Burbon Salmon and Purple Potatoes

We were told that purple potatoes are "in" now. So we had to try them, not wanting to be considered behind the times. Turns out they were quite a delightfully tasty side dish to our favorite salmon dish.

A Magic Kingdom Birthday

We went to the Magic Kingdom for April's Birthday last week...here are a few pictures of the day.. I got a pin that said it was my Birthday. Most of the park employees then wished me a happy day. I will admit, the attention was lots of fun!!

Waiting For Vacation

Why is it that the last few days before vacation are always the longest? Our vacation starts on Friday, and it is taking forever to get there. I have a feeling, though, that the rest of the month will go very fast. So what does April (the month) look like around here?

April 3 - UCF school visit and an evening at Disney World
April 4-5 - Hang out in Vero Beach (mostly yardwork, hopefully beach time). Go to Lake Wales to give Dash to Mom and Dad for the week.
April 6-8 - St Simons Island, GA
April 9 - NOTHING!!!
April 10 - Kayaking on the Indian River
April 11 - NOTHING!!
April 12 - Parents come for Easter and bring back Dash
April 13 - Dash goes to the Vet
April 14-15 - Probably business as usual
April 16-18 - Most likely will find the Bennett's in Washington, DC for work
April 19-21 - A few days of normal work
April 22- BIRTHDAY!!! Going to Disneyworld
April 24 - Sun n Fun, Lakeland, FL (second largest airshow in the country) and hopefully dinner
Tampa with some cousins
April 28 - Finals begin for Mark

Wow, that kind of makes me tired just typing it all out. I can't wait for it all to begin!!!

Have some pumpkin

During our visit to the Vet with Dash this week, we asked if we should be concerned that he cries while using the litter box. The Vet just told us, "feed him pumpkin." When pressed, all she said was buy some canned pumpkin and feed it to him.

So we did. And he LOVES pumpkin. He ate it right up and came back for more. It was like a treat to him.

Then we decided to experiment and gave pumpkin to Daisy. She also thought this was a fantastic treat and ate about 1/2 a can.

Today they both went nuts over it again as soon as I opened the lid.

Who knew pets liked pumpkin? As for the original problem, we are still not sure if it is better yet.

Defend Thy Food, Dog!

Today Dash discovered a wonderful treat to eat...Daisy's food!! After Daisy eats, there is generally at least 3-4 pieces of food on the floor that she refuses to eat, because, well, it's on the floor.

Dash watched this with interest this morning and then went over to try some of this yummy food. Daisy saw this and started getting all mad at the cat (and us, for laughing at this sight). However, she made no move to eat the food herself, again, because she won't eat her food off the floor, but there was NO WAY she was going to be ok with Dash eating it!!

Later on we had to put Daisy's food up because Dash kept climbing in the bowl (yes, he fits) to eat the food.

We had expected to need to work at keeping Daisy out of the cat food, but this is a whole new twist!

St. Patrick's Day Question

So, do you not have to wear green if you have red hair? I was totally not aware of that until today when two people told me that. Huh? Who knew?

Dash's First Vet Visit

Well, the official word is that he is a healthy little cat. He is fighting an infection and worms he probably picked up from the nasty place we got him from.

The vet had to get the "baby scale" out for him. He weighs 2 pounds 3 ounces (but will probably lose weight when the worms are treated).

Everyone thought he was totally cute and such a good little baby kitten.

He only wanted to be held by Mark and fell asleep in his arms while we were still at the clinic.

Next shots in three weeks.

Everyone is home and happy. Except maybe Daisy...she will be going to the vet tomorrow.