April 18, 2010

As my darling fiancee said today, "what a wonderful and productive weekend we had." It began with a lovely BBQ on Friday night with the boys- Nick, Matt, Aaron, and Aaron's pup Loki. Sam enjoyed the company very much.

On Saturday, we enojoyed a lovely BBQ/Celebration of Many Things, in Livermore with Andy's fam. Sampson came along, as did my bro and Nellie.

Today, Andy was finally able to enjoy a Sunday off from work. We worked hard in the backyard, and now have our garden in the ground and patio furniture in place.

We are concerned about Sampson's paw-irritation, as it seems to be getting worse. He attacked his paws at the BBQ, and we had family members ask us about the now completely raw spots on his feet. After talking with his doctor who determined that it was nerve damage and that there is not much we can do to alleviate the pain/tickle, I started researching various remedies- ie: massaging, lotions, acupuncture (!). In the meantime, I'm going to try icing his feet and see how that helps. The next step would be talking about medication. Hopefully, we can figure something out to help our poor buddy :(

April 15, 2009

Sun, rain, sun, rain... Make up your mind already! After we stained our deck last weekend, the rain came in. Luckily, we had given it enough time to set-in and nothing was messed up. It continued raining early this week and then we were teased with a few nice days of sun. I snapped this pic while walking into the office one morning this week. It was looking so nice that I rushed out to finally purchase my new patio furniture. But tonight, it's looking very gloomy, even though they are saying low 70's for the weekend. We'll see if they are right. I'm ready to get out and plant my garden! With all this uncertain weather, it's probably best that I wait a few more weeks. Bummer.

April 10, 2010

We spent the day getting our deck ready in anticipation for the summer, and with the hope that we will spend many days BBQing and relaxing by the pool. My parents came up to help fix/sand/stain our deck- and it looks like new! Can't wait to get my new patio furniture, and can't wait for the Sacramento summer heat!

Sampson always enjoys spending time following around his GrandPaws. He spent the day sniffing my dad's tools, bothering him for pets and watching him work his magic on the deck. He also spent some time snuggling on my mom after lunch, and as you can tell (see pic), she likes to "give him a hand." Is that vicious?

April 4, 2010

We've had a very busy week back in the real world. After our big trip to Mexico and a pretty useless week after, trying to get back to our schedule, we are now back to our usual routine - - working, working, working! Andy's been working 2 full-time jobs these last 2 weeks, and my job has been busier lately than ever - which is great! We have still made some time to play with our friends - Andy has had a few "jam" sessions since we've been home, I've finally made it back to my workout classes with Kjer (and new mom, Wendy), and we had my family over yesterday, for a wonderful Fluken Family FEaster. Great fun and food, as always.