better late than never, they always say.

Who "they" are, I haven't the foggiest, but I nevertheless agree.

As I mentioned in my previous post, (Holy crap! That was only.... YESTERDAY!)  last month daughter and I once again journeyed to our favorite home-away-from-home, Minneapolis.

Yes, we shopped at the Mall of America (um, duh)

Yes, we shopped at IKEA (I always get lost...)

Yes, we shopped at Albertville (75% off is my kind of deal)

Yes, we shopped at some antique stores (natch)

And yes, we returned to the fab Minnesota Zoo to say HAI! to some of our most-favorite Minnesotans.

Since it was going to be an unbelievable 45 C with the humidity, we made sure we got there as soon as it opened at 10 am. First stop, the Grizzlies - and because we were there early, it was in fact, "Feeding Time At The Zoo".

If I were him, I would count my fingers post-munchy-mealtime. Check that. If I were him, I would be flat on my back passed out the second those huge claws hit the cage.

Now THESE little guys I could feed; however they obviously do just fine fending for themselves (lookit the tummy!) ... nom, nom, nom...


After just an hour of seeing bears, leopards, bison, deer, coyotes and even a tiger, we were sweltering. Time to head to the cool indoor exhibits. But on the way, we stumbled across a bird show that was just starting. Here's were we found the cutest owl of all in the (thank the stars) shaded ampitheatre:  Hai Geezer!


He even posed with daughter. What a sweetie! He sits that way to keep cool... being an owl from South America, he LOVES the heat.

I, on the other hand, did not. So inside we ventured to Discovery Bay where we once again stumbled across a show just starting: the Bottlenose Dolphins were incredible. Then we happened upon some newcomers from whence last we visited. These Penguins were hilarious -- and way too quick to get a good clear shot of:


Now THIS kind soul had the decency to keep still during the photoshoot. I do believe he keeps still for ALL photo ops. And all day. And all night.... He looks rather proud to have the distinction of never ever having a blurry portrait, doesn't he?


Four hours zoomed by and the heat was unbearable, so we headed back to the MoA for some air-conditioned fun-ness at the newly revamped Underwater Adventures. The awesome Seahorse Exhibit never fails to amaze


as well as the bizzare JellyFish exhibit in all it's psychedelic glory


Once we were sure we had visited everyone we had come to see, we bade a fond farewell to our furry, feathery and scaley Neighbors To The South.

After all, we had more shopping to do.

So..... what have YOU been up to lately?

Oh me? Well let's see. Since I last wrote, I have been uber-busy. Yesiree... busy, busy, busy.

* Ahem *

Okay, perhaps busy with a titch of lazy.

Or, a tad busy with a more-than-admittable (okay, I know that is not a word) amount of  laziness.

For anyone who cares, here's a rundown of July, August and the first half of September that seemed to rip past without me seeming to notice:

July:

- Just updated blog! Hooray! Now I don't have to feel guilty any more. Going to update more now. Definitely.

- Hmmmm.... those weeds in the backyard are getting big. Must pull them one day. Yep. Definitely. One. Of. These. Days. Alright....

- I really should update the blog again. It's been a week after all.

- First I'll update my Ewokcels.com website, THEN I'll blog. Definitely fun to geek out with Star Wars again.

August:

- Got to update blog soon.... well, when I can find the TIME, that is. Got to give the house a good cleaning first. Definitely got to do that soon.

- Ooh! More cels came! Update today -- um, the Ewok site, not the blog. Must get back to that again soon. AND visit blogs again. I miss the antics of  Daisy and Harley, Tinsel and Lily, Babs and Mo, Swubird and all my online buddies listed on my Friends page.

- Oh joy! Something exciting is finally happening that I can blog about! I have to move all my craft crap supplies down to the basement so daughter can have her old bedroom back. I shall take lots of pictures and moan and bitch about what a chore this will be! Definitely entertaining stuff.

- Yes! Daughter and I are on vacay to Minneapolis again! I even have my laptop with me so I can post awesome photos and tell amazing stories of our adventures! Definitely will find the time to do that!

September:

- Where the heck did summer go? Well, at least my weeds are waning. The house is "clean enough". My craftroom is back in order - mostly. I have to catch up on my online friends again. Definitely got to cyber-travel, THEN update my blog.

- Holy crap! It's been months since I've last blogged.

Have to do that again sometime soon.

Definitely.