growing kitty

when we picked thura up she was just barely 9 weeks old...and she weighed almost 2 1/2 lbs...
well thura is now 5 1/2 months...and is growing like crazy...here are a couple of pictures from our trip to san diego in november when she was wasn't quite 3 months old
she still loves to get between the computer and me...sprawl out on the couch...she has also picked up a few new games...she likes to play fetch with hair binders and straws...she also likes to push a tennis ball around the apartment...this is a video of her and the tennis ball


this is her a couple nights ago...sprawled out on the couch next to me...these next few were taken tonight...
she is such a great cat...she is now 7 lbs and growing...she is great to have around and so fun to watch and play with...im very grateful for her company!!

snow and lots of it...

this is what i woke up to last thursday morning...and it was still snowing...we got about 2 feet of snow in about 2 days...it was so beautiful...we had lost almost all of our snow due to really high temps...
but after a couple days the week before of rain and ice...we got our snow...today jen and i went snowshoeing up the mountain right behind our place...it was the first time i've ever been snowshoeing...it was so much fun and so calming...it had started to snow just as we were leaving...it was so peaceful and inspiring...
we were out there for a couple of hours...while we were gone isadora and seth built a snowman...
if you go to www.badcolonies.org you will see how big it is compared to a 3 year old...i would say it is at least 8 feet tall...the snow was perfect for making a snowman...as you can see...
link to picture of snowman and isadora

princess bride must see

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this is great....my family should really appreciate it!

Brain MRI and Job Interview

well yesterday i was getting out of the shower as i heard my phone ringing...i quick ran out to the kitchen and it was my lyme dr. nurse...i was kinda surprised...she proceeded to inform me that i was scheduled to have a brain mri on tuesday morning at 11...she told me that my dr. wanted it done asap just to make sure lyme is the only thing we are dealing with...this kinda freaks me out but i guess it's better to be safe then sorry...but the real bummer is that im supposed to be observed for the teaching job im applying for at the same date and time as the mri....i left messages for my principal and sent her an email...
this morning i called the hospital and they were able to reschedule the mri for later in the day....yeah! so ill be observed in the morning and will go for my mri after lunch...

trip back to minnesota

well i have been gone from minnesota since july 18th...a lot has happened since i left...and im finally heading back for a short week...mon-fri...im looking forward to seeing my friends and family!!! i have a week off from school and thura is going to join me on my trip...
if anyone out there is interesting in buying a house in minnesota let me know...im looking to sell mine asap!

countdown...

dad is famous for his countdowns and i started doing my own countdowns to when i see dominic...my new countdown has become one that involves my PICC line...i just finished my first week of meds...im not having the same effects from this med as i did on the oral antibiotics...i think part of it has to do with not having it affect my stomach...who knows...i get sat and sun off from meds...just have to flush my lines...
giving the meds has gone better then i thought it would...i have had some very slight swelling in my upper arm and pain in my neck shoulder area which the nurses said could be signs of something wrong with the PICC line...so on wednesday night i drove myself to the er on the advice of my nurse to get an x-ray and just get the peace of mind that it wasn't the PICC...the signs of something going wrong with the PICC could also be symptoms of the lyme...long story short the dr. gave me the vibe that i was an idiot over-reacting and he didn't give me an x-ray...i left feeling stupid...but im still glad that i went
the nurse is coming this weekend to double check things....

P.I.C.C line in...

well friday afternoon dominic and i headed into the hospital in middlebury...dom was shown the waiting room while i was taken to radiology to be prepped for the procedure...apparently the dr. thought my appointment was at 1pm while i thought it was at 12:30pm...oh well no harm done...at 12:45 the doc's nurse came and got me...she explained everything that was going to happen and put an iv into my left hand so they could get the dye into my vein...she then informed me that the dr. wasn't ready to see me yet...i went back to the changing room to wait...1:45 i was taken back and prepped...within an hour i was done and dominic and i were being led upstairs so i could get my first dose of the antibiotic...they needed to make sure i didn't have any reaction to meds...
saturday was spent with visits from the pharmacy lady that will be bringing my meds every week...(i get 5 days at a time)...then the home health nurse came and spent at least an hour and a half with us...she changed my dressings and showed me how to flush the 2 lines that i have...(i have to do that everyday)...
shelly suggested that i get some rubbermaid containers to store my stuff in so that i have it all in one spot and thura can't get at it...
here are my supplies...
i have to keep my medicine in the fridge so that it doesn't go bad...i take it out about an hour before i inject...
the health nurse came back today and watched me flush my own lines to make sure i would be able to do this all on my own tomorrow...here are some pics that dominic took...
this is an up close look at the insertion point...how did the doc do richard and shelly?
thanks for all the love, prayers and support!!!