An Update!!

Sorry everyone for taking so long to let you know how everything is going!!

Things are going well I think. The way Kiara behaves you wouldn't even know she had broken her leg (apart from the limp). We decided to try and let the leg heal naturally - mainly because the surgery would have costed $2000-$3000. She seems to be doing really well - only she wants to run around and play like she did before. She gets around really well - she's even really really naughty sometimes and jumps on the lounge when we're not looking. I don't think she's in very much pain which is really good - she was given two different medications, she's off one and i don't think she'd be concerned if she went off the other. During the day she stays in her outside pen because she LOVES to be outside so she prefers that to her crate and it restricts her movements. I watch her sometimes - she's either sleeping or listening to the birds and other animals. The first few days after she broke it when she was inside everytime i'd let her out all she wanted to do is go on walks and lay ouside so she's been much happier spending the days outside. So everything is going great!

hmmm...what else... the garden is growing so well!! Everything looks fantastic. One the tomatos we have at our house has a little tomato on it...it's so cute...i'll have to take a pic of it. It's very exciting...I check on it everyday to make sure it's ok. lol. The weather has been beautiful and warm, with lots of rain so everything is soooo GREEN!! It's sooo pretty.

I finally tried american Cadbury Chocolate! It's pretty good - not as good as the stuff at home but it's perfect to sastify my cravings.. mmmmm chocolate!! I rekon next time I come to visit I'm gonna bring heaps of lollies and chocolate home. lol. Stock up!!

Something else really exciting...one of my friends from school, Ashlee is coming to visit in August! She is going to be working at a Summer Camp in Michigan so we're going to pick her up from camp when she's done. It'll be so cool. I'm totally excited!

Hmm that's about all I can think of right now... anyone that hasn't already seen it should go and check out an ultrasound of my neice/nephew on my sis-in-law Zarna's blog.

HAVE A FANTABULOUS DAY!!! KEEP SMILING!!!!

Bad News

On Sunday morning...just as we were about to leave for chuch our little kia landed badly and broke her back leg. Thankfully Heather (my sis-in-law) was here and she's a vet tech so she was able to help us decide what to do. We took her to the emergancy vet and they gave her some pain medications and took an x-ray detirmining that it was broken. We had hoped she'd just dislocated it...but oh well. The break is quite high so they're unable to put a cast or bandages on so we can either let it try and heal naturally or have surgery and have plates and pins put in. We will need to keep her movements to a minimum for about 8-12 weeks regardless of which way we go. She's in alot of pain but the meds help and she's kind of docile. She actually sits still when you pat her. Lol. Much worse things could have happened so we have LOTS to be thankful for!

BYE!!

Videos of Kia

HI!

Pete's awesome video's of the kids inspired me to figure out how to post video's through you tube...it's actually very easy. So I took some videos of my beautiful Kia.

This first one is her sitting and then lying down on command. We're still working on it but she's getting pretty good.



The second one is Kia playing with her milk bottle...and me yabbering on in the background. She is such a silly puppy.




Enjoy...I shall have to post some more video's later...

BYE

And we're back in the game.......

We're back online!

We got a new computer a few days ago which is awesome! Its a compaq presario with vista. It doesn't seem to work too differently than XP which is nice. Its so good to have a computer and the internet again.

Hmmm...lets see what's been happening since I last blogged. The snow that we were having the last time I blogged melted in like 3 days which was nice and we have been having absolutely gorgeous weather. It's been sunny and warm. I have even worn a pair of shorts!!

Kiara is growing so much! She got desexed yesterday - it definately didn't slow her down...she is still as crazy as ever!! The info sheet we got said we need to limit her activity....no jumping, running etc... so far...we havn't managed to prevent that. She is wild. I can get her to sit and lay down on command so that's really really exciting. Now i'll have to focus on some other things. She is so heavy. I can't pick her up for more than like a minute...esp. if she squirms. Now that the weather is warmer she spends alot of time outside...she seems to enjoy that.

We are going to have a joint vegetable garden with Seth's parents at their house a short walk away. I am really excited to have fresh veggies. We are planning on growing...sugar snap peas, snow peas, green beans, cucumber, brocoli, cauliflower, capsicum and tomatos...and maybe some others...who knows. It'll be fun.

I have been going to work with Seth most days. I am trying to conquor my fear of heights and i'm slowly getting using being up on the roof...as long as it's not too tall. I just don't like getting near the edge. That's the scary bit....and getting up and down...but I am detirmined!

Not much else has been going on...just routine.

I've been tagged to do these doovys....so here goes....

1. Four Places you have Lived:
I have only ever lived in two places...
Parkes, NSW, Australia and
Warrens, WI, USA

2. Four TV. shows I like to watch:
CSI
NCIS
The Bachelor (I know I know it's sad...)
Survivor

3. Four Places I have been on vacation:
California (Disneyland)
Warrens
New Caledonia
Boona in QLD

4. Four of my favorite foods:
Cadbury Chocolate - anything Cadbury
Desserts and sweet things like pie, cake, muffins, cookies, golden balls, pudding...now im making myself hungry...lol
Pizza
Mum's potato bake

5. Four places I'd rather be right now:
Hmm...i dunno if places I'd rather be is a good description...cause that kind of implies that im not happy where I am...which isn't true...but....places that i think would be cool to be are...
Heaven
Parkes
In a rainforrest (minus the creepy bugs and leeches and stuff)
At a waterpark


6. Four people with Blogs that I am going to "Tag" for this:
Deborah
and everyone else I know with blogs has either already done it or already been tagged... so i tag anyone who reads my blog who has a blog.

and I was also tagged to do this one....

Wikipedia

The rules are:
1) Go to Wikipedia
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays
5) List two deaths
6) One holiday or observance (if any)
7) Tag 5 other bloggers to complete

The 5th of July

Three Events

1687 - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

1954 - Elvis Presley has his first commercial recording session. He sang That's All Right (Mama) and Blue Moon of Kentucky. Widely considered to be the birth of Rock and Roll.

1989 - The sitcom Seinfeld aired its first episode.


Two Birthdays

1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician

1996 - Dolly, first cloned mammal (d. 2003) she was a sheep


Two Deaths

1945 - John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)

2004 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921)


One Holiday

Venezuela: Independence Day (1811).

Tag some people

I'm just gonna be lazy and tag anyone who reads this and hasn't done it.

It's good to be back!!