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She is Free!

I have not written too much about my cousin’s brave battle with cancer. I did not want to invade her privacy, and also because I have just been plain freaked out at the mere thought of losing her. She has been going through this battle for nearly a year now, and today she got the report that all her blood work and scans have come back showing NO CANCER!!!

She will need to be checked on more often, and we will watch her like a hawk, but for today my cousin, my oldest and dearest friend, Janet is free!

I am so proud of you! In the last year, you have showed me how to be tough. How never to give up. How to keep going. I am not nearly as brave as you. I’m not sure I could have gone through all that you have with such dignity and grace!

I’m sending you, peace, love, blessings and joy! Yes, lots of joy!

Friday Fil-Ins

Friday, May 7, 2010
#175

Hosted by my cousin, Janet.

And…here we go!

1. Salsa and chips. Real salsa and real chips!
2. Pastrami and you’ve even got mustard.
3. By the time I get home I’ll be ready for a glass of wine.
4. A good sale is what I look forward to most when grocery shopping.
5. And I was dreaming _of an ice cream come today, but I was strong, and didn’t have it!
6. A dackel,…is there anything else better?!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to putting up my feet, tomorrow my plans include _going to see the worlds smallest horse, Einstein and Sunday, I want to enjoy a nice luncheon with Mandy and M and meet M’s parents!

Sundays

Yesterday I wrote that I’d hoped that my cousin’s picture of me and her dogs came out. I spoke to her today and she forwarded it on to me this afternoon. As you can see, Max and Wolf love their Auntie Maribeth!

You probably can’t tell, but I’m a real dog lover!

I woke at about 1:50 AM Sunday morning. I knew that at 2 AM the time changed and we were due to leap forward an hour. Now, my bedside clock is a satellite clock and I wondered if it would reset itself at 2 AM. I truly wish I were not so inquisitive because I lay there watching the clock until 1:59……3:00 AM!!! I was very impressed and fell back to sleep smiling.

It rained all day on Sunday and yet I needed to go out to the store, because after buying out the grocery shop the other day, I realized I had forgotten celery! Now how could I have done that? So off I went, in the rain to get a bunch.

I drove down town because I wanted to see if the Bob house was still on the ice, had been removed, or fallen through the thin ice. If you guessed that it had fallen through then you would be correct. All that showed was the very top of it that was somehow floating. Our town will need to dredge that area out before The Mount Washington Cruise Ship can come into the town docks.

Hubby still has a cold and I feel like I either have hay fever or a small cold as my nose is pretty stuffy! A feeling I do not like.

I take the dackels in for their yearly shots today. They love the ride over and it’s always nice to see my Vets.

Have a good Monday, everyone!!!

Make-Overs

This was a great day. I was up at the usual time, said bye to Hubby as he went off to meet friends and ski, had a nice breakfast and headed to my friend’s beauty salon for my monthly make-over! And this month, I not only needed the make-over, but the pampering that comes along with it.

I got there early and sat down drinking a cup of coffee and relishing being out again after enforced bed rest for my eye. I actually shouldn’t have been driving, but I patched my eye and went very slowly the few miles across country roads to the salon. All day yesterday I asked myself if I could do this, and this morning I got in the Jeep and away I went.

I was pampered and spoiled and Margarita gave me a cut that will be easy for me to do these next few weeks. Lots of layers so that the curls just pop out. I just love how Margarita does my hair!

My friend and manicurist, Shelly had her baby, Ella there wearing a shirt and pants set I gave her for the baby at her baby shower in October. She looks so adorable, don’t you think?

So my day was a happy one as I got out and had a chance to see my girlfriends and little Miss Ella!

New Years Love & Resolutions

I was up after 9 AM on New Years morning. I woke up on the sofa. You might ask me why I was on the sofa when Hubby and I own a perfectly good king size bed. Well, apparently the dachshunds felt like stretching out and I was the one who was going to land on the floor. So, since I was awake, I came out, drank a large glass of cranberry pomegranate juice (my current favorite!) and then fell asleep on our sofa.

Our day has been rather laid back and quiet. I slept on the sofa again in the afternoon and finally kicked the eye ache. Yay for me! I’m back to cooking our meals (and unfortunately cleaning them up) and even doing the laundry. Life is going on in a normal way, and for this I am so very grateful!

Snow has been falling softly, all day long. It’s very pretty. I decided to enjoy some of the after Christmas sales and I ordered our Christmas card for next year. Usually I go out and do this, but since I cannot drive online retail therapy will have to suffice.

You know, I need to tell you all a little story. It took place shortly after I came home from the hospital. I was feeling very depressed because of the eye and I asked Hubby to bring me the mail that had come while we were gone.

I lay there opening each and every Christmas card that came and as I read them I felt the love and caring of our friends and family envelop me in a warm cocoon. It was truly magical! How lucky we are to have you all and how lucky I felt to open those cards so full of love. (Of course our tax bill from the town we live in reminded me how much our town loves…our money! LOL)

As the New Year starts I am planning to get back to Weight Watchers once I can drive, and never again take my vision for granted.

Do you have any resolutions?

Visits

Halloween was a fun day. My daughter, Mandy came up to visit bringing along her sister, Allyson. It was so nice to play with the puppies, run around outside, and have a nice lunch together, where we chatted about what Mandy and Allyson are up to. Mandy is busy with work and Allyson is busy at school, as this is her Senior Year of High School.

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Later after they left, Emily arrived for a little visit with us. She played with each of the dogs. All 9 of them!

Here it was, Halloween and we did not have one Trick or Treat-er!

The clocks change tonight. Fall back!

Friends

Thursday saw us entertaining friends from Vermont and Maine. They came to enjoy a visit with our friends from Australia, Keith and Jill.

Jill, Maribeth, Alice, Joan and Keith

We all met years ago when I adopted Shubi. I knew nothing about dachshunds and I went online looking for information. I found a list for dachshund owners and in less than a year, 20 of us set out on our own list that we call the “Circle of Friends”. And so it goes, we have been friends through thick and thin.

I made a turkey dinner with all the fixings for our noontime meal and we ate with glee and much laughter. It was a delicious meal!

Keith and Jill.

We took quite a few pictures and of course we enjoyed the puppies and our dogs. Here I am with Anneliese.

Here is Curt.

And Schnapps

schnapps

And Wally.

Puppies Are Growing

Due to time constraints this will be short and sweet. I will tell you that the pups are doing famously, growing and changing every day, and eating more and more independently of Greta.

Aren’t they just beautiful?

These are all the boys. Light Blue is Calvin, then the next level is Wally and Fenway and on the bed is Curt.

Here is our little sweetheart, Schnitzel.

And this has to be one of the cutest pictures of Wally.

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Sorry this is so short, but I am so busy visiting with our friends, feeding babies and taking care of Anneliese and her heat. It rained very hard today in the morning, but by the afternoon it was fairly good and we ventured out to the stores.

Thursday more old friends are coming and I have several surprises planned.

More later!

Happy Birthday, Uschi!!!

Eight and a half years ago, two women met online. We met because we loved our doggies and wanted to communicate with other people who enjoyed their dogs as well. We wrote back and forth, sharing our lives, began instant messaging through yahoo, and before we knew it, we realized that we were not only friends, but sisters separated by an ocean!

Over the last eight and a half years we have shared good times and bad, but no matter what, we have been there for each other. We’ve been lucky enough to spend time together in person as well.

How grateful I am that this wonderful woman and I found each other!

So, my dear sister, Happy Birthday, and may you have a very special day today and a happy and healthy year ahead!!!

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Puppies & Babies!!!

Monday found me racing around taking Arnie to the Vet’s with an ear infection, making meals and then racing off to my girlfriend’s baby shower in the late afternoon.

I managed to snap a couple of puppy pictures in the morning while I was changing their bedding. The pups are getting nice and plump and truly they are beautiful! Here are Claus and Caspar. They love each other so much and it seems they are always cuddled up together.

Isn’t this the cutest thing?

Since I was on the go I didn’t take too many more, just this one of Curt.

After this I went off to the baby shower and had a great time with the gals. My friend Shelly is expecting her first baby in October. They are naming her Ella Glo. I just love that!

Here is Shelly with one of the onesies I gave her. Can you tell I picked it out?

Shelly is just the sweetest and she is one of the few people I know that is so cute pregnant! I was not cute pregnant. I looked like I had swallowed a hippopotamus! Shelly, well she is just beautiful!

The party was great and a good time was had by all. I came home and after my shower put my feet up, hugged my little boy, Arnie, and then gave him his ear medication. Life is good.