Skye love...

Skye's Injury and Hot Pot!

Yesterday afternoon, my sweet Skye was playing in the back yard.  He was wiggling and pouncing just like all little puppies do.  Then one of his cute little pounces ended in an emergency trip to the vet.  I watched in slow-motion as poor little Skye slammed both his little legs down on a broken Mason Jar in my back yard.  I didn't realize it was even there until it was too late.  He was cut deep on both legs.  We rushed him to the vet to find out that he needed stitches in both, but that he was going to be okay.  *phew!*  


Skye came home yesterday evening with both legs bandaged and a cone on his head.  He will have to wear it for about 10 days.  









Now for the Hot Pot event!


We had two new guests this time!  Kasey, a fellow BABB blogger, and her fiance Scott came along!  It was a great time.  Kasey even made her KCitos (her recipe for Mojitos) which were killer.  :)  All the usual crowd was there too!  


Maggie and John even brought me a little surprise.  It was something I have been asking for from my husband for 15+ years - it was a hammock!  It is very big and so very beautiful with many, many colors.  :)  I cannot wait to get it hung in the back yard and take a nap.  


It was a great night for Hot Pot.  I will say I am already looking forward to the next one - to be held out at Becky's during the meteor shower in August!






Kasey!


Kasey's Scott - who also is a camera nut.  :)


Brian with his new hair cut


Becky (I think she had just gotten done making a phone call to her boss - heehee)


My hubby - still in his work clothes.


The Hot Pot clan around the table:  Becky, Scott, Kasey, Dave, Brian, John)


More Hot Pot clan (Dave, Brian, John and Maggie)

Muddin' with Becky!

Yesterday I took Skye and went up to visit my friend Becky at her home.  Just to hang, wedge some clay, throw some pots...  

It was so much fun!  Skye was such a good doggie.  

I threw a pot on the wheel - haven't done that in line 15+ years!  It turned out okay... It's usable anyway!  Hopefully it will make it through drying and firing... we shall see!  :)

I helped Becky wedge some grog into a whole mess of clay, which was quite a workout.  I really felt the clay-love this morning when I woke up... whoa!  

Here are some shots from the afternoon visit.  Can't wait to do it again!!!

Odds and Ends...

A few days ago I gave a shout-out to my facebook friends asking for good rhubarb recipes and one of them was a recipe for Rhubarb Liqueur.  Last night I started the process.  There are two different batches:  One has chopped rhubarb and the other had "food-processed" rhubarb.  We will see which gives the best flavor.  I am looking forward to tasting it.  I'm thinking that there might not be much better than a sweet rhubarb beverage on a cool late spring evening.  :)

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On another note... it has been 3 months and 4 days since I quit smoking... YES!  I don't miss it one single bit.  Well, maybe when I'm hanging with friends and drinking good drinks late at night... then I miss it.  BUT... I am SO GLAD that I quit smoking.  I feel better, I don't smell like smoke, I'm not wasting all that money, my kids stopped nagging me to quit smoking.  It's great.  YEAH to 3 months and 4 days!





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This morning was a crazy morning.  First a bit of good news... Skye made it through the entire night without having to go outside!  YES!  Bad news - he walked to the first green he saw, which was my wool rug in the living room, and peed.  UG.  Then, the "kitchen dogs" (Otis the Dachshund and Stinky the Chihuahua) made a HUGE mess in the kitchen.  (You see they are 'puppy-pad trained' - they refuse to go outside regularly.)  SO, my day started with picking up dog messes from all three dogs.  I put Skye in the kennel so I could clean up messes, make some tea, etc.  As I was walking down stairs to get Skye out of his kennel, I noticed that the cat puked up his food on the floor at the front door.  Cleaned that up.  Then went to get Skye... he pooped mushy puppy poop all over his kennel.  UG! He had poop all over his kennel and all over him.  Kennel went outside to get hosed off and Skye went to the bathroom for his first bath.  UG.


Now, I envisioned Skye's first bath to be momentous... you know camera, everyone ooo-ing and aahhh-ing, tails wagging.  Not the "OMg I can't believe I am having this kind of morning" bath with a puppy whining the whole time.  Oh well - this is real life - right?  :)  Needless to say, I have a clean dog but no a photo of the occasion to share.


My house is back to normal (for the moment).  Messes are cleaned up, dogs are cleaned and fed, cat is outside, laundry is running, kids are off to school... ahhhhh...  :)


Here is a bit of Skye "eye-candy"...  Happy Friday!!

Skye

Hi my name is Skye.

I was born in Ankeny, Iowa on March 18, 2010.

I am a dudley-colored yellow lab.

I am my mama's new best friend.

My mama is Jill Brown.

She's a photographer, so you will see lots more of me here.

It's so nice to meet you!

Last Friday I was having a rather unusually bad day.  My husband, I think, was worried about me and said... "Jill, I have a surprise for you.  This surprise is to go with you everywhere.  You are going to celebrate with it when things make you happy and cry with it when things make you sad."  My surprise was Skye.  


Skye is such a good dog.  I have had him for almost a week now and he's very good at going outside to go to the bathroom, coming when he's called and snuggling.  :)  He's good for a 6-week old puppy anyway.  And yes - he goes with me everywhere he is allowed and is baby-sat by my kids when I cannot take him with me.


He is wonderful and I am so glad to have him.


Thank you, Dave.  :)


I love you so much.