Pickles rolling in the dirt

After starting to doubt whether we would ever see Pickles again we had a lucky break on Tuesday. One of our neighbors said she thought she saw a cat in a house across the street getting ready to be scraped.

I happened to be working from home that day so we went over and the house was unlocked. After a bit of searching, we found Pickles in a bedroom under a huge pile of junk. She seemed totally fine after three days without food or water but the first thing she did when she got home was go straight to her food bowl. We were all so happy to have her back.

Jude was happy to see Pickles again

It was a quiet weekend. Jude had a soccer game on Saturday morning but that was the only commitment we had all weekend. So, I organized flights for the kids’ summer camps (that was quite the process) and Marcy helped Anna clear out her closet.

I also sold my car this week. It was super easy. I set a higher price than was recommended but still sold my old Mazda for just a little under the asking price within three days. It had been a solid car for us for almost eight years but now I love my new Tesla (as does Marcy).

Anna, making sure Olive got some love this week

Pickles sitting in Marcy’s lap this week

Today was not a great Easter for us. Our cat Pickles went out around 6pm last night like she does all the time, but this time she never came back. It is now over 24 hours later and we have searched everywhere for her. We are still hoping she returns but are fearing the worst. She has never been away this long before, she always comes back during the day.

A basket of goodies on Easter morning

We still managed to celebrate Easter. This year was the first year we have not done an Easter Egg hunt as the kids are both teenagers now but Marcy put together a beautiful basket of Easter goodies.

A delicious Easter dinner

For Easter dinner, we bought a delicious ham that we enjoyed with artichokes, green beans, and my fresh-baked bread. Then Marcy had a fantastic strawberry shortcake dessert that was to die for.

Jude and I are the same height

Jude has been on a growth spurt in the past year. At Easter last year he was barely as tall as Marcy (just under 5’4″) and now he is the same height as me. That is a solid 5″ in one year. He will blow past me now and continue growing I expect, he might even make it to 6 feet the way he is going.

This weekend Jude has been feeling under the weather, although he had a negative covid test this evening, which is good. But he has been blowing his nose every five minutes it seems. He refereed four games (as an assistant referee for three of them) yesterday even though he was not feeling well. He probably should have bailed but he was feeling ok so he soldiered on.

Both Jude and Anna are refereeing games most weekends now. Anna did three yesterday and then six the weekend before. The money is good but you do have to deal with some abuse from parents.