Bailey and Friends

A storm! What the heck is that about. Addy, that is it, we have to go after that groundhog! Road trip!!

maybe we can just pull the ocvers over our head and pretend it isn't happening. hehehehe

My house, well, hmm..cold today. They said it was above freezing, but still coldddddddd!
I went to pick up my new (to me) car. Rather like it, spiffy looking even. It only took 17 years to get around to getting a different vehicle. LOL

Molly is either is sleep mode or trouble mode. Not sure if she has an in between stage right now.

Work is getting ready to be pretty hectic starting Wed. I'm just hoping everything goes smoothly and I can get rid of all the special project stuff by mid April or maybe the end of April. (they keep popping up grrrrr)

When are you going to Florida again? Is that right after the doctors appointments or what?

Well, dang that is just weird bruising. That doesn't even sound like bruising, more like hmmm..not sure what, like something is bleeding in that area. Do you have pins in the knee? something that could be rubbing and causing a "recurring" damage.

Well, bloody be pop if some radio station didn't mention possibility of snow flurries tonight. I think not!

Hang in there and post Baily pictures!!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin

I just heard from good authority the dang ground hog is being charged with misrepresenting spring and I am pretty sure he is going to the big house

HA, serves him right, messing around with folks who take their spring pretty seriously -HA:D:D:D:D;)

ahahahahhahaahahah, he's so done for!

Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Happy Easter Sus:):):):)

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and are looking forward to a visit from Ryan as well as the Easter Bunny:D:D:D

We are enjoying a mild day with sunshine and the snow continues to melt. It feels soooooooo goooooood:D:D;)

I had spent most of the week nights trying to clean after work and just found a hole in my vacumn hose which explains why I kept vacumning and the dirt was just blowing around the house:rolleyes:
LOL I'm glad I finally wised up:):):)

I guess my company wont mind the dirt:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Happy Easter Addy!:)

Ryan is not coming down.

It's still cold here, but tomorrow is supposed to be much better and the upcoming week except for one afternoon looks quite promising.:D

I saw the cardiologist and he says I have the heart of a 25 year old. I think he had beans for lunch, but regardless, he's sure there's nothing wrong with my ticker and the leg issue has nothing to do with my heart.:cool:

PT at the new place is going very well except for I have PT burnout, but they are giving me new things to do which are using muscles that obviously have not been used in quite some time. Part of what they plan to do will be "on sea" (aqua therapy) and that will make it more interesting as well. Bob and I went for the first of what I hope will be many daily walks this evening, without Bailey. These walks are for both of us. Bailey will still get her walks separately. I was amazed today at PT at how weak my hip muscles are.:eek::eek: Even though I've been in PT for 6 months, I've obviously needed additional exercises for the hips. That's where the instability comes in. I felt like a drunk person at 10 AM!!:eek::eek::(

Bailey has been throwing up a lot lately.:(:confused: We've changed her food. I mentioned it to the vet, but he never said anything....merely asked if it was mostly liquid or solid.

Give Zoe and Koko a kiss on the nose from us! Enjoy those Easter eggs!
Love,
Sus

Such great news that there are no heart problems:D:D:D:D You surely must have PT burn out but the aqua therapy sounds promising, espcially with the nicer weather coming, warm weather has to show up pretty soon, dont you think?;););)

I wonder what is up with Bailey? Koko used to do that when he would go out and eat wood chips or twigs. :eek::eek: Is there anything in the yard Bailey could be chomping on?

We had company last night until late and I am totally wiped out today. Nothing registers with my brain.

Love ya

Happy Easter Susan.

Yippeee, glad to hear that you have a wonderful, strong heart. 25 years uh. Boy, just think of all the trouble you can get into now. hahahahah

Aqua therapy is Wonderful! Love it, love it, You sure do feel it afterwards but at the time you don't even notice how much you are working, plus you're in water, what could be better. :) If you have to do PT, this is the way to go.

Have a good weekend. Hope this coming week is going to be sunny and lovely.

hugs,
Sharlene and molly muffin

Happy Easter Sharlene!:)
Hi to you too, Addy!!:D

It was sunny today, but it never got very warm.:mad: They lied to me, again. :( Tomorrow is supposed to bring rain.:( NOW it's looking like 4/6 - 4/12 before there will be any decent weather.:( WHAT DID THEY DO WITH MY 60 DEGREE DAYS???? They are now talking highs of 42 again. GAWD!!! Well 26 days and we'll be in FL. It's consistently been 79 there.

Even though I've been sedentary, very sedentary, I've lost 20 lbs. :D:D:D That's a nice surprise. That will help how I feel once I get to warm Florida!!:D

Bob cleaned up the yard today of poop and pine cones and did the mower vacuuming bit. There is some grass seed that is starting to grow from my January planting.....the birds did not eat it all, after all.

I got some pansies today. I'll try to get them in the ground soon. They're pretty good size. With the cold weather, they should get off to a great start and at least add color to the front yard. I wintered over a rose tree on our back porch and it seems to have done fine so I trimmed it up and it's back out front in the sun (what sun?) now. I need to cut back the regular roses. I'm late on that chore. And it's time to feed everything.

The knee is starting to act a bit more normal, for a recovering knee. I'm hopeful that the worst is over. There has been no new bruising for 4 days now. That's a record.

Happy, hoppy Easter!

-Susan/Sus:)

Have a bad, bad cold, but saw your post on my thread. I have no good photos of Zoe, she looks a mess since she cant go to the groomers anymore. I did post a pix of me and Kate in Chicago and two pixes of Zoe right before her last surgery. They are in her 2012 surgery album, she looks a mess.:o:o:o

Did you guys send that pink bubble wrap by pony express or by snail mail???:mad:

Bob and I went out yesterday to retrieve some driftwood that I had spotted near a nearby bridge that was recently constructed. It's a gorgeous bridge. This bridge goes over the Indian River Inlet which is where the Indian River meets the Atlantic Ocean. The water there can be pretty rough where the two meet one another even on a very peaceful day. Add in stormy weather and it really gets kickin' up!

Well, we've had this piece of driftwood out by our front lamppost ever since we had the house built, ten years ago. It's pretty rotted out now and we need something new and exciting. I've had my eyes out for something that would do for over a year now. Driftwood is pretty hard to find, at least around here. Several weeks ago I spotted some pieces that I thought would do. I finally talked Bob into going up with me to see if we could move them and bring them home. They were pretty large and I thought we'd have to saw off a piece. (This was not Bob's idea of a fun project.)

So yesterday we went up there. Yesterday. Yesterday was the first day I can remember ever responding to those who asked "How are you today?"............and I said "GREAT!" and I meant it! I felt good. The knee felt good. I felt like I was making progress in pt. It seemed like I had rounded a corner. I had seen my surgeon and he told me what was going on was what my internist had guessed........that their was either a tiny piece (very tiny piece of bone chip or some scar tissue that was rubbing against a vein causing the bleeding and therefore the bruising and subsequent swelling. It was a normal part of the healing process. It was possible to go in and cauterize the blood vessel, but sometimes they'd get in there and would not be able to find it, it would be so small. He said to give it some time. I like that answer!

So off we go on our driftwood hunt. Bob starts sawing. We start to switch sides to he can saw from the opposite side and wouldn't ya know........kerPLOP!!!! Down I go. My hips are so weak and my balance is so bad and this was an area where cars drove through but it was by no means paved. It had sand and gravel. Lots of gravel. And once I'm down, I'm down. Bob had a sheet in the car which I could put under my knees, but that wasn't much help. I remembered we had one of those head rests so he got that for my knees, but then there was nothing for me to use as leverage to pull myself up. Bob got down on all fours in front of me but I was afraid I was going to put too much pressure on his back. On top of all of this, my charley horse was bugging me. I just don't have enough strength in my legs to be lifted up under my arms. He wound up carefully backing the car up until the passenger door was within a foot of where I was. I used the seat, the door, anything I could get a hold of and finally got up.

Fortunately there appears to be just a bad bruise on one hand. The knees were not hit. I was well insulated with my winter coat and clothes. I still have the charley horse, but the pt guy today explained how to work to relieve that. We must have made one strange looking sight. Fortunately I don't think anyone saw us.....or if they did, they ignored us.:o

It's supposed to be warm and sunny for the next 5 days. I'll be in VA for 3 of those days and I think I'll spend some time taking pictures of the cherry blossoms. I'll have the time and I miss not having them around.

Could you put a tracer on that pink bubble wrap?:rolleyes:

Love,
Susan/Sus