Sandie &
Mister Knightly @ Home
Welcome!
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Wish for the New Millennium:
May you have enough happiness to make
you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy, and
enough money to buy gifts!!
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Thought for 2012:
"No one party can fool all of the people all of the time - that's why we
have two parties."
- Bob Hope
April - Easter came in
April and I finally got around to doing something about my office - I painted
over the wall paper on two walls...yellow since I had the paint already and
didn't have to spend a penny on it... I like the results better. Went to
Blues Fest with the Kails and Tim & Randy and danced my butt off.
Picked up a guy too - a nice guy who lives in the hood. I don't think we
are made for each other however... still it was fun to flirt. 
Had the most fun in Las Vegas with Susan and Diane 
but also had a big wake up call... Bob S. told me my boss was planning to fire
me - my stomach dropped when I heard that. Bob is going to give me a try
as a part of his group however and I am going to try not to disappoint him - so
for now anyway, I am still employed. Tried zip lining in Vegas and loved
it, want to do more...
want
to do more dancing too... Came home and went to Rocky Horror in the Park
with the guys - good production, strange evening! The next day was the
Green Thumb Festival to see Marcia and Bill and then April was a part of
history.
March - What a long
and almost dreadful month! Oh there were many fun things to do, but
overshadowing it all was my friend Jack. I was furious with the hospital
for continuing to feed him false hope of recovery when it was so obvious he was
never coming home. When he finally died on the 23rd I was almost happy for
him. His life as he had known it for 82 years was gone before he breathed
his last and he would have hated what he had become, I know as we had discussed
such things many times... 
His dogs continued to stay with me until the morning of April 3rd when they went
to live with his daughter. I continue to miss him as we used to talk most
days at the dog park and we generally got together for drinks and dinner once a
month. I went to the services and was sad that no one who spoke actually
knew him - if you are reading this, please don't let strangers have the last
word on your life...ask a friend and leave instructions about who, if you
can. I made my own little tribute to him on Face Book with pictures of his
birds and I made a book of them as well to remember him by...
But life goes on and my
friend Diane came down the 1st of March for a fun visit 
I love hanging out with Diane as she still likes to party! We had some fun
at gypsy night at the Blueberry Patch and soaked up some culture too at Art in
Bloom. The night parade for the Grand Prix was another fun event that I
got to spend with Chris, Tim, Doug & Kevin. I love being out at night
with those guys too.
Geri came over to go to
Marcia's Music party and it was fun to see her - the party was great and I would
have stayed much longer but for the little dogs waiting at home. The
following weekend was the 20th Annual Egg Coloring party which was at Time &
Randy's and it was a lovely time.
and then finally March was over and I was ready to get on with life!
February - I do
believe spring came really early and it began in February... the temperature got
warm faster than I recall from years past and the feel of spring was around all
month. My old friend Debbie Wheelock-Taylor came to visit and it was
delightful to see her again after so many years. We fell into a comfort
zone that melted the intervening years away... it was a great visit and I hope
she comes back again. 
There was plenty of stuff to
do all month including a great SuperBowl party at Marcia & Bill's (and the
Giants won!), the Cool Art 2 show in Gulfport followed by a fun lunch with Russ,
Jim and Tim, and a bunch of movies to view in advance of the Oscars. The
only sad part was that my friend Jack went into the hospital and is still there
as I write this... his two dogs came to stay with me. That seems to be an
ongoing theme in my life now - old men and their dogs! 
January - The years are starting to go by
faster...and here goes another one. January included a lunch fest - one
with Marcia and another with Russ plus a dinner with jerry and yet another lunch
with Susan Hunt and a movie. In between all that eating came my birthday
which included a brunch with the guys and a good deed on my part, a brunch with
Jack. i am quite worried about Jack, he has a cancer at his spine that has
to be quite painful. He has lost 30 pounds and I suspect he will loose
more when he starts chemo in February. So sad. He tries to be
positive and he says his odds are good for recovery and i sure hope they are...
Here is the neighborhood, we lost Paul's dog
Sammy to old age and cancer too. I was quite worried about Paul but he has
bounced back with the help of his new do Miss Gracie. Gracie is young and
something of a handful - so I was taking Mister Knightly over to play with her
each day until she came down with kennel cough...then I had to keep my darling
in until we could determine if he too had been affected. 
- fortunately not. I also took myself out to watch some football in
preparation for the SuperBowl in Feb and had a pretty good time being out
alone. I need to do more of that during the coming months as this is the
key to not feeling sorry for myself...just get out there and do whatever strikes
your fancy.
My birthday was a non-event and I didn't
even care...I used to love them so...wonder what's up with that? Anyway,
here is the photo of me at 65 - not too bad...I'm back to being really blonde
and my weight is 128 lbs. I am hoping to be at 125 by next year. 
Photo Album
If you
haven't already seen the photos of my Trip to Sweden at Mid
summer 07 or Amsterdam 06 or the wine
country of France 05 or my Millennium trip to Sweden or my 2002 trip
to Scotland, you can see
most of them in Places We Like.
For a look back at 2011 click
here
For a look back at 2010 click
here
For a look back at 2009 click
here
For a look back at 2008 click
here
For a look back at 2007 click here
For a look back at 2006 click here
For a look back at 2005 click here
For a look back at 2004 Click Here
For a look back at 2003
Click
here
For a look back at 2002 click here
Hello -
So you were out browsing the net and decided to
stop in at our site...Welcome.
As you can see it is about a girl and her dog. We live in Florida. The dog is a puppy and
the girl is almost 9 in animal years. You can contact us at this
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Interests:
Travel (including camping)
Books (except Best Sellers)
Films (mostly classics)
Dancing (Swing )
Walking
Swimming (both kinds)
Fishing (especially at night)
Life is Grand!
Mister Knightly and I wake each day with smiles on our
faces. We strive to be happy without doing harm to anyone else in the process. This
isn't very deep stuff, I know, but that's our philosophy and we're sticking to it!
We hope you are enjoying your life. Send us an email and let us know what you think. As my
dear friend Richard likes to quote,
"May the long-time sun
shine upon you,
all love surround you
and the clear light within you, guide your way home"
- The Incredible String Band
Vintage
interiors
Had the most fun in Las Vegas with Susan and Diane 
but also had a big wake up call... Bob S. told me my boss was planning to fire
me - my stomach dropped when I heard that. Bob is going to give me a try
as a part of his group however and I am going to try not to disappoint him - so
for now anyway, I am still employed. Tried zip lining in Vegas and loved
it, want to do more...
want
to do more dancing too... Came home and went to Rocky Horror in the Park
with the guys - good production, strange evening! The next day was the
Green Thumb Festival to see Marcia and Bill and then April was a part of
history.
