Lucy's check up

Lucy had her check up today (we are assuming 12 week check up). At 24.5 pounds, she has more than tripled her weight since we got her. She is becoming a very big girl. We are going to send her and Alex to training in hopes that one of them comes out behaving better. They other will be offered to the highest bidder.

Here is Lucy at the vet today. It is about the only place she holds still long enough to get a good picture. She may look a little pitiful because she threw up all the way there and all the way home.

The other picture is of a rare truce between Lucy and Rosie. Rosie really prefers her asleep.

The World Through Abby's Eyes

Recently I put Abby's camera card in my camera and downloaded the pictures on it from last summer. I think it really shows how she sees the world. I thought you all would enjoy looking at them. If you are wondering how she got pictures of herself, she used the timer.

The Big Easy

I am back from my trip to New Orleans. Susan and I presented our differentiated science centers to a captive audience of nearly 100 people. The presentation was well-received. We had lots of positive comments. I was disappointed in the rest of the conference. Lots of no show presenters. We made the best of our off time. We had some great food and great times together. I am hoping to do this again.

I found New Orleans a nice place to visit, but wouldn't want to live there. There were some interesting people (to say the least). We did not see too much hurricane damage, but we spent most of our time in the touristy parts of town. I would like to have seen the places still damaged from the hurricane (apparently there were lots). Maybe Chris and I will make it a long weekend.

How was your day?

Here was how mine went...

5:45am: Alarm went off. Spent 15 minutes just getting kids out of bed.
6:00am: Abby spent next 20 minutes complaining her jeans were too tight (they weren't falling off her, which was too tight for her).
6:20am: Discovered puppy diarehea in the dining room.
7:00am: Went flying out the door 10 minutes late to take Alex and Abby to school
7:15am: Got a phone call from my friend Amanda asking me to bring her a serving spoon for our school luncheon, which reminded me that I forgot to make my item to bring.
8:10am: Arrived at podiatrist 10 minutes late after sitting in horrible traffic and getting lost.
8:15am: Dr. stuck a large needle in the side of my heel and dug around with it til blood ran down my foot, and that still felt better than the pain from before.
9:10am: Arrived 10 minutes late to a meeting with a parent at school.
10:15am: Finally get to class and back to normal, UNTIL....
11:45am: What appears to be a large shoe is thrown into my room from the hall. A few seconds later, we realize it is a large bat. After a long minute if all of us screaming and hiding under our desks, it slammed into the top of an open window and slid out.
12:05pm: Get a call from the nurse at the middle school, they thing Abby has pink eye.
12:20pm: Get Abby, bring her to my school for the nurse to check and then run her home.
3:30pm: Run all over at the last minute to get Gracie off the bus for Chris as he drops of Abby to take to the Dr. Nurse from the Drs office is a parent in our school picking up her kid, checks out Abby and confirms pink eye. Advises to call and just get meds, no need for appt. (YEAH!)
3:45pm: Help assemble packets for presentation; go over last minute things we need from school for trip.
4:00-7:00pm: Run around all over trying to get what I need and what Chris needs before I leave.
7:00pm: Finish power point for presentation Friday.
10:00pm: Begin packing...
12:30am: Sitting here now writing on my blog because I am stressing about flying tomorrow.

So, how was your day?

Lu's check up

This week we took Lucy for her vet check up. We knew she had gotten bigger. We were shocked that she had doubled her weight in 3 weeks from 7 1/2 to 15 pounds! As you can tell from the pics, she is THRIVING!

She did not like the vet. She laid there on the table and pouted the whole time. She finally fell asleep and gave up.

Remember when I used to bore you with post about my kids?!? Good news I will be boring you with updates from New Orleans next week.

Yes...

I am still reading that book on my shelf. It is a good story, but not a happy book. I am hoping to finish it by next Tuesday before I leave for New Orleans so I can take a new book with me.

Lucy: 3 weeks in and still alive!

Well, we have had Lucy 3 weeks now and so far so good. She is getting SOOO big. She goestothe vet on Monday and I can't wait to see how much she has grown in 3 weeks. She is sleeping through the night and not going potty in her cage. We are still struggling with not going in the house. Even Rosie is warming up to her, and by warming up, I mean not biting her head off.