Memory

I found this picture today. I think most of you know the story behind this but just in case you missed it- Maxie popped out his eyeball. Apparently Shih-tzu's have very "open" orbits, so with just a minute amount of pressure, their eyeballs pooch out.

This horrific event occurred on Thanksgiving of 2007, our first one married. We left Max at my parents and went to Clint's family's event. We think he pushed his head through the rod iron gate trying to follow us to the turkey. He didn't make it.

We came home to a googley eyed Max- not cute.

Off to the doggie ER where he was "bedded" next to a Pomeranian with the same problem. Apparently eye balls splooching out are common at the vet ER.

Thank God he was fixed and got to keep his eye, but the recovery was pretty awful.

Here he is...

And here he is from this Christmas. Back to beautiful baby Max...

Meatball Sandwich

So being a med student doesn't offer a person tons of time.

I haven't been grocery shopping in WEEKS- for real. We have no milk, the only bread we have is hoagie buns (not sure why), and half a jar of spaghetti sauce.

What's for dinner, meatball sandwich?

I found some frozen Schwann's meatballs in the freezer, stuck them in the microwave with the spaghetti sauce put them with the sauce on the hoagies and topped with provolone cheese.

They were SO good and super easy.

Necessity really seems to be the mother of invention. Please ignore the bite mark- I had to taste it before I felt the need for a picture.

* rotation schedules delayed AGAIN!! Ugh. Letting everyone know as soon as I do.

Valentines Puppy Bones

This week we had a Valentines Day bake sale to benefit Susan G. Komen. After thinking long and hard about what would be neat to make, I decided puppy bones would really get the donations going.
I had originally planned to make the biscuits and the icing myself, but do to my time constraints I just made the icing and bought a bunch of generic dog bones. I probably made about 14 bones and packaged them 2 by 2 for the bake sale.
They were gone in 10 minutes.
Oh crap. I was gonna bring the left overs home for Zoe and Max, and Lindsey wanted me to snatch some for Nuts. Plus I didn't take pictures of the first ones.
So I made some more. This time for every dog I could think of in driving distance (Sorry Tula).
Here they are...



I think I got everybody, all 3 of my mom's dogs, 2 of my sister's, Clint's parent's dog...

and of course Nuts, his was my favorite...

Recipe for Puppy Icing (mine is way different than the one I originally found)

• 4 ounces of Cream Cheese (original called for low fat, I just used regular)
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon oil
• food coloring

T minus 4 months 5 days

As many of you know, I'm finishing up my 2nd year of medical school. After completing the required coursework we have to take a test to continue on to our last two clinical years, and then GRADUATE! I've really been in med school for 3 years as my first year was broken into 2 part time years- so needless to say, I'm ready to be OUT OF HERE!! But first, I've gotta take this test. In June. This horrible test in June.

Bright spot at the end of the tunnel? COZUMEL. Clint decided I deserved a vacation after working my little tail off, so we're off to Mexico in June. I can't wait to post pictures of our trip so I decided to chronicle where we will be going...

P.S. We were told our clinical rotation schedule will be out next week so I can update everybody on my life for the next 2 years shortly.

Surprise Baby Shower

About a month ago, my mom and I decided that Pandee needed a shower, a baby shower that is. She was worried about it being her 3rd baby and she didn't feel like it was appropriate, so we thought a SURPRISE shower would be the best.

We planned and planned. I called Pandee and asked if they wanted to go with Clint and I on a double date before the baby came. I already "arranged" the baby sitter (mom) and asked if they could pick us up.

The day of the shower, I called Pandee and said that Clint had gotten tied up at work and wouldn't be home till later- BUT that they should just come on in and we could hang out while we waited for Clint. This was apparently a bad idea. They ended up hanging out at their own house instead of heading to ours!

At about 8 o'clock they finally rolled in. And thought we had previously had a birthday party for which I hadn't taken down the decorations. Anyway, it all went well and Pandee got a lot of things that she needed.

Here's a couple pictures...