Rough tick season

Poor Bailey - we can't take her anywhere any more. she is a tick magnet! We spent Saturday afternoon at Karen's down in Stoughton and when she was finished playing fetch, she came over to us with at least 10 ticks crawling on her. Then on Sunday, when she was playing at Auntie Betty's, we found more ticks on her. I am so paranoid that she is going to bring them into the house, so we are constantly checking her. I even found a tick on our couch today. Not good at all. We have been using Frontline on her, but this is the first time she has been this much of a tick magnet. I hope it gets better this summer.

In other news, Steve has decided to invest in a bicycle to commute to work. We are only about 6 miles from his office, so it won't be too bad of a ride. I am so proud that he has decided to do this. I love that we can live with only 1 car to begin with, but now to not be a slave to it all the time is even better. This whole oil thing is out of control, but it does force us to be a bit more environmentally friendly. Luckily we haven't really settled anywhere and can make these changes in our life... not buy outside the city, take alternate transportation to work etc.

News from friends... our friend Ed had a bad accident at softball over a week ago. Basically got hit in the eye with a ball. Luckily he wears glasses, and while they broke caused a lot of damage to his eye socket, it probably saved the eye itself. So he had surgery on Tuesday to repair his eye socket and now has a titanium plate in his face. We have to visit his this weekend... hopefully he will get some good news for his long-term recovery...

Aedin went back to the UK :( While she was gone, her lovely husband Bill allowed their 19 year old au pair to have her friend, another 19 year old au pair, move into the house. Aedin was NOT happy about returning home to two 19 year old austrian women living in her house!

Lots of people have shared some great news today!! But i will leave that for another post :)