Monday- Good Maggie News

 The weather was a bit on the ugly side over the weekend, but today is beautiful!!

We are blest to be able to have another few hours of Eucharistic Adoration each week. Now on Mondays. I am so glad! I look forward to it whenever I can go. 

I did some work around the house this morning, after Mass, and then went and got Lilly. She was up and ready! She appears to have gotten all her work done for the day, so that's good.

Today Maggie went to the vet for an evaluation. He talked to me about her quality of life, and we decided to try a treatment to get her hips and spine back into a little bit better shape. We aren't going crazy. This is in the hopes that she will have more mobility and be more comfortable. He said that we should see improvement within two weeks. If we don't then we have to talk about how much longer to push her along. Glad we don't have to make that decision now....

Cora is growing like a weed, and they have begun eating solid food and playing all the time! They are very busy!

Life is good!

 April is always tricksy. You just never know what the weather will throw at you. 

Yesterday I had my coffee and a book out on the deck and I had to take off my hoodie because it was too warm. Today it is in the 40s with a wind chill in the 30s and it SNOWED this morning. Yes. 

I went to Mass and Adoration, but I came home afterward and didn't go to the grocery store like I should have because it is just too dang cold. There is time for that tomorrow, and we have leftovers for dinner.

Maggie is really having a tough time. We are going to have to stop taking her downstairs to go into the yard. She just needs to go out front where it's flat. I know that she will kill the grass, but we'll just have to make sure that she goes in the same spot and then fix it later. I don't know how much longer she is going to want to keep going. It is so hard to even think about it. I can't imagine life without our girl. I don't want to. She is such a big lovebug. I hope she can make it through the summer, but the vet will have an idea on Monday. I really want our new addition to have a chance to be around Maggie. 

I bought the crate for her today, and I will gather supplies as needed. I will probably put the carpet and the table in this office up in storage so that she can have a bare floor. Hopefully potty training will go well. 

Love Our Home!

 We had a lovely time at Miss Molly's, and it has given me ideas. Lots of ideas about the future for our humble home after the nest empties. 

We live in a really good area for renting vacation rooms. Havre de Grace is busy all summer, and there really aren't all that many places to stay. There are the big old houses that have been made into Bed and Breakfast places, but they are pretty expensive, and when there is a festival or other event, and there are a lot of those, there really aren't that many places to stay. 

We could convert the upstairs into guest space and rent it as a suite. One room would be a bedroom with the bathroom, and the other would be a sitting area with a TV, and wifi and all the things that are popular on Airbnb. I would love to do the decorating and fix it up real "Havre de Grace". 

We have the decks for sitting and eating outside, and we have the yard for playing yard games and having fires. In the summer we have such a great little town. Every bit as cute as Chincoteague, I think.

It wouldn't cost that much to get started, and we could turn any profits back into the house. 

Yeah Big Dreams.

It is really windy out today and it is supposed to be really cold over night. 

Still waiting to hear about Brendan's Covid test. Paul's was negative. I guess I will miss Mass and Adoration tonight. We are going to do small group on Zoom.

Oh, and Cora is adorable.

Last Day on Chincoteague

 Today we said "good-bye" to Miss Molly's, but not before a truly yummy breakfast!

We also had a chance to meet some of the other guests and that was a treat! One couple is from The Shannendoah Valley and the others, newlyweds, are from near Virginia Beach. We had a nice visit.

We went for a drive to the end of the island and I got a few pictures, and then we went to buy gifts for the kids.

The drive home was very rainy but the traffic wasn't bad at all. 

It is good to be back home! We are having fish for dinner and I got the laundry caught up. I went out on the deck and enjoyed looking out at the yard. My flowers are starting to bloom!

 Maggie is also very glad that we are back. 

Vacation Sunday

 What a wonderful day we had today!! 

We got going around 7 and went down to breakfast at 9. It was a yummy Crescent with roasted veggies and hollandaise. The food here is fantastic! I ate quick because I wanted to get back up to the room to watch the Italian Formula 1 race that started at 9:00. Glad I did. It was a win for Max Verstappen, and that was a good thing. 

Then we headed over the Assateague Island to do some exploring. We walked a loop that meanders through several tidal areas and spent a long time on the beach. It was delicious! We came home and Tim had a long phone conversation with James Waltenburg, while I grabbed my Kindle for some reading time on the upper deck. A couple of cups of coffee and a chocolate chip cookie too. What a perfect day.

We went back the Don's Seafood for dinner tonight and it was just as good as last night! I had shrimp and fries and Tim had broiled flounder. I am going to have to do some serious cutting back this week!!

We are all tucked in for the night now. 

Chincoteague Getaway!

 What a glorious day it has been!!

Tim and I are so blest to be able to come to this wonderful island and spend a few days away together.

We left home around 11:30 and we got here around 3:30. I had a little mishap with my purse and a cup full of creamer...So the first order of business was to get a small purse that I can put the barest essentials in. 

Then we explored a little bit before heading over the a sweet little church, St Andrews, for Mass.

We had a reservation at Don's Seafood for dinner and it was fantastic!!

Now we are tucked into our room for the night.

We will have a great day tomorrow!

End of the Week!

 It's chilly today as well.

Lilly and I went to Freedom Hills to walk the pony for J, our little hero. That kid is doing so well!

Lilly had her first Nature Class today. It was great to walk around in the woods and look at the different plants and the water in the early part of Spring.

Skunk Cabbage!

Then I dropped Lilly at home and went to see sweet Cora....Sleeping, of course...