Prolific Weed

 

This is a prolific weed that grows in this area ... 

 

it's called Mimosa  

Monday the 9th

Monday morning we got up early ... 

I took the dogs for a mile walk.

Took out the trashcan for the truck.

We each ate a banana for breakfast.

Climb into my car (it gets better gas mileage) with wife and our pug.

Drove 2 hours to the V.A. hospital so they could take x-rays of her hip.

Received a couple of wishful text messages from 2 daughters.

Went back to Hardees and got breakfast biscuits.

Wife was being wheeled to ER when I handed her a 

Texas Toast bacon, egg & cheese.

After x-rays, Doc told her what she has now is bursitis ... 

and offered to jam a great big horse needle of cortisone in there.

The wife declined and said she'd take aspirin instead.

Pit-stop at World Market and so wife could get a couple flavored syrups.

A couple McDoubles and a side salad for lunch.

Drove 2 hours back home.

Printed out some paperwork.

Drove an hour to deliver last week's reports.

Then tracked down a new kid to do intake paperwork.

Just as I was getting home, a mother called and asked me to check on her boys and talk to them.  Close to 8 p.m. when I arrived home.

Checked email and FB.

Snacked on left-overs for supper.

Did the nightly dog walk.

Off to bed about 10:00 p.m.

CPR and ... The Line-Up

Medicaid has decided that we all need to be CPR certified.  So I spent 3 hours in a CPR class today to get my certificate/card.

Here's the puppy line-up.  

The two brownish brindles were the first two born.

Since they look a bit like chipmunks, we are calling them Chip & Dale.

We are waiting to see what they are like when they get their eyes open.

RHUBARB !!

We walked into a local store the other day and found red stalks of rhubarb.  It won't grow here ... so we have to import it from colder climes.  Just had to grab 5 or 6 of the biggest stalks.  My wife cut it into pieces and stewed it up ...
4 cups of rhubarb, a cup of sugar, and two cups of water ... brought it to boil and cooked it on medium heat for about 8-10 minutes (give or take ...) stirring constantly -- or it will stick and make a mess.  When all the chunks break up, it is done.  Cut up some fresh strawberries and throw them in with the rhubarb for another variation.

I was lucky to get a picture of it before it all disappeared!

Tasty!  Yummy!  Delish!

Sheba Updates

Looking down from my computer chair ...

This is what Sheba looked like on Monday evening.

about as pregnant as an 18 month Boston Terrier can be.

Then she started panting ...

Starting early this morning (Tuesday 5/3/11), she began having babies.

Count them ...   7 total.

How could they all possibly fit in there?

A very exhausted mother.

The babies are "Bugs"

They are a Boston Terrier/ (Black) Pug cross 

Both parents are CKC registered.

The first two were brown brindle colored - both males.

The rest are black with various markings.

The all have the white breast and stomach marking of their mother.

Between now and July, we will be interested to learn their personalities.

Right now all we hear are little whines when they aren't close to mother 

or their food source.  - Ha!  :-))