Gillian braiding a goat's beard. 

 
A secret wallaby meeting. I don't know what they were whispering about. 

 
Bandon 

  

  

Easter

 

Gillian and I went to Gillian's Aunt Melinda's house (Ron's sister) for Easter today. Ron would have normally taken her, but his flight home from Texas changed and he wasn't able to do it...

They always have a big easter egg hunt there or at Grandma and Janelle's house. Here is Gillian, finding an egg that was attached to Gilligan's collar. 

A bit more about Cirque du Soleil

I can't get over how cool it was. The stage, the costumes, the music, the acrobats... they were all absolutely amazing. I wanna go again, but at $35 per ticket, I can't. They seem to come to town every spring though, and I'll for sure go again next year.

I've been wondering, when they spin and spin like they do, how come they don't get dizzy?

Cirque du Soleil

Gillian and I went to Cirque du Soleil today. It was amazing. -Shannon
Gillian says it was really really amazing.

  

Blood clot for sale

A couple weeks ago I noticed my right ankle was more swollen than the left. A week later, it was still swollen. I called my doctors office and she told me to go to the ER. After spending 6 hours in the ER, most of it waiting in the waiting room, I was told that I have a blood clot. They sent me home with perscriptions and instructions to get back to the ER if I experienced any chest tightness or shortness of breath. The next day I went to Costco (I HATE COSTCO, but they are so much cheaper than every other pharmacy), and after waiting in the parking lot forever until someone abusing a disabled parking spot placard finally left and opened up a parking spot, I was able to park and get out. -- Tangent, screw all you people who park in disabled spots and don't need it. It's not that I need to be close to the door, it's that I need the extra room to get my ramp down. So take your placard and shove it right up your lazy ass. -- I turned in my perscriptions and waited for 2 goddamn hours for them to fill it. I came home with Lovenox, which is an injection I had to give myself in the belly for 4 days, 2x daily (at $25 per shot), and Coumadin, which I have to take for at least 6 months. I'm all done with the Lovenox, thank goodness, because giving myself shots was freaky. Also, because of the Coumadin, I'm bruising badly, so my belly is a great big bruise from the injections. Oh, I almost forgot, last Thursday my chest was tight and I had shortness of breath, so I went to the ER again, thinking the blood clot had broken off and gone to my lungs. I spent the whole day in the ER having tests done, including putting dye in my veins and getting a catscan. Thankfully, it was nothing. Well, not nothing, cuz I think it was anxiety, but at least it wasn't that the clot broke free. So anyway, I gotta get my blood drawn once a week and I have to be careful to not cut myself. This stupid blood clot, among a couple other things, has me wanting to go on a vacation. G and I are taking a few days next week to go drive somewhere. Probably the coast. We've both been highly stressed, and we need it.

  

 

Would you just open the door and let me in? 

  

 

Spring 

 

Hey, I smell tuna! 

 

One of these things is not like the others.

(our house, but not our car) 

The neighbor's house went on the market last Sunday. They had 15 offers for it on that day! I don't know what it sold for, but I know they paid at least $25,000 more than the original asking price! They don't have kids, but they plan to.

Beniss!

Send me an email. I lost your email address!

 

Gillian had horseback riding lessons today. Here she is riding Reno. 

 

Who knew cows had merry-go-rounds?
 

 

When they went in the arena, Gillian got all turned around. 

 

I believe this is what is called a "butt hug". Why anyone would want to do such a thing is hard for me to understand. 

 

Horsehead. 

 

The horse barn. 

 

Gus was barking at the cows, hackles and tail up. He went about 10 feet further than this when he unexpectedly bumped into a large stick. He came running back to me, crying like a little puppy. The way he was yelping, I thought he had hurt himself. Turns out, he was just scared. 

 

Gus and Trudy found a cow pie. Trudy immediately rolled in it. Gus only licked it. (Yes, that is his tongue sticking out of his mouth with cow crap all over it.) 

 

I found a bucket of good luck. 

New

New

Our friend Benjamen drove up from Eugene and spent the day with us yesterday. G gave him a make-over.

 

Start with a little lipstick 

 

How about some nail polish? 

 

Voila!