"Ooohh. Yummy, yummy, YUMMY!"

Aunt Robin came through yet again. She seems to know that the key to every niece and nephew's heart is through sugar. She put together an amazing Easter box that arrived today. The plethora of candy should last us well into summer. Too bad Lydia is much more aware of the pleasure of candy than she was last Easter. Besides lots of Easter-themed games there were stuffed pink and blue bunnies. Lydia promptly claimed the blue one, stating the pink one was for Marcus! Thankfully he's still blissfully unaware. He'll only put up with that for another year or two.

So many, many thanks dear Aunt Robin. Lydia will be talking about you compulsively for days to come... (p.s. she doesn't even know about "Moe and his big exit" yet... we haven't made it past the first layer o' fun!

Hold that thought.

Just got an email from Lydia's future preschool. Seems there have been some cases of scarlet fever... and so the cycle of "fun" begins: Enroll healthy child in preschool. Healthy child is suddenly ill every other week. Child recovers, returns to school for a day, home again for a week.

We were scheduled to begin on Monday, but now I'm not so sure. I mean really, scarlet fever?!?! Didn't even know that one still exists. In my mind, it's filed in the same category as rickets, gangrene, scurvy... ya know. Agh.

Have any experience with this one? Not sure if I should follow my "overprotective Mom" instinct or throw her to the den of wolves and hope she comes out on top of the "survival of the fittest" experiment.

Pet Psychiatrist

"My doctor says I might be 'depressed' due to my condition."

"Can you blame me?"

Everyone is entitled to a bad hair day

It's just that mine is becoming a regular occurance.

I can sit and chew my sock at the same time

How's that for coordination?

Enjoying Spring

"Nellie fought the vet and the vet won"

Nellie had her first real rendevous with a Czech vet (other than routine vaccinations). Here's the outcome: Nellie in a cone.


Without going into all the unpleasant details, suffice to say Nellie needs to be prohibited from licking her wounds in the posterior region. This morning was Round 1 of the treatment plan. I will need to return with her Thursday, Friday and Monday for followup treatment. Not to mention, Lydia is also supposed to be starting preschool on Monday.

Housewife-schmousewife... I prefer to think of myself as a Logistical Engineer. A REALLY low-paid one.

Brandon's only input? "Please buy me an 'I LOVE my dog!' T-shirt now." Those of you who know Brandon & Nellie's relationship can sense the sarcasm dripping forth.

Yep. We're gonna get along just fine.