On the heels of our good visit with Richard and Helen I am now getting ready for the Strain family to arrive. John, Barb, Bear, George and Murphy will arrive tomorrow to celebrate an early 50th birthday for John. Rocky loves dogs so he will enjoy Bear and Murphy as much as the rest. We’re wondering what Mandy will do with a Lab and a Westie for company over the weekend……to say nothing of our house cats, Morris and Sassy. We figure it’ll be a raucous good time all around.

We are very happy that Rocky’s blood-work was positive. The Clinic nurse called yesterday and said his hemoglobin and white blood cells were good, along with the other things they check for. Wouldn’t do much good to go into a scientific discussion with me any further than the obvious results they look for. As long as the blood-work stays normal we figure we have more time. It is like dancing with the devil every time the report comes…….we know it can “go south” in a hurry but we made it through another time. That’s always good news.

I’ll be off the charts until next Tuesday. The family will be leaving that morning and I’ll get a blog off to share our time together with you. I know our extended families will be wondering about us by then. We hope you have a great weekend and enjoy President’s day on Monday.

Until next time, I am,
Essentiallly Esther