Manual Labor

We've spent the past three nights til 10 pm laying the cement for our new front patio. We're almost done, so far it looks really good. Especially for the price, under $200 for a 14x8 foot area. Like the garden it's been another project we're doing together, that just shows how well we work together. I love tackling big projects like this with him. Meanwhile I've also stained and sealed four coffee tables the past few days. All things we're tring to get done before his sister and her family arrive tonight at midnight. I have to go home and bust ass to clean the house before they get there.

Plan on having a great weekend with them all here to visit. Lots of things planned, day at the park/pool, golf, hikes, movies, cook-outs, drinking.Been getting a lot of emails from my girlfriends in DC and GB. We'd gotten out of touch, so it's good to be in communication again. Meanwhile another gf is way down on herself lately and I need to make her quickly arriving b-day a big deal to lift her spirits.

Got another financial kick in the teeth. Grape-Ape needed a check-up, snotty cold and a mild rash that hasn't gone away. $225 worth of testing later, find out we might be looking at having to treat her for Cushings Disease. Which may or may not be caused by the Pred we have to keep her on because of her larger underlying illness, which is still in remission, thank god. At least she's really happy and full of energy, never know she might be ill. I seriously don't think we exagerate when we say she's a $10,000 dog.No posts til Monday, maybe pics of the weekend to come.