Stitches and spring fever.

What do they have in common?
Two recent highlights at our house.

Stitches- Pup was spayed Thursday at the bargain cost of $250. Ouch! Post surgery she's not "supposed" to play and romp or run up the stairs or jump on the bed. Yeah, RIGHT! She stayed downstairs for the first few hours home, but that evening she was upstairs napping on my bed when I got out of the shower. Hmph. Thankfully she still sleeps in her cage at night. One activity I can keep her from is romping with the neighbor dogs, especially her best buddy next door. Normally they play at least once a day, three or four times on weekends. Keeping them apart -absolute torture. Lucy is driving me batty barking, whining and near busting my doors down trying to get outside. The neighbor dog barks incessantly for her every time she is outside -poor thing, she just wants to play. Neither one understands a good romp in the yard has the potential for pain and bleeding or ripped out stitches. I've taken Lucy out for just some fetch a few times a day to keep her from going stir crazy. Getting her back into the house without detouring to the neighbor's is not easy. Will be a race to see if I can get her safely to the end of the week with doors and stitches intact!

Spring fever- Nice weather last week was awesome! Mixed some potting soil around my flower beds to prepare for planting next month. Also built up the soil around my sprouting tulips and irises then covered with a layer of mulch since the 60s temps were going to drop below freezing again, which it did, with two mornings of snow to boot. YUK! Back up to 50s today but who knows how long THAT will last. Sunny and beautiful outside, I just wish the temps would reflect that! Trees don't even have buds on them yet, and I'm getting my flower beds prepared?? Cruel sunshine the first days of spring always get me psyched up for what's ahead...then it snows again. AARRGGHH!!! Took some frustration out on two old shrubs that needed dug up. Huge roots to chop away at- dig, chop, dig, chop and chop some more. Oh as a bonus, I uncovered some nesting bumblebees- YAY. They were huge but thankfully only crawling. What I didn't manage to kill were crawling back into the dirt. Planting flowers next month could get interesting! :-D

Mr. FixIt

Here's a chance to see how well you really know your husband. Cut, paste and fill in the answers, then forward . . . shoot, you know what to do. The real challenge is to send it to your husband to see how right you really are.
Of course my thought is "if I didn't know him, I'd not have married him," but anywho... have another survey! :-D

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? History channel or Discovery

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Ranch

3. What's one food he doesn't like? Sausage patties (links are good)

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order? Water or beer or both

5. Where did he go to high school? Crooksville HS

6. What size shoe does he wear? 10

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? I want to say useless junk/spare parts/extra pieces to various cars/machines/tools, but I'll say guns.

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Turkey with lots of veggies

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? pizza or homemade popcorn

10. What is his favorite cereal? Reese Puffs

11. What would he never wear? A skirt?? I dunno?

12. What is his favorite sports team? Penn State

13. Who did he vote for? Same person I did.

14. Who is his best friend? neighbor and my BIL

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Probably snore. Fix chili that kills his stomach. Put my cold feet on him. Keeping a trillion critters. The list goes on-

16. What is his heritage? English and a little German back there

17. You make him a cake for his birthday; what kind? Cheese cake

18. Did he play sports in high school? yes

19. What could he spend hours doing? playing bubble breaker on his phone

20. What is one unique talent he has? He can sing, really well, but he doesn't very often. He can belt out a Keith Whitley song (most any of them) on his own and I'm a blubbering, sobbing puddle on the floor.

I'm not sending this to Mr. FixIt to check. I've known him since the 6th grade...I think I got it.

Three Things

As I have completely dropped the ball with my blog, I need to do something!! Not much to write about anyway except school/mom/daily boringness... so here you go, a survey!

Three Things

THREE NAMES I GO BY

1. Mom/momma
2. Ang
3. Angie (Grandma T is one of few that calls me this)

THREE JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE

1. Elementary teacher
2. Medical transcriptionist
3. MOM- My most important one!

THREE PLACES I HAVE LIVED

1. Crooksville, OH
2. Breman, KY
3. Goose Creek, SC

THREE TV SHOWS THAT I WATCH

1. American Idol
2. ER
3. The View

THREE PLACES I HAVE BEEN

1. Isle of Palms, SC
2. Vancouver, BC Canada
3. Lashmeet, WV

THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO

1. Back to the beach in SC!!
2. Rome
3. Australia (me too Deb!)

THREE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS

1. Mark's steak or chops on the grill- OMG awesome!
2. Homemade chili
3. Grandma's recipe sour cream chocolate cake

THREE THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO

1. Summer!! (ditto x100)
2. Dropping a jean size- AT LEAST!
3. Going back to contacts soon- strictly glasses for a couple years now.

THREE PETS THAT YOU HAVE OWNED

1. Rabbits.
2. Snakes.
3. Rat.

THREE FRIENDS WHO WILL REPLY

1. Whoever
2. has
3. time.

THREE FAVORITE BANDS/ ARTISTS

1. Harry Connick, Jr.
2. Joss Stone
3. Nickelback

THREE FAVORITE TEAMS TO WATCH

1. Indians
2. John Force racing!
3. Ohio State football

THREE FAVORITE DRINKS

1. Very sweet red wine
2. Di Saronno or Maker's Mark ( I couldn't pick)
3. Sweet Tea