Stitches, stitches, stitches!

Today Gella got spayed! Poor baby!!

She couldn't eat or drink after 4pm on Monday. Both of which are mean, especially the water part since it's been over 100 (F) ... while Gella was at the vet, I decided to go to the hospital and have a mole removed. Everything is fine, doctor was great & now I have a stitch! Gella has a few more stitches than I do and definitely feels worse but we are home and trying to relax!

Anyone with tricks on how to get a dog to heal quickly? lol 10 days seems too long

I guess I am waiting for the 10 days to pass now .. puppy wants to play!

Uh oh it's Monday

So this weekend wasn't as much of a bust as we figured it'd be lol

Saturday we cursed the drive all the way, but we went to the base to see a movie. We saw Next, with Nicolas Cage AND Joe liked it! He's a hard one to impress, as far as for me I was thrilled that I didn't know what was going to happen (ha ha) next. It certainly wasn't predictable, so for that reason, I'd recommend it. I was surprised that Julianne Moore is in it and sadly she wasn't great .. but Jessica Beil did a good job & she's just so pretty, so I'm sure Joe didn't mind her being in the movie.

After the movie we grabbed lunch, wandered around and decided it was just too hot so we went home.

Sunday we had a fun & entertaining day with our friend "Hop" we played a whole bunch of board games .. yes we are those people AND it was fun! He brought over some steaks so we grilled YUM!

Tomorrow we take Gella in to get spayed and I'm so nervous for her!

Oh I forgot to mention that I've started using http://sparkpeople.com/ it's great! I can find out exactly how good/bad the food I want & do eat is for me!! AND actually tracking what I eat makes a huge difference in what and when I do eat! I'm shocked to find out the things I have thought of as healthy .. really aren't! This website is changing how I think about food and therefore changing the way I eat. Yay!

That's it for today :D

TGIF!

Another week is over here in sunny, hot as hell!

So I have been asked again when Joe & I will have kids .. this is so annoying! Children do not complete everyone, children aren't the key to happiness for everyone .. and the most amusing part of this is I generally get asked by people who have a screaming baby in their arms. Are you kidding me? Yeah that's what I want! *sigh* So far my favorite part about kids, is giving them back!

Here's a few links that crack me up

http://7deadlysinners.typepad.com/sinners/2006/04/breeder_bingo_c.html

http://www.happilychildfree.com/bingo.htm

Read them and quit asking me when I'm going to pop a kid out! lol

Cute Gella pic's .. just had to post some

I considered submitting this one to Stuffonmydog.com .. but she doesn't look pleased & it's rather forced, so I didn't. . .

The ears .. I think her ears so so cute

I love that she looks like she's smiling! Happy Dog!

... it's like she's showing off her adult teeth he he

Last Friday I turned in 5 .. yes 5 applications for jobs that I don't want and I have a sixth application to fill out, here's hoping!

So after a slightly irritating, boring and exhausting weekend we have come to the first Monday of summer .. yippee

We have gotten news of our second visitors of the year, they are coming in November and so far way better as they don't expect (yup I said expect) me to plan THEIR vacation for them! I love them already! They also offered to take us to Rome .. this time we might take the offer. I wish I knew why Joe is able to speak frankly to his father, but not his mother .. whatever the reason, he informed his dad that a trip to Rome is too pricey for us (maybe not if I get a job, who knows)

I'm giving more thought to Joe's outrageous suggestion of having me move back to the states to purchase a house, get a job & live there for the next two years; at first I was completely opposed but now it's worth considering .. but where to live & buy a house? Texas? Puh-leeze! California's out of the question (hello $500,000 homes) and I'm not sure about Colorado. Where to live? Where aren't there natural disasters? lol

Wednesday - The Ticket arrives

Joe just emailed me a ticket!

The man that thinks I speed got himself a ticket!! We have to find the office which will be difficult! *sigh* I've heard that the Italian tickets are expensive ;(

Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday

So, tomorrow is the last day of school & it's a half day so today was my last full day of no kids .. ahh summer is here!



Today, I taught Gella to sit! My dog now sits on command. It's great! Tomorrow I will work on lay down, but I have a feeling that will be more difficult than sit.

Yes that's her tongue, she's licking for her treat lol

Joe's getting into Softball, which is really good for him. I wish I had a picture of him when he came home today .. they had practice after work today and he came home red, lobster red! He's got such a 'farmers tan' that he looks like he's wearing a white shirt all the time. Poor Joe.

I got really excited because Joe stated that he wants to quit smoking *again* because he can really feel the affect of it .. whatever works to get him to quit!

Nothing big to report, so I'm off.

Night all!

Another Monday

So this weekend I found out from Joe that my wardrobe is boring and too conservative! Shouldn't that mean that I get to go shopping?? Only makes sense right?

Last night I learned that one of my cats snores! That still makes me laugh.

Today Joe came home with a headache, but he wants to go to the commands softball game, which should be fun.

Nothing to really report, so have a nice night family & bloggers :)

That Darn DOG!

It's a good thing she's so darn cute & has these big sad beautiful brown eyes .. it rained last night so the backyard (her toilet) is all soggy. Gella decides this is the perfect opportunity to practice her digging technique.



Since I don't like mud on my furniture (yes I let my dog sit on the couch) I opt to wash her feet ha ha opps paws, she mopes the entire time until I'm finished and then walks around the house enjoying the wet paw prints she is able to leave on the floor.

On a MUCH more important note, I want to say Happy 50th birthday to my dad! Half a century old ha ha I told my grandfather the same thing when he turned 50

Cave Grande - June 2 2007

Ok so I'm not great at updating my blog, mainly because nothing ever happens lol ..

Saturday was quite an experience! A friend called me on Friday evening asking if I would be up for a 'strenuous' hike to Cave Grande. She & her husband got tickets through the base to go but he got called into work .. she already had a babysitter & it was paid for but she didn't want to do it by herself. I thought it over and decided that I'd go (with some coaxing from Joe & Lane)

It was fantastic! I don't know why I was so hesitant! The view from the top was breathtaking

This is the view from the top!

If you look closely you can see the pools in the center of the picture, looks like a valley.

The hike down took roughly an hour (probably less, but I didn't have a watch on) and that part was nice & easy although at times a little tough on the knees as some of the steps ie. carved stone were two feet tall.

We got to a fork in the road and had to decide which Italian site we would choose. Not being able to read it we went to the right, so glad we did to! We came upon beautiful natural swimming pools. I changed as quickly as possible and my friend & I jumped in only to find that the beautiful water was FREEZING! And I need to point out, we were the only girls to even jump in the water! I would definitely have been kicking myself had I not brought my suit!

Beautiful, cold & clean water :)


The BIG jump!

We got out of the first pool to explore a bit more, we came to an even bigger pool and I didn't think it possible, but I swear it was colder!

We were done being so cold, so we changed & ate quickly and set out to see more. We had to cross a stream by balancing on fallen trees, made me think of dirty dancing! We crossed and climbed a bunch of rocks and came to a natural dam. It was very beautiful!

On the trek back up I was cursing the whole hike! It took a bit more time to get back up and my legs are sore today, but it was great! I'd love for Joe to come with me, but I don't see my smoker husband doing something like this! ha!

Overall I'm happy I went and I am rather proud of myself, I felt great afterwards!