Real Estate

So, Russ is beginning to rub off on me and I now am fairly interested in real estate (I think Russ is so excited about this). I would love to own an event space some day for weddings or what not. Today we looked at a space for sale for the first time. It was very cute and had alot of character but will probably pass on this one. I am learning alot from Russ and realize you have to be willing to walk away. Maybe my dream will come true someday and I'll get to cut back on my current job! It was still fun looking and entertaining the idea!

Super Bowl

Russ and I got to hang out with our friends Mike and Kelly for the Super Bowl. We had lots of good food and really enjoyed the game. All of us were rooting for the Patriots except for Kelly and another one of their friends. So, Kelly had vitcory over all of us! Thanks for having us over!

Baby Time

No not us! I just found out today that my good friends, Scott and Sarah Hartley are expecting in August. I am so excited for them! You will have to check out their blog which is located over on the right side of our page.

Allergy Test

Friday Russ and I went to the Dr's office so Russ could get an allergy test. For those of you who don't know, they make a grid on your back and then scratch in a bunch of different things you could be allergic to. Such things are molds, pollens, animals, foods, trees, etc. Russ was pretty much allergic to everything except for food! Thank goodness he's not allergic to chocolate! :) The nurse was pretty concerned when she saw the big hives on his back. Then they did another test on his arm which was small SQ injections. We found out he is pretty allergic to cats and dogs. Thank goodness about the cats but I was a little sad to hear about dogs. Maybe we need to think twice about getting pets. :(

So, now we are faced with decided if we should put him on weekly allergy shots. We feel this is a big decision for many reasons and are waying out the options. So, please think of Russ. I never knew how severe his allergies really were and things we could be doing at home to help him! I think he's lucking out pretty good about the whole grass situation. We are probably going to have grass cutting be my job and laundry his.

Bad Dog, Bad Sitter

So, pretty much right after I posted the entry bragging about how wonderful Winston is, he did something to make me second think that. I took a shower and hadn't heard from him for awhile. I went downstairs to find that he had pushed open the trash and strewn about all the contents all over the kitchen floor. Bad dog! This deserved a little swat and a time out in the kennel. Ok, maybe the time out only lasted 5 minutes!

So, then I did something bad as well. Tonight I was preparing a chicken buffalo wing dip for the Super Bowl tomorrow. To save time, I bought a rotiserrie chicken. Winston patiently watched me while licking his lips. I couldn't resist so I decided to reward him with a chicken leg. Wrong decision! In about 5 seconds flat he ate the entire thing! I was so dumb at thinking that he would eat the chicken off of the bone. He seemed fine but I thought I better check with the parents. I called my family in Ohio and I gave them quite the laugh. They weren't sure why I thought it was a good idea. I'm not sure why either! Oh well, you live and learn.

Best Dinner Award

Ok, so I awarded this to myself and my husband. But, we were pretty darn proud of our broiled balsamic pork chops and spinach salad with warm shallot vinaigrette. We just had to take a picture because it tasted as good as it looked. This is defintely worthy of the next dinner we make for guests!

out of town visitor

Tuesday evening Russ and I had to clean the house and change the sheets on the spare bed because we had a very important out of town visitor coming for 6 days. Who is this visitor you might ask?? None other than the most important member of the Passman household, WINSTON C PASSMAN!!! So, just kidding about cleaning and changing the sheets. Winston traveled the tretorous 40 minute drive to our house and soon settled in. We decided to keep his cage, oh I mean condo, down by the back door. We thought we might be able to cut down on paw prints on the carpet this way.

He has been an excellent visitor so far. I think he's loving it because he got fed and let outside twice on the first morning. Oops! I don't think he minded eating twice! He is quite the lover if you haven't met him before. In fact, he is curled up next to me right now as I type this. When Russ and I are both home, he loves to lay across us with his head on Russ's shoulder. How cute!

I don't know Mom and Dad if we want to give him back! :)