Today is Friday, the 5th of July, and I had to go back to work.  Thankfully, our company let us off at 3:00 p.m. again today.  It's better than nothing.

I just helped 2 Cardinals chase a Hawk out of the yard.  The Hawk was beautiful; however, the Cardinals didn't seem to care.  

The Fourth of July is my least favorite holiday due to fireworks; I'm glad it is over.  

Dog-Gone Squirrels

Note:  I originally wrote this post on Sunday night but never posted it.

I just went to put some Nyjer seed in my Finch feeder and this is what I found....

Caturday

Scott woke up early today to paint the (garden) fence before the thermometer hit 90 degrees.  

The Spacebook

Monday, I walked next door to visit with Mom and Dad and found the cat on top of Mom's car.   It looks like it has two heads.  

Summer Is Early

It is 92 degrees as I sit on my porch typing this post.  These are the days I wish I had a pool.  

Lovely Linda

Thursday night, Linda and I had dinner at Viva Chicken.  Linda is one of my very favorite people in the world and I always enjoy catching up with her.  

Double Digit Daniel

Daniel turned 10 years old on Saturday.  Lucky Daniel, he celebrated his birthday at the beach!  Kevin texted this picture to me from Joe's Crab Shack.  They gave him a sombrero to wear while he ate his birthday meal.   You know me, all I can think is "There ain't no way I'm putting that thing on my head."  I can almost feel the lice crawling in my hair!  

April Flowers

Happy Birthday to Dad's sisters.  These women that I love so much all have birthdays in the month of April.

Sunday Night Sadness

It's 10:00 pm on Sunday night and I'm not ready for the weekend to end.  Last week was a blur as we had several VIP's from our corporate office in town for most of the week and everything was out of our normal routine.  The men were all very nice and I like them very much but, my social anxiety won't let me relax when they are around.  

Here are a few highlights from my week:    

A typical Sunday afternoon last week:  Mom reading the paper while Daniel watches SpongeBob and plays games on his iPad. 

April Fun

Monday night, I took Balto to visit Mom and Dad.  It was a little tricky getting Balto past the (neighbor's) cat who was lying on the bed by the door.  They both seemed very surprised to see each other.  Once inside, Balto tip-toed to the door and watched the cat sleep.  

Sunday Summary

I can't believe Monday is almost here again.  This is a recap of my weekend... 

Check out this cute boy:  

So Much To Say...

...and yet, nothing much to say really.  I just got home from taking Balto to the Vet.  This is his third visit in less than a month.  Today, Dr. "B" gave him shots of cortisone in his anal glands.  Poor guy.

Spring Sprang Sprung!

Spring is here and all is right in Julie's world again.  The days are long, the weather is warm and everything is starting to bloom.  

This week, my hormones threw up on my face and I had a giant acne cyst all week.  I took this picture when the worst had passed and it was on the way out.  (Picture it much redder; my phone takes the red out of pictures.) 

Friday, I told my boss that I thought my cyst was starting to look better.  He said, "Yeah right.  It went from Mt. Everest to Mt. Saint Helens!" 

Farmer Julie

I've decided to plant a vegetable garden.  Having never grown my own food I have no idea if I will be successful.  My best case scenario would be to have enough vegetables to share.

Scott loves to build things so I asked him if he would build a couple of raised garden beds.  The lumber arrived on Monday and quickly passed through Blossom's inspection.