[My] Life in Wisconsin

Ketch~upping... Pre- Snowstorm Francesca-


Monday Morning. Now...

Sure has been a long time since I have blogged about anything even remotely "Flintville" hehehe
Didja miss me?


The Channel 11 picture  to the right was actually taken about 2 or 3 weeks ago already-




Do you remember Casey having that horrible allergic reaction to the meds they gave her in Minnesota last January?


Full Body Hives- Ankles missing.???????Caset reacts to Ferrilcet
"Anaphylaxis" I think they'd called it...



I even had a little allergy of my own
I've been feeling pretty rough too, even without my fractures, and the rest of it.

Now, toss in a little something that I'm allergic to too; and I've got Casey beat!



Left calf, ankle and foot- Allergy- water retention.
By a longshot!
Pretty damned gross, eh?


Nice temps earlier in the month and this beautiful weather gave me a chance to even 'wander' a bit outside -
Picture this: Me out there, with the camera around my neck- and of course, those two canes.  Quite a funny juggling act- (And I can't even juggle). 
hehehe

Not to mention that Punk kept bringing me her Frisbee- time and time again. oh- Oh! OH!
She was thrilled for those few days of respite from the cold! As was I.
hehehe

There is even a wee bit of green showing up...
 ... It always amazes me- especially after a long Winter-


Survival of the fittest!
A little snow left- and a little bit of "life" too.



Chives 2011  hehehe
More life here! These will be this years and next winters chives!
(Hey, "I" see green, even if you don't)!  hehehe


I have a silly question for anyone that might know-
(God knows I surely don't).

Rocks, as gravel

Why does gravel always appear to be tinted 'blue-ish' after Winter?




I also found a few 'candies' laying around in the grass-

M $ M's
It's all those brown M & M's that I refuse to eat.
  ~Punk seems tothem though!!   hehehe


She even had to sniff all over to find more...

Checking out the lawns
... and very begrudgingly came back to me after I'd called her-


Then, from somewhere the snowplow had left it, she magically found her Frisbee!

Frisbee, FUN, Finally!

I threw it more than a few times !
(In the meantime she ran a mile or so)!

But then... "O0pS"

Frisbee stuck
And that was it for that Frisbee-
Odd, but once it's near to her poo-poo piles, I seem to lose interest in it. hehehe

Darn fine thing Casey had just brought her a new one-

LOVE my new one!
   hehehe



We had to walk almost to J & J's driveway to find snowbanks for her to play on-

-and in.



"Peek~a~boo!" Punk
!!!hehehe!!!  ...."BUSTED!"
 ~ She HAD been "hiding" on me...


Then off she went, to look for a few lost/forgotten squash...
No luck with that-
(What I didn't freeze, the deer got a long time ago).


Punk "Ice cream headache"
But plenty of snow left there for an ice cream headache -


Would Sputty come outside with us?   He did- finally.
See, it's ONLY on HIS terms.

Once out, then he does not want to come back in.
When he does this, I let him sit.
Or hunt- or go poo in the fields- (or whatever it is that cats do outside)-

Like sitting in the sun I suppose...

Sputtys favorite sunshine place

OR...

Sput- Struttin'.........Sput, watching for something
    He checks all around the house-  ..............Then sits in the blue gravel


If he refuses, still, to come in with us, he has to wait until Punk gets fed her supper- (She always has to go potty and poo first).

Then, even after all that waiting, that cat still follows her around, and ONLY comes in when she does.
(This, no matter how high/low the temperature is/not).



"Sheesh! Are you coming? Or what?!? ~MO-O-O-O-O-M!, Hurry UP! - Cuz it's way past the time for me to eat, and I'm just 'STARVING'" !!!  (Yeah right Punk, I can tell).
OK OK-
Then, It's FINALLY time for supper... hehehe




Sputty hiding-
I took this shot a LONG time ago-
Still one of my favorites though.

Sput has taken to moving the heat register cover so that it doesn't blow on me when I am sewing. He adjusts it so it blows on him in his box!!!! Grrr...
And that, my friends, is the definition of "cattitude".


I have been having horrid days/weeks with my back.
The last 2 shots I received did nothing to help.
The h/a last night and this morning added nothing either.

While searching around the net, I found THIS picture- It is the same as MY own brace; which needs replacing.
But I'll be damned if I'm shelling out $780.00 for it




My brace SpinoMed
I found one on eBay though.
hehehe


Tonight though. -When I do go to sleep. I shall sleep in the utmost of comfort!


My new pillow. Thank you Casey!!
Thank you Casey-So very, very much!

Not only for this beautiful pillow, but for EVERYTHING you have done, and continue to do for me.


Tonight, she drove ALL the way out here just to feed Punkin her supper.

She knew I hadn't slept a wink last night, & so I wouldn't have to wake up...

(I did anyway).  And it was a darned good thing I did.  Casey had to help me out of my own darn bed! 
Oh well. There are always worse things.

Hope all is well in your little corner of the world.
Been trying to keep up with everyone's news and all- I have found that to be a most impossible thing to do!
I shall keep trying though...
My love to all!

XOXO
Me

PS:
Tomorrow (maybe)...
The entry about Snowstorm Francesca.  Here's the link-
Tomorrow the pictures.   hehehe