Is the Day Over Yet?

Today has been crazy busy!  We both worked of course - MJ went to the B0ston Mus.eum of Sci.ence with the fourth grade and I spent a normal day at school.  After work, I rushed home because the cats had to go to the vet.  I caught Gus and wrangled him into the carrier - it only took 2 tries.  Then he began to howl, and howl, and howl.  Max went missing and I'm sure due to the howling his brother was doing, he wasn't anywhere to be found.  So, I went to the vet minus a cat.  Never fear, Max has another appointment next Saturday when we can try again to get him there.

After the vet, I brought Gus home and met MJ for dinner and enjoyed a margarita as well!  Then we went to H0me Dep0t to get shelving for the basement and paint to repaint the downstairs of the house.  Groceries and a Wa.l Ma.rt run were next and we are finally home and in our PJs!! 

Looking forward to the three day weekend!

Thanks to all of you lurkers who commented yesterday  - it was fun to read all of your comments!

Crazy but Productive

The title explains today in a nutshell.  We headed out this morning and ran a bunch of errands.  We had stuff to do and gift cards from Christmas to spend.  The van was full of stuff when we headed home!  Here's what we did:

*We picked up stuff at the scrapbooking stores - 2 different stores.

*Went on the hunt for snow pants to use snow shoeing to no avail.  We settled on some nice gaiters instead.  MJ also needed new poles so we got her some. 

*Did a HUGE wholesale run for both the teachers' room at school and our house

*Bought a new table for cutting and laying out patterns when we are sewing. (Gift Certificate)

*Got a new thermos for snowshoeing (hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps makes things much more enjoyable).  Also got some new dispensers for the shower. (Gift Certificate)

*Went out to eat

*Picked up a few groceries

*Paid bills (YUCK!)

I think that's it - it certainly is enough!!  I love those busy days like today that are productive as well.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Phew - we have been crazy busy this weekend.  Here is a bullety post to catch you up!

*Friday after work, we went Christ.mas shopping and to run some other errands.  We had a great deal of success and crossed most things off of our list.

*Saturday we finished our Christ.mas cards and got them all  ready to go in the mail.  We also worked on making our treats for the staff at our school.  We did all of this in the midst of losing the power for an hour and a half.

*Saturday evening we went to 0live Gar.den for dinner (YUM!) and then went to a thoroughly enjoyable holiday concert perfomed by the NH G.ay Men's Ch0rus.

*Sunday we FINISHED our shopping!

*We also got our box of gifts wrapped and ready to send to Minnes0ta so that we don't have to carry it all on the plane!

*Looking forward to another crazy week - School H0liday C0ncert is tomorrow night!

Crazy, Crazy Week!

As promised - here is the update for the past week. I'm not sure how time flew by so quickly, but here is the rundown of the week.

Saturday night - made a 10PM visit to the Emergency Vet for Willy as he was panting and couldn't catch his breath, his heart was racing and he was shaking all over. He had a temp of 104.8* and we spend about 3 hours there with no answers really. So, we took him home and watched him carefully until I could get him in to our vet on Monday.

Sunday - We just hung around the house and took a nap as we didn't get home until almost 2:30AM from the vet (we must be getting old!)

Monday - took the morning off to take Willy to the vet. They kept him for the day to watch him and run some tests. MJ picked him up in the afternoon with a new antibiotic and more steroids. I coached the kids from my school at the City Track Meet. We had lots fo fun - it was a beautiful night and we came in 2nd place.

Tuesday - Willy has a fever again - ARRRGH!!! I was at 2 different meetings after school and MJ kept putting cold towels on his belly and a fan on him to try to cool him down - nothing seemed to really work.

Wednesday - nothing too exciting - worked all day and came home and baked 3 cakes for the Chorus party for the kids at school.

Thursday - Willy has another fever and spends the day at the vet again. When I go to pick him up, and get talking to the vet about how he seems to go in 12 - 14 hour cycles we discover that the girl printed the wrong label on the bottle of pred.nisone and instead of an every other day dosage, we are supoosed to be giving it to him EVERY day - no wonder he isn't getting any better. We get home and I decorate the cakes for the chorus party at school tomorrow.

Friday - Willy is feeling much better - amazing how the right dosage of meds can make such a difference. After school we went to pick up a pump for our pool that was on Free.cycle - love that! Then we went out to dinner as neither one of us felt like cooking.

Saturday - surprise, surprise - it was back to the vet this morning just to do a blood check. Finally things are looking better and Willy has been fever free since Thursday afternoon. It was a beautiful day so we worked outside. MJ and I finished setting up the pool, got the lawn mowed and did the weed eating, went to Home Depot, built a frame around the wishing well, planted oodles of flowers, put up a new flagpole, cut down a bunch of low hanging branches, then had my parents over for dinner. Whew - busy day!

Sunday (today) - I suppose we may think about building an ark as it has been POURING rain here since late last night. There are flood watches, etc in effect. It's a good day for MJ to get report cards done and I think I may read for a while.

So, there you are - the week in a nutshell - here are some pics of the week as well....

The well garden before (above) and after (below)

One of the gardens in the backyard:

The pool and gazebo all set up and ready for use in the backyard:

Our new flagpole that we put up and the gorgeous hanging baskets that we found at H0.me De.p0t

And, finally just a pretty picture of some of our irises blooming - they are MJ's favorite flower!

We're Here, Really!

We are alive and well - I just realized that the last time I posted was last Saturday. We have had a crazy busy week, and my parents are on their way over for dinner in the next half hour.... So, I will update by the end of the weekend with all the details! We got lots of yardwork done today as well and I'll post some pics of that as well. Have a great Saturday night!