My poor baby

So yesterday I get a call from my sister; apparently my lovely dog has scratched her ear so badly that it wouldn't stop bleeding. A call to the vet, pressure applied for over 10 minutes, and still her poor ear is bleeding. Thus a trip to the vet, a $240 bill and the cone of shame! Now I have to give her ear drops and medications twice a day and we must go for a recheck in 2 weeks. She apparently has some awful crap that has been building up in her ears because of her allergies and she might have to be put under anesthesia for an inner canal cleaning! Holy crap, that is going to stink and hopefully my poor baby won't have to go through that. While I shouldn't post about her poor predicament, she is just so stinkin cute with her collar of shame!

My sweet girls!

I talked about the scarf cave that was recently constructed in the house and I finally got a few pictures of the girls playing in it. They aren't the best in quality, but it was the best I could do. B-Bear loves weaving in and out of the scarves and attacking them. If you look at the bottom of the photos, you will notice her toys she likes to play with in the cave.

And then there is Dakota. Kota doesn't really play in the cave, she just likes to lay in it. She really loves small places where she feels protected. She is such a special girl! I love these girls more than words can say. They are my fur babies!

Weekend Project-Part 2

The backyard is not nearly as interesting or as pretty as the front, but it got some work done to it as well. (Sorry about the underlining, not got sure why it is here and can't get rid of it.) Below is an area that was previously filled in with pinestraw. It was quite ugly and annoying, I was always bringing pinestraw in the house. I added some cement stones for my grill to sit on and then filled the rest in with different size river stones. I was originally going to do an elaborate add on which some beautiful stone, but it was going to cost me several hundred bucks and I just don't have that to spend on a 4 x 6 area at this point in time. For now, this totally works for me and it looks better than the picture shows. It is a weird angle and so difficult to get a good pic.

Below is another difficult area to work with. There aren't any gutters on the townhouses and this section of the yard is always flooded when it rains. Combine that with red clay and it just isn't a pretty picture. I am hoping that by planting my wildflowers in pots this year, instead of just trying to grow them in the awful red dirt, that I will get some results. Hopefully in 2 weeks I will have some luck. I generally have a black thumb, but I am going to try really hard this year to get these flowers growing. My parents have some plants that I might be able to transfer to this spot in the fall, only time will tell.

The prettist thing in my backyard by far are these dogwood blossoms. Aren't they beautiful? I love looking outside at the trees and watching the birds eat from the feeders. It makes for such a relaxing day!

Weekend Projects!!

I spent almost all day Saturday working on my yard. I can't imagine having a bigger yard, it would have taken me a week, instead of just a day to complete. I am so super excited about the results though! It is the first time that I have really done anything with the yard, and I got some sun, which is awesome! The picture above is my uber cute townhouse. You can't really tell, but I planted some flowers in several pots and hung some hanging baskets.

I got mulch on sale for 99cents, a major score and then bought these cute cedar edgers. They really add a lot to the yard, and smell wonderful! Plus, they were really easy to install, a definite plus. My sister also added her cute owls that my dad made to the landscape. There are three of them and they are secretly hiding amongst the bushes. Tomorrow I will show you the back of the house, not as exciting as the front, but I am still impressed with the work we did : )

Springtime fun!!

I wish I could find it easier to blog, but the spring weather has just been so wonderful that all I want to do is be outside!! On Sunday we celebrated my sister's birthday and smoked a boston butt-delicious! We also spent the day playing cornhole and horseshoes, it was an amazing day! Today after work I gathered up my pups and headed to my friends pond so that we could go fishing, we didn't catch anything, but still had a great time. The girls had so much fun playing in the pond and running all around off leash. It made me so happy and content to see them having such a fantastic time!

This picture is actually from a trip last year to White Lake, but seeing my poor boxer bear try and swim just reminded me so much of that trip. She tries so hard, but just can't seem to get it right. I need to invest in a life vest for her so that she can go out swimming with the rest of the pups. She just looked so sad watching Kota go fetch sticks out in the pond. At least she got to splah around. So far, this week has been terrific and I hope it stays that way!