Ode to Skunk Dog

January 30, 2013 · By · 1 Comment

For the third time in three years, Dixie has been skunked.

The first time , I was actually laying in bed and smelled the odor outside my bedroom window. And thought, oh no. Dixie is out there with that skunk! But it was too late. I gave her a tomato juice bath and it wore off in a few days/weeks.

The second time was when I had my appendix out this summer. It was such a whirlwind noone thought to take care of the dog – meaning put her in the house overnight. And she got skunked.

Here she is having a tomato juice bath outside

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And then there was two nights ago. I went out and called for her and knew something was wrong. She normally barks a couple of times, and then runs in for her treat. She was all the way up the hill, barking her little lungs out. When she finally came it didn’t take long to figure out what she was barking at.

This time Joe decided she was not directly hit, just in the vicinity of the skunk. I’m starting to think we need a new neighborhood. Or she needs to pick better friends…..

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Catch-up

July 9, 2012 · By · Leave a Comment

whew!

What a couple of weeks it has been!

Let’s catch- up:

On the the 27, I had my appendix out. No, it was not planned. It threw quite a wrench in my plans. I did get a wonderful two day stay in the local hospital, and got to know just how wonderful my husband can be.

Then on the 1st, we left for Sr. High camp with 23 teenagers. For the next 5 days I got to have 5 of the most wonderful days of my life. I love sr. high camp. I love spending a week praising God while living in a bunk room with 15 teenage girls and one shower. I love it. And I can’t wait to go again next year.

And then Friday night I slept for 12 hours. 12 hours. It was glorious! Then I drank coffee, ate dry cheerios because we had no milk in the house, and caught up on emails and blogs. I cleaned up my messy house, and watched way too much TV. It was the greatest lazy Saturday I have had in years.

And now we are in VBS week. So I’m back to work and then running around after little kids every evening. So I am tired.

And I have so much I want to talk about. And I can’t think of what any of it is. So I will try again another day…..

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New Chapter, Same Story

May 15, 2012 · By · 4 Comments

Well, life without kids isn’t quite as bad as I expected it to be. I have my moments of lonelyness, and my heart breaks everyday that I have empty beds in my house. But that’s not what this post is about.

This past weekend we wrote a new chapter in our story.

We took a road trip home to my parent house for some R&R. I needed to be hugged and loved on by my mother.

I drank beer and giggled with girlfriends. I walked dogs with my sister. I played with a sassy two year old. I needed that.

I garage saled and let joe haggle. We bought my mom a small desk for mothers day. Joe bought a unicycle. He needed that (not.)

I shopped and made potato salad. I ate my favorite meal. I drank beer in a bar with my mom. I laughed until I thought my belly was going to bust open. I needed that.

I sat next to my daddy in church. I cried when my husband kissed my head and said happy mothers day. I ate breakfast with the whole family, and dared each other to take syrup shooters like Super Troopers. I bought my mommy an umbrella for her patio table. She needed that.

I took a nap and went flower shopping. I ate a brat and that delish potato salad. I sat beside a fire and I’m pretty sure burned off my face. I watched Dixie play with my sisters dog Bob. She needed that.

This weekend I found a girl I used to be. She is a girl who lives inside of me who needs her momma and deeply longs for her sisters. And sometimes I push her deep down, telling myself that all I need is Joe.

This weekend God wrote a new chapter in my story. It was one about family, love, and home. And now I am home re-reading the story in memories. And planning a return trip sooner rather than later. Because I need that.

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Spring is Springing

March 17, 2011 · By · 3 Comments

My house smells like magic.  All the windows are open, and the sun was shining in today, and it just smells like magic inside here.

I know I haven’t written enough lately, and please beleive me when I say that I want to, but my well is just dry right now.  I think I have been having a case of SADD – I don’t remember what it stands for right now, but its the winter blues.  And today the sun was shining, it was 70 and I laid in a hammock strung up between two trees at the top of our hill.  With Dixie.

What else is happening around here?  Well let me tell you….

I spend half my life sitting next to the toilet in my house.  Either becuase some people are in the bathtub or becuase someone is using the potty and doesn’t like to be left alone while doing so.  So its my favotire room.  And you would think as much time as I am in there I could sweep up the doggie dust balls that have floated in there, but I don’t.  I am too busy doing a happy dance that someone went potty on the potty.

Tonight the tickle monster came to visit.  And we laughted until I thought we couldn’t laugh anymore.  And then we hid from the tickle monster, but he found us.  Oh what fun, and cheep entertainment.

Tonight our little lady had a guitar on her PJ’s.  And while I was singing a sweet song to our little man, Joe got his guitar out and played her a little tune.  More magic here.  I love to hear him play, and hope that he will feel encouraged to do it more often.  I will be his back up singer.  Little man likes my singing…….

My husband has been wonderful.  I don’t know about everyone else, but I guess when I thought about foster care, I thought of Joe like I thought of my dad growing up – the provider who provides, back up for my mom when disciplining happened.  Not here – Joe has been 10 kinds of wonderful with helping with the housework, dishes, and taking care of the kids.  Tonight little man had a terrible gross diaper, and I said “oh Joe I don’t think I can.”  I have a terrible gag relflex, and he just said ‘no problem’ and took care of business.

Wandered through Walmart after everyone was in bed.  Checked out the garden section, and am already thinking about adding to my flower garden up front – mostly because I killed everything off last year.  But for other reasons too…..

Anyway, thank the good Lord above for Spring.  I felt like my old self today.  Actually I felt like someone elses self today – hippyish almost.  I was in a very much love everyone kinda mood this evening.

Thank you for coming back again and again, even if there is nothing new.  Whats new with you all?  Leave a comment and let me know!

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We Have Come to Terms

January 17, 2011 · By · Leave a Comment

We sleep with our Dog.  I have woken up the last two nights, tried to streach my legs out and have found a small lump at the end of the bed…..yes that is our dog Dixie.  She has decided she is too good to sleep on the floor, so she sleeps on the bed.

Oh what have we done?

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