When Irish eyes are smiling

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day by going on a cruise on The Lantern Queen in Havre de Grace MD. We cruised along the Susquehanna River listening to Irish music and eating Irish food as well as sipping on a Guinness. A word about the Guinness: while visiting Ireland in the fall a lot of co-travelers suggested that the Guinness in Ireland was better then here in the states. After much consideration and many trials both here and there, I have to say I think it tasted just as great in both places; however, I will continue my experiment in the matter of science only! Back to the cruise, we were entertained not only by the authentic Irish music but also some truly authentic Irish dancers (see video). The amazingly cute red head is Katherine (our friends the Weber's little girl), who will be three in June. I'd like to point out the other little dancer in the video was four yrs old. We had a great time and hope to do it again next year!

Glazed Eyes

Yesterday our cat Licorice had to have blood taken and since he is ferocious, the vet had to sedate him with a little IM shot of Ketamine. Check out how big his pupils remained 5 hours post sedation. (I also added a picture with his normal looking eyes) Had he let the vet take blood without sedation the procedure would have only taken seconds, instead it was a whole day event. On the plus side they were able to examine his gums, teeth, and cut his nails (which is a first in 13 years). Licorice has been consistantley losing weight about half his body weight over the last 5 years. We think he may have a hyperthroid? We will find out on Monday? Apparenlty Lori gets just as upset with our cat getting sedated as she did with Courtney's knee operations.

SNOW DAY!

For the first time this season we finally received
about 6 inches of snow! It took Lori and I about 45 minutes to clear off our trucks. There were a ton a kids sledding across the park, Lori and I treated ourselves to some ice cream, and even our cat got to enjoy the birdies on the deck digging for the bread crumbs we put there.
Also check out our traveling "white boy" truck, he is almost covered in snow. (again if you don't know check out the license plate)