Poor Baby Boy :-(

I got up this morning at 8.15am and went downstairs, let Boo out to potty as usual and 5 minutes later he comes in limping like a crazy thing!!!  I immediately picked him up but couldn’t see blood on his paw, no burrs/stickers were stuck in his pads, nothing! But still he was limping really bad and his paw was shaking and twitching. I thought perhaps he’d been stung or bit. Whatever it was I couldn’t watch him in pain all morning, he was licking at his pad like crazy, then hobbling around to follow me and just sit next to me then lick his paw some more. This went on for about 5 minutes before I decided I had to call the vet, he could have been having an allergic reaction to a spider bite or anything. 

My nearest Banfield hospital (where Boo goes for all his shots) said I could take him in and leave him there as the Dr’s were in surgery. When I asked what time til, she said 2pm!!! Seriously! I could keep him at home til 2pm, but I didn’t want to do that, he was obviously in a lot of discomfort. I called the other vet (same Banfield, just a different location in Petsmart a few more miles away) and was told they could see him. Long story short, we can’t see anything wrong with his paw, the vet wanted to do xrays incase he’d broke his toes? but that would be about $250 and it’s highly likely that it wouldn’t be broken, maybe just sprained. So she said I could wait a few days and give him some pain meds and anti-inflamatories. So this is what we’re doing. He’s put a little weight on it since this morning but still won’t stand on it. The meds will make him sleepy which will help him rest it today. 

My poor little guy. I hate to see any animal in pain, most especially my own. Hopefully in a day or so it will be better, but if not we’ll be back at the vet for xrays!

Day 8 - Sunset
Well, guess what, I forgot to take a sunset picture last night – probably cos I was over at Cheryl’s sharing a glass of wine ;-) So, here’s a lovely sunset over The Oasis Restaurant in Austin

 We didn’t make it to piano lesson today because of the vet trip, so we have the rest of the day just to lounge around, do housework, knit and read :-) One more day til Daddy’s home!

Photo Fun ~ day 7

Day 7 – High Angle

I may have gotten mixed up with this picture? When I see others it looks like they took their photo while they were ‘high up’, but when I read ‘high angle’ I just assumed I would point the camera up high! Oh well, this is all I could think of for this pic. That’s Kiki looking over the top of the ‘landing’ (as I call it) upstairs.

Tomorrow’s photo is ‘sunset’, I will try to remember to take the picture tonight.

The days are passing quickly and I’m enjoying the relaxing feel of them, although it would be nicer if hubs was home with us too. Yesterday I took Kristen and her friend Emily to the pool. It’s rather boring going round there on your own when all you see is other mommies with their ‘mommy friends’, and I just sit there on my own watching the girls play! Still, it gets us out of the house for an hour or so!

Today, Kristen and I went to Barnes and Noble, Walmart and McDonalds :-) Kiki looked super cute in her little blue hat and carrying her purse (remember we bought them when we had a girly day shopping in Justice) . . . .

She didn’t buy the top and leggings but she looked cute today with some denim leggings and a Justin Bieber T-shirt :-)

We bought some Brain Quest cards in B&N. Kiki wanted some Math ones, but there wasn’t any for 5th grade, I looked on Amazon when we came home and I can’t see that they even do a set for 5th grade. We bought the 5th grade set that has lots of different questions in it instead. We also might try and start learning Spanish this summer! My friend Cheryl ordered some dvd’s called Spanish Immersion which is supposed to be just as good as Rosetta Stone for a fraction of the price. Kristen has said she’d like to start learning so I’ve ordered the pack too. I’d love to speak Spanish, but I didn’t even take it in school so hardly know the basics. I’m hoping I can learn something as Kristen starts to pick it up. I’ll let you know how we do throughout the summer :-)

Tomorrow is piano practice, so today we’re just gonna have a relaxing afternoon, I need to do a little housework then I’ll probably knit a little too. I’m wanting to get some summer baby knits in my Etsy store, it won’t happen unless I pick up those needles!

Have a great afternoon.

Photo Fun ~ Day 5

Day 5 – Breakfast today

Day 5 was yesterday! I had cornflakes but forgot to take a picture, so here’s Kiki this morning just after we got back from grocery shopping, when she got to pick a box of cereal she likes.

Day 6 - Books

 

As you know I love books, and these two are on my night table right now. The Aloha Quilt is this months ‘book club read’, and Who Is My Shelter is the latest from Neta Jackson (The Yada Yada series) that I’ve been wanting to read for a few months and finally got out of the library.

I’m hoping Kristen and I can make a summer book list and read a lot this year. She’s just decided she likes the Warrior books (her friend Emily was reading them last year, and Kristen told her that she didn’t want to read them because the cats “nearly killed a fox”!) now she’s busy reading the first book on my Ipad :-)  There’s even a website WARRIORCATS.COM that’s she’s all in to too!

The book we’re reading together this year is  The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Di Camillo. She’s the author of Because of Winn Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux, both of which I would have liked to read with Kiki but she read them in school this year.

It’s hot out today, currently 91 degrees and it’s not even mid day :-( We’re staying home and doing housework so we can go to the pool tomorrow.

Hope your Monday is off to a great start.

Oops - but oh well!

My friend Sue has joined me in the ‘30 Day Photo Fun’ and when I was reading her post she mentioned you couldn’t use old photos! Oops! I didn’t know this, so I guess I was cheating! It’s hard taking a picture every day. I’ll try to from now on, but if there’s some days I just don’t manage it, well, I might just have to cheat again!.

Jason has gone to Denver for a week to work, so I’m going to try and get all caught up with housework, laundry etc this week and try to keep on top of things throughout the Summer. Most years I just get so lazy during the Summer months and do the bare minimum to keep the house tidy! I want to do better than that this year, because I hate a messy house.

I went to the mall with Cheryl yesterday, we had the BEST time. Honestly as best friends as we are I don’t think we’ve ever had a mall shopping day together! Oh we’ve been to Hobby Lobby and the likes, but not a real shopping trip together. She was helping me pick a new swim suit that actually ‘fit me well’! I thought I wasn’t going to find one, I was nervous about buying a bikini, I didn’t like the idea of showing too much skin. I was aiming more for a tankini, but eventually I plucked up the courage to try some on and I bought one! I hate to say though that over the past two weekends I’ve over-indulged in cocktails and food and already gained a few pound back. SO, you’ll have to wait a few weeks to see me in the bikini ;-) 

You can see me in the new dress I bought though . . . .

This is a first for me to0 . . .  a strapless dress! I’m always put off by this style because I feel like I’d just be lifting it up all the time, but it fits quite well so I felt more comfortable in it than I thought I would.

I had no intention of buying new shoes, but I tried these lovely gold strappy sandals on in Dillards and they were so comfortable they were my first purchase of the day :-) I just couldn’t resist. It’s not often I can find a pair of shoes that are comfortable, so I when I do, I don’t care about the price ( well, within reason) These were less than $100, so well worth the money. I’m not one to buy shoes just because they look good if they kill my feet and I can’t walk in them! I took the above picture, then got Cheryl to take another one (below).

 

 

DAY 4 ~ Clouds

Day 4 was yesterday and this picture was taken yesterday – so that’s not cheating is it? You can see the lovely white clouds we had yesterday with a gorgeous blue sky. What you can’t see is how HOT it actually was! We took these photos then went straight back in side and didn’t come back out til the sun had gone down. It has been high 90’s all week, yesterday was probably 100!  I think it’s gonna be a long hot summer.

Day 2 and 3

So as not to get behind I’m sharing pics of day 2 and 3 of the 30 Day PhotoFun.

Day 2: Shoes

These are a pair of my favorite summer shoes. When I’m not wearing flipflops I’m wearing these, usually when I’m going out somewhere nice to eat. They’re from Ann Klein and so comfy.

Day 3: Hands

I had lots of photos in mind for this picture, what came to mind was Kristen’s baby hands,  or my Mam’s hands resting on Dad’s shoulder.  I even took a picture of my hand . . .

having just tried to give myself a French manicure I thought it would look ok, but then I realized it is only one hand, and the title says ‘handS’. Then I remembered I took this photo today . . .

Last day of school. This is the 5th graders in Kristen’s school ‘parading’ through the 4th grade hallway as they ‘graduate to Middle School'!’. All the kids would put their hands out as they students went by, and as you can see they tried to connect with them all. 

I told you I’m no photographer, but when I thought of ‘hands’ this is what came to mind today.

Are you joining in with ‘30 Day Photo Fun’?

 

So, it was last day of school today. Kristen and I went out for our ‘traditional ice cream treat’, but even better Jason was working from home today and came with us :-) (I’ll share pictures next time) Kristen got a great report card – ALL A’s :-) So she got a monetary gift from me and her Daddy, which made her eyes open wide. We then went to Target to return a couple of things I got last week, and Kristen of course had to spend some of her money.  I think I’m going to start another ‘yearly tradition’ and have a Margarita tonight ;-)  it will signify the start of Summer, and I’m sure my BFF will join me.

 

Cool Chicks

Here we are enjoying the Blue Margaritas we made last weekend!

Cheers to a happy and safe Summer

Self Portrait!

 

This sounds like fun, wonder if I can keep it up all month? I’m not a great photographer but it will be fun trying to take pictures , or I might even use ‘old’ ones, like I’ve done for my self portrait!

Last day of school tomorrow :-)  Kiki is off on her school field trip today (strange day for it if you ask me, all the other classes had theirs months ago!).  Jason is working from home today and tomorrow then heading off to Denver to work for a week on Sunday :(  It will be a quiet first week of Summer for Kiki and me. I might actually find more time for blogging!

More trees!

We went out for a drive last Friday to a little place called Berdolls Pecan Farm. Jason has wanted pecan trees in our backyard ever since we moved here. We finally bought 3 last week.

   This doesn’t look very big, it’s skinny but tall.

See! Much taller than me!

The third tree wasn’t in when I was taking these pictures. It will probably take a few years before they start producing nuts. I told Jason we’d have some pretty big trees already if we’d planted them when we moved in 4 years ago! But at least they’re in now.

Wanna see how the rest of the garden is growing?

The corn is nearly as tall as me!

AND, we have ears!!! (ears of corn). We tried growing corn last year but there were worms or something that got in to the ears and started eating the kernels, so we had to get rid of them all. I really hope we can eat some, this year.

My neighbor Cheryl loves eggplant parmesan, so I planted some. I am hoping to make her a dish when they are fully grown!   We have two different varieties, the top one (where you can see me holding it) is the typical dark purple one, and the small one above is called ‘Fairytale’. We call them Aubergines in England.

Spaghetti Squash!

 

 

My basil plant is going crazy again! I bought pine nuts to make my own pesto. I just need to find the time to get on and do it!

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