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!

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)

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!!!!