I just looked at the date of my last post - August 9. And that was a book post. I just haven't had anything to blog about. My life is pretty boring, which is OK right now. We've had enough drama in the past few months to last us for years. I'll take boring.
My fall bowling league has started. Our team, now called Lipstick & Cigars, was in first place for the first week. Now we're tied for second. A good start for us. I'm the league secretary again and there's a lot of paperwork to do to get the league organized.
We're still playing cards most Fridays, although not everyone is playing each week. If we can't have at least 4, we call if off for that week. I tried to teach the girls a new game called Pitch, but some were having trouble catching on to it. We usually stick to Pinochle or Euchre, with an occasional game of Oh Hell! thrown in for fun.
Poor Maggie is having problems. We found out that she has high blood pressure and is spilling protein in her urine. She's on a blood pressure medication now, along with all her other meds. This is another complication of her Cushing's syndrome. The vet explained that we're seeing all these problems because we're handling her Cushing's so well. Most dogs only live about a year after they are diagnosed - we're about year 3 or 4 with Maggie. As she lives longer, there will be more and more problems. Her latest thing - she's forgetting that she's been housebroken. She forgets to ring the bell or tell us when she wants to go out and she's had a few accidents in the house. Se we have to be more diligent in taking her out every couple of hours.
My oldest granddaughter Shelby turned 20 yesterday. I can't believe she's so grown up. We went to her house for lunch and birthday cake. She and her boyfriend Mike have rented a really cute 3 bedroom townhouse. The only drawback is that it's about 20 miles from here and from their jobs. But the price was right and that's what's important to them.
I'm still working my way through a 700+ page book. It's a good book, but I can't read that long at a time as the print is really small. I just finished a medical mystery that I got from the library. And I've been spending WAY too much time over on Facebook playing FrontierVille and FarmVille.
So that's a wrap-up of my boring life for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully something exciting - good exciting - will happen soon!
5 comments:
Poor Maggie! My in laws were here this weekend with their 6 year old dog and it made us realize just how old our 14 and a half year old dog is now. It makes me too sad to think about it.
Lynne I also have had a phase like this whilst off for the summer, I am only now starting to blog again! I don't think it means life is boring, maybe just quiet and sometimes that's a good thing!
Poor Maggie and poor you as I know if you're anything like me you'll worry about her all the time.
It has been pretty boring on this end also. Ken is having surgery on his elbow tomorrow to relieve a nerve problem from the accident. Happy Birthday to Shelby!!
Lynne, so glad you posted! I was beginning to worry about you. I can't believe Shelby turned 20-where has the time gone! Take care and enjoy your 700+ page book!
Poor Maggie :( I hope she is feeling ok and that the medicine will help. I know she loves and trusts you guys to take the best care of her, and that you are!
Bowling, cards, reading, family, all sounds like wonderful stuff to me! August is such a long month, but it will soon be over and maybe it will start to feel like fall and then winter. :)
Have a wonderful day!
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