Sunny saturday

In other news, my sister in Florida had a baby. That situation is a mess. The baby is being held hostage by the hospital probably illegally, but I won't get into details. My mom is a poor liar, so I've known about this for months despite not actually being told.

Julie, I hope your allergies go away soon.

It's hot. The weather peeps keep saying we have a chance for rain and a cool off to the upper 90's or at least only 100. lol   I washed my filthy car and did a half assed job of cleaning the inside. 

I need to go get my hair trimmed.  I'm trying to keep up with it rather than letting it get so shaggy. 

Jen, I'm sorry the pup has diarrhea.  Also sorry to hear about more family drama.  That's one reason I avoid much contact with some of my family members.  They thrive on drama and the drama that follows their own bad decisions.  I've got no patience for that kind of behavior anymore.  I speak my mind and of course that's not appreciated. 

My dogs are all laid out flatter than pancakes.  They got to play earlier in the yard and now are happy to lay around like hounds under a porch.  Except they choose tile floors in the air conditioning. lol

Greetings!  Absolutely wonderful weather today.  Guess we are being rewarded for yesterdays truly crappy rain.  This has really been one wierd summer.  Too much rain in June, too much heat and humidity in July......August seems kind of normal, but I sure don't appreciate the humid days.

Jen?  You might try a little pumpkin for the pup if he's been vet checked.  Or even smaller, more frequent portions.  And man, can't even begin to comment on your sister.  I will say however, that medical facilities are charged with reporting any situation that could endanger the welfare of a child and maybe that's what is going on.  But, again, I don't know so shouldn't say anything at all.  Will send out prayers and vibes that everything turns out for the best.

I've been incredibly lazy so far today.  Got a couple loads of laundry out on the line and picked the garden, but that's been it.  I'm finally at the point where I'm taking at least part of the weekend OFF and by golly, I'm going to enjoy some of it.  I work too hard all week to work hard all weekend as well.  Boy, does that sound self indulgent!

Suppose I should go get my errands out of the way......

I need to defrost some pumpkin for this guy. I haven't given him anything but his food. I haven't done anything with him since the first day because his stomach was off. Maybe it's my water, or maybe he is this way regularly from eating crap food. I didn't do anything with that because he's not here long enough.

 Having had a fairly mild summer - extremely wet but not hot for here - today is making up for it. Good gracious its hot and humid today. You sweat at any attempt of movement

I took Bugsy on his versatile gun dog training day and he did GREAT!! I think I'll describe it as he arrived as the ugly duckling (what kind of dog is that? He's huge. do you think he's a pit mix?) and left as the star of the show LOL. I won't go into a ton of details but he did an AWESOME retrieve of a live duck, which was a heck of a chase for a long period of time, but he came back with the duck nicely held and gave it to me immediately. Of course the last bit was mostly because he was exhausted hahahaha It was the first time he'd been around live shotgun fire and I was just super proud.

Anyway it was a great start to the day except for the oppressive heat and humidity. 

I started some cleaning for the houseguests and got rid of some stuff and now am going to attempt to stop sweating for a little bit before showering.

I have a load of paperwork to do but I think I'll leave that until tomorrow.

Everyone has so many things going on and right now I feel like a nurse at County General Hospital!

I put up more beans this morning. I look at them and remind myself we love garden beans, and there is maybe only one more picking to go.  I asked my DH why it seems I am doing all the picking, snapping and blanching, he told me because I have the green thumb!

Abby is home, and I am over whelmed, I feel a little better after her vet check up and treatment to day, but it is going to be a long 8 weeks.  They took off her wrap today to do the lazer treatment and I got a look at the wound, it looks pretty good, but boy does she have razor burn - I know that must hurt her.  But they told me the lazer treatment will help that heal too. (it turns out the vet actually trimmed her, wow she has burns on the front and back of her little leg)  They say she could have the bandage removed on her next visit if it keeps looking good.  It is just so hard to keep her on floor level and not steps. Lots of bending to pick up her and carry her.  But she seems to be feeling pretty good.

I am going to make a batch of zuchini bread tonight, because, yep, that is coming on in the garden strong too. (I already made a mock apple pie with it.)  I have my second wind because I took a 2 hour nap today with the dogs.  Life is good.

Hope everyones Saturday ends on a good note.

Mydogs

Abby is home, and I am over whelmed,

I felt exactly the same when I got my Lab home after the TPLO surgery.  The sight of the incision alone was shocking and I've seen a lot of post surgical incisions.  Hang in there.  The first two months are hard but it gets easier as you get used to figuring out ways to keep her from jumping, etc.  Naps are always good especially with the dogs. :)

Karen, I feel so proud of Bugsy and of you. I would have given anything to have been there. It sounds like he made a Bugsy sized impression on the others. :)  I know you must have been bursting with happiness to see him doing what he loves.  It is validating on many levels.

I got my hair cut and she did a good job despite talking about her family problems again for the entire time.  I worry sometimes when she's telling me something that is obviously upsetting to her because she starts waving the scissors around.  I hope I don't have any bald spots where I can't see them. lol

Jen, sounds like a messy situation with your sister and her newborn. Family dramas can wear one down. Like others said, I hope things work out in the baby's best interest.

Yay for Bugsy's success today! You showed them how it's done, Bugs!

Cathy, I hope the 80th birthday celebration is fun for all, and that the "birthday boy" enjoys it, despite his initial comment! I understand not being as enthused about birthdays as we get older, but as Mark Twain said, having a birthday beats the alternative.

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Jen, good news.

Julie, sorry about the allergies.  Mine have been severe this year too and I'm soooo over it.  Unfortunately, Mother Nature isn't.