Exercise!

Thanks to DD's fiance's mom who loaned DD their treadmill, I have been taking advantage of it for the past week. Every morning I get my tennis shoes on and get my self down to the basement and walk! Took Sunday off, but am doing my best to walk 6 days a week on the treadmill. It gets my heart rate up and I sweat A LOT!

It was hard getting on the treadmill this am...I worked outside weeding on Weds...it was so beautiful outside. I got a lot weeded...but boy were my thighs sore from all the bending!
I know I will get better as I use those muscles more and more.

Temps are going to be high the next few days...maybe I will get some exercise in the pool! :-)

Bentley's vet visit

Took Bentley for his second round of blood work. He did great. He seems to love traveling in the van. He will stand up and look out the window as if to say, "Wow, look at all this BIG world I have been missing". Haven't heard back from the vet yet...will keep you posted.

Eewwww Ticks! Snakes!

I have had to pull off two ticks off youngest dear son already this month! I use the liquid soap on a cotton ball and *mother* the tick and it does seem to help the tick to let go so I can pull him off. But I hate ticks!

Then last week when we were pulling off the tarp on the pool and we got it put away. I decided to pull weeds and out of the corner of me eye I saw movement along the back of the house 5 feet from me was a 4-5 foot black snake! I had a hoe in my hand and took a swipe at it...missed! It did a 360 and disappeared along the side of our property. I know, they eat rodents and should be glad we have one...but I hate snakes!

Then I had to kill a spider on the ceiling last night...did I mention I hate spiders, too!?