Lucy is Five Months Old

Lucy turned five months old on Wednesday, April 23. Today she went to the “beauty shop”, actually the dog groomer, to get all prettied up. As you can see from the photos, she was ready for a make-over.

As soon as I opened the door to the vet’s office (this is where the groomer works), Lucy’s tail started wagging. She knew she had been there before and had some friends inside. But she didn’t know what she was in for. Actually, the groomer gets her shampooed and clipped in one hour so it’s not really too traumatic. She’s only away from her Momma for an hour.

When I did pick her up an hour later, she was very happy to see me and ready to get out of there. The groomer told me she was very good but who knows what really happened behind closed doors.

Lucy slept for a couple of hours after we got home but now she is her old self – ready to chase the ball – like always.

A Hole In One!

“Hole in one today, 8 iron, 135 yards, one hop into the jar!” As you can tell, Kent is a man of few words. I guess he has had to be having been married to me for 44 years today – April 15, 2008. This was a wonderful anniversary present for both of us.

Kent is really excited about this accomplishment. Most of you know that Kent “lives” at the golf course. He plays six days a week and would play seven but our country club closes on Monday. This is his first “hole-in-one” ever!

The long story goes like this. Kent had just finished walking the first nine holes. He told his two golfing partners that he was going to go and get a cart to finish out the last nine holes because the wind was really wearing him down. By the time he got the cart and returned to the 10^th tee, his 2 partners were already on the green waiting for him. He hit the ball, it hit the green, bounced a couple of times right into the hole. They were right there to see it go it. What a surprise for Kent.

Word got around the club quickly and everyone who saw him shook his hand and congratulated him. He finished out the day with an 80. Great day on the golf course!

Lucy’s Photo Gallery

Can you believe I forgot to put some pictures of Lucy in her “Who Am I” story? Well, here you go.

My First Siggie

I learned about something new last week. Signature blocks, using block D13 from the Dear Jane quilt, called siggies for short, are made and exchanged by people all over the world. I joined my first exchange with a quilter in The Netherlands. She will be adding my name to a list of people who want to exchange siggies. She is sending me one of her siggies. I’m anxiously watching the mail. I have made six siggies of my own that are ready to be exchanged. As I receive them, I will post them here. This seems like it will be a fun, exciting project collecting these blocks from all over the world.

Who Am I?

Lucy Belle Lindberg joined our family on January 27, 2008. Oh, what a time it has been! It’s been many years since we’ve had a baby around this house but we’ve got one now. You have to watch her 24/7. Luckily she is only four months old now so she still sleeps a lot. But she needs to be fed on schedule and cleaned up after, if you know what I mean, and played with and exercised every day. Several times a day, actually. But what joy and laughter she has brought to this house.

Lucy weighs twelve and one half pounds as of today. She has doubled her weight each month these first four months. She has most of her permanent teeth now and sure can bite hard. She loves to chew on your hand, your shoe, your newspaper, your shirt, your Crocs….whatever she can get her teeth into. You guessed it. Lucy isn’t a human baby…she is a puppy and the love of our life. Lucy is a Scottish Terrier and the cutest thing you ever saw.

Lucy has Daddy and Momma wrapped around her paw. Whatever she wants, she gets. She is so much fun and no one told me how much trouble and work a puppy is. She has learned how to jump up on our lap, on the couch or chair and nothing is safe on our end tables or coffee table. She is very curious and wants to be part of everything we do. She “shadows” her Momma all the time and has gotten stepped on a few times because of it. She’ll learn, I hope, or Momma will.

More about Lucy soon….