You Gotta Love Oprah!

One of the perks of my new job is that I get Tuesdays off!! I usually keep busy running errands, cleaning the house and having an AtHome America party!

But today was different! I happened to surf to see what was on Ellen or Oprah and HOLY COW! It was none other than RICK SPRINGFIELD! I may not be 15 anymore--but OH BABY! He is still a hottie! (Sure, he's probably had some work done--who cares!) And yes, if I would have been there--I would have been one of those 30ish women in the audience freaking out! Of course I DVR'd it! It's not everyday you get a flashback to your youth!

Home Sweet Home

Here's a post of our home. I took this in '06 because we had an amazing Fall with TONS of pumpkins in our garden. The mums looked beautiful! It was a glorious gardening year!

I've got Spring Fever. So ready to Spring Clean--which starts today--but more importantly, I'm ready to garden. I need to smell the dirt and get my fingers dirty!

With starting a new job--I now get Tuesdays off. I am so ready to have Tuesdays to myself this Spring to enjoy the quiet time preparing the garden. I've got this cute in little garden sign that reads "The kiss of the Sun for Pardon, The Song of the Bird for Mirth, One is nearer God's Heart in a Garden Than anywhere else on Earth". I LOVE that quote too.

I'm not the best gardener in the world--it's a serious of trial and error. I've had plenty of error! Don't even get me started on the Lamb's Ears I just HAD TO HAVE!! It's time to start thinking about what I want to try this year. A good friend gave me HUGE boxes of Hens and Chicks which laborously divided and planted last year. Cannot wait to see how they fill in the space!

Josie Girl!

Well, here she is! We got this beautiful Chocolate Lab for Christmas. Her eyes look a little spooky here--so I'll take any photo editing tips!

As I said in my initial blog--the poor thing went through about 10 names! Lola was first! Dylan and I LOVED it! Who wouldn't love a little "Showgirl" dog? Marc and Tanner--that's who. So then we went on to Lucky. As in, she'll be "lucky" she doesn't meet her death on the highway. Sad to say and I'm sorry! We've lost a dog like that and it's hard! So we have her on a short leash! Well, Lucky didn't fit the bill! After a few more tries, we THOUGHT she was going to be Missy! I LOVE it! Cute name for a dog. Marc just couldn't grasp it. He hated telling people he got a dog and when they asked the name, he just didn't like the response he got from Missy. Just fell flat. He started to call her his "baby girl"--I couldn't go there. She had to have a NAME!

We really have had A LOT of dogs. And if I started to go through the names of dogs we used to have--you would not believe it! Ginger, Molly, Daisy, Ruby, Tucker, Gooch oh my goodness! Have we went through too many to come up with yet another name?

All of a sudden, we just new--Josie! Dylan's not hooked on it--but it fits. It is just her! She looks at me with those eyes and yep, she's a Josie! Some days, she may be called Naughty Girl, sometimes Josie Girl or Josie Posie. And she'll probably be called a choice word once in a while! Like when she chewed up my dress shoes! UGH! But Josie's a KEEPER and we like her that way!

The Main Event!

I've been wanting to start a blog for sometime now! But where to start? First a name! It's hard to find a good name for a blog. It's not like I'm naming one of my children, or a dog. (It took us about 10 names before we found one for our new puppy--more on that one later!) I wanted something cool--like a newspaper? Or a rock band? But hey, I can't be calling it the "Samway Strip" or "Samway Spread"--we aren't THAT KIND OF BLOG!

What about a cool name like a rock band? Bon Jovi comes to mind--but what the heck do you do with Samway. We really aren't a rock band--except Tanner seems to be the one who should be in one with all that HAIR!

What about after a TV show? Oprah, Rachel Ray--these successful people use their names--so Samway had to be in the title! So after much deliberation, I went for "The Samway Scene". You know, sort of like part of a movie or TV show! After all--some days, it is a romantic comedy around here while other days are clearly a soap opera! So come visit our own REALITY SERIES on this blog where I am the DIRECTOR! My family are the STARS! And we give thanks every day to our PRODUCER--Jesus Christ and our CREATOR! Remember HE is IN CHARGE!! SO when you read my blog what I hope you remember is that "Life is not a dress rehearsal! This IS the Main Event!"