The Cat Whisperer

Brooke loves cats. She especially loves our Ragdoll, Spencer. She loves them so much she offered her "cat whispering" abilities to the cat breeder who lives in town. So this weekend we are the lucky hosts of four Ragdoll Kittens. They are just 7 weeks old and as darling as can be.
Throughout the day I have had to enforce time-outs for the kittens, allowing them an opportunity to eat and rest without the constant "attention" of the adoring and obsessed kitten lovers. Poor Spencer, he is so not loving the visitors. I feel his pain. I am just hoping we can return all four without any tears!

Another sign of spring

I am sitting in my robe waiting for the town building inspector to come. Downstairs the gas guy is here to upgrade our gas lines so we can heat our pool sufficiently this year. Until we get some solar panels we may be Questar Gas Company's favorite customer since it cost us last year to heat the pool for 2 weeks!
Ben anticipates working on the hot tub this weekend and then getting ready to spray his vinyl paint. Then we are ready to fill and jump in! Now if only Mother Nature would cooperate. It may be 50 degrees but we are still almost 10 degrees below average for this time of year. Yesterday Ellie picked her first crocus, in purple of course. Spencer (our cat) is scratching at the glass and crying at the robins who have made our new London Poplar trees their home. I have never seen robins so fat! Last Saturday I sat on the field at Brookes' soccer game under 2 blankets with a winter coat and hat on. She was awesome as the goalie for a bit but then joined some friends under blankets too. I can't say it loud enough " bring on spring!"
I thought I would include some shots of the pool that Ben built the girls & I last year while we were visiting friends back East for the month of July. We got to enjoy it for a few weeks before Fall came. It was wonderful, beautiful, refreshing and the best OCD project Ben has ever worked on!

Where We Poop Butterflies?

It seems many of you are wondering about my quote on the banner of this blog. It reads"From the land of sunshine where we eat rainbows and poop butterflies." It is actually belongs to Kate a cute fuzzy creature in the movie "Horton Hears a Who." Brooke can not stop saying it, even watches the clip on UTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJkaKAIl_Fc&NR=1
I think in a very satirical way it is an appropriate quote for a gal like me who loves the sun, tries to stay positive yet manages to spend more time in the bathroom then any other room in her house. Lets face it, Crohn's is not a pretty disease. No one wants to talk about bathroom habits other then Dr Oz and my GI Doc. If I have contributed one thing to my friends and associates its that there is no shame in chatting up the plagues of Gastrointestinal disorders and daily happenings. In fact, my life has been quite bland lately without the GI woes I have suffered acutely from the past 3 years. I have a pile of magazines to the sky because I am never in that room any longer. In the mean time I managing to enjoy the sunshine...altho we need some terribly here (my antibiotic induced tan seem to be fading a tad!) And of course eating everything under the rainbow. I will have to write about Ben's amazing cooking abilities and perhaps share a few fav recipes at another post.

8 lbs later

So this is how the blog endeavor began....This morning I was inspired to share a little good news with all of those who have been following my latest health "journey." As I wrote I figured a blog would be a much better way to stay in touch. With a blog I could show pictures of my girls, brag about my girls, tell you what we are doing with the girls, tell you about my Ben, the wondrous enigma that brings joy and adventure to my life...The point is I need to do something other then crosswords, occasional genealogy and supporting the paparazzi. On another note, I have always failed miserably at journal writing so this blog may suffice as a family journal for now.

Most of you who will be reading this have been following my latest health saga. Since departing the hospital it goes something like this....tooth ache, root canal, crown, bulging disc with sciatica pain to the moon, physical therapy, oh and a sty in the eye! I will elaborate later. But I thought sharing pictures from my arrival home and from this week would convey how well I am really doing. Notice the 8 lbs that Ben managed to pack on me in just 4 weeks. Remind me to tell Ben it is time to slow down on the fat inducing foods now!

Back to this blog. Let me put the disclaimer out there...I can't type, write, don't know how to use punctuation and certainly don't know how to blog. Computer savvy I am not. I can't believe I am doing this. It must be caused by some sort of delirium left over from the hospital. But here we go on the blogging journey, thanks for coming along for the ride!