Bit and Pieces

I have too many topics to do anything other than bullets.  Without further adieu:

• Took Daisy to a new vet about the tail situation.  Fleas had been under control, tail still gross and getting grosser.  No longer buying that this is a flea allergy.  We are now giving Ceglinski a try and hoping for the best.  He has her a some drugs to control the chewing and then deal with the actual tail damage once chewing is under control.  The charges today were EXTREMELY reasonable and he is a very nice man.
• Just got home from a Civil War Ghost Walk.  I thought it was alot of fun but my kiddos were a bit bored and ready to go home.  It was alot of standing and waiting.  I don't think they expected the turn-out they got.  The line was incredibly long. 
• Decluttering has reached mammoth proportions around here.  My family has decided a yard sale is in order.  since everyone is old enough to REALLY help, I have agreed to it.  Once more.  The plan is to split all earnings five ways as long as everyone does their part to be helpful.  I won't stop until we are pared down to just the necessary items for life...at least that is my hope.
• I am having allergy attacks from you-know-where.  It is the first time in my life it has hit me this hard.  I have a cough I can't shake often accompanied by a runny nose.  Everything is all clear so I think that means allergies...and misery.
• Lilly is set up next week  to begin testing to go to public school.  She has been begging, complaining and asking nicely for so long that I have finally given in.  She is still young enough-4th grade-that I am pretty much okay with it.  We will be going into a different county, so she has to pass a test-I cannot tell a lie, I am quite nervous about it.  She is too.  I know that she is extremely bright, but I just worry about her ability to take a standardized test since she never has.  I only have a slight case of nervous hives.  She has told everyone that she knows and 25 people she doesn't that she is going to public school.  I suspect she is very excited.  I hope they have a drama program.  ( :
• My dad's knee replacement surgery recovery is going great.  He is pretty amazing.  He doesn't ever really need anything and he has been going above and beyond since day 1.  I can't help but compare my father's low maintenance personality to my mother's high maintenance personalities.  Talk about some irreconcilable differences!
• The girl who was the flower girl in my wedding gets married tomorrow.  I can't even believe it.  I so wish her mother was still alive.  I have been thinking about her non-stop the last few days.  I really miss her and it will be so hard to go through tomorrow without seeing her there.  The fella Kirsten is marrying is so wonderfully amazing.  I hope they have a very happy life together.  Goodness knows she has seen enough YUK in her young life to deserve happiness forevermore.

I guess that is all I got.  Enjoy the gorgeous weekend!

PS.  If certain people still have a surplus of tomatoes...well, they should text me immediately so I can help with that. ( :