Curtis's Fawn

This was all Curtis, believe it or not, so I'll let him blog about this:-)

Last Thursday after a day game I got off work a little early and had plenty of daylight to get some things done at home. I decided to first take Tyson on a walk at the Clark County State Forest which is about 2 miles away from our house, then mow/weedwack the yard.

About half way into the walk Tyson and I both heard some noise coming out of the brush beside where we walk. We stopped and this little guy popped out! I somehow got Tyson to stay and I edged closer to the fawn. I noticed a not-so-good smell coming from it's general direction and figured the mom was dead in the brush. But as I got closer I realized that the little guy actually had a bad infection on its back/rear.

After crawling through downed trees (from previous wind storm and ice storm) and thick brush I caught him and brought him home. Luckily, I called Rachel who had a number for someone, who had a number of a vet in Louisville, who had a number for a volunteer at the "Broadbent Wildlife Sanctuary" who could take the fawn that night! Good thing too as we have the capacity for taking care of dogs and cats, but nothing appropriate for a deer!

I am planning on calling on Tuesday to check up on the fawn to see how he's doing. Through this experience and the one with "Peanut" from the previous blog entry, I've been dubbed "Jack Hanna" from my peers at work. That's okay as long as they know that I don't do snakes!

Kittens Everywhere!

Our two litters are getting big now! All but two have been spayed/neutered and 4 of them went into a condo this weekend (woohoo!) So right now we still have 6 (the white ones and the siamese-y ones) and I think these will do the best on Petfinder. I've got to get everybody posted today.


We also have one brand new kitten...and when I say brand new, I mean about 2-4 days old! Curtis brought him home from the ball field because his mama was feral and they couldn't catch her. We're calling him "Peanut" because that about how big he is (2.5 oz!) and because he was found in a portable food/beverage cart! haha Right now we're bottle (syringe) feeding him and then putting him on Jewel (mother of our 7), who's been letting him nurse a little bit. She's also been grooming him too, which is good, but she's not really initiating contact with him. We're hoping this little guy makes it 'cause he's so darn cute!

Chicago

Leslie and I went to Chicago two weekends ago to visit Jessica. We hadn't had any "girl time" together since before Leslie's wedding...2 years ago now! We stayed at Jessica's house, which she shares with a friend who has a little girl. Jess works at a restaurant downtown called Vivere, which is one of three restaurants in one building called "The Italian Village".
Friday night,when we got there, we went out and didn't get back in til about 3:00. We had "breakfast" at a 24 hr diner around the corner from Jess's place...Leslie and I look a bit tired, don't you think? The next day we slept in past noon and then took the "L" to see where Jess works. Here's the view of downtown from Jessica's stop along the "L". It only takes 15-20 minutes for her to get downtown to work which is on the loop.Jessica lives in a predominantly hispanic neighborhood so there are a lot of beautiful tile mosaics on walls and buildings. This one was right before we got on the "L". Jessica's roommate was having her tattoo "developed" that weekend. She had it done 5 years ago and her tattoo artist was darkening it up again. I'm not a huge tattoo fan, but hers was quite beautiful. Saturday night we stayed up late again watching movies and doing pedicures. Sunday we slept in again and then ate lunch at a local Mexican restaurant before Leslie and I headed home. It was really nice having a "just us girls" weekend and we plan to do one at least once a year from now on.

My Surprise

Curtis had me take off work last Thursday because he said he had a surprise for me. And gosh, was it an awesome surprise! He bought us tickets to go see Bryan Adams perform at the Brown Theater in Louisville (acoustic set, just him on guitar and his pianist)!!! If ya'll don't know, Bryan Adams is one of my most favorite singers:) It was an amazing show, we loved every minute of it...except for the few middle aged drunk ladies who were a bit too expressive in their affection for him...in front of their husbands I might add, haha. One of the rules they told us at the beginning was not to take any pictures or video, which we had assumed and left our camera in the car. But sure enough, as soon as he took the stage, there were cameras flashing for at least the first 20-30 minutes. It was ridiculous...although I was wishing I could have snapped a few shots myself. I'll settle for pulling an image of him off another website:) If you ever have a chance to see this tour, GO! It's incredible!

Irises

My irises are blooming and they make me sooo happy:) Thank you to Kristen and Mom and Dad for supplying me with all my starter plants. I can't wait for them to spread and fill in so I can transplant them until they're all along the fence following the drive.




The yellow and burgandy ones were from behind the garage...I didn't know what color they were going to be so I didn't plant them along the fence. I think I'll just keep them back there for cutting purposes. I have some gladiolas coming back up too and my hollyhocks look like they just might bloom this year. I just bought some wave petunias for my porch hanging baskets and some other pretty flowers (don't recall the names without fetching the tags) in my big pot on the back porch. I'll take pictures of those once they fill out a bit.

Wiley Update

Wiley is currently living in his new home during the two week trial period of his adoption! We're pretty sure they're going to keep him...only problem so far was one accident in his crate and tearing up his bedding. Here are some pictures of some of his activities prior to adoption!
Wiley went to Dog Day at the Park this spring instead of Tyson...you have to go places to get adopted! Tyson will get to go to the June 9th Dog Day:)
Wiley was on Channel 3's "Pet of the Week" feature! He did a great job smiling for the camera, but he was a bit too distracted by that little kitten!Displaying his desire to be a "lap dog"....honestly he just fits!
Wiley with Tyson at a local reservoir...he wasn't sure if he really liked the water so much...he let Tyson do all the swimming!
Riding in the car...very good and calm....and half asleep:) Wiley is such a great little dog, we'll miss him, he was fun to have around!

Thunder Over Louisvillle

Mom and Dad came down in April this year for Thunder Over Louisville, the annual event that kicks off "Derby Festival" two weeks before the race. We went to a friends house who lives in Clarksville, had some burgers and watched the airshow, then walked to the river to see the fireworks. Once again, it did not disappoint. We were a little chilly, but enjoyed the show! I'll try to get a video of the finale on here...it's taking too long to upload right now...