dog teeth cleaning

Smokey is getting back to normal, but had a rough (ruff, haha) day yesterday.  This photo makes it look worse than it is, it was just a teeth cleaning, but for a dog that means sedation (can i sign up for that for my next dental appointment?).  Poor guy did have to go without food from 8pm the night before.  The vet's office left the IV bandage on him when we picked him up and it just made him look so pathetic I had to snap a picture......I call it, "our unwilling patient".....the procedure went well, no extractions needed and his teeth look great.  Wish me luck on a weekly treatment I will need to start giving him...

blueberry day

I made my annual trek out to pick blueberries yesterday.    The season opened a couple of weeks late due to the all the rain and flooding we've had this year, so the blueberries were plentiful and plump (and there were tons on the ground, from the rain or just so plump they couldn't hang out)

I brought a coworker with me so we could chat while we picked and I picked just over TEN pounds in under 2 hours.

This time of year I'm like Forrest Gump with shrimp but with blueberries...blueberry smoothies, blueberry muffins, blueberry pies....mmmmmm

what is your favorite blueberry item?

PS - went on my first ever girl's long weekend, and had a great time!   hope to do a separate post for it.

Girl's Weekend

We finally made our girls weekend, aka Ladycation, a reality and it was such a success!     We've been talking about doing it for years and finally made it happen the first weekend in June, and the crazy weather couldn't stop us!  Houston had bad weather the day we were headed out and while we were gone, but we were actually very lucky with the weather.

There were 6 of us, and it went so well - no drama, and even sharing 2 bathrooms worked out really well.

We hope to do it again next year,  we may even stay at the same house!

Lots of chatting, laughter and just fun with friends was just what all of us needed.

Fredericksburg is known for wineries and so of course we had to tour and taste - we used a driving services so we were responsibly and none of us had to be DD.....

I'd hoped to do a full recap but the time got away from me....