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Well, where do we start? I think after the last update, we had both been feeling a little blue like we always do that time of year. The time of year when winter is essentially behind us but still tries to hang on and spring hasn't quite made it here yet. Can't ski or snowshoe anymore and can't get out in the garden. Well, so we did what any self respecting yankee would do and planned a trip! It was all rather spontaneous, really. We had talked about it, getting away...but had no firm plans until one chilly Sunday while we were in the mall, we decided to stop into the travel agent and see if they did trips to Key West.

We are Lisa & Herb, aka the Snoopynuts, and this is our home in cyberspace. In real life, we live in the great state of New York, one of the most beautiful and diverse places on the planet. We're nuts about Snoopy, we love animals and we love the great outdoors. We hope our Web site entertains you, makes you smile and takes you away even if it's just for a short time...

*AND*, we welcome comments about our site or anything else!

Enjoy your visit!

We here at Snoopynut.com have lots to be grateful to the internet for. It has enabled us to keep in touch better with our friends and family. It has educated us -- there is so much information out there! It has helped in so many ways to research things such as movies and actors and movie times; looking up people in the news; getting the news as it happens; seeing weather as it happens; making new friends from around the world; not to mention building our very own Web site! We're also able to print labels, type out letters and other correspondence, and even create Santa letters! (Like how I fit that plug in? :P)

This looks like it's starting to become a regular thing -- updating once a month. And who knows, this may still not have happened without a little nudge from the Scrappynut. Thanks, sis. :P Anyway, we apologize for the delay but hopefully this entry will satisfy your Snoopynut curiosity for another month, long enough for us to gather some more interesting happenin's! :D

Why Key West, you ask? Well, it has been a place we have wanted to go for awhile. We'd often heard about it from family and they always seemed to love their visits there and also, we found out Ernest Hemingway had a mansion down there and that it is currently inhabited by decendents of his original pet cats. The Snoopynuts and animals, now there's a great combination and a surefire way to convince us to visit! So we talked to an agent and as it so happened she had been there and had all sorts of firsthand information which convinced us even more we should go. So we booked a trip and are heading out in few days! Woo hoo! We'll see if we can get some pictures posted when we get back. :D

In the meantime, we have also been doing some spring cleaning which is always a good way to keep busy and open everything up and air things out. We did some of the usual things like wash the windows and screens, and put the screens in.

As per usual every year this time, the Snoopynuts have been busy following the Stanley Cup playoffs, only this year the Snoopynut herself is more involved because last year a certain Pittsburgh Penguin captain was brought to her attention. ;)

Last but not least, the Snoopynut feels the need to share a very special discovery! Some people reading this may already know about this product but it's news to me...and great news at that. The product is called CoCo Wheats. Doesn't sound all that appetizing, does it? Well, the reason I bought it and tried it in the first place is because when I saw it on the shelf at Wal-Mart, it looked just like another breakfast cereal I LOVED as a kid called Brek. Trouble is, Brek is a British cereal so you can't get it here in the U.S. You can get it online but what kind of guarantee of freshness is there and also, the shipping would probably make it not worth it. So anyhoo, if you have kids or are a chocolate lover yourself, I encourage you to look for CoCo Wheats in the cereal aisle near the oatmeal. It really is excellent!!

If you watch hockey, you will know I am talking about one Sidney Crosby. I know, I know, he's young enough to be my son! But I guess I don't feel that taboo as much as someone who has kids. And he IS an adult, able to drive a car and go on dates and everything. LOL. Anyhoo, Mr. Snoopynut has been teaching the Snoopynut hockey for the last year or so, since the Red Wings, (his team), beat the Penguins in the finals. And now we watch both our teams together. When the Red Wings are playing, we both root for them and when the Penguins are playing we root for them. And we will continue to do that until they meet again for the finals. LOL. (You know -- when the Penguins trounce the Red Wings. ;) )

For those reading this that aren't familiar, when living in the north it is always a good idea to remove the window screens in winter to minimize unneccesary wear and tear on them. You're not going to use them in the winter anyway, right? :D We also brought out some of the things that make the Snoopynut really happy in spring -- windchimes and lawn ornaments! We now have 18 windchimes. :) And most of the lawn ornaments, as you can imagine, are Snoopy, Woodstock and woodland animals such as squirrels, rabbits, a bear, a raccoon and of course, your requisite garden gnomes. ;)

Who knew anyone celebrated the day after May Day? ;) Well, the Snoopynuts are back, all rested and relaxed after their trip to Key West and what a wonderful trip it was! I think it will rank right up there with one of the best trips we have ever taken, when it really only started out as a spur of the moment spring getaway. I guess you just never know!

The trip went off without a hitch...well, mostly! All the flights were fine, mostly on time with very little turbulence, (always a good thing!) The resort we stayed at was nice and we also had access to the services of an adjacent resort which was even nicer. We even liked that one so much we may even go again next year! :O The first one was smaller and more 'intimate' but we actually felt the larger one to be more intimate in an anonymous, getting- lost-in-the-crowd sort of way, if that makes any sense. Don't worry if it doesn't...it doesn't need to. LOL.

We didn't do any sort of boating or snorkeling...maybe next time. But we did do some swimming and took in some neat sites like the pier at sunset; the Hemingway House, (which was the main reason we went there!); the Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory; and the nightlife downtown. We also rented a tandem bike for two days and drove around the island. That was really fun but quite sore on the butt after two days! LOL. At least we got some exercise while we were on vacation! :P

So on to the fun stuff, the pictures!! I decided to do a slide show type presentation since there were so many pictures. Last time we went on a big trip I did a DVD that turned out to be over an hour long and that was way too big for the site! Maybe some day when we have Ultra Mega Super Gig speed internet. LOL. Anyway, here is a page on the pics, complete with music for your enjoyment!

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When you go to a Web site, do you ever look at the links pages? If not, you should give it a little looksee, you never know what interesting Web sites are out there that you never knew existed. And speaking of that ;)....Snoopynut.com has recently updated their links page....lotsa interesting sites, check 'em out:

Spring 2009 has been crazy around here. As we said before, we have started a bunch of remodeling projects recently and we are in the midst of that right now so the house is in disarray, which is putting it mildly! This week we are hoping to get a new bay window for our living room and a new front door, and someone will also be coming in to do the mudding of the drywall in the master bedroom and texturizing the ceiling in preparation for painting. Then the floor guy will come in and do the hardwood floors and last but not least, we'll be getting cultured stone around the fireplace. *Whew* Makes me tired just thinking about it!

And as always this is the campin' time of year for the Snoopynuts and typically our first trip of the year is mid-May, early June. So Mr. Snoopynut took vacation and we had plans to go camping but weren't sure where yet, when suddenly the week before he is set to go on vacation, we discover our van needs a new transmission. The van was what we use to pull the boat and tow the camper. So.....here we are with a 14-year-old van that needs a new transmission which would probably cost the same as what we could sell the van for, (and possibly more!) What to do, what to do.

And last but most definitely not least, hockey!! As you might know from previous posts, the Snoopynut became a real hockey fan this last season so we ended up purchasing the pay channel NHL Center Ice and got to watch a lot of her Pens games as well as Mr. Snoopynut's Red Wings. AND as luck would have it, the two teams ended up in the Stanley Cup finals together! Woo hoo! What a great series, too. The bad news? Mr. Snoopynut had to work the night of game 7 when the Pens beat the Wings! He got to listen to it on the internet, though. And if you're wondering, we are not a competitive household so he was happy for the Snoopynut just as the Snoopynut was happy for him as he watched the Wings win several Stanley Cups in the past. It was kind of funny, though, dancing and whooping it up alone on a Friday night at 11 p.m. at home. LOL! My first year as a hockey fan and my team wins the Stanley Cup! It's all downhill from here, eh? LOL. (That was my best Canadian accent!)

And now all that is left is to sell the Snoopynut's beloved Celica and we will once again be a two-vehicle family. LOL. Anyone interested in a 1994 Red Toyota Celica in great condition? If so, call us or check out our ad on Craigslist!

http://syracuse.craigslist.org/cto/1229081766.html

Well, Mr. Snoopynut decided we should get a truck to replace the van with. So one day we stopped at the local Chevy dealer to see what they had for dealer incentives and it so happened that they had a total of $5000 in incentives if you bought before June 1. This was May 29, the Friday before $1000 of that was due to run out. They also told us they would give us $3000 for the van which was more than we expected so we had them look up what was available at other dealerships, (they didn't have