knees

I am recovering from knee surgery. I had the surgery on June 30th and am still healing up. Doc thought I had a torn meniscus, but turns out I didn't. Doc said that my patella, which should be smooth and round, was jagged and rough. Some of the pieces had broken off and were causing me pain. So he smoothed out my patella and removed the extra pieces. Recovery time is supposed to be 6 weeks. I am heading into week 5. I am back to work part time and light duty. Still walking with one crutch. I got the stitches taken out at week 2 and it appears to have been infected. A round of antibiotics were given to fight that. I'm hoping the infection is gone. I don't go back to see the doc again until August 13th, a day before my 35th birthday. My knee still doesn't feel right, and I'm still icing it frequently to help out with the pain. I'm hoping that my knee is 100% after 6 weeks, since the doc told me it would be 100% by then.

This really stinks because I will have missed out on at least 3 agility trials since this surgery. Not only missing out on trials, but also missing out on practices. I hope the girlz remember how to play this game once I'm back on my feet!

I can't wait until I'm feeling better and can run and play again :)

Happy Birthday Cosmo!!!

Today my sweet little Cosmo turns 4 years old!! Cosmo enjoyed a typical morning playing with Ellie-fun and her sisters and brother Fitz.

I am thankful everyday that someone reached out to save her. She was in Indy Animal Care and Control when a friend of mine took her in. I met Cosmo just a week after Jay passed away and I instantly fell for her. At that point my friend told me that this dog was meant to be in my home. Cosmo has a "J" birthmark on her belly. I am very certain that Jay sent Cosmo to me. She's kept me busy and keeps me laughing too.

Cosmo will be enjoying a special birthday treat later this afternoon.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COSMO TOPPER!!!

Love ya!

Happy Birthday Brindisi Jean!!

Happy Birthday to Brindisi Jean and all her siblings!! Today they turn 5 years old!!

Brindi woke up this morning and woo woo'd me when I sang Happy Birthday to her. She such a great girl!!!

Here are some pics of Brindi.

These are right after she was born. Her name then was Coco.





She is one of seven pups in the litter. Her mom's name is Peaches. All the pups and mom are now in their forever homes and lovin' the good life. Peaches was taken into rescue and was heartworm positive. Peaches had one treatment for heartworms before anyone knew she was pregnant. All the pups are great!!





Here is a pic of her sis Ali and bro Danny at the Great Lakes Border Collie Rescue group's summer picnic a few years ago.



And here is a more recent pic of Brindi. She's truly starting to love the agility game we are playing.



Brindi is a very sweet girl. She's sensitive and loving. And she's kind of goofy too :)





I hope all the Peachy pups have a great day!!

Love ya Brindi!!!

And a little bit of knitting

I have to share this pic of me and my friends on board. Amanda and Susan are working on their colored pencil pics while I knit. We're sitting in one of the dining rooms on the ship. I got a little bit of knitting done while on the cruise. I started working on a scarf. It's still not finished :)



And my poor Northern Lights Wrap has barely been touched since before my cruise. It did get carried to knitting last night, but nothing was knitted. BAD, BAD KNITTER! Too much socializing happened last night. :)


I miss the Star Princess!!!!

Some more Alaska pics

Here are some more pics from Alaska.

Here are some sea lions we saw on our whale watching excursion.


And Mendenhall Glacier as we were coming from Juneau.


While in Juneau we visited the famous Red Dog Saloon. Very cool!





Some pics from the bus ride to the Yukon Trail into Canada.





And while we were there we visited a sled dog camp. It was really hard not to adopt a pup. :) I really enjoyed the sled dog stuff. They had a sled on wheels and they took us for a ride. It was GREAT! One of the dogs was being a real pain in the butt, picking on the other dogs. Her name was Cosmo. It must be the name, because my Cosmo is the one that picks on my other dogs too.

yep, still a bad blogger

Sorry, I've just been super busy. Trying to get back to "normal" after the cruise to Alaska has been rough.
Here are some more pics of my amazing trip. These are from my whale watching excursion. It was AWESOME! We saw LOTS of humpback whales, some sea lions, and some bald eagles. Alaska is truly WILD and SPECTACULAR!!!

Enjoy!
These are humpback whales.



Here's an idea as to how big a humpback is, check out the size of the whale near this boat.


Here is a pic of a bald eagle.

And here's a pic of me enjoying the whale watching trip. It was GREAT!!!

Back home again, in Indiana

I'm back home from my cruise to Alaska! It was a wonderful vacation. I think that cruising is the best way to go. You are truly on vacation when you cruise. I went on a Princess cruise. They are AWESOME!! The crew was fantastic and super friendly. The views from the ship were spectacular. The only thing missing from this trip were my pups! I missed them a lot. But they were in good hands here at home. Katie was my petsitter at home. She was left with 3 dogs, 3 cats, a fish, and a turtle. I came home to find that the house was in fine order. The pups and cats seemed to really like her a lot. Cosmo got to stay with Aunt Teresa and got some one-on-one agility training. I can tell she had a great time too. She came home tired :)

I'll be posting more pics later. For now here are a few. Enjoy!

These first ones are on Embarkation Day in Seattle. Our ship was the Star Princess.




These next 2 were taken in Ketchikan.





This is a picture of my shipmates Amanda, Doug, and I with an Orca in Ketchikan.