Irish Puppies!!!

The past few days have been nice. I have been home enjoying the start of my spring break. Tom's was last week so its too bad we didn't get to spend it together. He spent the first of his break in the yard but the rest of the week was cold and rainy!! Yuck!!! Today is the first nice day in a while. It is bright and sunny and 70 degrees here. I just got back from my 3 mile run. Which was not that good today but at least I went. I went to the store to buy this weeks groceries and had to pick up stuff for the puppies of course.

Shirley is not so much into the dressing up anymore but it has been a tradition since we got here to dress her up every St. Patrick's Day. the last couple years have been bandana's. Riley is a ham for the camera and loves hers. I can't wait for Tom to get home tonight because those pins light up in the dark, they are going to go crazy when I turn the lights off and turn them on chasing each other around!!!
I hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day!!!!

long week

This has been quite a long week. It started off great with good weather, that always makes me have a good day. Monday and Tuesday it was sunny and nice with Tuesday getting up to 81 degrees. These pictures were taken Tuesday. I got home from working baseball games and we made dinner. (Left over grilled chicken turned into yummy salads) We then went outside and sat by the fire pit for a little over an hour and unwound and then in to watch "The Biggest Loser". The rest of the week has been cold and rainy!!! I sat out a baseball game on Wednesday in the wind and 38 degrees!!! YUCK!! Yesterday's game got cancelled so I got to come home after the clinic but I ended up staying at the clinic late, oh well, you'll have that. Today I had my post op appointment with my surgean. He reassured me that everything went well during surgery and I am on the right track. He said to just keep things up naturally for the next 6 months, try to lose some weight and if nothing happens after that then he will see me in 6 months to talk about IUI.


We had a full moon on Tuesday night just as the clouds were moving in. It looked really cool as it was poking in and out of the clouds with that cool moon glow. I had a hard time getting a good picture but this one is the best with the tree and the glow of the clouds. I think it is pretty.

Here is Tom enjoying his fire pit. He spent the afternoon digging up the base for it. We spent last fall moving it back and forth from the side yard. Now it has a permanant home in the middle of the yard on a nice brick base. He did a great job, it looks really good out there. Its so peaceful to just sit by the fire on a cool night and talk about our days. I recommend it to all couples!!!

Yard Work

> Its a Riley EXTREME Closeup!!!!

Tom is spending the day today in the yard. It has been a long winter and we have not figured out how to break the dogs of a digging habit. So...He gets to spend his first day of his spring break filling holes and planting grass. Sounds like fun, huh. If anyone has any suggestions on how to break dogs of digging holes when you are not there to stop them, PLEASE leave a comment and let us know!!!!!!

Look at the yard, last Fall we had a nice yard, full of grass and hole free. Now we have patchy grass and muddy puppies when it rains!!!!

So today has been a busy day already. I got up and went to the grocery store. Then, I came home and cooked breakfast for Tom and myself...mmmm...scrambled eggs and english muffins. I then had to go to the dentist...FUN and get 2 out of my last 3 fillings done. He didn't have time to do the 3rd because I had to get to work. Tonight we have our first official baseball game. At least it is nice weather so I will be able to enjoy the outdoors today.

Here's another shot of it. I don't know which I like better, I think this one????

flower

So I've really gotten into taking flower pictures lately. We have this lonely little flower that snuck over from our neighboors yard right in front of our bushes. Its so pretty, its been in the process of blooming for the last week and just opened up a few days ago.

Today was such a beautiful day!!!! By far the nicest day of the year. Too bad Tom was not here to enjoy it with me. He is down in Birmingham, AL this weekend playing Army man again. The puppies enjoyed today. They got to be in the yard almost all day. There are no bugs out yet so I just opened up the back door and let them come in and out whenever they wanted.

I got a lot accomplished today. I got up early and went to the grocery store...Big sale on meat today so stocked up, then spent the rest of the morning trimming chicken and making hamburger patties, but it will be worth it this summer because it is all grill ready in the freezer!!! Can't wait. I also stopped at a garage sale on the way home from the store and got some real nice lawn chairs. So now when (and if) we have company visit this summer we will have more places for you to sit!!!

I also finished up some painting in my bathroom, after replacing a light fixture we had some touch ups to do, so now its all done. After that I got some sheets and made a cover for the couch and a slip cover for a pillow, that took a while but looks real nice, I plan on doing one for the chair tomorrow so I will put the pictures of that up when I am done, I am so proud of my craftyness!!!

Other than that I just played in the yard with the dogs and talked to a neighbor for a while, we're thinking about joining a bowling league!!!

Fortunately the baseball game was cancelled on Saturday due to rain and cold. I spent most of the weekend lounging around finishing recovering from the surgery. Saturday we went to Sam's so that I could walk around. (It was raining and I was getting really stir crazy) Sunday was a much warmer and a sunny day so we did some cleaning around the house, I got our taxes done and we were able to go for a walk with the dogs outside. This week has still been pretty cold for TN but not bad. Its gradually getting warmer this week and by Sunday its supposed to be 74. Spring is finally here!!! I am looking forward to getting out and hanging out in the backyard!!!

I guess most of you know that I have a laproscopy done on Wed. to help figure out what is going on inside and why I am having fertiltiy problems. Well the doctor found mild endometriosis which he removed and he also found that I have polycystic ovaries. There isn't any cure for my ovary issue but he did "stimulate" them during surgery to possible help with getting some real eggs out of there. I may also start taking some medicine to help them too. Hopefully this will work and I can be a Mommy soon. The last few days have been pretty rough trying to recover from the surgery. It just feels like I did 5,000 crunches the other day. Tom has done an excellent job of taking care of me and I have had good friend support down here as well. I will be going back to work this afternoon and have a baseball game tomorrow at noon, so hopefully I won't have to work too hard.

We had a nice relaxing weekend...Tom spent most of the weekend studying. He missed a whole week of classes going down to Mississippi for Army stuff and during that time he had 2 tests and has 2 additional tests this week. That's 4 tests this week in 3 days, I won't be seeing much of him until Wed night I guess!!! I spent most of the weekend just lying around relaxing. 2 weekends in a row!!! That won't happen this weekend I promise!!

Bath Time

So, I was excited that Tom got home from Mississippi last night. He was there for a week doing Army man stuff. It was really lonely all week long, but sometimes the peace and quiet was nice too. I really did miss him a lot though and so did the puppies. I left the dogs outside all day yesterday while I was at work because it was nice out. 73 degrees here for all you Northerners, I heard it snowed in Chicago yesterday!!!!! This picture doesn't show you how messy she really was.

Look at that mud...DISGUSTING...she likes bath time though. Riley has gotten so used to being muddy that when she comes in like that she goes to the bathroom and lays down in the tub and waits for me...

Pretty opposite of Riley is Shirley...she gets so freaked out by the bath tub, it doesn't make sense since she like so play in the pool so much...she stands there shaking the whole time, so her bath has to be quick!!!

She is just sitting there glaring at Tom hoping that he will save her from me, the evil bath lady...

I hope everyone is doing well and that you enjoyed the bath time pictures. Hopefully we will do something exciting this weekend to share with you...