Our Yard

Hubby and I spend a great deal of time working in our yard. He is very diligent about doing weed and feed, he walks the yard daily looking for unwanted weeds and pulls them by hand; when we mow the lawn, I always over seed to make sure any sparse areas fill in. We have one neighbor that asked what we do because she really wanted her yard to be as green as ours (hers was really brown). Now today, I heard the neighbor on the other side talking to her husband and asking why our yard was green and theirs was brown. They don't spend a lot of time working on their yards and that is okay; they spend their time doing other things. We find it relaxing to be outside drinking a beer, doing little things to the yard while the dogs are running and playing. That's just our thing.

Who knows, maybe this year we will even win yard of the month and the nice Lowe's gift card that goes along with it!

Daylily Plants

I can't wait for my Stella de Oro Daylily plants to bloom. I have 9 plants that are beautiful and when I counted today I have over 100 buds on them getting ready to bloom (I stopped counting at 116). I also have an Orange Crush Daylily plant that isn't ready to bloom and 2 Halcyon Plantain Lily plants that have already had babies. When they bloom they should be a lavender color. I will be sure to post a picture when everything blooms.

Good News

We got a call from the vet yesterday and thankfully Abbie's T-4 test results were normal. The original test showed low because of her seizure medication. Whew.

Weird Dream

Okay, hubby is officially banned from asking me about work for at least 2 hours before bed. Last night while we were laying in bed and watching television hubby asked me a couple of questions about my work. No big deal, they were normal questions about educational assistance stuff. Well, last night I had the strangest dreams. In my dream I was getting ready to eat tacos and just as I would get ready to take a bite there would be the face of a gopher or some kind of chipmunk looking thing asking me about his educational assistance. He would ask different questions; did I get his paperwork, have I made a decision yet, when is he going to get his payment. After several times of trying to take a bite of the taco and this little rodent asking me a questions, his whiskers tickled my nose and I woke wake up a little. I fell back asleep and then the little rodent was running around the room singing in this Alvin and the Chipmunks voice about educational assistance to the tune of "all the single ladies". I don't remember the jingle, I just remember wishing he would be quiet. This time the alarm went off and woke me up. I am really dragging this morning and guess what is on my desk to be handled when I get to work.... educational assistance.

Vet Bill

Abbie had her annual check up this week and of course her vet bill was expensive. Since she has seizures we always have to check her phenobarbital levels annually so I expect that her vet bill will run $200+. This year by the time we are done it will be almost double. She had an infection in her eyes (most likely from allergies) and then her T4 level came back low. This meant another test and an additional cost. Now we are waiting on the T4 level test to see if there is an issue with her thyroid or if the test is showing low because of the medication she is taking (phenobarbital is known to make the T4 test show low). I love my babies so we do what we have to do. Nash is due up next and I suspect he will need some dental work. Ugh.

Hair

Growing up my mother was constantly changing her hair. She would change the style from time to time, but mostly she changed the color. It was not unusual to come home from school and her hair would be blond, black, red, it was even green once when the color mix didn't work right. Well, to some degree, I am the same way with my hair. I have had it long and short as well as a variety of colors. Currently my hair is short (pixie style cut) and is very red. Think Sharon Osborne red. I found out today that apparently my hair is the talk of the neighbors. They were shocked to see my hair color. Wait until the see the next color. I have already decided to try perhaps a dirty blond. I have never been blond before, so why not. Hubby wants me to shave my head or do a buzz cut, but I am not ready to go there yet.

TGIF

Thank goodness it's Friday. I am tired today and feel like I need a few more hours of sleep.