Mish Mash Monday -- Spirit of Philadelphia

Flat Benji and I got to ride on the Spirit of Philadelphia Cruise Ship.  Mommy went out with her sister and some of Mommy's sister's friends to celebrate Mommy's sister's birthday (and Mommy brought along Flat Benji and Lassie!)  We went on the Ship a little over a week ago.  Mommy snapped a picture of the ship before we met up with Mommy's sister's friends at 7pm-- so, this is the only bright picture of the ship we have.

This is a ship nearby.  It's a restaurant, I think.  It's called the Moshulu, or something like that.

Here we are with one of those life preserver things that say Spirit of Philadelphia.

Here's some big rope we saw on the ship.  That gate to the left of the photo is where we entered and exited off the ship.

We went at night, so it was hard to take pictures.  But the lights were pretty.

Here we are on the butt of the ship.  Mommy says all the parts of a ship are named, but she doesn't know the proper name of the back of the ship.  (The American Flag was hanging on the railing on the back center of the ship).

I know these pictures are super dark, that's why we posed it on Mish Mash Monday -- this is supposed to be a picture of a ship that has lights on it.

Here we are after the ship ride!  I know the picture is super dark -- can you see me?  I will lighten the picture for you.

Can you see me now?

We had fun on the Spirit of Philadelphia.  The waiters sing on the ship. It was a 3 hour boat ride.  There is a buffet dinner (the lemon basil chicken was pawsome!), there was a DJ playing music where people can dance, and when we exited the ship they gave out Philadelphia Pretzels to everyone.    

What a great adventure!!!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties

The day after...Hurricane Sandy

We are safe and sound in NJ!  We still have power too!   Grandma is so happy we had those trees up front of our house removed when we did!  Especially that really big tall one that hung over our house!    A lot of the neighbors had trees removed when we did.  (What's that saying -- monkey see, monkey do.)  We are thankful they got trees trimmed and dead trees removed too.

Anyway, our street looks pretty good.  Nothing like when Hurricane Irene hit last year in August.   Last year at this time in the morning, all the neighbors were out front picking up big branches all over their lawns from Irene and raking up tons of leaves.

This year, not too many branches down from neighbor trees, and a lot less leaves since a lot of trees from the block were removed.

Maybe that branch hitting Mommy's car earlier this month was a blessing in disguise, not just for us, but for our neighbors too.  That wind was so strong -- someone's dead tree or branches could have caused serious injury around us.

It's too bad Mommy is still so frightened of tree branches from that branch earlier this month.

Mommy's head is hurting so bad -- probably from worrying too much.  (Seems like something is squeezing her temples together towards her skull.)

In any case, we just wanted to send out a blog post to let everyone know we are ok in NJ. Still the occasional gust of wind going on this morning, but it's nothing like it was last night.

We hope all our blog friends are ok too!

Here is a picture of our house this morning after Hurricane Sandy.   Hurricane Sandy decided to check our mailbox for mail.   I don't know if the Post Office delivered mail yesterday, butt, I guess Sandy decided we didn't need to pay any bills so, she got rid of those bills for us!   Thanks Sandy!    Oh, and Sandy decided to turn around that 1212 sign, it used to face up and down like the mailbox, but now it is more parallel with the house, and it faces the mailbox.  Mommy likes the way it faces now.  Mommy will keep it that way!    Oh, one last note, there was a little part of a tree branch on our roof between the front door and a bedroom window.  It got up their weeks/months ago when we still had our trees out front of our house.   Mommy told a neighbor weeks ago, I'm sure if there is a strong enough wind one day, it will knock down that little part of the tree branch that's up there --- Mommy was wrong!   The little branch is still there.  Guess Sandy likes that little piece of branch up there, so it stays!

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan

Quick update on Sandy from NJ

Just a quick update from our place in South Jersey on Hurricane Sandy.  We are fine.  We are surprised we still have power -- but the lights have been flickering all day.

It's been a very windy and very rainy day.   We finally got a proper potty break at 8pm tonight when the rain finally let down.   Earlier in the day, Mommy kept trying to get us to go potty in the yard -- we were able to take quick pee breaks outside butt got soaked.  It was no fun -- trust us!   So, we were so happy at 8pm to get outside when the wind let down a bit and the rain wasn't pounding as hard as before.


Right now there is a bit of a calm spot.  But the news on TV says we should be getting bad wind until 6 am or something like that.  Maybe this is the eye of the storm or something.

Anyway, Mommy is so nervous with this Hurricane.  She still hasn't gotten over that tree branch falling down weeks ago that almost hit her, butt hit the car instead.  So, she is terrified looking out the window at neighbors trees swaying in the wind. 

Guess in time, Mommy will get over her fear of trees.   We still have some trees in our back yard, but they provide shade.   Hopefully Mommy will get over her fear of trees soon before she gets all the trees in the back yard cut down just like she got all the trees out front cut down earlier this month. 

Stay safe everyone.

Lassiter Chase and Benjamin Gilligan the Shelties

P.S.  Grandma wanted Mommy to post a picture of how she prepared for the storm.  Grandma got herself a big bottle of Prune Juice.   Mommy was supposed to post the picture -- butt she didn't.  Sorry Grandma!  Grandma thought everyone would get a big kick out of her Prune Juice preparation for the storm.