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Friday, January 11, 2008

Water Puppy...

Yesterday, I was diligently working away in my office when I heard some strange sounds in another room. It wasn't the usually dogs playing and rough housing.
I better go check it out... I pass by the bathroom only to discover that is where all the sound is coming from and found this....

Taylor with all four paws down in the toilet bowl playing her little heart out. Splashing around biting at the water as it hit her face. Oh, what fun!
She didn't appear to be in there trying to drink the water, and I checked her water bowl and it was full. She LOVES the water! I can't hardly take a bath without her hanging in over the side trying to touch the water with her paws. And she waits outside of the shower hoping to get her head in when you open the door.
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She is a bit pitiful when it comes to drinking water though... she takes big ol' gulps and then the minute her head turns away from the water bowl, it all dribbles out onto the floor... not just a little dribble, ALL OF IT!
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We were sure she would be dehydrated the first week she came home with us, when we discovered this disability. And certain she would outgrow it, but she hasn't dried up or out grown it, and seems to make up for her lake of ability to keep water in her mouth, with surrounding herself with water in whatever way she can find.
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She really hasn't gotten into very much puppy trouble, so it made this discovery yesterday pretty funny, gross, but funny!

Thursday, January 10, 2008

SPT...


Self Portrait Tues.... uh well Thursday!

(I am not blind to the fact that procrastinating should be on my list of New Year Resolutions... Tuesdays just come so fast, by Thursday I can think more about a Self Portrait)

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Stop for a minute and take a self-portrait, a snapshot of you in the here and now. What is your new *you* resolution?


More often than maybe I should admit... this is me at the computer, in slippers and holy jeans I grabbed in the dark, working away, trying to take advantage of the quiet moments early in the morning right after my boys leave for school and work. It is in these moments I have my clearest thoughts, and my mind works it's best.


I usually find myself still sitting here at Noon plugging away with a few breaks to catch up on blogging, and surfing the wealth of information on the internet to learn all I can about some new idea that came to me in my sleep the night before.


Then I panic... My Man will be home for lunch,


what will I fix to eat?


What can I do to look more presentable in 4 minutes so he won't think those sarcastic comments he makes about me "sitting at home all day doing nothing" are actually true, because I can't tell you what I have actually been doing for the past 5 hours?


Did I even eat breakfast yet (something about my makeup tells me if I miss a meal, everything shifts during the day and I still get the same number of meals in the day no matter what time I eat them... it's a curse, and I passed it on to my son)?


I haven't taken a shower!

How will I ever have that spark in my marriage if he see's me like this?


I have tons of work to do!


Shear Panic!!!


So my New "You" Resolution is to get my shower, shampoo, and smell like a flower before I get drawn into my office and glued to my desk each day!


I know it sounds gross, and such a simple thing to take care of myself... but Yes at times it is a huge challenge for me.


However, I think it will make for a happier, healthier new me... and it is something I can absolutely give myself each day. The added extra benefits, like most of those things we do just for ourselves, is that my "boys" will be the recipient of good things because of the good things it will do for me, mentally, spiritually and physically! The ol' it rolls down hill theory.

The "new me", trying to take better care of "me"... in an attempt to shed my ponytail, grubby sweatshirt, holy jeans, slipper wearing, no make up style.

(okay, I kept the slippers)

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Angels on Snow Day...

You would think on a Snow Day I would have all this extra time and help to get my chores done and make a nice warm dinner for My Man when he comes in from the cold. Not this time of year... I am going into Tax season, which means pre-tax work all falls on my head for my clients.
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I will be crazy busy working, and need all kinds of consentration during the next weeks leading up to Tax deadlines. So I took advantage of having some help at home today and put the teenager to work and in charge of babysitting the dogs.
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Only coming out of the hole I am calling my office right now a few times to make sure the house was still in tact, and assuring the teenager had plently to keep busy. I picked up the ringing phone only looking up from my work to see the clock reading 5pm (trying not to panic over not having a clue what I was going to do for dinner)... I hear this sweet voice on the other end, "have you made dinner for your family yet?"... Like they could read my thoughts!
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In a short few minutes, my door bell rang and an Angel appeared standing there holding this dinner for my family! Not just dinner, but enchiladas, refried beans and rice... My Strong Silent Mysterious Man's FAVORITE DINNER!!
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It was an inspired RAK (random act of kindness), I am so grateful for the Angels in my life! As we ate a nice warm super yummy dinner together, we thought of ways to pay it back, and pay it forward! I can't wait!!!!

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Day by Day on Jan 7th and 8th....

We had such a nice Family Night last night. I finally got around to making some cookies to put on the plate to return to the neighbor. I really didn't want to just send it back empty.
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We sang some hymns together while my Man played his guitar. We don't normally sing more than one verse, because we are not that great singing together (I don't bring much musical talent to the table, and unfortunately it appears the teenager has my musical genes). But last night was different, and we sang Redeemer of Isreal well into the 4th or 5th verse. Somehow we felt the spirit of God through all the off tones, and didn't want to quit singing. It was really cool. More than cool for me, we all felt it... that's super amazingly cool!!!

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Last night the puppy "Taylor" was too pooped out to almost hold her head up and she went from this...

to this...



to this...


then the boys decided to tickle her feet and not even waking up she kicked in her sleep while they laughed and kept annoying her, until she turned into this...


(Yes, she is totally asleep)
We were cracking up at her trying to catch a nap.


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So today they were predicting a big storm to blow through... so far it hasn't stopped snowing since about 8am.... so it is starting to build up a bit of snow.

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And the puppy in her true form... loves the snow!

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This is the view I am watching from my office.... I LOVE THE SNOW!!!!

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It will be a good day to drink hot cocoa and catch up on my work, if I can stay focused!

Monday, January 7, 2008

Getting over myself...

In an attempt to get over myself... and my stupidity of deleting 86 pictures into oblivion, I will try and blog and be grateful for the memories, even though I don't have pics to share and remind me of them.
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My husband wasn't phased at all, and his supporting comments were "at least you didn't pay for the film and ruin the pictures too, good thing it is digital". I am still trying to figure that out... I guess I didn't spend $4.00 on film, that's the good news. Hmmmmmm! Yeah, they are not usually much help in this area, I know better than to expect anything different. But it did help that he didn't yell and get mad at me and cry too! He is always really good about that end of the support team.
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So when I picked up my teenager from the airport, the plane was 45min late... and while I had contacts near computers I could call and check on it from my cell phone without going inside the airport, we couldn't figure out what exactly made him late, or how late he would be. (this would be where I inserted pictures of the runway of all the planes landing and taking off... it was really cool). So by the time I actually got him on his cell phone, I was a tiny bit anxious. One thing about teenagers is they have their own agenda of anxiety... and it is certainly not reaching their parents on the cell phone!
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So that was our first conversation... while I am paying for the cell phone, it will be on at every available opportunity, and when someone is waiting for you... CALL THEM, BEFORE THEY GET WORRIED!
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The next conversation was about the great looking new duds he was wearing home from Seattle. He loves doing his Christmas clothes shopping there! I am eternally grateful to my Mom and Sister for taking him... because while my Mother equates him to being just as particular as I was at that age, I am certain he is much much more... I call it "hard to please"! (he gets that from his Dad btw)
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Taylor (the new black lab puppy) is growing so fast. 2J's couldn't believe how big she had gotten when he came home (more cute pictures would have been here).
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It was fun to drive home and hear about all his experiences on vacation. He had a great trip, and lots of fun, quality time and game playing with my family. I was even a little more comfortable with him behind the wheel on the freeway driving home.
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As soon as he arrived home, he immediately began unpacking and re-packing for an overnight abominable snowman camp-out... and before I knew it, he was off again! This time out into the freezing cold, with a storm moving in, in the dark, without a tent. I was assured they would bring him home safely... but I tell you I did allot of praying while he was gone this time.
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So the job he took on to take care of the neighbors dog while they were out of town, became my job (I intend on collecting my share of the earnings too). Shiro (Shiro means white in Japanese)is the cutest White Carin terrier. (more cute pictures would have been here). He did really good while his family was away, only got sick on the floor once and only went without eating any food for 2 days... he began eating again the night before they came home. He seemed to trust me being there with him, but gave me "the look" at times when I would go outside to watch him potty. They assured me he could not get under any fences, but nothing was going to happen to him on my watch, so I just went out with him to be sure... it appeared he wasn't used to company out there, but he got over it easy enough.
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2J's made it home safe and sound, everything he owned was soaking wet, but telling the sledding stories of his life! I have learned this is usually how snow camp outs go... I worry endlessly about death, injuries, lost kids, and they come home having had the time of their lives.
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Sunday, we had the opportunity to hear from an Area Authority from the Quorum of the 70 in our church. It is a fairly rare occasion when they might come visit, but it certainly made for a wonderful addition to our service. Then having a calling in the Stake Youth Program, I was able to go listen to him speak to the 16,17,18 year olds in another Ward too... and since it had been snowing, I had to bring my husband along to drive me, so he stayed for this class and take advantage of hearing what this man would have some of the youth in our Stake hear. We knew it would be valuable and very worthwhile, but we would have no idea how fullfilling and uplifting it would be to hear him in this setting. I am so very grateful for this, it was amazing! He had grown up and graduated from the local high school here in 1961, so the stories he told of his adventures all took place around here and when he would talk about going down by the lake.... the kids had all experienced those same places, and it seemed to help make it so much more powerful!
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This morning we woke up to more snow! (some cool new snow pictures would have been here) It came down pretty heavily for a few hours, leaving us with snow packed roads. But everyone was off to school and work ontime.
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So you see I have many many things to be grateful for... it was a fabulous weekend... and other than my little mishap with the deleted pictures, it was starting off to be a good productive Monday.

Lost Pictures....

Yes, he made it home!
I had a few pictures on one camera, and had 86 on the other. I was downloading pics and all excited to catch up my blog, and write all about him coming home, how good he smelled, the whirlwind day, dogsitting, the winter campout, sledding, hearing from an area 70, a great Sunday, it's snowing again, sleeping dogs, napping dogs...
I was super excited... I got the pictures down loaded... I thought... they aren't there, they aren't on the camera... where are they????? I have looked everywhere, gone back over my steps.... they are all gone.... all 86 wonderful memories!
I am sick to my stomach!!!
I am crying, sad, mad at myself (because I realize what happened and I did it)... I am dreading telling my husband when he comes home for lunch. He already thinks I am "Drama Queen Central", and I have to pull it together before he gets home. He won't be mad, just disappointed about the lost pictures... but he REALLY won't get all these emotions pouring out of me... it sends him into a spin when I cry.
I will get over it, I will survive this, but I am so sick about it... I can't even blog now.
Let me go heal my heart... I will be back to blog, without pictures... somehow (It is better to do that, than to not remember all the memories at all right?...thats what I will tell myself).

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