Birthday Weekend

Saturday was my Hubs' birthday. I decided to kind of make a weekend out of it. Nothing wild and crazy spectacular, but just spending time with him, friends, and family.

Friday, we cooked dinner at home and had a Happy Birthday cookie cake. After dinner we stayed up and watched the UK game. Screamed at the tv, cheered, and celebrated their win!

Happy 32nd  :)

Saturday, I took him to Huber's for lunch. He had never been, so I thought it would be fun. Our friends joined us and we had a yummy lunch and bought some apple butter at the gift store. It was a little colder than it had been recently and there were very few people there. We definitely need to make another trip when the weather is a little nicer later in the year and then we can go pick fresh fruit and veggies.

at Huber's

Later that night, we went out to dinner with his brother and girlfriend at Rafferty's. The place was packed with RED and every tv (about 20) had the UofL game on. Winning that game would send the Cards to the Final 4 for the first time in years. The place was loud and I could judge by the sounds from the people whether the cards did something good or not. In the end they won (after giving a few of my friends heart attacks) and all was good in the city. Except the riots, and storms of people flooding the downtown area in celebration. haha

Sunday, we went to my parent's house to have a joint celebration of the hubs' and brother's birthdays. 32 and 21. But before we could eat, we had to watch the UK game. The one that if we won, would send us to the Final 4 (for the 2nd time in a row) and match us against UofL. UK came out on top and this state got what it wanted, what people have been dreaming of for years, what will cause this great state of Kentucky to probably implode next Saturday. A game between to rivals, UK vs UofL for a NCAA championship berth. Something that has NEVER happened in the history of college basketball. Read this for further understanding what this matchup means for our state: It’s Armageddon, catered by KFC.

German Chocolate cupcakes

All and all it was a fantastic birthday weekend with the hubs. I am now looking forward to surviving next Saturday. If you can't find me after 6:09 pm it's because I am locked in my bedroom with the game on. GO CATS!

Sickness

 We have been dealing with a sick puppy for over a week now. It has not been fun.

Apollo

We had decided to have him neutered and he had to go in for a pre-surgery checkup. Listen to his heart, lungs, and verify he has 2 nuts. (haha) So I talked to Dr. Wood (appropriate name after talking about neutering) about his vomiting. We got some pills and after 3 pills a day for 3 days he was finally able to eat and drink and keep everything down. A day and a half later I wake up to diarrhea ALL over my kitchen. He even managed to get it on my cabinet doors. GROSS 

It took an emotional toll of both the hubs and I. We felt helpless. Not knowing what was wrong with him. He was constantly sleeping and not wanting to play, not like him. We didn't know who this dog was. He hadn't gotten into anything, and we couldn't figure out what would cause him to get sick like this. After 2 days of nasty poop the Hubs took him back to the vet. He talked with Dr. Wood and came to the conclusion that a PIG EAR was to blame.

My vet HATES pig ears, raw hides, and any equivalent to them. She said when you give these 'treats' to your dogs pieces are swallowed before they are chewed. If they are large pieces they can cause an obstruction (requiring surgery to have it removed) or if they are smaller pieces they float around in the stomach causing irritation (which is what happened to Apollo). These treats take forever to digest thus causing problems to last longer than normal. Once we got Apollo to stop throwing up and keep food down, it pushed his little piece of pig ear into his intestines and had been irritating his bowels (causing the diarrhea). So from now on, the only treats my dogs get are milk bones!

feeling a little better

Apollo had his first 'normal' poop last night. I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. I can finally stop worrying (for now). The baby is finally on the mend and feeling better just in time to go back to the vet on Monday to lose his nuts!  I'm such a mean mommy  :)

Wordless Wednesday

Supporting my team! UK all the way

Wordless Wednesday

Friday, March 2nd Rainbow after severe storms.  

Monday, March 5th SNOW.
gotta love that weird Kentucky weather

Super Tuesday

More like super weekend!

I had a fantastic weekend. Saturday, I got up at the crack of dawn to watch one of my baby cousins (Ronny, who is so not a baby anymore) run in a track meet. Spent the entire day with his mother and brother (Kenny), my mammie, and the gramma. Got to celebrate Kenny's 17th birthday, man I feel OLD. I was 10 when he was born. It's great to see how that incredibly cute baby has grown over the years into a young man. I can't wait to see what he does with his life. A few other family members showed up for the celebration. Gramma had a house full. I'm sure she enjoyed half of her enormous family being together, but I know it wore her out. Had great conversations about money, family, moving, politics, and religion. Only with family can you talk about all that and leave still loving one another. haha

Sunday, one of the besties came over and hung out for a couple of hours. Watched my Cats play an awesome game and go 16-0 in the SEC conference. Perfection is a sweet reward! The hubs and I went and did a little recon on how we're going to fix our kitchen. Can't do what we originally had planned with the cabinets. We're going to save money but not time. Looking like I'll be without a kitchen for a week or two once we get started but I did find a new sink that I am in love with. It was nice being out and about spending time with the hubs. Went and saw his parents and their new puppy, who is full of bouncy energy. haha He is so much fun! Wrapped up the night with a delish dinner at penn station. Their chicken salad is pretty damn tasty.

I love weekends that are busy and filled with family and friends. I believe this was the start of many weekends like this to come. YAY for spring, family, friends, and FUN!