Happy 2010!!

Wow!! What a year!! Cesario said to me last night the he thought 2009 was horrible. Granted he had lots going on with being in command but my reply was, "it was horrible. Things that happened in 2009 make you a much better person and you may not be who you are today." He seemed content with my answer and agreed. I am so thankful for such a wonderful year.

Since the beginning of December we had talked about to O'Club for New Years. For some reason or another we kept procrastinating on buying the tickets. We still had nothing as of Monday. Our neighbors mentioned their unit was going to have a BBQ and bonfire on the beach and had invited us to go. We thought lets do something different and go. Plus it is in walking distance and we didn't have to dress up. The weather had been so unpredictable in the last week that we decided we wanted to be indoors and warm. We had such a great time!!! I actually found a dress the day before the party. Everyone was all dressed up and looked great. We were provided with heavy appetizers, party favors, champagne at midnight and a breakfast buffet. We enjoyed great friends and the best part was Cesario and I got to ring in another FABULOUS year together!!!

Here's to 2010!!!

New Adventure

We have realized that we don't get out and explore to often. We typically do the same ole' things. We went out on Sunday to get my car washed and decided to wait at the Starbucks across the street. Cesario and I talked about getting out a more often even if it is just to take the girls on a good walk down on the seawall. So we decided that after the car was done we would pick up the girls and head out for a while. I remembered my friend Jocelyn taking me to Gala which was near our house and Cesario had never been. We came home, grabbed the girls and I told Cesario I would drive and to just sit back and relax. We arrived in about 10 minutes and he was completely impressed. There are some great walk ways for us to take the girls plus a remarkable view. We stayed out about an hour before heading home. Who knew something so close to home could bring such pleasure to us all.

Maggie's Mishap Part II

Is this craziness ever going to stop? So our day started out like this. McKenzie seemed a bit under the weather so I pretty much let her rest and do a whole lot of nothing.....which is nothing new. I knew something was up when she had picked at her dinner the night before and barely touched her breakfast. She wasn't evern interested in treats! I was a little concerned but figured she would get through it. Cesario on the other hand was a bit worried and had me make a vet appointment. I took her in and turns out she had a temprature. The vet did some blood work and it all came back fine. He said the temprature typically indicates infection so he gave her an antibiotic shot as well as oral antibiotics and cortizone.

We had been home about 45 minutes and we had just sat down to eat dinner. We were eating and talking about our day. The next thing you know Maggie brushes up against McKenzie and that was it..........DOG FIGHT!!! Luckily we were right there and Cesario separated them almost immediately. He took McKenzie to our room and I grabbed Maggie. Everyone appeared fine until I looked down and saw specks of blood. I told Cesario, "someone is bleeding." We checked both girls and I saw nothing. Then I looked at Maggie's face and she was bleeding from her eye, ugh!!!
I swooped her up, called the vet and away we went.

As soon as we arrived they took her in checked her out. Her eye appeared fine but was cut on the lower lid. The doctor said she would need stitches. He told me they would need to sedate her and sew her up. My concern was her age and I asked him abou that. I mentioned she was going to be 13 in January. Right away he told me they would need to do blood work to make sure she was ok. All the blood work came back fine, nothing to be concerned about. They took her to the back and did their business. She wasn't gone very long when the doctor came out and said they were all done. They were waiting for her to come out of sedation. She was such a little trooper!!! We took her home that night and it is funny that after all of that the first thing she did was look for McKenzie.