Catch-up

So, we were really busy the month of July. Here are the highlights.

- Josh got "new eyes" on July 3rd via lasik surgery. All went well and he now has 20/15 vision in both eyes. He's loving not having to use contacts or glasses anymore!

- Magnum and Zena were both traumatized by fireworks/Fourth of July, which really lasted for about 2 weeks of near daily valium pills. None for me though. :)

- Zena learned that apples closely resemble tennis balls and she can easily pluck these from our apple trees. She's also found that they're tasty to munch on. I am not a fan of this new trick and scold her because I want to eat my apples when they're ripe! She has made off with more apples than any other predator and I'm thisclose to spraying the ones within her reach with pepper spray just to teach her a lesson.

- Zena has also perfected the art of fly assassignation. She is the world's best fly swatter. 5 minutes inside our house and it's a dead fly. She stalks them around the house; jumps off furniture in her pursuit to get them when they're up high and then bites them and spits them out or slaps them on the floor with her paw. Magnum is generally mystified by this behavior. Below is a picture of Zena looking at her most recent victim.

- We went fishing and tried out our new raft a couple of weeks ago. It's been a cold summer so far, so we've only gotten out on the lake one time. Josh caught some little fish, but nothing big enough to keep yet. Below are some pictures of me fishing at Trillium complete with huge stomach and outie bellybutton and Josh enjoying the new raft.

- Josh has been hard at work on the baby's room. So far he's gotten drywall up on all remaining walls, mudded and sanded them, soffited the ceiling, installed recessed lighting and framed the windows. He's just got a little more mudding and sanding before we can paint and then he'll do the trim. We're so excited! Pictures will be posted at the end of the project. It's been a lot of hard work for him and I'm so grateful he's handy!

Those are all the major things that have happened so far in July. We'll keep you posted!

I've been tagged...

So I have to leave 6 facts/habits about myself. I'm supposed to then tag 6 people, but I like to be one of those rebels who breaks the chain. So here's my facts:

1. I twirl my hair when I'm sorting out a problem.

2. If I come home to dirty dishes, there will be no dinner. Impossible! I only have enough energy to clean the kitchen or make dinner, not both. It's a very sad fact.

3. I can't eat just one ice cream sandwich. It would be lonely in my tummy by itself, so I sneak another one. If no one sees you eat it, it doesn't really count!

4. I am a compulsive list maker and post-it user. I have a list for just about anything. I make lists of what to buy, chores that should be done, what to do with my weekend. Sometimes if something wasn't on the list and I completed it, I feel compelled to write it on the list and cross it off. It just feels good.

5. When I get home from work, I always give Magnum love and attention by himself before releasing the beast (I mean Zena). I let them both out to go potty and then Zena gets her love. It's the same show every day.

6. I love to read. I usually read 1-2 books a week. We'll see how long I keep this pace up. And I read everything from kid's books, classics, modern fiction, textbooks on various subjects and how-to books. It just depends on my mood.

Elisabeth