Long Time, No Post

I didn't mean to be absent from posting here as long as I have been; it's just that things have been really busy around here this past week and I haven't had much spare time to even think about blogging.

I'm back now though! Miss me? You don't have to answer that, ha ha.

Anyhow.... Happy Mother's Day (late, I know, sorry!) moms, soon-to-be moms, and grandmas!

So, to catch up briefly...Peanut Butter Cup didn't really go for the avocado, it was a bit too thick for him currently, but when he's got the whole solid food thing down a little bit better we'll give it another shot.

Please ignore the bit of avocado in his nostril. Whenever I see it I sub-consciously wipe my nose, ha ha... :-)

I think his face here says it all.

"Ummm...eeeeww."

Okay, moving on now.

We finally made it to the zoo this past Saturday! It was wonderful to have the day out (and it was a beautiful day, praise God!) and to be able to spend time with my husband and Peanut Butter Cup. One of my husband's friends came as well along with his fiancee which meant that my little munchkin spent a lot of time getting passed around -- surprisingly he did really well. He's supposed to start going through the whole 'stranger-anxiety phase' soon, but I guess it hasn't really set in yet.

I haven't had a chance to edit any of the photos from the zoo trip just yet, but after I do I'll make sure to post some for y'all to critique.

Karissa and Courtney (two of my best friends) arrived late last night! I am SO excited that they are here...they are staying until Friday I believe, so I am pretty psyched about this week!

Oh, and a quick update on the quest to find permanent and temporary homes for the animals...Titan has a place to stay now, and Panda Bear went to his new home yesterday afternoon...we didn't expect to miss the crazy psycho as much as we do--which really makes me nervous about finding a home for our other cat Penny. :-( We are still not sure about what we are going to do with Quigley (in regards to keeping him or giving him back to the breeder). We just don't know if he can be trusted with Peanut Butter Cup since the child next door has antagonized him so much that he has become aggressive towards him. 

Well, I guess I'd better go for now. I'll try to post again soon. 

The Weekend and More Photoshop

The weather was rather unpleasant here on Saturday, so we postponed our trip to the zoo until next Saturday (hopefully the weather will be nicer then!) and stayed at home after running a couple of errands around town.

Sunday, however, was a BEAUTIFUL day! We weren't able to make it too church unfortunately, but that may have been a blessing in disguise in a way. Apparently the storms from the day and night before blew open the gate to our backyard (I'm not sure how, but it was wide open -- when I went to look at it), I didn't realize that when I let Quigley out into the yard just before 7:30 am. Around 10:20 am my neighbor down the street called and told me that Quigley was in our front yard. When I heard that I had all sorts of things going through my mind ranging from "How on earth?!" to "Oh my goodness! What if he mauled Logan?" Logan being the neighbor's 2 1/2 - 3 year old son (I wasn't thinking straight initially, because I think if Quigley had mauled Logan, Katie would have told me, ha ha). Quigley absolutely hates Logan because Logan antagonizes Quigley from his side of the fence and he won't stop (which is driving me nuts because I'm not sure I can trust Quigley around Peanut Butter Cup anymore because of Logan). There have been at least two times that I know of (and I'm sure there have been more occasions that I haven't heard happening) where Quigley has gotten so angry with Logan he starts trying to get at him through the fence...and from the way he sounds when he's doing it, I think he would seriously injure Logan or worse if they didn't have that fence between them. Thank God it is a tall wooden privacy fence. Anyhow, all that to say: Quigley was out and about the neighborhood for who knows how long and if we hadn't been home he probably would have come into contact with Logan (who seems to enjoy kicking and hitting not only his own dogs -- which I've watched him do repeatedly on numerous occasions from my kitchen window -- those two dogs must be VERY good natured) as apparently Katie and Logan had just gone out to their front yard (which is how she saw Quigley), and I'm not so sure that would have turned out well. Thanks be to God that Quigley was in our yard when they came out!

That afternoon we went out to spend some time with the horses (and it was a perfect day to do so!). Our friends (another couple who are currently stationed here) had been out there for a while already along with Jodi, the farm's owner -- and the spunkiest old lady I know (all I can say is I hope I have as much spunk and energy when I am 73 as she does!) -- and they were waiting for my husband, Peanut Butter Cup, and myself to arrive. As soon as we got out we were asked if we'd noticed the new pony, which we had, and Joey wanted to see what I thought he looked like...he isn't the most attractive pony and it was kind of hard to see much of any one breed in him at first -- until after Joey started giving me some hints of how he'd been behaving before we'd arrived. We decided that he is most likely a Quarab, which is a cross between an Arabian and a Quarter Horse. Not my favorite cross by a long shot, but that is besides the point. :-p

Anyhow, it was 'worming day' for all of the horses on the farm as my husband and I finally remembered to bring the dewormer with us (we've had it at our house for the past 2-3 weeks). Though there were only eight horses it took us about two hours to get them all done because the Quarab (who is a rescue) was rather skittish, and the mini, Peanut, didn't want to be caught and it took quite a while to get him to warm up to the idea of letting one of us get near him and then put a halter on him. He's such a funny little fella...I need to post some pictures of him in the near future...he's too cute. Oh, and did I mention he's a stallion? And the Thoroughbred mare is in season. Thank goodness they are in separate pastures (even though they couldn't really do anything that wouldn't stop them from being crazy).

Speaking of pictures...here are a couple I was working on earlier this afternoon that I took 2-3 years ago. My free trial of Photoshop is about to end so I wanted to get at least a couple more pictures experimented on -- let me know what you think!

Here is the original:

And here is the enhanced version:

SNAKE WARNING!! He was a friendly snake though, so no worries.

Original:

Enhanced:

Well, I guess that is it for now...I really should head off to bed now so I can get some sleep before my little Darlin' wakes up. Goodnight all!

Bad News and Good News

The bad news is that there are supposed to be "Strong Storms" all day tomorrow, so I'm pretty sure that we will have to postpone our outing to the zoo. That's okay though, it's not like the animals are going to go anywhere. :) Maybe next weekend the weather will be better...or maybe when we check the weather in the morning it won't be so bleak and we will still be able to go (not likely, but hey, you never know :).

Now for the good news: a friend of mine who lives in the area where I am hoping to be able to leave my horse while we are stationed overseas, may have found a farm for my boy! She is going to check it out this Sunday and will let me know what she thinks after that. I will feel SO much better once we get Titan taken care of and I know that he is going to have people that I know and trust keeping an eye on him for me. So, please pray that this will work out if it is the Lord's will -- and that if it isn't, that that will be clear and we will be able to find a good and safe place to keep him while we are gone.

Oh, an update on the blackout curtain and sleeping...this morning Peanut Butter Cup decided to wake up at his normal time (right around 6:50) and then not let me put him back down after that...so who knows which morning was the fluke? I guess only time will tell...I'm hoping that he will have a better night tonight. We shall see....

Goodnight everyone!

23 Weeks Old Today

My little munchkin is getting so big! It's strange to think yet another week has passed and very soon we will be introducing solids into his diet. Though it's a bittersweet thought for me, I think he is going to L.O.V.E. that milestone. :-) It's going to rock his world.

My husband's last day of academics was today (woo-hoo!), so now he only has about 8 more hours of flying left to do and then he is DONE! So, not too much longer.... After he finished his test today he was able to come home for a few hours before he had to go back in, and while he was home we decided that we are going to try to go to the Montgomery Zoo this coming Saturday. I'm pretty excited -- Peanut Butter Cup's first trip to the zoo! I've already recharged both of my camera batteries, ha ha. Can you tell I'm excited? :-p