So I keep getting emails that Xanga misses me....so I thought I'd post something!  Not too much interesting going on around here.  Been busy with Jennie's wedding coming up at the end of this month!  We've had a couple of showers, bachelorette party, and have another shower to go!  It's so exciting!  I'm not sure who is more excited me or her.

So having surgery on your ankle is not fun!!!  For starters there is the allergic reaction to the iv antibiotic the day of surgery and the bad reaction to the anesthesia so I didn't get to go home until late that afternoon.  Then for the next 3 days I couldn't put any pressure on my foot.  Going around 1 footed is not easy.  Going to the bathroom and taking a shower were major chores!  I had to have people help me - blah.  I must give great thanks to my friend, Berri, because without her those 3 days would not have been possible for several reasons.  Monday night after we had arrived back at the house from the hospital at 4 pm my mom and boyfriend had to take my Grandmother to the hospital.  Berri came over because my 68 year old dad wasn't about to help me to the bathroom.  Mom didn't arrive home until 4 am.  So not wanting to leave me alone while going back and forth to the hospital Berri stayed so my Mom was free to be where she needed to be.

Friday the doc put me in a walking boot and said I could put pressure on it as I could tolerate it.  Yeah right.  Lets put the foot with a incision and 5 stitches in a snug boot to walk where it rubs against the incision.  Hmmm...so still trying to walk.  I can put pressure on it but not able to walk because the boot still moves and rubs some.  Grrr. 

Grandmother is ok, too.  She's not back to where she was before but is better.  She apparently has been having small strokes and she fell Saturday and got a bump on her head which turned the strokes into seizures.  Fun stuff.  She came home Thursday so all is well.

Ok so many things have happened that I have to write about and post some pics.  The first is I got a new puppy!!  Her name is Charlie's Hersheys Cocoa registered with the AKC, but we just call her Cocoa.  She is a chocolate lab which explains all of the chocolate in her name and her daddy is Charlie owned by Cathy and her hubby.  She is soooo cute.  Very energetic too.  She jumps off of the side of the pool to go get balls out of the water, tortures Scrappy my other pooch, tries to put the kittens heads in her mouth, and chews on EVERYTHING!  She is going to be rather large too.  She just went to the vet for her 12 week old shots and she weighed 25 lbs.  This is a older picture of her she is much larger now!

  Did I mention I got 2 kittens???  Hmmm suppose I should do that too.  We got 2 kittens from Cathy 's aunt.  They are cute too but of course my heart belongs to the dogs but I love cats too.  They are Shadow (grey) and Kujo (calico).  At first they didn't get along too well with Rocky, my 3 year old cat, but they are fine now.  They all clean each other and sleep together.  The only time things get hairy is feeding time.

Next major thing that happened - I got my passport!!!!

And my tickets to Paris!!  Anna here I come :)

I've been on "vacation" this week with my family.  I went to Charleston for the weekend and stayed with my parents friends, Loretta and Mack, it was nice.  I got to see both of my sisters and their houses.  My oldest that has had a good many problems in life seems to me doing ok for now.  Then we went to the mountains yesterday and spent the night.  It was nice too - I wish I had more time up there to go to all the little shops that are just tooo cute nestled away on the mountain roads.  Maybe one day I'll have time to go there without someone elses agenda and no time schedule.  But it is back to work tomorrow :(  Oh well it won't be long before I will have over a week off again to go to Paris.  I leave for Philly on the 29th, catch my plane on the 30th and arrive on the morning of the 31st in Paris!!  Yay!!!