What's in a Bag

I was tagged by Jill to share with you what's in my bag. I tend to refer to it as my suitcase. So take a look....

The bag/suitcase

The contents of the side pockets: hand sanitizer, keys, gum, two tubes of chapstick, one of my sister's student ID's (I used it to get into football and baseball games and still haven't taken it out), and a few various gift cards.

Pens, pencils, rubber bands, jump drive, nail file

Wallet, checkbook, and some change that was floating around in the bottom

Bag with lipstick, gloss, more chapstick, eyedrops, rubber bands (for hair), bobby pins

Umbrella and two note pads

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Various receipts, ticket stubs, a few business cards, mostly trash

I'm missing the picture of the two lotion bottles, a couple bottles of tylenol/aspirin, some bandaids, a few (more) bottles of eyedrops, and my phone.

Thank you Jill for encouraging me to clean it out, although I really only picked out the trash.

Over the Weekend

Quick update on Wrigley: she is doing much better. I ended up taking her back to the vet on Friday because the opening of where they lanced closed over night. He said it looked ok and her temperature was back to normal so just watch it and finish off the antibiotics.

Friday night I went to dinner with some friends to celebrate a few birthdays. We ate at Pei Wei and it was very good. Bailey went to his parent's to listen to the baseball game while I was out with the girls.

Saturday was a very lazy day. We didn't do a single thing but relax until that evening when Bailey went to play softball.

I've had this recipe for Chili's Salsa for quite a while but hadn't got around to making it. I made it this weekend and it is so good. I'm not sure that it tastes just like Chili's does but it is yummy!

Chili's Salsa

14 1/2 oz can Rotel

14 1/2 oz can whole canned tomatoes (with juice--I used diced)

4 teaspoons jalapenos (canned, diced, not pickled)

1/4 cup yellow onion, diced

1/2-3/4 teaspoon garlic salt

1/2 teaspoon cumin

1/4 teaspoon sugar

Combine all in food processor. Run for a few moments until tomatoes have been nearly pureed, yet still chunky. Be careful not to over-process. (I had to do a little at a time because my food processor isn't very big).

Pour mix into bowl. Cover and store overnight for flavors to properly develop.

Serve with your favorite chips.

Lately

Things have been pretty calm around here lately (except for a small incident yesterday, but I'll get to that in a minute.) I got out for the summer about a week ago and I can't say I've done a whole lot. I've made a list of things I've liked to get done while I'm out but I've just barely started on it.

This past Friday night we went to a Redbirds game with our Sunday School class. The weather couldn't have been more perfect and we got to enjoy a fireworks show afterward. Bailey's cousin, Jonathan, and his wife, Tiffany, were in town over the weekend. We cooked out at Bailey's parents Saturday night and then Sunday night there was a special service at church to ordain Jonathan. Bailey worked part of Memorial day but came home early. Then Tuesday he worked a half day and we went to Southaven to eat at Chick-fil-A. CFA is about to start selling a spicy chicken sandwich and they're doing a promo where you had to go online and reserve your free spicy chicken sandwich. It was pretty good. It has a good bit of heat. I'll have to say I prefer the original, but this one was good too.

Now on to our small incident/emergency. We don't have children but our dogs are pretty much like our children. Yesterday I had been out running errands, came home, let Lula out and I went out to see Wrigley and to make sure the water bowl was full. I was petting Wrigley and notice a HUGE hard knot/lump/something on her neck. Needless to say, I freaked out a bit. I called Bailey immediately and told him I was on my way to the vet. I wasn't sure if she'd swallowed something or a growth of some sort had suddenly appeared. (On a side note: not sure if I've mentioned it before but our backyard was basically a dumpster for whoever was here before. You name it, we've probably found it out there--tools, lighters, coins, suntan lotion bottles, permanent markers, just to name a few. So, I thought there was a chance she found something else, even though we'd just cleaned up, again, back there). I called my mom for her to ride with me and she called the vet on the way.

We got there and he said it looked like she'd been bit by something. He shaved two spots on her neck and you could see where she'd been bitten--not by a snake but by something. He gave her two shots and we came on home. I tried to take some pictures but between Wrigley not sitting still and the camera on my phone, they aren't great.

We went back this morning for them to lance it (or in other words, cut it open and get the junk out). We were also given some antibiotics to take twice a day. And lucky me, I'm going to get to squeeze it a few times a day so it doesn't close up too quickly and get big again. If that happens, we'll have to go back and have it lanced again. Thankfully, through all of this Wrigley was just fine. It wasn't bothering her at all. Hopefully it will heal like it should and, also, that whatever it was, won't bite her again.