1 bassett + 1 empty frosting container = pure entertainment!

Brad gave Nikkie an empty frosting containter over the weekend. It was instant entertainment!

It got stuck on her nose, and she just kept licking....

and licking. After all, frosting is more important than your pride!

She eventually figured out that it was stuck. Then the challenge was getting it off!

She did get it off, though. She chased it around the linoleum floor for a few minutes trying to lick the frosting without getting it stuck on her nose again. Eventually, she picked it up in her mouth and took it to the den...where there is carpet. It couldn't escape then! Brad was the one to rescue the poor frosting container, after Nikkie had begun to play with it. After all, once the frosting is all gone, it makes a good toy (in her mind at least)! By the time Nikkie was done with it, the wrapper was hanging on only because of the adhesive, there were dozens of teeth marks and holes, including a hole in the bottom of it. I wasn't much help because I was laughing too hard!

Knee update

I saw the knee surgeon on Aug. 14th. They changed the date, not me! He seems very nice and extremely competent, always a plus when you're a surgeon.

He just had to ask "How did you fall?" didn't he.

I replied with "Do I have to tell you?"

"Well, yeah, I kind of need to know."

Drats. Of course, I couldn't make something grand up because my kids were there. So I told him the whole just-needed-a-pack-of-buns story. I must admit, telling a professional how I fell, especially when they don't know me, is somewhat embarrassing. Really, a fall this bad from a pack of buns??? I'm impressed with my knee surgeon though, he didn't laugh, he didn't excuse himself from the room so he could laugh his head off, he just blinked and said "Hmm, okay." and examined my knee. I'm guessing he either laughed later or wondered just what kind of nut he had for a patient. LOL

I have surgery scheduled for this Friday (Sept. 4th), at 10:45 in the morning. At least we'll have time to get the kids off to school first! The surgeon will clean up the two miniscus tears and do an ACL replacement/repair with a cadavar graft. He suggested the cadavar graft since it will cut down my recovery time and surgery time. Of course, these parts are treated with all kinds of antibiotics to prevent infection, but like all surgeries there's always a risk of infection. I'll be in a knee immoblizer for a while, unable to bend my knee, then moved out of that. Of course, there's physical thereapy to go through, plus about a week where I can't drive. All in all, about 6 weeks of recovery/healing. But at least when it's all said and done my knee will be better, that's all I want.

Brad and the kids have been absolutely super during this time. This surgery has made me teach my kids how to do things like laundry, cooking, loading the dishwasher, etc. All things that they need to know, and I've slowly been showing them, but now I have to show them since I can't do it all myself right now! It's all meant some changes, like one load of laundry a day instead of all the laundry in one day. Suppers are getting simpler, too. LOL I'm very thankful though, for a wonderful, supportive, patient, loving hubby and two awesome kiddos!