Easter

Family, dinner, egg hunt, sunshine....A wonderful day!

Sick Kitter

I came home from Spring Break to find Kit very lethargic and definitely not acting like himself. My aunt said he hadn't eaten the day before I got home. When he refused food that night I knew we had a problem. He didn't even protest when I put him in his crate and off to the vet we went.

One exam later and we knew he was dehydrated and running a high temperature. A few hours later the diagnosis was a kidney infection. He was discharged late the next evening with three medications and a new diet. Since the meds had to be given three times a day, he spent about a week with Mom and Dad.

Happily, he is back to his normal, chatty, demanding self.

Spring Break

A few photos from our Spring Break at the Oregon Dunes. It's Spring in Oregon, so we had beautiful weather and then the stormy set in. It was good to hang out with family and friends.

Getaway

It was the annual guys weekend to the dunes. They headed south, to Saturday we girls headed north. Our ultimate goal was Ikea, but we meandered our way in that direction, stopping to shop or eat when we felt like it. How else would it take us 6 hours to get fifty miles?

As I said, we were aiming for Ikea. I went in with a completely open mind. One of the pluses of a new house is decorating. Of course, decorating on a budget can be a challenge. I found a few things and I'll work on getting them put away this week. So far, the only thing I've taken care of is the new silverware drawer organizer I put together.

School Carnival

Friday night Mom and I helped my sister corral the kids at the Preschool Carnival. Face painting and throw the ball in the bucket were popular, the popcorn was a big hit, but the their favorite activity was the fish pond. It's interesting, but I remember that one being pretty popular back when I was in elementary school.

It's Melting!

Yippee! We had another day without school today. My emotions were mixed. I have to figure out how to alter lesson plans for the three days we missed. At the same time I was really happy to not drive through the four inches of cold, melting slush in the streets to work this morning.

After the cold and snowy long weekend, temperatures soared to the mid 40's today which really made the snow melt. I'm happy about that. While snow as it falls is really beautiful, the dirty slush is not. And the roads cleared up enough  for company to come over, a trip out for lunch and some grocery shopping before we try to get back to "normal" tomorrow.

Snow!

Snow. I woke up to none, but snow in other places canceled school today (tomorrow too) so I snuggled back into bed and waited for the urge to crawl out of bed and face a day with no plans, no agenda, and a mile long to do list.

All through the day I watched little flakes drift down. Not much. It never really covered the grass. I took care of a few chores: finished my online GEP class, mopped the kitchen floor, played a few hundred games on FB. Then boredom set in and I called my sister, mom and dad, an old friend.

Snow days were so much fun when I was a kid. As an adult, they just screw up my routine.

By the time the snow finally quit, there was 10 inches on my back deck!