Monday turned out to be a big day for Peanut. During her March Check-up the doctors had decided it was time to remove her central line. Friday we received a call from surgery and were told that Peanut was scheduled for her procedure for Monday morning at 9:30. So bright and early Monday morning (well, […]

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It’s been a week already since Peanut had her March check-up at the UIHC. Her “official” weight is now 14 lb 4 oz – she’s gaining at a rate that puts her back on the charts for her age. The big news of the day was that Peanut’s team has decided that she has progressed […]

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Normally it’s the appearance of robins that mark the approach of spring, but that doesn’t seem to be the case around here for the last month. Instead, we’ve been overrun with cardinals – it’s common to spot a half dozen of them in one of the trees outside the kitchen window. Not sure what the […]

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It seems we’ve gone from one extreme to the other with the weather from last year to this year. Last year this time, I had the garden tilled and some of the potatoes and onions planted already. Not quit on the same pace this year. Here’s what the garden looked like this morning… With how […]

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3 – As in 3 ounces of milk… Peanut has been doing great with her feeds the last couple weeks and her doctors have decided it’s time to push her a little again. So, for the last few days Peanut’s bottles have been bumped up to just over 3 oz. She’s still being fed every […]

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No post in over 10 days… next week we should be back on top of things… hopefully. Just to prove the DW and I haven’t been slacking, here’s a quick glimpse of what we’ve been up to instead of typing — Lulu had the stomach flu and Peanut had an eye infection during the first […]

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Needless to say, I’m a little behind on my national news the last few months. But after I noticed the price of lettuce at the grocery store last week I found this article… CNBC – Your Salad Will Cost More Apparently a cold stretch in California and Arizona damaged lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, and other winter […]

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No chance to snap a photo, but here’s a simple favorite of ours. It’s great with shrimp or grilled chicken. You can even throw in a few mushrooms if you’d like. 12 ounces dry bow-tie pasta 2 red bell peppers, sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper (more or less based on […]

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Maybe I was bit by the “spring-bug” or the fact that I hate standing in the store staring at a giant garden seed display while trying to find the one variety I want and they don’t have. Either way, I broke down and ordered most of the seeds we’ll need for the garden online this […]

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When you live the life of Peanut, any day that calls for “cute girly outfits” instead of sleepers are big days – and few and far between. Wednesday was just that – it was Peanut’s first check-up at the UIHC in 3 weeks. A lot had changed in that time – the introduction of green […]

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