Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Drastic Cool Down
In other parts of the county our weather this weekend would not be considered a drastic cool down, but for Arizona it is a drastic cool down and I absolutely loved it. It has been so hot for so long that going from a high of 115 degrees on a daily basis to a high of 99 degrees feels glorious. The huge bonus is that the lows were 80 degrees this weekend which allowed me to get back into my routine of running around the mountain we live on. I have not been able to do this since we got married because when I get up in the morning it's already 100 degrees outside. I have been missing my workouts and my Jaimi time on the mountain that I have been watching the weather reports lately just waiting for an announcement of a cooler morning. When I saw a low of 80 for Saturday and Sunday morning I was pretty excited. I set my alarm for 6am so that I could get up and get going before it heated up. It felt so good to get out on the mountain, see the beauty of where we live and enjoy some nice temps for the early morning weekend. This was the highlight of my weekend. Here are some pics I took.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Labor Day Weekend Camping
This past Labor Day weekend we went camping north of Payson in Woods Canyon. This time I was actually looking forward to camping just to escape the heat. It had been around 115 degrees in Phoenix for three weeks in a row so this temperature was making me excited for some cooler weather in the woods with some good friends. Of course we did the usual beer darts, beer pong and corn hole games, but this camping trip was definitely different as the boys were determined to be able to watch football all weekend in the woods.
Of course I thought TV in the weeks for football was absolutely ridiculous, but who am I? To get this task accomplished we took our extra flat screen TV and one of our Direct TV boxes and the Campbell's rented a generator and brought up a dish that they borrowed from a friend who takes theirs camping as well. The first night watching the guys try to get this working was comical as they couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. By the end of Friday night it still wasn't working and we had three sad looking men around the camp fire because the next day was college football Saturday. They got up and at 6am they started messing with the TV again and figured out they had it plugged in slightly wrong and the TV was working and we had three very happy campers all weekend.
Besides football in the woods I have never blogged about our fantastic meals we eat. When we camp we don't just eat brats and burgers we always eat like kings in the woods. Each couple is assigned certain meals and when it's your turn to cook you cook for everyone at camp. We had one breakfast, one lunch and one dinner. Our first meal was dinner and we made marinated pork tenderloin over the fire, chopped up seasoned red potatoes and corn on the cob. This was excellent.
After dinner we served pumpkin cupcakes that I purchased from Heavenly Cupcakes. They are awesome cupcakes by the way.
Our lunch consisted of our famous pesto chicken sandwiches on hoagie rolls with chips & dip and grapes. Sorry, no pics of our lunch. For breakfast we served crepes with hazelnut chocolate, fresh fruit, sausages and mimosa's. Quite delicious!
The other amazing meals that our friends made are hamburgers (with the fixings for a California burger...my absolute favorite) and specialty brats with potatoes and vegetables grilled over the fire. Another breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs, sausage and hash browns. Mike and AJ had lunch which was a very tasty chicken salad sandwiches with chips and for dinner they brought steaks and corn on the cob. I swear when we camp we eat very well! That is the best part about camping is the food; however, I am sure the guys would say football for this weekends favorite part about camping.
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| Cutest Packers Fan! |
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| Friendly game of beer pong while football played on TV! |
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| Madison wanted to take a nap so she begged to go back in the tent. She laid in the tent for hours napping away. She was a tired doggie! |
Of course I thought TV in the weeks for football was absolutely ridiculous, but who am I? To get this task accomplished we took our extra flat screen TV and one of our Direct TV boxes and the Campbell's rented a generator and brought up a dish that they borrowed from a friend who takes theirs camping as well. The first night watching the guys try to get this working was comical as they couldn't figure out why it wasn't working. By the end of Friday night it still wasn't working and we had three sad looking men around the camp fire because the next day was college football Saturday. They got up and at 6am they started messing with the TV again and figured out they had it plugged in slightly wrong and the TV was working and we had three very happy campers all weekend.
Besides football in the woods I have never blogged about our fantastic meals we eat. When we camp we don't just eat brats and burgers we always eat like kings in the woods. Each couple is assigned certain meals and when it's your turn to cook you cook for everyone at camp. We had one breakfast, one lunch and one dinner. Our first meal was dinner and we made marinated pork tenderloin over the fire, chopped up seasoned red potatoes and corn on the cob. This was excellent.
After dinner we served pumpkin cupcakes that I purchased from Heavenly Cupcakes. They are awesome cupcakes by the way.
Our lunch consisted of our famous pesto chicken sandwiches on hoagie rolls with chips & dip and grapes. Sorry, no pics of our lunch. For breakfast we served crepes with hazelnut chocolate, fresh fruit, sausages and mimosa's. Quite delicious!
The other amazing meals that our friends made are hamburgers (with the fixings for a California burger...my absolute favorite) and specialty brats with potatoes and vegetables grilled over the fire. Another breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs, sausage and hash browns. Mike and AJ had lunch which was a very tasty chicken salad sandwiches with chips and for dinner they brought steaks and corn on the cob. I swear when we camp we eat very well! That is the best part about camping is the food; however, I am sure the guys would say football for this weekends favorite part about camping.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Izzy Update
Last week I posted a blog about Izzy's eye and how she had to wear a cone for a week, well, now I am going to give you the update on her. Last week on Wednesday Andy too her back to the vet for a check up. Since she had been wearing the cone she seemed to have been getting better. Her eye wasn't puffy and since she couldn't reach it she was starting to look a lot better. We thought it would just be a check up to make sure she is still healing, but Andy soon found out different.
There was a new vet on call that day and took one look at her eye and thought she should look better than she did. After the vet looked her over she found there was another eyelash growing in wrong. This time it was on the inside of her upper eye lid and the vet just couldn't pluck this one out like the last one. She said we would have to take her to the animal eye specialist. Uh? Who knew there is an eye specialist for animals? Well, Andy called the specialist immediately and got her in first thing in the morning. They told us not to feed her past 10 that night just in case she had to have surgery. Of course we were hoping not to have surgery, but we were prepared for whatever they were going to do to fix our sweetie.
After depriving our baby of her morning breakfast Andy took her to the specialist in Scottsdale. They took a look at her eye and said we needed to have surgery to remove the eyelash and freeze it so it won't grow back. They also informed us that this happens to young dogs and is extremely rare for it to happen to dogs after three years of age. Really? Izzy turns three in one month! Anyway, she came home from the specialist at the end of the day all drugged up with a few stitched in her eye that kept is slightly closed. The doctor said she would feel 100 times better in the morning and she was definitely right because Izzy was 100 percent herself when we woke up in the morning and started to get ready to go camping. Yes, we left for a camping weekend on Friday morning and we just had to make sure Izzy took her drugs and tried our best to keep her eye cleaned.
Here is a happy Izzy camping with her one eye partially shut. She was super happy not to have the eyelash scratching at her eye anymore and not more cone wearing because she never tried to itch at her eye. Mommy and Daddy are also happy her eye is better, but not so happy about the excessive bill. Izzy goes back on Thursday this week to take the stitches out.
There was a new vet on call that day and took one look at her eye and thought she should look better than she did. After the vet looked her over she found there was another eyelash growing in wrong. This time it was on the inside of her upper eye lid and the vet just couldn't pluck this one out like the last one. She said we would have to take her to the animal eye specialist. Uh? Who knew there is an eye specialist for animals? Well, Andy called the specialist immediately and got her in first thing in the morning. They told us not to feed her past 10 that night just in case she had to have surgery. Of course we were hoping not to have surgery, but we were prepared for whatever they were going to do to fix our sweetie.
After depriving our baby of her morning breakfast Andy took her to the specialist in Scottsdale. They took a look at her eye and said we needed to have surgery to remove the eyelash and freeze it so it won't grow back. They also informed us that this happens to young dogs and is extremely rare for it to happen to dogs after three years of age. Really? Izzy turns three in one month! Anyway, she came home from the specialist at the end of the day all drugged up with a few stitched in her eye that kept is slightly closed. The doctor said she would feel 100 times better in the morning and she was definitely right because Izzy was 100 percent herself when we woke up in the morning and started to get ready to go camping. Yes, we left for a camping weekend on Friday morning and we just had to make sure Izzy took her drugs and tried our best to keep her eye cleaned.
Here is a happy Izzy camping with her one eye partially shut. She was super happy not to have the eyelash scratching at her eye anymore and not more cone wearing because she never tried to itch at her eye. Mommy and Daddy are also happy her eye is better, but not so happy about the excessive bill. Izzy goes back on Thursday this week to take the stitches out.
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