The gardens

Here is the second garden that Darcy built me (for every year that my garden puts food on our table, he's supposed to make me another box).  

Although I should have 3 by now, I'll take what I can get!

Darcy even filled it up with the compost from last year and got me special veggie dirt!

Now I have corn, tomatoes, pumpkin, cucumbers, radishes, peppers, radishes, carrots in the first box and blueberry shrubs and potatoes in the second box!

This is the other side of the garden that I worked my butt of at today!  I know it's hard to tell (if you click on the picture it will make it bigger to see), but I pulled 5 big wheelbarrows full of weeds that I needed a shovel to get out (darn those were big weeds!)

I finished the right side almost all the way up to the pond, and then planted more blueberry shrubs, then I fixed the pond (we had a leak in the rockery).  Now all I have to do is find the time to weed the other side and I'm good to go for BBQ season!

Fluffy New Bed!

Although we have had the bed for about 4 months, I didn't have enough "fluffiness" until today I added 2 layers of ortho foam and 3+ inches of a feather pillow top... I don't know if you can see just how fluffy the bed is now, but it was really obvious when Darcy laid down and sank! LOL

Caution: Boob Talk Ahead!

Well it only took 11 months of waiting to hear back from the second plastic surgeon Peter, that, Yes, in fact I can have implants (from a surgical perspective)! My first surgeon, Mark, was very unsure that with my DEIP procedure (insert bilateral, radical mastecomy here) if there would be anything to attach an implant too.
I really like Mark and respected his ability to say he had limits - it takes a strong person to tell the that kind of truth, but it was a hard pill to swallow thinking that my chest would forever look like a fat boy's. I guess I didn't realize how much I needed to hear that there was the possibility that I could look like a female again.

Off Darcy and I trekked to Vancouver to meet Peter (very nice guy) - Oh how I love getting half naked in front of a total stranger - please take a look at my scarred chest, with fake, un-tattooed nipples that look more like cat tits...but it was worth it, and then to meet Peter's nurse, Toni - who for the first time in over 2 years, made me feel pretty and normal and like a real woman just by letting me put a stupid little saline bag in this special bra. I looked in the mirror and saw someone I hadn't seem in years - me! (Nearly lost my cool, right there - took every ounce of flesh on the inside of my cheek and lip to hold that composure.) Of course I wasn't beyond begging for the ability to get to keep this special contraption, but alas I could not persaude Toni to give me her magic bra.
Of course with everything that is Me, I couldn't have just all good news, there had to be some catch to it all - I must wait 6-8 weeks for the medical system to decide if I'm worth getting boobs, and of course the 18 month plus wait to get a surgery date with Peter. But I don't care, there is a possibility that with in 2 years I could not be mistaken for a guy, that no nurse will call me "Sir", and that maybe I might just turn my husbands head again.

Why Bother?

Ever get to the point where you wonder - Why Bother?
Every now and then I do, usually after having to deal with stupid people who hurt my brain due to their dim-wittedness, but today it's different. I'm not sure if it's because I've been trapped in the house on my days off due to being so sick and 'cabin fever' is setting in, or if I'm getting trapped in my own world of perplexity!
Damn you TV and your mind sucking, social skill preventing, deathly quiet when off, evilness!

Snowy Christmas

Here is the creek at the end of the property

...and the puppies having fun in their first snow fall/blizzard, so far we are at around 2.5 feet.

Lorek doing zoomies in the snow!

I hope all of you have a great Christmas and holiday season.  Stay safe and play nice!

Construction

Here are some pictures of the new shop under construction...sorry it's been a while since posting last - we've been a bit busy!!

Here is the new front desk - well at least it's skeleton!

This is the hot water tank system that seems to confuse the City permit People.

The behind the scenes look from the mezzanine.  You can even see my two custom tubs with the stairs!

Up front window decals.

Darcy finished the tile tonight.

I'll post more pictures as I take them.

Tragic News

For all of you who work with animals or just like to walk at night - please be careful!!

Article

This is a friend of mine in the dog/grooming world, and it hit really close to home.
It could happen to anyone, so please don't walk around without paying attention to your surroundings!! For your sake and your dogs.

Michele