IMAGES FOR A CURE PHOTO SHOOT!

On Friday Mini and I had photos taken.  I found 'Images for a Cure' awhile ago online and was pleased to find a photographer in my area who was participating! Mini and I chose 'Glamour' for our theme: satin, faux fur, birdcage veils, hair fascinators and sparkly jewelry!  It was total fun and I'm so glad we did it!  Our photographer, Melissa Knowles totally rocked!  Here's a teaser~more to come!

IT'S ALL NORMAL...

Today's CT scan of my abdomen and pelvis came back normal!  No idea what's causing the pain and pressure to my right side, but so glad to know there's no huge tumor in my liver or colon.  Best news this week!

WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD....

So, Mr Pawprint and I are not living together now, but we're seeing each other and dating and will go for some couples counselling down the road.  We're spending various amounts of time at each other's places, and when  Mini and I were going to his place the other day we found our way blocked by police cars and crime scene tape.  Turns out there was a shooting.  In his building.  Barely 3 feet from his door.  He was taking an afternoon nap, and was woken up by 2 shotgun blasts.  It was a targeted shooting, in a family complex, and it sends shivers just thinking of all the ways it could have been so much worse.  The other neighbor has 3 little kids and  you only have to google the 'Surrey Six' shooting to see how your life can be taken away just by being in the wrong place.  By just going about your job or heading out your door at the wrong moment.  I can barely think what could have happened if Mini and I had gotten there earlier instead of looking for a party dress for her.   Mr P is less rattled now~he spent that first night back here~but I am still nervous visiting, nervous that he's living there and sad that we are in a place where we need to live apart at all.   The neighbor has been evicted and I hope the next hit-man gets that piece of info, because the first one didn't get the job done.    It's a pretty sure thing that someone will be back.  

JUST A QUICK POST~

to say we've had our share of turmoil here.
I'm single again.
I think I'll be OK..

I'LL TRY AGAIN...

Ha ha, I started to post about my birthday, and needed to help Mini with something and ended up posting the barely started post!!

This year I did things a little differently, starting a week before, with a new cut and streaks.  I tried to do something special for myself almost every day for a week!   On the Monday, 20 of my girlfriends and co-workers met for 'Ladies Night' at one of the local restaurants and celebrated with appies and bellinis.  |It was total fun to have all my besties together!  During the week I picked up some books, a new lipstick and Mini and I took the horse for a walk on the dike.  The day of, Mini took me for brunch and gave me the lovely gift of two seaglass and silver seahorse necklaces, one for each of us.  I love seahorses and the necklaces are just beautiful and so special for us. 

Sadly, the mr put no thought into the day.  We went to a football game (season's tickets) and to a pub for dinner afterwards.  No card, no gift, and no 'Happy Birthday' until late that night.  It was very disappointing.  Especially the next day, when I discovered he had bought HIMSELF a new computer.   On my birthday.    Yup, he's a Jackass...

Soooo,
Yesterday was my birthday! 

GUESS WHO CAME TO VISIT!

                                                                                    Great wildlife day!

We were just getting ready to run some errands yesterday when my neighbor called to me~there were two deer in the garden!  They nibbled on some plants and then wandered up the sidewalk and across the street to the school grounds.  So incredibly beautiful and graceful.  An added bonus~a bear ran across the street about a block up, right after they'd disappeared!