No fun at all!!!!!!!!

I saw the dentist yesterday for a toothache that would not go away after 4 days and multiple ibuprofen. We thought we might get away with just an adjustment to my bite but NO..............woke up at 3AM with my mouth just throbbing! Finally got out the big guns in pain killers and took one. Went back to the dentist today and we are now looking at possibly another root canal! This is NOT FAIR!!!!!!! I've had more than my share already!

On the good side, I have gotten to stitch a little in the last week and have made some progress on my hero's project. Guess I should be glad for that.

Fair Winds and Following Seas to a dear friend

This past week a dear friend of the family was tragically killed in a car wreck. He was a good man and will be greatly missed. I was not able to go to the funeral but my husband attended for our family since I had to work. Lindon was a sweet man that would do just about anything to help you if he could. We will miss him very much. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and take comfort in knowing that if you have accepted Jesus Christ into your life, you will see your father again in Heaven. He's no longer having to deal with this world's stresses and is at peace with our Lord.

God Bless

Annie & Carly have been adopted!

Both Annie and Carly have been adopted! We are glad they went to stable homes. Annie was adopted this past Saturday to a family where the dad is an officer in the military and they have a 2 yr old son. Now we just have our Bailey and she is staying with us. Maybe someday in the future we might get another golden but we are going to wait to see on this one.

Making a little progress in my stitching.

I actually got to stitch a little this week. Here is my progress on my Hero's project:

I've been busy planting and now it is starting to bloom!

Here are some of the photos of my garden. It is still a work in progress. The first one is of the flowers by the front door.





This one is of the tree circle I've been working on. I have to widen it just a bit to get the last set of bricks in, but it turned out nicely, I think. The next images are of the flowers I put in our backyard. Some bulbs from last year managed to avoid being dug up by Bailey. I put in some impatiens and added some other flowers along the way. Not everything has flourished but I enjoy trying out new plants and seeing what I end up with in my garden.

Carly's been adopted!

Last Sunday, Carly was adopted by another swim family! She has a nice new home and they have changed her name to Marly. We are still hoping to find a new family for Annie. Both Annie and Carly are sweet puppies but they are not the right personality mix with our Bailey. Annie and Carly would get into horrific fights with each other. Annie still snaps at Bailey's face but not as badly as she used to do. Carly would not let Bailey eat and was possessive of toys and food. Since Carly has become adopted, Bailey and Annie are doing much better but we still think Annie needs a different home. If she doesn't find a new home soon, we will continue to work with her and may end up keeping her.

Been gone awhile but catching up

I've been really busy at work and at home and have neglected the blog for awhile. I wish I could say I have been stitching but I can't. I have been busy planting flowers for Spring in our yard. Last year was our first year in our new house and we had to pretty much wait to see what came up from the previous owner's plantings to know what we had or did not have. This year I planted some petunias, lamb's ear, gardenia, impatiens, elephant ears, violas, verbena, a balloon flower plant, a spirea and moved a big plant that was supposed to be a butterfly bush but turns out to be more like a hibiscus than anything I can identify. When the plants all bloom, it should be very pretty.

Nothing in the yard would have survived had we not put up some sort of fencing (even temporary fencing) to protect the flower beds from the dogs. Our Bailey dug up lots of bulbs this past year and though I was able to save most of them, I had no idea what they were when it came time to plant them again. In April, we took in two puppies from a rescue organization thinking they would make good playmates for our Bailey. Bailey is very shy and skittish but these two rascals are too aggressive and do not think they are smaller than Bailey. Bailey usually backs down if they are being dominant even though she out weighs them by 35 lbs! We named the puppies Annie and Carly.













Annie is on the left and Carly is on the right.

Bailey is now 10 months old and has become a wonderful golden. She is a gentle soul and a sweetheart! She is so pretty with her full copper coat and cream feathering.


That is about all the news for now. I'll try to post more often if life won't get in the way too much.