Planning is Key...Isn't It?

Well, I thought it was.  Despite an hour and a half spent in the kitchen prepping lunch and dinner items, my week is still off to a bumpy start. 

We had an interesting weekend.  One that started with us thinking we might end up in the emergency vet, when Sammy started looking like this.  Poor pup had a swollen face and ear.  I'm not sure what got her that she reacted to, but some doses of children's Benadryl (by direction of the vet) fixed her right up.  I missed the bridal shower I was supposed to attend on Saturday, as I was too busy checking to make sure Sammy was breathing.  The Benadryl knocked her out and you could call her and call her and she wouldn't budge.  I was relieved when the swelling started to go down.

Sunday was a wonderful day with my mom.  Daniel and I cooked lunch over at her house and we just hung around.  Nothing super special, just time together and my mom seemed totally pleased which is what was important.  :)

After an afternoon nap, I got busy in the kitchen.  The good news is that everything I made will freeze well, so if we don't get to it this week I can carry this week's preparation into next week.  Hurray for freezers!!  Because then Monday happened.

Monday morning Sammy was not herself.  The face swelling was gone, but she was still super lazy (no Bendaryl since Saturday evening!) and she was not interested in eating...if you have ever met Sammy (or any labrador) you know that not being interested in eating is a definite sign of something wrong.

I was calling her name, loudly while taking this picture!

So, off to the vet we went.  The diagnosis...bacterial infection and after the first dose of antibiotics she was doing so much better.  This morning she was back to her old self.  Thank goodness!  She takes medicine through Saturday and hopefully whatever yucky thing she found to eat (that was the vet's guess of the cause) she will not ever find again.  In other news, the vet said the bacterial infection had nothing to do with the swollen face...just a fun coincidence.  I should reconsider my definition of fun, what do you think?

After a Monday of a sick dog, trying to work from home and a vet visit, I felt like a glass of wine and something extra yummy for dinner, so we had Chinese food.  :)  Again, hurray for freezers!

Happy Mother's Day!!

In honor of Mother's Day here is a picture of me with two of the most amazing moms I know! 

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!



So Many Things, So Little Time

Do you ever feel like you are being pulled in a gazillion directions at once?  That is how I am feeling right now.  It seems to have invaded my work and personal life right now. 

Without going into details about work (since I would hate to bore you), I feel like everyone wants something from me right now.  It is how I would imagine a teacher of young children would feel when all the students need attention at the same time.

My niece and my husband.

In my personal life I am also busy busy.  This month I have a niece taking her first communion, so I will be traveling to Mississippi for that event.  I also have friends getting married at the end of the month, so I have a bridal shower this weekend and then their wedding festivities on Memorial Day weekend, complete with bachelor/bachelorette party and post wedding BBQ.  Should be a fun weekend!  And don't get me started on Mother's Day!  It got here too quickly!

In addition to all my weekend plans I have made the awesome decision to hit the gym with my husband in the evenings.  My usual schedule is to get cardio in on my lunch hour so I'm adding strength training in the gym 3 evenings a week.  This is awesome, and a top priority.  I refer to it as our gym date.  However, it is taking away from dinner prep time...so that is making the evenings a little more chaotic.  Daniel and I agreed that we would spend time in the kitchen on Sunday evening to prep things for the week, so the nights we have our gym dates we have quick, healthy dinner choices.  I am liking this plan.  This Sunday I will be adding dinner preps to our Sunday ritual...I have already been doing breakfast and lunch prep, so I think I can handle this.

Anyone else out there feel like they spread themselves thin sometimes?  How do you juggle busy schedules?

Happiness is...

Aren't there certain things in your life that instantly bring a smile to your face?  They can be small random little things or things so meaningful it hurts.


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