sadie boo

 We have been under some major stress the past few days thinking our sweet dog had a brain tumor.  We also had a guest in town who was from our organization and working through culture adjustment with us.  She followed us around from vet to vet while we were figuring out what was wrong with our boo bear.  We had unconventional meetings in the vet offices or on the metro.  We didn't even know how much we desperately needed her here during this time.  It can get lonely halfway across the world from friends and family and with this stress happening, it was a relief to have someone to lean on.

She left yesterday morning and we found out the day before that Sadie doesn't have a brain tumor (they still are unsure of what is wrong, exactly).  We normally plan our Friday nights as 'date night' and since life has been crazy, we decided that a night in was what we needed.  On Thursday we picked up our order at the co-op and had fresh celery, carrots, onions, leeks, and potatoes (as well as cherries, apricots, plums, peaches, lemons...).  We walked to the butcher around the corner and bought a big hunk of beef, chopped up the veggies and potatoes and put it all in a big pot with some broth for a few hours.

some veggies

The end result was a delicious pot roast which I think was my first!  We stuffed ourselves and saved the bone for Sadie.

A peaceful 'family' night.

:)