Good Thursday evening to everyone!
SunnyD, thank you so much for the kind thoughts. It's still so darn hard not to see my sweet girl sleeping on her blankets or doggie beds (we had them all over the house so she could have a soft place to lay down everywhere we were). So many people think, oh, she was just a dog, but, as you said, she was a family member, and one who offered up totally nonjudgmental, unconditional love. She never had a bad day.
SunnyD, you are doing so well with your weight loss. Three cheers for you! You should be so proud of yourself, and I bet your Joe is really proud of you, too. Hey, I love that arbor. I can't tell if you planted something to climb over it?? Your yard is so pretty--is that an azalea blooming in the corner?
How sad for you to find out about your friend that way. Is it harder for you to sing when it's someone you knew and cared a great deal about? Maybe it makes your voice even more beautiful and true when it's someone you know.
Willow, oh my goodness, you're not having the best start to your summer. Your poor wrist. I hope it's just a little cast if you have to have one. I'm glad the docs are going to start really looking at what's going on with your hip. They simply have to get to the bottom of this problem.
So what's with all the storms and tornados and bad weather stuff going on back there? Is this an unusually bad year for stuff like that?
Jacquie, so great to see you posting. Sounds like you've had an eventful spring, and not in a good way. Although having the GDs around for 10 days was probably a lot of fun. I'm glad the mothers recovered, and I hope your MIL is doing well in the nursing home.
Charlotte, I'm thinking of having nails put on before my daughter's wedding in July (I did mention we're going back to VA in July, right?), but I've never had that done before. Do you have to have some nails for them to work with? Because I don't. Do you like the new style of blunt nails? My DD and her friends all get their nails done like that, but I think I like the "old fashioned" rounded style. And I love nail art. I think if I were to get nails, I'd really like nail art done. Isn't it fun to treat yourself to that kind of stuff? Get a facial sometime if you've never done it--it's wonderful. Hope the house is going well.
I'd made nonrefundable plane reservations to leave here July 15 and return July 21, but my DD calls today and said they changed her leave time to before the wedding so now she has leave from July 10 through the 19th. So I had to change the plane reservations, and the car reservations, and the kennel reservations, and the dad sitter. I keep hearing "kaching" everytime I make a new reservation. This is going to cost me more than the December wedding. I'll have to add more hotel reservations, but I'm not going to do that until I know for sure if we're going to DC the weekend of the 10th. I'm looking forward to seeing friends I haven't seen for close to 20 years.
Went to the chiropractic neurologist today and now I'm in incredible pain. I knew I would be, but it's always hard when it hits. I'm afraid I comforted myself with 1/2 pint of frozen yogurt (I'm making progress--before it would have been a full pint of full fat ice cream!) and some Thai food. So now I'm having pain in my tummy, too.
I'm getting off this emotional eating roller coaster as of now, though.
Almost time for Landscaper's Challenge. I love that show. I'd love to have three landscapers design something for my yard. Paying for it would be another story. . .