ABCs of Jody

1. Age: 39....for now...
2. Bed size: Queen
3. Chore you hate: emptying the dishwasher
4. Dogs: Deogi and Stormy
5. Essential start to your day: Shower
6. Favorite color: Blue
7. Gold or silver: Gold, but white gold
8. Height:5'5'"
9. Instruments that you can play: I used to play the flute, now I play the radio
10. Job title: Academic Department Chair
11. Kids: nope
12. Live: Colorado
13. Mom’s name: Jean
14. Nicknames: Jody, Jod, sweetie, pumpkin
15. Overnight hospital stays: never
16. Pet peeve: Smart people who do dumb things
17. Quote from a movie: "Big mistake, BIG!" from Pretty Woman or "You saw me when I was invisible" from the Princess Diaries, or "You are just a machine, just a machine" From the Electric Grandmother (3 of the best movies of all time)
18. Righty or lefty: Righty.
19. Sibling: one older brother
20. Time you wake up: several times during the night, but for the morning about 6:30
21. Underwear:Yes
22. Vegetables you dislike: This maybe should say, vegetables you like...that would be shorter...but I will say Broccoli and Cauliflower
23. What makes you run late: checking my email
24. X-rays: dentist, knee, elbow
25. Yummy food you make: I make lots of yummy things- I would say desserts
26. Zoo favorite animal: Big cats, Mountain Lions, Leopards

Happy Birthday

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Happy Birthday dear Thoughts from the Ridge Blog
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That is right, today is the 3rd birthday for our little blog....Hope you have enjoyed it the last three years!

Mert turns 75!

On Saturday March 5, my dad, Mert turned 75 years old/young. We decided to have a small party here at our house. So we had a few friends and family over for dinner. Here is Great Grandpa opening his presents with the help of Caelum (5 years old)


My mom, Jean holding baby Harlow.


Yes this is me sitting with Joslyn
She cracks me up :-)


Having dessert...Mert's favorite Strawberry Shortcake....why I didn't think of eating my cake like a giant Popsicle off my fork like Caelum, I am not sure...he has it down...



Deogi was getting a lot of love this evening....As you can see the tumor has really grown (the picture is hard to get the full aspect of how big it is), and it has affected her hearing in one ear, and she can no longer open her mouth fully...ie she can't pick up a tennis ball anymore, something that is devastating to Deogi as that is still her favorite game. We monitor her daily and try to help manage her pain with meds, but it is heart breaking to see.
Mert however, loves to spoil her and gives her many treats from the table. They are becoming fast friends. LOL

It was a great evening and I am sure my dad has many more birthdays to celebrate!

Surgery for Stormy

We decided it was time to have Stormy spayed....On Tuesday March 1, we took her in around 8 in the morning and picked her up about 3 pm. She was pretty groggy when we picked her up. Here you can see she sorta wants to play, she can't help herself but she just couldn't do it. She ended up leaning against the wall to support herself.







That night she started bleeding through her stitches and we had a big mess all over the floor, so we wrapped her up with an ace bandage for a few days and she did great. She is now back to her old self and as wild as ever.