pets

Miss Penny – A French Model

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Last week I too the day off the take Miss Penny to the vet.  I thought she had a cyst under her tail.  Turns out, she had swollen anal glands on the right and left side.  She was constantly licking herself, more than usual.  I’m glad I went to see the vet, he told me Penny had a fever.  He squeezed the left gland and it popped, disgusting.  When he went to squeeze the right side, it just started to bleed.  I almost started crying and then he told me this was very common in dogs and cats.

pennyedSo he gave her a shot and sent me home with 2 types of pills,  I have to bring her back tomorrow for a follow up. Miss Penny had to wear a head guard for the whole week, so not to lick , and the area could heal.  She has been a real  trouper. I tell her she looks like a French model.  Hopefully, the doctor will give her thumbs up tomorrow and she won’t have to have surgery to remove the infected gland.  Keeping my  fingers crossed 🙂

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To top the week off, we  got a visit from Nemo the storm, turned out to be not as bad as expected, but Miss Penny did not like it.

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arts/craft, Family, Video

Hand Traced Tree Of Love

Liz and I love to get our grand kids together.

It does a heart good to watch them play and enjoy their moments together. Natalie, the oldest, plays with Sophie.  Liam and Christian play with each other and when it suits them they all play together.  I love to watch them enteract with each other.  Like this one Sunday, when Liz decided that the kids would love to draw a Valentine’s tree.

So out came the crayons and of course paper. Liz in her teacher mode showed the children how to draw this Valentine tree.  It was so easy and they loved it.

Iphone pics 277 Liam and Christian creating their work of art…love it when they give us smiles.   Together the boys just seem to light the room.  I still cannot get over how much Liam looks like Liz.  Really!

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Here is one of their little hands. Not bad for a first time drawing of a Valentine tree.  I think this one was created by Natalie.Iphone pics 279

This VT was created by Sophie, of course she always signs her work of art and since it was a Valentine tree she wanted her parents to get it.  I wonder why it was not given to me?  I was the one who brought her to play with Liam and Natalie…Oh, well!

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 Now Natalie, Liam and Sophie had no problem with the hand drawing, but Christian, well, lets just say his hands just did not seem to make a good trace.

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 Hey, I wonder if Michelangelo started this way…one never knows .does one….<3

 

 

 

Shopping, Time of the Season

What To Buy In February

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Did you know that a lot of the holiday and end of year sales carry over into February?  Thanks to the annual trade shows, there are plenty of new sales this month.

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Broadway Tickets – Now is the off season, so prices are down for shows on Broadway and off-Broadway.  Look for great 2 for 1 deals right now. http://www.nycgo.com/

 

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Digital Camera – Manufacturers will announce all their new products at trade shows. You can get great deals on last years’ model.  Presidents’ Day is when discounts hit their peaks.

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HDTV & Home Theaters – You don’t have to be sports fan to take advantage of the Super Bowl Sales going on right now.  New models will be out next month, so if you missed Black Friday, now is the time to get the set you wanted.

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Chocolate – Thanks to Valentine Day, the market will be flooded with pretty boxes  of  wonderful chocolate.  After Valentines’ Day you can pick up the left-overs at a good discount.

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Fragrances – Valentine’s Day means sale and deals on fragrances.  Look for special sets at counters in department stores and pharmacies.

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Flowers – Yep, you guessed it. After Valentine’s Day you will find flowers on sale at your local shop.  If you take proper care of the flowers, you will be able to enjoy them for some time.

Family, Travel

Atlantic City and the In-laws

When you are visited by  out of town in-laws it can be either a pleasure, or a chore.

I am happy to report that my in-laws are always a pleasure to have even at Christmas time.

My husband’s brother John came to visit this year for the Christmas holidays.  This is not the first time he flew from California to spend the holidays with us.  No not the first.  But it is the first time he flew from California with his new wife, Carol.  See my brother-in-law has been divorced for over 15 years.  Yes, it took him that long to find the person that he would spend, hopefully,  the last and the best years of his life with.

 I met Carol last summer, when we went to California.  We had such a grand time together that it just seemed like we had known each other forever. After spending 9 days with John and Carol I knew that she would be the one that my brother-in- law would marry.  

Sure enough a month after returning they called us to announce their engagement.  OH!  We were so  happy  for them…they were married  August, 2012.  Unfortunately we were unable to fly to the west coast to help them celebrate their wonderful day.

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 Here they are in Venice.  Toasting the world and rubbing it in that they were in Italy.  

Now that they were coming to the east coast my husband and I decided to treat Carol and John with an overnight in Atlantic City…OK, I know that is not the greatest place to go, especially in December, but I could not come up with any better idea.  I am so not  a fan of  AC.   I am not a gambler. I like to spend my money and get something for it, like a blouse, shoes, bag, earring, I could keep on going, so dropping coins in a machine and watching it just disappear is not my idea of a good time.  However, my in-laws and my husband do love a good slot machine.  So off we went… a night in Atlantic City.

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So once we got there it was all good.  I found out that my sister-in-law was not a slot machine person.  Her gambling of choice was the roulette wheel.  Carol had me walking all over the casino searching for the best roulette table.   She observed the players at the tables real close, making sure that she would pick  the right roulette table ..get-attachment (36)

The two brothers took on the slot machines.  They did fairly well.  John and my husband won, not the really big jackpot, but in my book when you walk away with a little more than what you started with you are a big winner.

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We ended up having dinner at The Palm’s at the Tropicana.  We certainly did not go wrong dining at The Palm’s.  We had an incredible  steak dinner, and a martini that even James Bond would approve of.   Now Carol and John have been married 4 months …I wish them all the blessings and a very long marriage.  As Carol kept saying, I have been married 4 months, but you have been married 40 years.  Yes, Carol I have been married 39 years and 6 months longer than you…I cannot wait for you to catch.  🙂