Dogs on Thursday

Look at that. That is a pile of hair from Hutch. The past few days I have gotten a pile that big and even bigger.

I have a FURminator. I got mine off of ebay. I've read some reviews about how great this works. I am here to tell you that it is really great. Not sure if it is worth the $64.99 it costs at one of the big pet stores. However it is worth the $32.00 I paid. Even works on the short slick hair Starsky has.

You do have to be gentle, it will pull if the brush is moved too fast over the hair. Starsky came over to check it out. Hutch decided to take out his irritation at being brushed on Starsky. Poor guy he just came to see what was happening.

Spring, where are you?

I wonder if Mother Nature is listening or if she is just screwing with us?? It was warm and sunny enough Saturday for me to get a sunburn watching ball practice and today practice was called for weather. This evening the wind chill was in the 30's. It looks like Tuesday's practice will be called too. The first game is on Saturday. The news said that Spring might be back by Friday.

Eli had a little trouble with some math homework. He was mad and said the worksheet was stupid and he was not going to do it. After I got him calmed down I read it to him. It was a math word problem: If Patrick's feet are 12 inches long and Sponge Bob's are 8 inches long who's are longer and by how much. Most all would just do the math and say the Patrick's are bigger by 4 inches. Eli went on a tirade about the fact that Patrick does NOT have feet! He found an episode on Cartoon Network just to show me but I knew he had no feet. I finally convinced him he could answer the problem. "If Patrick had feet they would be 4 inches longer than Sponge Bob's"
He told me his math teacher laughed.

Dogs on Thursday

The boys and I had a big day. The Dahlem Animal Hospital in New Albany has a rabies shot clinic once a year, $10 per shot. It is was from 2-4 today. I got there at 1:45 and a line of about 25 dogs and owners was already started. Since I am still in the stupid boot I was not looking forward to the task. I left the boys in the car and went to sign them in asking the ladies to let me know before it is my turn so I can go back out and bring one boy in. There was no way I was going to be able to handle two dogs. So when they called my name they offered to have me drive around back. The doctor came out and gave them the shots in the car. It was very nice of them to be so accommodating.

Starsky and Hutch have a new neighbor this week too. Olive belongs to our wonderful friends Stephanie and Nathaniel. They haven't got to play together yet, Olive needs some time to get used to her new family.

Dog on Thursday

The boys have a new neighbor. A very cute little girl named Abby who is a Collie/Lab mix.
She can't play yet though, they are just too rough and tough. She came over to visit and loved being up on the ceder chest. So cute and furry with puppy breath, makes you want one so much.






Playing and roughhousing goes on all the time around here. If your feet get too close watch out, it is fair game to Starsky. I tried to get a good picture of them together in the playhouse window but they did not cooperate. In fact every time Hutch was at the window he would jump right out.

I finally remembered how I hurt my foot. Several weeks ago I was outside playing with the boys and got side swiped by Starsky, who had Hutch literally on his heels. I was spun around and fell. Grumbled at them about not going to play with them anymore and went into the house. I told John my foot hurt but never thought about it much after that. I knew that something was seriously wrong with it when I only made it about half a block walking to get the kids from school

Tuesday night knitting/ Birthdays

Happy Birthday Ashley and Jenny! Jenny's is belated, she is a St. Patty's baby. Ashley is as young as she looks.





She is crocheting some bags for family birthdays. The bags are really cute, can't wait to see them lined.










Look at what she got. Yes, those are lighted scissors. For those times you just really need to cut something in the dark.














Here is Jenny opening some of her gifts.
I think she likes it!











Lora, this on is for you.








Jayce and Olivia.
Below is the baby blanket that was knit by Jayce.
He also knits socks, hats and dishcloths
Hey Ashley, he's a keeper!

A day in the life.

I lead a mildly adventurous life. Not the fun exciting adventures they make movies about, but the Lucy and Ethel type adventures. I am going to blame this on the DNA half from my mom.
Some friends came by to pick up the kids, they were all going to walk to the park together. I told the mom that I would meet her there. Seeing how I can't walk to the park I was going to drive. I went across the street to see if the neighbor friend wanted to go. In the five minutes I was out of the house John happened to stop by. He wasn't sure about what was going on so he locked everything. I came back to discover that I am locked out with no cell phone or purse. Back across the street to the neighbors, I call John at work, he says "I didn't know what you were thinking" I replay back that how far could I have really gotten. He can come back but not until later. So I borrow the car from the neighbor and we drive to the park. No friends or family to be seen. So we drive back to the house. They are there waiting wondering what the heck is going on. We found Eli a way in and he unlocked the door for us. Then John pulls into the driveway.
Better late than never. He took a fudge pop and went back to work.

Birthday pictures!

I have three nephews and one niece. The middle nephew, Trey, is now 6 years old. It seems like he was just a baby a few months ago. He got mad at his mommy once and told her he wanted to go live with aunt Sonya.
We'd make room.