Here are some pics from this weekend - starting with a shot of my Lily of the Valley that is in beautiful full bloom, and smells amazing.
Our "forest".
My view from up here!
My stone angel - for our little Baby Plett.
My Coleus basket - I just love Coleus!
One of my new pots I'm trying this summer.
Lots of these around these days!
Cat naps.
The kitten back up and runnin'.
Ryan basically lives for the May long weekend tradition of the Plett family fishing trip. Here are some of his pics. In this one the guys are watching the NHL playoffs in the campsite.
The set-up at the lake.
Sunset at Grand Rapids.
Finally an actual picture of people fishing! I think Ryan is becoming quite the photographer, don't you?
I AM: a child of God, a wife, a mother, a daughter, a niece, an auntie and a friend.
I WANT: a healthy baby, and a loving home and family.
I WISH: I could learn to trust God better.
I HATE: brussel sprouts, and lies.
I MISS: my brother and sister-in-law, niece and nephew.
I FEAR: things that I should not even be thinking about.
I WONDER: what the future holds for our family.
I REGRET: not keeping up with some friends from the past.
I AM NOT: as organized as I'd like to be.
I DANCE: when I'm alone!
I SING: to almost anything.
I CRY: for people less fortunate than I, abused and abandoned children, and those who have lost loved ones.
I AM NOT ALWAYS: very sensitive.
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: art, cakes and cookies, and yummy meatballs.
I WRITE: speeches, articles, journals, poems and letters.
I CONFUSE: almost everything these days! But I can't tell you the name of a band or song they sing for the life of me.
I NEED: a lot of loving, hugging and ego-boosting.
I SHOULD: start a hobby.
I START: big projects with high hopes.
I FINISH: projects quickly, just to get it done, and wish I had taken more time.
I TAG: whoever wants this, I swiped it and so can you!
I WANT: a healthy baby, and a loving home and family.
I WISH: I could learn to trust God better.
I HATE: brussel sprouts, and lies.
I MISS: my brother and sister-in-law, niece and nephew.
I FEAR: things that I should not even be thinking about.
I WONDER: what the future holds for our family.
I REGRET: not keeping up with some friends from the past.
I AM NOT: as organized as I'd like to be.
I DANCE: when I'm alone!
I SING: to almost anything.
I CRY: for people less fortunate than I, abused and abandoned children, and those who have lost loved ones.
I AM NOT ALWAYS: very sensitive.
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: art, cakes and cookies, and yummy meatballs.
I WRITE: speeches, articles, journals, poems and letters.
I CONFUSE: almost everything these days! But I can't tell you the name of a band or song they sing for the life of me.
I NEED: a lot of loving, hugging and ego-boosting.
I SHOULD: start a hobby.
I START: big projects with high hopes.
I FINISH: projects quickly, just to get it done, and wish I had taken more time.
I TAG: whoever wants this, I swiped it and so can you!
Happy May long weekend! Got any plans?
We had kind of a scare with our kitten DJ yesterday. In the morning, both cats are let in from their night of galavanting to eat, and usually they go to sleep for the rest of the day. Yesterday morning, however, just DJ returned from her night out - ate a little bit, and then went to lie down. It was very strange for Puss not to be there, pushing his way into the door to get to the food dishes first. He hadn't showed up when we both left for work. I got home for lunch at 11:30, and thankfully Puss had finally made his way home. I let him into the house, but he passed right by his food and laid down in the middle of the kitchen floor - this is astonishingly strange behaviour for him. Both cats seemed to be really lethargic. Usually when I'm home for lunch, they both "talk" to me and greet me at the door, and follow me around the house. The kitten was laying on the floor, almost totally out of it, and drooling. I picked her up, and she was totally dead-weight in my arms. She was breathing really fast, and I put her back on the floor. She tried to walk, but just wobbled and swayed, and slowly slumped to the floor. I called Ryan, and he told me to call the vet - so I did. In the meantime, the kitten made her way to the door in a drunken side-step so I let her out. She got over the threshold, but just slumped to the ground again and let out on little terd. Poor thing! I hate it that they can't tell you what's wrong! At that point, Puss seemed to be acting sort of normal again, so I decided not to worry about him. The vet called back, and said we should bring DJ in right away. I was working, so I couldn't go, but my brother Matt was around so he took her in. An hour later the vet called to ask if they could do X-rays, and I agreed. When they called again, she said that the kitten had one enlarged kidney, and so they felt they should do blood work to find out if it was her kidneys. I didn't know what to do, so I told her to call Ryan and ask him. He said do it, so they did the blood work. Matt then brought her home while we waited for the results, and Ryan came home early so they came over to Country Graphics with the kitten. She was pale. How can you tell if a cat is pale? I wondered the same thing when the vet said it. DJ's nose is usually bright pink, as is her mouth and tongue. She was WHITE, like a sheet. Even her little nose blended into her white fur. She was totally out of it - barely even looking around. So, we took her home and babied her. The vet finally called back, and said they think she has a blood parasite - which was causing her body to fight off her red blood cells. She was totally anemic, with only 1/2 the blood cell count she should have! So, off Ryan went to the vet to get meds. Now DJ is on steroids, to stop her body from fighting her blood cells, and antibiotics to fight the parasite. This morning she already seemed a little better,a and actually "talked" to us. She ate and drank, plus we gave her some treats of milk and ham! For now, it looks like Puss is doing alright. He seems maybe slightly under-the-weather, but we're monintoring him. Hopefully our little kitty will make a full recovery soon.
What a nice weekend we just had. It would have been even nicer if the sun would have showed it's face, but even with the clouds and cold, it was good.
On Friday evening we just vegged out at home and relaxed. Then, on Saturday morning I got up early to go into work to make some decals for our friends. They just started up their new web-business, id collectables. So I made some decals for their car. I then had a lovely breakfast with my mom at the Café, and enjoyed some much needed "mom talk" with her. After breakfast, I did laundry, made a fruit salad and puttered around the house. We left for the city around 2:30, and headed to the mall. First stop, Thyme Maternity for some t-shirts and a dressy outfit. Ryan and I had a lot of fun there - laughing at how huge I look in some of those maternity clothes. It was pretty funny! More and more the reality of this pregnancy is hitting us. It feels somewhat surreal sometimes. Almost like we are just pretending. Anyway, after finding some clothes that fit, we wandered around a little more and then headed out to our friends' Rick & Lori's. They are off to Europe at the end of the week, so they had a little farewell BBQ at their place. The weather held up well enough for a rousing game of street hockey to take place. There were a bunch of adults and lots of cute kids running wildly in the streets. One of our friends' sons laughed hysterically for almost a full half-hour as he watched his dad play goaltender. The supper and the company were great, and we had a fabulous time - even getting to head home relatively early.
On Sunday we both ended up getting up early, as I discovered a frog in the basement. Likely it was brought in by one of the cats. Anyway, I had to show Ryan so I got him up and as he went to remove it, it started hopping all over the place - trying to get under sofas, etc. It was pretty hilarious! He was finally able to catch it, and threw it outside - only minutes later to be devoured by one of the cats. Seeing as we were already up, we went to a Mother's Day Tea at the church. We actually had a few people offer us condolence, as Mother's Day can be a tough time for moms who have lost babies. It was nice to be able to tell them that we were in fact celebrating Mother's Day, because we were once again expecting. Church was pretty good, and we got to sit with Terrilee and Emery until he got too ancy, and headed to the play room. After church we had a quiet lunch together, and napped. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! We then got decked out to go to supper with Frank and Jeanne, my parents, my brother and my grandma at Tavern in the Park. It was a delicious meal, as always.
That pretty much sums up our weekend. I would write a very long ode to my mothers, but I'm on an emotional edge today (a happy emotional edge), so I'm not going to attempt that right now. But I love both my mom, and my mother-in-law very, very much!
On Friday evening we just vegged out at home and relaxed. Then, on Saturday morning I got up early to go into work to make some decals for our friends. They just started up their new web-business, id collectables. So I made some decals for their car. I then had a lovely breakfast with my mom at the Café, and enjoyed some much needed "mom talk" with her. After breakfast, I did laundry, made a fruit salad and puttered around the house. We left for the city around 2:30, and headed to the mall. First stop, Thyme Maternity for some t-shirts and a dressy outfit. Ryan and I had a lot of fun there - laughing at how huge I look in some of those maternity clothes. It was pretty funny! More and more the reality of this pregnancy is hitting us. It feels somewhat surreal sometimes. Almost like we are just pretending. Anyway, after finding some clothes that fit, we wandered around a little more and then headed out to our friends' Rick & Lori's. They are off to Europe at the end of the week, so they had a little farewell BBQ at their place. The weather held up well enough for a rousing game of street hockey to take place. There were a bunch of adults and lots of cute kids running wildly in the streets. One of our friends' sons laughed hysterically for almost a full half-hour as he watched his dad play goaltender. The supper and the company were great, and we had a fabulous time - even getting to head home relatively early.
On Sunday we both ended up getting up early, as I discovered a frog in the basement. Likely it was brought in by one of the cats. Anyway, I had to show Ryan so I got him up and as he went to remove it, it started hopping all over the place - trying to get under sofas, etc. It was pretty hilarious! He was finally able to catch it, and threw it outside - only minutes later to be devoured by one of the cats. Seeing as we were already up, we went to a Mother's Day Tea at the church. We actually had a few people offer us condolence, as Mother's Day can be a tough time for moms who have lost babies. It was nice to be able to tell them that we were in fact celebrating Mother's Day, because we were once again expecting. Church was pretty good, and we got to sit with Terrilee and Emery until he got too ancy, and headed to the play room. After church we had a quiet lunch together, and napped. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! We then got decked out to go to supper with Frank and Jeanne, my parents, my brother and my grandma at Tavern in the Park. It was a delicious meal, as always.
That pretty much sums up our weekend. I would write a very long ode to my mothers, but I'm on an emotional edge today (a happy emotional edge), so I'm not going to attempt that right now. But I love both my mom, and my mother-in-law very, very much!
So I've been contemplating just shutting down Action Packed. I know, it's sort of sad - but really the traffic on this site has been kind of lame, and maybe I'm just getting bored. I also realize that once I'm not at work (and on high speed internet) all day, my posts here will probably really go down hill. So, I'm debating just turning my full attention to keep Motherhood Quest up and running, and letting this baby go. Action Packed just ain't getting that much action! Even typing this sort of depresses me, because I love posting pics here - but I don't know that anyone is really that interested anymore? Maybe we need to have a kid in order for the traffic to pick up here. Well, we're WORKING on it, okay?! Anyway, don't be surprised if the link to Action Packed goes down. I'll try to give you some notice though, and for now it's all just in contemplation mode - no serious chance of being offline just yet.
Rain, rain go away!
Farmers need to sow their hay.
Dry the fields need to stay.
So come again another day!
By Heather Plett
Farmers need to sow their hay.
Dry the fields need to stay.
So come again another day!
By Heather Plett
On Saturday we had a BBQ at friend's Rick & Lori's place. They have the coolest backyard! Those of you who are looking, this awesome place will likely be on the market soon.
Ryan and I with Rick in the back.
Lori & I all dolled up for a party.
Rick's "World in the Backyard" aluminum sculpture.
Lori & I off to the bar for a friend's birthday party.
Sunday morning nap time.
On Sunday after lunch at my parents', we all hopped in the van for a trek to St. Ambroise Provincial Park on Lake Winnipeg.
Matt wishing that Mercedes was with him.
Binocular boy.
Mom, Dad and Ryan walk the beach.
Hmmmmm... what's in the water?
Lady bugs on the beach.
Ryan getting camera-happy.
Boardwalk! Boardwalk!
The trek up to the observation platform. Um, check out that tummy! Yikers!
Can you see the swimming muskrat?
Posing for pics.
Beach debris.
Ryan hiding.
I'm sorry I've been neglecting Action Packed lately. I've been pretty busy at work, and when I find the time to blog I've basically been working on A Woman's Quest to Motherhood, as that is our most exciting news. Life is relatively normal around our place. Ryan took our camera on another business trip this week, so maybe we'll get some pics of Toronto up on here. He'll be home tonight. Other than that, my tulips are in full bloom and everything is a beautiful Spring green right now. Can't wait to start work on the yard!
