Checkin' For Ticks

We treat our dogs with Frontline Plus and give them Sentinel. I scrubbed them all down with Happy Jack shampoo. I'm still finding ticks on Ruby. She's a little more difficult to take care of than Mindy and Oliver. Those two hardly ever leave my sight when they go out. Ruby runs off several times a day. She takes off after squirrels first thing in the morning, diving through the treeline and into briar patches. She's crazy! She comes back to the house eat up with scratches and covered in dirt. I was snuggled up with her last night and as usual found a tick on her. It was on her leg. I grabbed a cotton ball and some alcohol and rubbed it til it let go of her. They are always tiny, so I guess they aren't able to get a fill off her. Makes my head itch. I'm constantly running my fingers through my hair checking. She insists on laying next to me and taking up the majority of the couch, stealing my Snuggie Momma gave me for Christmas, fool!. I figure I'll find one on me sooner or later.

We got a decent rain this week which filled our buckets real good. I mixed about 10 gallons of rain water with Miracle-Gro yesterday afternoon and watered just about everything out front. I picked up six more tomato plants with Momma. She helped me find some that I haven't planted before. I have a lot of heirlooms this year. I got her a pretty pot of Inpatients for coming with me. I think it got her and Lonnie excited about adding some color to their porch 'cause she texted me last night saying Lonnie wanted to know where we got our window boxes. The garden is coming along nicely. We have so much to do this weekend. It's going to be the first weekend in quite some time that we haven't had something going on. There's been charity runs, Easter, decoration, Mother's Day and company visiting all spring. I'm surprised we have accomplished what we have. Our front porch is decked out with so many flowers it looks like a little ole lady lives here and we've added nine azaleas, two rose bushes and 5 hydrangeas to the yard....all of which required big holes to be dug. Bless my sweet husband's heart.

I'm fixing to put some chicken and bacon wrapped brats on the smoker for supper. And, as usual, a pot of tomato gravy. I can't wait til our tomatoes come in, so I can use them for it. Then, I plan to get some sewing done. I hope. I have a cute little pattern for a knot bag. I can't wait to experiment with different fabrics on it. Have a great weekend y'all!