Monday, September 08, 2008
Whats new with you?
Category: Life
Well what's new with us? The puppies are now 7 weeks old and they all have a home, we do still have two, Dakota who is being picked up on the 15th (girl) and Elvis who we have been watching for a few days to see if Lillian is allergic to him. He is going back home Tuesday. They have been a lot of fun but a lot of work!! Overall it was a good experience and we will do it again next year. Next liter we will be keeping one for sure! Skye is losing all of her hair! I feel so bad for her, we are going to have a hairless husky!!
We are going to Oktoberfest the weekend of the 26th of this month. Its in Germany of course. We are taking a bus there overnight and getting there about 6:30am then that night we will stay in a hotel and leave sometime the next morning. Nick and Tiffany are going with us. I am really looking forward to it!
We also have been kicking around the idea of going to Ireland July 2009 probably over the 4th. I can't wait for that either. It will be a lot of fun! Also coming up is another trip to the beach - I just hope its not closed... I heard that it closes, who ever heard of a beach closing?
Last night we had a twister come through and touch down on base, that caused a lot of damage! So many uprooted and broken trees all over and building lost shingles and it even ripped up some concrete and the cart returns in the BX parking lot. Not to mention the half a port-a-potty that was in the parking lot. The golf course is tore up as well really bad! The huge tree infront of the hotel that they light up and decorate at Christmas time broke in half. It was beautiful last year! Sergio said at work today they spent all day cleaning up. Walking the parimiter (sp?) of the base and picking up debris from all over. I am sure they all had a lot of clean up duty on the flightline as its not safe for the jets. I wonder if they had to delay flying because of it? I watched it go right around our house. The sky was crazy! Behind our house it was beautiful like nothing was going on and to the mountains it was dark and gloomy!
Heres the videos outside my house, putting the links in here is not working so I will just give you the direct links.
Video of sky
another video of sky
Direct links below
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k197/chachel_02/?action=view¤t=MOV02754.flvhttp://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k197/chachel_02/?action=view¤t=MOV02751.flvOther than that, not much is new!
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Been a while - Update
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Been a while - Update
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Life
Well I haven't written a blog in a while and thought I would update you all on whats going on in our side of the world.
Skye had her puppies - check out the pics - they are 2 weeks old today! Wow they have changed and grown so much and so fast. Its amazing. The birth was amazing as well. We had a long day but it was well worth it in the end to see the 6 beautiful babies. Her and Kodi make cute kids! The only problem was with the firstborn. When Skye was chewing off the umbilical cord she got his two middle toes on his back foot too. The vet says he will be just fine and he is the biggest and strongest of them all. He is a little fighter. Daniel and Deena are taking him and Deena is already in love with him. I would love to keep one but now is not a good time. We are talking about breeding her again and then keeping one at that time. Their eyes are all open and they are starting to walk - so cute!
We are planning on travelling more while we are here. We haven't really been able to do a whole lot of that in the year we have been here and that year went by pretty fast so I imagine the next two will fly by as well. Next on the list of places to see is Croatia, Germany, Rome, Florence and Pisa and we have been talking to friends trying to plan a trip to Ireland as well, so that should be a lot of fun!
Sergio is on mids, he was on mids for a short time back in November and this is the first he has been on that shift since. Its not so bad. I like him being on swings the best but this one is ok. Neither of us likes days so its working out.
I am still doing Partylite, July was a busy month for me with it and I did pretty good. August is starting off slow but we will see what happens. I am not too worried about having a lot of shows. I will take what I get, its pretty fun so that is all that matters.
I am hosting a Tupperware party on Friday, that is right... the stuff your mom bought when you were a kid and still has because it lasts forever!! So if you want to place an order let me know! The sweet tall plastic cups are on sale, 12 of them for $24. $2 a cup - can't beat that!
As far as going back to the states... I have no idea when or if that will happen. There are some deployments on the calendar in the near future and so that will prevent Sergio from coming back. He would rather spend the money travelling over here in Europe anyway then spending it going back to the states... which is very smart actually. We only have 2 years left and the states aren't going anywhere. As much as I miss everyone back home we need to take advantage of being over here.
Well, I miss you all and can't wait to hear from you!
Check out all the great pictures...
Been a while - Update
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Life
Well I haven't written a blog in a while and thought I would update you all on whats going on in our side of the world.
Skye had her puppies - check out the pics - they are 2 weeks old today! Wow they have changed and grown so much and so fast. Its amazing. The birth was amazing as well. We had a long day but it was well worth it in the end to see the 6 beautiful babies. Her and Kodi make cute kids! The only problem was with the firstborn. When Skye was chewing off the umbilical cord she got his two middle toes on his back foot too. The vet says he will be just fine and he is the biggest and strongest of them all. He is a little fighter. Daniel and Deena are taking him and Deena is already in love with him. I would love to keep one but now is not a good time. We are talking about breeding her again and then keeping one at that time. Their eyes are all open and they are starting to walk - so cute!
We are planning on travelling more while we are here. We haven't really been able to do a whole lot of that in the year we have been here and that year went by pretty fast so I imagine the next two will fly by as well. Next on the list of places to see is Croatia, Germany, Rome, Florence and Pisa and we have been talking to friends trying to plan a trip to Ireland as well, so that should be a lot of fun!
Sergio is on mids, he was on mids for a short time back in November and this is the first he has been on that shift since. Its not so bad. I like him being on swings the best but this one is ok. Neither of us likes days so its working out.
I am still doing Partylite, July was a busy month for me with it and I did pretty good. August is starting off slow but we will see what happens. I am not too worried about having a lot of shows. I will take what I get, its pretty fun so that is all that matters.
I am hosting a Tupperware party on Friday, that is right... the stuff your mom bought when you were a kid and still has because it lasts forever!! So if you want to place an order let me know! The sweet tall plastic cups are on sale, 12 of them for $24. $2 a cup - can't beat that!
As far as going back to the states... I have no idea when or if that will happen. There are some deployments on the calendar in the near future and so that will prevent Sergio from coming back. He would rather spend the money travelling over here in Europe anyway then spending it going back to the states... which is very smart actually. We only have 2 years left and the states aren't going anywhere. As much as I miss everyone back home we need to take advantage of being over here.
Well, I miss you all and can't wait to hear from you!
Check out all the great pictures...
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Been a while
Well, sorry its been so long since the last blog. But here goes...
Above: was taken while out walking with Skye in a park in Aviano. We had a good time. I will add more of those pictures later.
Above: One of my pretty flowers, not sure what its actually called but I love the colors!
I got a new job! I work at the theater on base for a few hours a week. I really like it, it keeps me busy and gives a little extra cash in the bank. And you all should know me by now, and know that I like to shop... so I thought why not? I am still selling Partylite and Discovery Toys but its kinda hit a dead end again, so if it picks back up or someone wants to have a party I will but not really pushing it.
Skye got spade last week, Tuesday. She was out of it for about 2 days, didn't even get up to come in the kitchen and beg for food... didn't even greet me at the door or talk to me like she normally would when I come home. But the look on her face was that she was in pain and even though she showed me she was happy to see me by wagging her tail when I spoke to her. She is now back to herself. Her scar looks great, no redness, no swelling, almost back to normal. I have to call the vet and see if he takes the stitches out or if they dissolve.
Oh yeah, I went in for the ultrasound to make sure there were no cysts on my ovaries and all is good! Clomid, the fertility medicine I am on can cause them so the doctor wanted to make sure everything looked good!
I don't know that we have anything else to add for now. So I will try to add some pictures.
Above: was taken while out walking with Skye in a park in Aviano. We had a good time. I will add more of those pictures later.
Above: One of my pretty flowers, not sure what its actually called but I love the colors!
Above: My hanging geraniums which actually are a lot more bloomed now. I will take more pictures and post them soon!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Puppies!!
Puppies!!!
Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that after 2 days of labor and no sleep for us. Skye gave birth on Sunday March 15th to 5 beautiful babies! 2 boys and 3 girls. 4 of them look JUST like her. The other little boy was all black like his older sister Kaci. He was the runt.
Skye was delivering for about 6 hours, a little over an hour a pup. The little runt wasn't nursing. His little mouth was too small for mommy's nipples. Also his umbilical cord fell all the way off. So he was bleeding from there and lost a good amount of blood for being so little. I called the vet but he was out of town for a few hours - he called when he got back at 9pm (baby was born at about 3pm) I took him in and he looked at his belly and said "thats not good" What I thought was a blood clot where his belly button should be was in fact facets of the inside skin coming out. It looked like intestines but the vet said it wasn't. He had to put a stitch in his little belly. We then fed him through a tube that we had to feed down his throat, it was really easy to do. The vet said to do this every 2-3 hours. So we took him home and fed him at 11:15pm, I set my alarm to feed him again at 1:30am, then again at 4am. When we got in the room, he was already gone. It must have just happened within about 20 mins because he wasn't very cold yet. Skye was licking him like she was trying to wake him, she continued to clean him. So we let her lick him a little more and then removed him, put him a shoebox and then went back to bed - so much for sleeping though, I couldn't after that.
We went to our appt at 9am and then when we got back we took him to the vets to dispose of the body. The vet said "he was really small, its sad but that happens sometimes, there could have been something more seriously wrong with him that made him so small, you just never know." What I am thinking is that his umbilical cord fell off so easily (skye had a hard time chewing off his sisters and brothers) that maybe there was a problem with it that caused it to not get enough food as the rest - making it smaller, and if that is what happened, what else was wrong with him? We will never know. But Skye is not herself right now, and so I would like to ask that everyone wait to come and visit her and the puppies until she has adjusted to him being gone. She doesn't even want us touching her babies at this point. She even growled at Emily for just petting her. So I think its best that she be left alone with them until she is over his loss. I don't think she knows he died, because he was still moveable when she had him. She looks at us like "when are you bringing my baby back" everytime we walk in the room. She is always staring out in the hall like she is looking for him. She no doubt knows she is missing a baby and I don't want her to be anymore insecure or become depressed - Yes, dogs can become depressed. Thank you. (This is a little older blog - but the update is that Skye is doing much better now with the babies and people holding them. She even allowed kids to visit with the puppies today!)
Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that after 2 days of labor and no sleep for us. Skye gave birth on Sunday March 15th to 5 beautiful babies! 2 boys and 3 girls. 4 of them look JUST like her. The other little boy was all black like his older sister Kaci. He was the runt.
Skye was delivering for about 6 hours, a little over an hour a pup. The little runt wasn't nursing. His little mouth was too small for mommy's nipples. Also his umbilical cord fell all the way off. So he was bleeding from there and lost a good amount of blood for being so little. I called the vet but he was out of town for a few hours - he called when he got back at 9pm (baby was born at about 3pm) I took him in and he looked at his belly and said "thats not good" What I thought was a blood clot where his belly button should be was in fact facets of the inside skin coming out. It looked like intestines but the vet said it wasn't. He had to put a stitch in his little belly. We then fed him through a tube that we had to feed down his throat, it was really easy to do. The vet said to do this every 2-3 hours. So we took him home and fed him at 11:15pm, I set my alarm to feed him again at 1:30am, then again at 4am. When we got in the room, he was already gone. It must have just happened within about 20 mins because he wasn't very cold yet. Skye was licking him like she was trying to wake him, she continued to clean him. So we let her lick him a little more and then removed him, put him a shoebox and then went back to bed - so much for sleeping though, I couldn't after that.
We went to our appt at 9am and then when we got back we took him to the vets to dispose of the body. The vet said "he was really small, its sad but that happens sometimes, there could have been something more seriously wrong with him that made him so small, you just never know." What I am thinking is that his umbilical cord fell off so easily (skye had a hard time chewing off his sisters and brothers) that maybe there was a problem with it that caused it to not get enough food as the rest - making it smaller, and if that is what happened, what else was wrong with him? We will never know. But Skye is not herself right now, and so I would like to ask that everyone wait to come and visit her and the puppies until she has adjusted to him being gone. She doesn't even want us touching her babies at this point. She even growled at Emily for just petting her. So I think its best that she be left alone with them until she is over his loss. I don't think she knows he died, because he was still moveable when she had him. She looks at us like "when are you bringing my baby back" everytime we walk in the room. She is always staring out in the hall like she is looking for him. She no doubt knows she is missing a baby and I don't want her to be anymore insecure or become depressed - Yes, dogs can become depressed. Thank you. (This is a little older blog - but the update is that Skye is doing much better now with the babies and people holding them. She even allowed kids to visit with the puppies today!)
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