Happy Easter

Happy Easter!! Since today is Easter Sunday, we visited with family (in-laws). We ate at the The Palm, which is located at the Hilton/Netherland Hotel in downtown Cincinnati. They have a HUGE buffet which is wonderful! Needless to say, Ken and I pigged out. We were certainly aiming to get our money's worth! Jared is back up for the week again after a week long spring break. He drove up yesterday and we ventured to Kenwood Towne Center in Cincinnati. Before that, we ate at Dewey's Pizza, a Cincinnati original. It was fantastic and gave us just the right amount of "pep" to go shopping. Ken left work right after we arrived and met me at Macy's. We had not heard from Jared for 1.5 hours when he finally called. He certainly found enough stores to fill the time in! We left soon after since we had dinner plans with friends.

Jared stayed home, but we had dinner at The Knotty Pine, a little "hole in the wall" place in Kentucky. It has a slanted floor so you have to be careful of you feel like you are falling over! It has wonderful food and a great atmosphere since it sits right on the river.

I have a short work week this week and begin my spring break on Friday! I am so excited an feel that it is time for a much needed break.

Winnie Loves Bandit

Our Trip to the Vet

Jared and I ventured to the vet yesterday with Bandit and Max. Did I mention that Bandit was in the hospital for most of last week? Well, he decided to lunch on two nylon kneehighs (which I just found out today was actually a pair of really nice tights..he just chewed them off to the ankles. Imagine my surprise when I went to put them on and they had no feet!) so he visited Dr. Angel for four days. He is doing great, back to his ole' thieving self. He ate two Clorox wet wipes (used) on Saturday. I can hardly keep up with him! So, due to this, we had to take Bandit in for a recheck and Max in for his eye (yet another doggie tale). I've worked with Bandit on the basics (come, roll over, sit, lie down), but he isn't good on a leash. I know this and I always anticipate the worse, but this took the cake. Since he isn't good on a leash, I keep a tight grip on him. He hardly had any slack since I was forcing him to my side (in an attempt to heel..yeah right!). I barely turned around to see if Jared was behind me and even though that doggie didn't have much room to lunge forward, he knew he had enough room to jump upwards! We were walking past a huge truck and the driver had his window rolled down with his arm hanging out. Before I knew it, Banit was face level trying to give this poor guy a slobbery kiss! I was horrified. I ended up running into him in the waiting room when we left and I appologized profusely and he said he was just worried about Bandit scratching his truck. I had never even thought of that! Thank goodness that didn't happen.

I thought I'd attach a picture of Bandit and Winnie. These were taken last summer. Winnie is our blind pug who adores Bandit (I guess someone has to! haha) and he adores her just as much. It is truly puppy love!

Do We LOVE Blizzards? (I'm not talking Dairy Queen!)

Above are pics of the "blizzard warning" we have been experiencing since last night. I took these at 4:00 p.m. and the snow has finally stopped. The news said it would end around this time, but who knew they could actually be right?! Now for the hard part...digging out of this mess. As you can see, our street has not been plowed yet. When I was trying to take pictures, I stepped into a snow drift and didn't realize it would hit above me knees! Yes, it was cold!

What have we been doing today? Well, nothing! Ken has been working on taxes all day (I got up at 7 to feed the dogs and he was slaving away). I washed some towels, made some chili, and goofed off around here. So much for adventure. Jared (poor guy) has been braving this with us. I am itching to get out (as I am sure he is), but that is a no go. I am hoping we can at least travel down the road tomorrow! ha.

Now the big question is if we will have school on Monday. From the looks of things, I am guessing "NO" since the temps will not get above freezing until Tuesday.

Storm of the Season

We are under a blizzard warning and the snow just keeps on coming! The snow started this morning, with 2 - 3 inches by 4:00. By the end of Tomorrow (Saturday), we are expected to have 12 - 15 inches! It is unreal with spring only two weeks away! I just took the pictures above, but you can see how windy it is here by how blurry they are!

I was invited to attend the Kentucky Teaching and Learning Conference in Louisville this week and sadly, we had to leave early due to the forecast. I have never seen so many teachers in one place milling around! It was so much fun and the seminars were fantastic.

Bandit has been ill and has been in the hospital since Tuesday. Unfortunately, Bandit is a fitting name. He is a thief of great proportions. By the end of this illness, Bandy threw up two nylon kneehighs and one men's dress sock. The socks were only worth about $10, but getting him healthy will be much, much more. I am wondering if he learned his lesson, but I am thinking that more than likely he has not. Anyway, I am glad he is home!

I Love Lucy!!!!

No, I am not talking about the popular sitcom, but our foster pug LUCY! Lucy came to us from a local shelter on Halloween. She was brought in as a stray with her fawn brother (Lucy is a black pug). They were claimed, however, her owner could only afford to spring her younger brother so Lucy had to stay at the shelter. This was Lucy's lucky day! She had a terrible hernia, which she has had almost all of her six years. When surgery was performed, my vet (Dr. Angel) found that her entire uterus has fallen through a 1" opening in her muscle lining. While she was not in any pain, this certainly could have killed her at any time. She is fine now and is one of the sweetest girls ever! Her only fault is that she likes to dig..I am not sure where she is wanting to dig to, but if she can find a soft spot she is out under our fence in a flash. She has only done this twice and both times our neighbor has found her either sitting on our porch or sitting by the car. I have to keep a watchful eye on her. Both times she dug out in only a few minutes. She is a huge love pug and wants to be your constant companion which I think is why she digs. She also gets along with all of the other pups and doesn't cause an ounce of problems. She is the PERFECT pug!

Another Snow Day and Dedra saw my Blog!

We had another snow day today! We dismissed school early by one hour yesterday due to snow/sleet/ice. By the time I left school, the roads were getting pretty slick. Ken even got home right after me, so I was relieved that he didn't get stuck on the interstate. I don 't think I mentioned that we traded in Ken's SUV for a Camry. This is the first sedan he has owned for quite a while. I have my Highlander (thank goodness). We have to have something to tote the pups around in! ha. I wasn't sure how this new car would handle on the icy roads, but all was ok. My cousin didn't didn't come in from Morehead due to weather. I was really glad because the only thing he would have accomplished was sitting on the interstate. Tax season is on full swing so my DH conked out around 7:30 p.m. which gave me some quiet time to read the newest of "Dog Fancy".

We had our second "one-on-one" training session for the Mac. They showed us how to make websites and Blogs. It is the easiest thing ever! Once I am more familiar with the Mac I may change my blog site, but until then I am using this. I am hoping Rachel can advise me on how to pretty up my site. I am not happy at all with all of the Blue! Considering that I know nothing about this, I am just pleased it is working. But I want something pretty! LOL

I just started Stephen Kings newest novel, "Duma Key". So far, it is very good. I'll let everyone know!