No toe should look like a carrot.

So I have had this little saga with my feet now for a while. (It is always something with me huh?)

Being bored on the drive I took some pictures of my sad feetsies. Notice my scary pinkie toe, it is so fat and swollen. I basically move it and you can't tell because it is so huge. It squashes no roast beef and that is a big problem.

Also notice my big toe has a bruise on it, yeah don't know how that happened.

Some of the swelling is also noticeable around the arch area and just below my toes.

But I notice something today that tops them all. My heals are bruised. At first I was like "ewww my shoes turned my heals black!" So I scrubbed and it didn't come off.

My feet need a break. Today is only day 4 in my 6 day stretch.

1264 Mile Weekend

Just some things about this weekend.

Things lost:

1. Sleep. Much needed sleep.

2. The lives of a daring racoon and a misguided birdie.

3. Our overdrive or transaxle or whatever around Wichita.


Things gained:

1. A view of the country.

2. Respect for a king sized bed. Oh it was lovely.

3. Time with old friends.

4. Rest for my weary feet.



So we are back from our weekend wedding adventure, and are pretty tired. I worked 7 days straight to get the weekend off and I am starting up my 6 days straight to pay for it on this end. Ugh.

Four Months to the Moon...sorta

It takes four months for a Lion/Tiger cub to gestate.

It takes four months to "drive" the the moon, if it were possible, and not really, it is actually five months and well, that doesn't work for my blog, so we'll call it four.

And it has been four months consecutively that David and I have spent together, a first for us.

Last month was the marker for the longest we had ever spent together consecutively- three months. I know how shocking that sounds. You are thinking, wait but no, how? seriously? Yes. We had only spent 2 1/5 months together and that was after we got married, just before we moved to Washington.

So here we are at four months. I thought it would feel different like, Ok David, when are you going to leave? But it doesn't. It feels pretty normal. I guess what it is supposed to feel like.

When we were spending only 2 weeks at a time together, that felt rushed, stressed, and like our dating, which consisted of 1 weekend every 2 or 3 months. (I know, that is kinda crazy too) I am sure my parents were a little nervous when we wanted to get married and we hadn't spent a whole month straight together. What can I say?

I believe in blogal honesty, because if not what is the point? The first months living with David again were hard. I mostly didn't like him very much. I was thinking really? Is this him? Maybe I didn't remember him or we were just feeling each other out again but I am just glad to be past that phase.

David and I spend basically all day/everyday together. We eat, sleep, work, drive, play together. And I like it. I used to just get tired of David after a month of being together, now if feels normal. I don't remember the coming-going feelings hardly anymore.

What I like about David:
1. He can reach stuff.
2. He irons.
3. He performs husbandly duties, such as trash take-out and driving.
4. People believe I have a husband when he is around all the time.
5. He massages/wraps my feet.
6. Abbey and Rigby likes it when he brushes them, and me not so much.
7. Someone to talk to other than the cats.
8. A second opinion.
9. Laughing at the tv isn't so pathetic when there is another laugh too.
10. He helps carry groceries up the stairs.

What I forgot about David:
1. He eats... a lot.
2. He is 6 ft 7in and that really impresses people.
3. Boys are stinky.
4. He breathes REALLY loud. And swallows loud. (eyeroll)
5. He gets super hot when he sleeps and therefor I am hot too.
6. He has hobbit feet. Gag.
7. Everyone likes David. He is a likable guy.
8. David talks a lot. More than he eats. I have to tell him to cut the lengthy stories short.
9. He loves my kitties almost as much as I do.
10. How much I love the guy.

Oh and I didn't know that lions take four months, I looked it up on the Internet, I am not a big nerd or anything. :)

A study of Nature

I have a new photo album. Its a good one. Keeping all the pictures even, (the same amount for Brody as for Dylan and visa versa), has proven difficult. And so I am not going to worry about it. Hopefully they understand that.

Kitties and Kiddos

Today after our visit with the boys, oh they are just so cute and cuddly, we went to the park so David could study for a test. The weather was really perfect, one of those perfect spring days like in the movies. So we spread out my blanket I picked up in Mexico last year, and David studied psychology and I studied my surroundings.

This is my study of Texas Wildflowers.

I am petitioning for 25 hours in a day.

So things have been busy lately.

1. Rigby is all better. But his little paw is still bald.

2. Work is not awful, but still work. It is wedding season which mean we are busy busy busy.

3. I am having mystery foot swelling. My left foot swells and is pretty painful to walk on. I may have found a temporary solution though. If David massages the fluid out, then wraps it, and I keep the wrap on all night things are a LOT less puffy in the morning. Oh to have health insurance.

4. My foot issues have caused me to be kind of bed ridden when I am not at work, so I am missing out on sweet nephew time, but stock piling kitty time. :)

5. David is good too. He is being a good husband and helping me while I need to stay off of my feet.

Ok. Picture time.

Easter Outfits.

I love Brody's face! His little cheeks are starting to plump, he isn't the little guy anymore. And Dylan always checking for danger?

Dylan is looking!

Brody's smile... probably a reflex. :)