so how was the wedding you ask??

good i guess. hubby and i ended up staying home. the reception got moved to my uncles house 2 hours north of the wedding and that was way too much driving for one 2 day span. instead we stayed home and vegetated. played with kiwi and did the laundry. hubby tried for 3 days to mow the lawn. it would take him 20 minutes or so to start our mower then mow for about 20 minutes or so and then it would stall out and not restart. at the rate he was going he would have to mow everyday to keep up with our grass. so we broke down and bought a mower. got one on sale and an extra 5% off because we caught a midnight madness weekend sale at sears. not much else is going on. i will be going to see my niece's band concert tomorrow night and finally getting to hear her play her flute. this will be at the jr high that i did not attend so i have no idea were to go or even where the auditorium is in that school should be fun. i will follow my mom and brother since i don't even know where to park.

SUN SUN SUN!!

it is may and the lovely warm temperatures are here. i almost feel human again. a whole week of 80 degree temps i am in heaven. even the predicted cool front coming this weekend will leave the temps in the low 70's or high 60's not bad at all. mothers day lunch with my mom is scheduled and reservations made. yum for p f chang's. the following weekend hubby and i will be going away for the weekend. dog/cat/bird sitter is scheduled and hotel is booked. we will be going to my uncles wedding 5 hours away in NY but i can't wait. hubby and i have never spent a night away together other than my uncle's house at the shore. hubby,a hotel, a wedding and family who live far away and i hardly get to see. i am so excited.

tigger our cat is quite the character. she has the full run of the basement and is in Ecstasy when we enter her lair. sat was hot and muggy and the basement was so much cooler i decided to do some work down there. i took kiwi with me and we spent a couple of hours watching TV, cleaning and doing laundry. tigger was happily playing while i worked. one of the big things i needed to do was mop the basement floor. so i mopped myself to the couch to hang out and watch tv while the floor dried and the laundry finished. tigger had gone upstairs while i mopped and came running down the steps, across the floor and tried to jump on the couch. since her feet slipped on the wet floor no spring happened instead i watched my cat plow face first into the side of the sofa and cling desperately while trying to figure out what happened and get onto the sofa. of course all my hubby hears is me laughing like a crazy person in the basement. tigger is still recovering and tests the floor before leaping on the sofa when in the basement.

an interesting discovery

sunday night while getting ready for bed my hubby calls me out to the living room to watch the cat. tigger was stalking a bug. the bug was just out of her reach hanging on a curtain over the sidelight of my front door. tigger is dancing around and trying to climb up to no avail. then tigger get the bright idea to jump up and snag the curtain i guess hoping to climb up and get the bug. instead the curtain and rod pop off the window and everything falls to the floor. the bug escapes and tigger continues to chase the bug around the entryway. hubby and i look at the curtain and rod and have no idea how it was up on the door. thinking that it was just suction hubby fixes the rod and hangs it back up over the window. that is when we discover the rod is magnetic. duh neither one of us even looked before tigger pulled the curtain off how it was up there. although we did discover we have a steel door frame so that is a plus.

new baby

this is kiwi our newest family member. she is a green cheek conure born 12/25/09. she has already started making heself at home and demanding her share of attention.

easter drama and a new member of the family

i was so excited to have my family and hubs family for easter. planned the food,got stuff for an easter egg hunt, got out the good china was all ready and ended up with inlaws only. brother and ex fighting = no easter at my house for my family. not even speaking for a week. yes major fighting and drama. welcome to the holidays from now on. things are better but i am not sure what has been resolved or if this will happen again.
hubby and i have been talking about getting another animal. choices were another cat or a bird. well monday night we got a new one. what did i get?? well i'm not telling. when we have a name and pictures i will. for now we are talking names and getting settled with the new member of the family

WTF???

sunshine high

well it is monday and raining again but that is ok. after 5 sunshine filled and warm temperature days i am ok with 2 days of rain. more sunshine and warm temps to follow. i would love in so many ways to have this weather for the rest of spring. the dogs and i went for a walk. new lead for gracie was great no pulling and no choking sounds. yeah!! unfortunaly she got a tick Boo!! so far winnie is good and gracie goes in 2 weeks for her lyme disease booster so hopefully she is good.
also i got 12 x 12 pavers to create a walkway in the back yard. got them laid out and trying to decide if we are going to add more pavers down the road or just decorative stone. currently we have mud and a sort of fire pit in the middle level of the backyard. yes levels house is on a hill. right now we may just leave the pavers the way they are and decide later.