For as nice as the weather was the other day, yesterday was as equally miserable. It rained, it snowed, it rained, it snowed and the wind was a howling. By bedtime all we had was a thin layer of snow on the deck.
Paul had to go to the oral surgeon yesterday to have the implant post checked. Everything is okay and he just needs the jaw bone to heal around the post now. He'll have to go back in about another 5 months.
The warmer weather has brought the starlings. Pain-in-the-*ss they are. Today they found the peanut butter log and I had to bring it in sometime in mid-morning. Spent the rest of the morning chasing the starlings out of the back yard. This afternoon I saw a young kestrel (hawk) sitting in the tree by the deck...no other birds to be seen!
Today was a nice sunny day but cold. Not much going on. Paul finished up on Cecily (the tractor) and got her running again and I strung a necklace that had been sitting for weeks. Our little possum friend has been around a lot lately so Paul set out the trap and within about 2 hours we'd caught him. Tomorrow he'll go for a ride to be relocated.

Quiet Life on the Hill

Yesterday was another quiet day with the exception of running the "bird ambulance" out to the deck to rescue a little chickadee who'd flown into the window. He was in the box for quite a while before he started fluttering around but the noise got Chessie's attention and she wanted to know what it was all about. Sorry, little Chessie you can't play with birds. When we took the box outside and opened it, off he flew. We noticed that we now have eight bluebirds coming for dinner. Don't know where the extra one came from but word is out that the Frederick's have great food. LOL!
Paul's tooth seems to be doing well but he did cut off the knot of the stitches because it was irratating to him.
Made a nice homemade pizza and watched the Super Bowl game. Good game.

Today, Monday, I went down to Scranton because with all the appointments of last week I forgot to get my allergy shots. Argh! So, got my three shots and did a little grocery shopping.
Started snowing a little after I got home and everything is covered with a fresh layer of snow again. It's not suppose to amount to anything but we'll see. Ugh, The Groundhog saw his shadow today so Winter isn't over yet.

Busy Week

My goodness we've been busy this week. Tuesday was vet day for Chessie and Wednesday was oral surgeon day for Paul. It was about the worst day on Wednesday to be out driving (snow, sleet, rain, ice) but we knew it'd take forever to get another appointment with the oral surgeon. This was the visit when the oral surgeon cut open the gum where he had extracted the tooth earlier and drilled into the jaw bone to insert a metal post. Trouble is they drilled just a little too far and drilled through the bone and into his sinus cavity. Now he's on extra strong antibiotics (Augmentin), nose spray, and antihistamines so he doesn't get any type of infection. He also got a prescription for Vicodin for pain but hasn't used it. He seems to be doing okay although the stitches are irritating to him.

We got a call from Dr. Kipps while we were out on Wednesday. She was pleased with Chessie's blood test results. Her liver counts had come up significantly but still were not within the normal range. So we need to keep up the good work. I think we finally arrived at the easiest way to give Chessie the Marin pill. I crush it, take off the bulb end of the eyedropper, pour in the crushed pill, add a little less than 1 ml. of water and shake. Then put the bulb back on and squirt it in her mouth...over and done. I'm assuming from Chessie's reaction to it that it must taste bad, although it's supposed to be tuna flavor. So, of course, we have to give her "treats" after the dose.

Yesterday, Thursday, was my turn at the doctor's. You know you're getting old when you have to get skin tags removed. I thought the doctor would freeze them off but she said, "If you can take it we'll just cut them off." Aaargh! Naturally, I had to show how tough I was. She just took hold the skin with tweezers and cut. Yeeouch! But really most of them weren't too bad just one made me say ouch. I was surprised at how little they bled and only one is sore this morning. The doctor also gave me the results from my blood tests. Everything was good and I think she was happier than I was about how good my cholesterol was...total in the 150's which I guess it good.

We're all on the mend.

More Snow

Well, we had another 2 inches of snow last night. Was 7 degrees and sunny this morning but as the day goes on it's clouding up a little. Paul's gums seem to be healing nicely but he says he still has a bad taste in his mouth. Other than watching the birds, the snow, and the town snowplow go by there's not much going on here. A normal winter in Susquehanna County.

Brrrrrr

It was 6 degrees with a wind chill temp of -2 this morning. Snowed about an inch last night freshening the white. It's such a pretty bright sunny day.
Paul feeling much better this morning but says his tooth is still draining somewhat. Have to think of "soft" meals for him.
A beautiful, brillant red male cardinal came to the bird feeder this morning. He was so pretty with the white snow background. I doubt he'll hang around long but we put out some saffron seeds for him. I've started calling all my other little feathered friends, "little flying piglets". I fill the feeding log with our peanut butter mixture and they have it emptied in no time. All the little birds just love the stuff even though it's meant for our bluebirds.

Poor Paul

Poor Paul had his molar extracted and readied for an implant yesterday afternoon and came home looking & talking like he'd had a stroke. He took a couple of painkillers and within about 45 minutes was feeling awful. He said he was woozy and sick to his stomach so he went to lay down for awhile. He ended up in bed all evening except when he was throwing up. This morning he said he felt like he had a really bad hangover but is feeling better this evening. We'll be eating soft foods for the next few weeks until his gum heals. In six months they'll cut open his gum to insert the post for his implanted tooth. Sounds like fun to me!!
I had an appointment today with my allergist and we decided the next six months will probably be the last of my shots. Yippee!

Sunny Day

It's a bright and sunny day but the temp is in the teens. So, if it's bright and sunny that means that Lizzy and Chessie are chasing each other. They both always seem to be more active and alert on sunny days. Chessie seems to be a little better this morning. She was playing with her mouse a little but is still pretty quiet. Either the antibiotics or the grease got things moving a little for her last night. I guess those obstructions are still in her colon. Her sneezing fits have slowed down a little so we'll have to get some more antibiotics for her.

Today Paul goes to the oral surgeon to see about getting that broken molar extracted and replaced with an implant. This is NOT going to be fun for him (us).