Some times life gets a little crazy and we love it! Since returning from the wedding weekend in Georgia, we have had two more sets of visitors. First up - MB, Hugh, John, and of course Tico! They spent Mother's Day weekend with us. John is such a big boy - he slept on the trundle all by himself - under the deer head which he loves and wants to pet and kiss every five minutes. He also finally took some sort of a liking to Tucker! On Saturday, MB and I took him to the MS Natural Science Museum, which he loved. Way to many animals and neat-o things for him not to love it. After naps, we went to get a "special treat" (frozen yogurt) and then MB went for a pedicure. John wanted to go to, so I went to help out - he sat like this the entire time...Boys we promise it was for the water, not to get his nails done!
On Monday, I attended my first "Cooking Club" dinner and loved it! I have been invited to join a group of 7 other girls that gather once a month to discuss, what else, food. Basically, a cookbook is selected and we cook the majority of it and discuss the recipes - difficulty level, cost, actual time it took, do we like it, what we would do differently, etc. Each month everyone is assigned a different recipe to prepare...then we eat and discuss the 8 dishes! I can't say it enough - I loved it!
Also, during the week, we visited Petsmart then the vet...in that order. Tucker loves going to Petsmart and is a major hit while there...
On Wednesday night - we noticed that Tucker really wasn't feeling well and seemed to be running a high fever. He also hadn't been eating great since the weekend - so we gave him doggie advil, which helped, so we thought we had turned the corner...then Thursday morning, we notice he has a nosebleed going down...so off to the vet to find out that he has a serious infection requiring doxycycline for two weeks. Little fellow is feeling much, much better now, but he was a sick little boy. The exact cause of the infection isn't know but we have been told either tick bite (yes, he gets flea/tick meds monthly and no we haven't seen any) or a sinus infection caused by getting something in his nose...Andrew and I are putting money on the second one...with this dog - it is the only option!
Then this past weekend, we had the Ouzts' in town for the weekend. We introduced them to the goodness that is Cock of the Walk on Friday night and return trips to Kiefer's and Julep on Saturday. Andrew and his father played golf on Saturday morning while his mom and spent the morning "looking at things." We picked out new hardwood floors for our living room and master, then went to the "Outlet" for Mrs. Susan's pottery dishes, then Target for Tucker a new blanket, then lunch with the boys. Saturday afternoon the boys visited Bass Pro, Lowe's, then worked to repair Andrew's love tap of the wall, sealed the guest bath tub and tile, and changed out some light bulbs before going to Edwin Watts. Saturday night was Julep which always results in eating way too much yummy food but worth every calorie! Sunday, after getting guilt tripped by the granddog, they left for New Orleans while Andrew and I headed to the golf course.
Here is the spoiled, recovering from a nasty infection, loving his new blanket since he tore up his old one and his momma threw it away, dog...
What a wonderful month or so of visits with family - we love having company and spending time with our family and friends. On tap next...installation of hardwoods, painting the drywall patch, figuring out how to fix the shower door without using duck tape or super glue, and well...just life in our crazy house!
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Right when I was about to email you on slacking on posting, you post! Sounds like you have had a busy but fun month! You will have to post photos on your dishes and fill us in on how they go! Sounds like so much fun! Very Julie and Julia!
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