Back to the Grind!

UUGGHHH!!! Back to work we went this morning.... We are both working a short summer job - it is an 11 day project scoring Speci.al Ed Alterna.tive Assess.ments for our state. Today was day one- a full day of training. At least we get down to it actually scoring tomorrow. It was a bit rough getting out of bed this morning as we have been sleeping in for the past week. It won't be bad though, and the pay is good - then we get to have the rest of the summer to ourselves.

As for Willy, our dog, he is not completely better yet, but we are finally on the right track. We went for blood work again on Tuesday and FINALLY all of his levels are reaching into the normal ranges. So, we finish one antibiotic tomorrow, another next Tuesday, and then he goes back next Friday for blood and we'll talk about weaning off the pred.nisone based on those blood levels. Let's just say he's giving us a run for our money with this one.

And finally, for the big surprise around here - IT'S STILL RAINING!!! Yeah, 21 of 30 days in June it rained and it is forecasted to rain through next week as well. They are saying we might get a bit of a break this weekend, but right back to the rain next week. We are seriously contemplating building an ark and bringing our animals in two by two!!!

That's all for here - looking forward to the weekend as we get to have Olivia for the weekend - hopefully we'll get to sneak in a fireworks display or two, but it's not looking real promising with the weather the way it has been. We'll just have to do some other fun and festive activities.

The Co.lor Pur.ple

Yesterday MJ, mom and I had a fabulous time in Boston. We went to see The Col.or Pur.ple. The show was absolutely FANTASTIC!!! We left in the morning and took the train down which is really nice because you don't have to worry about driving. For once the weather was beautiful all morning. We had lunch here:





Then we did some shopping here:



It only rained a tiny bit when we got out of the show, but not even enough to take out our umbrellas. We did a bit more shopping after the show to kill time before the train left to take us home. We had a great girls day out!

As for today, here is our weather forecast:

Patchy fog late this morning. Showers likely. Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Near steady temperature in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Oh, yipee - more rain - I can't stand it anymore. It should be sunny and in the 80's - we haven't seen but maybe 2 or 3 days like that ALL MONTH!! The forecast for the week doesn't look much brighter...

School's Out for the Summer!!

AHHH, the first day of summer vacation -- or so you would think. Let's see - it is still raining and yucky outside, and to top it all off, we reached a scorching high of 68* today. We set up the pool almost a month ago and have yet to go in it. Maybe the rain could stop for an hour or two just so we could remember what the sun is like?

We both had to get up early today as I had to have some blood work, we both had meetings with the superintendant, then MJ ran some errands while I went to the vet to get MORE meds for Willy who has decided to sport a fever again. UGGGHHHH! I am so tired of him being sick - he was on the up and up when all of a sudden he had a fever Sunday and then again today. We are adding another antibiotic to his regime and hopefully that will help.

Tomorrow we get to celebrate with our favorite five year old Olivia at her Kindergarten Graduation. That will be lots of fun and we'll go out to lunch with her afterwards.

Looking forward to the possibility of some sun later this week and at least it is supposed to be nice on Saturday when we go to Bost.on for the day!

More of the Same

We'll start of with the big surprise of the day - IT'S RAINING AGAIN!!!! Seriously, it has been raining here forever and now it is supposed to rain through Thursday. We had to cancel our camping trip for next week - boo hoo! It is just miserable to camp in the rain, so we decided to just cancel the reservation.

However, we decided that since we aren't going camping, we need to still have something fun to do. So, we bought tickets to see The Co.lor Pu.rple in Bos.ton next weekend. We are going to go with my mom and it should be tons of fun!

Let's see, what else? Willy is MUCH better finally! We have to take him for one more blood check on Thursday and that will hopefully be the last one. The most exciting news around here is the fact that we have 1/2 day of school left tomorrow and then we are on SUMMER VACATION! Good times!

That's all from here.....

The Perfect (Rainy) Sunday

Well, it has been raining here since Friday. Hurricane Kyle is making its way through. Not a bad thing though as it has been productive inside the house. Yesterday we spent a big chunk of time in the basement cleaning and organizing and we'll be heading down there in a bit to try and finish. Last night we went to the movies with my mom to see Nights in Rodanthe - she is totally in love with Richard Gere, so it was a big night out!

I'll leave you with some pics of what makes this day a perfect rainy Sunday!

Cinnamon rolls, bacon, and coffee for breakfast:


































The Sunday paper and ads:
















Dinner is in the crockpot:
















and chocolate chip cookies are in the oven:















Hope your day is wonderful too!