I am writing today to beg you to please close your mouth when eating chips or other crunchy items. It is pretty easy - all you have to do is close your lips after placing the crunchiness in your mouth and THEN start chewing. It isn't necessary to start the chewing process immediately. If it is, then you are shoving too much into your gaping hole!
Sincerely yours,
Bonnie
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Fireworks Festival
On Saturday we went up to New Castle to partake in their annual Fireworks Festival. The day was beautiful and the weatherman said to enjoy the sun and lack of rain. He was wrong because it started to pour when we were trying to find our perfect sitting place from last year. It stopped so we took a walk to get some food and enjoy the festivities. When we got back to the car we got our chairs set up and started to eat. About 10 minutes after that it started to rain again. The show was to begin at 9:30.... then it got pushed back to 10.... and then pushed back again to 10:30. The downpours kept ending as quickly as they started. Thank God for umbrella's! We ended up keeping the chairs in the trunk while we stood with the umbrella and enjoyed the fireworks. I don't have any pictures to share because I forgot our camera but believe me when I say they were awesome. http://www.ncnewsonline.com/local/local_story_185093518.html
Some quick history on the "Fireworks Capital of the World". http://activerain.com/blogsview/577022/How-did-New-Castle (why re-write something that someone already took the time to do?)
Anyway, the festival is the weekend after 4th of July weekend, so if you are ever looking for some great fireworks, head on up to New Castle!
Some quick history on the "Fireworks Capital of the World". http://activerain.com/blogsview/577022/How-did-New-Castle (why re-write something that someone already took the time to do?)
Anyway, the festival is the weekend after 4th of July weekend, so if you are ever looking for some great fireworks, head on up to New Castle!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Update on Buddy
Buddy is doing much better. He ended up having a blockage caused by struvite crystals and with the help of some meds he will make a full recovery. We have noticed a steady improvement in him as he is starting to get back into trouble and seems to be eating constantly. As I am posting this, he is sleeping in his kitty bed with Abby close by. Thank you for the prayers!
A "Happy 4th of July" it was!
We headed down for Pittsburgh's fireworks on Friday night. Trying to find the best ever parking space was actually much easier than anticipated. Thanks to my eagle eyes we parked at Station Square and literally had a front row view of the magnificant display. We got there around 6:15 and encountered a lovely parking attendant who informed us of the parking charge.
We found an ATM close by (cash, cash, cash), got our parking pass, and then proceeded back to our original location.
Here is the gigantic hill that we had to climb in order to get our eagle-eye view.
Here is a picture of the folks beside us under the exit ramp for West Carson Street. They have obviously been doing this for years because they had all of the right beer, drinks, and most importantly... food! We were starving! We had every intention of finding a vendor or something, but since we were on the other side of the river that didn't happen. Some nice guy offered us a cold beer though and I took him up on that offer. :)
These kind people were also the ones that warned of us a very harsh reality that was close to us:
To the right of us and up was the entrance to the Fort Pitt tunnel.
Across the river are all of the people sitting on the grass on the North Shore. If you look behind the orange balls in the water you will see the barge that was being positioned with the fireworks on it.
And here is a video of the last 3 minutes of the fireworks display. Oh, you may want to tilt your head to the right for better viewing :)
We had a great time! This is going to become a regular tradition in the "D" household for sure.
We found an ATM close by (cash, cash, cash), got our parking pass, and then proceeded back to our original location.
Here is the gigantic hill that we had to climb in order to get our eagle-eye view.
Here is a picture of the folks beside us under the exit ramp for West Carson Street. They have obviously been doing this for years because they had all of the right beer, drinks, and most importantly... food! We were starving! We had every intention of finding a vendor or something, but since we were on the other side of the river that didn't happen. Some nice guy offered us a cold beer though and I took him up on that offer. :)
These kind people were also the ones that warned of us a very harsh reality that was close to us:
To the right of us and up was the entrance to the Fort Pitt tunnel.
Across the river are all of the people sitting on the grass on the North Shore. If you look behind the orange balls in the water you will see the barge that was being positioned with the fireworks on it.
And here is a video of the last 3 minutes of the fireworks display. Oh, you may want to tilt your head to the right for better viewing :)
We had a great time! This is going to become a regular tradition in the "D" household for sure.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Our poor little guy...
Buddy is in the hospital. He has a UTI and he is having a very difficult time urinating. The doctors are afraid that he is going to develop a complete blockage (he has a partial blockage now) so he is spending a few days with them. So far, everyone at the vet hospital has been very nice and has taken the time to explain everything that is going on with him.
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