Cute Puppas

I know I originally promised to post some pictures of the puppas but had yet to do so. With that said, here are couple really cute ones!

Since our backyard is mostly rock now, there is little dirt for digging. We have one flower box with a little dirt...so that's where Rocky decided to dig a hole. Chubs was an innocent by stander of the whole event. Poor girl. When will she learn that Rocky is bad news!

Woodland Park Wal-Mart Approval

I came home from my nail appointment around noon and had an overwhelming urge to get out of the house and do something outside! Now I know what your thinking, Wal-Mart is a lot of things but it's not outdoors kind of activity. No, you're right. It's not, but you have to walk outside to get there! I just needed to get out of the house and so did Tim. We rounded up the pups, checked the oil and were off. We took our time and with no plans decided to go to Woodland Park. That's typically what we do when we need a quick mountain town fix. On our way, Tim was telling me that the new Wal-Mart had recently opened. And that's how we decided to go to Wal-Mart.

Now for those of you who know me, I am not a huge fan. But somehow Wal-Marts in mountain towns are different. They aren't as crowded and the parking lots aren't so bad you want to injure someone. ANYWAY, the building is mostly brown and green with decorative wood timbers. I have to say it blends in to the town quite nicely. It's definitely not your standard bargain Bob's blue & white eye sore.

Tim stayed in the truck with the pups, while I headed inside to check things out. Everything was new and clean and the freezer cases illuminate when you walk towards them. How cool is that! Like the redneck that I am, mom took my picture in front of the frozen food section. Passersby were quite suspicious. Of course, when we tried to explain our craziness, it only made it worse. The best part though, they sell mega peanut M&M's! I've been looking everywhere for them. They are a rare item. That really made my day.

After that we ended up at a middle school where we tried to walk around but it was so windy and even started raining. Plus my dogs have a strong desire to eat crap, grass, trash and anything nasty really. It turns out, they are drawn to it and will eat it when they find it. So between freezing and constantly reprimanding the dogs, it was more fun that we could stand. We left the school and headed towards the donut mill. Since it almost closing time, all the good pastries and treats were gone. That's when we decided that our spontaneous not so outdoorsy day Wal-Mart obsessed day had come to an end.

A Good Day

Today Tim's boss, Tim Ryan, and fellow co-worker stopped by to drop off the money they raised from a car wash fundraiser at work. The people who work at the Lockheed Martin near the Citadel are so generous. Plus it couldn't come at a more perfect time. Since Tim has been out of work so much he has had to gone on long term disability and the insurance monthly payments are a lot higher than they used to be.

Oh! And Tim was nominated for Employee of the Month for September. I don't know how that's possible but hey whatever. He'll be getting a front row joe parking spot so he won't have to walk very far. Which is good since he wants to go back to work this coming Monday. He'll only be able to work part-time for the next two weeks before his next surgery but he really wants to get back and get out of the house! And I don't blame him. Be at home ALL the time really gets old quick.

I had to work a long day today to make up for yesterday. So when 5 p.m. rolled around and I still had another hour, I didn't feel like I would last much longer. But then Tim called to tell me that he was going to place an order at my favorite Indian restaurant Mirch Marsala, and I perked up! I love that food and it was really very sweet of him to call for me especially since he can't eat much. When I finally made it home, I had some yummy cake in the fridge. He had went to Whole Foods looking for my favorite desert but couldn't find it. It's definitely the thought that counts. Did I mention it was chocolate? That helped too!

I'm exhausted and have another long day ahead of me. Thanks for listening!

Another Surgery?

In my last post, I said we didn't have an appointment. Well this morning we got a call from the scheduler that we didn't need to come and no explanation was provided as to why. So after a few phone calls, Tim got a hold of the chief resident. I guess since Tim had an appointment the following week, Pearly didn't think we need to come up. Wrong!

We got there around 11 a.m. and didn't get to leave until 1:30 p.m. Not the longest we've had to wait but it definitely could have been shorter. The resident removed Tim's stitches which wasn't the most pleasant feeling I'm sure. And pearly came in to tell that he had Tim on the schedule for October 8th. Since that's so close to Ken's wedding, it's going to be the following week on Monday, October 15th. I guess they are going to open him back up and make a few more stiches on his bladder. With any luck, this will be the end of surgeries at least for awhile.

After the appointment we went to go to the Whole Foods on Hampton. It's my favorite and I NEEDED a snack. I turn into the dizzy hulk when I don't get properly fed. They just started making their own gelato so Tim had to have some. He had a about 7 or 8 samples but just couldn't decide. The lady was really patient with him after 5 minutes he decided to have cookies 'n cream. Good choice!

Jungle Fever, No More!

I just wanted to post a quick entry about our new backyard. It turned out so nice. We started this project in August and finished a week or so ago. I should have took pictures before they cleaned it up so you could understand just how much of jungle my backyard was. Tim doesn't like me referring to it as such but I cannot tell a lie. That's what it was.

Sunday

Well today is Sunday and I love Sundays. Okay I love them up until around 5 p.m. and then I start thinking about the upcoming week and work and then Sundays start to really suck. But tomorrow I won't be going to work. Tomorrow I'm taking Tim to see Dr. Pearlman. We don't have an appointment so I'm not sure when we're supposed to be there. So I guess we'll get there when we when we get there.

Why are we going, you ask? Well Tim is leaking again. We're not sure if it's urine but it's difinitely something that shouldn't be coming out of somewhere. Tim called me last Thursday when I was at work to tell me that he was leaking again. It's very frustrating. It's such a let down to know that after all he has been through that the problem still isn't fixed. Anyway, I'm really not sure what the surgeon is going to suggest. It's possible that he might admit Tim to the hospital.

So...right now Tim is alright but he's still not feeling the best. He's tried to eat a little but it doesn't stay down. We aren't sure what's going on and neither are the doctors. So we just keep waiting AND hoping that one day it (his colon) will start working again. It's been so long since it worked I'm not sure it knows what to do anymore.

Welcome!

I've been wanting to create blog for quite sometime. What's been holding me back you ask? Well, pride really. Since I know how to make a blog from scratch I kept thinking that's what I had to do. I've been working on a website off and on for awhle now but who am I kidding! I don't have the time for that crap!

So enough of what's been holding me back. Let's get to why I've decided to start a blog in the first place. People are always asking about Tim and how things are going which is nice but after telling the same stories over and over again, well it just get's old! So with that said, if you wanna know how Tim is doing...check here. If you wanna know how I'm doing...check here. And if you just wanna look at my cute puppas, well check here!

That's all for now. I'm off to have coffee with my mom at Starbucks. Where we will dine on fatty pastries and drink dark rich coffee. Mmm, I love Saturday mornings.